Descriptive Summary
UT Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public
Affairs
UT Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public
Affairs Records
1974-2009
Materials are written in English.
2012-012; 2012-150
2 ft.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
University of Texas at Austin
Articles, correspondence, speeches,
photographs, videocassettes, and CDs/DVDs comprise the UT Lyndon Baines Johnson
School of Public Affairs Records, 1974-2009, documenting the “Character Above All”
lecture series and the career of Barbara Jordan.
Biographical Note
Founded in 1970, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs is a graduate school
at the University of Texas at Austin. Offering degrees of Masters of Public Affairs
(MPAff), Masters of Global Policy Studies (MPGS), and a PhD in Public Policy, the
school prepares students for leadership roles in governmental and non-governmental
organizations in the private and non-private sectors. Commencement speakers have
included former Texas Governor Ann Richards, 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush,
and American journalist Bill Moyers.
Source:
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Accessed April 3, 2012. http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/.
Scope and Contents
Articles, correspondence, speeches, photographs, videocassettes, and CDs/DVDs
comprise the UT Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs Records, 1974-2009,
documenting the “Character Above All” lecture series and the career of Barbara
Jordan. The “Character Above All” lecture series, sponsored by the LBJ School of
Public Affairs was conceived by Robert Wilson, a Dallas-based communications
consultant, and was recorded in Austin, Texas in the Bass Lecture Hall. The series
examines the character and leadership of presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to
George H. W. Bush. Documents pertaining to Barbara Jordan were assembled by Max
Sherman during his tenure at the school and used for research on the book he edited
about Jordan entitled Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with
Eloquent Thunder.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Use of video material by appointment only; please contact repository for more
information.
Use of digital materials by appointment only; please contact digital archivist for
more information.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Bush, George, 1924-
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David),
1890-1969.
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines),
1908-1973.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald),
1917-1963.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous),
1913-1994.
Reagan, Ronald.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),
1882-1945.
Truman, Harry, 1896-1980.
Beschloss, Michael R.
Hertzberg, Hendrik
Ambrose, Stephen A., 1950-
Cannon, James
Dallek, Robert
Reeves, Richard, 1936-
Wicker, Tom.
Noonan, Peggy, 1950-
Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
McCullough, David G.
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.
Sherman, Max R.
Subjects (Organizations)
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
Subjects
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th
century.
African American women legislators.
Legislators--United States--20th century.
Places
Austin (Tex.)
United States -- Politics and
government -- 20th century
Preferred Citation
UT Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs Records, 1995, Dolph Briscoe Center
for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Maria Soscia, April 2012.
Subsequent revisions made by Maria Soscia, June 2012.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2.325/J84b
Ten videocassettes comprising the “Character Above All” lecture
series:
Michael Beschloss on George H. W. Bush,
1995
Hendrik Hertzberg on Jimmy Carter,
1995
Stephen Ambrose on Dwight D. Eisenhower,
1995
James Cannon on Gerald Ford,
1995
Robert Dallek on Lyndon Johnson,
1995
Richard Reeves on John F. Kennedy,
1995
Tom Wicker on Richard Nixon,
1995
Peggy Noonan on Ronald Reagan
1995
Doris Kearns Goodwin on Franklin Roosevelt,
1995
David McCullough on Harry Truman,
1995
2F507
Materials pertaining to Barbara Jordan assembled by Max Sherman
during his tenure at LBJ School of Public Affairs:
Shinjini’s book draft
Speeches, 1974-1998
Editing/ C-E comments,
1994-2006
Royalties and contracts,
2006-2007
Post-writings, pre-publication correspondence and notes,
1968, 1996- 2005
Post-publication documents,
2006-2007
Publicity (documents and DVDs), 2007-2009
Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder
edited by Max Sherman:
Publication, 2006-2007
Development, 2003-2006
Responses/reactions, 2007
Correspondence, August 10,
1988
From Barbara Jordan research box,
1989-2005
Email correspondence, 2007
Barbara Jordan’s research for essays on ethics, power, and
civil Resistance, 1963, 2001,
undated
Hollywood Women’s Political Committee First
Annual Barbara Jordan Award for Political Courage and
Commitment, March 11, 1988
Townes Hall Notes, 1990
Annual Survey of American Law,
1989
Barbara C. Jordan Selected Speeches,
edited by Sandra Parham, 1999
A Private Woman in Public Spaces, by
Barbara A. Holmes, 2000
Max Sherman lecture on Barbara Jordan (program and
photographs), February 3, 2009
Photographs of and relating to Barbara Jordan,
1971-1996
Jordan Photographs (CD), April 24,
2006
2F508
Articles, flyers, correspondence, miscellaneous,
1974-2007
Videocassettes:
Ethics in the Public Sector with
Barbara Jordan
A Conversation with Lady Bird Johnson
& Barbara Jordan
Excellence in Public
Services
Barbara Jordan Speech Democratic National Convention,
July 21, 1988
Barbara Jordan on LBJ & Civil Rights, May
7, 1986
Barbara Jordan Speech in LBJ Atrium, October
6, 1988
A Barbara Jordan
Memorial, January 28, 1996 (2
copies)
Barbara Jordan Funeral, January 20,
1996
CDs/DVDs:
Barbara Jordan Speeches (2
copies)
Barbara Jordan (2
copies)
Rediscovering Barbara
Jordan, February 2009
2.325/D47f
Barbara Jordan background information,
1984-2002