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Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 1935
Lady Bird trip, LBJ life without Lady Bird
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Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1935
Lady Bird praise and contributions, TJ Taylor
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Singletary, Otis A.
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Siegel, Gerald W.
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Seamans, Robert Channing, 1918-2008
Bio: Robert Channing Seamans (b. Octover 30, 1918, Salem, Massachusetts-d. June 28, 2008), Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from December 21, 1965 to January 5, 1968. He later served as Secretary of the Air…
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Scott, Bess Whitehead, 1890-1997
Bio: Bess Whitehead Scott (b. Bess Lorena Whitehead, December 13, 1890, Blanket, Texas-d. December 27, 1997, Austin, Texas), journalist. She is the daughter of William Tazewell Whitehead and Sarah Caroline Barnett. Scott attended Baylor Female…
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Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr., 1917-2007
Bio: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (b. October, 15, 1917, Columbus, Ohio-d. February 28, 2007, New York, New York), historian and writer. He received his A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1938, was a postgraduate Henry Fellow at Cambridge…
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Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979
Bio: Leverett Saltonstall (b. September 1, 1892-1979, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts-d. June 17, 1979, Dover, Massachusetts), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts from January 5, 1939, to January 3, 1945.
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Solomon, Anthony M. (Anthony Morton), 1919-
Bio: Anthony M. Solomon was a banker who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, president of International Investment Corporation for Yugoslavia and London, advisor to the…
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Washington, Bennetta
Bio: Educator; founder of the Women's Job Corps; wife of Walter Washington
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Mann, Gerald C., Jr.
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Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Assignment to Saigon; Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge acts as his own press officer; Vietnam press relations an issue at the Honolulu conference of 1964; unifying press relations functions in JUSPAO; the maximum candor policy; origin of the "Five…
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Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Balance of payments issue; Balance of Payments Advisory Committee; a visit to LBJ at the Ranch; the Office of Foreign Direct Investments; Trowbridge's retirement and C. R. Smith; Charles E. Fiero; staffing problems; LBJ's free-trade views; textile…
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Oral history transcript, J. Graham Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1968, by Monna Clark
The inability to evaluate the effect of changes in the education system; 1965-1968 education-related legislation; the need for the U.S. to put a high priority on necessary education; policy providing advance funding through the appropriation process…
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Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ interviews Sisco prior to his appointment; LBJ concerned with leaks; LBJ's grasp of foreign affairs; Arthur Goldberg and the Vietnam issue in the UN; the Camp David meeting on bringing the Vietnam issue before the UN Security Council; the…
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Oral history transcript, Wayne O. Reed, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1968, by Broudy
History of U.S. Office of Education
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Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 6 (VI), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Civil Rights Bill of 1964; LBJ calls Pickle to commend him on his vote; Pickle votes against open housing; Pickle as "President Johnson's Congressman;" Robert Poage and Williamson County; regrets voting against open housing; LBJ, Yarborough, and…
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Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 5 (V), 3/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
The effect of the JFK assassination on the Pickle campaign; LBJ and Pickle's campaign; Pickle's accelerated swearing-in and his vote on wheat sales to the USSR; LBJ and the appointment of John Connally as secretary of the navy and his subsequent run…
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Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ-Rayburn-Price Daniel relationship; details of the 1960 convention in Los Angeles, especially concerning the Texas delegation; poor accommodations for the delegation; the JFK organization in 1960; Texas delegation reacts to LBJ nomination for vice…
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Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 3 (III), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
The PR firm of Syers, Pickle, and Wynn; LBJ covers Texas in 1952 and 1953; the 1954 campaign; anecdote of LBJ being warmed by Warren Woodward; Clayton Hickerson anecdote; LBJ feigns snoring as a practical joke; LBJ-Yarborough relationship; LBJ, Dan…
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Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; the 1960 convention; Russell urges LBJ not to accept the vice-presidential nomination; Ralph McGill; anecdote of the MLK funeral; LBJ and the Ashmore-Baggs visit to North Vietnam; LBJ asks Patterson to serve on the Civil…
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Oral history transcript, Walter Mylecraine, interview S-I, 7/12/1968, by Jan Sofokidis
Henry Loomis’ relationship with LBJ; reorganization of the Office of Education; the Bailey Report; flaws in the former administrative management of OE; comparisons of State Departments; efforts to bring OE closer to communities and educators;…
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Oral history transcript, Peter P. Muirhead, interview S-I, 7/23/1968, by Herman R. Allen
Federal higher education bills of 1963, 1964, 1965; the church-state issue; compromises and final decisions on Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963; development of state Higher Education Commissions; LBJ’s interest in the education program;…
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Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview S-I, 6/12/1973, by Robert Hawkinson
Drafting messages; road trips; campus visits; J. Califano; Ed Levi; consulting the academic community; University of Illinois; Northwestern University; Harvard-MIT "syndrome;" remedial programs; Kingman Brewster and Yale; Vietnam's impact on remedial…
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Oral history transcript, Cecille Harrison Marshall, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Rooming with Lady Bird at the University of Texas in 1932; a Thanksgiving in Karnack; graduation trip to New York and Washington, D.C.; meeting LBJ; LBJ-Lady Bird wedding; Aunt Effie; a visit to the White House; Lady Bird evaluated
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Oral history transcript, Gerald C. Mann and Gerald C. Mann, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Early relationship with LBJ; the Texas Planning Board and his early political career; the 1956 Texas delegation; the 1960 campaign in Texas; JFK meets the Protestant ministers in Houston; pre-convention 1960 effort to gather support for LBJ; Mayor…
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Oral history transcript, James A. Lovell, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1971, by David G. McComb
LBJ and the space program; award ceremonies; duties as consultant to the President for Physical Fitness and Sports
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Oral history transcript, Henry Loomis, interview S-I, 8/15/1968, by Harry L. Selden
Appointment as Deputy Commissioner of Education in 1965 and consequent upheaval over the appointment; Office of Education budgeting; Loomis’ work to reorganize the Office of Education; “Shadow Organization”; administration of research funds;…
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Oral history transcript, R.J. (Bob) Long, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Acquaintance with LBJ during the Kleberg years; LBJ's ambition and energy; influence of Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; the 1941 campaign; Jim Ferguson's role in 1941; role of postmasters and country commissioners in Texas state politics; Frank Hamer…
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Oral history transcript, W. Stanley Kruger, interview S-I, 8/13/1968
Title IV of the Civil Rights Act, 1964
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Oral history transcript, Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb
Roy Miller recommends LBJ to Richard Kleberg on November 29, 1931; Congressman Kleberg encourages LBJ in 1935 to take the position of state administrator of Texas NYA; a visit to the Ranch; a dinner at the White House
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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…
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