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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Sam Rayburn Statue, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 1/6/1965" (Item)
  • . . FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY {J5 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1964 - 10:00 a. m. REWLARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON DEDICATION OF SAM RAYBURN STATUE RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. Mr. Speaker, friends and admirers of Sam Rayburn: The fir
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
  • Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Sam Rayburn Statue, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 1/6/1965"
Telephone conversation # 4632, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 8/3/1964, 9:46AM (Item)
  • "RE: RAYBURN FOUNDATION AND OTHER SUBJECTS"; ANDERSON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; RECORDING OF FOLLOWING RECORDING INTERRUPTS RECORDING OF ANDERSON CONVERSATION
  • ANDERSON READS LIST OF REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMEN FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT LBJ; SAM RAYBURN FOUNDATION; JUSTICE DEPT OBJECTION TO MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST MERGER; DISCUSSION OF TONKIN GULF INCIDENT, POSSIBLE POLITICAL EFFECTS
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 1/6/1965 (Item)
  • House, accompanied by Mrs. Perle Mesta and Liz Carpenter 10:00 Dedication of Sam Rayburn statue in new Sam Rayburn House Office Building (President attended) 10:45 En route to White House; stopped by Inaugural Committee for visit 11:15 Returned to White
Oral history transcript, John Holton, interview 1 (I), 6/19/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that Mr. Rayburn finally got it down to the point where the question was who was going to run the House; was it going to be Howard Smith or was it going to be Sam Rayburn? He finally got it down to that issue, and when it got down to that issue, Mr
  • Biographical information; Holton's early jobs in Sam Rayburn's office, the House Office Building, and the Washington, D.C., police department; Rayburn's 1956 support for LBJ as favorite son presidential candidate and chairman of the Texas delegation
Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely (Item)
  • . Gillette and Dave McNeely PLACE: Mr. Boyd's office, McKinney, Texas Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 M: --ran across Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn and kind of begin it from the ground up. One thing that was interesting to me, which I hadn't known until we got up
  • Boyd's political career, starting in the 1930s; how Boyd came to work for Sam Rayburn; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate election; the 1948 Texas Democratic Convention in Fort Worth and Coke Stevenson's defeat in the primary; Sam Rayburn's relationship
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 9/16/1962 (Item)
  • 1:25p 5:52 Remarks** took helicopter to Bonham, Texas for ceremony at Sam Rayburn Library. Returned to Perrin AFB via helicopter
Telephone conversation # 89, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL WIGGINS, 11/27/1963, 2:31PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS WIGGINS FOR HIS SUPPORT; WIGGINS PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS; LBJ REFERS TO HAVING ONCE RECEIVED ADVICE FROM JFK, PHILIP GRAHAM, SAM RAYBURN AND SAYS HE WILL NEED WIGGINS' HELP IN THE FUTURE
Telephone conversation # 242, sound recording, LBJ and CARL VINSON, 12/2/1963, 5:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO CUT DEFENSE SPENDING, REMINISCES ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS HE CONDUCTED AS SENATOR, ENCOURAGES VINSON TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, DISCUSSES SAM RAYBURN'S ROLE IN LBJ'S DECISION TO RUN FOR VP; VINSON DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO CUT BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 669, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/23/1963, 2:21PM (Item)
  • O'BRIEN DISCUSSES HOUSE VOTE ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, REPUBLICAN VOTES FOR ADMINISTRATION POSITION, DEMOCRATIC ABSENCES; LBJ DISCUSSES ABSENTEES, TELLS STORY ABOUT SAM RAYBURN'S REACTION TO WARREN MAGNUSON'S FAILURE TO SHOW UP FOR CRUCIAL
Telephone conversation # 3053, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 4/17/1964, 3:52PM (Item)
  • LBJ OFFERS USE OF BLAIR HOUSE TO TRUMAN DURING HIS TRIP TO DC; ALLEN DUCKWORTH REMINISCES ABOUT HELICOPTER TRIP WITH TRUMAN, LBJ, SAM RAYBURN; LBJ PRAISES TRUMAN FOR TRIP TO KING PAUL'S FUNERAL IN GREECE
Telephone conversation # 4118, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/2/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • CARL CURTIS, MIKE MANSFIELD AMENDMENTS ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA; IMPORT AGREEMENTS WITH AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, IRELAND; INCREASED US EXPORTS; ALBERT MITCHELL APPOINTMENT TO NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION; SAM RAYBURN VOTE ON TAFT-HARTLEY ACT
Telephone conversation # 4923, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/14/1964, 3:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NYT STORY ON LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT OF RFK IN NEW YORK SENATE RACE; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS LONG-STANDING RECORD OF NOT BECOMING INVOLVED IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF SAM RAYBURN
Telephone conversation # 5043, sound recording, LBJ and EDITH LEHMAN, 8/20/1964, 9:00AM (Item)
  • LEHMAN ASKS LBJ ABOUT PLANNED TRIBUTES FOR JFK, SAM RAYBURN, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, PAUL BUTLER AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, EXPRESSES VIEW THAT HER DECEASED HUSBAND HERBERT LEHMAN SHOULD ALSO BE HONORED; LBJ ASKS LEHMAN FOR SUGGESTIONS, OFFERS TO TALK
Telephone conversation # 6167, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 11/4/1964, 11:42AM (Item)
  • DALEY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; LBJ THANKS DALEY FOR SUPPORT; ILLINOIS ELECTION RESULTS; ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT NEGROES FROM VOTING IN TEXAS, GEORGIA; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT SAM RAYBURN; DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN CONGRESS; NEED FOR YOUNG DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 5922, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 10/20/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS KNIGHT FOR ENDORSEMENT, ASKS HIM FOR ADVICE, REMINISCES ABOUT SAM RAYBURN'S VIEWS ABOUT ADVICE GIVEN PRESIDENTS; WALTER JENKINS' RECENT AND 1959 ARRESTS; POSSIBILITY JENKINS WAS FRAMED; BOBBY BAKER'S ALLEGED ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES
Telephone conversation # 5445, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 9/3/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • PARLIAMENTARY TACTICS IN HOUSE FOR HANDLING MEDICARE AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY BILL; WILBUR MILLS' OPPOSITION; LABOR'S AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S COMMITMENT TO MEDICARE; PEACE, PROSPERITY, MEDICARE AS CAMPAIGN ISSUES; SAM RAYBURN'S VOTE ON TAFT
Telephone conversation # 6803, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/5/1965, 3:00PM (Item)
  • SELMA, ALABAMA DEMONSTRATIONS DESPITE COURT ORDER; MLK; CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS JUDGESHIPS; RALPH YARBOROUGH; T. WHITFIELD DAVIDSON; RFK AND GUSTAVE ROSENBERG APPOINTMENT; SAM RAYBURN AND SARAH HUGHES APPOINTMENT; CONSTITUTIONALITY OF EDUCATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 8566, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BARTLEY, 8/19/1965, 10:47AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS BARTLEY HIS REAPPOINTMENT TO FCC IS ABOUT TO BE ANNOUNCED, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF BARTLEY BECAUSE OF LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH BARTLEY'S UNCLE SAM RAYBURN AND FAVORABLE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION; LBJ GREETS RUTH BARTLEY
Telephone conversation # 8584, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 8/20/1965, 9:50PM (Item)
  • VETO OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL DUE TO PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; LBJ NOTES HIS OWN BRIEF LAW SCHOOL EDUCATION, COMPLAINS ABOUT VETO MESSAGE, QUOTES SAM RAYBURN; MENDEL RIVERS; RICHARD RUSSELL
Telephone conversation # 9623, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/5/1966, 8:27AM? (Item)
  • NEED TO IMPROVE LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION; MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ COMPARES SAM RAYBURN, CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 12505, sound recording, LBJ and GALE MCGEE, 12/9/1967, 11:00AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF MCGEE AS UN AMBASSADOR; ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF JOB; PROBLEMS IF MCGEE RESIGNS AS SENATOR; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT SAM RAYBURN RUNNING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SOL LINOWITZ; WORLD PROBLEMS
Telephone conversation # 11568, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/27/1967, 5:57PM (Item)
  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF RELEASE OF (MASS TRANSIT GRANTS FOR CHICAGO?); LBJ SAYS HE ASKED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS NOT TO HOLD MARCHES IN ILLINOIS BECAUSE IT WILL IMPEDE PASSAGE OF BILLS, TELLS SAM RAYBURN'S STORY ABOUT SUPPORTING YOUR FRIENDS; LBJ'S SUPPORT
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of John McCormack or Sam Rayburn who were right on top of the situation. B: Do you recall any specific legislative fights in those days to illustrate how Rayburn and Johnson worked together? order. H: I know that's a tall Skip it if it's too vague
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
  • Sam Rayburn; LBJ and Rayburn; "Board of Education;" U.S. Congress; Landrum-Griffin Labor Reform Bill; 1960 election
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • came back I told him that we had I didn't know what to do about it. Aubrey said, I'm busy. I'm leaving town. I've got to catch that train. You go to Sam Rayburn and see what his advice is.' I went to see Mr. Rayburn, and Mr. Rayburn said, 'Yes, I
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
  • LBJ and the NYA in 1935; LBJ-Sam Rayburn relationship; political philosophies; Griffin-Landrum Bill; Ralph Yarborough; Allan Shivers; LBJ & JFK; Rayburn and the Kennedys
Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • for me to answer.I think he did. I don't think he understood it as well as Sam Rayburn did, but I don't think anyone else did either. B: In the meetings that you would have to coordinate Senate and House leadership when Mr. Rayburn was Speaker and Mr
  • [For interview 1 and 2] Biographical information; Rayburn-Johnson relationship; early signs of leadership in the House; meetings to coordinate Senate and House leadership; 1956 and 1960 conventions; role of Democratic Advisory Council; 1957 Civil
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • with Sam Rayburn with two or three different people, but I don't think they were recorded. They were just oral and manually taken down. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
  • ; Barkley; Rayburn-Johnson conversation regarding the Democratic nomination for president; LBJ's working relationship with Eisenhower; Rayburn; Civil Rights Act; Federal aid to education; Gerald Ford
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 7/30/1962 (Item)
  • to bring 63 Texas Masons (colored) to see VP Walter George Wes t of N. Y. To Ceremonial Room for ceremony - unveiling of Sam Rayburn commemorative stamp Met with Cliff Carter and Liz Meeting with Mr. Kappel (Lloyd Miller's boss) S ec'y. Goldberg Visit
Telephone conversation # 4467, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 7/31/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON SENATORS, LBJ'S EOB OFFICE, WOMEN IN DNC; DISCUSSION OF RUMORS RFK INSIDERS WILL MEET IN HYANNIS PORT OR ATLANTIC CITY; RFK; REACTION TO LBJ'S STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT SAM RAYBURN, 1940 RACE FOR VP
Telephone conversation # 6273, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 11/6/1964, 2:18PM (Item)
  • ALBERT DISCUSSES SAM RAYBURN'S REFUSAL TO PURGE WILLIAM COLMER FROM RULES COMMITTEE IN 1961 AS PRECEDENT FOR DENYING DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIVILEGES TO JOHN BELL WILLIAMS; 1964 RETURNS COMPARED TO 1960; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S AND HHH'S OKLAHOMA CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 6719, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 1/11/1965, 10:21AM (Item)
  • DOCKWORKERS STRIKE; WAGNER, WEISL RECOMMEND GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; RFK'S ALLEGED OPPOSITION; NEW YORK PATRONAGE; AGE LIMIT FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTEES; SAM RAYBURN'S ROLE IN SARAH HUGHES' APPOINTMENT; NEED FOR SENATORIAL CONSENT
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 3/24/1965 (Item)
  • :25 To Sam Rayburn House Office Building for luncheon United Church Women's Committee of 100 1:55 Departed 2:05 Arrived White House Worked with Bess on guest lists and Ashton on correspondence 3:45 Mr. Kellam arrived as house guest (More) 1 Entry
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 3/26/1968 (Item)
  • , and Mrs. Lindow. 5:29 Liz and Mrs. Hoffman left. Rested on bed. Talked with Luci. Worked with Ashton. 6:35 To the Cabinet Room -- then to reception at the opening of the Sam Rayburn Room at the Womens' National Democratic Club. Entry No. Time Activity
Telephone conversation # 8560, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 8/18/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • AID FOR INDIA, PAKISTAN; STATE VISITS BY SHASTRI, AYUB; PLANS FOR WH DINNER FOR UN DELEGATES, MEETING WITH FIRST LADY FOR UN WOMEN; SAM RAYBURN STORY; NEED FOR IMPROVED STATE DEPT CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON; LBJ PRAISES CHARLES LIPSEN, CHATS WITH MRS
Telegram, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 7/1/1942 (Item)
  • Relaying information from Sam [Rayburn?]
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1940" (Item)
  • leaves Washington for Austin by train with Rayburn CTJ is vice president of UT Ex-Students Association in Washington, D.C. 07/2024 12/28 Sam Houston Johnson weds Albertine Summers. 12/31 LBJ is en route back to Washington, after visiting Johnson City
Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was at a two-day seminar in East Texas University with reference to Sam Rayburn. One of the people the're was the head of the history department LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
  • Working for the NYA during the depression and meeting LBJ; LBJ’s powerful leadership of the NYA; Sam Rayburn’s and Alvin Wirtz’s relationships with, and influence over, LBJ; LBJ’s parents; the influential circle of people that worked throughout
Oral history transcript, Jessie (Mrs.) Hatcher, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • . I: Do you recall any particular stories that he told you about anyone? About Sam Rayburn or the President? H: Oh, Sam Rayburn. Sam Rayburn was his second daddy. But, I can tell you when Sam Rayburn used to come to see Lyndon's father. Lyndon
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • on national politics. I was organization manager for the state of Texas in the Adlai Stevenson campaign in 1952. Then in 1953 and 1954, I worked part-time for the Democratic National Committee under Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell and Speaker Sam Rayburn
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
  • Biographical information; birth; education; legislative service and experience; military service; writing and editorship; political activities (Adlai Stevenson campaign); Sam Rayburn; Hale Boggs; biography of Sam Rayburn; teaching; relationship
Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that Shivers started again with his attack on Johnson. I remember calling, and Johnson finally wouldn't answer the phone and didn't want to come down and get in a fight. I recall calling Sam Rayburn and saying, "If he won't come down and defend himself
  • Election to Congress in 1948; Sam Rayburn; Homer Thornberry; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; early relationship with LBJ; Drew Pearson; support of LBJ over Shivers in 1956; selection of Mrs. Bentsen as committeewoman; Secretary for the Committee
Oral history transcript, James W. Smith, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that Lyndon of course was good at and had been involved in all of his life. It was the sort of politics that Sam Rayburn had grown up with, and Rayburn was probably the most liberal advocate of it that became nationally prominent, or liberal product
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
  • Organization of Democratic Advisory Council; Sam Rayburn; LBJ and labor; the black community; Brown and Root; Harris County Democrats; Frankie Randolph; precinct organization; 1956 State Democratic Convention; committeeman/committeewoman controversy