Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview S-I, 8/1994, by Douglass Cater
Title:
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview S-I, 8/1994, by Douglass Cater
Number of Pages:
25
Description:
LBJ purchasing and renovating the Boyhood Home; LBJ's interest in providing public access to his homes and his papers; LBJ's intended purpose for the Library; comparing the LBJ Presidential Library with other presidential libraries; the importance of the location of presidential libraries; the opening of the LBJ Library; understanding LBJ as a person through the documents at the Library; the process of making material available to the public; the architecture of the Library; Library programs available to the public; Library Director, Harry Middleton; how Middleton made and maintained ties to the University of Texas, the LBJ School of Public Affairs and former LBJ staffers; the JFK School of Government; possible inaccuracies in oral histories; LBJ's use of the telephone, especially following JFK's assassination; the difficulty in analyzing LBJ as a whole person using only the telephone conversations; examining presidents and their faults in the context of their time and their experiences.
