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- of ·'60 Min
utes" and ''60 Minutes II," wrote the
book. Fonner East Texas Congre. sman
Charlie Wilson-"Goodtime
Charli
Wilson" 10 many-provided
Lhe ra~ ma
terial for the book: harlic Wilson's War:
The E.rtrcwrdinary Story of the La1;1;est
Covert
- Zealand, and Lad)
Muld on, and World War II hero Harold Russell,
Chairman of the President' Committee on
Employment of the Handicapped. Al right, Luci
Johnson sh ws Prince and Princess Michael of
Kent through the Museum.
THE LIBRARY
Two alumni
- Prime Minister Harold
Wilson. Rusk and Ervin each packed the LBJ Audi
torium during their respective visits in January and
March. (See article on Page 2.)
FriendsInvitedTo Symposium
Reception
On September 29, the tenth anniversary of the Na
tional
- manuscript from th coll ·1ion.
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(6)
Visitors to the Museum view objects from the Memorabilia
exhibit section selected from items which mark The Univer
ity's accomplishments and those of individuals who have
been associated with it.
7
Wilson
- and
tone of those to foll w, were enriched
v.ith the presence of LBJ. World
leaders, such a Britain's former Prime
\:1inister Harold Wilson, v1s1ted Texas
as they once did Washington
President Johnson inaugurated the sym
posium senes, and partici ated m
- Sheehy
A. V Bullock
Jack L. Charlton
John L. Coer
Victor Jaeggli
R. L. McWifliams
Paul E. Spruill
Ray Roberts
Phil Wilson
C P. Litrle
Harold E. Green
BOTTON ROW - SEATED- left to right:
Albert W. Brisbin
Fenner Roth
Willard Deason
Jesse J...e//am
L. B
- to take a
lot of hard ork to position ourselves to be prosperous into the
21si century," said Meg Wilson Weinstein agreed: "The real dif
ference between Texas' past and Texas' future is that we're going
to have to work harder, and we're going to have
- first technical paper (by Professor
Williamson of the University of Wisconsin) to the
last speaker at the public symposium (Professor
Wilson of MIT); namely, that the character of the
economy has been altered in recent years by the
Walt W. Rostow
- to help
illustrate Congress in action.
Lecturers included Dr. Richard
Baker, Historian of the U.S. Senate,
and Dave McNeely, political reporter
for the Austin American-Statesman
(pictured on this page.) Other teach
ers at the institute were Dr. Harold
- \bovt.' lrfl, British Prime i\liniskr Harold
Wilson, the first Oistinguishl'd L£•cturer.
joins Prt'sidenl Johnson for an informal
Sl'minar with studl'nts al the LBJ Ramh.
Averell Harriman, above, lectured on Unikd
Statt's foreign policy.
Above right
- and Dean Rusk, former Secreta
ries of State; Harold Wilson, former British Prime Minister;
W. Averell Harriman, former Ambassador to Russia and
Great Britain; Elliot Richardson, former U.S. Attorney Gener
al; and Sam Ervin, former U.S. Senator.
Mr
- vigils, strong ol
arms and hands .. ," an early 18th-century manual for childbirth said ol
the ideal midwife. "She must have slender hands, long fingers, tender
feelings, sympathy, be hopeful, and above all, silent."
(Below) Charles Wilson Peale: Rachel
- of the Library. He
helped Photo Archivist Kyla Wilson
research and catalog photographs in
the audio/visual archives, received
orientation from Archivist Linda
Seelke in the Reading Room where
he conducted a small research project,
and helped ..fetch" document
- featured in the exhibit. Others:
• Original documents (including President Wilson's protest to Germany over the
sinking of the Lusitania; the intercepted and coded "Zimmerman Telegram," the
message from Germany to Mexico offering Texas if Mexico would join
- .-.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
- Wilson, Archivist of the United
States (right) and Ramsey Clark.
former Attorney General (below).
Wilson described the mission of the
N.itional Archives: ··Wi preserve and
make available for research the heri
tage of America. Records about art
-
Roosevell mast red his sorrow in
order to voice his fury at Pr sident
Woodrow Wilson, whom he scorned
as an unmanly dilettante, a weakling
who could have sho11ened the war
which might have saved Quentin,
though TR doe.· not say so. It may not
b ev rybody's
-
and Design, along with Robert
Wilson, director of the ll rban Issues
Program, organized the conference.
The Iranian Connection
by Ted Gitt,inger,
Staff Historian
The gigantic bulk of documents
and tapes which came to Austin
when President Johnson left
- Beschloss if he thought the
archivists could find that le11er as
well. Archivist John Wilson did.
Here is what Williams wrote:
Ncve..-.b .. ...- ~s.,1q,,<
th
e
Qr
HOw
d
O,
- ? Wilson played
golf too. as did Nixon; the clubs of all
the presidentiaJ golfers were on dis
play. LBJ played occasionally; he was
a long if erratic hirter off the tee. He
once played a match with Air Force
Chief of Staff John McConnell. LBJ
won. "We
- is cur
r ntly undertaking this massive project,
though the staff is small and much of the
archiving energy goes into getting mate
rials to people who need them, and pre
serving them. During Wilson's time ar
the library, she"s worked to preserve
-
tours to visitors, and in all other
Kathryn Wilson, Judy Roesset,
Elizabeth Cotner, Gloria Evans,
Kay Vacha, Martha Nelle Bain,
Sharon Cooper, Neta Lee, and Max
Noe.
areas of the Library.
At their annual luncheon ten vol
unteers were recognized
-
the U.S. (and reclaim Texas in return), and President
Wilson's copy of the Treaty of Versailles.
Distinguishedscholars to lecture on
World War I
Dr. Cooper
As part of a week-long com
memorative look at World War I, the
Librar has invited three
- in
December A few of the topics he covered:
Reminiscence of LBJ .. We had in our family for 40 years a
remarkable woman by the name of Emily Wilson One day in the
mid-60's, I got home from the office and said t Emily, ·'Hold off
the telephone calls, Jneed
- by the National Archives
and Records Administration.
Most recently, Fawcett has served
as Assistant Director, and then
acting Dir,ector of the Herbert
Hoover Library and Museum in
West Branch, Iowa.
He was named to his new
position by Don W. Wilson (right
- , Advisory CommitteeMeet
Directors of all the Presidential
Libraries assembled at the LBJ
Library for a meeting with a special
committee appointed by Archivist
of the United States Don Wilson to
advise on the relationship between
the Libraries
- Middleton, Johnson Library;
Don Wilson, Archivist of the United States; Claudine Weiher Deputy Archivist; and Frank Mackaman, Ford Library.
6
Three writers enlivened the spring
season at the Library with evening
presentations.
Philip Bobbitt
(above
- the degree to which Pres
idents have been "teacher-and-preacher-in
chief' for their
country ... hoping, in the words of President Wilson, "to get
things done." Bailey isn't quite sure whether "great times
make great Presidents" or whether great Presidents
-
Protection
Agen y: Henry
L.
Diamond, fonner Chief of the .S.
Environmental Prot ction Agency in
ew York State and Washington,
D.C.; Lory Clark Re or, prominent
land con ·ervationist
in Wilson.
Wyoming; and Cathleen Douglas
Stone, former Chief of Envir nmental
- be .... "
Butterfield recalled two things
especially about Nixon.
"[HJ ... had great retentive
powers. For instance, if he had to
be out on the South Grounds at ten
minutes of eleven, because Prime
Minister Wilson is going to come
through the Southwest Gate at ten
-
Yudof called him a "distinguished
statesman and academic administra
tor who has provided outstanding
leadership to the LBJ School."
Professor Robe1t H. Wilson said
that the LBJ School is now "ranked
fourth among all graduate programs
of public
- of four leaders in
conservation:
Henry L. Diamond,
from the law firm of Beveridge and
Diamond, Washington, D. C.; William
K. Reilly, Senior Fellow of the World
Wildlife Fund, Washington, D. C.:
Story Clark Resor, environmentalist,
Wilson. Wyoming
- ~
Network
Kenneth Towery, Political and Business
Consultant
Edw11rd L. Barrell, Jr., Professor of I.aw
University of California, Davis
Peler Braestrup, Editor, The Wilson Qu ■ rlerly
Hodding Cartrr Ill, Former Assistant Secretal')'
for Public Affairs
- in Washington, D.C., for more than
tvventyyears. In 2001, he won the J. An
thony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
for a forthcoming narrative history of
the Warren Commission. He is a con
tributing editor at The Nation and The
Wilson Quarter~y,and his articles
- in some of the fights at
present: for Congress feels that it is getting safer and safer
to attack me. Bu I have battled to the end, at any rate.
Woodrow Wilson's introduction to his message to the
Congress on April 8, 1913, explains why he wa.s delivering
- ,
Sharon Cooper,
Judy Roesset, Marjorie Clark,
Kathryn Wilson, Nita Lee, Susan
Christenson, Beth Cotner (stand
ing). Seated with Mrs. Johnson
are Velma Lee Guinn, Kay Vacha,
Mrs. Johnson, and Max Noe.
Visitors to the Library
Mrs. Johnson welcomes Aus
- , letters, art
and mernorabi[ia from those who led
and fought the war and from institu
tions around the world. Taken aH
together, it presents a "story that
must not be forgotten," according to
Don Wilson, Archivist of the United
States. "It is the story
- , Burns believes.
Most have been "incrementalists,"
striving for small step-by-step
reforms.
A few presidents,
including most of those we regard
as great leaders, have instead
brought large transformational
changes: Washington, Lincoln,
Wilson
- ,000annually
Telephone
(Please call 478-7829 for Corporate Membership information)
Enclosed is my check.
Please make checks payable to The Friends of LBJ Library
Coming Events:
October 7
An Evening With Charlie Wilson. 6:00 p.m .. A Friends event
- , it is con
sidered a permanent exh1b1l.
Radios are part of the new display techniques. From a vintage radio visitor·
listen to the voice of Woodrow Wilson. Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin
Roosevelt speak from a radio built in 1933 while campaign
