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Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/11/1942 (Item)
  • regarding the labor situation. Because I know how interested -he.will be in having your views I am forwerding them on to Mr. Johnson today. Also I am bring- ing ttiem to the attention of the Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, with whom we
Oral history transcript, Gerald C. Mann and Gerald C. Mann, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • the convent ion, Sam Rayburn got in touch with me and [said] that he and Johnson wanted to talk to me about heading up the campaign in Texas for the Kennedy -Johnson ticket. I had been approach ed in 1956, both I I by the Democra ts and the Republi cans
Oral history transcript, R.J. (Bob) Long, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ever known. And he didn't need any touting. he had the energy. He had the ability, .and As far as I know, Lyndon's been pretty well his own man. About the only man that ever influenced him at all was Sam Rayburn. F: What about Senator [Alvin
  • Acquaintance with LBJ during the Kleberg years; LBJ's ambition and energy; influence of Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; the 1941 campaign; Jim Ferguson's role in 1941; role of postmasters and country commissioners in Texas state politics; Frank Hamer
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • on there? Now, we have on tape already the effort to hold the Texas delegati on and the Shivers versus Rayburn-Johnson fight. But Johnson was kind of a dark, dark horse there. P: Yes, he was, though he had won the May delegati on ffght to go to the national
  • LBJ-Rayburn-Price Daniel relationship; details of the 1960 convention in Los Angeles, especially concerning the Texas delegation; poor accommodations for the delegation; the JFK organization in 1960; Texas delegation reacts to LBJ nomination
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1969 (Monday) (Item)
  • a on summer a f t e r n o o n s , w ith t h e o t h e r S p e a k e r, M r. Sam R ay b u rn , who u s e d to s a y , "How do you l i k e my C a p i t o l ? " s a i d t o g e t h e r so m e th in g l i k e , "We a l l f e e l t h a t i t ' s And we o u r s
  • to the Capitol; Lady Bird reminisces about Sam Rayburn; Lady Bird describes ceremony; Nixon gives inaugural address; Johnsons to party at the Clark Cliffords'; LBJ gives speech from porch; large crowds at Andrews AFB and Bergstrom AFB; party at LBJ Ranch