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Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 7 (VII), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

all went over there. And I remember we were outside, sitting around the pool, and it seemed to me, as I recall, Mrs. Kennedy had—I don't know whether she was riding, but I remember Caroline was on her little horse, or maybe on her cart, I can't
Discusses several trips LBJ made as Vice President; describes a visit between LBJ and the Kennedys at George Brown’s house, and a visit to Prime Minister Nehru’s house.

Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: January 11, 1974 INTERVIEWEE : MRS . JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS INTERVIEWER : JOE B . FRANTZ PLACE : Her Manhattan apartment in New York City Tape 1 of 2 First part of tape missing (35 feet) F: Let's continue, then, our broken interview
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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
; JFK's staff vs. LBJ's staff; Kennedy Rose Garden; William Manchester's book; not voting in the 1964 election; LBJ's campaigning for RFK's Senate campaign
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

writing some letters for Mrs. Johnson and for the girls, which really they were unaware of; I really don't know now whether Mrs. Johnson knows about this today or not. But as it should have been, the people who were handling letters handled, first, Kennedy
; Lynda and Luci; attitude of former Kennedy staff; trips with the Johnons; luncheons during vice presidency; Mrs. Johnson's wardrobe; The Elms; preparations for arrival of Kennedys at the Ranch before the assassination; relationship of Mrs. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)

of the Dallas Morning News, who had come to the White House and made that remark about Caroline and told Kennedy he had to get some backbone. The President resented that and wanted to go over Dealey's head. He had an appointment with [John] Connally. Bobby liked

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 3 (III), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--to one of the offices that had been functioning there for President Kennedy to see if they had any of the green azure paper. F: That's what that shade is. R: Azure is what they call it. live always just called it green. We of course didn't know what
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
LBJ and RFK; LBJ’s activities the night of November 22, 1963; LBJ’s first days as President; JFK’s staff; the transition; Jacqueline Kennedy; LBJ in retirement

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Rayburn to go to Dr. Janet Travell, Kennedy's back physician, down at the White House. He finally convinced the Speaker that he ought to let Dr. Travell examine him and see what she could do for him. in the back. So she started giving him shots He
LBJ and the NYA in 1935; LBJ-Sam Rayburn relationship; political philosophies; Griffin-Landrum Bill; Ralph Yarborough; Allan Shivers; LBJ & JFK; Rayburn and the Kennedys

Oral history transcript, Helen Thomas, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1977, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--then United Press--worked as a radio writer for many years, and then started covering several departments-- F: Did you see--? T: --and then started covering the White House [at the] start of the Kennedy years, January 1961. F: When did you first

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 4 (IV), 4/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that he met with Robert Kennedy at the White House. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] whether I'm right on the state or not but it was in the morning, and he was handed a telegram where Senator Kennedy had asked for permission to appear before various state caucuses and by error, the secretary had included the state of Texas. Immediately

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and particularly Lyndon Johnson's selection as vice president. O: As they headed into the convention, our game plan, to secure the nomination over that two-year period after Kennedy's re-election to the Senate, was based on utilizing primaries selectively. We
John F. Kennedy's (JFK) plan regarding primaries going into the 1960 Democratic National Convention; assigning JFK staffers to specific state delegations; JFK's decision to address the Texas delegation; JFK's decision to ask Lyndon Johnson (LBJ

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

on Caroline's tricycle, and the fat hit the fire with that, you can see. Kennedy started chewing on his cigar and look- ing stern and didn't look anywhere, and all of us began having a slight case of cardiac arrest as this thing was read. When he got through

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a moment--two things on this particular incident. One is that in the papers following the assassination of President Kennedy for some time into the Johnson Administration the pundits invariably said that Secretary Udall would be the first to go. until
Evolving of Lady Bird’s role as First Lady; handled all speech invitations; beginning of beautification idea; Sharon Francis; beautification efforts; Walter Washington; planting of Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; billboards; LBJ’s interest

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson

Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. You ' re Kenneth O' Donnell, and your off icial pos iti on 1·1 i th the Johnso n Administration was as specia l ass istant to t he president from the time he took offi ce, a job you continued in from t he Kennedy Adm i n i stra t ion , on unt i l
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Wilbur Cohen -- I -- 23 recommended standards; President Kennedy recommended standards; President Johnson
[For interview 1, 2, and 3] Biographical information; social security; Eleanor Roosevelt; 1939 amendment to Social Security Act; Congressional committee and chairmen; unemployment insurance; disability benefits; Kennedy administration; Medicare; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, no, careful screening." F: So that the Bricker Amendment wasn't anything to fear as far as he was concerned. D: The Bricker Amendment failed by one vote short of two-thirds. And like a friend of Joe Kennedy's asked Joe Kennedy why did Jack Kennedy vote

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Shriver during the 1960 campaign. was at Princeton. paign. I That would have been my senior year during the cam- I worked for the Johnson-Kennedy ticket during that campaign. r was doing my senior honors thesis for the School of Public and Inter

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, and Senator Senator Jack Kennedy from Massachusetts, and I think, my recollection is, that the Texas delegation supported Senator Gore on the first ballot and supported Senator Kennedy on the second ballot. One little thing that happened here. Senator

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

became President. This was in December of 1963, soon after he had assumed office following the death of President Kennedy, tions, I believe, from I had been home for a few weeks on consulta- Sofia. I was anxious to see President Johnson LBJ

Oral history transcript, Helene Lindow Gordon, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Which was on the top floor of the White House and was used by General Eisenhower as a card room and by Caroline Kennedy as a school. luci redecorated it herself and made it into a very comfortable living room-type with a record player up there and book

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

camps rolled into one. One Humphrey camp was for Johnson and was "Stop Kennedy," and the other Humphrey camp was for Humphrey and against Johnson. The ADA people in the Humphrey camp included Jim Loeb, who had been an ADA founder, Marvin Rosenberg
The complex Democratic two-camp division in the 1959-1960 campaign; being confronted by Kennedy about his alliance; Rauh’s version of the Kennedy, Humphrey, Johnson party choice for President and Vice-President; Rauh’s disappointment over JFK’s

Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 2 (II), 11/13/69, by by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: EDWARD KENNEDY INTERVIEWER: Joe B. Frantz PLACE: Majority Whip office, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 F: Senator, last time we closed with a question of mine on whether the Attorney General seriously
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Robert Kennedy's offer to leave LBJ's cabinet following John F. Kennedy's assassination; the 1968 presidential campaign; Edward Kennedy's role in the selection of Massachusetts delegates to the 1968 Democratic National Convention; the 1968
Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 2 (II), 11/13/69, by by Joe B. Frantz
Edward M. Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 10/30/69, by by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: EDWARD M. KENNEDY INTERVIEWER: Joe B. Frantz PLACE: Majority Whip Office, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 F: Senator, very briefly, set the scene for us; when you came to the Senate, what you did
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Joseph Kennedy's opinion of LBJ; John F. Kennedy considering LBJ as a vice presidential running mate; Edward Kennedy's and LBJ's roles in the 1960 presidential campaign; Claude Hooten's 1962 congressional campaign; the presidential campaign
Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 10/30/69, by by Joe B. Frantz
Edward M. Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 8 (VIII), 4/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the thirty-first speech. Now I want to shift to what we might call another chapter in my observations of LBJ and the presidency and that period of time and discuss what I and other folks have referred to as the Kennedy cult. Not the Kennedy clan. The Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 3 (III), 1/21/70, by by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1970 INTERVIEWEE: EDWARD M. KENNEDY INTERVIEWER: Joe B. Frantz PLACE: Majority Whip office, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 F: My first question then is going to be, any further elaboration on the relationship between
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The relationship between John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and LBJ; LBJ's legislative achievements and programs started by John F. Kennedy; LBJ's willingness to listen to various points of view; foreign aid under LBJ; Nicholas Katzenbach and Ramsey
Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 3 (III), 1/21/70, by by Joe B. Frantz
Edward M. Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: FRANK MANKIEWICZ INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Last time you referred to a briefing that you had had. I think it was your first contact with Senator Kennedy. M: Yes, that was at the end of, I guess
Briefing Senator Robert Kennedy before his 1965 trip to Latin America; Peace Corps and OEO staffs’ opposition to Vietnam War, 1966- ; original purpose of U.S. intervention in Dominican Republic; Mankiewicz leaving the Peace Corps to become

Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be highly useful to have Jim Rowe working for Humphrey in case the Humphrey thing collapsed. F: I p;cked up here and there the allegation that Joe Kennedy, Sr. had at one time suggested that Johnson woald make a goe>d leader with Kennedy running seco,:i.d
; the effect of LBJ keeping some of JFK’s staff and the quality of the new members of LBJ’s staff; Eric Goldman; Schlesinger’s involvement with the Dominican Republic; LBJ campaigning for Robert Kennedy in the 1964 New York Senate race; White House Art Festival

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

I have basically the correct information? B: Basically you are right. M: Do you have any corrections? B: No, not one. M: Mr. B a r t l e t , , have you ever participated in any similar oral history project? B: Yes, on John Kennedy
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Outline of journalistic career; LBJ's unique handling of press during both Senate and White House years; Kennedy and Johnson humor; Jacqueline Kennedy's appreciation of LBJ; LBJ's swearing-in ceremony in Dallas; Kennedys thoughts of death and LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 2/26/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think so. (Laughter) G: Did he ever ask you to leave if he was having an important private meeting? V: A very few times, not very often. I remember once Bobby Kennedy came to see him, and he must have asked Senator Johnson—or Vice President Johnson
and the Kennedys, debate between LBJ and JFK at the 1960 Democratic convention.

Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

an obvious rivalry between Senator Kennedy and Senator Johnson for the nomination in '60. Bo: Well, it became so later as it got closer to 1960. I don't think there was any great rivalry prior to that time. B: You were close to Senator Kennedy too
Rights Bill; LBJ’s acceptance as VP; issues of Kennedy’s Catholicism; LBJ during VP years; death of Rayburn; Kennedy legislative program; JFK’s trip to Texas; William Manchester’s book; leadership meetings; Wheat Sales Bill; Warren Commission; LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. I met Lyndon during that period, and knew him In any event, I kne\>1 him much better than I knew Jack Kennedy by 1960. F: Did you ever consider backing him for the nomination in '60? . S: I \~s one of the earlier people to talk about Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on the other hand probably the candidate that I most closely identified with because of my own personal background was Hubert Humphrey. And you know if you had just given me the choice ideally, I think I probably would have picked Humphrey. Kennedy in the early

Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

vantage point there . O: The 1960 convention, of course, was held in Los Angeles . I was a delegate to the convention from Massachusetts as a delegate for Jack Kennedy . campaign . I had been an advance man on the Kennedy came out with a real
1960 election; the Kennedys; relationship with LBJ; Massachusetts politics; Vietnam War; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Education bill; LBJ's persuasive ability

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Valenti -- I -- 6 V: Yes, I suppose they did. You just couldn't conceive of the possibility that, for instance Senator Kennedy would get the nomination because of his youth and being Catholic and all the other arguments that were
MM explains how she came to work for Lyndon Johnson, LBJ’s interaction with state office management, role of Walter Jenkins in office, LBJ’s attitude toward 1960 presidential nomination and campaign, relationship between LBJ and the Kennedys

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the John F. Kennedy Oral History Project, and I assume you have made a tape for it. 0: Yes, I have already. I did not particularly touch on President Johnson. B: Yes. We'll probably cover some of the same time from a different point of view

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: FRANK MANKIE'"wICZ INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 G: I think last time we were talking about 1967 and the last topic we discussed was your urging Senator Kennedy in 1967 to run in 1968. M: Well, I think

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 1 (I), 1/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, as you said, you became an assistant to the Solicitor General in the Justice Department. P: The first time I met Mr. Johnson is partially a further answer to your question. After I came into the Department of Justice, President Kennedy had a tradition
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and I met him on the morning after the nomination in Los Angeles. What had happened was that I had been campaigning for President [John F.] Kennedy for about three or four years on a part-time basis. I hadn't left my office, but I would go out on trips
Lawson's work for John F. Kennedy in 1958-1959; gaining support for JFK among African American delegates; Kennedy's announcement that LBJ would be the vice-presidential nominee; Mary McLeod Bethune's opinion of LBJ; Lawson's recommendation

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be represented by someone else. I don't know whether he did this because he was afraid of protest on the floor by some outside Kennedy groups or not. But at any rate he decided that John McCormack should stand in for him. He sent Jim Rowe down to talk to John
John McCormack's refusal to stand in for LBJ as a favorite son at the 1968 Massachusetts Democratic National Convention; LBJ's campaign weakness; LBJ's efforts to win the Kennedy family's favor; the lack of loyalty of JFK's staff members to LBJ

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, which [John F.] Kennedy did not have, of the Chiefs of Staff as much and of the military establishment as such. B: He generally respected it? K: Yes, I think he did. B: To move on. I think he did, and does. Again, you say in your Memoirs
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

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