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Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker
LBJ-Rayburn relationship; LBJ as legislator; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; LBJ and his domestic programs evaluated; LBJ and the watchdog committee for the AEC; LBJ's visit to Iran and his influence on the Shah; LBJ asks Lilienthal…
Oral history transcript, Gould Lincoln, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
First newspaper interview with LBJ in 1933; LBJ’s relationship with FDR and Rayburn; Carl Vinson; Clark Clifford; 1924, 1956 and 1968 Democratic conventions; LBJ’s techniques; civil rights legislation; Home Rule for D.C.; LBJ’s relationship…
Telephone conversation # 13017, transcript, HAROLD LINDER, 5/28/1968, 1:15PM
DISCUSSION OF LINDER'S POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO THE NETHERLANDS; LBJ ASKS LINDER FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR APPOINTMENT (OF LINDER'S SUCCESSOR AS HEAD OF EXPORT-IMPORT BANK?)
Oral history transcript, Otto Lindig, interview 1 (I), 3/1965, by Jessie Hunter
LBJ’s early days; Johnson family; marriage of Sam and Rebekah Johnson; LBJ’s birth; LBJ’s school days; selection of the name Lyndon; Sam Johnson’s Model T; LBJ’s boyhood hobbies, pleasures, pastimes; LBJ Ranch House; Johnson homes; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Sol M. Linowitz, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting LBJ in 1963; Robert McNamara; Dean Rusk; David Bell; Ralph Dungan; James Farley; Alfred Gruenther; Eugene Black; John Gardner; General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs; James Perkins; Robert Kintner; Kennedy Center for the…
Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Joseph McCarthy; LBJ’s techniques; minimum wage; labor; Jim Suffridge; Dave Dubinsky; 1960 campaign and convention; Esther Coopersmith; West Virginia primary; Arizona delegation; Wyoming delegation; Kennedy machine;…
Oral history transcript, Charles P. Little, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; NYA; Alvin Wirtz; advisory boards; roadside parks; NYA projects; Sam Rayburn; Congress; Eleanor Roosevelt; FDR; WPA; regional and district organization; Lady Bird
Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Livingston's career at the University of Texas; early plans for LBJ to donate his papers to a library on the UT campus and open an institute of public service; the need for more schools to train students for public service;…
Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1971, by David G. McComb
The creation of a new committee related to the LBJ School of Public Affairs; how the committee members were appointed; the committee duties of administration, budgeting, architectural planning and searching for a dean; Norman Hackerman; considering…
Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Locke, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; early political contacts; early relationship with LBJ and John Connally; impressions of LBJ in the 1950s; 1960, 1962, 1964 campaigns; role of Locke in campaigns; Democratic State Chairman; political dinners with LBJ and JFK;…
Oral history transcript, Kathryn Deadrich Loney, interview 1 (I), 1/21/1965, by Douglass Cater
How she met LBJ as a child; LBJ’s early speech difficulties; LBJ’s spelling and reading abilities; description of the school and number of students; Mrs. Rebekah Johnson; subsequent contacts with LBJ.
Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
Biographical information; first meeting LBJ in the 1930s when he was state director of the NYA; LBJ’s decision to run for the Senate; 1952 split in Texas Democratic Party (Shivers’ “legal delegation” seated at the 1952 national convention);…
Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
1948 election that certified LBJ as candidate over Coke Stevenson; Stevenson's suit in state courts and efforts to unseat LBJ in the Senate; election fraud in Texas; Henry Wallace; Stuart Long's letters to LBJ while Senator; LBJ's move from left of…
Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
Austin City Council’s concerns with civil rights issues in 1950s and 1960s; human rights commission not established until 1967; gradual desegregation of Austin; other Austin issues and Long’s activities; failed campaign for state Senate, 1954;…
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ in Senate; Tidelands Bill; Housing Act of 1955; minimum wage; 1955 Tax Bill; Land Bank; LBJ techniques of persuasion; Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills; LBJ and Richard Russell; LBJ's presidency
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Social Security Act Amendment; Minimum Wage bill 1955; Arthur Beeson nomination to NLRB; Lewis Strauss nomination; Bricker Amendment; jury trial amendment; Hell's Canyon dam; Bill Knowland; 1957 Civil Rights Bill
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 3 (III), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Service on Senate Finance Committee; Civil Rights bill; Bobby Baker; Joe McCarthy
Oral history transcript, Stuart Morrison Long, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1968, by Paul Bolton
Biographical information; first memories of LBJ; political activists; Veteran’s Housing Council; socialized housing; Balcones Research Center; LBJ’s Senate candidacy; interest in party politics; loyal Democrats and Dixicrats; 12-vote majority;…
Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1941 and 1948 campaigns; LBJ’s rapport with Latinos; use of helicopter; interest in Valley drought; LBJ’s role in location of Falcon Dam; 1952 and 1956 State Democratic Conventions; 1960 and 1968 Democratic Conventions;…
Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Meeting LBJ in the 1930’s; whether or not LBJ’s personality changed over the years; confrontations between Texas liberals and conservatives with LBJ cought in the middle; Paul Butler’s attempts to gain power and to make the Democratic party…
Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
President LBJ’s relations with the press and Louchheim’s efforts to improve such relations; Louchheims work in State Dept.’s Community Advisory Service 1964-1966; encouraging foreign service employees to go on domestic talk circuits; foreign…
Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Low’s father’s work in LBJ’s 1937 Congressional campaign; 1941 special election to fulfill Senator Morris Sheppard’s term; explanation of the east Texas ballots that allowed W. Lee O’Daniel to win over LBJ; Low’s…
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Lucey, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
First meeting LBJ; the invocation at LBJ's inauguration; Chancellor Kiesinger of Germany; Hugo Black; Harry Jersig; the National Advisory Council for OEO; Sargent Shriver; Maury Maverick, Jr.; 1967 trip to South Vietnam to observe national elections;…