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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , and a housing shortage. Isn't it amazing how problems surface and then go under and then surface again, rise again? Several things happened that were sort of good luck for us. Coke Stevenson decided to go to Washington to learn about foreign policy. He devoted
  • Campaign strategies for the second 1948 primary against Coke Stevenson; voter support from the 10th District throughout LBJ's political career; Stevenson's weaknesses; political organization among women in Texas; seeking the votes of George Peddy
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . Was there a certain strategy in the campaign dealing with the George Peddy candidacy? Peddy was a Houston lawyer and presumably had a large urban base. J: Yes. I think always it was that Lyndon figured that he was not the chief contender, that Coke Stevenson
  • ; how the campaign stops and speeches were planned; LBJ's ability to mimic Coke Stevenson; press coverage of LBJ's campaign; LBJ's strengths and advantages over Coke Stevenson; Mrs. Johnson's life as a political wife; cities and towns LBJ visited in June
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/15/1942 (Item)
  • as you asked me to.) Harry Benge Crozier was appointed to the Unemployment A I / ~ Compensation Commission by Coke Stevenson; I wrote Ben&e a ~1/\J~ brief, funny friendly note--no 1 mush. Then I wrote Sam Houston and Albertine a long letter. I sent him
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , but said he didn't agree with everything. G: Coke Stevenson was making a lot of noise to the effect that he was planning to run against LBJ in 1954. J: Yes, he was. I think Lyndon assumed that when it came right down to it, Coke Stevenson would develop
  • committee work and tidelands issues; the dedication of the Alvin Wirtz Dam; the Paley Report on the use of natural resources; Coke Stevenson's possible run against LBJ in 1954 and other political races; Christmas 1951 and visiting with the extended Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of more power, they began to have a more tolerant attitude. G: But Rayburn had the same problem, didn't he? J: Oh, you bet he did! People were already making their intentions known about the Senate race. Former Governor Coke Stevenson had announced
Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1941-1955]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 14 (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 13 (XIII), 9/2/1979-9/3/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • speak about you see Coke Stevenson's dour face. He's listening intently to Lyndon with his pipe gripped in his teeth. He was the lieutenant governor. The governor was "Pass the Biscuits, Pappy" O'Daniel. 14 LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 18 (XVIII), 9/26/1980-9/27/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XVIII -- 8 Robert Taylor, Jack Dempsey, Nancy Gates, Governor [Coke
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Telephone conversation # 6232, sound recording, LBJ and MARY LASKER, 11/5/1964, 2:42PM (Item)
  • LASKER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; LBJ TEASES ABOUT HIS JEALOUSY OF ADLAI STEVENSON AND HHH; MICHAEL DEBAKEY'S ANSWERS TO STORY ON HEART ATTACK SURVIVAL RATES; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS LASKER FOR HER HELP ON FUTURE ACTIVITIES AS FIRST LADY
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Congressional Prayer Breakfast, Shoreham Hotel, 2/2/1967" (Item)
  • carry you through anxieties and sorrow. On the memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson in St. Giles Cathedra! in Edinburgh, there is this inscription quoting his Prayer: "Give us grace and strengtb to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that he did. The Democratic Convention in Chicago was one of the worst of the many fights that we have had. There were two delegations from Texas and two from Mississippi, and a regular donnybrook between them. At first, Adlai Stevenson was uncertain
  • Allan Shivers at the Democratic National Convention; pressure from constituents regarding which presidential candidate LBJ should support; the end of LBJ's friendship with Amon Carter; LBJ's opinion of, and support for, Adlai Stevenson; setting up
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/25/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • scholars. knowledgeable about the m edallion its e lf. I wi sh I had been m o re A ll I could do was give him a big sm ile and sort of blow him a kiss of appreciation. And A dlai Stevenson was there; and Nichole Alphand was there, looking like a little g
  • Lady Bird's speech for the Museum of Modern Art that evening; to Carlysle Hotel in New York; speech by David Rockefeller; dinner and reception at Museum; party at Adlai Stevenson's home
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/2/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • r s a r y r e c e p t io n . S m a ll, n e a r ly all T e x a n s, old f r ie n d s , the Seppalas. And then we continued on to the Sheraton P a rk , w h ere the W om en s D e m o c r a t i c Club was having a dinner f o r A dlai Stevenson
  • Lady Bird and Eric Goldman work on Georgetown Visitation speech; preservation of Lincoln Room at Blair House; Israeli reception at Mayflower Hotel; dinner for Adlai Stevenson at Sheraton Park Hotel by Women National Democratic Club
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/9/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • e lt M e m o r ia l Foundation, and I was going because Jean Kintner had asked m e to. And A d la i Stevenson had fo llo w ed it up with an even m o re p ersu asive le tte r. Jean m et m e at L a Guardia, took me by the hand and had me in tow a ll
  • attending Eleanor Roosevelt event; Anna Rosenberg Hoffman reads letters from Eleanor Roosevelt; Adlai Stevenson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • for Stevenson. He finally did. It was a beautiful statement, lost in the Texas papers to some degree. Somebody finally took out an ad about it. G: What arguments did he use with Russell, do you know? What selling points did he [use]? J: I don't remember
  • The presidential campaign in the fall of 1952 and LBJ's involvement; controversy surrounding LBJ's support for Adlai Stevenson; LBJ's travel to campaign for fellow Democrats; Lady Bird Johnson's miscarriage in the fall of 1952; Senator Ernest
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/19/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • e c r e t a r y and M r s . D illo n to go to St. M a r k 's to chu rch with us, and when A m b a s s a d o r Stevenson c a m e o v e r about 10:15 in the m o r n in g , to talk a li t t l e b u sin ess, we s o r t o f abducted him and took him
  • LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda and Luci to St. Mark's with Secretary & Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon and Ambassador Adlai Stevenson; Dillons and Robert McNamaras to lunch at White House; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird and LBJ say goodbye to Lynda's boyfriend, Bernie
Press release, "Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation First Anniversary Luncheon, Hilton Hotel, New York, 4/9/1964" (Item)
  • was the First Lady in the land, but after the White House she became, as Ambassador Stevenson has reminded us, the First Lady in the world. Grea t was her goodness, and it was her goodn e s s that made her so great. Let us today earnestly resolve to build
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/14/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird records her diary; death of Adlai Stevenson; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; University of Texas professors are guests at the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird describes the drawings in the Trans Pecos caves that will be covered by the Amistad Dam
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • of the school; Sputnik and LBJ's interest in space; LBJ's cousin, Oriole Bailey; Jack and Mary Margaret Valenti's courtship; John F. Kennedy's 1956 visit to Texas and the LBJ Ranch while campaigning for Adlai Stevenson; Christmas family tradition, including
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • . And-- M: Was she--I'm sorry-- J: And I think we made one more trip to Mayo that year. Lord, we were--Lyndon was dogged with so many things. But this time they told him his condition was excellent. Shivers was saying that he could not support a Stevenson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and admiring light that now shines on him, to my great pleasure. But certainly in Texas we earned a lot of vocal hostility by being for Adlai Stevenson and against Eisenhower. There was never any question of doing anything else. There was the usual--after
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/15/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird to New York City for premier of "The Greatest Story Ever Told;" Lady Bird visits a playground project in Harlem; Lady Bird views Bobby Lehman's art collection; Lady Bird to Ambassador Adlai Stevenson's home before show; Lady Bird
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/4/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Congressional Prayer Breakfast; Lady Bird does office work; LBJ has television news conference; story about Adlai Stevenson's birthday cake; Stevenson discusses the Soviet Union, the United Nations, the Congo and China; Lady Bird meets with Barbara
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/4/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • a r y la d ie s o f the P r e s s Club, w as A d la i Stevenson, the Hugo B la c k s , the Ja m es R o o s e v e l t s , the F r a n k lin R o o s e v e lt s , the John R o o s e v e l t s , and the C u rtis R o o s e v e l t s , who in his c h ild h
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • feelings. And his feelings were opposed to Adlai Stevenson, period, and ardently supportive of [Dwight] Eisenhower as I remember. And Lyndon, who believed that, as he would express it, from the court house to White House, on balance, adding it all together
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/15/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Funeral service for Adlai Stevenson; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about LBJ Library; Lady Bird to Scharnhorst and Lewis Ranches with John William Klein to clean and decorate; University of Texas coaching staff and families to LBJ Ranch
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/16/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird arrives back at White House and then to bed; LBJ, Lady Bird, Luci and Senator Bill Fulbright to National Cathedral for Adlai Stevenson's funeral; Lady Bird takes nap; office work with Ashton Gonella and Liz Carpenter; Secret Service names
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • the Fall," and critique of play and actors; Adlai Stevenson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • , then reads Louis Auchinclass book, Brownstone Front; LBJ meets with foreign policy advisers about Vietnam; Poverty Bill passes; Adlai Stevenson; Arthur Schlesinger book