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Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Folder, "Black National Movement - FBI Report - File #1," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)

, "MuhammadSpeaks", at different times -:hroughout the year. This is performed by NOI members standing ~~ street corners or walking through crowded streets advertising the paper for sale. • • this same paper is sold in Syracuse, N. Y., through display at a Muslim

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. J. "Jake" Pickle waiting all day to join LBJ on a trip to Texas; LBJ's temper and what/who angered him; why LBJ was harder on some people than others; Mrs. Johnson's role in supporting beautification; the outdoor advertiser billboard lobby; LBJ

Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek (Item)

were going to get paid"--the office staff was going to get paid--"from one week to the next." But there was an awful lot of expenditure on things like that helicopter and advertising. And of course charges were being thrown back and forth about all

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of hot money in California. In other words, they were advertising and paying much more for deposits than the banks could pay on the East Coast. And what we did was to put a ceiling--it was 20 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to handle it because if an idea that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a banker had used advertising money, instead of putting it in a billboard, to beautify the entrance to the town, i.f that could help somebody in Se8.ttle, Washington

Folder, "Jenkins, Walter - Investigation [2 of 3]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 29B (Item)

of a deposition , to one Sydney Baron , whom she believes to be connected with the Democratic Party . She took such action at the request of her superior , Mr . oodrow Wir sig , Editor , "Printers' Ink , " a magazine for advertising and marketing men , published

Folder, "Civil Rights – Mississippi," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

suggestions we made that were we ll received was the recommendation of the puolication of an advertisement calling for law and order a~d signed by as many leading citizens as possible--the la~ger the number the less pressure on individuals. We pointed out

Folder, "Ex WH 14-3, 11/23/63 - 7/11/66 [YACHT]," WHCF WH, Box 28 (Item)

Folder, "Lynch, Connie Charles," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 10 (Item)

~r. At these rallies, collections taken for LYNCH. the use the referred also were LA T-26 (7/30/65) Informant made available a throw-away advertisement of a NSRP meeting to be held on August 7, 1965, at the Embassy Auditorium, 847 South Grand Avenue

Folder, "Brewster, Daniel B. 1/1/67 - 12/31/67," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-449 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that the I think it ought to have more really top level people in State concerned with public opinion in the United States. Now, I realize that the Congress has been very restrictive about you can't advertise yourself or build up your own programs

Oral history transcript, Paul B. Johnson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/8/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

at the time? J: The Governor's advisors were George Godwin, of Godwin Advertising Company in Jackson; Bill Simmons, who was the head of the Citizens Council at that time; George Yarbrough, who was president pro-tern of the Senate; and John McClellan

Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 2 (II), 2/23/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

could get national advertisers such as Budweiser and some of the others on a continuing basis, and that it would pay for the expenses, and anything above that would be profit. Senator Wirtz. So he went and talked to Wirtz advised him to go ahead

Oral history transcript, James Davis, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

KTBC and they had advertised for a couple that wanted to work on a ranch. that time Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. I had no idea it was for at I came from a country town, so I decided, well, this is a good time for me to go back to the country. So I

Oral history transcript, Floyd E. Dominy, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

they can be allowed to exist under provisions that allow them to achieve their advertising purpose and, at the same time, can be administered. Now the net effect of that is that there are large mileages of the systems of highways where these exceptions

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Hardesty, interview 1 (I), 3/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

covering the Hill and the Pentagon and did some public relations and advertising work. Then, in 1963, John Gronouski, who had just become Postmaster General, asked me to come over and write speeches for him, and I didn't know whether I really wanted

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harold J. Russell, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

aspects of the rehabilitation program. that has to be done, and is being done. This is one thing It's going to take time. And secondly, one of the major problems is that one of communications. Now the Advertising Council is undertaking a campaign

Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

subscriptions and advertisements. What in heavens name ever happened to the original cable I don't know. Because as soon as I got back to this country, I immediately called up Sydney Gruson, the publisher of the paper, and said, "For God's sake, Sydney, I

Oral history transcript, Emily Crow Selden, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Bird played Sir Toby Belch, I bel ieve~ and Helen Bird, Malvolio, and I, the Fool. G: Who would attend these plays? S: Parents and fri ends of the students, in general. having been advertised. I don't remember any Twelfth Night may have been

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

with the elected county officials, walk around the square, shake hands, make a noon speech to one of the civic clubs, this type of campaign. No glamour, no great advertising or publicity campaigns. There were some mailings, of course, not like today

Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

tranh contribution was mostly providing a security screen; capturing weapons; advertising the cause; creating turmoil and social pathology in the countryside; just tearing things up. That doesn't deliver victory militarily, but it destroys stability

Oral history transcript, Eugene Williams and Helen Williams, interview 1 (I), 10/27/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it was. HW: When we first met Senator Johnson, it was at their apartment there in Austin out on Dillman Street. We applied there for a job that they had advertised for, for a couple that would travel. Of course, we thou,ght that this sounded interesting

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, from essentially either window-dressing for the campaign--"See how many intellectuals I got to sign my advertisement?"--which Kennedy had developed, I think, initially with the response to the effort of the popularity of Stevenson on the campus. It had

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

before this, there had been some kind of gas-filled balloon sent up in the sky, very high in orbit, on which there had been great advertising that you could see. Actually you could see that balloon across the sky. That night there had been a rumor

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 7 (VII), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that well. But as we saw it, it was sensational. That was one example. The second example was that he was a good friend of Harding Lawrence, the chairman of Braniff. And I think at the time Lawrence had married Mary Wells, who was in an advertising agency

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 13 (XIII), 9/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

recall that we got deeply involved. There were several matters that obviously needed attention. For example, truth-in-lending, truth-in-advertising, the Paul Douglas role in those days, clean air, water quality. It was our conviction through the New

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 2 (II), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

feasts. Ice Cold .\~atermelon. 11 We would advertise· in the newspaper "Free .And that brought the crowdo· We had them in . the four ·sections of the ·city. And it was fine· because, with Gene. ·Autry and the watermelons and the closing spirit

Oral history transcript, Alfred Rosenthal, interview 1 (I), 10/29/2010, by Claudia Anderson (Item)

: No, it was a little different. HS: No? Okay, tell me. R: Almost that. A: They wanted the advertising back. R: Long before I came to Austin--six months, a year, I don't know--bad blood developed between the newspaper and the Novys, especially Jim Novy

Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, people would say he rigged the judges, and if he lost they would say that his cattle weren't good enough and a president should have better cattle. He felt he couldn't win either way, so we quit showing. But it was a way of advertising cattle so

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 3 (III), 2/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that would allow the federal govern· ment to control advertising rights on either side of these highways. S: States' rights. G: Yes. Do you remember that speech? S: I do, and why he did it, I'll never know, except for Coca-Cola. ·They · had

Oral history transcript, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Republican. And these were the people that Kuchel consociated with. G: There was also the question of controlling outdoor advertising along the highway? S: Yes, billboards. G: Do you recall that issue? S: Yes, I--no, I don't think I can tell you much

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

along with his sales forces, his advertising agencies, to put me in a bad light . F: I don't want to get too much in the realm of supposition, but I've been intrigued by what the law-and-order people have not done--I'm using "law and order" in quotes

Oral history transcript, Anthony J. Celebrezze, interview 1 (I), 1/26/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and so on. That was the sort of way I used her, shall we say, for the purposes of our Department. F: Did her visits to your outdoor areas increase attendance? Did it tend to perform an advertising function? U: The normal pattern has been with national

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at home when President Kennedy was shot? V: Yes, I was. F: Did you have on your radio or TV? V: Yes, on television. It seems to me someone called me from Jack's office, his advertising office in Houston, and said that President Kennedy had been shot

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the answer is yes. M: Just sort of going forward and looking back--Mr. Kennedy when he took office would say that the missile gap was perhaps not as real as had been advertised. Why would the professional work that was done by this committee have in your