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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. It was a country of red clay and green pines. Cotton was the money crop and the principal crop, some corn, some subsistence farming, many blacks. People were poor, but not that they ever thought of it. My life there was visiting kinfolks in little towns, and going

Oral history transcript, Edward P. Cliff, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and I did. Mrs. Humphrey was there and Liz Carpenter. This was a part of Mrs. Johnson's Crossroads America Tour in the fall of 1967. outstandingly beautiful area of about 18,000 acres. Sylvania is an It was purchased to add to the Ottawa National

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 3 (III), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, that for which he was arrested made no visible outcropping of any kind; he was a dear, good man, hardest worker in the President's shop, totally dedicated and devoted to the President in his cause and his work; and every man on that staff without one exception

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 27 (XXVII), 12/13/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. That gave me a long chance to talk to the general staff out at Pearl Harbor--but then when the thing broke, we got back to the United States as fast as we could. [Editorial note: The President had planned to go to Hawaii but cancelled his trip when he

Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

with the provisions of Chapter 21 of Title 44, United States Code, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, I, James Robinson, of Pensacola. Florida. do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio, and 1956-1957 you were the vice mayor of Cincinnati, that you've served as the director for the United States Department of Interior in Ohio, and that you have been the director of the NAACP and a delegate-at-large

Oral history transcript, Joe W. Fleming II, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in 1961 and 1962, sought to find some common solutions to the problems. It might be use- ful to briefly describe what those problems are. Appalachia as a region is afflicted with the same set of problems as rural America at large. BaSically

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Sandy" Keith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

drink a fifth of whiskey better than any man in America-F: Drinking coffee . . . K: --drank coffee morning, noon, and night, and smoked anything else that could be smoked. And I arrived--number one, my bride doesn't even know what a cup of coffee

Oral history transcript, Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Rosenberg Hoffman of New York City do hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted on February 17, . 1977 :in Ne\

Oral history transcript, Joseph D. Keenan, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, I, Joseph D. Keenan of Washington, D.C. do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted on July 25, 1969 at Washington, D.C

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

States Code, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, I, Mary Cronin of Bethesda, Maryland, do hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all rights, title, and interest in the tape recordings and transcripts

Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the thing, but he didn't do it and it just went from bad to worse. In the meantime, we started out--for example, one of the kinds of programs we had was a program of distributing an improved breed of piglets to farm families in the center, many of whom had

Oral history transcript, Jessie (Mrs.) Hatcher, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

was a elocutionist, she taught elocution. I: Oh, yes. H: Yes. I: And she was not accustomed to the rough ranch life? H: Oh, no, no. on the farm. do. Not like I was used to. I was brought up I could do anything that any of the boys could I could ride a horse

Oral history transcript, Calvin Hazlewood, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Title 44, United States .code and subject to the t.erms and conditions hereinafter set forth, I) Calvin Hazlewood of Fort vlorth, Texas do hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title and interest in the tape

Oral history transcript, Graham Purcell, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and agriculture, but majoring in animal husbandry. M: You planned to farm, ranch? P: If I had any ambition at that time it was probably to be the manager of a ranch. I learned not long before I was sent to college--and I was sent, I didn't go--that managers

Oral history transcript, Carl Phinney, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that, I would see Congressman Johnson on visits to Washington. In 1948, when he undertook to make his race for the United States Senate, I had a call from Colonel Ernest O. Thompson, who said that he would like for me to handle Mr. Johnson's campaign

Oral history transcript, Leonard M. Elstad, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Act of 1949, as amended (44 U.S.C. 397) and regulations issued thereunder (41 CFR 101-10), I, Leonard Elstad, hereinafter referred to 2.S the donor, hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America for eventual deposit in the proposed

Oral history transcript, Lawrence H. Fountain, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of small farmers in the nation; Texas has a large number of farms, I believe. McS: Was this luncheon you were speaking of-F: This was over on the Senate side in one of the rooms there. I'm not sure which one it was. McS: And it was campaign strategy

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

unfocused, but he was coming at it from the kind of Detroit area, where business and labor, the auto industry, and the UAW [United Auto Workers]-basically five institutions, Chrysler, Ford, GM, American Motors and the UAW could put all that together, so

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton, interview 1 (I), 4/6/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Jack Guinn, an artist with his hands as well as with words, later an editor on the Denver Post and the author of two novels--he died in 1968. Many others passed through, such as Mike Scully, who wrote a series of sketches on Mexico and central America

Oral history transcript, Boyd L. Rasmussen, Jerry O'Callaghan, and Irving Senzel, group interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the East. There is very little The Louisiana Purchase was a purchase by the United States government of a vast area of land. Much of this land was transferred to private individuals for farms and ranches under the Homestead and other acts. F: Would you

Oral history transcript, Ann Oppenheimer Hamilton, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted on October 22, 1980 in Washington, D.C. and prepared for deposit in the Lyndon Baines Johnson

Oral history transcript, Bart McDowell, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of Washington, D. C. do hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted on April 28, 1969 in Washington, D. C.and prepared for deposit

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 2 (II), 2/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

give,donate and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted on February 15, 1979 in Austin, Texas and prepared for deposit in the Lyndon Baines Johnson

Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Adams -- I -- 9 thirtieth of January 1968, I sort of went back to my hole with my captured documents and POW reports and continued working on Viet Cong and NVA strength and found, incidentally, that there was an enormous number of new units popping up

Oral history transcript, Victor Jaeggli, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

21 of Title 44, United States Code, and subject to the tenns and conditions hereinafter set fonh, I, Victor Jaeggli, Jr., of Leakey, Texas, do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest

Oral history transcript, George Hartzog, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/20/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

recreational area is to provide optimum recreational opportunities in a natural environment as contrasted with a national park, the objective of which is to preserve a vignette of early America. On the one hand you do this best by getting private, local

Oral history transcript, Allan Shivers, interview 1 (I), 5/29/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://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 8 S: That's right, he was candidate for the United States Senate. F: Did you

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 24 (XXIV), 3/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to say about Goodwin, "Goodwin's the best political speechwriter in the United States; it's too bad he didn't have any character." He was also, like many people that are good writers or have a strong artistic bent, was difficult when you changed what he

Oral history transcript, Antonio J. Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, he did. Those days he didn't have game on his--he acquired his present property in 1953, the so-called LBJ Ranch. What is now cer- tainly one of the best stocked game farms in America didn't exist then. A neighbor, Mr. Wesley West, was the man

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 14 (XIV), 9/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the Oral History Interviews of CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 21 of Title 44, United States Code, I, Claudia Taylor Johnson of Austin, Texas, do hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all my

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

committees, and both Presidents supported our refusal to testify on, you know, farm legislation or almost any economic legislation that some committee member would say, "Well , we ought to get the advice of the Council of Economic Advisers." There were so

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview S-XIII, 1/23/1987, by Nancy Smith (Item)

with the provisions of Chapter 21 of Title 44, United States Code, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, I, Claudia T. Johnson of Austin, Texas, do hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title

Oral history transcript, Dorris Powell, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted on January 22, 1975 in Austin, Te xas, and prepared for deposit in the Lyndon Baines

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, will you consider this: man work out his tax? why can't a I said, as a child in Denton, Texas in the United States of America, they had road taxes, and I presume they still do. But in my day and time, if people didn't have cash money handy

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 13 (XIII), 7/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Churches," attack ing the Protestant churches in America as being hotbeds of [coIT1T1u ni sm]. J: Yes, I remember that. G: What was Johnson's reaction to that, do you recall? J: He said it was crazy and ridiculous. He figured, I think

Oral history transcript, William S. White, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

currently runs in, I know, probably over 150, and I'm not sure--I probably have that-- W: About 200, I think. M: About 200 daily newspapers throughout the United States. You are also Pulitzer Prize winning author. You have four books to your credit now

Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the United States of America all my rights, title and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted on October 4, 1979 at Dallas, Texas and prepared for deposit in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. This assignment

Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for Vice President, and if Johnson, knowing the situation as it is--and he must know it by now---if he allows his name to go to the convention, if he allows his name to be nominated and to be voted on for President of the United States at this convention

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Title 44, United States Code, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, I, Kevin Finch, do hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recordings and transcripts