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- brought us here today can be traced back 50
years when another President took pause in a troubled world to look
after the needs of the future. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson
looked beyond the mounting war in Europe and his concern with poverty
- .-.omeother re ent acqu1s1tions
Three of the pieces-the drawing of oodrow Wilson the
pamting by Dwighl D. Eisenhower and the wood engraving of
Martin Luther King were donate by Mr. and Mrs. Larry E.
Temple. The others were acquired by the LBJ Foundatio
- Wilson, Archivist of the United
States (right) and Ramsey Clark.
former Attorney General (below).
Wilson described the mission of the
N.itional Archives: ··Wi preserve and
make available for research the heri
tage of America. Records about art
- , and the spirit of .Eleanor Roosevelt is not
among us.
Pres i dent Wilson used to say that some people in Washington
gr ow in office, while others merely swell. Mrs. Roosevelt steadily
g r ew un der the compulsions and inspirations of her great office
- in the stars -- it is not determined by dictators -
it is the sum total of the men and women who are t ·bat society.
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As you leave this campus today. I would remind you of the words
Woodrow Wilson once spoke on another campus:
"You are not here merely
- politics and been elected president.
The words of Woodrow Wilson never left him:
ttHere,
muster, not the forces of party but of humanityf' Often, he
recalled this address as one of the high points of his life.
It is hard for us to remember now that Sam
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Roosevell mast red his sorrow in
order to voice his fury at Pr sident
Woodrow Wilson, whom he scorned
as an unmanly dilettante, a weakling
who could have sho11ened the war
which might have saved Quentin,
though TR doe.· not say so. It may not
b ev rybody's
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and Design, along with Robert
Wilson, director of the ll rban Issues
Program, organized the conference.
The Iranian Connection
by Ted Gitt,inger,
Staff Historian
The gigantic bulk of documents
and tapes which came to Austin
when President Johnson left
- Beschloss if he thought the
archivists could find that le11er as
well. Archivist John Wilson did.
Here is what Williams wrote:
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- ? Wilson played
golf too. as did Nixon; the clubs of all
the presidentiaJ golfers were on dis
play. LBJ played occasionally; he was
a long if erratic hirter off the tee. He
once played a match with Air Force
Chief of Staff John McConnell. LBJ
won. "We
- is cur
r ntly undertaking this massive project,
though the staff is small and much of the
archiving energy goes into getting mate
rials to people who need them, and pre
serving them. During Wilson's time ar
the library, she"s worked to preserve
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tours to visitors, and in all other
Kathryn Wilson, Judy Roesset,
Elizabeth Cotner, Gloria Evans,
Kay Vacha, Martha Nelle Bain,
Sharon Cooper, Neta Lee, and Max
Noe.
areas of the Library.
At their annual luncheon ten vol
unteers were recognized
- Francis {staff assistant to Mrs. Johnson handling beautification
issues) and her assistant:
A. Cynthia Wilson
IV. Mrs. Johnson's correspondence office handled all correspondence
addressed to Mrs. Johnson and correspondence addressed jointly
- Francis {staff assistant to Mrs. Johnson handling beautification
issues) and her assistant:
A. Cynthia Wilson
IV. Mrs. Johnson's correspondence office handled all correspondence
addressed to Mrs. Johnson and correspondence addressed jointly
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the U.S. (and reclaim Texas in return), and President
Wilson's copy of the Treaty of Versailles.
Distinguishedscholars to lecture on
World War I
Dr. Cooper
As part of a week-long com
memorative look at World War I, the
Librar has invited three
- in
December A few of the topics he covered:
Reminiscence of LBJ .. We had in our family for 40 years a
remarkable woman by the name of Emily Wilson One day in the
mid-60's, I got home from the office and said t Emily, ·'Hold off
the telephone calls, Jneed
- by the National Archives
and Records Administration.
Most recently, Fawcett has served
as Assistant Director, and then
acting Dir,ector of the Herbert
Hoover Library and Museum in
West Branch, Iowa.
He was named to his new
position by Don W. Wilson (right
- , Advisory CommitteeMeet
Directors of all the Presidential
Libraries assembled at the LBJ
Library for a meeting with a special
committee appointed by Archivist
of the United States Don Wilson to
advise on the relationship between
the Libraries
- Middleton, Johnson Library;
Don Wilson, Archivist of the United States; Claudine Weiher Deputy Archivist; and Frank Mackaman, Ford Library.
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Three writers enlivened the spring
season at the Library with evening
presentations.
Philip Bobbitt
(above
- the degree to which Pres
idents have been "teacher-and-preacher-in
chief' for their
country ... hoping, in the words of President Wilson, "to get
things done." Bailey isn't quite sure whether "great times
make great Presidents" or whether great Presidents
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Protection
Agen y: Henry
L.
Diamond, fonner Chief of the .S.
Environmental Prot ction Agency in
ew York State and Washington,
D.C.; Lory Clark Re or, prominent
land con ·ervationist
in Wilson.
Wyoming; and Cathleen Douglas
Stone, former Chief of Envir nmental
- be .... "
Butterfield recalled two things
especially about Nixon.
"[HJ ... had great retentive
powers. For instance, if he had to
be out on the South Grounds at ten
minutes of eleven, because Prime
Minister Wilson is going to come
through the Southwest Gate at ten
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Yudof called him a "distinguished
statesman and academic administra
tor who has provided outstanding
leadership to the LBJ School."
Professor Robe1t H. Wilson said
that the LBJ School is now "ranked
fourth among all graduate programs
of public
- of four leaders in
conservation:
Henry L. Diamond,
from the law firm of Beveridge and
Diamond, Washington, D. C.; William
K. Reilly, Senior Fellow of the World
Wildlife Fund, Washington, D. C.:
Story Clark Resor, environmentalist,
Wilson. Wyoming
- : training program
at the Bethlehem yard; they discuss the advisability of abandoning every project
in order to throw all machines and men into the “vital” training centers.
3/4
LBJ meets with Bill Wilson of NYA and Admiral Greenslade in San Francisco.
3/5
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Network
Kenneth Towery, Political and Business
Consultant
Edw11rd L. Barrell, Jr., Professor of I.aw
University of California, Davis
Peler Braestrup, Editor, The Wilson Qu ■ rlerly
Hodding Cartrr Ill, Former Assistant Secretal')'
for Public Affairs
- in Washington, D.C., for more than
tvventyyears. In 2001, he won the J. An
thony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
for a forthcoming narrative history of
the Warren Commission. He is a con
tributing editor at The Nation and The
Wilson Quarter~y,and his articles
- in some of the fights at
present: for Congress feels that it is getting safer and safer
to attack me. Bu I have battled to the end, at any rate.
Woodrow Wilson's introduction to his message to the
Congress on April 8, 1913, explains why he wa.s delivering
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Sharon Cooper,
Judy Roesset, Marjorie Clark,
Kathryn Wilson, Nita Lee, Susan
Christenson, Beth Cotner (stand
ing). Seated with Mrs. Johnson
are Velma Lee Guinn, Kay Vacha,
Mrs. Johnson, and Max Noe.
Visitors to the Library
Mrs. Johnson welcomes Aus
- , letters, art
and mernorabi[ia from those who led
and fought the war and from institu
tions around the world. Taken aH
together, it presents a "story that
must not be forgotten," according to
Don Wilson, Archivist of the United
States. "It is the story
- , Burns believes.
Most have been "incrementalists,"
striving for small step-by-step
reforms.
A few presidents,
including most of those we regard
as great leaders, have instead
brought large transformational
changes: Washington, Lincoln,
Wilson
- ,000annually
Telephone
(Please call 478-7829 for Corporate Membership information)
Enclosed is my check.
Please make checks payable to The Friends of LBJ Library
Coming Events:
October 7
An Evening With Charlie Wilson. 6:00 p.m .. A Friends event
- Springs had asked
that she be removed. Miss Smith, in a story in the Daily Texan, said that U.T.
President Logan Wilson decided to remove her from the role to insure her safety
and because there was a possibility that her appearance would precipitate a cut
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Campaign speech, President Mall Shopping
. Center, Bergen
February 16, 1966.
Speech, Association of School Administrators,
Atlantic City
May 11, 1966
Speech (and honorary degree) at dedication of
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University,
Princeton
- , it is con
sidered a permanent exh1b1l.
Radios are part of the new display techniques. From a vintage radio visitor·
listen to the voice of Woodrow Wilson. Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin
Roosevelt speak from a radio built in 1933 while campaign
- and Woodrow Wilson. Lyndon
Johnson'· Great Society was the cul-
Divine
ruination of this 20th century reform
impulse ....
Although the Great So iety did
not achieve all its broad goals, it
stands today as the fullest expression
of the 20th entury reform move
- Greenwell contributed to a
panel on secret presidential tapes
collections, and Archivist John
Wilson participated in a session
on research oprortunitics at rrcs
idential libraries.
Walter LaFeber led a special panel, ''Teaching Diplomatic
History
