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- : The Honorable John 8. Connally
Address: Jody Powell, Former Press Secretary to President Carter
Moduators;
PanelL~ts:
Arthur L. Ginsburg, Visiting Professor of
Journalism, The University of Tual> 111Auslin
Dwight L. Tttler, Jr., Chairman, Department
- with a degree in journalism
from Louisiana State University. In
1986, LSU's Manship School of
Mass Communication inducted Mr.
Middleton into the Manship School
Hall of Fame for distinguished alumni.
The August 2000 edition of
Texas Monthly magazine described
- memory.
• The "general rule" in journalism
"is that you shouldn't report the
private life of someone when it
affects their job ... But it's a diffi
cult line to draw."
2
at the Library
Charles Guggenheim, who produced the Library's orien
tation film
- House press
st.cretary Bill Moyers rnmmcnled in a 1966 interview, the
SC was a "misc lluncous Jody of mu1 designated by stal
ute" and was simply' n t relevant to each issue." Needing
"greater flexibility" than lhal provided
y a "fixed body;'
Johnson
- , the Library has operated
beyond the bo1J-ndariesof its responsibilities as an
archives {1,nd museum. In addition to preserving
and providing access to the papers and materials
under its control,, the Library has undertaken a
series of programs that spotlight
-
through
determined. The building and grounds for the
Johnson Library, the first to be located on ::i
university
campus,
were donated
by the Uni-
Thi, publication
provides a brief history of
Daines Johmon
c1nd the progratns
the recent expansion
- .
World Crise Provide
Conference Backdrop
Planning began in January 1979 for "The International
ChaUenge of the 80's: Where Do We Go From Here?" At that
time, the symposium planning committee, composed of members
of the Univer~it) of Texa~ faculty
- 1°SUENUMBERXXXIXrEBRUARY15, l 'U\7
ongFri
SPEAKERS
ENLIVEN
AUTUMN
AT THE LIBRARY
A distinguish d array of speakers from the worlds of poli
tic cducation and history provided a lively serie!>of evenings
at the Library during the final quarter
- majored in
journalism and became sports editor
of the student newspaper. the Daily
Texan. After a stint as capitol corre
spondent for International News
Service, he became press secretary to
Texas Governors Price Daniel and
John Connally. ln 1966 he
- of the library prior to reviewmg the bulk
of the documents, the processing of requests to
declassify items, I he need to provide information
Lo governmental agencies, the time required to gel
ready for symposia, and the Lask of simply having
lo answer innumerable
- manuscripts, diaries, and artifacts lent by individuals and
institutions around the world.
A cartoon of LBJ as gunslinger, by
Jack Jurden of the Wilmington News
Journal, adorns a banner hanging in
front of the National Archives build
ing in Washington
- hero. Her
detailed accounts and journals led to
a revolution in the practices of nurs
ing and sanitation.
The University of Texas at
Austin's School of Nursing follows
Florence Nightingale's model of out
reach in nur ing. he School partici
pates
- ,
has come home to Texas. She
was recently named Govern
ment and Public Affairs
Woman of the Year by Ladies
Home Journal and is a mem
ber of the President's Com
m 1ss1on on International
Women's Year. Among her
varied activities, Mrs. Car
penter
- the "awe
some record" of the Great Society
some ''400 pieces of landmark
legislation," including:
• Protection of the consumer in the
marketplace; programs to provide
safer cars, tires and highways; a
Truth-in-Packaging
law; a Child
Safety Act to protect
- ,
and even between governmental institutions." "What, then,"
he asked, "is the answer?" He provided this as a first step:
"Undertake the extremely complex and long-term job of modi
fying our institutions to make them more capable of handling
the jobs
- plays, great
operas. great paintings. great works
in philosophy or economics, or
even its great movies?"
'The sixties provided exciting
political theater, and the decade did
enlist honorable men and women in
honorable causes. but the insurgen
cy
- vote provided
the margin of victory for Democratic
governors and congressmen-and
where Republicans such as the Bush
brothers attracted large percentages
of Hispanic and black voters, helped
roll up majorities with national im
p! ications.
The Voting
- as
Director of the Plan IJ Honors
Program and is a Piper Profe sor and
member of the Academy of Dis-
Shields of Pm,·er and E.rrending rhe
Shade-and
poems and short fiction
in various journals. She was series
consultanr for ··The Power of Myth''
as well
- .' She would nap until the
company started up again, taking her
food with her and eating on horseback.
Her young son rode with her. She said
in her journal: 'Sometimes I found my
self fast asleep on my horse, and only
14
when I was nearly over
- ."
From the Mailbox
Dear Museum Curator,
Thank you for continuing to open the LBJ Museum to the public for free. I work for a charity helping underprivileged
children in Ft. Worth. We provide a hand up in life, not just a hand out. We took 7 children, ages
- conversations.
Since the Library opened 111 1971.
researchers
orking in the archives have
produc d 786 books, 204 dis ertations,
93 theses, and nearly 900 journal articles
and confcren e p·tpers.
Photo by Charles Bogel
9
The "Mayor of the Reading Room
- Bird Johnson in the White House
(The following is adapted rrom
an article written by Senior An:hivist
Clau
- that was
Winslow Homer Engravings
American life and culture in the I';)th L' ntU[) a he::,,, ere
publ" hed in
depicted in illustrations b::,Win IO\\ H
some of the leading journals of he .1~ re ~ rrentl::, m
exhibit in the Library. The exhibitio 1
~ol ·rmn o •
1IO
- a distinguished array of experts from
the lields f political science, his ory and journalism. Among the
po itical scientists w re Joseph Cooper, Rice niversity; oger
Davidson. Library of C ngress; Richard Fenn , niversity of
Rochester· Sam Kernell. Brookings
- , Patricia Lindh, Assistant o Presidenl Ford.
Summarizer: Lenore Hershey, editor-in-chief, Ladies
Home Journal.
Tuesday, l'fol•ember I 1
Testimony of Texas Women efore the United States
Committee on Women in Power-Hanna
ray,
Provosl, \:ale Umversity
- be coming from the Secre
tary of State or the Secretary of
Defense or any one of the other
Cabinet officials that help run the
government. So: one of my pieces
of advice to those who really want
to improve the quality of White
House journalism ,is: Back off
- -.: ,i1u:11i1mi.
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m wh re.
Thc"c o •:1n11.a11011"ah.: n I journal-
h1i all,-
f8 ni7alim1,.
f uny1ltin~ likl.'.
joum;1lb1i cthi .. i clrn1·1 1hi11kth, I
they cith ·r .1ppn:ci1.11cd1hcm or
\ ould
- Row at the White House
An Evening with
Veteran Reporter
Helen Thomas
She came to Washington in
1942 the ·ame year that Liz
Carpenter arrived. One of nine chil
dren in a family of Lebanese immi
grants. Helen Thomas began her
career in journalism
- , directed by Gloria Quinlan.
Photos by Charles Bogel.
8
An Evening With Gregory Curtis and the Venus de Milo
[n 2000 the Columbia Journalism
Review selected Gregory Curtis as one
of the ten best magazine editors in the
country. Curtis recently retired
