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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 12 (XII), 8/19/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XII covering 1941 DATE: August 19, 1979 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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  • to be on the Appropriations Committee; the many visitors and long hours of work LBJ enjoyed; socializing in Washington, D.C., at the 75th Club, the Congressional Club, theater and parties; Lady Bird Johnson's movie camera; Lady Bird Johnson's walk through the slums
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 12 (XII), 8/19/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , there were lots of those--I met the Senator. Within a short while, he and Lady Bird--I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories
  • Circumstances of joining LBJ’s staff; duties in the Texas office; Arthur Perry; Walter Jenkins; office operation; LBJ and the Texas office; Lady Bird; transfer to the Majority Leader’s office; office staff; traveling with the Johnson’s; Johnsons
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 58, 1 August 1994," LBJ Library (Item)
  • will open in the spring of l 995. The Exhibition The exhibit opens with a d,trk corri­ dor recalling ovcmber 22, 1963 the day of the assassination of President Kennedy. The captions accompanying th photographs are in Lady Bird Johnson·· words, taken from
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 89, February 2008," LBJ Library (Item)
  • , Lady Bird al buried in thi hal­ low d ground Ii es on-in the pccta ular b auty that can be found not ju t in wildflow­ er acr . our ranges and prai­ ries, but in p ckets of natural beaut in ju t about very city in our nation. Colonel Clark recalls
Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . After all, Sevareid and Howard K. Smith were then as powerful as they are in fact now or even more so. So that's how our relationship really grew. always there and was so dear and so wonderful And Lady Bird was ~bout everythtng. LBJ Presidential
  • Washington career background from 1951; contacts with LBJ when Senator; LBJ's relationship with Washington and White House press corps; LBJ's control and selection of Lady Bird's wardrobe; early days in Washington as correspondent; impressions
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : September 4, 1983 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 2 J: The spring of 1953 was a time when, on looking back through the lenses of the years, it seems that Lyndon's career
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  • television; attending the Kentucky Derby; Carl Estes and Longview, Texas; a Senate ladies trip to Delaware and Winterthur; funerals for Wesley West's mother and Mary Rather's brother and sister-in-law; Mary Rather as a member of LBJ's staff; Senator Harry
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 13 (XIII), 9/2/1979-9/3/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XIII covering 1941 DATE: September 2-3, 1979 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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  • Visiting the home of Evalyn Walsh McLean and socializing in 1941; Lady Bird's participation in a 75th Club luncheon honoring Eleanor Roosevelt; riding in Sam Rayburn's car; diversity in the 10th District; Lady Bird Johnson using her movie camera
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 13 (XIII), 9/2/1979-9/3/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 4 (IV), 8/8/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • hotel up on East 10th Street. But later on when he moved into Dr. Bob Montgomery's house it had two bathrooms, several bedrooms, and he and Lady Bird didn't need all of that space. So L. E. Jones and I, being bachelors, moved over there and lived
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • questions about broadcasting he would give me a call, and I made trips down to Washington to see him and ultimately met Lady Bird, and then [we] picked up again, of course, after the war years. Throughout that period, there were numerous telephone calls
Oral history transcript, Helen Thomas, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1977, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • believe, maybe Pat Lawford came down, and they had teas with Lady Bird in various towns. Did you cover any of those? T: I went to some teas in the Washington area, but not those. F: How did that seem to go? Was Lady Bird in charge, or was it a Kennedy
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 13, 15 July 1978," LBJ Library (Item)
  • of the Friends will also b held at the Library in early fall. Lady Bird Johnson hosts meetings at LBJ Ranch Members of the LBJ Foundation Board of Directors along with the LBJ Foundation May 13-14 at the LBJ Ranch for two days of bu iness meetings
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 88, February 2007," LBJ Library (Item)
  • Among FdJrunry 2007 Lady Bird Johnson, Daughter Lynda Bird Robb, and LBJ Museum Curator Sandy Cohen, posing before photos from LBJ's childhood, on their way to review the new exhibit on Rural Electrification in Central Texas. Story begins on Page
Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 2 (II), 6/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • a great relief to have it finally over with. A: But we missed it! We really missed it. We wanted to take another train trip. We loved it. B: Was there serious talk of another trip? A: We ended up with a flying Lady Bird Special, which went to three
  • Mrs. Johnson as first lady; trips into poverty areas; Mrs. Johnson and speeches; Lynda and Luci during the presidency; 1964 campaign and train trip in the South; press on train trip flying Lady Bird Special; Mrs. Johnson's control and self
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 61, 15 November 1995," LBJ Library (Item)
  • Issue NumberLXI November 15, 1995 The Johnson women (most of them): Lucinda Robb, L,·nda Robb, Lady Bird Johnson, Cathy Robb, Nicole Nugent Covert, Luci Baines Johnson, Nicole (Mrs. t,,ndon) l\ugent. (Missing: Claudia Nugent, Rebekah Nugent
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 62, 1 April 1996," LBJ Library (Item)
  • . The other was Will Rogers, the cowboy philosopher who was one of the most popular figures in American Ufe until his death in 1935. He was impersonated by Cy Eberhart, whose presentation was based on Rogers' words. 3 Senator Chafee receives First Lady Bird
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • DATE: November 15, 1981 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 1 J: The first of the year, as I have said, was always a series of celebrations of Speaker Sam Rayburn's
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  • Stag parties early in 1949; decorator Genevieve Hendricks; acquiring furniture for the Johnsons' home; LBJ's Senate staff; LBJ's interest in children who were named after him; social and service opportunities for Lady Bird Johnson
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • DATE: January 9-10, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 2 J: The winter and spring of 1950 began a new thing in my life and that is carpooling. Lynda, at six
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  • Bird Johnson's niece Diana Taylor's visit to Washington, D.C.; the Senate Dining Room; LBJ's favorite places to eat; Lady Bird Johnson's household duties; canasta parties and spring activities in Washington, D.C.; plants in the Johnsons' backyard
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 14 (XIV), 9/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XIV covering 1941 DATE: September 9, 1979 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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  • LBJ's 1941 Senate campaign; problems with LBJ's voice; LBJ's opponents in the race, including Gerald Mann, Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, and Martin Dies; filming the campaign on Lady Bird Johnson's movie camera; entertainment at campaign stops; LBJ's
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 14 (XIV), 9/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 11 (XI), Jan. 27-28, 1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XI covering 1940 DATE: January 27-28, 1979 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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  • in the fall of 1940, especially with the Democratic Campaign Committee; Nellie Brill Connally, Sugar Critz Pickle and Lady Bird Johnson driving from Texas to Washington, D.C. during this election committee work; LBJ's State of the District letter to voters
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 11 (XI), Jan. 27-28, 1979, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Eugenia Boehringer Lasseter, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . L: Yes. I guess it was the summer of 1918, perhaps. The war was still going on, and I remember she came and had with her a daughter who was Lady Bird; I guess Bird was about six years old. But I remember her out on the long porch of our home
  • Biographical information; association with Lady Bird; life and activities in Austin in the 1930s; the University of Texas; the Johnson courtship and marriage
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 15 (XV), 1/4/1980-1/5/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XV covering 1941-1942 DATE: January 4-5, 1980 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL
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  • in Austin with LBJ's family; the train ride from Texas to California to begin LBJ's military training; Lady Bird Johnson managing LBJ's congressional office during his absence; LBJ's California training and navy duties; purchasing Asian art prints in San
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 15 (XV), 1/4/1980-1/5/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Stuart Symington, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • remember once he and Lady Bird and I visited Mr. Jones in Houston, who was most gracious. G: How about the tidelands issue? I understand that you had some dis- cussions with Adlai Stevenson about his position on this in 1952? S: I don't remember. G
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 9 (IX), 7/14/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was as president. They asked me to come to the Ranch and see them. And he said to me--and I do remember this very, very distinctly--Lady Bird had gone over to the--it might have been Christmas time. She had gone over to the Moursunds. The Moursunds were having
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 8 (VIII), 1/23/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW VIII covering 1937 DATE: January 23, 1979 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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  • Visitors during LBJ's hospitalization after appendix surgery in 1937; LBJ's efforts to befriend political opponents, such as C. N. Avery and Polk Shelton; LBJ meeting Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Texas; Lady Bird Johnson's trip to Washington, D.C
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 8 (VIII), 1/23/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XX covering 1946-1947 DATE: February 20-21, 1981 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER
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  • the Johnsons went to relax, including Brackettville, Texas; Bess Beeman and other women who worked to support LBJ; Aunt Effie Pattillo's death; the Johnsons' home at 30th Place in Washington, D.C.; dancing at the Shoreham Blue Room; Lady Bird Johnson's role
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, James Cain, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • back to Texas. He said, "Well, a fellow's got to do what he thinks best." But we had a nice long visit, then, and we've really been close friends over many, many years. At that time Lady Bird was staying at least part of the time in Austin. She and I
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
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • excellent place for dinner. So would Senator Wirtz. That was always cause for celebration when he would come. The Texas Ladies' Luncheons continued to be a large part of my life, and when constituents from home would come up--I think Mrs. Ben Powell and her
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  • Lady Bird Johnson's daily activities in Washington, D.C., while LBJ was serving in the navy in 1942; LBJ's congressional office staff and Lady Bird Johnson's role as manager of the office in LBJ's absence; correspondence with constituents; living
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , that we all know. But what he did was, he always paid his debts-- that little thing that I did for him. I tell you, they were so nice to me, even after [my] doing a lady Bird impression and things. As a matter of fact, that's the thing I miss now. I
  • ; political humor; Lady Bird impression; LBJ's entertainment preferences; dances at White House; Shirley Maclaine; 1968 campaign appearances for Hubert Humphrey; LBJ's interest in dogs and his dog at White House; not asked by LBJ to sing at White House
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 33, 15 March 1985," LBJ Library (Item)
  • the proclamation, Lady Bird Johnson said. ··1 remember his sense of long-lasting satisfaction in sign­ ing this act .. A letter sent by Pr . 1dent Reagan. read at the ceremony, said m part: "We know today that without the influence and strength of our 36th
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 43, 15 July 1988," LBJ Library (Item)
  • the development of "realistic criteria" in assessing the impact of reforms in the Soviet Union. Lewis Gould, U.T. historian (below). discussed his book, Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment. 8 Philip Bobbitt (left) outlined the dy­ namics of nuclear deterrence
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • - December 1952 DATE: March 29, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mrs. Johnson's apartment, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 J: October of 1952 saw the campaign, such as it was, get into full sway. There were
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  • The presidential campaign in the fall of 1952 and LBJ's involvement; controversy surrounding LBJ's support for Adlai Stevenson; LBJ's travel to campaign for fellow Democrats; Lady Bird Johnson's miscarriage in the fall of 1952; Senator Ernest
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • - March 1953 DATE: August 3-4, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: We're going to begin 1953. J: 1953 was of course a time of big change. The Republicans had
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  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 12 (XII), 10/29/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Califano -- XII -- 14 out to him these stacks of old autos in these auto junk yards and how they had to be removed, buried, taken somewhere, and also the devastation of billboards. Lady Bird had really gotten through to him on that, and we spent a lot
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to the point. When Lyndon finally came in as the president, I got in touch with Lady Bird. Now, up to this time Mr. Rowe had written Mr. Johnson a lousy letter which was not the right thing for Mr. Rowe to write, about which I've told you before. But I got
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • DATE: August 1994 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: HARRY MIDDLETON PLACE: Martha's Vineyard Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 M: This is side one of Lady Bird Johnson's oral history interview for the year 1956. How do you think would be best
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  • Stanton gave the Johnsons for the LBJ Ranch and the Johnsons' relationship with Stanton; Lady Bird Johnson's father, T. J. Taylor, in his later years; the Southern Manifesto; meeting Sir Lawrence Olivier; attending events at the Olney Theatre
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 64, 15 December 1996," LBJ Library (Item)
  • ." -Historian Brian VanDeMark in a letter to Regina Greenwell More Honors For Lady Bird Pltoto hy Correll Grigshy Lady Bird Johnson received three awards to add to her long list of hon­ ors. The Woodstock Foundation pre­ sented her with the First Laurance
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • situation of poverty and the declining skills in such areas as coal mining countries. Mrs. Johnson had wanted to be an activist first lady. she wanted her deeds to emerge. She said that The previous year, the ten months we had 1 LBJ Presidential
  • incident; Lady Bird served fruit and vegetables of Texas to visiting guests; Lady Bird was LBJ’s goodwill ambassador; Lady Bird flew in the same plane as the press; logistical problems of getting stories in; Lady Bird’s gift for phrase-making; White House
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 79, September 2002," LBJ Library (Item)
  • •. Thomas recalled what Lady Bird Johnson has done for the environ­ ment, and told the story of a teacher who took her class of small children to visit Mrs. Johnson s Wildflower Center. The te·1cher showed the stu­ dents a portrait of Mrs. Johnson in a fi Id