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Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Meeting LBJ; McConnell’s appointment as vice chief, and then chief, of staff of Air Force; Joint Chiefs of Staff budget conferences with LBJ; making recommendations to the President through JCS; National Security Council and Tuesday Luncheons; U.S.…
Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker
First impressions of LBJ; close relationship with LBJ; FDR-LBJ relationship; Truman was close to LBJ; LBJ’s national outlook; LBJ’s leadership in the Senate; progressive; Board of Education meetings; bill to admit Hawaii and Alaska; minimum of…
Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
Emotional involvement of journalists covering Vietnam; whether reporters reflected to perspectives of the publications for which they wrote; how transportation within Vietnam was arranged for reporters; how reporters decided what area to cover;…
Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; reporting from Vietnam; press in the advisory war; Diem regime; correspondents’ activities; networks of sources and information; view of Vietnam; Buddhist-Catholic strife; Hoa My; rural-urban dichotomy; factions; Nguyen…
Oral history transcript, John McCully, interview 1 (I), 10/26/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Circumstances of going to work for the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; LBJ's initial reaction; LBJ and labor; members of the committee; positions with USIA; Department of Labor involvement with the committee; publicity;…
Oral history transcript, Eugene McDermott and Margaret Milam McDermott, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1971, by David G. McComb
The McDermotts restored old courthouse at Fredericksburg and the Johnsons showed interest; Lady Bird spoke at dedication ceremonies
Oral history transcript, Bart McDowell, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Accompanying the Johnsons to Europe to take notes for a manuscript to be published under LBJ's name; LBJ's concern over the Bobby Baker episode; McDowell's impressions of each member of the Johnson family
Oral history transcript, Cameron McElroy and Lucille McElroy, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Recollection of Lady Bird's mother and father; recollections of Lady Bird; LBJ; Wright Patman; Deep East Texas and LBJ's campaigns; projects for the East Texas area
Oral history transcript, Ernest W. McFarland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; relationship with LBJ in the Senate; LBJ’s record in the Senate; race for the Governor; 1956 and 1960 conventions; contacts with LBJ during the Presidency; Commission on Violence; Joe McCarthy issue; assessment of LBJ as…
Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Appropriations Committee seat; Strauss and Fortas confirmation hearings; LBJ as Majority Leader; 1960 and 1964 campaigns; JFK; 3/31 announcement; foreign relations; his wife; exchange of committee assignment with Russell…
Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Foreign Relations Committee; 1966 Vietnam trip; Tonkin Gulf Incident; schools of thought regarding LBJ; succeeding JFK; dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs; investigation of chain store situation; Chicago convention
Oral history transcript, George C. McGhee, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Lady Bird’s Congressional role while LBJ was overseas; first acquaintance with LBJ was social; LBJ’s interest in foreign affairs as VP; changes in Germany; JFK’s visit to Germany; LBJ should have visited Germany while…
Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
McGiffert's career from 1953 to 1965; how McGiffert got into government work and promotion opportunities under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; meetings with LBJ, including one after the assassination of Martin Luther King; McGiffert's contact…
Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 2 (II), 5/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Decision-making regarding troops in Vietnam in 1968 and the deployment of reserve units; the perceived shift from seeking a military solution to a political solution in Vietnam in the late 1960s; an assessment of the U.S. Army in 1969; manpower…
Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove
The relationship between President Dwight Eisenhower and Congress in 1957; why the White House and Congress were able to work together better in the 1950s than in 2011; increased patriotism and optimism following World War II and the Depression; the…
Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; 1960 visit with LBJ; Soviet wheat proposal; critic of U.S. involvement in Vietnam; 1965 meeting with LBJ; Senator Frank Church; cessation of communications between President and Senate critics; efforts to end the war; White…
Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first association with LBJ; first impressions of LBJ; appointment to FAA; Senators Hartke, Long, Magnuson and Monroney; flight service plan and service stations; medical department of the FAA
Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first association with LBJ; first impressions of LBJ; appointment to FAA; Senators Hartke, Long, Magnuson and Monroney; flight service plan and service stations; medical department of the FAA
Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; association with Richard Kleberg; first meeting LBJ; Roy Miller; association as a newspaperman with LBJ; LBJ’s temper; Senate race; visits during the presidency; LBJ and press criticism; W. Lee O’Daniel; LBJ as a…
Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb
1941, 1948, 1954, 1960 and 1964 campaigns; Tarrant County politics; 1956 Texas Democratic fight; relationship of LBJ to local political groups
Oral history transcript, Robert F. McMahon and Mark T. Muller, interview 1 (I), 7/7/1987, by Ted Gittinger
McMahon and Muller's experience sailing from California to the Philippines and Australia; events surrounding the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor; training and setbacks in Australia; the February 1942 air raids on Darwin, Australia; how…
