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Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 90, January 2009," LBJ Library (Item)

BIGGER than just Mamma, Sis sy and me. Lyndon Johnson's extended fam ily included the entire Congress and its staffers, the White House and its staffers, the Democratic Party, the Citizens of Texas, and every man, woman, and child who hadn't yet

Folder title list, Senate Papers, Files Relating to Lyndon Johnson's Senate Committee Assignments (Item)

National Archives and Records Administration http://archives.gov National Archives Catalog https://catalog.archives.gov http://www.lbjlibrary.org/ FOLDER TITLE LIST and SUBCATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS Collection: Senate Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1948

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1, 8/14/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

father. He came to Texas in the 1880s from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He followed his older brother, Charles Deason, who had come from Tuscaloosa County to Wilson County, Stockdale, in the 1880s. My father stayed around and worked on farms and helped his
in the National Youth Administration (NYA); Deason's marriage and move back to Texas; Deason's career in radio; an average day in Deason's childhood; the rural Baptist churches Deason attended as a child; other religious groups in the area around Stockdale during

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but at first he refused to go along with Truman. Later on I think he did raise money for the national ticket. So the Democrats had appointed [Byron] Skelton, but they couldn't get him in somehow; I don't remember the details of the fight. (Interruption) So
Stag parties early in 1949; decorator Genevieve Hendricks; acquiring furniture for the Johnsons' home; LBJ's Senate staff; LBJ's interest in children who were named after him; social and service opportunities for Lady Bird Johnson

Folder, "Gray, Jesse Willard," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8 (Item)

" at a meeting of the National Board, Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), held on May 24, 1961. It was stated that the central purpose of "Freedomways" is to develop a theory and positive criticism of currents in the Negro Movement, as well as to rais.e the level
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for this special election, he was the only one who came out in full support of the administration at a time when there was becoming a great split of the Democratic Party over the court-packing issue. G: That's right. t·,,: Why do you think he was able to win
; preferred him as Majority Leader; JFK bought and rigged Democratic Convention in L.A.; LBJ as VP to help JFK in Texas and the South; LBJ always loyal to Texas and the U.S.; LBJ’s popularity sharply declined from 1964-1968 but Germany found him best U.S

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

was pounding on the table trying to develop support from them that could be translated into them contacting members of Congress, indicating their desire, whether they be business or labor, Republican or Democrat, to get support for this bill, this legislation

Folder, "Whistle Stop [6 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

make an educated choice on election day? And for that matter, a1·e we electing a President or a First . Family?· • • There is no _doubt which party's national ticket the pre sumed advantage of' all-out family activity lies. On a compaignlng wife basis

Folder, "Gen PL/McNamara, Robert," WHCF PL, Box 21 (Item)

present Secretar of Defense. (For alot of us, a Johnson - Lode ticket would be perfect : but, ·somehow, the two-party system just doesn't seem to work that my.) We, and the nation, look to the Democratic convention to provide us a sound, responsible
File unit description: The executive file consists mainly of recommendations of Democratic or Republican nominees for the Vice Presidency in 1964 and 1968, and a small amount of material on presidential candidates. The general file consists

Oral history transcript, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was that if they've got Shivers and Daniel on the ticket that people then will go ahead and vote for Eisenhower because they're going to vote for Shivers and Daniel. D: Yes, they could vote for all the Democratic nominees. By the way, the Republican Party put all

Oral history transcript, Drew Pearson, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--4 when he wanted to be Minority Leader I wrote some things about him which again he didn't like, because I pointed out to be Minority Leader of the Democratic Party you had to uphold the ticket and he did not uphold the ticket. He was lyin' down
; holdover of JFK’s Cabinet; LBJ didn’t use party machinery; John Bailey; poverty program; Vietnam policy; felt LBJ captured by military; foreign policy; responsibility of Albert Thomas for NASA in Houston.

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Beirne, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

at the national level 9 Chicago telephone strike before 1968 convention 10,11,12 1960 Democratic Convention � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Oral History
Biographical information; organized labor's view of Senator Johnson; initiatiing new labor view in Texas; CWA; local union; union at the nation level; 1968 Chicago telephon strike before convention; 1960 campaign/convention; LBJ's effectiveness

Folder, "Correspondence re Whistle Stop 1964," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

when they come to the state. The Democratic National Committee may be interested in using it as a source of contacts for the camp aign since it list every state office holder with his address. I have sent Mr. Ivan Sinclair of the White House Staff some

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of John B. Connally (Item)

Title Governors’ Conferences Democratic National Convention, 1968 County Coordinators Miscellaneous Lists Miscellaneous Polls Miscellaneous Polls Books – Consumer Credit Public Hearing Miscellaneous Books and Pamphlets Miscellaneous Pamphlets

Folder, "Whistle Stop [3 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

to ________ on October __ _ at Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson leaves the nation's capitol on October 6th for the four-day tour that ends in New Orleans on October 9th. The fourteen car train carrying the First Lady and her party will stop and visit all along the seven-State

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 3 (III), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that they were, but that it was like outdoor recreation, and water resources, and water resources research, and later beautification. It needed a White House focus if you were going to get it up above the threshold of national conscience. human. They all
Alabama Farmers Cooperative Association); Mississippi food situation; inter-agency departmental board; regional discrimination; cabinet officers; OEO programs and policies

Folder, "Bryant, Farris (Gov.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-542 (Item)

· He will not. he says, ac;tivC'l~·· stockpJling of strategic goods ~; m01~ time and effort than_ he : support either LeRoy Collins.or.'. and talked with national leaders·~ has m the past. • • . •• . Earl Faircloth in the Democrat- : there, savs

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 7 (VII), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Okay. That trip was one in which the Democratic National Cormiittee gave me a bunch of tickets and an itinerary, which turned out to be a very faulty itinerary in many respects. It gave us an awful lot of trouble. going to Seattle. And we took off

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of a sense of achievement to be satisfying to him. I think he got some training programs going reasonably successfully in Houston and Corpus [Christi] and San Diego, and then gradually they began to come apart. Either the NYA [National Youth Administration
. Cecil Evans; Allred's Senate loss to W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel; time spent relaxing at the National Youth Administration building on Buchanan Dam; LBJ's fried egg breakfast being interrupted by telephone calls; the Johnsons' house at 4921 Thirtieth Place

Folder, "Kentucky Trip – May 21, 1964 – Mrs. Johnson [Clippings]," White House Social Files, Liz Carpenter Subject Files, Box 5 (Item)

'' the contents of a healed in some degree the dubbed by curious motorist5i ·colla,p sing barn~ mostly kegs Democratic Party schism that "The House of The Blue · of nails · and scrap metal Kennedy op_e ned with his civil Lights." During his lifetime hoarded

Folder, "Notes and Transcripts of Johnson Conversations, January, 1960," Telephone Transcripts, Office Files of Walter Jenkins, Box 1 (Item)

CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12356'governing access to national security information . (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 23 (XXIII), 7/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

came to the conclusion we had an uphill situation, even with a California victory. G: How about New Jersey? O: Hubert Humphrey, vice president of the United States, had been in the forefront of progressive action in the Democratic Party for thirty
; O'Brien's obligation to work for Humphrey's campaign through the end of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Humphrey's role in getting O'Brien's work obligations postponed to 1969 and later cancelled; offers from Look and Life magazines to do

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lasker -- I -- 5 the leadership of the Democratic Party, and we were willing to loan him some staff, if he needed help, and do anything that we could to help. said, "You want to help me?" And I said, "Yes." F
in Washington D.C.; Lasker’s relationship with Mrs. Johnson; supporting Robert Kennedy; encouraging Mrs. Johnson’s interest in beautification and health; beautification projects in Washington D.C.; National Institutes of Health and clinical research goals; Nash

Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)

-day visit to the Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas highlighted the trip. • Mrs. Johnson and her party visited HemisFair headquarters, a restored German-English school of 1858 in San Antonio, to see plans for the opening in 1968. She

Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh You're Judge Oren Harris. You served as Democratic representative in the House of Representatives in Washington from 1940 until February 1966, when you became a U. S. district judge
; Sherman Adams; Congressman Morgan; Schwartz; Mr. Moulder; Bernard Goldfine; Jack Anderson; Bob Bartlett; 1960 Democratic convention; Arkansas Valley Development; Senator McClellan; JFK’s VP decision; federal judgeship; Attorney General Katzenbach; civil

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

[to], it was a big Democratic Party or something like that. I went there and I just couldn't get it out of my head, and all day Sunday I was in a terrific depression as to what I would do. Now, I decided by Monday morning I would forget about it. I mean, I cannot do
health commission; writing the book Every Other Bed; Gorman's wife's work and his change to freelance writing; joining the National Committee Against Mental Illness under President Truman; finding support for national health insurance legislation

Lyndon Johnson's 1954 Desk Diary I, beginning 5/14/1954 (Item)

, National Airport 7:30 a. m. -- To depart Washington. BREAKFAST ON PLANE To be on board plane: General Twining ,, Colonel Burroughs . Colonel Parrish _Judge Marvin Jones Senator Johnson · 8:10 a.m. Cong. Cong. Cong. Cong. and Mra. George Mahon · Walter

Oral history transcript, Milton P. Semer, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, when Alabama started to go Republican it was the three big cities. The country stayed Democratic, and Sparkman knew that, and that's the way he played the political game down there. Also, Sparkman had been the vice presidential candidate in 1952 and had

Folder, "IDA (Institute for Defense Analysis)," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 11, Box 4 (Item)

Mrs. Norma L. Morrison Senator Frank E. Moss Bishop Reuben H. Mueller Dr. Kenneth G. Neigh James Patton Mrs. Esther Peterson Bishop W. Kenneth Pope Lawrence 5. Phillips Jacob Potofsky Walter P. Reuther Mr. James Kirkham National Commission
Records of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (Eisenhower Commission)

Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

were united and all the Democrats were united, but most of the issues on health and the National Science Foundation and some of the others did not readily lend itself to a partisan view. I was told--I had a predecessor named Roy James, the late Roy
immediately after the authorizing legislation was passed; the role of the minority party and lobbyists; the increase in lobbying and associations in Washington D.C.; political debates based on politicians' home state rather than political party; Millenson's

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Martin – II – 2 I was very interested in his doing it because occasionally he would call me over at the [Democratic National] Committee and ask me questions about something. He showed me over the first
Vice President LBJ’s meeting with black cabinet, resulting in blacks helping with Democrats by distribution of literature through barber shops and beauty shops, use of radio, the press, and the influence of black ministers, especially Marshall

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in the position it was a National Democratic Party-- T: The national Democratic Party had taken positions that \'/ere repugnant to many of the Southern states, and our people were in rebellion about it. Georgia went for the Republican candidate in the 1964

Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Administration was chairman--Kenny O'Donnell [was the one I was thinking of], who was the only seasoned, knowledgeable, skillful ward-county-type politician in the whole damn Democratic national campaign. F: We interviewed him. S: Did you? Before he died
presidential nominee in 1968; how to organize a major fund-raising event; efforts to get LBJ to support Humphrey in 1968; the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the Minnesota delegation; 1968 Democratic rally for Humphrey at the Astrodome; problems fund

Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--for telling you this. But there was a night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1956 when Johnson became so convinced himself that he had a good chance to be nominated president that-F: In 1956? C: In 1956--that he started telling people

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Bernard L. Boutin (Item)

National Archives and Records Administration http://archives.gov National Archives Catalog https://catalog.archives.gov http://www.lbjlibrary.org COLLECTION DETAILS and FOLDER TITLE LIST Collection: Papers of Bernard L. Boutin, 10/1965 - 7/1967

Oral history transcript, John Sherman Cooper, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it was in my mind. a great many political figures, state and national, because was chairman of the Republican Party once. I met father my At that time luckily we were on the Southern Railroad and speakers would stop there. Candi- dates for vice president

Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

impression that a staff needs someone like Califano who's an activist and aggressive and can put together a program? B: Well, I think it depends what your goals of your administration are . I think, if I can be political for a minute, the Democratic Party

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the Democratic Club, the Women's National Democratic Club on New Hampshire. A great gathering of the clan, lots of Texans, lots of other congressmen, and just all the family of the Rayburns that could be present. It was a much-looked forward to, and very special
on television; visits to historic sites around the Washington, D.C. area with guests; the 75th Club, the Congressional Club, and Women's National Democratic Club; Mrs. Johnson's interest in interior design; LBJ's decision to run for the Senate in 1948

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: We didn't have the Dixiecrat factor the way South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi, and the others did, and on this we would relate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention, which was held in Philadelphia. Many of those states I just mentioned got

Folder, "[Visitors - Foreign] Adenauer, Konrad [April 1961] 2 of 2," LBJA, Subject Files, Box 90 (Item)

the Christian Democratic Union, a party which for the first Protestant and Catholic political leaders been the strongest Following service in the state constitution this Council, which after Law. When the first together in a single legislature

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