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Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • with him and Lady Bird. It was sort of confusing. were all sorts of people in different rooms. out which side Lady Bird was on. There I couldn't figure I don't think she really knew. He was getting conflicting advice all day. Finally I think--I
  • at start of LBJ presidency; LBJ and his advisors; LBJ’s method of operation; press comparison of LBJ and Nixon; 1964 campaign; LBJ and Mike Mansfield; Democratic National Committee; fund-raising committees; Lady Bird and Mrs. Rowe
Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • yes, she's first-rate in every way . M: Do you have any opinion on how she played her role as First Lady? B: I thought she was great, myself . I might have been prejudiced . think everybody who knew Lady Bird admired her . I I don't know
Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • daffodils in what is now Lady Bird Johnson Park. Altogether over 1,110,000 daffodils were planted, about 2500 dogwood trees were also planted, and we're planting a few more dogwood trees this fall and in the spring to fill out the gaps. So I hope
  • Castro; Committee for National Health Insurance; beautification stamps; 1968 campaign; dedication of Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park in Fredricksburg; Laurance Rockefeller and Mrs. Aston; how to spread beautification around a city.
Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • highways are a monument to his [Lyndon Johnson's] vision and that of his lovely wife, Lady Bird . M: Excuse me a moment, do you recall having any impressions about young Mr . Johnson at that time? B: Yes, I thought that he was one of the most
  • Relationship with LBJ in Congressman Kleberg's office in 1933; airline regulations; LBJ's election to Congress in 1937; Senate campaign in 1941 and 1948; 1956 Democratic Convention; 1960 campaign with JFK; influence of Lady Bird Johnson on LBJ's
Oral history transcript, Clark W. Thompson and Libbie Moody Thompson, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • parties for him. M: You were about to say something about Mrs. Johnson. MT: Well, yes, Bird and I have been--well, I call her Bird, probably because [pause] of Lady Bird, but I always call her Bird. years, and very good friends. We have been friends
  • cooperation on legislative matters; protective coastal construction after Hurricane Carla; LBJ’s loss on contact with old friends in 1968; assessment of Walter Jenkins; role of Lady Bird; support of LBJ during 1960 campaign; JFK’s trip to Texas; 1968
Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Who else was there? Lady Bird, Watson, [Larry] O'Brien some of the time, about just how to organize and how to get started. G: Was there a general strategy for 1968? R
Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • she was, how she tried to make you feel at home . the house well . room . I can remember I think Lynda Bird was there ; we went up to her There were about maybe twelve Senate wives . food we had . I remember the I know a really nice black lady
  • from VP's office; 1964 campaign; first meeting Lady Bird; JFK's 1956 VP race; 1960 election; LBJ visiting Hyannis; returning to White House for the presentation of portraits; contact with the Johnsons after 1963; warmth and generosity of spirit of LBJ
Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . M: Johnson worked for Kleberg for awhile, did he not? B: Yes, this was earlier before he became NYA administrator . As a matter of fact he lived here in Corpus for awhile, he and Bird both after he married . But this was before my time with him
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • great knowledge of political affairs and things generally in the country. And then I remember a situation developed after he and Lady Bird had gone on back. I watched her taking a few notes and listening most intently while he was talking freely
Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • warning of possible danger; reaction to the assassination; 1964 convention in Atlantic City; appointment to Court of Claims; differences between LBJ as a public and as a private man; LBJ’s unwillingness to delegate authority; 3/31 announcement; Lady Bird’s
Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . discussion took place. When I came into the Biltmore Hotel, he was in his bathrobe; Lady Bird was in her bathrobe. he was there. G: John was fully dressed, and Walter was there, and a couple of others. I was under the impression that John Connally
Oral history transcript, Perle Mesta, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • /loh/oh 12 the stamina. Maybe she's the one that's held everything the way it's held. F: Did you get any opportunity to notice whether Jacqueline Kennedy slighted Lady Bird Johnson? M: I've known Jacqueline Kennedy since she was eleven years old
Oral history transcript, LeRoy Collins, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to Washington. I was met by Bobby Baker, who was then working for him, and he took me out to Senator Johnson's home. Lady Bird was there, too. So we started in a conference that I thought would last maybe an hour, and we wound up late in the afternoon
Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • President? M: Then I went by to pay my respects to the Johnsons--Majority Leader Johnson. I saw him, and Lady Bird was most gracious and everything. At that point, it was only an hour or so before the decision was announced, I would have bet my car
Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • work; Townsville, Australia; West Virginia; Secret Service; Australian trip; Lady Bird; Lipsen’s relationship with LBJ.
Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • could about him, and I thought she was the best source on him . And she was . She was such a graciots lady too that--well, you'd walk into the Driskill with her on your arm, and they had an old white-haired maitre d' in the dining room of the Driskill
  • Robb, Lynda Bird, 1944-
Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • at the request of Mr. Johnson. And even the simplest question, "Is Lady Bird going to the hospital?" he'd say, "Well, I'll have to find out about that." Well, you know, that stuff. who knew about all this, I think did a very good job. is always difficult
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . That's the way I size it up. most powerful influence. I'm not too sure which of those is the I daresay that in a decision like this I know that Lyndon Johnson would have instinctively reached out for the opinion of Lady Bird. He always has in moments
Oral history transcript, Charles F. Herring, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : That house was a duplex, was it not? H: Yes, it was. Mr. Johnson and Lady Bird lived on one side and rented out the other to various people. John and Nellie Connally lived there for awhile, as did others. Other people of his staff
Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 2 (II), 5/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • is another division was in Johnson City, held a meeting and the Vice President was, in her words, quite smitten with a young lady there in town and she happened to be a member of that church . And he escorted her to the revival every night, Brush Arbor
  • Robb, Lynda Bird, 1944-
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, James P. Coleman, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • there that day, his brothers and sisters, including his sister from Fredericksburg that later died, I believe. Well, Sam Johnson wasn't there, I don't believe, and Mrs. Johnson had not got home. Washington, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson. She was still in But anyway
Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • 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.
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, David K.E. Bruce, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • another thing on the telephone and I've forgotten what the first name of the Secretary of the Interior was, but President Johnson said, "I've been talking to a friend about the importance of having trees along the highways ; Lady Bird and I have often