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- to the Senate in 1957, I was the youngest member. I had no sooner taken the oath admininistered by Nixon, who was then vice president and who ironically is now the president, I had no sooner taken the oath and stepped down and started to walk up the central
Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- and 1960, when names of Democratic President candidates were mentioned, that Mr. Johnson's name was always conspicuous. M: What was your assessment of the 1960 election, since it was such a close race between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon? A: Of course
Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger
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- of it, the very end of it, or better yet, I think it was when Mr. Nixon came in. I told him that, you know, I took all the flak for a lot of these operations when in LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
- concerns Johnson did about disengaging from Vietnam, but I just can't recall the specific conversation. G: Any talk on politics, do you remember? It was generally conceded that Nixon would be the nominee. J: I think so. I just don't recall it. I just
- and who knew about it; Jones’ duties surrounding the 3/31/68 speech; 1968 presidential campaign; rumors that Nixon was making deals with South Vietnam; LBJ’s support of candidates, including Hubert Humphrey; Humphrey campaign event in Houston; 1968
- , it was, and it extended on through his time. And Nixon actually asked us to reduce it to 5 per cent, you remember, at one point after he'd been in office, I believe. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library
- . But with Martin, there was far less communication on an intellectual level. I love the guy; and there is no question about his integrity--that just sticks out allover him. is, I hope and I really think, a thing of the past. But that situation Even the Nixon
- ; Pierre Renfret; rumors of recession, 1966-1967; Ford strike, 1967; Ackley's resignation and subsequent ambassadorship to Italy; transition to Nixon Administration; Robert McNamara; balance of payments problem; Charles de Gaulle
- to fill only about 200 of those 1,000 vacancies. And if they had been on the schedule we had planned, they would by this time have filled about 700 of the vacancies. B: Then Mr. Nixon's recent request for an increase was an additional thousand men over
Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener
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- of the Senate. K: You can tell me again. S: Well, this was still at the end of the Eisenhower Administration. wait a minute, let's see, this was 1960. That was Eisenhower, yes. Nixon was Vice President and he was not favorably disposed toward Medicare
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
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- this, Nixon took that trip to South America. R: Yes. The one to Venezuela? 28 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
- with Nixon because it would help him [Johnson]. F: He'd be in a position when he called the White House that he could go on over and talk about it. G: That's right. F: Did you have any relationship with Sam Rayburn? LBJ Presidential Library http
- , as a raconteur. G: --but he would do it with a straight face, or something. W: But he didn't see it in himself. He could make fun of Dick Nixon saying. "You won't have old Dick Nixon to kick around any more," and do a perfect imitation of him doing
- of the Nixon Administration, which was about eight years after I had gone down there. As a matter of fact, in 1974 when I left the NSC to go to the State Department with Kissinger, I got the administrative people at the NSC to do a formal statement of what my
- , what will happen now with the Nixons--undoubtedly we haven't gotten launched on that so we're a little uncertain about it--but naturally photographs of the Nixon family and their doings will come in. So there will be a greater spread of the coverage
Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- a candidate from the West as a vice president . I think Mr . Johnson was right . I honestly believe, and the facts haven't shown otherwise, that John went back to the Nixon group to become vice president, and then Agnew's financial immorality blew up
- presidential staff." So he kept--it was a point of pride to keep it smaller than the Nixon vice-presidential staff, even though he [inaudible]-MG: I see. G: And Juanita Roberts was on detail from the Pentagon, and I was, of course--I was on the State
- tremendous respect, always, for his intellectual ability. I thought he was a towering--I thought that he was, that intellectually he was far superior to Nixon, to Ford. And Kennedy had a very quick facile mind, but Johnson in some ways had a deeper mind
Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- of [approach]? B: Yes, and I think this was an important difference between him and President Nixon . I know, for example, that it's impossible to get through to President Nixon on a foreign policy issue without going through the NSC staff and Mr
- awareness is best evidenced by the fact that ~e•ve got two prime political animals, President Nixon on the one hand, and Senator Edmund Muskie on the other, attempting to out-compete the other in terms of who can do the most. We are, as some obse:::vers
- or tips on to Mrs. Nixon? Dr. Gould's essay is going to focus in on the institution office of First Ladies and we're sort of interested of the in whether there LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
- people who thought that in effect Texas had been sold out by Lyndon Johnson going on the ticket? C: Well, we had some people who had supported Mr. Johnson for the nomination who now made it plain they were going to vote for Richard Nixon for President
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 4 (IV), 8/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- and untroubled for the Nixon Administration as possible and not dissipate their initial energies carping and criticizing at impulsive things that he might be doing in the last days. Personally, I had enormous respect for this posture that he took. I think
- certainly did; it was a great project and probably the only one in the history of the country that hasn't cost the public any money to build. M: This is a scattershot question, but I don't recall a memorial for President Nixon, unless it's next to his
- reflected afternoon. moon. his thinking than the man in the He was given a speech which he had to give because it was the Administration position. See, I had told President Nixon in 1960, when he was very generously asking me to go on with him as vice
- . There wasn't any lack of loyalty to Johnson, it was just an old relationship which kept going. G: How about LBJ and Nixon during this campaign? S: (Laughter) I don't know anything about it. any intention of helping Johnson. I don't think Nixon had LBJ
- ://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 Y: Yes. G: Y: Really? This was true of President Nixon, too, but President Nixon
- and completely isolated from the public. F: Everything has got to be filtered through somebody. M: That's right. Eisenhower was in that position. Roosevelt was in that position. Nixon is now in that position, But Kennedy and Johnson, as far as I could ever
- appropriations are decided; SCLC and Reverend Jesse Jackson demonstration in May 1968; LBJ’s Vietnam advisors; Comparisons of staff from Roosevelt to Johnson; comparison of presidents Roosevelt to Nixon.
- in proclaiming United States accomplishments in space? Along with that, would you compare his record in this latter respect to that of President Nixon? That may be a little loaded. K: Yes. President Johnson had been very active from the beginning on the whole
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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- fizzled out. I don't know exactly when and how it lost all its steam; I don't remember. But at any rate, the Republican one was over in rather quick time with [Dwight] Eisenhower nominated and [Richard] Nixon nominated for the vice presidency
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 4 (IV), 8/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- their actions last year when that bill was up because they got a big quid pro quo. They got what they wanted by way of spending limitations. Our members didn't get anything this time for supporting Nixon. That's one of the reasons why they didn't support Nixon
- to be a very serious individual . And this, I think, ties into the sort of Baptist preacher thing . this has cost him terribly in public support . I think And, in passing, I think it's going to be the same with Nixon, although I don't think those two men--I
- , of the Wall Street Journal, who later became under Nixon or Ford assistant secretary of defense on public relations or deputy assistant on public information, wrote a story called liThe Guided leak." The policy was quite clear to do this sort of thing
- for obvious consultation . There was a lot of negotiation on this whole issue of what the Nixon people would say about the surcharge and such . M: Would you help draft speeches, say, for his--? 0: Yes . Several occasions I was the principal draftsman
Oral history transcript, George R. Davis, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- Relationship with LBJ, who was a frequent visitor to Davis' church; service on the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity; the LBJ-Nixon transition period; Vietnam
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 In fact they might be as interesting as were the Nixon-Kennedy debates during that campaign because they were really going from meeting to meeting, getting few hours of sleep, debating under pressure, and they went all out
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- that there's a somewhat similar group now working with the Nixon Administration to revise the order. I would guess however that it won't be a substantial departure from the order that came out in 1962. Along with this development were various legislative
- of LBJ as a public servant; LBJ’s working habits and personality; Lady Bird; transition from Johnson to Nixon administration.
- Johnson's effectiveness as Vice President 15,16 Days immediately following Kennedy assassination 17,19,20,21,22 Sec . Willard Wirtz 18,19 Mr . Meany 22 OEO 23,24 Everett Dirksen 25,26 President Johnson's major accomplishments 27 Nixon
- as Vice President; JFK assassination; Secretary Willard Wirtz; George Meany; OEO; Everett Dirksen; LBJ's major accomplishments; Nixon; Humphrey; George Wallace