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Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 1 (I), 11/12/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan

[Description is for all three Katzenbach interviews] LBJ's focus on military waste while on Preparedness Subcommittee; LBJ's concern with constitutional authority for his powers as vice president; LBJ and the PCEEO; Space Committee; JFK and LBJ…

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 2 (II), 11/23/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan

[Description is for all three Katzenbach interviews] LBJ's focus on military waste while on Preparedness Subcommittee; LBJ's concern with constitutional authority for his powers as vice president; LBJ and the PCEEO; Space Committee; JFK and LBJ…

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 3 (III), 12/11/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan

[Description is for all three Katzenbach interviews] LBJ's focus on military waste while on Preparedness Subcommittee; LBJ's concern with constitutional authority for his powers as vice president; LBJ and the PCEEO; Space Committee; JFK and LBJ…

Oral history transcript, Ferd Kaufman, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1997, by Ted Gittinger

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-kaufmanf-19971106-1-12-03.pdf
Career history as a photographer; Kaufman's work in Dallas covering Lee Harvey Oswald after the John F. Kennedy assassination; covering LBJ at the LBJ Ranch while staying in a Stonewall hotel; LBJ's recovery from gallbladder surgery; finding the…

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-keachc-19690710-2-78-25.pdf
Biographical information; LBJ’s two years as teacher and debate coach at Sam Houston High School, Houston; LBJ’s role as Congressman Kleberg’s secretary; life in Washington for underpaid federal workers; Dodge Hotel; Little Congress and LBJ’s…

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 1 (I), April 1963, by Eric F. Goldman

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-keachc-196304xx-1-70-48.pdf
Meeting with LBJ as a debate coach in Houston; working for LBJ on Congressman Kleberg's staff; LBJ's influence on Kleberg; National Youth Administration; first campaign for Congress; contacts with FDR; LBJ's campaign techniques

Oral history transcript, Val M. Keating, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-keatingv-19790202-1-80-14.pdf
How he met LBJ; impressions of LBJ; Keating’s mediations between Texas’ head of WPA and LBJ as head of National Youth Administration, 1936; finding qualified youths for the Texas NYA project; LBJ’s management of Texas NYA.

Oral history transcript, Joe Keen and John Singerhoff interview S-I, 7/12/1968

Interview with Singerhoff and Joe Keen of the Office of Education: funding of education legislation

Oral history transcript, Joseph D. Keenan, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1969, by David G. McComb

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-keenanj-19690725-1-78-109.pdf
Biographical and labor movement background; how he met LBJ; LBJ’s position on labor issues; Keenan’s opposition to LBJ as Vice Presidential nominee in 1960; Keenan’s total support of JFK; Keenan’s support of LBJ during the 1964 campaign; 1948…

Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-keeneyb-19690414-1-74-21.pdf
Biographical information; First meeting with LBJ; first impressions of LBJ; establishment of National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities; effects of Vietnam War; not close to LBJ; controversy over Meredith Wilson; no connection with the White…

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Sandy" Keith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1979, by Joe B. Frantz

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-keitham-19790820-1-09-50.pdf
Biographical information; Keith's military service with the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea; Keith's marriage; how Keith went to work for Judge Harry Blackmun; Blackmun becoming a Supreme Court justice; Keith becoming a state…

Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-kellamj-19700226-2-83-13.pdf
1948 Senate race; KTBC radio; Lady Bird; LBJ's recreational activities; KTBC-TV; station policies; JFK assassination; Jim McCrocklin; impression of LBJ

Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-kellamj-196504xx-1-70-40.pdf
Biographical information; San Marcos; Professor Greene; White Stars; NYA; roadside parks; projects; programs; LBJ's activities; Lady Bird; Alvin Wirtz; 1937 Congressional campaign

Oral history transcript, Mylton Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-kennedym-19800509-1-83-28.pdf
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; College Star; LBJ's activities; President Evans; athletes; secret organizations; faculty; school clubs; relationship with LBJ

Telephone conversation # 3831, sound recording, JACK VALENTI and ROBERT KENNEDY, 6/23/1964, 3:11PM

RFK RECOMMENDS THAT LBJ PUBLICLY EXPRESS PERSONAL CONCERN ABOUT MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER, POSSIBLY MEET WITH THEIR FAMILIES, TALK WITH GOV. PAUL JOHNSON; VALENTI READS LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE…

Telephone conversation # 3876, sound recording, ROBERT KENNEDY and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/23/1964, 8:00PM

RFK ASKS HOOVER TO CHECK A CBS REPORT THAT BODIES OF JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER HAVE BEEN FOUND

Telephone conversation # 3877, sound recording, ROBERT KENNEDY and EDWIN GUTHMAN, 6/23/1964, 8:10PM

DISCUSSION OF RFK'S TRIP BEING DELAYED BECAUSE OF SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI

Telephone conversation # 4200, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/10/1964, time unknown

RFK ASKS ROBERTS TO LOCATE MEMORANDUM HE HAD SENT TO LBJ REGARDING USE OF FEDERAL PERSONNEL IN MISSISSIPPI, ASKS ROBERTS TO GIVE IT TO LBJ BEFORE HIS PRESS CONFERENCE

Oral history transcript, Vann Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 11/xx/1968, by Paul Bolton

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-kennedyv-196811xx-1-03-01.pdf
Biographical information; Jimmie Allred; Franklin Roosevelt's court packing plan and LBJ's 1938 election; tabulating primary election votes and the work of the state Democratic Executive Committee; administration of the Democratic party in Texas; the…

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview S-I, 7/18/1968, by John Singerhoff

1962 status of federal legislative support for education; NEA’s involvement in higher education bill of 1962; Vocational Bill and Higher Education Facilities of 1963; Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its effects; state-church issues remained a problem…

Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-kernero-19690612-1-90-15.pdf
Relationship with LBJ beginning with HR days; Senate; VP; Presidency; development of federal and state programs regarding UE compensation, etc.; JFK relationship with governors; establishment of Office of Emergency Planning; J. Herbert Holloman;…

Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-kerrc-19850812-1-86-14.pdf
Biographical information; period as chancellor and president of University of California at Berkeley; Kerr’s appointments during LBJ Administration; relationship with LBJ; offer of appointment as secretary of HEW; establishment of medical school in…

Oral history transcript, James R. Ketchum, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-ketchumj-19780726-1-02-07.pdf
Ketchum’s early days in Washington D.C. and early contact with the Johnsons; Mrs. Johnson’ interest in the history of the White House; Mrs. Johnson’s sense of humor; Mrs. Johnson’s encounter with Eartha Kitt at the Women Doers’ Luncheon;…

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-keyserlingl-19690109-1-74-70.pdf
Employment Act of 1946, its intended and eventual uses; tax reductions of 1964; regulating the federal budget; the war against poverty and its failures; local control of education; planning in a free society; President John F. Kennedy; rising…