Oral history transcript, Victor Jaeggli, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Victor Jaeggli, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

25

Description:

Biographical information; Jaeggli's work for the National Youth Administration under LBJ; Jaeggli's first memory and impression of LBJ; Jaeggli's work as state director of Works Projects Administration; LBJ's expectations of his staff and himself; work done to complete a roadside park near Dallas; Passamaquaddy Bay development projects; NYA residence centers; Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune visiting Texas NYA projects; the success of Texas NYA projects; NYA work on the Little Chapel in the Woods in Denton and San Antonio's La Villita; Jaeggli's work with Maury Maverick; the Inks Dam and Pedernales Electric Cooperative NYA projects; supporting LBJ's congressional campaign in 1937; the relationship between the NYA and the Works Projects Administration; LBJ's work habits and his demands on his staff; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate election.

Contributor:

Jaeggli, Victor

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 Victor Jaeggli

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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