Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

62

Description:

Biographical information; 1960 “rump session;” Henry Cabot Lodge; campaign trips; Democratic ticket; Catholic issue; McCarthy censure; Watkins Committee; Vice Presidency; assassination; Connally-Yarborough feud; Dallas; funeral; Vietnam; press relations; selection of the Vice President in 1964; credibility gap; Bill Moyers; eastern establishment; the JFK-LBJ division in the White House press corps

Contributor:

Wicker, Thomas G.

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 Thomas G. Wicker

Subject:

Assassinations; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Thomas G. Wicker

Interviewer(s):

Joe B. Frantz

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-wickert-19700616-1-81-99

Date:

1970-06-16

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-wickert-19700616-1-81-99