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Oral history transcript, James A. Elkins, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; interest in politics; meeting LBJ in 1946; characterization of LBJ as a professional politician; campaigning for LBJ; 1958 dinner honoring LBJ as a successful leader in the Senate; Sam Rayburn; Elkin's fundraising…
Oral history transcript, Allen J. Ellender, interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by T.H. Baker
First remembrance of LBJ; LBJ as a favorite of Rayburn's; FDR consulted Rayburn and LBJ; LBJ as a great conservationist; LBJ as a natural leader; Senator Russell's relationship with LBJ; LBJ had good subordinates; differing with LBJ over civil…
Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker
Sam Rayburn and LBJ; Senator Kerr; LBJ for President in 1956; Earle Clements; Senator from Kentucky; Wallace from Alabama; JFK; Al Gore; Frank Clement of Tennessee; Estes Kefauver; civil rights; Governor Faubus of Arkansas; Fulbright; Lester Maddox;…
Oral history transcript, Roy Elson, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; how Elson came to work for Carl Hayden; Hayden's office staff and how he trained them; Elson working for Hayden again after serving in the military; Hayden's strengths; Elson's efforts to write a report on Grand Canyon…
Oral history transcript, Leonard M. Elstad, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by David G. McComb
History of Gallaudet College; difficulties of English language for deaf children; drawbacks of lip reading; remedial work; connection with HEW; interest of Homer Eloise Thornberry; oralism and manualism; LBJ's attendance at graduation ceremony and…
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Engelhard’s family history; marriage to Fritz Mannheimer; leaving France for Spain to avoid testifying against Mr. Daladier and Mr. Reynaud; conditions and traveling during World War II; fleeing to Argentina and later returning to Europe; moving to…
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 2 (II), 1/6/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Visit to Mrs. Johnson and President Johnson at the White House; Andre Meyer; LBJ’s attitude toward Catholicism; Mike Mansfield; bombing of the Capitol.
Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] Wartime service in the Red Cross; seeing LBJ during his visit to Paris on a mission; the mission committee; activities during visit; impressions of Eisenhower; flight back to Texas with LBJ; conditions in Europe; LBJ's visits…
Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] Wartime service in the Red Cross; seeing LBJ during his visit to Paris on a mission; the mission committee; activities during visit; impressions of Eisenhower; flight back to Texas with LBJ; conditions in Europe; LBJ's visits…
Oral history transcript, Alain C. Enthoven, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Meetings with LBJ; role of McNamara; Cabinet Committee on Residual Oil; import quotas; maritime policy; application of economic analysis and systems analysis in Defense Department; Office of Research and Engineering; future of systems analysis;…
Oral history transcript, Courtney A. Evans, interview 1 (I), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker
Discusses the Justice Department; the formation of the Office of Law Enforcement Assistance and its programs; 1968 Omnibus Crime Bill
Oral history transcript, Charles Evers, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Evers' friendship with LBJ as VP and President; LBJ as Chairman of Equal Employment Commission for JFK; LBJ and Louis Martin at meeting of black leaders; Voters' Rights Bill signed into law; Bobby Kennedy's run for presidency; Senator James Eastland…
Oral history transcript, Julian J. Ewell, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information regarding Vietnam tour of duty; post-Tet to pre-invasion of Cambodia; Delta; Long An; Dinh Tuong occupations by Viet Cong; TO & E NVA units and Viet Cong main force; press and TV coverage of Vietnam War; body count; Hamlet…
Oral history transcript, James A. Farley, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1928 convention; repeal of the 18th Amendment; Henry Wallace; Harry S. Truman; BEHIND THE BALLOTS and THE JIM FARLEY STORY; first meeting with LBJ; 1941 Johnson vs. O’Daniel campaign; Eisenhower; Kennedy-Kefauver fight for…
Telephone conversation # 3971, transcript, JUANITA ROBERTS and JAMES FARMER, 6/23/1964, time unknown
FARMER EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DISAPPEARANCE OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER IN MISSISSIPPI, AND WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO LBJ; ROBERTS SAYS THAT LBJ HAS GONE TO CONSTITUTION HALL, HAS A TIGHT SCHEDULE
Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 2 (II), 7/20/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ asking for a moratorium on demonstrations; John Lewis and Farmer against moratorium; antagonism toward Farmer; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Selma March; Community Relations Division of Justice Department; CORE’s resolution regarding…
Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 1 (I), 10/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; image of LBJ; opposition to LBJ as Vice President nominee; 1957 Civil Rights Act; NAACP; CORE; differences with in the civil rights movement; Bayard Rustin; Montgomery bus boycott; Freedom Rides; LBJ…
Oral history transcript, John Henry Faulk, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
Faulk’s boarders, Mr. And Mrs. John Talley; how Faulk came to know of LBJ; J. Frank Dobie; Nazi Germany; racism; Faulk’s father; Faulk’s experience with black people; John Connally; LBJ’s career in the 1950s; 1956 Presidential election;…
Oral history transcript, Truman Fawcett and Wilma Green Fawcett, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; impressions of LBJ growing up; standards of living in Johnson City; activities for youth in Johnson City; LBJ’s skill at debating; LBJ’s interest in politics at an early age; LBJ’s secretaries operating out of the…