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Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : In the earlier years, he seems to have had a number of mentors and· political sponsors. Alvin Wirtz. R: I guess one was Sam Rayburn and another was Did you know Senator Wirtz? Oh yes, I just loved him. captive liberal. He was always the liberal, the sort
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
  • Rowe’s upbringing; working for the United Mine Workers; early social interaction with LBJ; Maury Maverick; how Jim Rowe came to work for LBJ; LBJ’s mentee relationships with Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; how LBJ hellped Jim Rowe get into the Navy
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
  • relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings