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Oral history transcript, Charles P. Little, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with Lyndon to his home at nine or ten o'clock at night, and sit around and talk about various things mostly NYA. Or on occasions so~e af the staff would go home with me. Katherine, my wife, oftsntimes baked chocolate pie at ten o'clock at night when we
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • you recall? J: I think maybe it was Lufkin, and maybe it was E. L. Kurth, but I better check that. Then you better make sure that you covered the local radio station and got them to do two sorts of things: cover it as a news story, because indeed
Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Wildenthal -- I -- 2 W: No, I had not met him personally until the interview, as I recall. had lived in Cotulla when I was about six years old. school with him. He My aunt had 'taught My uncle at San Marcos at the state
Oral history transcript, Lew Wasserman, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XXVII -- 4 universities outside the ones that the Tenth District had made his chief objectives, like Southwestern and San Marcos. He would go to Lubbock
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 11/18/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- IX -- 7 accept either one. I'm getting ready to make a speech over at San Marcos against the OPA. like that. I don't like what
Oral history transcript, C. Farris Bryant, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • just interject he't, e because you may have missed it somewhere along, the southern governors were pretty upset with the ticket . So a number of us were invited to Gov- ernor Buford Ellington's home in Tennessee, and Senator Johnson met us
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • of John Henry. M: You were right to the end of his life, as I recall. J: Yes, yes. And I want to tell you this. Many years later, at one of those annual parties that are given on Lyndon's birthday, at San Marcos State Teacher's College
Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • poor. Everybody So he never forgot the little man, and I think another interesting thing about his career that I've heard him tell many times, when he graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College with a Teacher's Certificate in San Marcos
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that day. We sent him to every town; Kyle, Buda, San Marcos, on down to Bastrop and Caldwell and circled around and then 10 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that we talked about in later years, but I recall that he went into them at that time, such things as the New England establishment looking down on a San Marcos graduate and the misconception they had about a Texan. I do believe he said that 6 LBJ
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in the possibilities and saw the need. Fourth, Otis was married to a woman whose father was a very interesting, famous congressman from Mississippi. His name was Bill Colmer, C-O-L-M-E-R. Well, Bill Colmer was the prototypical southern arch-conservative. I really liked
Oral history transcript, Richard Spinn, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1979 INTERVIEWEE: Richard Spinn INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Washington County State Park, Brenham, Texas [Tape 1 of 1, Side 1] G: Let's start with your background briefly. Tell me how you got to San Marcos. S: I was born on a farm
  • Biographical information; early education; Spinn's experiences as a student at Southwest Texas State Teacher's College (SWTSTC) in San Marcos; LBJ's reputation on campus at SWTSTC; student organizations and dating; LBJ as a debater; the Black Stars
Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it, but it doesn't come to me. But Ruth Lewis is about as homely a girl as there was in the school at that time. She hung around with Ella SoRelle and she was a local girl, a San Marcos girl. They tried to make a big to-do about something; I don't remember what
Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • mother were girlhood chums and schoolmates. I would guess that I first met the President sometime after he enrolled in college at San Marcos. G: Did you and he attend college together? K: No, we did not. I'm somewhat older than the President and had
  • Biographical information; San Marcos; Professor Greene; White Stars; NYA; roadside parks; projects; programs; LBJ's activities; Lady Bird; Alvin Wirtz; 1937 Congressional campaign
Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods, interview 2 (II), 4/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ~ 1982 INTERVIEWEE: WILTON WOODS INTERVEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Woods' residence, Seguin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: I wanted to start out by asking you today if you've ever heard or received an indication that LBJ went to San Marcos after
Oral history transcript, Anita P. Winters, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • was doing, stuff like that. G: Okay. Did you go to San Marcos? W: No. I didn't graduate. I married before I-- (Laughter) G: Of course you did. But you never started to San Marcos, is that right? W: No, I didn't start. G: I see. Of course, LBJ didn't
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 28 (XXVIII), 3/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Georgetown, San Marcos, and an address in Houston to the Independent Petroleum Association. And then a big important thing, the JeffersonJackson Day Dinner in Oklahoma City for Senator [Robert] Kerr and Senator [Mike] Monroney. But he did not get away from
  • Senate Preparedness Subcommittee work trying to control spending and corruption; Luci's early interest in religion; the tidelands issue; the possibility of Dwight Eisenhower running for president; returning to visit San Marcos with LBJ; growing media
Oral history transcript, Kitty Mae Wirtz, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • politics? W: Oh, yes. M: And your husband also was a lawyer, was he not? W: Yes. M: So he helped Lyndon Johnson in legal matters too then? W: Yes. M: Before he went to San Marcos. W: I was trying to think. Well, we knew him before he went
Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • the formation of rival clubs down there. Do you know anything about that? FR: Yes, I'm fairly familiar with it. PB: Can you tell us about it? I don't think we have really ever got the story. FR: Before I got to San Marcos there was a clUb on campus
Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • got a speech in San Marcos; we have to go to San Marcos. Let's go." 11 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
Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that at all? I know they had trouble getting approval from Washington on that . B: I don't remember enough of the detail . I have a hazy background that at my project that I had in San Marcos, which was after Lyndon had left the NYA, where I got approval
Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 1 (I), April 1963, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • that it was an address to the student body at San Marcos? Caravans with Johnson banners converged on San Marcos led by personal friends. K: That’s right. G: Do you recall anything about that initial announcement of his candidacy? K: No, I just remember that he
Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 6 (VI), 4/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ) G: Anything else on 1956 that you can--? VW: I don't think so, I don't remember any. G: Was segregation at all an issue in that campaign here? VW: Not in this campaign. On the 1948 chronology, Truman's campaign stop in San Marcos, we attended
Oral history transcript, Joseph H. Skiles, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Skiles -- I -- 15 S: Not really. I knew that it was going on but this was not an activity that I figured into very much. G: He met with President [Cecil] Evans of San Marcos, I believe. S
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • than she had anticipated and perhaps a little more seriously than she had anticipated. (Laughter) G: Did you start the next morning for San Marcos? J: Yes, he came by and picked me up. I was hesitant and unsure, but I knew that I didn't want to say
  • Johnson's financial difficulties; the relationship between LBJ and his father; LBJ's mother, Rebekah Johnson; Mrs. Johnson's trip with LBJ to San Marcos, the King Ranch, and Corpus Christi; the Kleberg family, including Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, Richard
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 4 (IV), 3/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of money, but I just couldn't afford it, and I said so. And that was the end of that. About three months later, Mrs. [Imelda] Marcos' brother [Eduardo Romualdez], who was the ambassador to the United States, was at the gate at the White House and called
Oral history transcript, Albert C. Harzke, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • daughters and Sam Houston and Lyndon moved to San Marcos, I believe. I don't know. I thought they lived there in town, unless they were just renting. G: I think they did live there for a while. H: I think they lived there. G: But I believe
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , along about that time. He was more interested in getting a good education. G: How did he like it at San Marcos? Did he talk to you about that? W: He liked it very well; he sure did. The fact of the business is, he has encouraged me over the years
Oral history transcript, Llewellyn B. Griffith, Sr., interview 1 (I), 8/15/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with educational matters was directed by J. C. Kellam, who went to school with Lyndon down in San Marcos. He was Lyndon's LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • , the President’s boyhood friend, Ben Crider, said that the President as early as the San Marcos days was constantly saying the greatest thing to be was “in public service.” Of course it means a great deal to him today --it seems to be a constant theme in his life
Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 5 (V), 4/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was Lyndon s friend. I VW: They organized the caravan that went from here to the opening address that Lyndon made in San Marcos. Our car had a permanent sign painted on it, "Lyndon Johnson." WJ: You went from Seguin or from Corpus? VW: From Corpus
Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was very close to Dr. [Cecil] Evans down at San Marcos. He worked for him. Through him he got to know a lot of them that way. Now on that scale, I think that Jesse Kellam was a tremendous help to him because of Jesse's being a little older than Lyndon
Oral history transcript, Sam Fore, Oliver Bruck, Dan Quill, & William S. White, group interview 2 (II), 1/20/1965, by Douglass Cater (Item)
  • set the fire going in him? ??: I've heard him say that he got tired of just working and decided he needed an education. He decided he'd go to school and he went up to San Marcos and got himself a job and entered college. LBJ Presidential Library
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . Of course, for two summers he worked for me out here, he was going to school at San Marcos, and he just worked in the summer out here on this road. Now that's when I first came. G: Did he ever talk to you about going to Cotulla when he went down
Oral history transcript, Ferd Kaufman, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1997, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • the school. And I think I went to San Marcos once, to go to something there. G: Anything you want to record about those trips? K: No, not really, it was just--the way the AP works, you know, the White House photographers travel officially, the local guys
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • all the time, and the front door was constantly opening with somebody coming in. It could be a man from Fort Worth or it could be a man from San Marcos here in the Tenth Congressional District, all having a problem that they wanted to get solved
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 7 (VII), 9/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Rather -- VII -- 11 over at San Marcos, and then over in Georgetown they had an ROTC unit in connection with the university over there. I don't remember whether