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  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Joseph -- II -- 2 Willard Deason, and a host of other people that helped him and were just very loyal to him. G: Did he ever seek your advice while he was NYA director about some of these projects? J: On several occasions
  • Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 2 (II), 2/23/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
  • 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 INTERVI EW II DATE: March 2, 1971
  • Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
  • 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 INTERVIEW II DATE: August 20
  • Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • that' ^ ^ » . ' : • ii. > - i ^ ^ ~" . A lic e B ro w n ’s plane s e t down about 10:00 b rin ging Ma co n d a and N an cy 'i ' who so o n d ep arted fo r San A ntonio, and H erb ert Wel l s , h er d eco ra to r from ( , H o u sto n . -A nd w e spent the liv e -lo n
  • do it. II So Well, Mrs. Johnson didn't want anything on the basis of the unfinished one. It was very different from the one done in 1943 and by the by,. I always had in mind that the 1943 [one] could be done in oils, with his cape
  • was wearing a beautiful blue gown, that lovely red hair and there was a full moon. We put a blue spotlight on her from acros s the pool. I never will forget this. She was singing IIBlue Moon, II and it was a very romantic setting, LBJ Presidential Library
  • you to make sure that one thing happens. I want you to make sure that he sees the heads of state personally and alone. II He said, IIThere is no person in America that can equal Johnson in knee-to-knee conversation with another fllan." He said
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  • d t o J i m m y I o a w J o e K e n n e dy ge.t h im a jo b w it h lli5 ' Itq u u r -ii ii g xtist'a a r e t r y i n g t o do i t t o s o m e of m y s t a f f . n i g h t i s n ’t d o i n g a n y goo d. T h e y '^ ^ ' T h i s goin g out t o a p
  • o r b o a t in s e a r c h of L yndon. T hey c o n fid e d th a t L yndon w a s a good w a t e r s k i e r j s a w h im out on s k ii s l a s t y e a r a n d h e ' s p r e t t y good a t it , I G e o rg e R e e d y s a i d - - - " T h e P r e s
  • : II Did you first see the President after his retirement at Acapulco, or was it in Texas? B: I never saw the President after his retirement in Acapulco, because r~r. Alemán took great care that practically nobody was near him or had something
  • n a s a y o u n g L i e t i t e n a n t w h ic h h e p r o n o u n c e d " iis te n a iff " b / o u g h t a s u i t — a M i l i t a r y U n i f o r m f r o m a L o n d o n s h o p a n d th e n h e w e n t b a c k in th e s a m e s h o p in 1964. ( r
  • ; John Connally reminisces about Navy years with LBJ; Pearson tells story of tailor in London during World War II
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh 12 problem. The situation evolved in a sort of an accidental way; the thing evolved rather than by any design on anybody's part. F: What work did you do here during World War II? W: First, during the defense period
  • Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, December 1-28, 1966 [Book 39] Box Number Restriction Codes (A) CtOMd by Ex k u Uv * Ordw 1332S governing K C a ii to nitlDiMl security Information. (B) a o a e d by statute or by ths agancy wtiich originatad tha documant. (C
  • ld go u p i n p a r t of th e open s p a c e . A s I w a lk a d r i v e a r o u n d th e c a m p u s , ‘I a m c u jo U y a w a r e o f ‘ II : ’ . , how c r o w d e d i t i s b e c o m in g . .vT h e f o r t y a c r e s i s now j u s t a n a f f e
  • g w o u ld b e c o m p le te w ith o u t h im ,- ii^ h e s ta ff, J im J o n e s , a n d M a rie , M a ry R a th e r , L a r r y T e m p le . D in n e r w a s a l l L y n d a B i r d 's f a v o r ite s - s te a k , a n d s p in a c h , h o m e m a d
  • is s a p ic tu re - A nd P a t r i c k lo o k e d a d o r a b le in h is A ir F o r c e u n ifo rm m ad e b y L y n d o n 's ta il o r to m e e t h is D addy in H a w a ii. A nd i t w as an a b s o lu te ly h e a v e n ly p ic tu r e o u t th e r e w
  • p e r s and put h im down in h is b ed in m y r o o m . is g o n e. ■ U -i !». i It*s b e e n a h ap p y e x p e r ie n c e ta k in g c a r e of h im -w ii^ L u ci H e le n ta k e s th e d ay s h if t , but fr o m about d a rk u n til abou t 8 :0
  • Fowler's guy Donnelley. Leave him alone." I said, "So?" wouldn't touch you with a htmdred-foot pole. II at the same time angry. this was not my idea. He said, "We Well, I was flattered and I talked to Mr. Fowler about it. He said, "Dixon
  • a n d e v e r y b o d y m a d e a r a t h e r h a s ty d e p a r t u r e w ith m e m a k in g a m e n t a l no te to t e l l B e s s no m o r e r a c k of l a m b --and let's g iv e g u e s ts t h a t : exquiisite F«ii^»^the singing violin so they w
  • start by summarizing what I know of your career here subject to your corrections and additions. You were born in Pittsburgh in 1918; educated at Amherst; University of Chicago Law School; Georgetown Law School; World War II service with the U.S. Army
  • Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
  • r a p h ic a lly r e p r e s e n t i n g th e w h o le U n ite d S ta te s , f r o m N ew Y o r k to H a w a ii. A n d I w a s p r o u d th a t t h e r e w a s o n e T e x a s g i r l f r o m K in g s v ille o n i t . I h a d ta lk e d to T o m J
  • a d , off o f th e p a v e m e n t a n d s o m e t i m e s e v e n off of th e g r a v e l . ■1/ ^ T hrough W illo w C ity , ___ II t h i s w a s a d a y of f" i r s t s"f o r m e , __ I h a v e s e e n s i g n s t o W illo w "7.0° C i t y f o r
  • a n d H u n ts D e e r In P r i v a t e a t T e x a s R e - He U s e s a N ew C r u i s e r to G iv e L e s s o n s in W a t e r S k ii n g . 11 R e p o r t e d l y , L y n d o n a t th e w h e e l of a b l a c k r u n - a b o u t to w e d L y n d
  • d i n n e r a n d th e n I s a w G u n s m o k e , th in k in g by th e t i m e n e x t S a t u r d a y c o m e s w h e n a n d if Ii s e e it, th e I n a u g u r a l w i l l b e b e h in d '/■ ’V r- us.
  • there all my life except for World War II and the years I spent in Washington. I have no desire to live anywhere else. Any particular point which you want to [start with]? G: How did you get into Senator [Robert] Kerr's orbit? R: When I got out
  • to s e e th e m to d i s c u s s s ii^ o f f e r i n g th e l i t t l e h o u s e i n J o h n s o n C i t y w h e r e L y n d o n g r e w u p to th e N a t i o n a l P a r k S e r v i c e , a n d a p i e c e o f l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t w o u l d
  • w e r e p a r t i c i p a t i n g - - a m o n g th e m , iI 1 t | [ » D a llas, I w a s p l e a s e d to h e a r - - a s t u d y s p o n s o r e d b y U r b a n A m e r i c a . | T h e g o a l i s to t r y to m a k e s u c h th in g s a s t r
  • d . A day o f s h e e r tu rm o il f o r L y n d o n - - G e t t i n g r e a d y to go to m o rro w t o H a w a ii, f o r a b o u t t h r e e d a y s now I h a v e b e e n h e a r i n g p o s s i - ( b ilitie s about i t and b e i n g d e a f
  • , working as hard as they can, I r to achieve some stability in it. f i And so with this mixture of problemsXnd blessings, my dear husband went to I:>ed about midnight, and I rem etnbered one amusing little vignette iI T~ts~ of the morning, at the T
  • later came back after the war and continued my education at Georgia Tech. I graduated from Georgia Tech as a bachelor of industrial engineering in September of 1949. M: What did you do during World War II? Y: I was in the Army Air Corps. I started