Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/5/1968 (Tuesday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/5/1968 (Tuesday)

Duration: (min: sec):

06:17

Number of Pages:

6

Description:

LBJ has fitful night's sleep; LBJ weighs 199.5 lbs.; Lady Bird swims and goes to hair salon; working lunch about upcoming speech; Lady Bird sits for portrait with Madame Shoumatoff; visit with White House curator, Jim Ketchum, about Walt Kuhn painting; Bess Truman portrait; office work; Lynda & Chuck Robb's party; Johnson family have dinner; victory on Civil Rights Act of 1968/Fair Housing Act

Contributor:

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

Collection:

Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

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

Location Details:

White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

LBJ health; Lady Bird Johnson personal; Lady Bird Johnson speeches and statements; Beautification; Arts; USSR and Eastern Europe; Johnson family; Civil rights; Congressional relations; Legislation; Housing; 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

Specific Item Type:

Personal diary

Type:

Text; Audio

Format:

Audio tape; Paper

Physical Item ID #:

D-69

Identifier:

ctjd-19680305

Date:

1968-03-05

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/5/1968 (Tuesday), Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary Collection, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19680305