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lobby.
Library Security Gets New Look
Officer Phil Guerra takes a last look at the old ...
. . . and Officer David Samuelson models the new.
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A Narrow Escape in World War II
The Los Angeles Times recently
reported the death, at age 84, of Saburo
- Officer, The Cleveland
Foundation; Thomas Bradley, Mayor, Los
Angeles; Maynard Jackson, Mayor, Atlan
ta; Esther Peterson, former Assistant
Secretary, Deparlmen o[ Labor; Wendell
Anderson, Governor, Minnesota; Earl
Johnson, Jr., Professor of Law. Universi
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and the rest were blind. Tour Coordin
a tor Joan ands in th 2nd floor thea
ter spoke lo the group, first describin ,
the Library in general, then passing
around e hibit, which the" pee at rs•·
could examine by handling. Most of the
"feelable" objects were
- biography of Lyndon
Johnson, spoke at the Library on the
subject of LBJ and the rise of liberal
nationalism. Dallek, a professor of
history at the University of Califor
nia at Los Angeles, gave the third
Littlefield Lecture Series in Ameri
can History
- Negotiations,
and is now a Washington attorney, will be the LBJ School's Commencement speaker on May 22.
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At Southwest Texas State University
Tom JohnsonReflects on LBJ
Tom Johns n, Publisher of the Los Angeles Times and
President of the LBJ Foundation
- for the Dallas Times Herald.
Cyndi Krier. Texas state senator from Bexar County.
Earl Lewis, department chairman and professor at Trinity
University.
Larry McMurtry. novelist.
Dave McNeely, political editor of the Austin American-Statesman.
Bill Messer. Texas
- have
also appeared in The Atlantic, American
Heritage. the Washington Post. the Los
Angeles Times. and the Boston Globe.
From 1998 to 2003 he was a research
fellow at the University of Virginia's
Miller Center of Public Affairs.
"And that was the story
- or that shortsighted
notion about public service are disturb
ingly obvious. We have let our bridges
rust and our highways clog. In too
many areas of this nation, we can see
the air we breathe. From Philadelphia
and New YorkCity on one coast to San
Diego and Los
- Among
Issue Number LXVIl. March, 2002
The Future of Presidential Libraries: A Symposium
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Congress created tbe nation's
presidential libraries system in order
lo provide facilities which, a a min
imum, maintain the papers of the
nation's chief
- , l hope we wi11 all
see each other again in heaven.
My only prayer is that there
are no cell phones there. an
you imagin what it must be
like, for all those angels and
souls who sought eternal rest
in heaven, if Lyndon J hnson
is up
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documentary got enthusiastic ap
and Los Angeles and has most
plause from the large audience,
recently produced M,~ Conserva
which one Dallas Morning News
tive: Goldwater on Goldwater, a
reporter described as "decidedly
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After 37 Years, Lady Bird
- Foundation Boar of Directors
met November 15 in special session lo
elect new officers following the death
of the Board's longtime Chairman
Frank C. Erwin, Jr. (see story on p. 9)
Newly elected officers are W. Thomas
Johnson, President, George Christian
- Youth Administration, and his lime spent
in Washinglun were examined, il became clear
thal the whole story of modern educational
d vclopm nt in this country could be lold by
compiling a biography of the 36th President. The
idea seemed lo possess merit
- . 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
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gnarled cypress trees," and the '·first
wild violets" of spring. She speaks of
a '·Jove affair wirh nature" that began
in childhood. Mrs. Johnson's mother
died when Lady Bird was only five
years old, and her mother's maiden
sister, Aunt Effie, came lo
- of the Johnson family received a numhcr
of distinguished visitors lo the Librar Below, top
lo bottom, Mrs. John on welcomes Ambassador
and Mrs. Zhang Wenjin, from the People's Republic
of China; The Right Honorable Sir Robert
Muldoon, Prime Minister of 'cw
- ": Birth of a Symposium
It began with a notion that the
Library organize a symposium to
examine LBJ's relationship with the
press. Then George Christian sug
gested broadening the focus to
include other themes from the sixties.
A special committee of Great
- ays been identified as a man who understood the
works of Congress. how lo make things happen in Con
gress. who understood the strengths and weakncs:,,cs of
people he dealt with when he was in the House of Repre
sentatives and in the Senate, as Vice
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who are dear to you.
-Interview in Austin
American Statesman
My life is full and good.
-Interview in Dallas
Times Herald
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Gould Book Describes 'New Role' Played
By First Lady
by Nancy Smith
Lady Bird Johnson and the Environ
ment, by Lewis Gould
- background in museum pol
icy and procedures, collection man
agement, and exhibitions.
She will be assisting with the
upcoming exhibit, Los Teja11os:Sus
Hue/las en la Tierra (The Texas
Mexicans: Footprints on the Land).
This exhibit, curated by Curator
- -a
massive display two
years in the making-documents
the
contributions of people of Mexican
ancestry to the creation and develop
ment of the state of Texas.
Titled "Los Tejanos: Sus Huellas
en Esta Tierra (The Texas Mexicans:
Footprints on the Land
- century Presid nt
Johnson gave new life to the
environment, for he thought of
the land as more than an eco
nomic resomce. This form of
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Photo by Charles Bogel
thinking inspired Lady Bird's
much-heralded,mucb-admired
and still-embraced beautifica
tion
- of distingui. h d p akers came to
the LBJ Auditorium to examine some
pivotal events in history. and to com
ment upon how differently things might
have turned out.
Victor Hanson posed the question,
what if Socrates had died early? Cecilia
Holland pondered what
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University, and is President of the International
Solar Energy Society. He and his family have Jived
in a solar heated home of his own design for nearly
20 years.
Dr. Lo£ was selected by a Committee co-chaired
by Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and Dr. William J. McGill
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Goodpaster,
Assi. tant for National Security Affairs;
Ross Perot; and Sergei Khrush hev, son
of Nikita Khrushchev.
Mr. auc's mother Susan wrote,
"My observation about John's experi
ence at the LBJ i that he was able to
examine primary sources and original
- l\ladison wrutc lo her sister to sa) that
the Briti,h were coming and ,he was savmg this portrait. Well \\ hat
wa, not known is that she uho saved her own portrait trom the Whit
House; and 1h1s turned up at the Pennsylrnma A1.:ademy of Art. (1
now H
- , bul I think lhis time you've
brought home a man."
Fast forward Lo November 22,
1963, and Mrs. Johnson's memories
of President Kennedy's assassina
tion: the startling crack of gunfire;
the wild ride to the hospital, the
return to Air Force One, where
- lifted off on a
documentary lilm mission Lo follow a
restored Vietnam-veteran H-IH 'Huey·
helicopter on a I 0,000-mi.le flight across
the country. Accompanied by an aerial
cinematography chopper and three sup
port vehicle , the crew of !11the Shadmr
- that our young essays, covering both domestic and foreign policy during the
people get a firm grounding in how our system works."
Johnson Presidency, will examine the existing literature on
For the moment, however, the skepticism remains, and as each topic
- careers, combining
textbook and classroom teaching with practical experience.
This pioneering approach to education seeks to teach and
examine public policy by involving students and faculty in
the day-to-day affairs of government, working
- 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
- was maintai11ed
much more systematically. Copies of
his memos to LBJ and their attach
ments comprise more than 25,000
pages.
A third way to get a handle on
what the President read and, in this
case, to gauge his reactions, is by
examining those memos and other
- to World War 11, Wright examines
what he calls '·significant. gaping dif
ferences.··
"To say that we were the ·Greatest
Generation' is, I think, stretching it;'
said Wright. "We were people just like
all the other generations: maybe we
had been through
