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Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Michaelyn Chou
[For interviews 1 to 4] Biographical information and family background; annexation of Hawaii by the US; 1910 fire at the Thatcher School in California; Von Holt’s experiences at Yale and living with Ellsworth Bunker; why Von Holt’s grandfather…
Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 3 (III), 3/11/1987, by Michaelyn Chou
[For interviews 1 to 4] Biographical information and family background; annexation of Hawaii by the US; 1910 fire at the Thatcher School in California; Von Holt’s experiences at Yale and living with Ellsworth Bunker; why Von Holt’s grandfather…
Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1987, by Michaelyn Chou
[For interviews 1 to 4] Biographical information and family background; annexation of Hawaii by the US; 1910 fire at the Thatcher School in California; Von Holt’s experiences at Yale and living with Ellsworth Bunker; why Von Holt’s grandfather…
Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 1 (I), 3/9/1987, by Michaelyn Chou
[For interviews 1 to 4] Biographical information and family background; annexation of Hawaii by the US; 1910 fire at the Thatcher School in California; Von Holt’s experiences at Yale and living with Ellsworth Bunker; why Von Holt’s grandfather…
Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek
Contacts with LBJ as VP; LBJ and civil rights legislation;LBJ's involvement with the downfall of Joseph McCarthy; HHH's position on Vietnam during 1968 campaign; RFK; Dallek's comments on Richard Nixon's involvement in the 1968 Vietnam peace…
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1b (I), 4/29/1986, by Walter Richter
The founding of the Alpha and Omega (A&O), later called the White Stars at Southwest Texas State Teachers College; the difference between the Black Stars and the White Stars; the purpose of the White Stars; biographical information regarding Horace…
Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker
First met LBJ when Majority Leader; 1960 election; LBJ’s position on Commission on EEO; LBJ as VP; LBJ’s role in drafting civil rights proposals in 1963; Domestic Marshall Plan; LBJ’s view of Great Society; met LBJ after JFK assassination;…
Oral history transcript, Robert F. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ as domestic leader; embassy personell; selection of ambassadors; biographical information; Punta del Este; Alliance for Progress; Spain mission; JFK's handling of Latin American affairs; treaty agreement with Spain; change of U.S. government…
Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
How Reynolds came to work for Senator Robert Kerr in 1953; LBJ's relationship with Kerr and Richard Russell, especially regarding civil rights; cooperation and leadership among Russell, Kerr, and LBJ and why they were successful; Senator Robert…
Oral history transcript, George Pazianos, interview 1 (I), 8/30/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Labor and Public Welfare Committee staff and their areas of expertise; Lister Hill's work as chair of the committee; bipartisanship on the committee; committee response to Great Society legislation, especially relating to…
Oral history transcript, Archer Parr, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1984, by Joe B. Frantz
Family background and biographical information; Parr's military service in WW II and Korea; Luis Salas' role in LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate election; George Parr's contact with LBJ; George Parr's role in the 1948 U.S. Senate election; disagreement between…
Oral history transcript, Wroe Owens, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger
How Owens got involved in the 1948 Texas Democratic Senate primary investigation; what Owens learned in questioning people in Jim Wells County for the investigation; Owens' relationship with Coke Stevenson; Owens' relationship with the Johnson…
Oral history transcript, Marie Lindau Olson, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
How Olson came to work in the Texas office of the National Youth Administration (NYA) answering mail with L.E. Jones; NYA office staff and space in Austin; LBJ's visit to the Austin NYA office; the NYA advisory board; long work hours; Jesse Kellam's…
Oral history transcript, Covey T. Oliver, interview 2 (II), 12/12/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Economic integration in Latin America; Council for Latin America; A.A. Berle Doctrine; history of investment pattern in Latin America; Servan Schreiber’s The American Challenge; phased concession contract; non-ex-ractive industries; problem of…
Oral history transcript, Covey T. Oliver, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; LBJ’s basic decisions about Latin America; first recollection of LBJ; John Connally; Economic Warfare Program; involvement in settlement of WWII; U.S. relationship with Latin America; ambassadorship; Alliance for Progress;…
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; LBJ's relationship with JFK; LBJ's Presidential aspirations; 1960 Democratic Convention; LBJ's relationship with RFK; labor; 1960 campaign; Rayburn; LBJ as VP; access to JFK; Bobby Baker case; Connally-Yarborough conflict;…