Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday)

Duration: (min: sec):

02:31

Number of Pages:

2

Description:

Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; Lady Bird goes to Spanish class; meeting with Max Brooks; work on speeches for upcoming Appalachia trip; fitting for clothes; Lady Bird & LBJ go down the elevator to his press conference ; LBJ's decision to run in 1968; post-mortem discussion; Lady Bird has clothes fittings & desk work; LBJ gives prepared speech at dinner for Democratic National Committee and then goes "off-the-cuff"; that morning, LBJ meets with Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Henry Fowler & John McCloy, before presenting Congressional Medal of Honor to African-American soldier; houseguests; Lew Wasserman gives painting for White House

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Mrs. Johnson's secretarial staff

Collection:

Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary

Collection Description:

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Series:

Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary; Annotated Transcripts of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary

Location Details:

White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Lady Bird Johnson personal; Lady Bird Johnson travel; Lady Bird Johnson speeches and statements; Humor and mimicry; Press relations; Economics; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.

Rights:

Public domain