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Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

kind of advice exactly does he give to a young Congressman about your relationships with the district and so on? W: Well, very constructive. He'd always followed that admonition that Sam Rayburn did, that a member of Congress has two constituencies
First acquaintance with LBJ; 1940 election to Congress; Rayburn’s advice to freshmen Congressmen; LBJ’s relationship with Rayburn; golf game with LBJ; poker game; deer hunting; horse racing; 1941 extension of draft; war naval career; LBJ’s 1948

INTERVIEWEE: EVERETT COLLIER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Collier's office in Houston, Texas. {Tape 1 of 2, Side 1} G: Why don't we begin with your school days at Sam Houston High School, your recollections of Lyndon Johnson as a teacher
How Collier met LBJ at Sam Houston High School; Cliff Carter; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Waldron -- I -- 22 G: Really. Well, I've gotten two differerit theories on this. One, that Sam Rayburn was in favor of it to begin with, the idea that he felt anyone whose name had been placed in nomination before the convention for president had

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

stories. I think he thought Lyndon Johnson had a terribly good sense of humor, and he loved telling stories about him. I remember he said that after the election he and Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson were playing golf down in Palm Beach. Sam Rayburn

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