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Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)

it. I decided I might as well find out now if it is safe for a man and a wife to walk the streets of Dallas, and so Lady Bird and I went ahead. They did the same thing later to Adlai Stevenson. I never wanted to go to Dallas in 1960 and things didn't get

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

LBJ's efforts to get legislation passed in 1965; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in beautification; LBJ's interest in the environment; LBJ's awareness of the value of media, especially television and photography; LBJ's efforts to understand what to do
by talking about going upstairs in the White House and finding Laurance Rockefeller, who was involved in Lady Bird's beautification project. And LBJ 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, George Mahon, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and exchange ideas and think a little. F: Deliberate. ?!I: And deliberate. Ue don't have the time now for deliberation that we used to have. F: In that brief period when Johnson was in the Navy, di~ you get any opportunity to observe Lady Bird running

Oral history transcript, Edith H. Parker, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Again, it has been so long. Then Lyndon took me to the bank so I could get checks cashed. Lady Bird took me to lunch so that I could meet some of the women with the NYA. Then they had an evening party for the NYA people, and I believe

Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 much after 12:00-- So I got hold of Lady Bird on the phone and asked her if I could see Lyndon, and she said, "Yes, but you have to hurry, because he just took a sleeping pill. asleep in just a few minutes." He's going

Oral history transcript, Annette Ludeman, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1986, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Ludeman -- I -- 10 I L: Some ofmy cousiils, Johnson City relatives, were here and then, ofcourse, some ofher husband's people live in Crystal City and they were here. And that was all, and, ofcourse, Lyndon and Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

from VP's office; 1964 campaign; first meeting Lady Bird; JFK's 1956 VP race; 1960 election; LBJ visiting Hyannis; returning to White House for the presentation of portraits; contact with the Johnsons after 1963; warmth and generosity of spirit of LBJ
she was, how she tried to make you feel at home . the house well . room . I can remember I think Lynda Bird was there ; we went up to her There were about maybe twelve Senate wives . food we had . I remember the I know a really nice black lady

Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 2 (II), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

had a very strange name, Lady Bird Johnson, and she said that her husband, who was a representative, was ill and couldn't come that day. This was a Sunday or a Saturday. The only thing I remember in the conversation was she said, "He's just been

Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

; ceremony and party plans after the mission; LBJ’s interest in the technical details of space flight; LBJ never attended a launch; Lady Bird’s concerns for benefits of space program to man on the street; relationship with HHH; consultant to HUD; The Space
birth place, and chase the deer. bit on a personal basis. You could get to know him there a little Also, of course, Mrs. Paine and I were thrown in with Lady Bird on these occasions, and when Lady Bird visited the Cape, as you recall. We had

Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the new coliseum at Waco. he didn't stay. §ery~d Lyndon came up to it and spoke, but He went on back to Austin that night. No, I didn't see a great deal of him. I did get Lyndon and Lady Bird interested in a pet scheme of mine that I have been

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 27, 1 January 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

Lyndon sure has gone up in the world, hasn't he?" And this fellow said, "Yeah, up the road about half a mile." 7 Lady Bird Johnson Echoes Great Society Faith in Education Acknowledging that the commitment made in the 1960s to universal education

Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

been with Lyndon Johnson. I'd come in at nine o'clock or so just paralyzed. But by and large I got tremendous insights into how he worked, his personality, and I got to know Lady Bird through this process. Met Bill Moyers one day. I walked

Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of HHH; JFK, LBJ and press attitudes; anti-Johnson campaign 1960-1969; contacts with President LBJ and Lady Bird;
around and the reason he picked Lady Bird was because she too had extraordinary sensitivity as well as a great deal of intelligence and a fine character. All these talents counted up. I wrote a piece about her, right after they went into the White

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

recall my own little emotional problem of, what will I call him? Over the years I had called him "Lyndon," called Mrs. Johnson "Bird," and they had called me "Willis." As he became vice president, I fumbled around a little bit and would say, "Mr. Vice

Oral history transcript, Jerry Voorhis, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

First meeting LBJ; impressions of LBJ as a Congressman and Senator; LBJ's relationship with FDR and Rayburn; rural electrification; defeated in 1946 Senate race against Nixon; Cooperative League; meeting Lady Bird; assessment of LBJ's performance
she performed her role as first lady sufficiently? V: Oh, I would say that's an understatement. I think she's been one of the best first ladies we ever had. M: Why do you say that? V: Well, partly because I think that she could meet with any

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 20, 1 August 1980," LBJ Library (Item)

Documentary On Lady Bird Johnson Charles Guggenheim (center), President of Guggenheim Productions, Inc. and members of bis film crew confer with Mrs. Johnson on steps of Library's Great Hall during filming of a motion picture documenting the former First

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 40, 15 May 1987," LBJ Library (Item)

"LBJ: The Early Y ar.,,' • with Randy Quaid and Patti Lupone a~ Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, and PBS's une-man shov. "Lyndon," starring Laur nee Luckinbill, suggest that the in terest in LBJ is not restricted 10 historians but is felt in the public

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 76, October 2001," LBJ Library (Item)

postmaster in 1934. A few years later, when LBJ and Lady Bird Taylor made their abrupt deci ion to get married in San Antonio. it was Quill whom LBJ called on to make the frantic last-minute arrangements for the Johnsons' wedding-includ ing a dash to ears

Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

president, the former president and now a statesman . F: Our former friend . J-9 : No, he's not a former friend because he's still my friend . He and his wife have been my friends for a long time and I've been their friend . In fact, Lady Bird has

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to stand still. F: Was there any time for socializing? C: Not really, initially. You mean with him? F: With him or with Lady Bird or with each other? Or make outside friends? Did he encourage you to spread yourself around so that you would know people

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Democratic political campaigns leading to 1956 Convention; Central High School integration; 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy-Johnson nomination; relations with LBJ as VP; ghost writing for Lady
factotum. was in the Eisenhower years. This I was in Washington for a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and at some raucous late-night party I ran into Lyndon and Lady Bird. We were standing around talking and drinking--it was very

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Monk" Willis, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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
rOOIn and there were only, four or five there. r guess I remeInber Lyndon Johnson talking about his great need • • • the way he put it, that he owed so Inuch to Lady Bird and the fact that he was determined to, as it were, pay her back and Inake

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

something, so Lady Bird came down and was quite gracious. She really rescued the occasion. It wasn't much, but this honor guard had pulled out there; you can't just leave them alone. Then, let's see now. G: Now, there were several days of briefings

Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

: And his sweet wife, Lady Bird . That relationship began in 1937, again, in a left-handed way because I was not involved personally in that campaign . I happened to be in Brenham in the spring or early summer of 1937, just after Lyndon had announced

Oral history transcript, Myron R. Blee, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

VISTA Training program; Lady Bird Johnson's visit and commencement address to the first VISTA class; Office of Emergency Planning
to see the people with whom they Some of the classes with children were con ducted in the center and she was involved in those . [She] wanted to see the classes in operation and wanted to participate in them. We wondered how the First Lady was going

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to come to dinner quite often at our house with Lady Bird, and he was a great talker and a great charmer. Let's say we had twelve people for dinner, and sitting around after dinner he would grab them and hold them for a long period. You have been

Oral history transcript, Frank Oltorf, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

the time . Pt : Did Lady Bird campaign? 0: Yes, she did . I never followed her, but I knew, as a matter of fact, that she was having receptions different places . . M: She went one direction, and he went another . 0: They didn't go together

Oral history transcript, Ferd Kaufman, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1997, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

time we were out there, and he just decided to take the press corps on a tour of the Ranch house. We walked in there and he said--and I quote--we were upstairs looking in the bathroom and he says, "Lady Bird's going to kill me for showing you all

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 2 (II), 4/6/1983-4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Distinguished Service Medals; LBJ's preference for organization and good management of time; LBJ signing photographs and his use of photography; LBJ's teasing; how Bonanno learned from LBJ to use her temper to her advantage; LBJ's moods; Lady Bird Johnson's
that kind of thing that I think most people don't know about Lyndon Johnson. I think people realized that Lady Bird was very much that way, but I don't think they realized that he was the kind of person that in the middle of a busy day and you said your

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

was his cook. He said, "You all know Zephyr. Lady Bird and Zephyr and I were driving from the Ranch back to Washington last August. We passed through some Oklahoma town and Lady Bird said, 'Lyndon, would you mind stopping at the next gas station? I would

Oral history transcript, Walter C. Hornaday, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, as a consultant. He set up an I think he must be on to Lyndon's payroll. F: Was Lady Bird much in evidence in those days, or did she emerge later? Was she pretty much just the wife? H: You mean when he was--? F: When he was senator. H: Well, she

Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

; LBJ’s 1937 campaign for Congress; Claude Wild’s influence on LBJ as his campaign manager; Lady Bird; Fort Worth incident to keep LBJ off the runoff ballot; Abe Fortas’ prepared opposition paper.
in their home while I was in company punishment, and my wife's reactions to the rather summary and, to her, high-handed way he ran his household served to highlight the fact that lady Bird is an unusual person. She never gave the impression of worrying at all

Oral history transcript, James M. Rowe, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

coffee, and I got off to one side, and I was talking to Lady Bird and Johnny Lyle. Lyle was the congressman from the Fourteenth District at the time, and I was never so embarrassed in my life. Johnny Lyle got to talking. He said, "You know, I came

Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to Lady Bird's and his thirtietb anniversary, which fell a few days after the 1964 election. very good party. It wasn't a. I remember I sat between Mrs. Justice [Tom] Clark and Mrs. Scooter Hiller, which is not my ideal seat at table. About the only

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 47, 1 July 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

(above) and his performance. At right, he has a word with a cowering Cactus Pryor who, in the program at the Library, has just given a review of Johnson wit and humor. Lady Bird Johnson meets with the LBJ Cabinet members assembled for the Washington

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 28, 15 May 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

. Lady Bird Johmon paid tribute to ~1eanor R osevelt, saying, "Few people have marked the world and our con5cience as E:leanor Roosevelt" . . . he "taught U5 that sometimes silence is the greatest ~in." Uz Carpenter remimled the audience of anotht.:r

Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; the 1964 presidential campaign; Bean's return to law practice as Johnny Cash's lawyer; Tony Lama's connection to Bean and boots for LBJ; LBJ's delay in supporting civil rights legislation; Bean's opinion of Lady Bird Johnson.

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

humor; camel driver's visit to U.S. and LBJ ranch; travel with LBJ as President; LBJ's selection of presidential gifts; graciousness of LBJ and Lady Bird; ambassadors' visits with LBJ; state dinners; LBJ's concern for people needing help; foreign policy
ink. F: On that Senegal trip, I seem to remember an incident of he and Lady Bird going out among all the tailors in the place and with a sewing LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

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