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Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 4 (IV), 8/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • Sharon Francis -- Interview IV -- 3 clearly was heated. I might say, going back into some history, he had set his heart on it long, long ago. Because I remember doing a research paper for him when Kennedy was alive on all the times that the Antiquities
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 2 (II), 6/4/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • of those spontaneous things, because of her fondness for Jackie Kennedy and because Jackie Kennedy had great regard for Warnecke, the designer of the restoration, as well as the new buildings around Lafayette Park." He said frankly he felt Mrs. Mellon had
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • and weeded and worked and drafted. On the seventh of June we worked for the first time, together out in the arbor, on the draft of the speech. Of course, it was two days after Robert Kennedy had been assassinated. Mrs. Johnson commented the events of the last
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • , when John F. Kennedy appointed Udall to his cabinet one of Udall's aides telephoned me and asked if I would come in for a job interview. I did, and right after the inauguration received another call from the aide saying, "Where are you? We're starting