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Oral history transcript, Barbara Jordan, interview S-I, 2/5/1985, by Elizabeth Carpenter (Item)

An Interview With Barbara Jordan by Liz Carpenter February 5, 1985 MS. Magazine inaugurates with this issue a new series called, "What Are You Thinking?" It is interviewing a variety of women whose names are news and whose impact is great. We begin with Barbara
Oral history transcript, Barbara Jordan, interview S-I, 2/5/1985, by Elizabeth Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview S-I, 8/1994, by Douglass Cater (Item)

1994 INTERVIEWEE: ELIZABETH "LIZ" CARPENTER INTERVIEWER: DOUGLASS CATER PLACE: Martha's Vineyard Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 DC: We have with us this afternoon, a well-known lady of many parts, Liz Carpenter. Our subject is the LBJ Library
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Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview S-I, 8/1994, by Douglass Cater
Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Cynthia Wilson, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1985, by Lewis Gould (Item)

, and just after I had started that job, one day in the mail I got a letter from out of the blue, a letter from Liz Carpenter, whom I did not know. I knew who she was, but she was, of course, a very well-known person in Texas and, because of her working
Biographical information; first impressions of Mrs. Johnson; how Wilson was hired to be on Mrs. Johnson’s staff answering letters; the organization of Mrs. Johnson’s staff; how Mrs. Johnson interacted with her staff; Liz Carpenter; Sharon Francis

Oral history transcript, Lonnelle Aikman, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

then a number of opportunities to observe Mrs. Johnson in her relationship with the press and also, for that matter, Liz Carpenter. A: That's right. I have known Liz Carpenter for many years. long before she was in the White House. I knew her Of course
Work with Mrs. Johnson on THE LIVING WHITE HOUSE; text/pictures formula; approval of final copy; criticism of the book; Mrs. Johnson's party when Melville Grosvenor presented the book to her; Liz Carpenter's relationship with Mrs. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Bart McDowell, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a letter to my children on about my own fortieth birthdaY,which was on this trip. I got to the point on this trip where I could predict when he would lose his temper. I thought that was pretty good. I compared notes with Liz Carpenter, who of course

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 2 (II), 6/4/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

members sent their second or third string people, which indicated what they thought of the proceedings. Liz Carpenter came to the joint meeting and gave a rousing pep 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: LESLIE CARPENTER INTERVIEW'Eji: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: National Press Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 F: Mr. Carpenter, tell us briefly about your own career, how you happen to be where you are at this time. I know you
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Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Leslie Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

he's the kind of person who's a demigod among technocrats and innovators, and everyone pays tribute to his genius. But Liz Carpenter sure didn't. Liz just cut him down. He began talking about the mobilty of people these days and how he lived out

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

that Laurance be chairman, but I was overruled, so he became president; I became chairman. He retained Liz Carpenter to work with me in getting things going; and so Mrs. Johnson, Liz and I, and Laurance, put together a committee that numbered a good many

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

back to the housing problem. The press contingent was accommodated in the cabins at the lodge; there was no room for me in the lodge nor for Liz Carpenter's secretary, Lynn Machado, nor for Simone Poulain, Liz's assistant. So the three of us were

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

[NAID 24617781] of the one millionth copy of the book. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh I called Liz Carpenter and suggested that, as a means of further stimulating sales of the book, it might

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 2 (II), 6/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that something in the realm of education was considered very seriously, but Liz Carpenter would really know more about that than I do because she was much more involved in Mrs. Johnson's thought process on that than I was. B: And eventually she ended up

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 44 (XLIV), 1/26/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

it. Sometimes you need to drop it," but just sort of--well, he had been a former debate coach, and he liked teaching people; he did it all his life. (Laughter) And Liz [Carpenter] used to say so many things that were helpful. She said, "Just look right out
of the KTBC building in Austin; Lady Bird Johnson's impressions of George Reedy, Bill Moyers, Liz Carpenter, Walter Jenkins, Horace Busby, Mary Rather, and Juanita Roberts.

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

went. The Secretary asked me to come with him. Libby Rowe was there, Liz Carpenter was there, others; I don't fully remember. The one person I really remember was Mrs. Johnson because it was the first I'd seen her. Now, I guess everyone gives your

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

[NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW II DATE: April 4, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: ELIZABETH CARPENTER INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mrs. Carpenter's home, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Liz, we'll dispense with formalities on last names. Did Mrs. Johnson
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Carpenter, Liz, 1920-
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 5 (V), 2/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1971 INTERVIEWEE: ELIZABETH CARPENTER INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Ms. Carpenter's home in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Liz, let's start off talking about the reaction to the book on the Kennedy assassination particularly
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Wear Daily; Lady Bird’s friends in Washington; Senate was Lady Bird’s great love; LBJ ran the Presidency like a Majority Leader; Leslie Carpenter.
Carpenter, Liz, 1920-
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 5 (V), 2/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1968 INTERVIEWEE: ELIZABETH CARPENTER INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mrs. Carpenter's office in Washington, D.C. ' Tape 1 of 1 F: Mrs. Carpenter, tell us something about your early career, where you came from and how you ever happened
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Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter

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

. Johnson and Liz Carpenter and myself, and she asked me if I would come to work for her and do that in what both of us envisioned would be a part-time job and one 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories

Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Roberts and with Dorothy Territo. Another young man on the staff, Dick Nelson, and I worked together. I had some contact with Liz Carpenter and Ashton Gonella, and then worked extensively a couple of periods with George Reedy and Willie Day Taylor
leaving LBJ's staff to join the Commission on the Status of Women staff; Liz Carpenter's involvement in the Commission on the Status of Women; the early days of the women's movement; how the goals of the women's movement have changed; Eleanor Roosevelt's

Oral history transcript, Richard S. (Cactus) Pryor, interview 1 (I), 9/10/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

their names were. Actually, I thought I was just functioning as a chauffeur to bring the boys up. But about five minutes after the dinner had begun, Liz Carpenter carne out and said, "Mrs. Johnson wants you to be master of ceremonies." PB: P: Liz

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and so forth; and Mary Margaret and myself. It seems to me during '60, Liz Carpenter had gone to work for Mr. Johnson--right--and she traveled with us on a good many of the trips. She helped Mrs. Johnson with some of her remarks that she would make
; selection of Johnson Christmas gifts for family; working for LBJ; social occasions at White House; decline in LBJ’s popularity; Lady Bird’s relationship with LBJ; LBJ at the Ranch; Bess Abell; Liz Carpenter; turnover in staff members; President’s

Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 2 (II), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of that office. Liz Carpenter even had been coming in and out, but he called Liz a disruption, because she did talk on the phone a lot and she had a loud voice. I know he moved her out and moved Colonel Jackson and Lynn out, especially after Geraldine got married

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 4 (IV), 8/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

DATE: August 27, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: ELIZABETH CARPENTER INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mrs. Carpenter's home, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Liz, last time we just raised the subject of mistakes that might have been made, either wrong
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Carpenter, Liz, 1920-
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 4 (IV), 8/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

things as we went in, nothing of great importance. We went directly to the Texas Hotel and up to the suite that the Vice President had there. I remember that we sat and talked, it was just a small group of us. It was Cliff Carter and Liz Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 2 (II), 5/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

: A little with her, but primarily with Liz Carpenter and with her beautification assistant, who was Sharon Francis. Sharon was a close friend of mine and I handled beautification matters for her. and Sharon I knew quite well. with her on these matters
; enlargement of Council on Recreation; "Treaty of the Potomac;" conserving land in Alaska and the western U.S.; Wilderness Act; President's Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty; DOT Organic Act; Mrs. Combe; beautification work; Sharon Francis; Liz Carpenter

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

reporter at least every society reporter, in town wanted to crash'the thing. and they wanted to grab everybody coming out to say, "What's going on in there?" L: Absolutely. Well, what the White House did--and this was Liz Carpenter's office, who

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)

here, but I'd say in 1967 Liz Carpenter, whom I just knew very casually--Liz was behind me in school and we were aware of each other's name, that was about it--called me and asked me . . . . I'm trying to get this straight. No, she didn't call me

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: ELIZABETH CARPENTER INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mrs. Carpenter's home, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Liz, let's talk about the larger trips. did forty altogether. I understand Mrs. Johnson I don't suppose
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Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Douglass H. Hubbard, interview 1 (I), 6/4/69, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in Washington--it was only a couple of blocks--to talk to her, or she'd have Liz Carpenter call us to work out some detail. B: Youmenioned a while back that at times during this there were matters that were confidential, I think were your words. What sort

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

would be named for her mother to recognize her work in beautification. I said, lIyou might just be surprised one of these days, Lynda." Later that week I saw Lynda in Liz Carpenter's office, and we started chatting again along the same vein, at her

Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at the Senate. I remember the day very well, February 20. It may have been the twenty-second, but I believe it's the twentieth. F: Where are we now in time? D: We are now in 1960. Everybody flocked to this party. Liz Carpenter was in some capacity

Oral history transcript, James R. Ketchum, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

except for the day after the Eartha Kitt situation. We were sitting up in the Lincoln Sitting Room. This was not the normal place, usually we were across the hall in a small sitting room off the Queen's Room. Bess [Abell] and Liz [Carpenter] were

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. He called me two or three days later and gave me the list of songs that he was going to sing, and I took the list of songs down to Liz Carpenter and she typed up the press release. The next thing I heard was a call from Walt Rostow with sort of a hint

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. They would all route through Charlie, every written word would route through Charlie, to give it some sense of continuity . People were sending speeches directly to the President, or off to Liz Carpenter or other places, and nobody knew what had been

Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 3 (III), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Jones, who is now a congressman, who got into a little trouble on some technicality. He and Hal Pachios were the two bright young men there. Hal Pachios was Bill Moyers' protégé, and Jim Jones was Liz Carpenter's protégé. These were very important little
invited to the Library dedication; LBJ reading the news ticker in his office; Tony Sargent; traveling on Air Force One; Liz Carpenter’s humor group and Ben Wattenberg; LBJ’s desire to control the press in Austin; Luci’s engagement announcement; an incident

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 7 (VII), 5/9/1997, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

for the University of Texas and very prominent in the twenties and the thirties. And this is his daughter. And we had this at a party that we were having at the Headliners when Liz Carpenter was performing, and Marilla was up there, and she wanted to sign it. (Laughs
. Bender, Lloyd Bentsen, Tom Bevill, Marilla Black, Charlie Blake, Dolph Briscoe, Lansing Brisbin [?], Alger Brit [?], Jack Brooks, Jerry Brown, James Bunning [?], Horace Busby, George H. W. Bush, Liz Carpenter, Scott Carpenter, Jimmy Carter, Bob Casey, Jr

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 34 (XXXIV), 2/23/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. You must have a lift at the end, and you must change pace, and you must give people time in between. Don't hurry to take in what you've said." Liz Carpenter used to always tell me, "Look at that audience out there. Remember a lot of them came from Dime

Oral history transcript, Gerri Whittington, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

don't remember his name. G: John McCone. W: Yes. Yes, I think that was his name. I took a dictation from him. I remember Bess Abell and her husband being there, and Liz Carpenter. G: There was work being done on the War on Poverty at this time too

Oral history transcript, Volkmar K. Wentzel, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there and I got a call from Liz Carpenter. She said, "Kurt, Mrs. Lady Bird would like you to come down and see her." So I immediately went down to their suite of rooms, and there was Mrs. Johnson resting on the bed and she had curlers in her hair. She

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