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- of the boys did back in the old days--in the basement of the Dodge Hotel. married. And then after that he and Lady Bird I was in Washington at the time--we were--so we didn't have anything to do with the details of getting the ring with Mr. [Henry
- that he took. F: I don't know either. J: I don't recall whose seat that Kleberg took, but he went in at that time as secretary to Richard Kleberg. It was during that time that he met Lady Bird. My wife lived with the Terrells, C. V. Terrells, Judge C
- , and people who had been very prominent in many fields, as Aubrey himself had. sionally LBJ and Lady Bird would be there. And occa- Then, going to the Durr's, Cliff Durr being from Montgomery, Alabama, where I was born and reared, I spent a lot of time
- know him very well. I first really got acquainted with him at a dinner at Herman Brown's, where Mr. and Mrs. Brown and Lady Bird and Lyndon and my wife and I were the guests. That was really the first time I really got acquainted with him. He
- ; Ed Clark; Texas businessmen who were friends with LBJ; Nash's opinion of Lady Bird Johnson.
- /loh/oh 25 any quote that he wasn't interested in second place. But a few nights before that, we'd had some Texans out to a little barbeque including Lyndon and Bird and a group of mutual friends; and of course it came up then. And Lyndon said he
- campaign; ambition; Johnson treatment; LBJ’s acceptance of the VP nomination; LBJ’s problem with public media communication; Lady Bird; Luci and Lynda; Lady Bird’s influence on the LBJ’s decision not to run; thoughtfulness of the Johnsons; LBJ’s major
Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
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- they generally travel together? N: No. No, they traveled separately. on me if I had It would have been a lot easier had Bird along. I tell you that. accident which you may have heard about. haven't you? G: The automobile accident? She had an You've
- 1948 campaign; John Connally’s role; Lady Bird and LBJ as campaigners; fund raising; Senators Wirtz and Russell; FDR and his death; venison story; LBJ’s relationship with his employees; letter count; Glenn Stegall; Walter Jenkins; compassion
- it was called secretary--same job. F: Did you ever see the secretary or administrative assistant in Washington during that period? D: Yes, I made one trip up here and visited with him; stayed, of course, in the little apartment that he and Lady Bird lived
- African-Americans and the poor; "make work" projects; roadside parks; 1937 campaign; Uncle George; 1941 and 1948 campaigns; LBJ as Deason's best man; Hardy Hollers campaign in 1946; Lady Bird's business interest in her radio station, KVET; application
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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- in the new coliseum at Waco. he didn't stay. §ery~d Lyndon came up to it and spoke, but He went on back to Austin that night. No, I didn't see a great deal of him. I did get Lyndon and Lady Bird interested in a pet scheme of mine that I have been
- : And his sweet wife, Lady Bird . That relationship began in 1937, again, in a left-handed way because I was not involved personally in that campaign . I happened to be in Brenham in the spring or early summer of 1937, just after Lyndon had announced
- coffee, and I got off to one side, and I was talking to Lady Bird and Johnny Lyle. Lyle was the congressman from the Fourteenth District at the time, and I was never so embarrassed in my life. Johnny Lyle got to talking. He said, "You know, I came
- long. But anyhow, he accepted the invitation and came up by helicopter on a rainy night, brought Lady Bird along. He sat in the chair there waiting for his turn to speak, and I talked to Lady Bird, and I said, "Lady Bird, tell me the truth. What
- was treated. When she came to me and told me that story when Lyndon was president and asked me to tell Lady Bird who had also been on the plane that she wanted to be made ambassador to Spain and she felt she was entitled to it. I went over to talk to Lady Bird
- Kellam's place and I took Deason's place in San Antonio. After Lyndon was elected, he had an appendectomy during the campaign-he still wasn't well. He got Bill Deason and I to go up to Marshall with him to Lady Bird's home, her father's home, and we
- Roosevelt not stopping to dedicate a roadside park; LBJ’s relationship with Lady Bird’s father; LBJ’s involvement with NYA after becoming a Congressman; La Villita in San Antonio; Maury Maverick; working for OPA; Roth’s involvement in the 1948 campaign; feud
- a great deal pro and con. I recall a number of occasions, one in particular on a Sunday afternoon when he and Lady Bird and Alice, my wife, and I took a long ride up towards Harper's Ferry over in West Virginia. We spent the whole afternoon
- the single room with the single cot I managed to get that single room most all the time, and later on--I didn't know Lady Bird very well except over the telephone when she'd call for me, when I was mayor of Pasadena, to get a crowd up for Lyndon and get
- ? O: That's true. True. No, I haven't--I have been around members of the Johnson family. I respect them. I respect Lady Bird. I just think that I would not do anything that would be damaging to any of the family, and there's nothing to be gained
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
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- to them, but I didn't conduct them. C: There is an incident that George told me that I think should be in the historical record on Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, that I know only from George, but George was there first hand. the one to tell it. And I'd
- call me Bird." I called her Bird until she became the First Lady, when I just don't think that outsiders should be calling the First Lady by her first name; that is for immediate family and very, very close people. P: Was she at that point taking her
- with LBJ; San Antonio leaders; advance work; oil support; Lady Bird Johnson; LBJ and Coke Stevenson; the Taft-Hartley issue; LBJ's treatment of staff; women in campaign; spending nights at Dillman Street at time of the election; impressions of frenzied
- ? R: History major. G: Okay. R: We had some wonderful history teachers. G: Who were some of your memorable teachers? R: Well, I remember Miss [Retta] Murphy. I can't remember why I knew that, but-- She was a large lady. every little detail
- at the college; the College Star; LBJ in later years; Fenner Roth, Wilton Woods and LBJ; other students at the college; Welly Hopkins’ campaign; opinion about Box 13; LBJ as a politician; LBJ and debates; Dr. Evans; impressions of Lady Bird; religion.
Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- after the 1964 election; Credibility Gap; press secretaries; books about LBJ; letters from LBJ; LBJ’s personality; 1948 election; 1941 special election; foreign affairs; LBJ’s withdrawal; opinion of LBJ as a President; Lady Bird and their daughters.