Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Title:

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Number of Pages:

37

Description:

Biographical information; work as a welfare department investigator; involvement in the War on Poverty and the Urban League, how Berry came to be the director of the Community Action program; early community-related programs; funding programs such as the Community Action agency and Neighborhood Youth Corps under Title II; job training vs. job placement; STAR program in Mississippi; Berry

Contributor:

Berry, Theodore

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 Theodore Berry

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Theodore Berry

Interviewer(s):

Stephen Goodell

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-berryt-19690215-1-99-02

Date:

1969-02-15

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-berryt-19690215-1-99-02