Oral history transcript, Ruth Booker, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1986, by Christie L. Bourgeois

Title:

Oral history transcript, Ruth Booker, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1986, by Christie L. Bourgeois

Number of Pages:

29

Description:

Biographical information; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Martin; school in Johnson City; childhood memories of LBJ; Rebekah Johnson's desire for LBJ to attend college; George Johnson; Sam Johnson; Booker's mother loaning LBJ $100; living in Houston with LBJ and Mr. and Mrs. John Bright; LBJ and his students; George Johnson; LBJ teaching in Pearsall then Houston; LBJ going to work for Congressman Robert Kleberg; Booker attending Rice University; Booker's teaching career; a Cotulla teacher who disliked Booker because of her relationship to LBJ; leaving Cotulla; Margaret Kimball; poverty in Cotulla.

Contributor:

Booker, Ruth, 1915-2001

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 Ruth Booker

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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