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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 19 (XIX), 6/13/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
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- the fact that he fell like a ton of bricks for the wife of President [Ferdinand] Marcos [Marcos was president 1965-1986]. She [Imelda Marcos] was a beauty! Oh, boy, was she a beauty. He started dancing with her and I didn't think they were ever going
- See all online interviews with George E. Reedy
- Reedy, George E. (George Edward), 1917-1999
- Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 19 (XIX), 6/13/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
- George E. Reedy
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 3 (III), 7/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- after a first visit or two and ended up with a deep concern over it. Some illustrations. The President wanted us to go to the Philippines to talk to President [Ferdinand] Marcos about what more he was going to do. When President Marcos got word that we
- Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 3 (III), 7/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
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- liked them ; they felt very friendly to [Ferdinand] Marcos . And my view, my belief is that in those days Johnson felt very buoyed by what was � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library
- LBJ's VP trip to Senegal; Bill Moyers; John Rooney; May 1961 Asian trip: Saigon and Diem, Philippines and Marcos, Formosa, Bangkok, India and Pakistan; Dag Hammarskjold funeral in 1961; Beirut; Iran; Turkey; Cyprus; Greece; LBJ's paranoia regarding
- colony, ex-colony, the Philippines, you find an enormous success of mass education, a total focus on a chaotic political structure--which almost brought the country down before [Ferdinand] Marcos took it over; now the agony of how they're going to go
- See all online interviews with William E. Colby
- Oral history transcript, William E. Colby, interview 1 (I), 6/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger
- William E. Colby
- telling me, and \~e would like you to come to work. I want to talk to you again." But come upsta:7xs LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
- early on in November. G: That was the around-the-world trip, is that right? C: No, that was the trip to Asia where he met with the Asian leaders [and Ferdinand] Marcos, and then they had a meeting of the SEATO treaty nations. I believe
Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
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- , little sweet man--Lee? G: Ray Lee? E: No, Ray was up somewhere. I don't think Ray had an office with these--no, what is that man's name? You know, he worked for Lyndon; he and Lyndon went to San Marcos together, and he turned out
- started to school in San Marcos, San Marcos as my regular home. But our families had known each other back in Blanco County. G: Are there any stories or anecdotes, significant or merely colorful. about the President's growing up which you have not seen
- : For the Office of Economic • • • • • TD: Yes, for the regional office here. We handle eleven states out of this area office. PB: Mr. Dunlap, I understand you were at San Marcos in Southwest Texas College at the same time as Mr. Johnson. We are trying to get
- , 1979 INTERVIEWEE: G. PRESTON SMITH (with comments by Mrs. Smith) I NTERV I ErlER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Smith's residence, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Mr. Smith, let's begin with your background briefly and how you came to San Marcos
Oral history transcript, Louise Casparis Edwards, interview 1 (I), 1/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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- with other schools? E: Yes. Yes. We had our county try out in Blanco. won. Georgia [Cammack Edgeworth] and I were debating that night, and Lyndon and John Dollahite, and they won. Marcos for the district meet. Both boys and girls And then we went
- ; the Johnsons' economic situation; LBJ in school; debating; LBJ's friends; LBJ working on highway; San Marcos period; later years
- was kind of dynamic when he was [young]. I believe, I could be wrong in this, but I believe maybe he even debated at San Marcos after he went down there to school. G: He did. E: Yes, I thought so. I think he debated with the Sledge [?] boy down
- Marcos, Texas, and I had the happy privilege of being seated next to the President. EG: You were both in college then? LH: We were both in Southwest Texas Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas. EG: Were you in the same year, do you recall? LH: Yes
- Met LBJ at Southwest Texas Teachers College, San Marcos, TX in 1927; LBJ's interest in debating; LBJ's residence over garage at President Evans' house; influence of Dr. Greene on his students; as freshmen, LBJ interested in psychology, government
- and how long they stayed, I don't know. G: Any other jobs that he had? Evans' office. You mentioned working in Dr. [C~ E.] Did he ever work with the San Marcos newspaper? W: Not that I know of. G: I've heard from several sources that LBJ borrowed
- , my sister was going to school in San Marcos during the summertime. She was staying with Margaret, Lyndon's cousin, and Kitty-- I believe her last name was Carlyle [Cockrell?], I'm not for sure now about that. But they were rooming together
- : We were college students at San Marcos, Southwest State Teachers College. We both entered in what was at that time called the spring term. It was a short term that no longer exists but about the first of April or something like that. My first
- Student with LBJ at San Marcos Southwest Texas Teachers College, 1927; details of student expenses, influences and habits; LBJ's graduation in three years from a four-year plan; experiences as a teacher in Pearsall and Houston; Director of NYA
Oral history transcript, C.E. "Curley" Doyle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
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- , 1979 INTERVIEWEE: C. E. "CURLEY" DOYLE INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Doyle's residence, San Marcos, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with your background briefly, Colonel Doyle. You're from--? D: I'm from San Marcos
- Biographical information; meeting LBJ at college in San Marcos; clubs at Southwest Texas State Teachers' College (SWTSTC), including the White Stars; LBJ's parents; LBJ's early interest in politics; professors LBJ admired at SWTSTC, including
- Doyle, C. E.
- a little background on my early days, before I went to San Marcos or not? Are you interested in that part? G: Basically where you are from, where you were born. R: I was born in Diboll, Texas, on September 19, 1906. school there. I finished grammar
- INTERVIEWEE: R. VERNON WHITESIOE Richter) INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Whiteside's residence, Marble Falls, Texas (with occasional comnents by Walter Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: Let me ask you to trace your steps to San Marcos. W: Well, I
- , Seguin, Kyle, Buda, some people from Austin, San Antonio, Kerrville and some from Lufkin. But those people from tne more distant places such_ as Lufkin usually were sort of traceafi 1 e to some contact wUb someone ;n San Marcos tnat had been
- , 1979 INTERVIEl.JEE: WILTON WOODS INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Woods I residence, Seguin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with your background briefly and how you ended up at San Marcos. W: How I ended up in San Marcos
Oral history transcript, Roy L. McWilliams, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
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- Texas, and to Brownsville and Cuero. folks settled there. The I went through school in Cuero and after graduation I went to the University of Texas for one year and then I transferred from the University of Texas over to San Marcos in the fall of 1930
- Biographical information; San Marcos; College Star; White Stars; membership; purpose; LBJ as state NYA administrator; NYA public relations activities; staffers; structure of the NYA; projects; Herbert Henderson; working habits; later contacts
- originally called [himJ--C. E. Evans, had great confidence in him and turned over many matters for him to handle as a student representative, you might say, and so forth. Then he did work on the level of the paid secretary, I felt, as I observed it. G
- , 1985 INTERVIEWEE: HORACE E. RICHARDS INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Richards' residence, Corpus Christi, Texas Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: When did you enroll at San Marcos first? R: It was 1923. G: 1923? That's pretty early. R: Well
- See all online interviews with Horace E. Richards
- Oral history transcript, Horace E. Richards, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger
- Horace E. Richards
Oral history transcript, Merrell Blackman, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
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- : November 15, 1979 INTERVIEWEE : MERRELL BLACKMAN INTERVIEWER : MICHAEL L . GILLETTE PLACE : Mr . - Blackman's,residence, Bastrop, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with how you came to San Marcos . B: Hutto, Texas, yes, sir . school diploma
- Biographical information; SWTTC; contact with LBJ; Harris Blair debating club; Student Welfare Council; 1928 Democratic Convention; Black Stars; LBJ as Blackman's best man; LBJ's activities and family; President Evans; dating in San Marcos
- , and he was getting the car, and he was going back to summer school. I saw him at summer school because I went back to San Marcos myself the following summer, and I knew his brother, Sam Houston, too. They called him Sam Houston Johnson; I guess you've
Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 3 (III), 4/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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- 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 I NTERV I E~! I II _ DATE: April
- : All the j'amily, good friends. 112."5. ... I in San Marcos. ~aught His father, mother and I were all all the brothers and sisters at one time or another. He was the first to come to San Marcos. He came. The family finally moved over. father
- First meeting LBJ; Johnson family in San Marcos; physical impressions of LBJ; LBJ in college; instinct for leadership; class in government; Henry Kyle; LBJ’s philosophy of government; organizational ability; origin’s of LBJ’s philosophy; trip
- INTERVIEWEE: EMMETT SHELTON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Shelton's office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: I wanted you to discuss that institution [Southwest Texas State Teachers College] as it was when you attended San Marcos. S
Oral history transcript, Sidney "Sub" Pyland, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
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- in San Marcos. So we'd been friends all our lives. He and I, I guess, were the first athletes in this organization. He was a track man and wasn't much of a football player, you know, but he was a good track man. But he had interests in that direction
- in college; STSTC entrance requirements and preliminary coursework available to prospective students; the influence local San Marcos students had over STSTC activities as opposed to students from other towns; Professor H.M. Greene; other professors
Oral history transcript, John Brooks Casparis, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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- at county and went to district at San Marcos and won our first debate, and then we lost our second debate. G: Were you partners? C: Oh, yes, we were. But those were the only trips we made. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
- History of the Caparis family; Mrs. Rebekah Johnson and her technique of elocution; debate and interscholastic league; 1924 debating with LBJ as partner; research material for debates; debate topics; LBJ as debater; district meet at San Marcos
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE : WILLIAM P . BUNDY INTERVIEWER : PAIGE E . MULHOLLAN More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
- Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
- to prove my cl~edits in San Marcos. And, like I graduated from San Marcos [High School] and then went into college from there. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 2 (II), 3/31/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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- at that time may be of interest. We took a train from San Antonio to San Marcos, spent the night in San Marcos, rode the next day from San Marcos to Blanco on a hack which was the term we used for an undecorated surrey--just a plain, two-seated buggy. We
- with different classes as well as your own. Then I finished high school in Johnson City in 1925. My first year in college was at Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos in 1925 and 1926. The following year I went to the University of Texas, spent
- poker with LBJ; church attendance in Johnson City; LBJ's mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson; LBJ becoming more driven in college; LBJ's affinity for people; Ben Crider's support for LBJ; the Pirtle House in San Marcos; Southwest Texas State Teachers' College
Oral history transcript, Josefa Baines Saunders, interview 1 (I), 12/28/1964, by Juanita Roberts
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- Roberts and I am secretary to P r esident Johnson and I am going lo visit a little bit this morning with the President's aunt, Mrs . W . E. Saunders - - and Mrs . Saunders , how are you related to the Pr esident? Mrs. Saunders: Well, my sister is Lyndon
- INTERVIEWEE: HILLARD DEASON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Deason's residence, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with the period in which you were in San Antonio and I guess he was at Cotulla, or still at San Marcos perhaps. D
- of the Young Democrats; Sam Fore, editor of Floresville Chronicle ; Deason assists LBJ in setting up state NYA program; sources of LBJ's appointment; early employees: L. E. Jones, Marie Lindau, Deason, and Sherman Birdwell; organization of state NYA; living
- . We'll get to that maybe individually later on. I can think of two or three. R: As I said this is very informal and we haven't--while Horace at our annual meeting the other night in San Marcos stimulated a lot of discussion about the old timers
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh GOLDMA..~ April, 1965 I: Reverend Graham, when did you first meet the President? G: I met the President in about 1926 or 1927. I was in college about 2 or 3 years ahead of him. I: This was in San Marcos? G: Yes. I