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  • Truman Gerald R. Ford John F. Kennedy The following Presidents did return the salutes ... : Dwight D. Eisenhower Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George W. Bush A Presidential Library Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration Jr
  • Truman Gerald R. Ford John F. Kennedy The following Presidents did return the salutes ... : Dwight D. Eisenhower Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George W. Bush A Presidential Library Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration Jr
  • David Eisenhower, grandson of Presideni Dwight Eisenhower. He sold a copy of it to then-Vice President Richard Nixon for fifteen cents. He has been writing ever since. Library staffers, docents and guests from the University assembled in the Library
  • been very high. . ." Dwight D. Eisenhower: ··very popular but many people who liked 01im] felt that this was not a very serious man, not terribly much on top of his job; he allowed things to drift for eight years, and therefore should not be considered
  • /5 LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) and CTJ (Lady Bird Johnson) are already in Washington at the beginning of the year. LBJ and other Democratic and Republican legislative leaders meet with Eisenhower at the White House to discuss Eisenhower’s State of the Union
  • in the short run the war in Vietnam was certainly won by the Communists. they did not con­ quer Southeast Asia. Winston Churchill suggested SEATO to Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 .. The Kennedy administration inherited SEATO Plan 5. a plan for defending all
  • , he said, could be "eas­ ily stated: Why didn't we take Berlin ahead of the Soviets?" But "the answers" he maintained, "are far from easy. Although a single person !General Dwight D. Eisenhowerj was responsible for leaving Berlin to the Soviets, he had
  • Roosevelt. (Below) Ronald Reagan with Nixon, Ford and Carter, October 8, 1981 (Right) WASHING10N, Jan. 20--THE SITUA­ TION DRAWS MIXED REACTIONS-Outgoing President Harry Truman, at right, and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, in center, appear to be sharing a joke
  • it "ShangriLa," for the mountain kingdom in Lost Horizon, the 1933 novel by James Hilton. It was renamed in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in honor of his then-five-year-oldgrandson, Dwight David Eisenhower II. Over the years, Roosevelt's successors
  • it "ShangriLa," for the mountain kingdom in Lost Horizon, the 1933 novel by James Hilton. It was renamed in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in honor of his then-five-year-oldgrandson, Dwight David Eisenhower II. Over the years, Roosevelt's successors
  • for a variety of national security offices directed by such well known figures as Dwight Eisenhower, George Marshall, Nelson Rockefeller, Averell Harriman, and Walt Rostow. In 1961, she began working for Rostow, then Deputy Special Assistant to President Kennedy
  • The Eisenhowers: Famous Family Reminiscences Da,id Eisenhower. grand­ son of Dwight D. Eisen­ hower. discussed hi!i work, Eisenl,ower at War, an ac­ count of his grandfather's command of the allied ex­ peditionary forces in Eng­ land in World \.\'ar II. \\hat I mi
  • .-.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
  • personalities depicted are Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Barry oldwater, George Bush and George Wallace. Although the ollectior will require time for reservation and cataloging before becoming available for r search, it 1s
  • that one frantic guest captured on his film An ebullient Dwight D. Eisenhower, Athens, Greece, 1952. Photo cour­ tesy of Peter Smith, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Turkish cavalry in the snow, 1948. Photo courtesy of Peter Smith, Harry Ransom
  • tclphonecalls and large amounts of correspondence, mak it impossible presently lo assign one archivist exclusively lo one resident or visiting researcher. By contrast, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library sent me on my last trip several ingle-spaced
  • to the public as offi­ cial souvenirs. For the next 15 years, however, they were sold almost at cost; little profit was expected. Dwight Eisenhower's inaugural committee was the first to sell medals on a large scale - over 25,000 were sold in bronze alone
  • and the problems involve that has in any way approached the significance of the P ley Commis- PllDelblSDon Price, C. GirardDavichon, llDdCraufurdD. Goodwin Eisenhower Administration. When Eisenhower was being pressured to impose controls in order to support
  • in the world. As he often did, Harry Truman put it most pungently when he called the White House "the crown jewel in the penal system." He advised his successor, Dwight Eisenhower, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." Thomas told a packed LBJ
  • and hors d'oeuvres featured in the collection of roughly 270 recipes. From FDR to George W. Bush, Hanny leads readers through the bowels of presidential administrations, detailing everything from the elaborate six-course meals for which Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • and hors d'oeuvres featured in the collection of roughly 270 recipes. From FDR to George W. Bush, Hanny leads readers through the bowels of presidential administrations, detailing everything from the elaborate six-course meals for which Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • on Erwin\ nght are Henry row/er and Lew Wasserman. Library Names New Chief Archivist Christina Lawson John Wickman, D,recwr of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, spoke at th Library tn May lO a University of Texas group, joined together
  • Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson w re always the bearers of good news. A President in those days seeing on his appointment calen­ dar that he had an appointment with his economist knew they w r corning in to discuss
  • by General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and the compass used in the North African cam­ paign by German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. (right) 8 time the whole dramatic panoply of World War II will be presented in one display." General Bowell's speech is sched­
  • , Beschloss stated. "[IJt's almost a rule of thumb that each time a president\ ... papers are opened, it almost always causes his reputation to go up .... Dwight Eisenhower is a marvelou example of this .... " 'Should the libraries be centers of debate
  • of President Dwight D. Eisenhower pamted by J. Anthony Wills in I 969, acquired through purchase in 1969; (3) a bronze bust of President Abraham Lincoln by Augustm Saint-Gaudens, presented to LBJ by a group of special friends from Illinois, "Land of Lincoln
  • and suggestions into the Oval Office. What is missing is how and why Lyndon Johnson reached his final policy positions. Unlike some of his predecessors, notably Dwight Eisenhower, LBJ did not like to commit himself in writing. There are nu long letters to friends
  • isn't it? But nee ssaT1Jso my guards thought - and they are the ones exposed to danger. 14 A draft of Dwight D. Eisenhower's speech on February 29, 1956, announcing his dedsion l seek reelection, addresses itself m part to the matter
  • speeches by Harry Tru­ man and Dwight Eisenhower are heard from a radio of around 1950. The exhibit opened on July 4. Scholars get grants for Library research Twlnly-one scholars have been select­ ed as lhe I 978 recipients of grants to study in the LBJ
  • . Kutor. Kutor had been appointed chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board but the nomination was later withdrawn over the question of salary. 1/23 General Eisenhower, chief of staff, announces publicly that he will not accept the presidential nomination
  • . Such FBI field investigations were re4uired by Dwight Eisenhower for all his presidential assistants. One check eliminated a possible appointee to ]ke's personal staff on the ground of perversion just before Eisenhower's inaugurntkln, Kennedy, in his tum
  • . Such FBI field investigations were re4uired by Dwight Eisenhower for all his presidential assistants. One check eliminated a possible appointee to ]ke's personal staff on the ground of perversion just before Eisenhower's inaugurntkln, Kennedy, in his tum
  • , Richard Nixon used a dog as a prop. Nixon was Dwight Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate, and the speech - unofficially named after the dog - saved his spot on the ticket. In rebutting allegations that a group of supporters had created a slush fund
  • , Richard Nixon used a dog as a prop. Nixon was Dwight Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate, and the speech - unofficially named after the dog - saved his spot on the ticket. In rebutting allegations that a group of supporters had created a slush fund
  • ; Hank Brown). President’s Awards for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service ceremony at 11:30. Texas Delegation luncheon. Mtg w/Hobart Taylor, GER, Chmn. Macy, Bill Kendrick, Mr. Houston, Lee White. Meets JFK and Eisenhower at WH. Several evening phone
  • /29 No entry. 4/30 Meets during day with Amon Carter Evans; Carl Phinney; Max Freidman, David Schoenbrun; Ted Schroth; Corky Barner. discoverlbj.org May 5/1 Flies to Abilene, Kansas and dedicates Eisenhower Museum then flies to Austin and attends
  • or international organization should be made in the manner to be prescribed by law and subject to the limitations imposed on treaties. Controversy over the Bricker Amendment continues throughout the year. The Eisenhower Administration opposes the amendment, saying
  • in a Senate resolution passed on 6/24 requiring quarterly publication of payroll information on all Senate employees. 1/8 Speaker Rayburn hosts a party this afternoon at the Johnsons’ home for the children of the Texas delegation. 1/9 Eisenhower delivers
  • elected Speaker of the House. 1/6 Eisenhower delivers his State of the Union Message before a joint session of Congress. In foreign affairs Eisenhower promises that “America’s response to aggression will be swift and decisive” and calls for a military
  • claimed that Eisenhower and budget director Percival Brundage “trimmed” military spending requests over his opposition. 1/3 The White House is blocking attempts of the Preparedness Subcommittee to obtain copy or specific excerpts from the Gaither