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Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)

in the lobbying efforts? T: I don't recall. I was aware that a lot of people close to her were doing so, particularly people like Liz Carpenter and others. G: Did the change of administration's view have any impact on your sense or perceptions of President

Oral history transcript, Tommie W. Glick and Sarah Taylor, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

was saying, and I thought she wove it in beautifully. I remember thinking, "Now, did Lady Bird write this? Did Liz Carpenter?" And I thought, "This is too much like Lady Bird. I think Lady Bird really wrote this herself. rk: Yes. G: But she had

Oral history transcript, John McCully, interview 1 (I), 10/26/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

publicity like the Kennedys were getting. "Every week they're on the cover of this magazine or that magazine. I can't even get an item in 'Periscope.'" (Laughter) G: This was his Senate staff, is that right? M: No, his vice presidential staff. Reedy, Liz

Folder, "McNamara, Robert S.," Post-Pres Central Files, Name Files, Box 106 (Item)

they thought they should be. I saw Liz Carpenter at the Caters last week and she said, "Never again without a White House switchboard." All our good wishes. The Honorable and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson LBJ Ranch Stonewall, Texas 78671 9~s_o~~½ ~~- ~d Ci!> .._J

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

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 27, 1 January 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

the Johnson Adminl ·tration. AMONC FRIENDS OF LBJ is a publication of the Friends of the LBJ Library Editor: Lawrence D. Reed Re earch Asmtance: Charles Corkran, Marlene White, Liz Carpenter, Philip Scott, Tina Lawson Photography: Frank Wolfe, Paul heva

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 29, 1 November 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

, so this combination 'welcome back' and birthday party is particu larly significant this year.'' The major address was made by Liz Carpenter, former press secretary to Mrs. Johnson. Following are some ex cerpts from her speech to the gathering

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 59, 15 January 1995," LBJ Library (Item)

diplomacy ... " When Liz Carpenter launched her new book, Unplanned Parenthood, she brought with her her singing group, caliled G-Batts (named for her previous book, Getting Better All the Time). 2 Stravinsky upset people; Picasso upset people; Ibsen

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 72, January 2000," LBJ Library (Item)

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

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 79, September 2002," LBJ Library (Item)

, child and maternal health. national parks, the environmental laws. But of course Vietnam was his denouement." Ms. Thomas credited Liz Carpenter with a story of LBJ scanning the first draft of an addre.s he had a signed to asp echwriter. As he: read, he

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was pretty much out of it. F: Did you see Johnson during the campaign? A: I saw him once or twice when he spoke in California. any extended conversations with him. I don't recall Liz Carpenter was working with him then and we talked some, but I don't

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to me to make And I always kept hoping he would leak something, but he never did. F: Stay in touch. W: I'm trying to recall what these circumstances were. was working for him then. Liz Carpenter And he began to tell me, in typically overwhelming

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

every day taking my envelopes full of wallpaper samples and all sort of paint samples and Max Brooks' plans. Sometimes Max Brooks would go with me. We'd walk around all over the house with the carpenters and the workers here and there. Marcus Burg would

Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--it's an old trite saying that you hear very often now--that was where the action was in politics. So I began to work for Leslie Carpenter, who still is a correspondent in Washington for several newspapers. F: Including the Austin American-Statesman. S

Folder, "Misc. Correspondence - 1965," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

Bundy-- All requests 3. Horace Busby-- All requests 4. Liz Carpenter-activities 5. Douglass Cater-the fields 6.~James for press and publication ignece agencies. in the Executive Brf°• use of the Lady and Misoes Lynda and Luci Johnson. All

Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

behind the car that we were on. We were going very slowly because the crowds were so large. And Liz Carpenter jumped out of the press car and ran into Harris', which is one of our big, big department stores where we turned to go down to the municipal

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

over the kitchen and putting in some better sinks and tile, formica. Mrs. Hanks lingered a few days and I had a luncheon for her with some of the old faithfuls, Mrs. Harvey Young of the Texas State Society, and Liz Carpenter and some of my Senate

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 41 (XLI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

on, there was a banquet given by the Texas Exes in early March, honoring you, on March the second. Do you remember anything about that? J: No, but I'd lay a bet that Scooter Miller had a lot to do with it--(Laughter)--and that Liz Carpenter probably helped her. I

Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was born on the 15th of November. After the second child she decided it was time to go back to work and she went to work at the Democratic National Committee in the speech writing department. Liz Carpenter was writing speeches and working with Mrs. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in. It was not racially oriented. Today if you asked for a hundred billion dollars from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, they'd ask for it for blacks or maybe Hispanics. Or if Liz [Carpenter] were part of it, it would also have to be for women. G: Well

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/1/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

Lady Bird to New York City; signs photos for Christmas; meeting at Mary Lasker's home on beautification; Lady Bird mentions Mary's art collection; possible television program about beautification in cities; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Carlyle Hotel

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/15/1968 (Monday) (Item)

Lady Bird attends meeting on LBJ Park; signing ceremony, S.1409 bill earmarking oil & gas receipts to Land and Water Conservation Fund; Lady Bird swims & goes to hair salon; visit with Lynda Robb; work on June monthly movie; meeting with Liz

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/8/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

photos; Lady Bird meets leaders of Future Homemakers of America; Lady Bird & Luci Nugent to dinner at General William Westmoreland's; LBJ arrives late; Luci talks about Pat Nugent; possible White House intruder; LBJ is sick; Liz Carpenter has emergency

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/13/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

Lady Bird makes phone call about rugs for LBJ Ranch; meeting about upcoming Midwest trip; meeting about decorating Lady Bird's White House bedroom; lunch; hair styled; photos with Cystic Fibrosis poster child; work with Liz Carpenter on speeches

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1966 (Friday) (Item)

Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent

Folder, "February 29, 1968," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 91 (Item)

? Will there be toasts? MR. CHRISTIAN: Liz Carpenter has advised that there will be a group pictu.re over there . On 'tt.nis ': :g, we will just have to see . I ~oul d imagine ther e wi ll be. Q time tonight? Will they be put out over here at a tcertain MR . CERISTIAN

Oral history transcript, Loyd Hackler, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

mention. thinking of the White House Festival. I was That, of course, was before you came there, the Eartha Kitt incident. H: Of course the Eartha Kitt incident was pretty much away from our office. Liz Carpenter and her people had that problem

Oral history transcript, John Harllee, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the same room at Salado, Texas, that the very well known Liz Carpenter--who was Mrs. Johnson's press secretary--was bOrn in. lineage. Both of them came from distinguished Texas But I was the son of a Marine officer who, together with my mother, lived

Oral history transcript, June White, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. So we walked in over at The Tavern, still not having heard from the Humphreys and having this long "oh, hurt job from the President ." I'm so We got over there and Liz Carpenter was already there, which struck me as a little odd because I was just

Oral history transcript, George A. Smathers, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and Johnson ran. That's right. G: Symington ran in 1960, too. S: Did he? G: Yes. Liz Carpenter reported at the time that there was a reporter from Orlando, Florida, who wrote a-- S: Martin Anderson. Martin Anderson was a good friend of mine and a great

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 1 (I), 4/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

; enlargement of Council on Recreation; "Treaty of the Potomac;" conserving land in Alaska and the western U.S.; Wilderness Act; President's Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty; DOT Organic Act; Mrs. Combe; beautification work; Sharon Francis; Liz Carpenter

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Babe Smith and Martin Hyltin and A. W. Moursund. They'd come up to town at least once every spring. John Connally was in and out quite a lot. We'd see something of Eliot Janeway, and Liz and Les [Carpenter], a dinner at our house or at theirs. I

Oral history transcript, James L. Noel, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Liz Carpenter, our personal friend, also my wife's classmate in the University of Texas, was very helpful in arranging those things at the White House. M: Have you had any contact with President Johnson since he is retired? N: Not one squib. I

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 7, 1 November 1975," LBJ Library (Item)

10 and 11. The Conference on Women in Public Life will be jointly hosted by the Library and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Liz Carpenter will coordinate the event. The program will feature a variety of women prominent in national

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 10, 15 July 1977," LBJ Library (Item)

Today Monday Afternoon, September 26 Topic: THE SOUTHERN RIM AND THE WEST PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL CHANGE Liz Carpenter, author, colum nist, speaker, and press secre tary and staff director for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson dur ing the White House years

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 13, 15 July 1978," LBJ Library (Item)

pre sented by Frank C. Erwm, Jr., President of the Foundation Board of Directors. AMONG FRIENDS F LBJ is a publication of the Friends of the LBJ Library Editor:Lawrence D. Reed Research Assistance: Liz Carpenter, Charles Corkran, Mike Gillette, David

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 28, 15 May 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

. Lady Bird Johmon paid tribute to ~1eanor R osevelt, saying, "Few people have marked the world and our con5cience as E:leanor Roosevelt" . . . he "taught U5 that sometimes silence is the greatest ~in." Uz Carpenter remimled the audience of anotht.:r

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 83, January 2004," LBJ Library (Item)

, particularly IJ1e20th century. Photo by Kendra Mayer, LBJ Library Web Assistant Liz Carpenter, former press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson, examines the exhibit. Photo by Charles Bogel Official White Hou e gift print for 2003. Personally signed

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 87, May 2006," LBJ Library (Item)

of America representative John Miterko addresses the luncheon group in the Brown Room Docent Dorothy Carter welcomes a veteran to the Library '.25 Photos by Charles Bogel From the Photo Archives January 17, 1969: Almost time to go home to Texas. Liz