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Telephone conversation # 794, sound recording, LADY BIRD JOHNSON and BESS ABELL, 12/27/1963, time unknown (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS IF ABELL OR LIZ CARPENTER RECEIVED CALLS FROM MRS. PARKER? OR MRS. GRIFFITH?; ABELL SAYS NEITHER OF THEM RECEIVED THE CALLS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON SAYS THEY APPARENTLY CALLED WHILE SHE WAS UNAVAILABLE
Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 2 (II), 6/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • that something in the realm of education was considered very seriously, but Liz Carpenter would really know more about that than I do because she was much more involved in Mrs. Johnson's thought process on that than I was. B: And eventually she ended up
Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . Johnson and Liz Carpenter and myself, and she asked me if I would come to work for her and do that in what both of us envisioned would be a part-time job and one 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories
Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . He called me two or three days later and gave me the list of songs that he was going to sing, and I took the list of songs down to Liz Carpenter and she typed up the press release. The next thing I heard was a call from Walt Rostow with sort of a hint
Folder, "Personnel," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 32 (Item)
  • ) (PCI) 11/15/6' A memo Sanford Fox to Mrs. Carpenter (sanitized) (PCI) 6/25/65 A memo Sanford Fox to Mrs. Carpenter with annotations (sanitized) (PCI) 6/25/65 A Paul Milton Breeden (sanitized); attachment to note from Yolanda Boozer to Sandy
Folder, "White House Fashion Show, 2/29/1968 [1 of 3]," White House Social Files, Bess Abell Files, Box 23 (Item)
  • with both Mr. Carter and Rex Scout.en. cc to: Rex Scounten M. 0. Carter [2 of 2] RED TAG BESS LIZ IS ANXIOUS FOR YtIDU TO KNOW THAT FRANKIE WELCH RECOMMENDS THAT JULIAN TOMPCHIN AND STEVE WYOSOKI (CHARDON MARCHE) NOT BE INVITED TO LUNCHEON. President
Folder, "Gimmicks - 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)
  • . C., 20036 393 • 7166 412 14 September 1964 EH zabeth Carpenter The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Liz: Enclosed :is a perfect your new Whistlestop caravan. Campaign song for Inasmuch as Linda Boggs is one of the wr1ters of the song, I hope
Folder, "Schedules and lists for 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)
  • M. MOR.A,.DUM MRS. JOHNSON 0: LIZ J'l\OMs THE .L.ADT BIRD SPECIAL A pr..-ed lO clay wlaletleat.op llare .. 2 da,a 01&t at tb.e raach: a aatl WHISTLUTOP IMlck from tu &cMatbwltll Leave Octelter 6 from Wullla&tN wlth farewell at trela etaU­