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Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)

him say that but what I don't remember the way that car took off in Dallas [sic]. It zoomed. And at the same time, this great big old boy from Georgia [Rufus Youngblood] said, "Down!" And he got on top ofme. I knew then this was no normal operation

Oral history transcript, Billy Graham, interview 1 (I), 10/12/1983, by Monroe Billington (Item)

12, 1983 INTERVIEWEE: BILLY GRAHAM INTERVIEWER: Monroe Billington PLACE: Interview was conducted over the telephone Tape 1 of 1 B: Why don't you just talk a little bit about the time you first had contact with President Johnson? G: Well

Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek (Item)

was twenty-two years old. D: What was it like working for a congressman, working for Johnson? That staff-- C: Well, you know, in those days it was an exciting time. In the first place it was exciting to have a job. When I got out of law school, jobs

Oral history transcript, Inez Hughes, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Lewis Gould (Item)

there at Marshall High in the mid-1920s when Mrs. Johnson and you were there at the same time? H: I should know, but I don't remember. G: I noted that in her graduating class she had about twenty-eight people-- H: Oh, no, no. G: Were those only twenty--? H

Oral history transcript, Edward Clark, interview S-I, 12/15/1986, by Robert Dallek (Item)

[Brown] as a friend and saw him, talked to him from time to time was [when] he was here with a job as [state director of the] National Youth Administration, just a little bureaucratic job, nothing. It was just one of those programs that they had going. He
Bird Johnson's family and her business skills; events leading up to John F. Kennedy's assassination; LBJ's opinion of his time as vice president; Tommy Corcoran; Charles Marsh; Alice Glass; Clark's work as ambassador to Australia and American executive

Oral history transcript, NYA Interview, group interview 1 (I), 1968, by William S. White (Item)

the Depression. I know Mr. Deason here was close to him, and I wondered, Mr. Deason, if you would tell us about your impressions of his general method of operation in an administrative job of that kind? D: Well, yes, he was at that time, Bill, I would say

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1, 8/14/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

and by other folks when we were still in Washington. And, basically, we've always talked about Lyndon Johnson because that's what it's all about at the Lyndon Johnson Library but Mike has said a time or two, well, he would like have in his file something about

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview S-I, 8/1994, by Douglass Cater (Item)

of things? LC: My memory goes back to when he was in his vice-presidential years, when I went to work for him. But at that time there was a little house in Johnson City, his boyhood home, and already he and Lady Bird were trying to fix it up because
of the telephone, especially following JFK's assassination; the difficulty in analyzing LBJ as a whole person using only the telephone conversations; examining presidents and their faults in the context of their time and their experiences.

Oral history transcript (conversation), Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Sorensen, interview S-VIII, 6/3/1963 (Item)

1,1ork oefon" \ve send a message, one, and we can't do that unless we spend some time on the message. Two, I think we ought to exchange some viewpoints on what legislation we can get-Tape 2 of 2 LBJ - -wh:::n he talks, say, "Now, I don t want to come

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1b (I), 4/29/1986, by Walter Richter (Item)

were not recognized at SWT [Southwest Texas] at that time but there was at least one other one there that reputed to be there, considerable campus group. And a bunch of us, I guess, who thought we LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Cynthia Wilson, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1985, by Lewis Gould (Item)

to write on a typewriter during that period, which is very valuable at that. Anyway, I finished in June of 1964 and worked that summer on the Waco newspaper, which is the Waco-G: Times Herald, I think. W: --Times Herald. Well, they're both owned

Oral history transcript, Harry J. Middleton, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1979, by William C. Spragens (Item)

and pne whose that it w have gone on to have sur-vi ved very well. They were men and women who . At the time make their mark in a very posit ive way o_n their times g. I was stron and ient effic I was there , I feel it was effec tive, time. I

Oral history transcript, Josefa Baines Saunders, interview 1 (I), 12/28/1964, by Juanita Roberts (Item)

: Well, not very much because it was a surprise to us. Mrs . Rob e rts: Oh! Mrs. Saunders: We didn't really know about it at the time, you know, but it was, we were, very much pleased, of course . Mrs . Roberts: Uh huh . Mrs . Saunders

Oral history transcript, J. Graham Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1968, by Monna Clark (Item)

. Graham Sullivan, who has served as Deputy Commissioner of &iucation since July 1966. MR. SULLIVAN: As I present my remarks, probably I will be shifting hats from time to time, for I will be reporting reactions as a local education agency officer

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

for history have recorded for us as a what those skills were. And we are going to play a brief tape that will give you some idea of that. These are voices of people who were with him at the time. " . .. political system is one that requires enormous
in the future; Middleton and Christian's opinion of LBJ and their time spent working for LBJ; preparing for the Library's first conference; LBJ's opinion of the process of reviewing Library documents for potential closures

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1979, by David Culbert (Item)

: Hello! CULBERT: Hello, George Christian? CHRISTIAN: CULBERT: Yes, sir. This is David Culbert calling from Baton Rouge. couple of questions? Now, is this a convenient time? May I ask you a I know that you are leaving the country tomorrow

Oral history transcript, Cynthia Wilson, interview 2 (II), 11/7/1985, by Lewis Gould (Item)

, 1985 INTERVIEWEE: CYNTHIA WILSON INTERVIEWER: Lewis Gould PLACE: By telephone from the LBJ Library to Ms. Wilson's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: I think when we paused the last time we were just about getting to the point

Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple (Item)

are continually pressing him to make appointments to the advisory council and to act on the Heckscher report, and he seems as if he doesn't respond at that time and that there is not an interest on his part at that time. And I know that in March of that year he

Oral history transcript, John Wesley Jones, interview S-I, 6/8/1974, by Richard D. McKinzie (Item)

~pper, who had been a vice - consul in Beirut and came I \ back to Sioux City. This too inspire d me. I would go · to call on him from time to time and talk to him about the Servic e and his experi ences. So, in this relativ ely remote ~rea from

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)

and source materials, very limited indeed. They're really on the materials that the archivists prepared under your direction for my examination. And now I have had even more limited time in which to pursue them. As you know, the world is facing extremely

Oral history transcript, Robert Fleming, interview S-I, 11/8/1979, by David Culbert (Item)

conversa ti ons today, 11 and then he said, "You tho_ught it was time that you and he talked." He still didn't look up. to talk about. I know him. He said,-"! don't know what there is I like him. r trust him. I need him." I said, ''Mr. President

Oral history transcript, Wayne O. Reed, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1968, by Broudy (Item)

the Johnson Yea rs? Perhaps you could start with a brief summary .I of the situation before 1963. ! ' I! • L . DR 0 REED: to test my memory Well, Jack, you certainly are going i j. a bit this morning. I joined the Of £ice in 1951. :. At that time

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 1 (I), 3/9/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

and then became a rancher and a part owner of Kahua Ranch on the Big Island of Hawaii. Then there is my little sister--little Kat we called her--Katherine Ann Cole. She married a fellow named Henry B. Cole who was a vice president and for a long time he

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

and then became a rancher and a part owner of Kahua Ranch on the Big Island of Hawaii. Then there is my little sister--little Kat we called her--Katherine Ann Cole. She married a fellow named Henry B. Cole who was a vice president and for a long time he

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 3 (III), 3/11/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

and then became a rancher and a part owner of Kahua Ranch on the Big Island of Hawaii. Then there is my little sister--little Kat we called her--Katherine Ann Cole. She married a fellow named Henry B. Cole who was a vice president and for a long time he

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

and then became a rancher and a part owner of Kahua Ranch on the Big Island of Hawaii. Then there is my little sister--little Kat we called her--Katherine Ann Cole. She married a fellow named Henry B. Cole who was a vice president and for a long time he

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

but it would have been shortly after. I know that I visited him before he became president, several times at his home. I worked with him some in his capacity as vice president, because the President assigned to him two or three activities that in some fashion

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, interview S-IX, 8/12/1969, by William J. Jorden (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 What was your involvement as a Senator in the SEATO Treaty deliberations? Did you have any opinion of SEATO at that time? Q. President: I was not present when the SEATO Treaty was voted upon. I was in Mayo Hospital

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-II, 11/10/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

: November 10, 1993 PLACE: Professor Bundy's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 D: What I wanted to first ask you about is the Dominican Republic. That was not a topic we spoke about last time, and so I wanted to get you talking about that a little

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-I, 3/30/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

and the presidency, and this is a very different kind of thing. Anyway, what I wanted to get you to do in the limited amount of time we have here today is to first of all, if you can tell me, do you remember when you first met him? B: I suppose it was in the early
it; presidential decision-making; the Oliver Stone JFK movie and how young people believe such conspiracy theories; Robert McNamara and Dallek's and Bundy's reaction to Deborah Shapley's book Promise and Power: The Life and Times of Robert McNamara; LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Barbara Jordan, interview S-I, 2/5/1985, by Elizabeth Carpenter (Item)

in the main, and so I spend some time thinking about how can we, as a people, afford to do the things which would make us comfortable. And I think about the American spirit which is so expansive and which takes in the realities of everybody. We don't want

Oral history transcript, Walter Mylecraine, interview S-I, 7/12/1968, by Jan Sofokidis (Item)

and tli~e ~h~y-verb .'.' ..BU.t I ''· creative, • ,\ • the time tha t . t l. il - the int.erus cing thing to me has al'\1ays bee;; at ·) 12 l : 13 \. I 'j ~ I or -ga ni~i::a t._~tcnal strt..ctnre wn.s done before . .) I I e ; 1

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview S-I, 6/12/1973, by Robert Hawkinson (Item)

. They had more understanding of what the government was doing at the time than other academics. Many of them had been in government eith~r ., LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Harry Schreiber, 1964, interview 1 (I) (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 s: Didn't see him after that. I: When was your next contact with him ... was it years later? S: I certainly think I did see him at one time

Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin and Harold Howe II, interview S-II, undated (Item)

een appropriated for supp;.;rt of the s e pr ograms - . are by no mean s ade quate to do the job, nor h a.s there been ade quate time to complete that job. But a ver-.r effective start has b e en made, and it seems to me that th ere is need noi..1

Oral history transcript, Nolan Estes, interview S-I, 7/23/1968, by Monna Clark (Item)

Commissioner of Ed 21 ucati on at that time, Frnnci s Keppel,· •,.;ho, through inf orrr.al 22 cha.ts with the Associate Co1i1missioncr and a f cw other key 23 in div icluals, insist eel that the focus be on ix1novat ion, on 24 I 1J 11 25 I

Oral history transcript, Peter P. Muirhead, interview S-I, 7/23/1968, by Herman R. Allen (Item)

. l in your \\'Ork with , t .he 18.u d grc:mt college s, ,.;e hrrvc I I - I I c;l o. ~; r rsc.. , has b e8n \'lith us for quite· a long time. ' 1. sig-1 £ l·\ :·, j: 1 m~st ' I wOuld be inclined to think the most signific a nt

Oral history transcript, Dr. Arthur Harris, interview S-I, 7/10/1968, by Jan Sofokidis (Item)

services, such as student loan fellm,:ship i i ( programs , foreign langu~g e 1 programs, foreign language research, .· . . I, 11~ there Has practically nothing in th e way of , at this time, 1 fi of fin ancial assistance for construction

Oral history transcript, W. Stanley Kruger, interview S-I, 8/13/1968 (Item)

for.. th e first t:me 25 I. ·i I ~I :1 ;time · that ~ and triyin g out pro g r a:n s th a t would bring H-.; l:S ro sta.f f cq. meDb ~:: . f ji ( . I' . 1< I ;' .. I ! ' ' ' ·1 k~.ndi " :I . ·to work :t i . . '· I ! .. :f

Oral history transcript, Ralph Flynt, interview S-I, 7/23/1968, by Jan Sofokidis (Item)

~. years Tiith the variJu s chang es in the oreani z a tion and your I variou s duties , up to perhap s the presen t time. :· I ? I !I I ; : ·1 :B 11 '\ lg I have served in the Off ice MR. FLY.NT: :j fo~ more than one-th ird of its total lifeo

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