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Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 6 (VI), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • there, her lifelong love affair with nature which began there. It occurred to me that it would be appropriate to suggest that her girlhood home might be established as an historic site. At that time no former first lady's home had been so recognized
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 4 (IV), 4/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: NASH CASTRO INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Castro's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 F: Nash, the previous time we met we got up to the point where you had agreed on a site for Resurrection City. Now then, one thing we have
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • to Washington in the family plane. As we were approaching National Airport, with Laurance, Brooke, and I engaged in a three-way conversation, Laurance said to me, "Nash, it's time to start thinking about a memorial to President Johnson." I said, "Well, Laurance
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Rusk's son [David], who at that time was quite active in civil rights matters, was involved. He worked with Sterling Tucker, who is now the vice chairman of the District of Columbia City Council, and he sat in on the meeting with us and was our principal
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , to work with her in redesigning the garden. I saw the East Garden was in 1961. The first time I thought it was a rather shabby garden, quite unworthy of the dignity of the White House. It was very plain, very vanilla-ish and I'm delighted that Mrs
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to go back and see what's happening in the way of population growth to my home State. I came to Washington on my third tour of duty in 1961, as Assistant Superintendent of National Capital Parks. At that time we had a quite different organizational
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • out. And, finally, because of an important conservation conference scheduled at the time, \·rhich she had been invited to address. Lynda went with us on this trip, and added a lot to it, I might say. We arrived at Grand Teton on a midafternoon one