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Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • as a general assignment reporter for about six months till the end of 1963, then went to Newsweek in early 1964, spent three years there as an associate editor largely in charge of the radio and television departments, otherwise just "swing writing
  • ; department's speech drafts; review of speeches; "Rose Garden rubbish;" LBJ's sensitivity to press reaction to speeches' LBJ's relationship with the press; joke specialist on staff; LBJ as am accomplished storyteller and raconteur; LBJ's speech referring to his
Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Department thinking in those days, as a stump we've got to p10w around or something. C: No, he really wasn't. He didn't impose as much of his personality into the State Department affairs as a Rooney did. I guess, in a sense, you would call him more
  • Contacts with LBJ as Senator in 1958 while a budget officer for the State Department; LBJ's reactions to State Department's "guidance" for his foreign country visits as VP; LBJ's concern for good impressions by his party in foreign countries; LBJ's
Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , and there wasn't one that would say, "No, here, this." organized. But Johnson knew. It wasn't, I felt, as He had everybody, he had twenty-three people but each one knew exactly in whose department what was. F: For instance, in that last night in Austin, you
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/14/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • p e d r cX - 2 - 4 /1 4 /6 4 in a c r owd of passers-by and sight- seers, shook hands signedautogrphs— Meanwhile or so the p apers s a i d I was g e t t in g Agr ic u lt u r e sumers. ready to dash o ver to the Department of to open
  • Consumer affairs
Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • constituents, or on naval--he was on Naval Affairs [Committee], and you know we were in pretty bad shape in naval affairs, I mean countrywise in '41. B: I think we might as well stop now so you can--[break for a ceremony Judge Worley had to attend] B: Sir
Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • an answer, and you know he had one of the biggest constituencies there was. G: Did you also contact the various departments? H: Oh, yes, yes. At this time part of my job was the appointment of the [military] academy people, the young men
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • the war through the time of his death. M: r~r. Bartl ett, your newspaper career has certai nly been concerned for a large part with Washington, heads of government and politics, and foreign affairs and domestic problems, so I would like to emphasize
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • microfilm cameras; then we need something to look at our film on; and then we need readers. I understand that the Kodak Company is involved in this and has a big research department doing nothing but this." This interested him a lot, and he said, "Would
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • an official Ordt· written i n 1789 ci:;tablishing the Dcpartm cnt of State.: of the nc\v young repub lic - ­ only it was called hi s bir lhcby th~ prc~;cnt 01,;parllncnt of For cig:t Affairs. She was bringing c:arly bccau.sc she is leaving for Europe
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/23/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • children of Hubert Humphrey, Robert McNamara & Bill Wirtz; Lady Bird mentions guests and menu; LBJ School of Public Affairs; Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass perform
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/21/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Urban affairs
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • letter to grandmother at Hye Post Office; guests to boyhood home and LBJ Ranch for lunch; Gronouski on Poland and Red China; Johnsons & guests to Danz place--car is stuck in mud; Lady Bird takes nap & talks to daughters; foreign affairs
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/1/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • discuss the LBJ School of Public Affairs; recorded message for history of the White House is completed; Luci Johnson gives away hamsters
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/28/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Urban affairs
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/21/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Consumer affairs
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/20/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • takes nap; Lynda Johnson visits New Orleans; guests for dinner; talk at dinner about LBJ School for Public Affairs and Vietnam; to theater to watch films
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/4/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Urban affairs
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/26/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Urban affairs
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Consumer affairs
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/10/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • to Father Montgomery about Luci Johnson converting to Catholicism; Lady Bird reminisces about Luci; late dinner with LBJ; LBJ has meetings with Maxwell Taylor, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, George Ball, et al about foreign affairs