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Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : In Washington . I always stay at the Hay-Adams, and I went back at 10 :30 in the morning, which I just ordinatily never do, and there was this telephone call from the White House, from Mrs . Johnson . Liz Carpenter came on the phone and said, "I want you
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • trips and the speeches she gave and the leadership she provided for the country. F: Did you make up the agenda, was it made in concert with say Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell? Just how did the itinerary get decided on? Did you consult personally with Mrs
Oral history transcript, Ralph Dungan, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • O'Donnell 13 -Walter . Jenkins--the Rock of Gibraltar · 14-15 The amount of loyalty 16 Recruitment of staff people; the departure of Kennedy people 18 John Macy; Liz Carpenter 19 Af.1pointr.:ant of more women -and 'minority . group p·e ople 20
  • and LBJ's first days as president; LBJ mistreats staff aides; difficulty in getting proper appointees; Robert McNamara characterized; Liz Carpenter; JFK and LBJ administrations compared; newspaper leaks; Panama; McGeorge. Bundy operation; civil service
Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Bess and Liz. Bess Abell was over in her office, Liz Carpenter happened to be LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories
Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Abell and Liz Carpenter and Paul Glynn, many others that were there. It was a warm and comfortable relationship. I was asked many times, did I not feel awkward in this situation? I must say that I really did not, I think simply because the period
Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • -- 20 you ever made any statements in regard to it at any time?" "Well, yes." me." "What did you say?" "I don't know. I don't have my notes with Other Texas correspondents were there, like Liz Carpenter. I don't know whether she was up
Oral history transcript, Terrel Maverick Webb, interview 1 (I), 1/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • staff. Something important was going on there. So they were staying, and I was staying at the Waldorf Astoria. So one day we came out the side door, and I ran into Liz Sutherland--Carpenter. F: Carpenter, yes. W: Carpenter. Well, I still call
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 19 (XIX), 6/13/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reedy -- XIX -- 2 built with Victorian-style entertainment in mind and kind of ideal for Liz Carpenter, too, although she wasn't with us at that particular point, I don't
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • of 1964, served at Fort Benning; was on my way to another assignment that I had volunteered for. [I] stopped through Washington before going to Baltimore for my next schooling, and stopped in the East Wing to say hello to Elizabeth Carpenter and some
Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • was there, yes. It was very nice reception, too, I remember it. I've got a picture of it at home. Liz Carpenter returned the picture to me, after having seen it, because it showed Geraldine and Bob very happy, and other people very happy, and Marie with a very
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • trust. They treated him as a usurper. Now I understand that the Honorable--wait a minute now, I'm getting old--who's the press secretary to-­ F: [Pierre] Salinger. C: No, the press secretary to Lady Bird. F: Oh. Liz Carpenter. C: Liz's book
Oral history transcript, Robert D. S. Novak, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was bidding for the Johnson memoirs and Mrs. Johnson's stuff. And Liz Carpenter told the executive vice president of NAL that if they published our book, they wouldn't have a chance at the memoirs. M: Do you know whether or not this came from the family
Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • g b e f o r e we turne d the tap e o n a nd we ma y as well continue it. Let's talk a little bit about your relationship with the distaff pres s corp s , the East Wing pre s s corps headed by Liz Carp e nter, how you s taye d o ut of her wa y
  • East Wing press corps; Liz Carpenter; White House reporters; press accreditation; LBJ’s relationship with the press; LBJ-Udall controversy; cabinet members; MLK and RFK assassinations.
Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • it is a bigger job than any of us anticipated, and we must get to work." She had Liz Carpenter here, I guess, on the next plane, and we went all over Atlantic City. was disappointed that the press was so bad. We had fun, and I Now, after Chicago
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 24 (XXIV), 2/6/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , and as I recall, I think that he did succeed in getting--oh maybe some twenty or thereabouts placed in reasonably good jobs. Of course, Liz [Carpenter] went on as Lady Bird's press secretary, and Bess [Abell] became Lady Bird's secretary. What did he give
Oral history transcript, Bertha Allman Graef, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • about? BG: No, I don't think so. G: Did you see him any after that? BG: Well, not personally. I just don't know. I kept up with him very much, and I read all of his books, and I kept up with all of his 1ife, you know. Bird's book and Liz
Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/8/1969, by Jack Valenti and Robert L. Hardesty (Item)
  • on the televbion •et that rested on the outer edge of the table near the window. He a1ked Bill Moyer• and my•el! and Liz Carpenter to give him augge•tion• for a dr&ft 1tatement which he wa• going to make on landing at Andrew•. I know that all three of u• iLll
Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • [Elizabeth Carpenter] too--Liz Carpenter. R: She was very active in it. So this conference was a real springboard, and the purpose of it was to try and, well, it was an unofficial statement of national policy and objective. I mean, it really had
Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and Liz Carpenter go to see Baalbek; I go look at a housing project. And when you see one housing project, you've seen them all, honest. There really wasn't very much to the Lebanon thing. He had those meetings, as I said, with the President and the vice
Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • ? They will appreciate it and you will profit from it." I got a very effusive reply. Wonderful idea. Liz Carpenter called me up. She was then working for him. G: Oh yes. What year was this? A: It was when he was Vice President, must have been '63. Liz told me
Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson
Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • a ;';":') on it-- it must be the 27th or 28th of l-larch--the heat again3t ,hhnson was getting very, very hot indeed. You know, Kennedy and ;'>J,iirthy were both on his tail. and McPherson and Liz Cater and I and Bess Abell and Ervin Duggan-- C~~p~nter that's about all
Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 5 (V), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of naturally put me in this area of activity and when Mrs. Johnson was contemplating some of the problems associated with the first wedding, I think she and Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell decided that there was going to be a lot of problems involved with gifts
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 4 (IV), 8/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Clark Clifford -- Interview IV -- 15 F: Liz Carpenter? C: Liz Carpenter. And she passed it, I think, right on--I think maybe to Walter, and then I think Walter came
Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in honor of Erich Leinsdorf. Leinsdorf was conducting a symphony, and this was to be after the symphony. was a small party, and we went to their house. It Liz Carpenter seated us with LBJ at like card tables, just the four of us. we spent a long time
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 4 (IV), 6/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . Interestingly enough, all of them with a writing or journalistic background. I hadn't realized that before. Liz Carpenter I think you could 23 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ic), 12/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 43 (XLIII), 1/23/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XLIII -- 13 M: Was Liz Carpenter with you much on these trips? J: Yes, she was. She was one of chief architects. M: You know
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 6 (VI), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Castro -- VII -- 13 great, great deal of talent and devotion to Lady Bird when she left us. I think Jake Pickle has been a very effective member of the board. Liz Carpenter in her way--never
Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)
  • in the lobbying efforts? T: I don't recall. I was aware that a lot of people close to her were doing so, particularly people like Liz Carpenter and others. G: Did the change of administration's view have any impact on your sense or perceptions of President
Oral history transcript, Tommie W. Glick and Sarah Taylor, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • was saying, and I thought she wove it in beautifully. I remember thinking, "Now, did Lady Bird write this? Did Liz Carpenter?" And I thought, "This is too much like Lady Bird. I think Lady Bird really wrote this herself. rk: Yes. G: But she had
Oral history transcript, John McCully, interview 1 (I), 10/26/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • publicity like the Kennedys were getting. "Every week they're on the cover of this magazine or that magazine. I can't even get an item in 'Periscope.'" (Laughter) G: This was his Senate staff, is that right? M: No, his vice presidential staff. Reedy, Liz
Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was pretty much out of it. F: Did you see Johnson during the campaign? A: I saw him once or twice when he spoke in California. any extended conversations with him. I don't recall Liz Carpenter was working with him then and we talked some, but I don't
Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to me to make And I always kept hoping he would leak something, but he never did. F: Stay in touch. W: I'm trying to recall what these circumstances were. was working for him then. Liz Carpenter And he began to tell me, in typically overwhelming
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • every day taking my envelopes full of wallpaper samples and all sort of paint samples and Max Brooks' plans. Sometimes Max Brooks would go with me. We'd walk around all over the house with the carpenters and the workers here and there. Marcus Burg would
Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • --it's an old trite saying that you hear very often now--that was where the action was in politics. So I began to work for Leslie Carpenter, who still is a correspondent in Washington for several newspapers. F: Including the Austin American-Statesman. S