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Oral history transcript, Nelson Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: I didn't know you were old enough for that. R: How's that? F: That goes back far enough. Does that go back far enough for you? You've weathered well. That wasn't the time when Jim Farley was there too? R: No, sir. I used to go down every

Oral history transcript, Judge R.E. Thomason, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

against me and I received a unanimous vote for election both of which was unprecedented at that time. In 1927 I was elected Mayor of El Paso and re-elected for a second term without opposition. In 1930 I was elected to Congress where I spent 17 years. I

Oral history transcript, Charles P. Little, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in time, I suspect." He said, "Well, I still would like to talk with you. someone." I've had a very good recommendation on you from He never told me who, and I don't know for sure to this day who it was that put in a word for me. So he said, "I want

Oral history transcript, Jack Brooks, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there and went to the University of Texas in due time . B: We moved to Texas when I was five years old and I attended public school in Beaumont and completed my education, Joe, at Lamar College and the University of Texas . F: Then you got caught up

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

your checking out. Corson I believe is a management consultant, living in northern Virginia. G: John J. Corson. Sure. Let's start at the end and get the story on the last time LBJ saw Sam Rayburn alive. LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

sure would remember. But at any rate, when he went out on the road the first time I was assigned to go with him. On most of these trips out into the district he would leave early in the morning, make several towns and come back that night

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

notes. We didn’t do that. This was just a little call on her so that she could get acquainted with Dorothy. In the afternoon visit she told us a good many things. And, you know, 1958 is a long time ago and I don’t know how much I am going to be able

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, and the balance of my grade school in League City and three years in high school in League City, I took my final year in high school in what is now Sam Houston High in Houston. It was called Central High at that time. In the fall of 1924 I entered Rice

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in Montana or California or somewhere, but I was offered a number of jobs after his death, one of which was working in the R.F.C. [Reconstruction Finance Corporation] for Tommy Corcoran, who is now my partner. At the time Corcoran was in charge

Oral history transcript, John L. Monahan, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

me what I was doing, and I said I was a senior at Boston College. He asked me what I was going to do after I was graduated, and I said I thought I would come down to Washington to look for a job. He said that if I did, he would give me a part-time

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 16, 1 9 7 0 F: This is the second interview with Mr. Joseph Barr in his office at American Security and Trust in Washington, D.C., on January 16, 1 9 7 0 . We were talking last time, Mr. Barr, about the problems

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

at the State Capitol from 1935 until 1941. Then I went back to law school on a part-time basis in 1939-40, 1940-41, took the bar exams in 1941 and passed them. Then went into the army for a little over four years. Came back out of the army. I had been

Oral history transcript, Stuart Morrison Long, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

interviewed Governor Allred on the prohibition question. PB: That was a long time ago. Mr. Long, your first memories of Mr. Johnson, as I understand from our previous conversation, are somewhat obscure. Do you recall just when it was you first got to know

Oral history transcript, Edgar L. Ball, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- I -- 2 G: Who was involved, do you recall? B: Generally it was people like Sam Low, J. Edwin Smith, Chris Dixie, Bob Eckhardt, Arthur Combs. G: Was it largely Houston-based? B: Well, those are the ones I know and was working with at the time

Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at all before you came to Washington? E: I did not. Of course, I knew who Lyndon was. I had been working on the Dallas Times Herald when this vacancy occurred with the death of Congressman [James] Buchanan in Austin. I knew about Lyndon Johnson's

Oral history transcript, Richard Bolling and Jim Grant Bolling, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

/show/loh/oh Bolling -- I -- 2 M: And I suppose by that time Mr . Johnson was first minority leader and then majority leader after that . B: Well, actually--I'm not sure of my memory on this--but I probably was in the Board of Education before he

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

particularly, as far as the national administrations have been concerned, with the Americans for Democratic Action and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and UAWand other labor organizations at various times. R: You did that better than I could, so

Oral history transcript, James P. Nash, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, a long time ago. In fact, it was 1892. I went to Washington in 1910. I went to school there, at George Washington University, and also worked for the government at the same time. I studied civil engineering and graduated there in 1914. At that time

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

back with him . personnel, so he brought me So I was in sort of an aiding position at that time . I was [an] aide and that was it, so I didn't have any particular chores . What am I saying? I didn't have a particular job, I could sort of be on my

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

GOLDSCHMIDT (Tape #1) INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mrs. Goldschmidt's horne in New York City November 6, 1974 MG: Let's start from the beginning and the first time you met Lyndon Johnson. EG: Well, I met him in a very characteristic way

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 2 (II), 5/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Then as an afterthought she said, "I wouldn't have had the stinking stuff either!" F: West was primarily a farming community, right? B: West is a community of Bohemians and farmers, sausage makers, bread bakers; it's a great place for sausage and salami. At this time

Oral history transcript, William B. Camp, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

hard times. C: Those were very hard times. Did you have a major? Almost every Congressman's office was filled to capacity with people beseiging them for jobs. M: This was 1933? C: No, I came here in 1935. M: Oh, you came in '35 C: '35. Mr

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that up for a little while but not very long. M: He took your advice for a short time? R: Oh, yes, because we were close friends, and he had respect for m-y judgment. M: Did you visit him in the hospital after the attack? R: No, I didn't visit him

Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh F.Robe rts - -1- - 2 the as sistant to Mr. Johnson came up to ins f>ect the Dallas office. He talked with me for a long time, talked with Armstrong

Oral history transcript, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 Judge Frank Culver and I were partners for a short time before he was appointed district judge in 1928. Since

Oral history transcript, James W. Smith, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was put together in 1953 or early 1954 and I attended the first meeting of it. I believe it was in Dallas or Waco. could have been in Fort Worth. It At that time I was a staff repre- sentative of the United Steelworkers of America in the Houston

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 4 (IV), 5/13/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

before Thanksgiving I guess it was, Herbert stayed at the office all night. of strange. I thought it was kind Dorothy and I went by there a time or two and he was calling all over the country, which as I later found out, that's what he did when he got

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to affronts . He also I remember one time--I don't know whether it's on the previous tape or not--he came to Fort Worth to speak . He � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 5 (V), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

don't remember much about it. You know, why is he taking this money from public works and welfare? It was a rather loose appropria- tion, but it's good he did it, because we had some ships that were built by the time Pearl Harbor came around. G: Yes