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- ." The reason, he
maintains,
is two-fold: "I have
always been interested in politics
and Texas history," and "LLBJ's] life
Cover: Texas Monthly writer Brian
Sweany and three members of the LBJ
Administration he wrote about: Liz
Carpenter, Bob Hardesty
- :30 meets with
Supersonic Transport Committee, later attends WH dinner for President Betancourt
of Venezuela w/CTJ.
2/20
Closed Texas Delegation lunch, attends swearing in of Mr. Collins, dinner at the Les
Carpenters’.
2/21
LBJ, CTJ, Liz Carpenter
- , to be shown regularly at
the Library. The event was organized
and coordinated by Liz Carpenter, with
the help of a committee.
Tom Johnson, Chairman of the
BoardofDirectorsofthe LBJ Foun
dation, delivered a birthday gift on
behalf of the individual members
- Lefler
LENGTH: 139 words
Oct. 5, 2009 (The Wichita Eagle delivered by Newstex) --
Mrs. Johnson's White House Staff
I.
Liz Carpenter {Mrs. Johnson's Press Secretary and staff director).
Under Liz the following people worked on the press staff:
A.
B.
C
- Lefler
LENGTH: 139 words
Oct. 5, 2009 (The Wichita Eagle delivered by Newstex) --
Mrs. Johnson's White House Staff
I.
Liz Carpenter {Mrs. Johnson's Press Secretary and staff director).
Under Liz the following people worked on the press staff:
A.
B.
C
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January 18, 1968
6:55pm
MEMORANDUM FOR 1HE PRESIDENT
From: Liz Carpenter
I just talked to Congressman Pucinski who said that
this morning E a rtha Kitt
- by CTJ.
8/27
Birthday dinner at the Ranch with CTJ, Thornberrys, Moursunds, Winters,
Woodwards, Liz Carpenter and MMW.
8/28
Attends Nugent Cox’s funeral in Johnson City.
8/29
Returns to Washington with MMW, Thornberry.
1961 Chronology ● p. 13 of 23
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tion lines were packed.
impressions of Liz Carpenter, who was the organizer and
driving forcP behind thP meeting. The Conference aKenda and
list of participants are summarized on page 5. The reflections
of the women who attended the Conference, ex1
- on
the highlights of the Library's
activities during its first quarter
century, put together by Staffer
James Watson. The film was pre
sented in three sections. Neal
Speice, Liz Carpenter and Cactus
Pryor introduced each segment in
turn.
NEAL
(Repeating words
- collectors. Attends WH
luncheon for Premier Adoula of Congo.
2/6
WH leadership breakfast. Presented with sword from Spain by Henry Gonzales and
Charlton Heston. Talks with Sec. Ribicoff re: using Liz Carpenter to write Gridiron
speech. Meets with Negro
- Library
volunteers.
The products featur d in the museum store this spring support our
Power to the People exbjbit.
6
An Evening with Liz Carpenter
On the evening of October 6,
2006, Elizabeth Carpenter came
before a sellout ci·owd in the
LBJ Auditori.um
- the pattern
for so many families in Texas," Liz
Carpent r remembered. "When the
oldest child was ready for the univer
sity, your mother picked everybody
up and you came down here. And so
for 20 years we rented houses on the
fringes of the University of Texas
- was commemorated with
speeches, wreath-laying ceremonies,
and refreshments. The 36th President
would have been 85 on August 27.
Liz Carpenter, with Brig. General
Robert E. Gatliff, Commander of the
12th Flying Training Wing at Ran-
dolph Air Force Base in San
- of General Ser
vices Administration, spoke to Library staff during visit in
December.
After three years away from Washington-during which time
she served as consultant to the LBJ Library-Liz Carpenter
returned to the Capital City in January to become
- to be the answer. We may find
no other way to limit the influence of
these large contributions."
Below: Tom Leonard, Mod
erator Chet Brooks, Karl Rove,
George Shipley
World of Texas Politics: The Writers
"Texas is still the big story," said
Liz Carpenter
- of North
Carolina Press in 1991.
Coming Events
September 8
Ken Ragsdale and his orchestra present "From Calvin Coolidge to LBJ-The
Music of Seven Presidencies.''
September 28
Liz Carpenter launches her new book Unplanned Parenrhoocl.
October 13
- Johnson'."
It was a phenomenon noted by many others
associated with LBJ.
When he came to Austin in October to deliver
the Liz Sutherland Carpenter lecture, President
Clinton broke his long silence on President
Johnson.
Among his comments:
"The rift we see
- wages.
Panel Discussion: Douglass Cater, Liz Carpenter, George Christian, Bill Moyers, Jake Pickle, Elspeth Rostow,
Sargent Shriver and Jack Valenti
6
• A flood of tegislation to improve
living conditions and to "provide
lasting escape from poverty
- : 1947-1983"
"The Defence of Western Europe: A
Study of the Debate over 1ATO
Strategy in the I 960s"
"Mitchell: 101~t LI.S. Senator" 1a
biography)
"The U.S. and Latin America:
Security and the LBJ
Administration"
13
Flanked by Liz Carpenter and Wilbur
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and state agencies to make the area attractive to visitors drawn by the
BluebonnetTrails and historical sites such
as Washington-on-theBrazos.
Setting the stage for the awards was Liz
Carpenter
who was mistress
of
ceremonies, a feat she accomplished with
wit
-
and state agencies to make the area attractive to visitors drawn by the
BluebonnetTrails and historical sites such
as Washington-on-theBrazos.
Setting the stage for the awards was Liz
Carpenter
who was mistress
of
ceremonies, a feat she accomplished with
wit
- FIie In Alpha, Bess Abell and Liz Carpente(s Subject File for references to
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford. She does not appear on any of the lists, and there are no letters in Alpha
addressed to her.
Barbara Cline
Archl\lst
LBJ Library
2313 Red Riwr
- FIie In Alpha, Bess Abell and Liz Carpente(s Subject File for references to
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford. She does not appear on any of the lists, and there are no letters in Alpha
addressed to her.
Barbara Cline
Archl\lst
LBJ Library
2313 Red Riwr
- .
Among the guests were ·evera
members
the N tional Comm1tte( for
the Grove: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance
Rockefeller, Mr:. Alberl L skc.-r. Mr .
Charles Enf!elhard, Mrs. incent Astor,
Mr. nsh Castro, and Mr. Gilbert O£>n
man. Liz Carpenter and Mrs. Marshall
- w a
reporter who didn't hav a chara '!er
flaw. What ·s y urs?"
Bonnie Angelo (Cof'f'espo11de11t,
Time maga:::i11e): During the Manila
C nference in 1966, Mr·. Johnson was
getting
wonderful
press. Th
Pr sidenl
c mplain
to
Liz
Carpent r, "How com Lady
- don ·1 know where Moyers
is. H ' probably off with a woman,
r drunk."
Middleton: "He·· in th bar across
the stre l with Liz Carpenter."
LBJ: "I' e got to eliminate you from
the vice president's race. Do you care?"
Middleton: "But you promised
- House
"Cactus" Pryor; Liz Carpenter; Carl Sferrazza Anthony.
"Cactus" Pryor, well-known
Austin radio humorist and person
ality, moderated a discussion that
preceded the symposium's serious
considerations with an evening of
light-hearted reflection
- of Mrs Johnson, Leonard Marks,
Warren Woodward, Jack V lenti, and Liz Carpenter.
DeanRusk LecturesOn Detente
From top to bottom: Rusk an wera question from audi
ence; Rusk flanked by LBJ Library Director Harry
Middleton and LBJ School Dean William
- the
Dome would become the beacon of
hope for all the struggling peoples of
the world. And so it did and so it has
remained.
Elizabeth Crook (above left) and
Marshall De Bruhl (above right)
together presented a program moder
ated by Liz Carpenter, called
- Reagan
Liz Carpenter moderated the First Daughters' reminiscences
10
Life, Political Campaigns, Russia
about her father's ascendance to the
Presidency with the assassination of
John F. Kennedy.
Ms. Bales, daughter of President
and Mrs. Gerald Ford
- store, now in its 91st
year, opened the Library's Sep
tember-to-May year. Introduced
by Liz Carpenter, he traced the
highlights of his 92-year-old life.
Later, he wrote, "I think the audi
ence to whom I spoke was proba
bly the finest audience I have
- America First''
campaign, which was designed to
help with our foreign balance of pay
ments cleficil. The files at Lhe
Johnson Library document these
trips. but at a recent symposium at
the LBJ Library, Liz Carpenter told a
story about the wilderness
- Lyndon
Liz Carpenter arrived on the arm of Ben Barnes.
The occasion began with a powerful a capella rendition of "America
the Beautiful" by Johnny Ray Watson, of Bastrop, Texas.
Johnson's book of how to work with the
opposition.
The rank
- .
"FIVE FUN~Y WOMEN," who jointly gave this year's
Liz Carpenter Distinguished Lecture at the University of
Texas posed for a group photo at the Library. They are:
writer Nora Ephron, actress Carol Channing, writer Shana
Alexander, writer Florence King
- mastectomy, and
it saved a lot of lives. . . . And I
think that [ my husband] was a great
sobering and balancing factor in the
presidency at that time.
Getting Better All The Time is Liz
Carpenter's account of some of the
experiences she has had and "wis
- President.
The anniversary committee which
worked with Chairman Mar lo put the
event together included some of those
former members of the Johnson and Hum
phrey taffs: BessAbell, Horace Busby, Liz
Carpenter, Bill Connell, Harry Middleton,
Eiler and Edna
- activities with children
and education. induding her Chairmanship of Project Head
Start. is scattered throughout Liz Carpenter\ Press Secretary
fiks. Tho ...e files also contain drafts and final copies of Mrs.
Johnson's weeches. trip files. and biographic
- Buren, Tyler and Polk-who play d
a part in Texas' arly history. Exhibit will run until
July 27.
March 10. An evening with General William
Westmoreland.
March 19. An evening with William Bundy.
April 17. Liz Sutherland Carpenter Distinguished Visiting
