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- right to left, as the isitor ees the po ters.)
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materials to
2.
Inside, workers tear out wall·.
er Areas at the Library Begins
3.
While conslruction is in proj!r ss, visitors
use a lemporar)· enlrance (left) lo a lem
porar) e,hibil (below
- in Nashville.
"AMERICA ... "(see pages 7-91
of women in early American Society.
It opened in Plymouth in June, 1976, and then went to
five major institutions in the United States. The exhibit
was at the LBJ Library from March 15 through April
23.
rARTOONS
- wants to give Bill an ambassador
ship. He mentioned a number of
countries-Australia, Ireland, Sweden,
Uruguay.
I am so happy for Bill-to be an
ambassador of the United States of
America-to represent his country ,to
another country-has always had a
pull
- ,
"Korea: America's First Limited
War," can be obtained from
the Library's museum store for
$8.95.
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TO l'E SIGNED
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Photo by Pat Burchfield
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and Com
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the exhibit-which General Powell
called "America on display"-was
commissioned
by the National
Archives. After it leaves the LBJ
Library on August 31, it will travel to
the other Presidential Libraries, end
ing up at the Archives building in
Washington, D.C
- ries
presents the official documentary
record of the major for ign policy
initiatives of the United States of
America. Today, the seri s can be
found in libraries and cla srooms
around the world-and
on the
Intern t.
'An invaluable resource for
gov
- 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
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president." C-SPA has put hundreds
of the tapes on their web site, and
with historian Michael BeschJos ·'
first volume on the tape·, Taking
Charge, !hey are bringing home to
America the earth and inimitable
character of Lyndon Johnson. This,
plus
said
- The Sights and Sounds of an America that was ...
see pag 4
Cohen Joins LBJ School
Cohen
Wilbur J. Cohen, who was Secretary
of the U S Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare in 1968, has been
appointed first occupant of the Sid Richard
- ) and
laid the reath, assisted by oloncl
Mark Graper,
Commander,
12th
Flying Training WiJ1g, Randolph Air
Force Base.
As he was coming to maturity in
Great Britain in th 1960 , Mr. Turpin
said, the media ther made the United
States out to be, somehm
- --and a World War
unmatched: in its destruction.
They chronicle the end of colo
nialism-and the beginning of the
Cold War and the Atomic Age
which still threaten mankind.
4
They cover the time when liberty
was challenged in Europe and
Latiin America and Asia
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performance.
9
Symposium Probes Vietnam and Diplomacy
by Ted Gittinger
"The Vietnam War: International
Perspectives," a scholarly symposium
held over an October week-end, gath
ered historians from Russia, Japan,
Korea, China and the United States
- , "is just as bipartisan as
breathing."
Credit: Ausrin America11-S1ares111an
David Kennedy
LibraryMounts
Workof Black
Artists
An exhibition which proved to be
immensely popular was "Harlem
Renaissance: Art of Brack America,"
on display in the Library
- . But that was not
what Woodrow Wilson chose to do, and
that has not been America's role in the
twentieth century world. Thanks to him
and to the long-running aftereffects of
World War I, the United States has tried
again and again to shape events that
have seemed
- , one
of the symposium keynoters, "is a
massive demographic change that
may indeed be the biggest stolfy in
America in the next century." He
pointed out that minority groups
under the s,ixth grade in Houston
schools and under the fourth grade
- and schol rs, providing the largest coll ction of
material and informauon on the United States Congress
outside of Washington, D. C.
A pecial service of the Center will be the maintaining of
records on the locations of other congressional papers, thus
- .
The resurrected characters assessed America''J progress as a
nation as it prepares to celebrate its 200th birthday. The
touring company, from T pl
niversity, has performed in
'ational Parks throughout the United States.
The longest manuscript m the bicentennial
- ."
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Two historical figures came to life
on the stage of the LBJ Auditorium.
The first was. Abigail Adams, in ,the
person of Rebecca Bloomfield, who
has created a one-woman show on
the celebrated-and
outspoken
wife of America's second President
- of the program to
reach 5,000 hours of service.
Photo by Charles Bogel
Veterans Group Visits Library
On November 11 each year, a parade through downtown Austin honors America's veterans. The parade ends
at the state capitol building, where the various units di
- in this nation," he
maintained, "and won't be through most of the 1980s.''
With sufficient capital, he said, electric power could
reduce the total energy cost.
Wall W. Koslow proposed a program which h said
would give the United States "a net export position
- other day,"
said Roosevelt ... and Claude was out the door! H said he
didn't gee his project but he was the best informed man in
America about Robert Livingston.
Roosevelt was a very good politician . . . he loved
politics. He ~aw a great number
- received
state welcomes and generous hospitality from the rulers of the
earth. Experiencing some of the restlessness of other former
presidents uncertain as to their proper role, Grant continued to
travel after returning to the United States ... He had
- Bradford Reynolds
Assistant Attorney General
Chit Rights Dhision
United States Department
of Justice
Panel:
THE CONSTITUTIONAL
CULTURE OF AMERICA
Moderator:
Sanford V. Levinson
Charles Tilford McCormick
Professor of Law
The University of Texas at Austin
- Assesses LBJ's Legacy
As Democratic leader in the
United States Senate, Tom Daschle
said before a crowded LBJ Auditorium
on November 9. he has ''rried for six
years to follow in the considerable
footsteps Lyndon Johnson left.··
Senator Daschle called LBJ
- of the symposium
will be published ,later. The following
pages attempt to give a flavor of ,the
discussions.
Tom Wicker set the stage with a
vivid glimpse into the America of the
early 1960s: It "was not. .. a smiling
and contented land for a new Presi
dent
- , are in the Johnson
Library.
Where the President went, his
photographers
w nt also, cameras
clicking away, shooting half a million
photographs to document his activities.
Those photographs are in the Johnson
Library.
A Navy unit assigned to the White
House made movies
- , "The Poli
tics of Unemployment in the United
States"; James Wirtz, "Explaining
an Instance of Intra-war Intelligence
Failure"; Thomas Zeiler, "LBJ and
the Grand Design: America, Eu
rope, and Foreign Trade Policy,
l 963-1968"; Sergiu Verona, "So
viet Arms
- : "What
fun!'' he chortled).
When war with Spain broke out,
Roosevelt led the nation s most
famous unit in the war s most cele
brated battle. "San Juan Hill,"
intoned Luckinbill/TR, "made the
Rough Riders, and me, known across
the nation."
Six months
- on
the future of urban America. Panelist Chapman (in the
picture above) is an adjunct professor at the LBJ School.
Noam teaches at Columbia University School of Business,
Ward is on the .T. faculty. Ms. Wartella is Dean of U.T.'s
School of Communications. C
- Rusk participated in a forum entitled, "United States
and the Quest for Peace." Other participants in the collo
quium were Dr. Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish ~obel Laureate,
his wif , Iva, a former Swedish Ambassador and Chief of
the Swedish de egal1on
- , D.C., gave one of
the most celebrated speeches in
the history of the nation.
He
called for America to realize the
full promise of the Founding
Fathers that all citizens should be
equal, and without further delay.
Still he warned against violence.
"We
- , members of the Friends joined Mr~.
Lyndon 8. Johnson and Archivist of the United Stutes
Jame~ fl. Rhoads at premieres of a multimedia presenta
tion, LBJ Humor, and the new Library Orientation Film.
Both features were produced by the Library staff
- a k them: Who will
Photo by Charles Bogel
Johnny Ray Watson gives a memorable a cappella rendition of "America the Beautiful."
Speaking under the live oaks at the family plot, Joseph Califano reminds the crowd that
LBJ's spirit lives
- decided to make a speech.
The basic thrust of Ms. Kitt'scomments was that the reason there
was juvenile delinquency in America was that young people were
angry over the Vietnam War. "They are angry because the parents
are angry ... the parents arc angry
-
racy and the Louisiana elections had
sent five new members out of the eight
that serve from our state in Congress.
President Roosevelt had campaigned
for his unprecedented third term
promising that he would not send
America's sons to war. "Amcrica
First
- they were
They were Americans. and so their panics were as exciting as
America. They were Texans, and so their parties were big. like
Texas! And. they were most of all. themselves. And so their
parties were warm and easy and enjoyable. like Lyndon and
Lady
- Price-McKinney
and
Raymond Daum returned to the
Library to give a scintillating eve-
ning built around the music of Noel
Coward and Cole Porter.
Samuel W. Lewis, President of
the United States Institute of
Peace, who as Ambassador to Israel
- , and who was the
ultimate in this country from the standpoint of judicious
ness and fairness and the personification of justice? I
thought iLwas the Chief Justice of the United Slates.
I knew that Warren was going to be vigorously opposed. I
called him
- editors at
was America's Public Enemy No. 1,
the infamous John Dillinger.
From this serendipitous begin
ning, Duncan went on the become one
of the world's great wartime photog
raphers. Of his combat photography,
Duncan himself wrote, '·I wanted to
show
- intelligence-gathering
methods and may shed further light on
the events that led America down the
road to war in Vietnam.
In the company of key congressional leaders, President Johnson signs the
Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
(photo by Cecil Stoughton)
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