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Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the tax And here he had signed an irrevocable trust, and his wife was extremely upset and did not settle down. And she started giving him hell, just to put it the way we would in East Texas. the world can we do?" He said, "What in Lady Bird said, "I
Biographical information; press release regarding financial affairs of the Johnson family upon LBJ's death (released by Thomas); management of Mr. Taylor's estate (Lady Bird's father); LBJ as a good businessman; KTBC; LBJ's faith in banks; ownership

Oral history transcript, Peter Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

it said, "Dear Lady Bird"--I remember he addressed her by her first name, and the gist of the letter was this: "When the time comes, as it must soon now, for you to choose a painter for the official portrait LBJ Presidential Library http
to communicate with artists and intellectuals; eventual placement of the finished portrait; Hurd’s admiration for Lady Bird; Hurd’s acceptance of criticism.

Oral history transcript, Marie Wilson, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

called the office. I was terribly impressed. I said, "Kuehne, Brooks, and Barr," and she said, "This is Lady Bird Johnson. there. II I wonder if Max Brooks is I said, "La--La--Lady Bird Johnson?II--1 couldn't believe it!--"Mrs. Lyndon Johnson

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a little fun with it. But it was not mean or vicious. There were touches here and there, and there was a widespread recognition that this was Lady Bird's bill. There was an assumption on the part of some that the President would not have been as strongly
in immigration reform; a proposal limiting the number and type of Western Hemisphere immigrants who would be admitted; Representative Michael Feighan; Governor Nelson Rockefeller's attendance at the immigration bill signing ceremony on Ellis Island; Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Dorothy Territo, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1983, by Claudia Anderson (Item)

the offices. If it was on--I'm trying to remember the name of the lady--if it was on legislation, it went to a certain individual who handled it and separated it and who wrote the letters of response for the pressure-type mail or legislative mail

Oral history transcript, Ava Johnson Cox, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

stay there and haul the adobe or the sand, whatever it was we were hauling; two would stay there and two would ride the wagon. Those that rode the wagon would load [?]. G: That seems like kind of heavy work for a young lady. C: Well, I don't know
and the Birthplace; Cox's first impressions of Lady Bird; Cox's view of Vietnam.

Oral history transcript, Ruth Booker, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1986, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

and Lady Bird would call her and invite her down to the Ranch when they were going to be there. And on occasion they’d say, "Well, bring Ruth and her family." On some occasions they didn't. You know, it was just one of those situations. But they were most

Oral history transcript, James A. Lovell, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

maintaining his office that he probably, in my estimat ion, chose the right approach. M: While we're on this subject , of course now you may have some judgment, too, about Lady Bird, Mrs. Johnson. L: First of all, let me say that I think that meeting

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a great deal pro and con. I recall a number of occasions, one in particular on a Sunday afternoon when he and Lady Bird and Alice, my wife, and I took a long ride up towards Harper's Ferry over in West Virginia. We spent the whole afternoon

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the President of Costa Rica. There were hundreds of people out on the streets, openly crying and coming to the Embassy to express their sympathy. I remember I had one little lady, an old lady--and she was a very poor person--that came up to me and wanted

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

warning of possible danger; reaction to the assassination; 1964 convention in Atlantic City; appointment to Court of Claims; differences between LBJ as a public and as a private man; LBJ’s unwillingness to delegate authority; 3/31 announcement; Lady Bird’s

Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: He said, "Katie, I understand. It's administrative. You're cut out like Lady Bird, to be doing things, aren't you?" And I said, "Well, I feel so." He said, "Well, let's think about it. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

repeat the Ten Commandments and they'd sing a religious song. things in the [program]. Every time he got up he had those His platform was the Ten Commandments. Every old lady and old woman and a whole lot of young ones evidently supported him
. President and Lady Bird the best First Lady ever.

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

boy ." This is the truth! That's interesting, you know, to be able to say that . I'll tell you one thing I remember about his race--naturally I couldn't forget this . He wasn't known very well in this area--East Texas- even though Lady Bird
of Lady Johnson in LBJ's career

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

against you publicly if you do. But in the privacy of my bedroom I might whisper something to Lady Bird." It brought down the house, of course. Then we went on to Texas for the last two or three days of the campaign. The night before the election

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of this, but I had a feeling that he found it necessary before he could really fall asleep. Once, Lady Bird was there. They were in a big double bed, and he was lying in bed, and Lady Bird was by his side, and we sat there and talked. Then it was clear that Lady

Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. And he's a Bill White always thought we two would White arranged a real small dinner party early in the Kennedy Administration. It was Bill and his wife, my wife and myself, Jim Rowe and Lady Bird and the Vice President. The whole purpose

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

said, "We are going over to Lyndon's and Lady Bird's for supper. II We got some of Zephyr's [Wright] home cooking, and then would discuss the universe. Lyndon also had, as you may know, a kind of open house on Sundays. F: Yes. P: Bill ~Jhite

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 5 (V), 4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Darrell Royal, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

-- 9 time we were playing golf in Fredericksburg at Lady Bird Johnson Park, he had the Secret Service bring along the rule book, and we were reading the rules as we went along. That lasted about two or three holes. (Laughter) That was after he

Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the King and Queen at the White House. F: Ickes I think was the only Cabinet member who didn't show up. D: Yes, and he was at Lyndon's. And Lyndon was always making such contacts and developing, and Lady Bird was always his first and very fascinating

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 6 (VI), 8/18/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

saying, "The President very much would like to have you join Lady Bird and other members of the staff and himself on the Sequoia." Now for me this was a very exciting prospect, because in the two and a half years or three years that I had worked

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the graves, shaking hands. Walking over the graves. And Lynda Bird had those Lynda Bird pencils. Did you ever see them? They were just ordinary pencils except they had stuck in the top 25 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

really right or wrong in your own heart. But one night, a long time after the election, I'm going to be in bed and I'm going to turn over to Lady Bird and say, 'Bird, you know those folks dovm in New Orleans. their judgment.'" at that point. (Laughter

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to go home and get in bed and go to sleep. I know I've got to go home and shave and go to mass." He was a very devout Catholic, very active in Catholic affairs there. The two, Lady of the Lake and what was the other famous girlsl school down in San
Braniff and Eastern Airlines over postal contracts and routes; grandfather clause in Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938; Texas National Aviation Defense Board; Lady Bird; soundness of the dollar; general impressions of LBJ

Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside and Walter Richter, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the single room with the single cot I managed to get that single room most all the time, and later on--I didn't know Lady Bird very well except over the telephone when she'd call for me, when I was mayor of Pasadena, to get a crowd up for Lyndon and get

Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, himself, and say, "Why don't you come over and eat dinner" or whatever, "Bird's got some this or that or the other." Really informally. It made you feel good. G: Was it a spur of the moment thing or would he call ahead of time or would it generally

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

within the so-called group, the Johnson group, who actually wept. Mr. Johnson had called us into his hotel suite and he and Lady Bird were there. was made. This is before the announcement And he said, "I feel I should tell you something. I

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

finished the speech, Lady Bird called me on the telephone. And Lady Bird says to me, "Mr. Dubinsky, Lyndon told me what you did for him today. He was happy, and so I am happy, and I want to congratulate you and express our appreciation for the way you

Oral history transcript, Louise Casparis Edwards, interview 1 (I), 1/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and But . . . . Do you recall who directed the play or if there was a teacher responsible? E: Well, Mr. [Edward] Bowman was our superintendent. who the lady, who the teacher was. I don't really know I think it was after Miss Knispel, and I don't even know who
Description of Johnson City and life there; churches; Mrs. Rebekah Johnson as an elocution teacher; Mrs. Johnson's influence on LBJ; lead in play; working in Johnson; description of Johnson home; impressions of Sam Ealy Johnson; Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for a visit, did you. G: Only on his way back from the Southeast Asia theater. F: Someone who'd like to go very much is Lady Bird, incidentally. She's always asking questions about it. G: Yes. F: Very intrigued. You worked with Johnson some on clean

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Long -- I -- 7 L: Well in that early stage, I do not remember Lady Bird at all. I suppose after he got in Congress, and after World War II, is when I first knew her and met her. And I can't even remember the first time I met her. B

Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, they were friends of Lyndon's and Lady Bird's, and they'd invited me. go. It was on a weekend. Then I heard later what had happened. For some reason I didn't It slowed him up a lot. He wasn't as physically active after that as he used to be when he

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. discussion took place. When I came into the Biltmore Hotel, he was in his bathrobe; Lady Bird was in her bathrobe. he was there. G: John was fully dressed, and Walter was there, and a couple of others. I was under the impression that John Connally

Oral history transcript, Ruby G. Martin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

are awfully funny, but nobody really knows. B: I certainly don't know. From the view of this office, was it plain political interference on the part of Mayor Daley? M: I think so. There are some people who suspect that Lady Bird's Beautification Program

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 24 (XXIV), 2/6/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and as I recall, I think that he did succeed in getting--oh maybe some twenty or thereabouts placed in reasonably good jobs. Of course, Liz [Carpenter] went on as Lady Bird's press secretary, and Bess [Abell] became Lady Bird's secretary. What did he give

Oral history transcript, Richard R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Brown -- I -- 9 That's pretty much what the story has been . When I was with NYA, Lyndon visited in our home several times . He and Lady Bird joined us in a picnic down in Rock Creek Park . I think we still have some pictures around of that . G

Oral history transcript, Gordon Bunshaft, interview 1 (I), 6/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and Lady Bird; role of Juanita Roberts; replica of Oval Office; exhibits; Lady Bird's role in planning the Library

Oral history transcript, Joseph M. Barr, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

rioting in Pittsburgh; LBJ and the DNC; David Stahl appointed to the federal bench; evaluation of Lady Bird Johnson

Oral history transcript, William F. Billings, interview 1 (I), 5/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

as First Lady- B: I think she played her role gracefully and I think she has been a real credit to him and to the nation . ability . I think she has handled it with dignity, as well as I think he has a fine family . There's a lot of kidding about
Biographical information; Texas politics; LBJ's liberal tendencies; 1956 support of Shivers; Schwille case; JFK's assassination; A TEXAN LOOKS AT LYNDON; attorney for J. Evetts Haley, Jr.; statement on Johnson Presidency; Lady Bird Johnson; 3/31

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