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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
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
Oral history transcript, Georgia Cammack Edgeworth, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in that church and has done an awful lot for the little church there. And I believe Lady Bird brought a stained glass window from Europe and it's in the little church now. Really, it was nothing but a one-room church when I was a girl, when we were children
Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • [as servicemen], and then they were actually all recalled. did come back. first, to go in. Before the war was over, they all And Lyndon was one of the first ones, if not the I remember seeing him right before he left. turned the office over to Lady Bird. Lady
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • long. But anyhow, he accepted the invitation and came up by helicopter on a rainy night, brought Lady Bird along. He sat in the chair there waiting for his turn to speak, and I talked to Lady Bird, and I said, "Lady Bird, tell me the truth. What
Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • /loh/oh WIGGINS -- I -- 25 watermark in the turning of the tide. It was the first real legislative defeat he had and he did everything to get that bill passed but beyond that he was interested in the District everywhere. M: Of course, Lady Bird. W
Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • then in the government. I have a very vivid recollection that one of the persons present was Lady Bird Johnson, whom I guess I had never heard of before. he \'/as ill. He [Lyndon Johnson] was not there because The one thing that stands out in my memory of the whole
Oral history transcript, Roman Pucinski, interview 1 (I), 12/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Edward Clark, interview S-I, 12/15/1986, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • How Clark met LBJ; how Governor James Allred helped LBJ run for Congress in 1937; campaign costs in 1937; LBJ's support for FDR; fundraising for LBJ; LBJ's relationship with Brown and Root; W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel's victory over LBJ in 1941; Lady
  • . The best thing he ever did for himself was marrying Lady Bird. He married up. The Johnsons were lower middle class, damn low middle class; the Taylors, upper, upper middle class. Captain Thomas Jefferson Taylor, Lady Bird's father, he was somebody
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 7 (VII), 8/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the country. a story can. You see what I mean? And then here is the A picture can tell more than You can write what you want to. Now, if you ' 11 move over here a minute. [Looking at photo in his book], "Teenager Lynda, Lady Bird, Lyndon, and Mother
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Humphrey and Lady Bird Johnson; Humphrey Jr.'s activities in the years immediately following the Johnson-Humphrey Administration; Humphrey Jr.'s forgiving nature; LBJ's and Humphrey Jr.'s inability to connect with television viewers; the 1960 Democratic
  • , and it was at the guest house--and when they had the blueprints out, my mother asked Lady Bird for a copy of the blueprints, which she gave her. And that was the beginnings of Waverly, and Waverly is essentially a modification, a much larger home than that original
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, 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
  • was talking to? F: Yes. But there were two ladies in nice tweed suits and good flat, solid shoes with cameras, and they saw us. Well, I was wearing a yellow costume, Mrs. Johnson was wearing red, and Liz was wearing bright green. Or maybe vice versa
Oral history transcript, Billy Graham, interview 1 (I), 10/12/1983, by Monroe Billington (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Graham -- Special Interview -- 8 But I also saw him on occasion get quite upset. I remember one time when he had left office, I was visiting with him and Lady Bird, and he had sold his stations
Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there practically living with Lady Bird during that time, and I asked Elizabeth how did an experienced man like Lyndon get trapped into that war. The only answer I got out of El izabeth was, "I think I ought to ask Lady Bird about that." Of course, George Ball
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 1960 Democratic National Convention; Alabama citizens' opinion of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon; the Kennedy/Nixon debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; LBJ's and Lady Bird Johnson's 1960 campaign trip through Alabama; LBJ's ambition; LBJ as vice
  • ] Johnson, Lady Bird. True, they had the whistle-stop and, true, the Senator and Mrs. Hill rode with them, but again I don't recall that as taken as a real great effort. It was an effort. I think that's about the best you can say for it. G: Was Senator
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 6 (VI), 3/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • consideration. That was somewhat controversial, as I recall, but again, insofar as back home, we really didn't have any interest in that. G: How about the Highway Beautification Act? C: Well, if it's the one I'm thinking about that's the one that Lady Bird
Oral history transcript, Estelle Harbin, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with people. So we greeted each other in a big way. I introduced my nephew and Lyndon said, "I'm going in for breakfast. with me." So I went in. Come on in He said, "Estelle, I have found the girl I'm going to marry." Then he told me all about Lady Bird
Oral history transcript, Victor Ferrari, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • prepared for us. We We learned the lady of the house was a widow who had lost her husband two weeks prior. We changed into parts of his clothing. That was a big sacrifice on her part because it's a custom in Holland to retain the LBJ Presidential
Oral history transcript, Marshall McNeil, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a pretty good staff and worked the hell out of them, as he did all his staffs. himself, and so did Lady Bird. But he worked He was doing his best to do the people's business, and I think did it damn well. Now if you ask for specifics, it's so damn
Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ; the Supreme Court; Jake Pickle and John Connally’s connection with LBJ in the late 1930’s; connection between UT and LBJ through Pickle, the Connalys, and Lady Bird Johnson; Pappy O’Daniel; informing LBJ of J. Frank Dobie’s death; how Frantz joined
  • that in this oral history project, Lady Bird played a large role. So where has Mrs. Johnson come into this? When did you meet her? F: I'm going through this somewhat tedious recounting of my life with Lyndon Johnson, although it may have something to tell you. I
Oral history transcript, Melville Bell Grosvenor, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 1919, and I found it was a bird sanctuary in California, islands south of Mexico and the Congo. As you will see in my remarks [see attachments], at that very time those four subjects were right in the news again, and my theme was that maybe
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • trust. They treated him as a usurper. Now I understand that the Honorable--wait a minute now, I'm getting old--who's the press secretary to-­ F: [Pierre] Salinger. C: No, the press secretary to Lady Bird. F: Oh. Liz Carpenter. C: Liz's book
Oral history transcript, Bertha Allman Graef, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was very humorous at times. Oh, he never did tell many stories, but once in a while he would tell us stories about his little sister, Josefa. She was in school down there at the same time. She was a beautiful young lady and in some of my classes
Oral history transcript, John V. Singleton, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/5/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • First meeting LBJ; UT campus 1941; 1941 campaign; Pearl Harbor; 1942 work in LBJ’s office; Lady Bird and the Congressional office; service in the Navy; LBJ and FDR
  • ]? S: I don't know. All I know is she did an outstanding job. She's a tireless worker and one of the great ladies that I have ever met in my life, in every respect. G: Who did she look to for advice on how to handle correspondence or issues? S
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 5 (V), 3/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • to Nashville and got a Tennessee walking horse from Governor Buford Ellington. W: [Inaudible] made him president. G: Was that the Lady B? W: I don't know what he named that. I believe it was Lady B. G: Was that Mrs. Johnson's horse? W: Well, maybe
Oral history transcript, Truman Fawcett and Wilma Green Fawcett, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • home; campaigning for LBJ in central Texas; admiration of Lady Bird; effect of LBJ’s fame on the Fawcett drugstore and Johnson City in general.
  • has a simply fabulous wife to help him. With any other woman, I don't know whether he would have made it or not. M: I've heard lots of compliments about Lady Bird. TF: Yes, she's real nice, real nice to everyone. M: When did you first meet her
Oral history transcript, Douglass H. Hubbard, interview 1 (I), 6/4/69, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of this interview, there was a park dedicated to Mrs. Johnson in Fredericksburg. H: Yes, I think it was just a month or so ago. B: Yes. A park, Lady Bird Park, with a swimmingpool, operated by the City of Fredericksburg. H: Right, B: And I heard that Mr
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • decision to enter active military duty following the attack on Pearl Harbor; how LBJ's office was run with Lady Bird Johnson's help during LBJ's deployment; life in Washington D.C. during World War II; LBJ's involvement in the Naval Affairs Committee
  • about, and she would talk to people who were in charge of that. It was not easy for her because it was something she wasn't used to doing. She's a very modest lady and a very smart lady, and she did it well, but I mean she felt like, "What am I doing
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 14 (XIV), 7/19/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • don't think I knew that at the time. I don't But I remember when she came. G: Anything significant or memorable there about her? J: Well, she was allowed to visit him clearly more than anyone else unless it was Mrs. Johnson, Lady Bird. What
Oral history transcript, C.E. "Curley" Doyle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • believe you took them around. Do you recall that occasion? It was just a month before Pearl Harbor. D: Yes, I remember it well. I took Lady Bird to a meeting of the ladies of the city, which was held downtown in a federal building, and then I escorted
Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that he wouldn't take a chance with the life of Lady Bird and Neva and that he under dangerous conditions went back and withstood the embarrassment." Apparently Wesley had said some LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Oral history transcript, Llewellyn B. Griffith, Sr., interview 1 (I), 8/15/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Let's see here, I knew Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird shortly after they first came to Austin. In fact, we had them over to our house several times after I became NYA State Director of Projects for Texas. MG: Was this while he was NYA director? LG
Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • said, "For God's sake, go see Johnson." I said, "Well, I can't do that because Lady Bird says he can't be disturbed before ten o'clock and the convention's going to start in twenty minutes." So, we went to the convention. And John ran the convention
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