Oral history transcript, Henry Loomis, interview S-I, 8/15/1968, by Harry L. Selden

Title:

Oral history transcript, Henry Loomis, interview S-I, 8/15/1968, by Harry L. Selden

Number of Pages:

47

Description:

Appointment as Deputy Commissioner of Education in 1965 and consequent upheaval over the appointment; Office of Education budgeting; Loomis’ work to reorganize the Office of Education; “Shadow Organization”; administration of research funds; pressure by Adam Clayton Powell to employ blacks in the reorganization; administering Civil Rights Act through education grants; Francis (Frank) Keppel.

Contributor:

Loomis, Henry

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of Oral Histories Given to the Lyndon B. Johnson Library

See Also:

See all online interviews with Henry Loomis

Subject:

Education; Civil rights; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Henry Loomis

Interviewer(s):

Harry L. Selden

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-loomish-19680815-s1-66-1hew-11

Date:

1968-08-15

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Henry Loomis, interview S-I, 8/15/1968, by Harry L. Selden, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-loomish-19680815-s1-66-1hew-11