August 8th, 2008
From LBJ Museum of San Marcos: Oral history project photos

The collaborative LBJ Museum of San Marcos – Texas State University Oral History Project Exhibit opens to the public at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24. The theme of the exhibit is “Remembering LBJ and His Legacy: Local Recollections – An Oral History Project.” The exhibit is an outgrowth of the Texas State LBJ Birthday Centennial Steering Committee’s Community Subcommittee, chaired by San Marcos resident Bill Cunningham, a Texas State journalism graduate, who is also a former San Marcos city councilman and former Texas State University System regent. Both Cunningham (left) and former Texas State President Robert L. Hardesty (right) were interviewed for the project.

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Among the 48 individuals interviewed by Wimberley historian Barbara Thibodeaux (right) for Texas State University’s Oral History Project was Liz Carpenter, who served a special role in the lives of both President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird. Thibodeaux, who has a master’s degree in public history from Texas State University, conducted the majority of the interviews in face-to-face. A select few were telephone interviews. A special exhibit developed from the oral histories and photographs collected by Thibodeaux will open at the LBJ Museum of San Marcos on 2 p.m. Aug. 24. The collaborative exhibit will remain up for most of the upcoming academic year.