The President and the (his) college, c.1964

File — Box: 12, Folder: 4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains audio and visual materials related to Johnson. They consists of speeches he gave while on campus, and recordings related to Johnson’s life, interviews, and the Higher Education Act of 1965. There are also 35mm slides and LBJ figurines.

Dates

c.1964

Creator

From the Collection: Texas State University. University News Service (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Historical Note

This short program, produced by the college shortly after Lyndon Johnson became President of the United States, features the President's connections to Southwest Texas State in San Marcos, Texas.

"This is the story of Lyndon B. Johnson's college years. Comments he made years later as he remembers the years 1926-1930 when he was a student at Southwest Texas, have been added from various speeches he made at the college. The tape begins with a portion of "Now Let Us Remember Famous Men," a musical piece written by Texas composer Darren Kirk, in honor of then Vice-President Johnson when the college bestowed upon him the only Doctorate giving in the history of SWT."

Source: Note accompanying the audio tape