Oral history transcript, Ben Crider, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1968, by Paul Bolton

Title:

Oral history transcript, Ben Crider, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1968, by Paul Bolton

Number of Pages:

28

Description:

Boyhood days in Johnson City; family friendship with LBJ, who preferred older people as friends; LBJ and Crider brothers' visit to California where Ben Crider was employed; boyhood activities on ranches in Blanco City near Johnson City; mother's influence on LBJ; keeping LBJ in college; memories of Depression years; NYA work; work with LBJ in Congress and in Houston with Brown & Root during WWII; campaigning for LBJ in 1937; LBJ's early desire to be a public servant; LBJ's quality of natural born leadership; snipe hunt story; deer hunting; LBJ's job on country roads; Crider's part in the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago

Contributor:

Crider, Ben

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 Ben Crider

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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