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Oral history transcript, Vann Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 11/xx/1968, by Paul Bolton
Biographical information; Jimmie Allred; Franklin Roosevelt's court packing plan and LBJ's 1938 election; tabulating primary election votes and the work of the state Democratic Executive Committee; administration of the Democratic party in Texas; the…
Oral history transcript, Mylton Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; College Star; LBJ's activities; President Evans; athletes; secret organizations; faculty; school clubs; relationship with LBJ
Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman
Biographical information; San Marcos; Professor Greene; White Stars; NYA; roadside parks; projects; programs; LBJ's activities; Lady Bird; Alvin Wirtz; 1937 Congressional campaign
Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
1948 Senate race; KTBC radio; Lady Bird; LBJ's recreational activities; KTBC-TV; station policies; JFK assassination; Jim McCrocklin; impression of LBJ
Oral history transcript, Claud Kellam, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
First meeting with LBJ
Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; First meeting with LBJ; first impressions of LBJ; establishment of National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities; effects of Vietnam War; not close to LBJ; controversy over Meredith Wilson; no connection with the White…
Oral history transcript, Joseph D. Keenan, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical and labor movement background; how he met LBJ; LBJ’s position on labor issues; Keenan’s opposition to LBJ as Vice Presidential nominee in 1960; Keenan’s total support of JFK; Keenan’s support of LBJ during the 1964 campaign; 1948…
Oral history transcript, Val M. Keating, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
How he met LBJ; impressions of LBJ; Keating’s mediations between Texas’ head of WPA and LBJ as head of National Youth Administration, 1936; finding qualified youths for the Texas NYA project; LBJ’s management of Texas NYA.
Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 1 (I), April 1963, by Eric F. Goldman
Meeting with LBJ as a debate coach in Houston; working for LBJ on Congressman Kleberg's staff; LBJ's influence on Kleberg; National Youth Administration; first campaign for Congress; contacts with FDR; LBJ's campaign techniques
Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; LBJ’s two years as teacher and debate coach at Sam Houston High School, Houston; LBJ’s role as Congressman Kleberg’s secretary; life in Washington for underpaid federal workers; Dodge Hotel; Little Congress and LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Stanley Karnow, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Living in Paris to cover the French war in Indochina 1950-1957; moving to Hong Kong to be the chief correspondent for Southeast Asia and China in 1959-70; getting accustomed to Vietnamese culture and developing sources; Pham Ngoc Thao and his death;…
Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 2 (II), 2/23/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Sam Ealy Johnson; political campaigns; LBJ Ranch; LBJ and Catholicism; TV station KTBC
Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
1937, 1941, 1946 and 1948 campaigns; radio station KTBC; LBJ's presidency.
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Selection of the team to go to Paris to negotiate with North Vietnam; Averell Harriman; Cyrus Vance; Philip Habib; organizing the trip to Paris; failure to make serious progress in Paris; debates regarding “the shape of the table”; portraying…
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 3 (III), 8/13/1985, by Ted Gittinger
McGeorge Bundy and the public affairs committee; Bill Moyers; press coverage of Vietnam; Dan Duc Khoi; Bui Diem; improving methods for transmitting news; American journalists from other countries; Morley Safer and Mike Wallace; Vietnam Psychological…
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1985, by Ted Gittinger
How Jorden got into foreign policy government service from journalism; going to Vietnam to assess the situation in 1961 and the resulting white paper; Jorden’s Berlin Viability Plan and trip to Germany; Averell Harriman; working group for…
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Professional background; Jordan’s two trips to Vietnam; report that the North Vietnamese threat was serious; Kennedy’s 1961-1963 decision to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam; Jorden’s belief that Kennedy would have followed LBJ course in…
Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Jordan’s impressions/recollections of Senator Richard Russell; long hours worked by Senators Russell and LBJ; Jordan’s impression of LBJ as a 'very lofty' person; Senator Russell’s opposition to the 1957 Civil Rights Bill; Russell’s…
Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s speech class and debate team at Central High School in Houston; LBJ being action-oriented; LBJ’s work with, and loyalty to, Richard Kleberg; Roy Miller; Senator Alvin Wirtz; Little Congress; LBJ’s short time in law school; Maury Maverick;…
Oral history transcript, John T. Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Jesse H. Jones and LBJ; Jesse H. Jones’ support of Coke Stevenson in the 1948 Democratic senatorial race against LBJ; LBJ’s influence on Texas politics; J.T. Jones’ impressions of LBJ’s faults and virtues.
Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; how Jones met LBJ; LBJ getting Jones a job on the staff of Congressman Kleberg; LBJ as taskmaster; LBJ’s relationship with Kleberg; LBJ’s inability to relax; LBJ’s work as Texas director of the National Youth…
Oral history transcript, Roger W. Jones, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; BOB job; liquidation of war industries; use of BOB by Presidents Truman and Eisenhower; Major General Wilton Persons; Sherman Adams; Jack Martin; Bryce Harlow; McCarran-Walter Immigration Act; Hatch Act; problem of civil…
Oral history transcript, Alfred T. "Boody" Johnson, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Cecil Evans; college years; garage apartment; secretary to Kleburg; college sports; Black Stars; White Stars; LBJ blackballed; 1928 Democratic National Convention; debate team; Cotulla; boarding;…
Oral history transcript, Paul B. Johnson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/8/1970, by T.H. Baker
University of Mississippi crisis of 1962
Oral history transcript, Lester D. Johnson, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; 1961 meeting with LBJ; "One Stop Inspection System;" Phillips Nichols, Jr.; role of Customs Service in balance of payments problem; Organization for Economic Development; con lowering exemptions; James Stover's survey on…
Oral history transcript, Leon Jaworski, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; 1960 campaign; LBJ’s appointments to the judiciary; Ross Barnett criminal contempt proceedings; Warren Commission; consideration of public office; LBJ’s appointments; personality of the President.
Oral history transcript, Ebba Jansen and Alvin J. Jansen, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Mrs. Jansen and three other teachers traveled to California in 1923 in a Model T Ford. Their car broke a spring in the Arizona desert and they were rescue by LBJ and friends who were returning from California to Texas.
Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Roy Hofheinz; FCC and radio/television station franchises; 1948 senatorial campaign; Hofheinz’ activities in 1948 campaign; investigation of FCC proposed by Congressman Eugene E. Cox; Cliff Durr as Chairman of FCC; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker
Food distribution; food stamp program; commodity support program; Billie Sol Estes; Charles Murphy; JFK assassination; LBJ and Freeman; appointment as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; working for Price Daniel; Jacobsen’s personal political philosophy; 1940’s and 1950’s political climate in Texas; LBJ’s reputation as a congressman; LBJ’s early advisers and associates; law suit involving the 1948…