Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1968 (Friday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1968 (Friday)

Duration: (min: sec):

10:54

Number of Pages:

7

Description:

LBJ & Lady Bird swim; Marie Fehmer learns to swim; Lady Bird has hair styled; Hubert & Muriel Humphrey, Mathilde Krim are guests; Lady Bird asks Humphrey to keep Blanco, the dog, at the White House when he's President; LBJ meets Secretary Robert Weaver; Lady Bird meets Senator James Eastland's plane & they tour the LBJ Ranch; small unit housing project; LBJ Park meeting; renovations to the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ, Lady Bird & Senator Eastland tour ranches; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; dinner

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:

LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas

Subject:

Lady Bird Johnson personal; LBJ personal; Elections; National politics; Health policy; Press relations; Congressional relations; Meetings; Johnson family travel; South Asia; Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences; Housing; Natural resources and national parks; Judiciary; Appointments and nominations

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