Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 41 (XLI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 41 (XLI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton

Number of Pages:

25

Description:

Interviewing Henry Blackburn for a LBJ Ranch foreman position; LBJ's interest in running for president in 1960; Bill Moyers' work style; purchasing a building to house KTBC and an apartment for the Johnsons; decorator Genevieve Hendricks; income from Lady Bird Johnson's mother's estate; Bob Waldron; the death of Mrs. Johnson's father, T. J. Taylor; the Johnsons' relationship with George Reedy; Strom Thurmond and his wife, Jean; Lady Bird Johnson's involvement in the Senate Ladies' Red Cross; Pat Nixon; Marvin Watson; visiting Acapulco and Mexican President Miguel Aleman and his family; LBJ's relationship with Senator Richard Russell; Sam Houston Johnson's hospitalization for alcoholism; a Johnson family history of alcoholism and depression; a Texas Exes banquet on March 2, 1960; factors that made LBJ a great majority leader; Mike Mansfield as Senate majority leader; Charles and Jane Engelhard; Mrs. Johnson's introduction to highway billboard concerns through Senators Richard and Maureen Neuberger of Oregon; Lynda and Luci growing up in Washington, D.C.; story of Lynda being asked if she was Luci's mother; pediatrician Dr. John Washington; Stuart Symington; Marshall, Texas.

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