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Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 4 (IV), 2/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a person who lived life to its extremes. He was a person who took risks, personal risks, political risks, intellectual risks. I think the only thing he never risked was financial risks because he let Lady Bird run that side of the family. Did he need

Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 3 (III), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in New Orleans? C: Meeting the Lady Bird Special? G: Yes. He spoke at the Jung Hotel, I think, in New Orleans at the end of that . . . . C: I was there, because I remember calling some friends of mine who were there and just talking on the phone

"LBJ as I Knew Him," by Mildred Stegall (Item)

or for Lady Bird?" At heart I am sure he was glad to see me get away for awhile. After LBJ became President he said many times "wouldn't Glynn have been proud of me being President," and indeed he would have been as Glynn loved that man with all his heart. One

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 17 (XVII), 6/11/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Cabot Lodge campaign; Kennedy's speech to the Houston Ministerial Alliance; JFK/LBJ campaigning in Texas; Lady Bird Johnson speaking at campaign stops; Mrs. Johnson's influence on LBJ; how dates and places get confused while campaigning; campaign fatigue
shindig in Omaha, the main thing I remember about that was a marvelous speech that Lady Bird made, talking about she'd always wanted to see the state because down in Texas they produced all this beef, which was all range-fed. It was sent up to Nebraska

Oral history transcript, Bess Whitehead Scott, interview 1 (I), 3/31/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

children's education; Scott's children's college experiences; Scott's son's trouble in college and his military career; Scott's relationship with Lady Bird Johnson; visiting the Ranch; summary of LBJ's character.
-- 21 holes. May Santa Claus fill your sack so full it falls off the mantle." And I had similar letters like that through the years, and then in l965, I had a letter from Lady Bird, and she says--he had been in the hospital--: "What a dear, sweet letter

Oral history transcript, Mary Michelson Fish Johnson Haselton, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

stayed at the house. We were with her a great deal. She was at the hospital a great deal, too. Lady Bird was at the hospital all the time. We were at the hospital a great deal, too, but not in his room. I didn't go into the room very often. Sam went

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was treated. When she came to me and told me that story when Lyndon was president and asked me to tell Lady Bird who had also been on the plane that she wanted to be made ambassador to Spain and she felt she was entitled to it. I went over to talk to Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 4 (IV), 3/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the Johnsons because I think that he had--of course, he had known President Johnson politically--he had known [Lady] Bird in college, and he'd been everywhere else, he was just going everywhere he could find. know where his first approach was. I don't I know

Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Roosevelt not stopping to dedicate a roadside park; LBJ’s relationship with Lady Bird’s father; LBJ’s involvement with NYA after becoming a Congressman; La Villita in San Antonio; Maury Maverick; working for OPA; Roth’s involvement in the 1948 campaign; feud
Kellam's place and I took Deason's place in San Antonio. After Lyndon was elected, he had an appendectomy during the campaign-he still wasn't well. He got Bill Deason and I to go up to Marshall with him to Lady Bird's home, her father's home, and we

Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

hours. And, of course, that was where I developed a crush on Lady Bird, who was marvelous--is a marvelous person and so forth, was always, whatever the day, hour of the day or night, there to do the honors of the house--"How about a cup of coffee

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

[For interviews 1 - 4] Biographical information; Stewart Udall; The Quiet Crisis; Lady Bird; conservation and beautification; Committee for a More Beautiful Capital; East Wing; Lady Bird’s trips; White House Conference on Natural Beauty; Model
assignment for me, and it meant lots and lots of conversation sitting on the airplanes and the buses and every spare moment as we proceeded on the trip. The question that I found hardest to cope with which a number of them asked me was, "Why is the First Lady

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh GOLDSCHMIDT -- I -- 22 periQdici.ty of our relationships with Johnson and with Lady Bird, too. And this was not due to any falling out, it was just the circumstances of our

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Biographical information; press release regarding financial affairs of the Johnson family upon LBJ's death (released by Thomas); management of Mr. Taylor's estate (Lady Bird's father); LBJ as a good businessman; KTBC; LBJ's faith in banks; ownership
the tax And here he had signed an irrevocable trust, and his wife was extremely upset and did not settle down. And she started giving him hell, just to put it the way we would in East Texas. the world can we do?" He said, "What in Lady Bird said, "I

Oral history transcript, Peter Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

to communicate with artists and intellectuals; eventual placement of the finished portrait; Hurd’s admiration for Lady Bird; Hurd’s acceptance of criticism.
it said, "Dear Lady Bird"--I remember he addressed her by her first name, and the gist of the letter was this: "When the time comes, as it must soon now, for you to choose a painter for the official portrait LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Marie Wilson, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

called the office. I was terribly impressed. I said, "Kuehne, Brooks, and Barr," and she said, "This is Lady Bird Johnson. there. II I wonder if Max Brooks is I said, "La--La--Lady Bird Johnson?II--1 couldn't believe it!--"Mrs. Lyndon Johnson

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in immigration reform; a proposal limiting the number and type of Western Hemisphere immigrants who would be admitted; Representative Michael Feighan; Governor Nelson Rockefeller's attendance at the immigration bill signing ceremony on Ellis Island; Lady Bird
a little fun with it. But it was not mean or vicious. There were touches here and there, and there was a widespread recognition that this was Lady Bird's bill. There was an assumption on the part of some that the President would not have been as strongly

Oral history transcript, Dorothy Territo, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1983, by Claudia Anderson (Item)

the offices. If it was on--I'm trying to remember the name of the lady--if it was on legislation, it went to a certain individual who handled it and separated it and who wrote the letters of response for the pressure-type mail or legislative mail

Oral history transcript, Ava Johnson Cox, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and the Birthplace; Cox's first impressions of Lady Bird; Cox's view of Vietnam.
stay there and haul the adobe or the sand, whatever it was we were hauling; two would stay there and two would ride the wagon. Those that rode the wagon would load [?]. G: That seems like kind of heavy work for a young lady. C: Well, I don't know

Oral history transcript, James A. Lovell, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

maintaining his office that he probably, in my estimat ion, chose the right approach. M: While we're on this subject , of course now you may have some judgment, too, about Lady Bird, Mrs. Johnson. L: First of all, let me say that I think that meeting

Oral history transcript, Ruth Booker, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1986, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

and Lady Bird would call her and invite her down to the Ranch when they were going to be there. And on occasion they’d say, "Well, bring Ruth and her family." On some occasions they didn't. You know, it was just one of those situations. But they were most

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the President of Costa Rica. There were hundreds of people out on the streets, openly crying and coming to the Embassy to express their sympathy. I remember I had one little lady, an old lady--and she was a very poor person--that came up to me and wanted

Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: He said, "Katie, I understand. It's administrative. You're cut out like Lady Bird, to be doing things, aren't you?" And I said, "Well, I feel so." He said, "Well, let's think about it. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. President and Lady Bird the best First Lady ever.
repeat the Ten Commandments and they'd sing a religious song. things in the [program]. Every time he got up he had those His platform was the Ten Commandments. Every old lady and old woman and a whole lot of young ones evidently supported him

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of Lady Johnson in LBJ's career
boy ." This is the truth! That's interesting, you know, to be able to say that . I'll tell you one thing I remember about his race--naturally I couldn't forget this . He wasn't known very well in this area--East Texas- even though Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. And he's a Bill White always thought we two would White arranged a real small dinner party early in the Kennedy Administration. It was Bill and his wife, my wife and myself, Jim Rowe and Lady Bird and the Vice President. The whole purpose

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

said, "We are going over to Lyndon's and Lady Bird's for supper. II We got some of Zephyr's [Wright] home cooking, and then would discuss the universe. Lyndon also had, as you may know, a kind of open house on Sundays. F: Yes. P: Bill ~Jhite

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 5 (V), 4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Darrell Royal, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

-- 9 time we were playing golf in Fredericksburg at Lady Bird Johnson Park, he had the Secret Service bring along the rule book, and we were reading the rules as we went along. That lasted about two or three holes. (Laughter) That was after he

Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the King and Queen at the White House. F: Ickes I think was the only Cabinet member who didn't show up. D: Yes, and he was at Lyndon's. And Lyndon was always making such contacts and developing, and Lady Bird was always his first and very fascinating

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

against you publicly if you do. But in the privacy of my bedroom I might whisper something to Lady Bird." It brought down the house, of course. Then we went on to Texas for the last two or three days of the campaign. The night before the election

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of this, but I had a feeling that he found it necessary before he could really fall asleep. Once, Lady Bird was there. They were in a big double bed, and he was lying in bed, and Lady Bird was by his side, and we sat there and talked. Then it was clear that Lady

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 6 (VI), 8/18/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

saying, "The President very much would like to have you join Lady Bird and other members of the staff and himself on the Sequoia." Now for me this was a very exciting prospect, because in the two and a half years or three years that I had worked

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the graves, shaking hands. Walking over the graves. And Lynda Bird had those Lynda Bird pencils. Did you ever see them? They were just ordinary pencils except they had stuck in the top 25 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

really right or wrong in your own heart. But one night, a long time after the election, I'm going to be in bed and I'm going to turn over to Lady Bird and say, 'Bird, you know those folks dovm in New Orleans. their judgment.'" at that point. (Laughter

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Braniff and Eastern Airlines over postal contracts and routes; grandfather clause in Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938; Texas National Aviation Defense Board; Lady Bird; soundness of the dollar; general impressions of LBJ
to go home and get in bed and go to sleep. I know I've got to go home and shave and go to mass." He was a very devout Catholic, very active in Catholic affairs there. The two, Lady of the Lake and what was the other famous girlsl school down in San

Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside and Walter Richter, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the single room with the single cot I managed to get that single room most all the time, and later on--I didn't know Lady Bird very well except over the telephone when she'd call for me, when I was mayor of Pasadena, to get a crowd up for Lyndon and get

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

within the so-called group, the Johnson group, who actually wept. Mr. Johnson had called us into his hotel suite and he and Lady Bird were there. was made. This is before the announcement And he said, "I feel I should tell you something. I

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

finished the speech, Lady Bird called me on the telephone. And Lady Bird says to me, "Mr. Dubinsky, Lyndon told me what you did for him today. He was happy, and so I am happy, and I want to congratulate you and express our appreciation for the way you

Oral history transcript, Louise Casparis Edwards, interview 1 (I), 1/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Description of Johnson City and life there; churches; Mrs. Rebekah Johnson as an elocution teacher; Mrs. Johnson's influence on LBJ; lead in play; working in Johnson; description of Johnson home; impressions of Sam Ealy Johnson; Lady Bird
and But . . . . Do you recall who directed the play or if there was a teacher responsible? E: Well, Mr. [Edward] Bowman was our superintendent. who the lady, who the teacher was. I don't really know I think it was after Miss Knispel, and I don't even know who

Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for a visit, did you. G: Only on his way back from the Southeast Asia theater. F: Someone who'd like to go very much is Lady Bird, incidentally. She's always asking questions about it. G: Yes. F: Very intrigued. You worked with Johnson some on clean

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