Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday)
Duration: (min: sec):
23:52
Number of Pages:
15
Description:
Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry on beach; Lady Bird changes into comfortable clothes for the beach; back to Corpus Christi hotel; rest; hair styled; rioting & looters in Washington, D.C.; LBJ & Lady Bird discuss postponing upcoming dinner; Lady Bird dines on a showboat
Contributor:
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Mrs. Johnson's secretarial staff
Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary; Annotated Transcripts of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
Location Details:
LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas; Padre Island, Texas
Subject:
Johnson family; Vietnam; Press relations; Welfare and War on Poverty; Ceremonies; Lady Bird Johnson speeches and statements; Texas politics; Assassinations; Congressional relations; Natural resources and national parks; Beautification; Discover America; Western Europe; Civil disorders; Social events
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
Archivist's Technical Note:
00:00-00:37, very poor sound quality; 20:39, sound suddenly becomes very loud; there are several misspelled names, missing words, and wrong words in the transcript; compare audio to transcript
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday),
Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary Collection,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed April 26, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19680408