Oral history transcript, Georgia Cammack Edgeworth, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Georgia Cammack Edgeworth, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

44

Description:

LBJ's baptism; LBJ's support of the Christian church; church ministers; electricity for the area; use of church for school activities; Rebekah Johnson as an elocution teacher; debating topics; rivalry between Blanco and Johnson City; girls' and boys' debate teams; LBJ's ambition; teachers in the Johnson City High School; LBJ as a student; students in the class; LBJ's friends; funerals and cemeteries in the early days; the Johnson family; prohibition and women's suffrage; Sam Ealy Johnson; LBJ's rise to the presidency; Sam Johnson and the legislature; Johnson City and blacks and Hispanics; financial situation in Johnson City; entertainment; childhood pranks; LBJ's parents; general impressions of LBJ as a youth

Contributor:

Edgeworth, Georgia Adrian, 1907-1994

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 Georgia Cammack Edgeworth

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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