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- of meeting Jacquelin (Jackie) Thornburg, his new secretary. Born and raised in atchez, Mississippi, Ms. Thornburg flipped burners in L.A. for a while aft r high school. then went to work for the Chicago Post Office in 1970. Since then she has worked
- Among Issue Number LXXI], June, 2000 Former Presidents Ford and Carter with NBC's Tim Russert Whither the Oval Office? Symposium Examines the Once and Future Presidency Story on Page Five African-American Art Featured in New Exhibit Lift every
- from the deanship to return to the University of Chicago in January of 1976 began a year-long search for a replacement, during- which Dr. Kenneth Tolo and Dr. Jurgen Schmandt served as acting deans. The University's student newspaper, The Daily Texan
- ceremonies on February 12, 1976 in New York City. a.j Women'sConferenceSlated For November The first, and perhaps the only, major follow-up in this country to the International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City will be held in the Library on November
- Dir1'clnr of tht• LRJ Library. Corkran, who joint·d th1• Library staff in 196H, is a naliw of El Paso, Tt•xas. 111·is a past dirl'1·tor of thl' Tt•xas State Arrhiws. Corkran assumt'd his new position on April 12. A very special occasion for the Library
- was fired upon and seized by the North Kor an navy. There was imm diate and wide spread public cl mand for retalia tion. The Buf/c1Lo Daily News summed up the national feeling: "There should be no word mincing in our demand for the swift and safe return
- Ce111etery, LBJ Runch. Judith and I were deeply honored to be asked by Lady Bird to be here today. lo take part in and preside over these ac tivities. I wrote this in an essay Lhat appeared in the New York Times on the day after President Johnson was buried
- . Former U.S. Ambassador Edward A. Clark and Congressman J. J. Pickle, Co Chairmen, originally set their goal at $1 million. However, public interest spurred them to double that effort. Announcing the realization of the new goal, Am bassador Clark said
- . And when he chose LO address the country on the energy cri is, he deliberately picked the format of the fireside chat. In the 1980 campaign, even Ronald Reagan quoted from FDR to such an extent in his acceptance addre. s that the New York Times titled its
- cut up cadavers all you want, but the meter doesn't really start running until you have a live patient lying th re on the table." And Chicago was a great place to learn that lesson, much b tter than New York. Mamet's father used to say that New York
- . President, Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation. He describedWashingtonas a "politi cal genius" who "was able to per suade almost everyone, including himself, that he was no politicianat all." oven door and pulled out two pecan pies
- Looking Back. .. Fifty Years of the New Deal Legacy (Stories, pages 2-13) Symposium panelists and speakers included these present and former members of Congress: from left, Sen. ,Jennings Randolph, Rep. Claude Pepper, Rep. Jake Pickle, former
- ½. The State of New York/Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., State Office Building Collection. 2 Bal Jeunesse by Palmer Hayden Collection of Dr. Meredith Sirmans Meta Warrick Fuller. Talking skull. 1937. Bronze, 28x40X15. The Museum of Afro-American History, Boston
- from the collections of the Library of Congress, the National Ar chives, the Ohio Historical Society, the Chicago Historical Society, and the Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy Presidential Libraries. From March 15 to April 25, 1976
- Service Commission and as LBJ's "talent scout;' sets new guidelines for opening the voluminous Macy files in the Library's collections. 3 War Art RecordsImpressionsof Those Who "Profile of a Vietnam Veteran: Old Soldiers Never Die, They Just Fade Away
- , Betty Ford. Bottom: Beverly Sills, Earl Warren, Nelson Rockefeller. Among the speakers have been many of the leaders of the Johnson administration. 2 Library Faces" 3 Initiating a new program to feature ex hibits in the lobby commemorating a local
- groups and small communities will be the hardesl hit, but so will many important medium sized arts gnrnps and cities. "The major arts organizations in Los Angeles, and Atlanta, and New York,and Chicago, and probably Boston, will survive," said \ Villiams
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Symposium: Children in Crisis, 18-19 September 1992," LBJ Library
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- the high cost of neglect. In community after community, hopeful new initiatives are under way to lift up children and their families. There are beacons to guide us down a road to a better future for our children. Nearly a quarter century ago, President
- to me.... " But she did know long-time LBJ aide Horace Busby, a childhood friend of hers. So when Ms. Smith was working at Cosmopo!ita11 maga zine, and its new owner Helen Gurley Brown asked her to do a story on the Johnson girls, she said, "Okay, 1
- movies are in the Johnson Library. This wealth of unique material is drawn upon by people from a variety of backgrounds, from scholars researching biographies to producers of news documentaries, from photo editors to members of the public who simply want
- ; Paul Chevalier; Ken Ryal/, Daily Texan staff; U. T. News & Information Service; Yale University, Office of Public Information. Staff Assistance: Yolanda Boozer, Len DePrang, Lou Anne Missildine 12
- opinion so much.' Later his mother succumbed to typhoid- ·he too was only 46-on the same day that his wife died of complications r her first childbi1th. Luckinbill/TR recalled staiting in politics in the New ~ rk A sernbl when he was fre·h from Harvard. s
- by Wasserman, Mrs. Johnson told the audi ence: "I was scared very minute But I'm glad I did ,t. Its been a fantastically wonderful life, mo. l all f whi~h i because of Lyndon. And I thank you all for being our friends.·· Before the film begins its daily
- appearances by Johnson, special news broadcasts, news inter view programs, and beginning April I, 1968. daily morning and evening network local news programs. In addition to this large collection, there is the LBJ Library series, which contains coverage
- . The new improvements are part of a construction pro gram to be undertaken by the University of Texas, which owns the Library building. The proposed renovations -the result of a study commissioned by the LBJ Founda tion-were approved by the University
- ranging across th experiences a.-, ·1 Harvard stuJcnt. rough rider in the Spanish American War. rancher. New York Police Comnm,sioncr. Gov ernor of i\ew )nrk. Vit:c President President. and in rctire mc.nt The text comes main!· from his diaries
- Calcutta. And the re ·ult fwas) Vietnam ... Lyndon Johnson inherited it and was su,pi cmus of it. but he couldn't pcrsuaJc hims If that he 1-..new more about the suhje t than the people whos good fortune it was to know more about such things than the likes
- charge of introducing new gods and corrupting the youth of Athens. He didn't do ither ... but he did bring on the wrath of powerful peo ple in Athens, because he questioned them; he made them look silly, he humiliated them. . . . And then in that great
- previously. Marking the cc:ntcnnialof Grants death. the cxh1hit pnw1des glimpses ol the man obtained 1hrough letters. award , 11ilitary docun1Lnt'i.broadsides. manuscripb. painting • nd phot 1graphs. Lenders to the exhibition include thL Chicago Histnrical l
- and competitive steel industry. ("We've got to re-tool America," sai Jack Conway.) • holding down unemployment, and in fact creatrng millions of new jobs - particularly for the hard core unemployed in the ghetto (thereby defusing- a "social time bomb.") Rohatyn
- diplomacy ... " When Liz Carpenter launched her new book, Unplanned Parenthood, she brought with her her singing group, caliled G-Batts (named for her previous book, Getting Better All the Time). 2 Stravinsky upset people; Picasso upset people; Ibsen
- Issue Number L Vlll August I, 1994 America in the Sixties Library Opens Permanent Exhibit Whar rhe nation looked like in the years of the Johnson Presidency is rhe subject of a new permanent exhibit at the Library. Designed and constructed
- but to lift each person to a new and higher degree of per sonal dignity and life. He believed in a divine destiny for this nation. Not that we should rule the world, but serve as an example and friend to the other societies. We do not live alone. We do n t
- divisive influences associated with the passions of the people. 8 Columnist Liz Smith, whose observations are printed in the New York Daily News and some 50 other papers around the country, gave an entertaining and delightful evening. For lack
- son's legacy of reaching out to everyone, we hope this adds a welcoming di mension for our non-Eng lish speaking visitors." Photos by Charles Bogel Archivist Bob Tissing here shows a group of African French-speakers a few tips on the new device. 2
- Among FdJrunry 2007 Lady Bird Johnson, Daughter Lynda Bird Robb, and LBJ Museum Curator Sandy Cohen, posing before photos from LBJ's childhood, on their way to review the new exhibit on Rural Electrification in Central Texas. Story begins on Page
- Johnson's daily diary, a handwritten memorandum from Vice President Humphrey, cabinet and news briefing books, and a teleprompter print bearing the President's remarks announcing the form ation of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel opment. OngmaJ
- son Chair in Public Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. His appointment was approved on Octo r 12 by The University of T xas Board of Regents. Prof~or Cohen will assume his new post in January. He will teach seminars on weUare
- , entertainers, and Hill Country neighbors. Among them were repre sentatives of the American political scene from the New Deal to the Nixon Administration. ln a nationally televised ceremony the University of Texas, which built and continues to own the Library
- ra ry . We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e . But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke