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Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Appointment as ambassador by LBJ; Guam Conference, 1967; impressions of Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky; Vietnam's presidential election campaign in 1967; religious factions; advice to Thieu; recommendation for U.S. to close Viet Cong's use of…
Oral history transcript, Gordon Bunshaft, interview 1 (I), 6/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Architect of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill firm; appointment to Commission on Fine Arts, 1963; Hirshhorn Museum; Johnson's interest in the arts; planning of Johnson Library; day at the Ranch; Truman Library; UT budget decisions; impressions of LBJ and…
Oral history transcript, George G. (Admiral) Burkley, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by T.H. Baker
Medical training; first association with White House; President Eisenhower; General Snyder; Dr. Tkach; Kenneth O'Donnell; Dr. Janet Travell; Dr. Eugene Cohen; Dr. Pep Wade; Dr. Hans Kraus; events in Dallas; campaign travel with LBJ; Dr. Cain; Dr.…
Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Johnson as Congressman, Senator and Congressional Secretary
Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; 1941 Senate campaign; 1948 Senate campaign; Latin vote; litigation over 1948 contest; LBJ campaign and political techniques; 1956 campaign; Ralph Yarborough; 1960 campaign and convention; vice presidency;…
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
His decision to work for LBJ, John Connally's role among LBJ staff members, LBJ's childhood, Billy Drake, LBJ's relationship with his staff, Busby’s role as speechwriter, Coke Stevenson's political career, the Roosevelt election.
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's decision to run for Senate, LBJ's fallout with his campaign headquarters, LBJ's modes of transportation; campaign staff duties and views, small Texas town campaign visits.
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 3 (III), 7/2/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's opinion of the Taft-Hartley legislation, Coke Stevenson's campaign methods, Dr. Homer Rainey?s dismissal and resulting University of Texas student demonstration, LBJ's campaign strategy involving the Ferguson family and small town visits, how…
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
George E.B. Peddy's role in Stevenson vs. LBJ second primary, Stevenson's and LBJ's activities leading up to second primary, black voters, working with Alex Louis and D.B. Hardeman, waiting for votes to be tallied, votes being thrown out.
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 5 (V), 8/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ giving NYA scholarship money to black students at Prairie View, race relations in Texas, Ferguson County speech, LBJ's maiden speech--Unlimited debate speech of 1949, death of soldier (Felix Longoria), LBJ's relationship with Mexican-Americans.
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 6 (VI), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Allen Duckworth selling a picture of LBJ and visiting the LBJ Ranch, Ted Dealey's statements regarding LBJ, visiting Hyannis Port with LBJ to see JFK, a flood at the LBJ Ranch during a Busby family visit
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 7 (VII), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Busby’s involvement in an oversight commission on the poverty program, Maurice Leibman, trying to find out who filled all the White House offices, meeting Dr. Warren, Theodore Sorensen, Appalachian poverty and jobs, writing the State of the Union…
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 8 (VIII), 4/2/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ and the Vice Presidency, Nixon’s precedents and travel, particularly his trip to Venezuela and the inflaming of the situation in Caracas, Tom Mann, LBJ's first vice-presidential trip, Professor Eric Zimmerman, trips to Puerto Rico and Senegal…
Oral history transcript, Dorothy V. Bush, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; admiration of Rayburn; women in South for VP Johnson; Paul Butler; Democratic Advisory Councilom 1948, 1960, 1968 campaigns and conventions; Southern train trip; Mrs. Johnson as a campaigner;…
Oral history transcript, Bo Byers, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; first coverage of LBJ in 1946; personal evaluations of various Texas Capitol Press reporters; Stuart Long; reporters' preference for candidates at the time; LBJ's 1948 campaign for Senate; the helicopter; on the road with…
Oral history transcript, John M. Cabot, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; association with LBJ; John Gronouski; Poland foreign policy; policy of building bridges to the East; Battle Acts; most-favored nation treatment; Chinese Communists; Warsaw; Averell Harriman; Foreign Service officers'…
Oral history transcript, James Cain, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb
Meeting LBJ; biographical information; LBJ's illness; LBJ as a patient; political career; medical problems during 1948 campaign; reaction to illness; gallbladder operation; 1955 heart attack; operations; weight; work routine; recuperative powers;…
