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Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to my news bureau, I write a syndicated column which is syndicated nationally by Publishers Hall Syndicate, and that's owned by Marshall Field who owns the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. F: So that you have a national audience? C: Yes
Folder, "Background on stops for Whistle Stop [2 of 2]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 12 (Item)
  • , NEWSPAPER&Two; Savannah Morning News (daily l:vtSning Press ( 140,~oo, County, 20~ 1 000, mornings and Sunday>, Savannah TrAde Area (60 mile radius, [multiple copies in folder] P~~T: The City's economic
Reference File, "Whistle Stop -1964 ("Lady Bird Special," 10/6-9)" (Item)
  • NATIONAL Oc, ARCHIVE\ia Allen Fisher Fwd; LBJ, New Orleans '6N Allen Fisher To: Allen Fisher Mon, Mor 12, 2018 at 1:36 PM On Wed, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Sid Davis wrote: I
Reference File, "Whistle Stop -1964 ("Lady Bird Special," 10/6-9)" (Item)
  • NATIONAL Oc, ARCHIVE\ia Allen Fisher Fwd; LBJ, New Orleans '6N Allen Fisher To: Allen Fisher Mon, Mor 12, 2018 at 1:36 PM On Wed, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Sid Davis wrote: I
Folder, "Background on stops for Whistle Stop [1 of 2]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 12 (Item)
  • large, beautiful trees. its Wilson is presently lmown as the City of New tluildings slogan - WIDEAWAKE wnsw. With Toisnot Depot was the forerunner of what is now the City of Wilson and was served by the Wilmington-Weldon Railroad. The City of Wilson
Folder, "Railroad, details for 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)
  • CAltOUNA I ... thGt you..,_ a hclr¼a ■ new,....., ~di• tllllllll at lealllt w Pe, •••■ n, who vlllllld O•lelta In the piilt wouW ha ■ tlt, ; J .• .. ~ 1he INfY I hewe ht1 tl__,ls that Ps11ld1 a, '#llaeit . . . In Oas dN, lllollect Wo tt.. oN 5
Folder, "Entertainment - Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)
  • ~ (~ I ~dv.11-LJ Saturday, October ~ 9 lv. New Orleans 7: 30 a. m. - Delta flight 836 arrive Chicago 12:11 p. m. leave Chicago 1:30 p. m. - United flight 485 arrive Minneapolis 1:42 R. Flick R. Foley M. Kirkland J. Pain THE BROTHERS FOUR
Folder, "Whistle Stop [3 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • ~edominant goals are evident: She will endeavor to make the distaff White House a showcase for women in action; she will combine sociability with social conscience. 11 _!lichard Boyce Washington Daily News November, 1964 HThe new First Lady is a sweet
Folder, "Whistle Stop [5 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • . Tapers, Pub. Florida Flambeau - Tues & Fr. (Cell. Students •f Fla. State u., Editers C&ttaheochee V'Pensac1la News) (6,500) & Publiahers. - News (Fri. Ind.) (680? ) ~s. Elizabeth Chasin, Ed.; W.R. Ramsey, Pub. P.O. - Citizen (Negri-Tues-Dem) Walter B
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 10/8/1964" (Item)
  • daily telephone service to all areas and all continents, not just the moie highly developed major populated areas. Business and scientific computers will be tied together across the ocean by means of satellite data links providing solutions to many types
Folder, "Schedules and lists for 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)
  • -D~A-PhotosRather, Grant, Newspapers N_-Y. Times J:-' , ·~te, Gene Cba.rels Trib. Daily News Means, Phila Michel Washn. Copley Press McGaffin, deSaint-Pol, Amer. MxE~. AP Day, Anthony Austin ABC -·Engineer John Frank Sid Mag
Folder, "Whistle Stop [6 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • . that no Southerner upon us. that It is thE> choice and a new nullification. of the Old South, If there breast, where you have every man John of our region C. Calhoun was the highest model that that a glory has been choice. is deep
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Norfolk, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • the States devoted his life to education and did everything in his power to dissipate ill feelings and forge a new basis for unity between North and South. He advised his fellow South erners: "Make your sons Americans . " Here in Virginia, and particularly
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mobile, Alabama, 10/9/1964" (Item)
  • the key to your city and you-r proclamation, I want to tell you that a ceremony such as this, fusing the best of the old and the new South, is one that gives me great satisfaction. As Honorary Chairman of the American Landmarks Celebration, I am certainly
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)
  • tasks of the Presidency make a long day's work, and that must come first. These last two days on the train and the stops we have made have given me a chance to look at the South from a new perspective. I am refreshed by what I have seen. The South
Press release, "Speech by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Depot in New Orleans, 10/9/1964" (Item)
  • FOR REL&ASE A.T 6 PoMo Friday, October 91 1964 SP£ECR rrr ?tlS . LINDOW JOHNSON At depot in New lrleans PRito;NDSi What a wandertul, fabulous way to end four unforgettable d~o And, I see you have brou!?ht to the depot just the person I wanted
  • Press release, "Speech by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Depot in New Orleans, 10/9/1964"
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Alexandria, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • . But -- because this is the beginning of a four - day trip that will take me down the railroad track 1, 682 miles to New Orleans, I would like to tell you some of the reasons 1 am going. For me , this trip has been a source of both anxiety and anticipation
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • why Virginians love this land so much. To me, Virginia means b eautiful rolling country, exquisite gardens , and love of family. My husband had an anc estor, Leonard Barnett, from New Kent County. I can understand the Virginia mother who told her son
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Waycross, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)
  • and a beacon of the new South. A while back the President asked me to make a tour of Appalachia, the Southern highlands. There once again, as in the dimly remembered days of the depression, I heard the cries of hungry babies. I sat down with women who couldn't
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Chester, South Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)
  • the Chester blacksmith who came out to inspect the first locomotive to come here and then announced he'd seen everythin g and was ready to die. I've seen a lot, but 1 want to go on seeing more. I am enjoying seeing the prog ressive new South. Especially, I
Folder, "Whistle Stop [2 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • to achieve new employment opportunities for minorities. SAVANNAH, GA. - After some difficulty last year, this city has achieved a very successful adjustment to desegregation in public accommodations and Mayor Malcolm McClain and religious leaders deserve
Folder, "Whistle Stop [4 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • of October 6 and wind up four days later October 9 in New Orleans. • early on I The co-chairmen of ''The Lady Bird Special" will be Mrs. Hale Boggs, wife of the Louisiana Congressman, and Mrs. Donald Russell, wife of the Governor of South Carolina. Mrs
Folder, "Whistle Stop Bills," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)
  • Stop trip. a••• Thank yo. for taldJII care of th•••· Besa Abell • January 28, 1965 Memo to Dick Magllir• From Besa Abell Y••t•rday my aecretary took a call fram Mr. Benaard Sobel of. the Britla American Toa.ra, lac. 515 Madi A••--• New York 22
Folder, "Whistle Stop [1 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • Stop. The labels formerly said, "Whistle Stop 10/13-16/64" but now say "Whistle Stop [l 0/6-9/64]." CLAUDIA ANDERSON Archivist ' EDITORS' NEWS SERVICE • • • DISPATCHl.67 FOR IMMEDIATE RELF.ASE SEPrEMBER14, 1964 ,;\- ;J1~,~ MRS. JOHNSON
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Petersburg, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • state legislators see the new opportunities in education and vote their needed support. For all these reasons the President is proud of you and I came here to say to you that to this democratic President and his wife, the South is a respected, valued
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Ahoskie, North Carolina, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • t he olcl a nd the new South are so vividly joine d . I understand Ahoskie began as a railr oad town and I was advised the best thing I could do fo r it was to bring in a trainload of passengers . I've done my best. I ' m so rry we can 't stay long
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Valdosta, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)
  • income of only $186 a y ear to this new time in which Georgia 1s per capita income exceeds $1800. Just since 1960, it has gone up $255 and that 's $ 23 more than the national average. I think 1 can speak truly and proudly of the advances in the economy
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Savannah, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)
  • on Georgia for bats made of Georg ia hardwood. Savannah itself is typical of the American melting pot. It grew from the English under Ogl ethorpe, Salzbugers under Baron von Reck, a colony of wealthy and cultivated Jews, a body of New England Puritans, French
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Greensboro, North Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)
  • in the van of the progressive spirit of the New South, historically it has unfailingly been in that vanguard. North Carolina has not only seemed to take the lead in pro­ viding to its boys and girls, young men and women that indispensable way to a better
Folder, "Gimmicks - 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)
  • . C., 20036 393 • 7166 412 14 September 1964 EH zabeth Carpenter The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Liz: Enclosed :is a perfect your new Whistlestop caravan. Campaign song for Inasmuch as Linda Boggs is one of the wr1ters of the song, I hope
Folder, "Correspondence re Whistle Stop 1964," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)
  • Deu Mr. Crollk: Mra. Jolmeoa aeked m• to dlaak yw for ye11r letter. Sh• la eaprly leokt"I Ion.a•• to !Mr vlait te New Os-leaaa an• wa.nt• JOQ to know bowm• ......... ~ cl&Na.,..adae~•••· Mt have u _,,.maalty 10 ol you 1••n•• offer, au me wW