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

has been your home now since the middle 1930's? H: Yes. F: When did you first get to know President Johnson? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, Ray E. Lee, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh February 14, 1968 B: This is February 14, 1968. We are talking with Mr. Ray E. Lee in his home in Austin, Texas. B: Mr. Lee, first of all, tell us something about your background. L: Well, Mr. Bolton, I came to the University

Oral history transcript, Jonathan F. Ladd, interview 2 (II), 9/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1984 INTERVIEWEE: JONATHAN F. LADD INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Colonel Ladd's office, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 2 G: All right, sir. What was your vantage point during the events that later became known as the Tet Offensive? You were

Oral history transcript, Walter Washington and Bennetta Washington, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in the hospital and I was just coming home--it really hit the adolescent youngsters at that school in a very terrible way. They came in and took Luci out. You know, at that point there was such horror about the incident itself, everybody was just so completely

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to go back and see what's happening in the way of population growth to my home State. I came to Washington on my third tour of duty in 1961, as Assistant Superintendent of National Capital Parks. At that time we had a quite different organizational

Senate Daily Diary entry, 1/9/1960 (Item)

Schlesinger, Jr. - re: coming to see the Senator Preacher Durst (Houston) and Howard Payne (Houston) Miss Slatterly (Sen Douglas' office). She had delivered a letter signed by Sen Douglas and other Senator s requesting a meeting o f the Democratic Conference

Oral history transcript, Father Wunibald W. Schneider, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh SCHNEIDER -- I -- 2 S: Dr. David McComb? M: Yes, sir. The first thing we need to do is find out something about you and your

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

very brief? F: Correct. Yes. Mc: Sir, have you ever participated in any other oral history project of this type? F: No, I have not. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh June 16, 1969 M: To begin with, let's just identify you, sir. You are Governor Averell Harriman and your list of offices held is quite lenghty. But during the Johnson Administration you served as Under Secretary of State

Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh November 1968 M: Let's identify you, sir. You're & K D U O H V E. Bohlen, currently Deputy 8 Q G H U 6 H F U H W D U \ of 6 W D W H for political Affairs, and \ R X have held this position since what date, sir? B

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/23/1966 (Item)

. Carl D Perkins Chuck Roche Massmoxiik Senator Paul Douglas Okamoto Major Haywood Smit Cong. George E Shipley Jacobsen Cong. Kenneth J Gray Watson, Senator Ross Bass mf During the first leg of the trip, the President, Mrs. Johnson, and Luci visited

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of that. I've thought about this, and so far as I'm concerned, not participating, not debating, is not being a senator. And I'm going to be a senator like Wayne and Paul"--meaning Morse and Douglas--"I'm going to talk whenever I want to, on whatever subject I

Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 3:15 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors (Item)

no longer do the job we set out to do in the time we have left and we must begin to take steps to disengage. That view was shared by: George Ball Arthur Dean Cy Vance Douglas Dillon and myself (McGeorgc Bundy) We do think we should do everything possible

Oral history transcript, Hector Garcia, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 Well, during the time that Mrs. Felix Longoria was making the arrangements in Three Rivers with the Rice Funeral Home, they refused her the use of the chapel. already on his way back. By this time Felix Longoria

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins and Alice Hopkins, interview 4 (IV), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1977 INTERVIEWEES: WELLY K. and ALICE HOPKINS INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: The Hopkinsl home in Culpeper, Virginia Tape 1 of 1 G: Your maiden name is Wyatt, is that right? A: No, Isaacs. G: Oh. A: G: Alice Isaacs. That's the way

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. It was Russia, The President represented us, Khrushchev and Bulganin--they were still doing the dual act then--they represented the Russians of course. Sir Anthony Eden represented the British, I believe; Pinay the French. It was at this conference

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

companies and a savings and loan association. I really couldn't quite figure whether I would go back fully into the newspaper business or watch after some other things I was trying to develop. In the middle of this, I got a call from Washington at my home

Oral history transcript, David S. Black, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

years, And frankly, I I had gone back home . and I wanted to really--had adjusted emotionally really to leaving Washington for the long haul. And so I really resisted the suggestion, and my deputy, he didn't want to be Bonneville administrator

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 58: Jan. 25‑31, 1968 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)

thought about the crises which have blown up week, particularly in Viet Nam and Korea, but also at home. In general, it appears to be the judgment of our enemies that we are sufficiently weak and unc_ertain at home, sufficiently stretched in our military

Reference File, "Dogs (Johnson family's)" (Item)

/01 4:32PM Him and Her Did anyone ask me to find out where Him and Her were buried? If you still need to know, they are in the Children's Garden at the White House. Also, if anyone is interested, LBJ never worked in a funeral home or worked

Reference File, "Dogs (Johnson family's)" (Item)

/01 4:32PM Him and Her Did anyone ask me to find out where Him and Her were buried? If you still need to know, they are in the Children's Garden at the White House. Also, if anyone is interested, LBJ never worked in a funeral home or worked

Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Cochrane -- I -- 2 year, fall of 1935, I went back home and worked for twenty-one months in a cotton mill. Well, I'd start the day out up ‘til eleven

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 12, July, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

"-'~· I .. , . ·.. ,. ;J:QEJ :Sl:C'.ECE '£ MEMORANOO M FOR July 26, 1965 THE PRESIDENT I understand that you will be dining thle evening with Sir Norman and Lady Brooke& and Ambaeaador and Mrs. Waller of Australia. You may wlah to refer to two key

Folder, "Young, Harold [1940]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 12 (Item)

, and ye\ ht hOJMj n au 10" to C&ff7 on. We teel your vo1c• in hip: courap :1t home and abrc,acl 1• t.hat. thing which this lfOrld at this time most needa. PRESERVATION COPY Washington, D. C. April 13, 1940 Mr. Harold Young 410 Gult States Buildi ng

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of William McChesney Martin (Item)

Committee on Export Financing, 1969 Council – Board Bi-Weekly Luncheons Congressional [empty] Congressional Speeches Douglas, et al, Letter of 3/12/60 and reply of 4/14/60 Cong. Findley’s House Republican Committee on Western Alliances Meeting with group 5/3

Oral history transcript, Thomas Francis "Mike" Gorman, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1985, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Gorman -- I -- 3 intelligence for the 45th [and] later went way up the hierarchy, [and] later went over to the Pacific for [Douglas] MacArthur, became his chief

Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

scientific and technical personnel would be needed. I remember the day after Sputnik. I was at home with the flu. At that point I headed a division in the Bureau of the Budget dealing with science and labor, manpower, and a good many of the civil domestic

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1a (I), 1/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

; that it was not really parochial interservice bickering as sometimes it was described. But it was a question of two contending strategies of great national importance. To air the issue in this way would be a profitable and useful exercise. P: And did you air it, sir

Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. I'm the oldest of nine We lived in poverty, I might While I claim to have been reared on a farm, I never enjoyed any part of it, because we were always poverty-stricken. I left home when I was sixteen years old, went to Nebraska, worked

Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

of the campaign. Since it was a winner take all and he had about 9 or 10 opponents, the vote was naturally split. We engineered a little strategy. G: Excuse me, sir. Had you known Mr. Johnson before this? W: No, I had never met him until that afternoon when

Oral history transcript, Merrell Blackman, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: November 15, 1979 INTERVIEWEE : MERRELL BLACKMAN INTERVIEWER : MICHAEL L . GILLETTE PLACE : Mr . - Blackman's,residence, Bastrop, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with how you came to San Marcos . B: Hutto, Texas, yes, sir . school diploma

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks Accepting the Eleanor Roosevelt Candlestick Award at the Women's National Press Club Dinner, 12/2/1968" (Item)

MORE . " ·. , " One of the recent da.ys I enjoyed most in the White House • • • one of the satisfactio‫ם‬s I will trea sure most - - was h&ving been able to obtain the Douglas Chandor portrait of Mrs. Roosevelt and ‫ ;ז‬la.ce it in the Great Hall

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 20, February 5 - 28, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)

in the treaty adds to or detracts from our responsibility or obligations under the United Nations Charter. Secretary Dulles. I can say categorically, sir, that in my opinion this neither adds one jot or tittle nor sub tracts one jot or tittle, from our

Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, and succeeded in getting a scholarship to A&I for two years--Texas A&I University in Kingsville . I could live at home in Bishop and commute back and forth for the six miles there, and I did ; I hitchhiked back and forth every day . Then in 1933 I left Bishop

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 7 (VII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. While I haven't always agreed with the action taken, whether it be Roosevelt or whomever, I've always felt that they had information I didn't have and I had to go ahead and salute and say, "Sir," and hope for the best. So that looking back, I don't

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 6 (VI), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, everybody else said, "Sir." G: Why was this? Was he a commanding figure physically? B: Big man, great big man. Very droll, very witty, most of the time. Sometimes it wasn't so funny. But he had the confidence of political men more than almost anybody

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/31/1967 (Item)

Travis Count y wh o has a birthday today . Flowers sen t toda y to th e funera l o f Senato r Mondale' s mothe r i n Holcumb Funera l Home, St . 0 p Paul - - Mrs . Theodor e S. Mondal e Flowers sen t toda y to Cong . Joh n T . Myer s - Bethesd a Nava l

Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh March 13, 1969 M: Let's begin, sir, by identifying you. You're Charles Diggs, a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Michigan, where you've served consecutively since 1955, I believe. D: Elected

Oral history transcript, Robert Storey, interview 1 (I), 3/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, but we can fix you up in the dining room. And I don't believe you'll be identified if we just go in two at a time. We arranged that, in order to avoid creating a scene, there would just be two or three cars going to my place. I said, "I'll drive home

Oral history transcript, Robert Taft, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT TAFT, JR. INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN PLACE: Congressman Taft's office, Cannon 315, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Let's just identify you, sir. You're Robert Taft, Jr., Republican from First District of Ohio in the current