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Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)

in the White House, their bus tours and award ceremonies, have flowed the plans, incentives, donations, and inspiration that have brought a new look to the city. They operated without by-laws or organization chart and became a rallying point for everything from

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 1 (I), 4/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

? C: All right. I was born in 1910 in Chicago, Illinois. there, and through high school in Oak Park, Illinois. Went to public schools I went to Dartmouth College for two years and it was really there that I first became interested in forestry

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 12th Annual Meeting of Keep America Beautiful, Inc,. New York, New York, 10/7/1965" (Item)

.. .· .. ' , FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1965 ...... 12:00 noon REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON 12TH ANNUAL MEETING OF KEEP AME RICA BEA UT IF UL, INC. NE W YORK, NEW YORK Mr . Perin, Friends: It is a g reat pleasure for me
New York
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 12th Annual Meeting of Keep America Beautiful, Inc,. New York, New York, 10/7/1965"

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Nebraska State Conference on Natural Beauty, Lincoln, Nebraska, 6/15/1966" (Item)

, where the man made lakes and picnic areas along your own Interstate Higbway #80 are pointed out as an example of excellence, and where Secretary Udall told me just a few days ago tbat Nebraska bas one of the best plans for developing new parks

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Ceremony Commemorating the Issuance of New Beautification Stamp, 10/5/1966" (Item)

FOR RELEASE AFTER 11:00 A. M. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1966 REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON AT WlilTE HOUSE CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE ISSUANCE OF NEW BEAUTIFICATION STAMP Office of the Press Secretary t o Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE Mr
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Ceremony Commemorating the Issuance of New Beautification Stamp, 10/5/1966"

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)

of realizing it in our time. Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We ail 1Uently thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by experiencing stirring and satisfying sights. Let me sbare with you news of a few of the wonderful projects tbat have

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: MARY LASKER (Mrs. Albert D. Lasker) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mrs. Lasker's residence, New York City Tape 1 of 1 F: Mrs. Lasker, let's start by talking a little bit about how you first became interested in health

Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

require a formal reappointment with each new administration? W: No, no, the appointment continues with the pleasure of the Secretary of Agriculture. B: All right. May I also as~ this is--again as I told you before the tape was on--so the future

Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was, believe it or not, by Alexander Jackson Downing . And Alexander Jackson Downing was a landscape architect who lived on the Hudson, up ; north of New York City . He was very young but very bright and he believed in the fundamental principle of the English
-and Merrill; Hirshborn Museum; Lady Bird’s intellectual curiosity; New Mexico Church of Los Trampos.

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

with Mr . Alan Boyd, former Secretary of the Department of Transportation . I am in his new offices at the Illinois Central The date is May 15, 1969 . Railroad in Chicago, Illinois, and my name is David McComb . There's one question I might throw

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

fully meant. If it was implemented and carried forward administratively, you had a complete change in history in a major sector of our country. It was not just the South that was affected by this, this affected just as much the city of New York

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the establishment of a new executive department. LBJ Presidential Library http://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
in legislation; urban mass transit situation; problems of highway beautification program; rapid rail transit to New York; the SST program; employee transportation; miscellaneous organization problems; Nixon transition

Oral history transcript, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

McComb. Now, Mr. Sweeney, to take up your background, I have some information on it from what you have given me and what I was able to get elsewhere--that you were born in Chicago in 1928, educated at Michigan State, got a B.A. degree in 1951. S: History

Folder, "[A Report from Lawrence Halprin & Associates to Mrs Johnson's Committee for A More Beautiful Capital January 1967]," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 2 (Item)

, and winner of an American Institute of Architects Gold Me.d al for "distinguished achievement i n an a11 i e d fie 1d . '' A native of New York City who studied at Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin, and Harvard University, he spent two years

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

; with the new plant and equipment LBJ Presidential Library http://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 SCHULTZE

Folder, "Beautification Meeting - April 28, 1967," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 3 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was the knowledge that Washingtonians have from the daily papers and from the talk of the town. When I went to college I went to Bryn Mawr, and there were only a handful of Democrats - -this was before the Roosevelt era - -and they were for the large part

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and she gave money and plants to the City of New York. in evidence. To this day the beginnings she made are still Park Avenue and other places in New York, as a result of her work, are still beautified every year. As I said earlier, one of the things

Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)

when to mow, when the land is most hospitable to seeding. But you have given us the biggest garden of the world in the roadsides of OID' state.'' She pointed out that Georgia, Oklahoma and New Mexico have developed programs of highway beautification

Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)

when to mow, when the land is most hospitable to seeding. But you have given us the biggest garden of the world in the roadsides of OID' state.'' She pointed out that Georgia, Oklahoma and New Mexico have developed programs of highway beautification

Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 1 (I), 7/3/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)

do recall very vividly that he was a reporter for the Washington Daily News, the ScrippsHoward paper in Washington, at the time the billboard bonus law of 1958 was enacted and at the time it was amended in 1959. The Department of Commerce kept

Press release, "Opening Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Meeting, 5/18/1966" (Item)

~g litter problem, and to the new subway system for Washlng!:on and what can be done to make it more - sceni~ . Everytime I look out the window of the White House, I realize t1:e tourist season is already upon us., Americans will be traveling

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968" (Item)

AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS LUNCHEON BILTMORE HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY NOVEMBER 19, 1968 Thank you, Mr. Perrin. It is a pleasure to be with Keep America Beautiful -- its officers and members -- on this day of tribute. 1 am touched and grateful
New York
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968"

Telephone conversation # 8368, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 7/21/1965, 2:32PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF LEONARD FARBSTEIN'S CRITICISM OF OEO, WILLIAM HADDAD; FARBSTEIN'S DEFEAT OF HADDAD IN 1964 NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL RACE; LBJ ASKS ALBERT TO LOOK INTO ED EDMONDSON'S ALLEGED CRITICISM OF BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT

Telephone conversation # 11223, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 12/29/1966, 9:32AM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENTS IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT POLITICAL, REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF APPOINTMENTS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY CONSIDERED

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Luncheon for Members of Committee for a More Beautiful Capital and Beautification Donors, 4/13/1966" (Item)

the winter snows. We will be driVing around after lunch to see some of the golden-fringed forsythia, the red and pink tulips, and yellow daffodils bursting forth. And, ringing Hains Point, will be the old and the new cherry trees which will one day make

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Reception Honoring Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty - the White House, 2/16/1967" (Item)

you could corne up this spring and go on that old stagecoach road that I mentioned in my letter. I bave been there recently and l have seen a new family of beavers. The maple sap will be running pretty soon and the maple trees will be tapped. I can

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Beautification Awards Ceremony, Washington, DC, 6/28/1966" (Item)

for their new emphaeie on design and lanqscaping. But today we are recognizing what ree!dent• here in the diatrict have been doing. A c!ty does not speak to you because it le big but because it is beautiful, and it is YOU. the citizen, who make• it so. National

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Reception for Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty, 3/29/1968" (Item)

years; to dare to dream of a national park in the redwoods, or a recreation park in the Potomac Basin, or high- speed ground transportation and subways for our cities, and of new cities and new towns. But -- quite apart from the big endeavors

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Awards Ceremony Washington, DC., 6/28/1968" (Item)

that leads one to the Capital. In the heart of our city 0 Pershing Square hurst forth in a blaze of colorful glory0 And certainly all of us are pleased that so many of the big government buildings are winning architectural awards for their new ernphasis

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/16/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

of the C a r ly le . -ylew He R a n te d to talk b e a u tific a tio n w ith m e, and p a rtic u la rly to te ll m e about h is own p ro je c t. S te rlin g G a rd e n s, a la rg e tr a c t of fo r e s t land, only an h o u r's d riv e fro m New Y ork C
New York
New York City

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the Syphax School Playground - Washington, 5/25/1967" (Item)

a wonderful display of art work about the playground which you have clone with Mrs. Schulson. Out here, you have cverything from a play giraffe to the new trash cans given by your, neighbor. Of course the se thing s don 1t just happen. They are here be cause

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Beautification Awards Ceremony, the White House, 6/6/1967" (Item)

, and J. heartily congratulate you on what you have done . At the parking lots, I loved seeing the ingenious bright new plantings t hd.t relieve the solid asphait and c ernent style of those essential parts of a city. B right geraniurns and petunias

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

-sawmill-farming community west of Jacksonville, which was where I grew up . I attended the public schools there, and I also attended the public schools in New York and Massachusetts . M: Your family must have moved some then? B: No, I had a lot

Folder, "Capital Beautification," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 30 (Item)

) Aggreaai-n aupport for auch 'Vital pendiag prc,J.ct• •• the excitiD.1 Downtowa Mall of Dowatnwn·~ ?roar•••• lac., the Pena aylYallia Aq_nae Plaa. aacl the National Park Servic.e' • new plan to add excitin& amemtiea to the Mall ttaelf. How would au.ch

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/2/1965 (Saturday) (Item)

at a little p a st one. The p erso n whose m in istra tio n s I needed m o st was Jean L ouis, and I spent the a f t e r noon getting re p a ire d . T hat too is one of m y New Y e a r's R esolutions - - to look b e tte r at a ll public ap p earan ces

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

o re to buy tre e s f o r Th e p la ns f o r them , drawn by a M r . M y ric k , a re on L iv e oaks between the courthouse and the p o sto ffic e . I t was a quiet, pleasant, s o a k -it-u p r e s t , s o r t of day. One big piece o f news in i t

Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 August 1969 F: This is an interview with Mr. Laurance Rockefeller and Mr. Henry Diamond in Mr. Rockefeller's office in New York on August 5, 1969; the interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Mr. Rockefeller, very briefly tell us how

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 2 (II), 5/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and the committee, but the new Nixon budget cut those in half and cut them back to what they had been. They didn't cut them below what they had been but just back to what they had been before. Now the funds don't amount to much because Mr. Rocke- feller puts

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/29/11966 (Tuesday) (Item)

lin g s and th ere w as too m uch p u b licity fr o m h is end of it and I f e e l sa d a ll around. A tto rn ey G en era l. - I talked to C lark about the new H e told m e quite sim p ly and stra ig h tfo rw a rd ly that h e w ould not a c c e p t
Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird

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