Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton

Number of Pages:

43

Description:

Lady Bird Johnson's first impressions of Fidel Castro; Hester Beall Provenson's public speaking course; the Johnsons' 30th Place home in 1959; early impressions of Jacqueline Kennedy; hosting a lunch for the wives of new senators; Sam Houston Johnson's work for LBJ; Beagle getting loose; how the Johnsons named their dogs; birthday parties for Sam Rayburn and his interest in including the children; Lady Bird Johnson's experience with, and view of, spanking; the American Heart Association's February luncheon; Hawaii's statehood; John Burns; Mrs. Johnson's love of theater; Frank Stanton; the death of John and Nellie Connally's daughter, Kathleen, and her funeral; the effect of Kathleen Connally's death on LBJ's view of gun control; LBJ's 1968 gun control bill; LBJ's relationship with Dorsey Hardeman; John Foster Dulles; Mrs. Johnson's visit to FDR's home in Hyde Park, New York; Mrs. Johnson's interactions with Eleanor Roosevelt; the Johnsons' relationship with Ed Weisl and Warren Woodward; Mary Lasker and Florence Mahoney; LBJ 's interest in purchasing a plane; LBJ's driving style; LBJ's feelings about funerals; story about Jimmie Allred giving LBJ advice about what sort of hat to wear; Tommy Taylor's diagnosis of pancreatic cancer; Joe Mashman; Price Daniel's visit to the LBJ Ranch during a flood and LBJ's efforts to help neighbors during that flood; Lady Bird Johnson's brother, Tommy Taylor; LBJ's effectiveness in television appearances; Mexican President Lopez Mateos' 1959 visit to the Ranch with his family; the Johnsons' misunderstanding of Mateos' political relationship with the Catholic Church; the Johnsons' twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebration; the death of J. J. "Jake" Pickle's first wife, Sugar, and his friends' efforts to see him remarry; Horace Busby's employment with the Johnsons; Robert Kennedy's visit to the LBJ Ranch; Hubert and Muriel Humphrey's visit to the Ranch; Lady Bird Johnson's birthday celebration at the Ranch; the Johnson for President headquarters and staff; the increasing possibility that LBJ might become president.

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

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 Lady Bird Johnson

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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