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Oral history transcript, George P. Miller, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was then in the leadership. I came to know Sam Rayburn very well, and asked his advice on important problems. F: Right. M: But we always got along very well. Then, in those days, the members got one two-room office in any of the buildings, except on the fifth floor
Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 3 (III), 2/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • about the McCarthy censure in your earlier interview. S: Well then, if I've covered it, there's no reason to go over it again. There is a question that you raise here about why did Senator Johnson ; appoint Ed Johnson, John Stennis, and Sam Ervin
Folder, "Young, Harold [1941] [2 of 2]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 16 (Item)
  • of Representatives of the State of Texas, ever mindful or the important role played by distinguished sons of Texas in the affairs of our Nation since Sam Houston, make this expression of our gratitude to Vice President Henry A. Wallace f or selecting a worthy
Folder, Papers of James H. Rowe (entire collection), Box C-24 (Item)
  • 9, 1938, to Colonel James Roosevelt from Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson, Representative in Congress, in connection with the possibility of purchasing electric energy required by War Department activities in the Fort Sam Houston, Texas, area from
Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 4 (IV), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • anything like that is circulated through the whole bloody government. But I broke into a Texas delegation where [Sam] Rayburn and Johnson were, and got them to sign that. I hand carried it over to the White House and took it in--Jack Kennedy knew about
Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Kennedy-F: Did you get the impression he'd placed too much faith in the power of the Senate? H: That, and I think he also placed too much faith in the power of his old friend, the House Speaker, Sam Rayburn, and a few of the key Democrats throughout
Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • think they were building destroyers, weren't they? G: Ships. B: No, they were small ships of some kind. But Sam Rayburn came down and Johnson came down and I think Jesse Jones was there. newspapers in Houston gave it a big spread. down from Austin
Oral history transcript, Joseph M. Barr, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was the national committeeman from Pennsylvania. M· What kind of contact did you have with him in those early days? B: Most of the time it was on legislation, the City of Pittsburgh. friend Sam Rayburn, else, particularly legislation affecting He always took
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • couldn't do that in Chicago. I was going to help him on that when we got back to New York the next morning. Then when I got up the next morning, Sam Rayburn had already had his talk with Lyndon and it was set the other way, and that was that. So, yes
Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , a long­ time Texas Democrat who had become an Eisenhower Republican. Anderson was very close to LBJ and other Texas Democrats, especially Sam Rayburn. Not long after I arrived at Treasury, Anderson surprised me by sending me up on a solo visit to LBJ
Folder, "Young, Harold [1940]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 12 (Item)
  • gete by the desks. Probably from owner's or ders . The Dallas Ti me s e r a l d c arries e ver y comp) i mentn ry c rto on showing Rayburn declaring Garner the greate st Texan since Se.m Houston. Went to Denton Satur day nd worked do •a through small
Folder, "Writings, Speeches [1941] [1 of 2]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 16 (Item)
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 12, 15 April 1978," LBJ Library (Item)
  • to the Library. One recent acquisition is a 1903 photograph of Sam Rayburn's graduating class from East Texas Normal College in Commerce, Texas. These photographs are placed in the photo archives and are used by researchers and as display material A recent
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 77, March 2002," LBJ Library (Item)
  • in Congress. Speaker Sam Rayburn took Congressman Johnson under his wing. LBJ w· s a court favorite of Franklin Roosevelt's. And formidable Georgia Senator Richard u sell first made LBJ minority leader and then majority leader of the Senate. Harry Truman did
Folder, "Green, Edith (Cong.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box G-259 (Item)
  • the verdict of his party colleagues. He every Republlcan nominee since the party these e1.Jorsements 1n various newspapers. I include these as well as a sam-· can await w1th some contl.dence the verdict was founded 1n 1866" and before that 11up­ of his
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 4 (IV), 8/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of Senator Johnson's closest friends, Bob Kerr and Mr. Sam, were really quite cold on the idea. I know that Senator Kerr was because he told me so. He said, "I think this is a real mistake. I think he ought not to do it." And I learned that was something
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • know; I was not around and he never really discussed it with me. I've heard stories that Sam Rayburn recommended him; I've heard stories that Tom Connally recommended him; and I've heard stories that Maury Maverick recommended him. And I would guess
Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • check with would be Senator Russell. first would be Sam Rayburn, I felt like. Probably the very Chronologically I don't know that I was that close to the inner office. I was for some months in the next office, right across the desk from Walter, when
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , as everybody in deep East Texas was. G: Or maybe if you sat in the gallery and saw the Senate or the House in session, or if it would have been in session then. J: It would not, probably, because this was 1934, and I remember hearing Sam Rayburn talk about
  • of Washington, D.C. and the sites she visited; career plans; projects Mrs. Johnson planned at her father's Brick House; how Mrs. Johnson met LBJ for the first time in Austin; LBJ's marriage proposal and their brief courtship; meeting LBJ's family; Sam Ealy
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • encouraged political activities. So I worked for Dad. I went into about twenty states for him. I didn't see Lyndon Johnson during my swing in the primaries. went to New Mexico; that was as close as I got to him. represented there by Sam Rayburn. I He
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • this Hawaiian del- egation came pouring in with [inaudible] on their shirts. Johnson said, "I've got Bobby out in the other room, and he is saying that there is just too much room for me to run," or "too much heat against me." Somebody, oh, Rayburn
Folder, "Politics - 1952," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)
  • before the convention, CONTROL came when the newly organized Stevenson forces decided that antiloyalty­ pledge delegations from the South should be seated for the sake of party harmony. Here Chairman Sam Rayburn (left) is about to recognite a delega!e
Folder, "Celler, Emanuel (Cong) [2 of 2]," Name Files, WHCF, Box C-151 (Item)
  • , April 20, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2226 Rayburn House Office Building, and present the views of the Office of Science and Technology on the measure. It will be .. appi·eciated if the person designated to testi• fy will confirm acceptance
Oral history transcript, John Bartlow Martin, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , it was Albuquerque, and Mr. Johnson, Senator Johnson at that time, was there along with Sam Rayburn, who was speaker of the House. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • stories. I think he thought Lyndon Johnson had a terribly good sense of humor, and he loved telling stories about him. I remember he said that after the election he and Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson were playing golf down in Palm Beach. Sam Rayburn
Oral history transcript, David E. Bell, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, W. Sterling Cole, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • s r e l a t i o n s h i p with Sam Rayburn d u r i n g t h o s e y e a r s ? C: Not t h a t I would be aware o f . anyway. They w o u l d n ' t come t o my a t t e n t i o n Everybody loved Sam Rayburn. G: Did t h e y ? C: W e l l, he
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 5 (V), 8/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1941] [3 of 3]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 14 (Item)
  • PROOF"- 560 GUEST ROOMS OPEN ALL THE VEAR Why listen to Roosevelt? We know our own people better than Roosevelt O'De.niel has made a good governor 0 1 Daniel has oomplemented the old folks by appointing Sam Houston senator This is a peaoeful
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 9/16/1966 (Item)
  • wool suit with fur collar. 9:59 Left White House with Bess Abell H.G. in White House Vicky and Simon McHugh not dictated 1. 10:12 Arrived Rayburn Office Building to see portrait of Speaker Rayburn, 10:15 Left Rayburn Building 10:25 Arrived National
Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1941] [1 of 3]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 14 (Item)
  • ot UDitT and rmony. Oorpua Chrini and towna where there are Hart p&pera-eight towna­ the S,m.day pa.pera rill come out tor I.pd.on. Would it 'be pra.otioal for Rayburn to oontaot Governor and ask it he oould be ot ••rvioe to the Governorf Could he
Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Folder, "Natural Beauty, Resources, etc. 2/2/65," Office Files of Bill Moyers, Box 2 (Item)
  • planted U.S. PRESENCEIN ASIA cle Sam is st!ll around. in, us." . (By A. L. Valencia) • LAOSTOO Qur flag represents this and much more. WASHINGTON.-Beyond the crucial • dec!It gi'vcs us the Incentive to acquire property, slons posed by the war In South
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1969 (Monday) (Item)
  • a on summer a f t e r n o o n s , w ith t h e o t h e r S p e a k e r, M r. Sam R ay b u rn , who u s e d to s a y , "How do you l i k e my C a p i t o l ? " s a i d t o g e t h e r so m e th in g l i k e , "We a l l f e e l t h a t i t ' s And we o u r s
  • to the Capitol; Lady Bird reminisces about Sam Rayburn; Lady Bird describes ceremony; Nixon gives inaugural address; Johnsons to party at the Clark Cliffords'; LBJ gives speech from porch; large crowds at Andrews AFB and Bergstrom AFB; party at LBJ Ranch
Oral history transcript, Michael A. Geissinger, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . MG: What were his skills? G: I think that's probably pretty difficult, for me to answer anyhow. I would rank him with [J. William] Fulbright and [Everett] Dirksen, and of course, if you look at who taught him with politics, Sam Rayburn. Why
Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 5 (V), 12/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • understand what they meant, but it was an outgrowth of his long legislative experience and analysis--working with Sam Rayburn and Bob Kerr and these other people, who always felt that you could work out some kind of a compromise or some kind of a relationship
Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and had come and who was around then, J.J. Pickle and Jack Brooks and Sam Rayburn, and the things he had learned. I suppose for me being so young and wondering if at some day in my life I would be turning around and reflecting on those things, I think
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • . Sam [Rayburn] never had this trouble. Jack Brooks doesn't have it. John Connally never had it. John Connally gets into trouble with people who don't like his particular opinion. What hooks the President is that he is an uncannily canny man, and candor