Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Title:

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Number of Pages:

28

Description:

Biographical information; Washington politics; Vice President Charles Curtis; meeting LBJ in NYA; court packing; LBJ in 1938 election; Allen and Drew Pearson; Senator Kerr; LBJ as Senate leader; Bobby Baker; Hubert Humphrey as whip; comparison of LBJ and JFK; LBJ and columnists; LBJ's press secretaries; LBJ and the press; Gene McCarthy; Bobby Kennedy; 1968 campaign; personal observations on LBJ

Contributor:

Allen, Robert S. (Robert Sharon), 1900-1981

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Robert S. Allen

Subject:

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; National Youth Administration (U.S.); Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details

Interviewee:

Robert S. Allen

Interviewer(s):

Stephen Goodell

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-allenr-19690530-1-74-31

Date:

1969-05-30

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-allenr-19690530-1-74-31