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Oral history transcript, Hodding Carter, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by T.H. Baker
First meeting with LBJ in Congress; LBJ more of a man's man than JFK; LBJ's address to American Society of Newspaper Editors; LBJ's acceptance of VP; 1960's Mississippi racial atmosphere; armed himself; Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi; activities of the…
Oral history transcript, Joseph H. (Joe) Carter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; day of JFK's assassination; Jim Jones; Marvin Watson; 1968 campaign; Marty Hauan; Will Sparks; DNC; George Christian; Mike Monroney, Jr.; advance work and trips to Honolulu and Huntington, West Virginia; Whitney Shoemaker;…
Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb
Background in politics and participating in the New Deal; Democratic party state machinery in Texas; 1956 Democrat Party convention; role of Texas Democrats in national conventions and elections
Oral history transcript, Clifford P. Case, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Association with LBJ; Senate; McCarthyism; impressions of LBJ; Johnson leadership; relationship with William Knowland; techniques; timing; LBJ temper; space program; relations with Eisenhower; Nixon and Dirksen; Lewis Strauss nomination; 1957 civil…
Oral history transcript, John Brooks Casparis, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
History of the Caparis family; Mrs. Rebekah Johnson and her technique of elocution; debate and interscholastic league; 1924 debating with LBJ as partner; research material for debates; debate topics; LBJ as debater; district meet at San Marcos; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 4 (IV), 4/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Congressional interest in, and reaction to, planning of the Resurrection City demonstration in the 1968 Poor People's Campaign; congressional hearings related to the demonstration; the issue of whether or not to issue a permit for Resurrection City;…
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Solidarity Day, June 19, 1968; Solidarity Day chairmen Bayard Rustin and, later, Sterling Tucker; Dean Rusk's son, David Rusk, and his work on Solidarity Day; estimating the number of people expected for the Solidarity Day event; speeches by Ralph…
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton
Efforts to establish a historic site at Lady Bird Johnson's childhood home in Karnack, Texas; early planning for the National Wildflower Research Center; the first board of directors for the Center; Carlton Lees' assistance in writing the charter for…
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 6 (VI), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton
The creation of the LBJ Memorial Grove and the committee that oversaw its planning; finding stone in Texas to create a megalith for the memorial; the location of the memorial in Lady Bird Johnson Park and the creation of the Lady Bird Johnson Park;…
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; National Park Service
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
The Grand Teton trips; Appalachian trip; New England trip; the Crossroads trip;
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; Mrs. Paul Mellon; Lady Bird Johnson Park
Oral history transcript, Raul Castro, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; how Castro became the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador; Castro's interaction with Fidel and Raul Castro of Cuba and confusion regarding Castro's name; Castro's opinion of, and involvement in, the relationship between El…
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 2 (II), 5/8/1969, by David G. McComb
Liaison with USIA; international education; PBS Act Corp.; CIA involvement with NSA; work with intellectual community; academic trips to gather ideas; impressions of Eric Goldman and The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson; Arts and Humanities Endowment;…
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ’s speech for Smithsonian celebration; International Education Act; world education; HEW; Civil Rights Act; Adam Clayton Powell; LBJ’s lifestyle after heart attack.
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 4 (IV), 4/24/1981, by Clarence Lasby
Health care reform; Mary Lasker; White House Health Conference, 1965; Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act; Family Assistance Program.
Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Political background; LBJ's support of poverty program in Detroit; use of phrase "The Great Society" and how it began; role of Public Officials Advisory Committee; Detroit Freedom March with MLK in 1963; creation of HUD; Model City program; U.S.…
Oral history transcript, Anthony J. Celebrezze, interview 1 (I), 1/26/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; choice of LBJ as VP; LBJ as chairman of EEO Commission; operation of HEW; liaison with Presidential staff; first cabinet meeting; assessment of cabinet meetings; poverty bill/program; ESEA; LBJ's assistance in passing…
