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Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 3 (III), 5/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that was really funny. Lynda will kill me when she listens to this tape, but I remember somebody coming up to her once when we were in the ladies room somewhere, and the woman said to her, "Do you know you look just like Lynda Bird Johnson?" and Lynda said, "Do I
and Tom Johnson taking speed-writing lessons; LBJ's awareness of his standing in political polls in 1968; Lady Bird Johnson's ability to balance work and family and to support LBJ; LBJ's relationship with Lady Bird; how LBJ wanted to be portrayed

that kind of thing that I think most people don't know about Lyndon Johnson. I think people realized that Lady Bird was very much that way, but I don't think they realized that he was the kind of person that in the middle of a busy day and you said your
of Distinguished Service Medals; LBJ's preference for organization and good management of time; LBJ signing photographs and his use of photography; LBJ's teasing; how Bonanno learned from LBJ to use her temper to her advantage; LBJ's moods; Lady Bird Johnson's

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 4 (IV), 2/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a person who lived life to its extremes. He was a person who took risks, personal risks, political risks, intellectual risks. I think the only thing he never risked was financial risks because he let Lady Bird run that side of the family. Did he need

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

have that background. B: I was working at McCall's magazine with Lynda Bird. She and I became good friends, and I came to Washington several times. I was in her wedding, and I got to know the family pretty well. One day her father called me

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