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Folder, "Letter from LBJ for Asia Trip," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)
  • FLOOD l!IYRD, VA. VIRGIL CHAPMAN, KY• LYNDON B. JOHNSON, TEX. ESTES Kl'.P'AUY~R, TENN. J, NELSON TRIB ■ Y, C:LERK COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ~ember 18,. 1950 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: ~ - ol my frienda whom I haw known for a ton, time are 1n transit
Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 2 (II), 12/6/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • unusual when I went on the Policy Committee than it was when he selected me as the whip. G: You were on the Policy Committee as a junior member. C: I was on the Policy Committee. I hadn't even hardly got dry behind the ears. But Virgil Chapman
Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • when Barkley became the Vice President. I had been in the House and my colleague from Kentucky, Virgil Chapman, had served those years that Johnson was the secretary to Kleberg. Virgil and I had been students together at the University of 1 LBJ
Folder, "Ex OS 4-1, Astronauts, 6/9/66 -," WHCF OS, Box 8 (Item)
  • DIVISION 7929 SOUTH HOWELL AVE MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN VHB106 MR FRED i J ~BORCH, PRESIDENT GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 570 LEXINGTON AVE NYK i MR VIRGIL BOYD, PRESIDENT CHRYSLER CORP PO BOX 1919 DETROIT MICHIGAN VH8107 WHBl08 X MR LLEWELLYN J I VANS, PRESIDENT
Folder, "Notes and Transcripts of Johnson Conversations, 1951," Pre-Presidential Telephone Conversations and Meetings, Box 1 (Item)
  • - It just broke this afternoon and then Truman - I am glad is no good. Virgil our hearts. to Kentucky you are I know him. Chapman. We are tonight. going to the funeral here going. Johnson - I am so glad you made him happy at Sam's the other
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1951" (Item)
  • to all purchases of tin for the U.S. stockpile in an effort to force down soaring prices. 3/7 Mrs. Tydings hosts a luncheon for Lady Astor. 3/8 Senator Virgil Chapman dies as a result of injuries received in an auto accident. 3/9 The Senate passes
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1950" (Item)
  • the tide of aggression.” 7/22 Precinct conventions in Texas. 7/27 Senator Tydings appoints a watchdog subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee and names LBJ as chairman. Other members include Senators Saltonstall, Morse, Bridges, Kefauver, Virgil
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XXVII -- 28 Tony Buford was a good friend of those days. He worked for Budweiser-Busch and particularly for Mr. Gussie [Bush]. One of Lyndon's good friends, Senator Virgil Chapman of Kentucky
  • station; the choice between VHF and UHF in television and AM and FM in radio; Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners; Senator Virgil Chapman; Walter Jenkins' run for Congress; tidelands; Lynda's weight; Wesley West's daughter, Betty Ann's visit to Washington, D.C
Oral history transcript, Ernest W. McFarland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • is a very tender-hearted man. emotional. He works hard--he's a hard worker. things for people. He's kind of But he likes to do He likes to do things for his friends. r might give you a little example of when Senator Chapman from Kentucky had
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 9/29/1964 (Item)
  • room - Sharon Chapman Expenditure Sleep 10:30 Breakfast 11:00 Work on speeches w/ Liz 2:30 Robin Duke and Kandi to discuss clothes (Robin's son along) 3:30 Sign mail, etc. Worked on desk and train trip 7:30 Talked w/ Susan (President went to Omaha
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 1/11/1965 (Item)
  • working on Inaugural 3:22 Left White House for Mrs. Celebrezze's party for Mrs. Luther Hodges 4:46 Returned to White House 6:55 Went to pool 7:05 Joined at pool by Mrs. Boggs, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. Chapman, and Mrs. Miller 8:30 Returned to second floor, guests
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 5/13/1962 (Item)
  • Chapman's party honoring Parliamentary Group in Crystal Room, Carlton Hotel * Selected names should be underscored. SEE VERSO FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY AND CODE May 13, 1962 Expenditure Code
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 6/14/1963 (Item)
  • Hotel, arriving at 6:55, -- Paladium Room for reception honoring Mr. Bustamonte of Jamaica -- joining Mrs. Johnson and Lynda there To the Elms w/ Mrs. Johnson, departing again at 7:50 for the Oscar Chapmans Depart Chapmans w/ Mrs. Johnson for F Street
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 5/19/1965 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary Wednesday White House Date May 19, 1965 WASHINGTON Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place) Entry No. Time Activity House guests: Mary Lasker, Sharon Chapman, and Bill Hitchcock 9:00 Got dressed 9
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 6/12/1962 (Item)
  • . Homer Thornberry and guests Mrs. Arthur Ake, Mrs. Elizabeth Sessabough, Mrs. Jay Smith and Nancy Smith, Molly Thornberry. Presented Molly Thornberry with watch her 16th birthday. Walter Jenkins George Reedy Walter Jenkins Oscar Chapman Matt McCloskey D
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1960" (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • didn't get to go to. Now Virgil Chapman of Kentucky, wonderful storyteller, was not there very long, but he had that sort of closeness with Lyndon that southerners--as a Kentuckian he was [from a] borderline state, but we thought of them as southerners
Oral history transcript, John Sherman Cooper, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to know him then, and of course knew him every day as directing the Democratic forces. G: You replaced Virgil Chapman after he was killed in the automobile wreck? C: Yes. That was the reason I came back, when he was killed. He had defeated me in 1948
Folder, "Memos on Travel and Speeches [originally unfoldered]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • ~ quick. party when I get back, speech, remidd the Marshall me to approve speechJ the VT speech. I'll see Allen Drury any tome I want to talk to Sen. Bob Byrd I want to talk to Oscar Get ·p alder you want me to. Chapman (done) ~) when
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 1/21/1961 (Item)
  • , 1961 (include visited by)* LD Opened the Senate A. W. To lunch in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Truman; given by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Chapman 4975 Hillbrook Lane Sen Humphrey; re: Senators Morse and Proxmire on floor i n speeches on John Connally John Connally
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 3/28/1961 (Item)
  • . 9:35a t 6. 12:30p 7. 12:45p 8. 1:15p 9. 2:00p 10. 3:45p 11. 7:45p Cliff Carter and Walter (Wash) Sec Freeman (Wash, DC) Walter and Cliff (Wash) Oscar Chapman (Wash, DC) Gov Daniel (Austin) Lunch To Johnson City to bank To AW's house To Llano with AW
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 4/28/1961 (Item)
  • t o Senegal) Tex Goldschmidt Lunch in P-38 with Tex Goldschmidt and MMW $4.10 Tom Corcoran Oscar Chapman Secretary Gilpatrick To gym Loye Miller Jack Bell and Bill Theis Frank Valeo -- told him he would accept invitation to speak to Conference
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 3/13/1962 (Item)
  • of Lyndon Johnson Freeway proposed to be built in Dallas Oscar Chapman Commissioner Hewitt Bill White Joe Kilgore, re: seeing Co l Hewitt Senate meets lunch at White House for President o f Cameroon Bethesda Hospital for check-up for insurance White House
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 5/20/1965 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary WASHINGTON Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place) Entry 1R 7LPH $FWLYLW\ White House DateMay20,1965 House guests: Sharon Chapman and Bill Hitchcock Slept late Had coffee w/ Mary Lasker 1
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 10/1/1964 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, DAILY DIARY Date October 1, 1964 Day Thursday H.G. Mrs. Hobby - Queens' Susan - 329 Sharon Chapman - Luci's room Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place) Entry No. Time Appointment Activity (include
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 10/3/1968 (Item)
  • :55 Returned to the White House. Worked at desk. 11:25 Left with Lynda for Quarters Four, Eight and Eye Streets, S. E. for baby shower and lunch for Lynda. Hostesses: Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Van Ryzin. 1:53 Returned to the White House. Worked at desk
Senate Daily Diary entry, 4/6/1960 (Item)
  • Miller Sen Ellender Palmer Hoyt, Denver, Col. Lunch in P-38 $1.50 Oscar Chapman John Connally (Fort Worth) Press conference (National Press) in P-38 Bill Lawrence (New York Times) Sen Dirksen Charles Patrick Clark; stag cocktail party and sit-down dinner
Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , 1972 INTERVIEWEE: OSCAR CHAPMAN INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Chapman's office in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: In 1956, when he [Johnson] was kind of a dark horse against Stevenson. C: Yes, kind of. F: Stevenson ran in 1952
  • See all online interviews with Oscar L. Chapman
  • Biographical information; Judge Ben B. Lindsey; Harold Ickes; Alvin Wirtz; FDR; LBJ techniques; Harry Truman; tidelands; civil rights; 1960 Democratic convention; Chapman's health; national lawyer's group for Johnson-Humphrey in 1964; conservation
  • Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978
  • Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Oscar L. Chapman
Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: OSCAR L. CHAPMAN INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Chapman's office in the Penn Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: You started out in Denver, didn't you? C: Yes, I started my public service in Colorado as an assistant to Judge
  • See all online interviews with Oscar L. Chapman
  • Biographical information; Judge Ben B. Lindsey; Harold Ickes; Alvin Wirtz; FDR; LBJ techniques; Harry Truman; tidelands; civil rights; 1960 Democratic convention; Chapman's health; national lawyer's group for Johnson-Humphrey in 1964; conservation
  • Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978
  • Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Oscar L. Chapman
Folder, "Longoria, Felix," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 2 (Item)
Folder, "Homicide," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 79 (Item)
  • wound to rt leg - 12th & Euclid. To Ford Hosp. Sniper fire in the area. 7/26 (Citizen) 237. 10:00 A:M VIRGIL ALSTON,M/N - laceration of .head - 1644-46 Glynn, 7/26 (upper). To OOH(CB). Only information availabl~. (Sniper) 238. 10:00 AM PAULLEE GRAND
Senate Daily Diary entry, 10/25/1960 (Item)
  • Spoke to San Fernando State College Omar Garrison (Mr. West's office) (LBJ was now back in hotel suite) Lunch in suite: Sen Engle; Bob Waldron, MMW; Oscar Chapman To San Diego, Cal -- see travel activity Airport Rally at San Diego, Cal. To Fresno, Cal
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 6/2/1961 (Item)
  • an d Sen Dirkse n Gerry Man n Stopped b y Osca r Chapman' s part y fo r Sec . Udal l a t Chapma n residenc e stopped b y part y fo r Thurmon d Arnol d a t Shoreham Hote l * Selected names should be underscored. SEE VERSO FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY AND CODE
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 4/13/1961 (Item)
  • Zealand Woody (Austin) Gov Grant Sawyer (Nevada) Oscar Chapman Dick Carpenter Col Burris Germany Embassy for stag dinner for Adenauer; black tie; 1900 Foxhall Rd * Selected names should be underscored. SEE VERSO FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY AND CODE Page No.
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 1/25/1963 (Item)
  • Return to P-38 Dale Miller Gov. Sanford - re : North Carolina Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner invitation Ed Welsh - re: arranging Space Council mtg. Najeeb Halaby Oscar Chapman and Dr. Teller - re: establishing Washington Planetarium and Space Center Bob
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 10/31/1962 (Item)
  • meeting Depart White House Arrive EOB John Connally Claude Wilde, Sr. and Jr., till 12:20 Oscar Chapman Leave EOB for P-38: Lunch with Justice Goldberg Bill Jourdan in Senator Russell's office Senator Richard Russell George Reedy in P-38 To White House
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 8/1/1966 (Item)
  • . 8:15 Returnedto White House and to office with President. 8:40 To second floor and then to third floor with Luci and Nugents. 9:20 Dinner in Solarium with Nugents, Rays, Luci, Pat, Rays' guests Dr. and Mrs. 6. Erkenbeck, Sharon Chapman, Hitch, Patti
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 4/19/1965 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary Monday Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place) LBJ Ranch Entry No. Time House Date April 19, 1965 guests: Mr. and Mrs. Jacobsen, Mr. and Mrs. Odom, Mr. and Mrs. Negley, Sharon Chapman
Senate Daily Diary entry, 7/7/1960 (Item)
  • Butler Aviation , Was h DC CP (United) 3. 1:15p Chicago, Ill. same Accompanied by Destination (Place] Chicago, Ill. Mrs. J; Buzz, Reedy , Geraldine Williams ; Oscar Chapman ; Lynda & Lucy; Bil l Moyers , Mary Margare t same plu s Bil l Whitle y San
Senate Daily Diary entry, 9/15/1960 (Item)
  • Tucson, Ariz same 10 10:30p 11 12:00m Las Vegas, Nev Los Angeles, Cal. LBJ Convair Amer. jet (CP) Accompanied by staff and Cong Udall, Sen Hayden, Oscar Chapman (Mrs. J and Liz to Karnack, Tex.) staff Bill Moyers and MMW same * If CP give