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Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 4 (IV), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

; examples of educational, social and health-related skills that were taught in Job Corps; placement for Job Corps graduates; how Shriver developed the idea for Head Start; the Head Start advisory committee; how Lady Bird Johnson became involved in supporting

Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in Washington, and after I got to know him better I determined that his politics were obviously somewhat more liberal than mine or perhaps the gentleman from Kentucky. And then to keep the thing in perfect focus, there was a lady that showecl up who

Oral history transcript, Helene Lindow Gordon, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it had happened. F: It didn't make any commotion. L: No, oh no. I would have felt terrible if I had. But then Lynda Bird felt faint right after that. F: Then you rush off for the reception. L: Then back to the reception. F: What was that like

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Haar, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the struggles we had on the task force. F: H: Ladies' garden clubs and so forth. Ladies' garden clubs. You throw a few flowers, and the blacks are supposed to be happy inside the ghetto. that kind of incongruity about it. I mean, it has Now, when Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Horace E. Richards, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

at the college; the College Star; LBJ in later years; Fenner Roth, Wilton Woods and LBJ; other students at the college; Welly Hopkins’ campaign; opinion about Box 13; LBJ as a politician; LBJ and debates; Dr. Evans; impressions of Lady Bird; religion.
? R: History major. G: Okay. R: We had some wonderful history teachers. G: Who were some of your memorable teachers? R: Well, I remember Miss [Retta] Murphy. I can't remember why I knew that, but-- She was a large lady. every little detail

Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for that family, and I think perhaps that was one tbing that helped him help me, because he could see that he would like to have his women, wife and daughters, in the same position. I'm not sure, but I felt that sometimes. F: Did you get to know Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

said, "Look, this is a ridiculous situation," and furthermore, now that I look back on it, it does seem funny. He said, "Lady Bird (oY! the Hfll) has got her beautification bill up thereX Now, we can't mess up the beautification bill in Congress just

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 5 (V), 8/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there was a very close, personal friendship between them, and still now between Mrs. Wirtz and her daughter, Ida May, and Lady Bird. G: What was Senator Wirtz like? How would you describe him to someone who never met him? D: I would say he was a little larger

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

; contact with community leaders; conflict of subway vs. freeway; housing problems; unique business and economic situation in D.C.; tourist trade; LBJ's interest in D.C. government; Lady Bird's beautification program; bipartisan support; personal summary

Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

after the 1964 election; Credibility Gap; press secretaries; books about LBJ; letters from LBJ; LBJ’s personality; 1948 election; 1941 special election; foreign affairs; LBJ’s withdrawal; opinion of LBJ as a President; Lady Bird and their daughters.

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Chalmers Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

house, he was head of NASA then. Lady Bird came in and she just let me have it. M: About the same piece? R: About the same piece. Mr. Roberts? Finally she said, "What would you have us do, How should the Vice President conduct himself? You

Oral history transcript, Allan Shivers, interview 1 (I), 5/29/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that quest for votes. I remember Tom Clark and his wife were along, and one other couple. They also invited Lyndon and Lady Bird. It was on Sunday, and we were on one of the Treasury boats on the Potomac. And Lyndon was just as mad as he could be because

Oral history transcript, G. Mennen Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/8/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson and Marie Wilson, interview 2 (II), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 10 (X), 6/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the White House as the most rewarding time of his life; why O'Brien never ran for elected office; the role of women in the 1960 and 1964 presidential campaigns; Lady Bird Johnson's 1964 whistle stop tour through the South; the excitement of election night

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 14 (XIV), 9/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, we landed on the private strip. I don't say anything to Gronouski [or] Rusk, and nobody says anything to me. I was considerably at sea about this whole thing. So, anyway, Lady Bird greeted us and made us feel at home, and everything is wonderful

Oral history transcript, Sidney "Sub" Pyland, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

back on the old championship 1921 team. He's a good friend of my brother's and they go bird hunting together down there. He'd tell me about the time Ed Horton and I--Ed's dead now--they'd take us on the bus and feed us because we just took off to see

Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

PrHsident from time to time and l liked him and p:irticularly liked Lady Bird, and on at least one occasio'1 I was at his ho1.ise for that period. dinn·~r, and 0:1r relations seemed p•2rfectly amicab12 in And I llked George Reedy and Walter Jen'

Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Scott -- I -- 20 he'd call and say, "Lady Bird, can we pick you up? We've got a few sticky children here that want to tell you hello

Oral history transcript, Albert W. Brisbin, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Vernon R. Alden, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 22. The other time 1 saw the President was when my wife and 1 were invited to a White House dinner. Lady Bird went up to bed about midnight while President Johnson stayed on and danced until about three-thirty. I was so

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

were coming back from We had been to a cocktail party, and we were in terrible distress--is the best word I know to use--to go to the bathroom. There was Lady Bird and Dorothy, my wife, in the car with us, and he just stopped the car out

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the newspapers. So Lady Bird and Johnson, any time one of them came to town, they were treated like royalty. So they sort of denutted poor old Shivers because they took away his strength. I mean, if Shivers doesn't have the support of the Fort Worth paper

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Biographical information; Rayburn; JFK; 1960 Democratic campaign; LBJ’s vice presidency; Lady Bird; Interior; Job Corps; RFK and LBJ

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Moving ahead just a minute, were you around when Walter resigned? V: Yes. I was not working for the President but Jack was. F: I mean in these very troubled hours when the story first broke. Were you with either Lady Bird or with the President? 10

Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to this He invited my wife and me to the White House to a couple of dinners and always recognized us. was always extremely cordial--wonde rful woman. was nothing but kind to us. Lady Bird And the President I remember when I won the Pulitzer Prize, his

Oral history transcript, Tom C. Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, some times we'd talk about other things. F: When did you all tend to meet--after hours? C: Oh, yes, always. F: What were after hours? C: It was really amazing. I have been over there again and again, and Mr. Johnson would call up Bird

Oral history transcript, William Friday, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1987, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Friday -- I -- 9 F: To Raleigh. The Lady Bird Special. T: To Raleigh, right

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

gave it to Lady Bird, because Lady Bird caught me a week or so later and said she just thought that was lovely; she was just so impressed with it and she wanted to talk to me. And we did eventually talk about it. And I know of one occasion months

Oral history transcript, Thomas Francis "Mike" Gorman, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1985, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and Lynda Bird and Chuck Robb, Tom Johnson, Walter Jenkins, D. B. [HardemanJ. But there's ali ttl e ki nd of a thing that IS not compl imentary to him that nobody knows about that probably ought to be in the mix available only for .scholarly background

Oral history transcript, Joe Mashman, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the only time that we had any difficulty that affected our schedule. F: No contest with birds? M: No, no. We delayed a few times due to thunderstorm activity when we had to land and again we'd always land in a farmer's backyard; did this several times

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was there, and the message came through louder and clearer if the guy left the next day. But I know in a personal way, the Ambassador and Mrs. Lodge invited both Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Mecklin to dinner the nights of their respective husbands' departure, and these ladies

Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the same reaction that Johnson had. He said, "This is not the kind of a letter that you write to a charming lady. got to be more gentle and more . . . " It's So he scribbled on it and redrafted it, put in some fulsome language at the end about how

Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that, "We can't understand Lyndon." Now there's no point in repeating what live read. But I guess that Lyndon's own prescience, and the advice he may have gotten from Rayburn and others, including Lady Bird, encouraged him to accept. Kennedy had to have

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Biographical information; first meeting LBJ at the Ranch; Lady Bird’s kindness; breaking the story of JFK’s assassination; transferred to Washington in 1964; contacts and conversation with LBJ; LBJ’s operation to remove a polyp on his vocal chords
everybody, but it was a little vignette that live always carried with me about Johnson. deal about him and Mrs. Johnson. It has always told me a great Of course anybody who is going to understand Lyndon has to understand Lady Bird; it was that kind

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