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Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; White House detail in 1953; physical aptitude tests; qualifications changes; Atlanta field office, 1958-1960; Vice Presidential detail in 1961; prevention of possible incidents; checking packages; special cases in crowds;…
Oral history transcript, Milton R. Young, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's tenure as Democratic leader of the Senate; his relationship with other Senators
Oral history transcript, Zephyr Wright, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Wiley College; Dr. Melvin Tolson; CTJ and civil rights; LBJ is disappointed that Wright did not notice passage of the 1957 Civil Rights Act; LBJ complains that blacks are ungrateful to him; Robert Weaver, Roger Wilkins,…
Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
The 1948 campaign; elected to Congress in 1954; first meeting LBJ in 1947; LBJ and the McCarthy censure; LBJ and the Texas delegation; LBJ, Rayburn, and the Civil Rights Bill of 1957; helping LBJ with legislation in the House; Vice President LBJ and…
Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker
First acquaintance with LBJ; 1940 election to Congress; Rayburn’s advice to freshmen Congressmen; LBJ’s relationship with Rayburn; golf game with LBJ; poker game; deer hunting; horse racing; 1941 extension of draft; war naval career; LBJ’s 1948…
Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 5 (V), 4/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Visit to Karnack; John Connally; Woods' appointment as area census director; national Congressional campaign support; 1941 campaign; Austin office; Alvin Wirtz's role in campaign; election night
Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Association with LBJ; Blanco County; Johnson family; college life; White Stars; student activities; Houston; Professor Greene; assistant to Kleberg; Maury Maverick; 1937 campaign; campaign advisers
Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 3 (III), 5/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Association with LBJ; Blanco County; Johnson family; college life; White Stars; student activities; Houston; Professor Greene; assistant to Kleberg; Maury Maverick; 1937 campaign; campaign advisers
Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods, interview 2 (II), 4/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
College life; White Stars; student activities; Houston
Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Association with LBJ; Blanco County; Johnson family; college life
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; meeting with LBJ in 1960; wrote speeches for JFK; Moyers’ operation; Task Force on Urban Affairs; urban crisis; concept of the Great Society; urban problems given greater dimension under LBJ; uniqueness of task forces;…
Oral history transcript, Kitty Mae Wirtz, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb
Wirtz' early association with Sam Ealy Johnson and with LBJ as a boy; LBJ a protége of Wirtz; LBJ calls Wirtz almost daily from Washington for advice; the 1937 campaign; the 1948 campaign; Wirtz and the 1948 election; early association with CTJ
Oral history transcript, Conrad L. Wirth, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
National Park Service, 1928-1964; CCC; New Deal; LBJ State Park; National Capital Planning Commission
Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson and Marie Wilson, interview 2 (II), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ as Majority Leader; LBJ's relationship with other Senators and with his Senate staff; LBJ's power of persuasion
Oral history transcript, Marie Wilson, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's Texas office; work with constituents; LBJ's relationship with staff members and Senate colleagues; LBJ's powers of persuasion; legislation
Oral history transcript, Henry Hall Wilson, interview 1 (I), 4/11/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
Character of House liaison in the JFK years; a memo on Medicare on the night of the JFK assassination; LBJ-JFK relationship; the Bobby Baker affair; agendas for the weekly leadership meetings; LBJ-JFK staff relationships; LBJ seldom called…
Oral history transcript, James W. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; the firm of Powell, Wirtz, and Rauhut; Alvin Wirtz characterized; John Connally characterized; LBJ chews out Walter Jenkins; working on LBJ's Senate staff; the organization of the LBJ Senate staffs; Bobby Baker…
Oral history transcript, Will Wilson, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting LBJ in 1948; the 1960 Democratic convention at Los Angeles; the 1960 campaign; the Texas Senate campaign; the Texas gubernatorial race in 1960 and 1962; Billie Sol Estes and the Agriculture Department; Wilson shifts to the Republican Party;…
Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker
LBJ's Senate office; Defense Preparedness Subcommittee; Senate Aeronautical and Space Science Committee; National Aeronautics and Space Council; NASA; development of space program
Oral history transcript, Logan Wilson, interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by David G. McComb
Integration of University of Texas; LBJ's contributions to education; education policies
Oral history transcript, A.M. "Monk" Willis, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; initial association with LBJ; 1948 Senate campaign; Carl Estes; 1952 campaign and Texas Democrats; Texas delegation to Chicago Democratic National Convention, 1956; Lady Bird; racism and civil rights; Democratic State…
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger
Agrovilles; insurgency; Madame Nhu; Green Berets; Lionel McGarr; coup d’etat; Father Raymond DeJeagher; Buddhists; press; James A. Van Fleet; troop numbers; other U.S. and Vietnamese officials; country teams in Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information; history of U.S. activities in South Vietnam; assignment to Vietnam; Korea; Kumsong salient; Mike O’Daniel; MAAG in Vietnam; 1955 relations with the French; Edward Lansdale; early political-military situation; religious…
Oral history transcript, Eugene Williams and Helen Williams, interview 1 (I), 10/27/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Observations of domestic life at the Ranch and in Washington; A. W. Moursund; Melvin Winters; Homer Thornberry; discrimination anecdotes; the Voting Rights Bill; Mack Hannah; Hobart Taylor, Dr. Givens, Bill Moyers; personalities of LBJ and CTJ; Ranch…
Oral history transcript, G. Mennen Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/8/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting LBJ in 1936; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; the role of the Michigan delegation in shaping the platform; LBJ's record on civil rights an impediment to nomination; Leonard Woodcock; LBJ as a candidate in Michigan; appointment…
Oral history transcript, Jerre Williams, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
First meeting LBJ in 1958; forming the Austin Foreign Policy Club with George Hoffman and Horace Busby; a visit to the Ranch about 1958; refusing an appointment as general counsel to the army; surprise appointment as chairman of the Administrative…
Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; Keep America Beautiful; LBJ strong support of conservation and development; Soil Conservation Service; Lady Bird’s interest in the outdoors and natural beautification; Great Plains Conservation Program;…
Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Alvin Wirtz; Senate office; Drew Pearson; excess profits tax; LBJ's techniques; Presidential ambitions; Preparedness Subcommittee; firing of Douglas MacArthur; racial issues; other Senate staffers
Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 2 (II), 10/3/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; work with Governor Allred’s 1934 campaign; management of LBJ’s campaign; Lady Bird’s support; Ray Lee; opposition and support; attack of appendicitis before election; LBJ campaigned hard; Alvin Wirtz; LBJ’s speaking…
Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
“Who the hell is Lyndon Johnson?” Martin Harris; Ray Lee; basic strategy for LBJ; Lady Bird; headquarters in Capital National Bank Building; LBJ meeting with FDR; Maury Maverick; LBJ’s illness; Ben Crider; hillbilly; election night; radio…
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Wilcox, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker
Career relationship with the White House; Commodity Credit Corp.; LBJ's agricultural policy; foreign agriculture research; Economic Research Service; FHA; Rural-Urban Balance Project; LBJ's awareness of farmer problems; adequate world statistical…
Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; LBJ-press relationship; the campaign contributions issue; Philip Graham; Rayburn convinces LBJ to run in 1960; LBJ persuades FDR to put the REA into the Pedernales valley; JFK and leaks; Steve Early and James Hagerty; W.…
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1960 “rump session;” Henry Cabot Lodge; campaign trips; Democratic ticket; Catholic issue; McCarthy censure; Watkins Committee; Vice Presidency; assassination; Connally-Yarborough feud; Dallas; funeral; Vietnam; press…
Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
Student activity fund; Gaillardian; LBJ and Mylton Kennedy; Mary Brogdon; Whiteside’s letter about postmastership; repercussions from Whiteside’s role in Lyndon Johnson Day at Southwest Texas.
Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside and Walter Richter, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
Circumstances of entering Southwest Texas Teachers College; job at college; impressions of the young LBJ; LBJ and the 1928 Democratic National Convention; Dr. Evans’ garage apartment; LBJ’s interest in the College Star; lack of money among…
