Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

15

Description:

How Robinson came to write a book about LBJ; response to the book; how the Tet offensive and LBJ's 3/31/1968 announcement that he would not seek re-election affected the publishing of Robinson's book; the political atmosphere at Ohio State University in the 1960s and Robinson's involvement in campus leadership; how Robinson's opinions have changed since the time he wrote the book, especially regarding Vietnam; supporting Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 presidential election.

Contributor:

Robinson, James Arthur, 1932

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

James Robinson

Interviewer(s):

Ted Gittinger

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-robinsonj-19850221-1-06-22

Date:

1985-02-21

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)