Oral history transcript, Edith H. Parker, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Edith H. Parker, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

28

Description:

Biographical information; early association with LBJ; the Dodge Hotel; the Capitol and Capitol staffs; summer of 1935 in Austin; LBJ’s plans to run for Congress; LBJ and other staff members; the Little Congress; Bob Jackson and Arthur Perry; friction between LBJ and Senator Connally; LBJ and FDR; Parker’s move to Denver and return to Washington; Senator Connally and FDR; issuing press releases; circumstances of Connally’s support of LBJ in the 1942 Senate race; Connally and the appointment of Jimmy Allred to a federal judgeship; 1940 Democratic National Convention; Henry Wallace; favor to Parker when LBJ was in the White House.

Contributor:

Parker, Edith H., 1905-1985

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 Edith H. Parker

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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