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Oral history transcript, Louis Shanks, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1987, by Gina Gianzero
Biographical information; how Shanks met LBJ; LBJ's effect on industrial development in Austin; LBJ's effect on racial issues in Austin; LBJ's relationship with Austin mayor Tom Miller; desegregation in Austin; LBJ's influence on Shank's decision to…
Oral history transcript, James A. Shannon, interview 1 (I), 4/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; the history of medical research in the United States and other countries; Public Law 480 funds; the benefits of international collaboration in medical research; the contributions of Congressman John Fogarty to health…
Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
His political background; campaigning with LBJ in IL in 1964; Martin Luther King’s assassination and subsequent activities in Chicago; Shapiro’s involvement with the 1968 Chicago convention; the National Guard at the 1968 Chicago convention;…
Oral history transcript, Emmett Shelton, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Reflections on Southwest Texas State Teachers College in the 1920s; the college newspaper; Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s in Texas; Shelton's father's opposition to the Klan; Shelton's father and Jim Ferguson; type of students at Southwest Texas; Dr.…
Oral history transcript, Polk Shelton and Nell Shelton, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1968, by Paul Bolton
1937 Congressional campaign, 10th District
Oral history transcript, Bailey Sheppard, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
First contact with LBJ; LBJ's 1941 Senate race in East Texas; circumstances of Sheppard's release from the army; LBJ's intervention for Sheppard in other areas; Big Inch pipelines; Carl Estes; LBJ and the oil companies; 1948 campaign; use of the…
Oral history transcript, John Ben Shepperd, interview 1 (I), 12/30/1968, by Elizabeth Kaderli
Activities in Texas politics; Chamber of Commerce LBJ State Park Project; Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreational and Natural Beauty; Citizens Committee for the Guadalupe Mountains National Park; response to charges in Texas Overseer article
Oral history transcript, Allan Shivers, interview 1 (I), 5/29/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ, Shivers and Texas politics
Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; White House Message Operations; characterization of LBJ; Will Sparks; role of public correspondence in the White House; personal comments in mail; response to 3/31 announcement; form letters; quantity of mail; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz
How Short met LBJ; Short's involvement in the Minnesota Committee on Rocketry; LBJ accepting JFK's offer to be his vice presidential running mate before a deal could be worked out with Orville Freeman; LBJ's vice presidential duties relating to civil…
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
How Shoumatoff became a presidential portrait painter; planning with Mrs. Johnson the portraits of FDR, LBJ and Mrs. Johnson for the White House; painting portraits of LBJ, Luci and Lynda Bird; process of painting: photographs, sketches, number and…
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
The origin of Shriver’s interest in poverty-related issues; Shriver’s involvement with trade unionism, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the board of education in Chicago; Shriver’s work in the 1940s with Eunice Kennedy on the Continuing…
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Shriver's opinion that Job Corps would yield results quickly; how Shriver's work for the Chicago Board of Education guided his work in Job Corps; the idea of putting the Job Corps under the Department of Defense; LBJ's support for Shriver's desire to…
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 4 (IV), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Middle- and upper-class American fear and hostility toward the poor; closing Job Corps centers in 1968 due to budget cuts; formal evaluation of the Office of Economic Opportunity programs; comparison of Bill Haddad and Edgar May as head of the OEO…
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 5 (V), 11/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Adam Clayton Powell’s role in Congress and his criticism of Shriver and the Office of Economic Opportunity; the political ramifications of dispersing federal funds without the input of local politicians; John Connally’s criticism of War on…
Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Sidey’s contact with LBJ during the Senate period; his work with Time magazine covering LBJ; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s relationship with other politicians; press coverage of LBJ in the Senate years; difference between Senate and…
Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by T.H. Baker
Early work with LBJ and as executive assistant to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Don Cook; work on the Preparedness Committee; LBJ’s attitude toward professional military men; LBJ’s temper and lack of inter-personal skills; LBJ using…
Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker
Rejoining LBJ’s staff to help on the civil rights measure; building LBJ’s reputation in the Senate so he could make a presidential bid; JFK in the senatorial years; LBJ’s delay in campaigning for the nomination in 1960; how LBJ came to be VP…
Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 3 (III), 2/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s unanimous consent policy; Allan Shivers; Knowland; the Bricker Amendment; Siegel’s involvement in a variety of legislative acts; Farm Bill; Walter George; LBJ’s power of persuasion; LBJ and partisanship; recommital of the Taft-Hartley…
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Entering special forces; PAC desk at NMCC; Yankee Team operations; role in planning operations; dealings with the White House; Ambassador William Sullivan; Barrell Roll and Steel Tiger; Van Ken Bridge; early special forces service in Bad Tolz;…
Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; what his jobs were for LBJ; how the staff decided which invitations LBJ would accept; Senator Dodd; advance work; Bobby Baker; working with the Kennedy staff; the JFK assassination and Sinclair’s work in the following…
Oral history transcript, Otis Arnold Singletary, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; selection as Job Corps Director; Job Corps Policy Planning; Civilian Conservation Corps; Bill Moyers; Job Corps racial issues; Gary Job Corps Center; John Connally; Women Job Corps Centers; recruitment; LBJ; Dr. F.A. Johnson