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Oral history transcript, Barbara Jordan, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1984, by Roland B. Hayes (Item)

. That's a tradition which was started under Sam Rayburn. We would have lunch each Wednesday in what they called the Speaker's Dining Room, and Sam Rayburn started it and it still goes on. It went on as long as I was there and it goes on now. Now before I

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/18/1968 (Item)

o in, h e woul d loo k a t i t an d stroke it . On e da y Speaker Raybur n said . "Wh y don't you tak e th e thin g to Mis s Harriet. She' s a n artist, an d sh e migh t lik e it. " S o Sam Rayburn gave the piec e to Speake r an d Mrs. McCormack . Th

Oral history transcript, Frank Pace, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

you have any contact with Mr. Johnson during the years between then and the time he became vice president or the late fifties, or when he was vice president for that matter? P: None of any substance. I was quite close to Mr. Sam Rayburn, and LBJ

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 43, 15 July 1988," LBJ Library (Item)

D.B. Harde man wrote a biography of Sam Ray burn titled Rayburn: A Bioxraphy, and Lawrence Wr,ight (right), whose In The New World is a mov ing portmit of a young man's matu rity in the 1960s. The Library invited al,) the presi dential candidates

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

without a word of debate; it was never even mentioned in the Senate debate. Apparently nobody even paid any attention to it. It got to the House and Speaker [Sam] Rayburn didn't like it at all. Neither did Howard Smith [D.-Va.], the head of the Rules 7
Civil Rights Bill; LBJ’s 1964 campaign speech in New Orleans; Johnson treatment; immense capacity to judge people; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; first signs of Presidential ambition; LBJ’s relationship with oil and gas industries; relationship

Oral history transcript, Henry Hall Wilson, interview 1 (I), 4/11/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

would like a Speaker to be. F: He didn't seem to have that kind of gutsiness that Sam Rayburn had, for instance. W: Nobody had. Sam Rayburn was one of the most remarkable men I ever met, and I only met him in his dying months. F: But I think you

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and not taken seriously at all. The first statehood bill was entered July 2 l ~ 1 9 4 5 , and the measure found some attraction only in Washington but no action was taken. This was in 1950. Time and time again he visited with Sam Rayburn> not only about

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Sam Rayburn as the Democratic nominee for President, and I wasn't getting very far with that operation. Mc Which year was this? M: This was the 1952 convention when Stevenson was first nominated. Mc '52? M: '52, yes. And because of this lack

Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was not navy. G: Yes. Did you ever have an opportunity to see him with Sam Rayburn and observe their relationship? B: Oh, yes. G: What were they like together? B: Very close, very close. G: Would you elaborate and just describe any times that you were
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; LBJ's Naval Commission; Naval Affairs Committee; LBJ military service overseas; LBJ and Sam Rayburn; LBJ and Forrestal; LBJ and John Connally; Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy; LBJ investigations of Navy Department

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 70, 27 January 1999," LBJ Library (Item)

, will participate. D. B. I lardeman was a long-time aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn and a serious historian of Congress. He donated his extensive 14 collection of rare books on Congress to the LBJ Library and the funds to award a prize each year for the best book

Oral history transcript, India Edwards, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a committee-- And they made arrangements with Sam Rayburn who-- arrangements with him that our names should be put into nomination. And one woman, a very naive, dear little woman, I've forgotten what state she came from, but anyway, she told me afterwards

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 6 (VI), 7/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: SAM HOUSTON JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Johnson's residence, Johnson City, Texas Tape 1 of 3 J: Now, this is going to be something repetitious, but I was trying to think of some of the things that I hadn't said
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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 6 (VI), 7/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Sam Houston Johnson

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1960" (Item)

of the Democratic conference. LBJ meets with Slatterly and asks her to return the letter to Douglas because a meeting of the conference has already been called for 1/12. 1/11 LBJ attends a meeting at the White House for congressional leaders. 1/12 Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

we contrast what's happening on the Hill now [is that] we at that time had great congressional leadership, LBJ in the Senate and Rayburn in the House. The Congress functioned. I don't mean necessarily ideologically, but when the time came when

Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

bill, the most important thing I did. I was also on the redistricting committee and protected Sam Rayburn. I found that. there was a large emotional, physical and financial cost to campaigning for statewide office, but I had been brought up under

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

given for Speaker Sam Rayburn, whose birthday was about January the sixth. The most important one was always Scooter Miller's and Dale's, which usually took place at the Women's Democratic Club. However, we began having one for the children
Johnson's work for LBJ; Beagle getting loose; how the Johnsons named their dogs; birthday parties for Sam Rayburn and his interest in including the children; Lady Bird Johnson's experience with, and view of, spanking; the American Heart Association's

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the Confederate Army. I've always admired Texas and felt close to Texas, and in the House had many things in common with the Texas delegation. I felt very close .... M· What did you think about Sam Rayburn? with him. You must have worked some LBJ
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; LBJ; heart attack; LBJ’s capacity for friendship; FDR New Deal program; support for LBJ in 1960; Sam Rayburn; lobbyist; Bobby Baker; JFK’s New Frontier program; civil rights; education; Vietnam; civilian control of military

Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

forth. organization~ council~ When I helped the operating techniques, After that I worked regularly with the advisory council until the convention in 1960., My recollection is that Senator Johnson and Speaker Rayburn were invited to join
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
[For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 3 (III), 2/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

beginning it was my understanding, whither I got it from Lyndon or someone else that was in a position to know, that she had played a rather important role in getting his appointment . Sam Rayburn, I know, had a lot to do with it, and Sam Rayburn was very

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

you recall that? That one was really rather funny. I didn't know about it, but Holmes Alexander and Sam Houston [Johnson] were very good friends. He'd already filed the copy, by the way. And Sam said, "Look, Holmes, George Reedy has been awful
and the prospects of the Presidency; omnibus labor bill; Texas liberals; Hawaii and Alaska; Sam Rayburn

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

prominent citizen of Texas, and throughout your career you have been actively interested in Texas politics. This of course has been a very fascinating era that has produced some outstanding national leaders, notably John Garner, Sam Rayburn and Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, once. He was a close friend of Sam Rayburn's, and anybody that was a close friend of Sam Rayburn's was already important. I mean, even if Lyndon Johnson didn't have ability, or had no particular leadership qualities, he would have been important simply

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

those who bucked it. Lyndon, with the Speaker [Sam Rayburn] and Wright Patman, are the main three that I remember that put together on a shoestring an organization and covered as much ground as they could. Eisenhower made a statement on one of his swings

Oral history transcript, Frank Denius, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

.. ~ ." • Speaker Sam Raybu~played in -the .. _ . ~ L-- 2D: be~ieva, recall, Speaker Rayburn was ••.•• had a great He spoke to the .•.•• he addressed infLlence. : As I Yes, sir. one time during the convention a~ was a very devout supporter of theh cour~e

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Johnson when I was serving as law clerk for Justice [Hugo] Black on the Supreme Court. My parents were living in Washington at the time; my father was practicing law here. He had been a lifelong friend of Sam Rayburn's. B: Your father had been? W

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

morning and entered Sam Houston State Teachers College on Monday morning . I went there until July, 1933 and transferred to the University of Texas . I think you might be interested to know that I never was privi leged to get a degree . I have
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
for Congress; Washington visits with LBJ in 1938; FDR-LBJ relationship; legislation for terminal leave for enlisted men; Truman campaign in Texas; member of US Customs Court; Sam Rayburn-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; agriculture and farm problems; role

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: SAM HOUSTON JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Johnson's residence, Johnson City, Texas Tape 1 of 4 G: I believe you were going to start with the 1948 campaign, your recollections of that. J: All right. Here's
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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Sam Houston Johnson

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

this period, do you recall any other political heroes that he had in addition to FDR? J: No, I can't especially . G: Did he know Sam Rayburn yet? J: Oh, yes, yes . I remember he told me that Mr . Rayburn knew his father . He knew everyone of the Texas
of popular magazines; LBJ a voracious reader of newspapers; LBJ-FDR agreement on policy; Rayburn-LBJ relationship; LBJ and the Texas delegation; LBJ gets NYA job; roadside parks; the "Little Congress;" LBJ drafts patronage agreement for Texas delegation.

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in the House was an episode that occurred in 1938. Lyndon, of course, got to be very close to Sam Rayburn. You mentioned the court packing plan, which dominated the session in '3i and '38. That was all in the Senate. This incident was after that plan

Oral history transcript, Edith H. Parker, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. and I think that we were helped by Sam Rayburn in that. It was to teach staff members as much as they could about Congress, because often a staff member learned as much about being a congressman as you could learn anyplace else, and that was a sort

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the House delegation, in those days Brooks Hays, who was a leader in the House side. All the Arkansas people, particularly Brooks Hays and Wilbur Mills, were very close to Sam Rayburn, whom I knew very well. They were .part of Mr. Sam's orbit and that made

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

routine of them. There were the radio correspondents and the White House correspondents and the Press Club, and then there were special friends of Speaker Sam Rayburn's. Sometimes when Lyndon would attend a stag dinner, I would invite all the women of his
; Sam Houston Johnson and Josefa Johnson's health problems; LBJ's work as minority leader and support for President Eisenhower and for the newly-elected senators; LBJ's belief that Democrats should not oppose Republicans just because they are Republicans

Folder title list, Lyndon Baines Johnson Archives (LBJA) (Item)

://www.discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/prepres/lbja Box No. Folder Title Jackson, Robert H., 1941 Jessel, George, 1963 Johnson, Edwin C., ca. Johnson, Louis A., 1948-57 Jones, Marvin, 1953 Jones, Robert F., 1950 Jones, Sam H., 1943] Jester, Beauford H., Texas

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 3 (III), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

once I think list the people who were the most influential people in his life, and she would always be one of those. G: Who were the others? V: His wife, Senator [Alvin J.] Wirtz, Speaker Rayburn I think; the Speaker—Mrs. Sam Johnson—I can't think

Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

9, 1969 INTERVIEWEE : SAM D . W . LOW INTERVIEWER : DAVID McCOMB PLACE : 2511 Inwood Drive, Houston, Texas Tape 1 of 2 M: Well, first of all, I'd like to know a little bit in your own words about your background . I know you have this paper
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Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb
Sam Low

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: EVERETT COLLIER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Collier's office in Houston, Texas. {Tape 1 of 2, Side 1} G: Why don't we begin with your school days at Sam Houston High School, your recollections of Lyndon Johnson as a teacher
How Collier met LBJ at Sam Houston High School; Cliff Carter; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

deeply held conviction as he saw ~hat Then it was all about. M: How much did he lean on Mr. Sam during that period? S: I think by that time Rayburn was beginning to fail as an effective leader. Sure, a great respect and a great following
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Sidey’s contact with LBJ during the Senate period; his work with Time magazine covering LBJ; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s relationship with other politicians; press coverage of LBJ in the Senate years; difference between Senate

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 2 (II), 8/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Sam Rayburn. We saw a lot of the Johnsons in that year; we were neighbors of the John Connallys and the Waddy Bullions and the Eugene Wor1eys. Society was active. And the Texas [State] Mr. Johnson was a go-getter even then, and some evenings all

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. Eventually that convention was controlled by GovernorElect Price Daniel. This only became possible after the then-Speaker Sam Rayburn and the then-Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson worked within the convention with their friends throughout the state

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