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Folder, "National Security Council - 1961 [3 of 3]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 4 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 29, May 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 4 (IV), 6/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

latio nsh ip, bu t I be l ieve he could g i ve you some ins ight on t h e Eisenhowe r relationshi ps and so forth. I think he would b e the bes t of the l i vin g pe op le from the E isenhowe r Administ r at i on . Sherman Adams --di d Sh erman Ad

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 5, June 1-30, 1964," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [1 of 2] (Item)

effort twice as big as what Eisenhower has asked for. 7. But an ounce of real progress is worth a pint of propaganda and a peck of threats. 8. Washington will back you up. 9. The spirit of Taylor and Johnson, who said "Yes 1! at once

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

dumb. Kennedy never used this I'm sure that Eisenhower didn't. But LBJ frequently "Now, you know, you got me into this last time, Bob, but now what about this time?" Perhaps the most notable occasion of his forcing us to constantly revalidate

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

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

Folder, "March 13, 1965, #38, Backup Material For the President’s Press Conferences, Press Office Files, Box 71 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 24, March 16 - 31, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [2 of 2] (Item)

Oral history transcript, F. Edward Hebert, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and and i t was painted red , but t h a t ' s as f a r as i t went about being a l i t t l e red schoolhouse, you know, as we accept i t , but the l i n e sounded f i n e . We were up in Eisenhower's headquarters and a s tr a n g e thing: in the room were

Oral history transcript, James E. Chudars, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

', there's one right behind you on the wall. There's a presidential helicopter and they're ours. Right after Eisenhower, they flew our helicopters, and Johnson, of course, was one of them. He flew on our helicopters. I used to check them out when they came

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 4 (IV), 8/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to the Hill--his representatives; he called members of Congress more in one week than the Nixon Administration does in a month, or the Eisenhower Administration, or the Truman Administration. It was his style. It's the only kind that will work. A more docile

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 4 (IV), 2/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but as the years went by, LBJ grew more and more dependent upon General Eisenhower and President Truman, part of it being nothing more than a very small fraternity of people who had served in the same spot, but also in the sense--and this sounds terrible to say

Oral history transcript, J. Waddy Bullion, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

you tell me what he was concerned about when he wanted to talk to you? B: He was going to have to do something about, you know, his affairs. He had read about the Eisenhower Trust and the Kennedy Trust, and he thought something had to be done to put

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-II, 11/10/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

are going to stay with it, and why we're going to stay with it. And he formulates it his way, which is at least a distance from where he has been; he had been saying there's no change in policy. And then he gets needled by Eisenhower's people. He doesn't

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 2 (II), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

meeting? B: No. G: Did you go to Gettysburg during that time? B: No. G: I thought maybe you might have met with former President Eisenhower. B: Well, I met with him once when he was in the hospital, but just the date I can't quite remember

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 7 (VII), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the government, you do this. My feeling is that something would come up under the Kennedys or maybe back under Eisenhower, and somebody started a reaction to it within the West Wing and they called up Justice or Labor or Treasury or whomever and started working

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 8 (VIII), 4/2/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of this precedent. Now this is not what you were talking about, but you need this. The thing that was uppermost in everybody's mind in Washington about Nixon toward the end or at the end of the Eisenhower Administration and his campaign, was his ill-fated visit

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/28/1966 (Monday) (Item)

White House" party for White House descendants; Lady Bird gives remarks and stands with Mamie Eisenhower in receiving line; photographs made of descendants; Lady Bird mentions guests and stories; gift of new Madison portrait; bowling, dinner alone

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/22/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

George Washington's birthday; Lady Bird to New York City to purchase clothing; visit with Lynda Johnson; Mollie Parnis reminisces about Mamie Eisenhower; lunch, looking out over Central Park; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson to Mary Lasker's party; Lady

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/23/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

& Mamie Eisenhower greet guests in receiving line; Lady Bird names guests; Lady Bird loses pearls during hugging; new White House chine used; LBJ stops by to greet ladies; Lady Bird bowls with Dr. James Cain & school friends; dinner; massage

Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 11 a.m. Pueblo 7 - Senior advisors - McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, Helms, Nitze, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

with you. Nick (Under Secretary Katzenbach) you do the same with Senator Fulbright and Senator Mansfield. Also I want you (General Wheeler) to get General Goodpaster to go over this with President Eisenhower. Get him to ask Ike what is our best

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 9, March - April 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

in individual cases, he really has no shortage of access to responsible officials. This is an old battle with Joe. He had one round with President Kennedy and of course had an unending contest with President Eisenhower. He plans to raise this question again

Folder, "March 12-18, 1965 [Selma Situation]," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 15 (Item)

to impose an affirmative duty on the Governor to protect the marchers . J . It would be useful for you to remind Wallace of the ...'lisunderatandlngs "that arose ''1hen Gov Faubus visited Eisenhower . You intend no such misunderstondings . Unless

Folder, "February 29, 1968," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 91 (Item)

with them. I stood on top of that carrier under a beautiful sunny sky off the coast of California. Then I called President Eisenhower and asked him if I could go by and talk with him because I needed his counsel and I needed the strength that comes from

Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with Bill Brennan, and we sat together in Hudson County, as I recall. He was on our superior court, then on our supreme court, and then he went by appointment of President Eisenhower to the United States Supreme Court. So that at Los Angeles Meyner

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 10 (X), 3/31/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Now you pick out three or four of the biggest Republican friends that you have in Dallas and put them down. Because we'rell--see, I didn't know if it was going to be [RobertJ Taft or Eisenhower or who-- and put them down as a reference. lI You've

Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

a grant for Oral History of Eisenhower and Stevenson, and he said it would be nice if you did something like that for Harry Truman, and a couple of years later we got a good application and did. in keeping his hands off of it and so did his staff. But he

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

forth. And the result is that a White House staff--at least the Kennedy staff, and I would generalize more broadly; not the Eisenhower staff, but the Johnson staff and I gather the Nixon staff--relates so much to the man who is President that the rest

Oral history transcript, Sanford L. Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: Well, let's see, the Eisenhowers I know did enjoy Fred Waring quite a bit. And Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians were here on many occasions. Then I suppose, too, people have a tendency to pick up highlights in each administration. And I suppose

Oral history transcript, Donald Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the second most powerful man in the nation when Eisenhower was President. He recognized that he could not be that powerful if Kennedy won the election. Now, you might say, "Well, Nixon would have won and then he'd still be Majority Leader." exactly what

Oral history transcript, Phil G. Goulding, interview 1 (I), 1/3/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, by the fairness with which Nr. Johnson--then-Senator Johnson--acted while President Eisenhower was in the hbite House. I think that he displayed a tremendous amount of pa- triotism and a great lack of political partisanship during those years. I think

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

there? Because a friendly nation asked us to help them repel aggression and three presidents have made that pledge." wasn't true. No. Three presidents hadn't made it. Well, it Eisenhower never promised anything but economic aid, and Kennedy never made any

Oral history transcript, Warren L. (Bill) Gulley, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

to the White House right at the end of the Eisenhower years. Of course it's ideal, I suppose, because where the President goes, the government goes. These planes are big and they're fast, and yet they can land at comparatively short runways. So this give

Oral history transcript, John Harllee, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the Johnson leadership during the Eisenhower Administration. M: This is based upon his political skill and his knowledge of the art of politics? R: It is based on that partly. I think it is based also and more largely upon Johnson's recognition

Oral history transcript, Carl Sanders, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

like Eisenhower and Truman have been called upon for advice and counsel. Because no one knows the great burden or great responsibility that a man has in that office until he has gone through it. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, South Dakota voted more overwhelmingly for Eisenhower in 1952 than any other state in the Union. And it was shortly after that that I first met George McGovern, the new state chairman. Well, George McGovern got elected to the House

Oral history transcript, John N. Luft, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

when these farm programs were started that we'd get a fair shake for agriculture. B: In other words, it would almost certainly be a change from the policies of the Eisenhower Administration? L: Yes. Getting back a little bit on how I happened