Oral history transcript, Bailey Sheppard, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Bailey Sheppard, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

21

Description:

First contact with LBJ; LBJ's 1941 Senate race in East Texas; circumstances of Sheppard's release from the army; LBJ's intervention for Sheppard in other areas; Big Inch pipelines; Carl Estes; LBJ and the oil companies; 1948 campaign; use of the helicopter; Charles Devall; 1954 campaign; support of J.R. Parten; Monk Willis; integration problem in East Texas; East Texas support for LBJ as President

Contributor:

Sheppard, Bailey

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 Bailey Sheppard

Subject:

1948 campaign

Relation:

 

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Bailey Sheppard

Interviewer(s):

Michael L. Gillette

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-sheppardb-19810310-1-85-21

Date:

1981-03-10

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Bailey Sheppard, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-sheppardb-19810310-1-85-21