The LBJ Presidential Library's director, Mark Updegrove, helps us examine how Johnson worked his will--at times darkly--to get some of the most transformative legislation of the 20th century through Congress.

Lyndon B. Johnson: Power

Architect Gordon Bunshaft's plans for the LBJ Library did not originally include an Oval Office replica. On Oct. 10, 1968, President Johnson called Bunshaft and asked him to add an Oval Office after hearing the Oval Office replica at the Truman Library was popular with visitors.

This clip is an excerpt from the full telephone conversation.

[LBJ Library telephone conversation, 13533.]

Source: https://discoverlbj.org/item/tel-13533

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President Johnson asks Architect Gordon Bunshaft to Add Oval Office to LBJ Library Plans

The LBJ Presidential Library is one of 14 presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Situated on a 30-acre site on The University of Texas at Austin campus, we house 45 million pages of historical documents, 650,000 photos, 5,000 hours of recordings, and more than 54,000 artifacts from the political career of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson.

In addition to serving as an archive of Johnson’s career, the library hosts exhibitions, educational programming, and events throughout the year.

President Johnson asks Architect Gordon Bunshaft to Add Oval Office to LBJ Library Plans

LBJ Presidential Library

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