Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

26

Description:

Biographical information; association with Richard Kleberg; first meeting LBJ; Roy Miller; association as a newspaperman with LBJ; LBJ’s temper; Senate race; visits during the presidency; LBJ and press criticism; W. Lee O’Daniel; LBJ as a campaigner; Dan Moody; James V. Allred; 1948 campaign; Coke Stevenson; evaluations of LBJ as a Majority Leader and President; purchase of KTBC.

Contributor:

McKnight, Felix

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 Felix McKnight

Subject:

1948 campaign

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Felix McKnight

Interviewer(s):

Michael L. Gillette

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-mcknightf-19791004-1-84-72

Date:

1979-10-04

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-mcknightf-19791004-1-84-72