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Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 2 (II), 7/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

realized that he was being surrounded by men who shared the grief of the family. Then, much to our surprise, as we were getting ready to leave for Steve Smith to return to New York, he asked if it would be possible to go by the area where the President--we

Oral history transcript, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, although his early record in the Congress would indicate that as a young congressman he was quite liberal and supported all of President Roosevelt's programs, all the New Deal legislation. But by the time he came back to the Senate, I would say that he

Oral history transcript, Graham Purcell, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for our This was some few months after Mr. Johnson became President. Well then, what contact did you have with the new President Johnson? Did he enlist your help, for example, for a legislative program? P: Oh, really not. I had not more than a total

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/16/1966 (Friday) (Item)

Lady Bird mentions recent parties and hostile news articles; Bill Moyers resigns; William Manchester's book is out; photo albums for Christmas gifts; lunch; Jean Louis' last day; Childrens' Christmas party with puppet show, cookies & ice cream

Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

great peeves of all peeves; everything was just haywire that afternoon, as you can well imagine it was. The Johnsons had a new Chrysler--an~vay, some new car that I was driving, and I always drove those new cars like I was handling glass an~Nay

Oral history transcript, Homer Thornberry, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/29/1966 (Monday) (Item)

w o u ld b e s o e a s y s i m p l y to d i s c a r d th e m a l l a n d b u y h e r som e co m p le tely new o n es. B u t a t 75 o r s o , I c a n n o t h e l p b u t b e l i e v e s h e w o u ld b e l o n e s o m e f o r the th in g s s h e h

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and they were negotiating for new contracts. At least, I imagine that's it. I never went into the details of that because I wasn't called in on it, and consequently, l didnl·t become a, part of it. But we did have some word with reference to the fact

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)

m y th a n k s an d gopdbye anc^I hoped^^slipped aw ay . L a te r , I r e a d w h e re s o m e p r e s s p e r s o n d e s c r ib e d i t a s ^ r e c e iv e d new s o f th e r io tin g in W a sh in g to n an d le f t q u ic k ly w ith t e a r s i n

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. I started out, I guess you'd have to say, in something called the Chieu Hoi program, which had to do with getting defectors over on the government side. I did a study on that as my first move in this new role that I was playing, and then from

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)

as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined. T h ere a r e now 163 ^ lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

There are small number of wrong or missing words. At 04:44 it should say "But I was tied. Everybody was tied to the news."

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1965 (Friday) (Item)

to ld th e s to r y of a b o u t how S te v e n so n h a d co m e to h im a n d to ld h im h e w a s th in k in g of ru n n in g fo r the S en ate in New Y o rk S ta t e . That w a s in th e s p r in g of ' 64, a n d w h at d id L yndon th in k a b o u

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

here that ,.,as at that time Powell, Rauhut, Maginnis, Reavlcy, and Lochridge. After having been in that law Eirm practicing law for some two-and-a-half years, when January 1963 carne around Governor Connally was looking for what he referred to as new

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a protracted period of tir_,;, but it seemed ltke a lengthy period of tin~e. I also recall that, at the time--i t seems to me that it w as prior to the response from Hanoi about the peace talks--and the Presidcnt got Cy Vance to come down from New York

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

impressions that a new member makes upon not only the leadership but his colleagues. B: Did Mr. Johnson move into any of the groupings in the House? Could you as s ociate him with the Southerner s ? M: Oh, I would say he had friends everywhere. Even

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/9/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

to ld m e th e s to r y . ( A nd th e n O ld a s sh e w as^ sh e g o t a new d r e s s m a n y tim e s a y e a r . E v e r y b r id e w ho w a s m a r r i e d in th is c h a p e l by tr a d itio n w a s e n title d to h a v e a s m a ll r e p l i c