Telephone conversation # 12853, sound recording, LBJ and ABIGAIL MCCARTHY, 3/31/1968, 10:11PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12853, sound recording, LBJ and ABIGAIL MCCARTHY, 3/31/1968, 10:11PM

Duration: (min: sec):

4:15

Reference No.:

12853

Description:

MRS. MCCARTHY TELLS LBJ SHE IS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION FOLLOWING LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ THANKS HER, SAYS HE WILL WORK FOR PEACE; MRS. MCCARTHY REMINISCES WITH MRS. JOHNSON; MRS. JOHNSON REVIEWS LBJ'S DECISION, MENTIONS THEIR SONS-IN-LAW'S SERVICE IN VIETNAM

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McCarthy, Abigail Q. (Abigail Quigley); Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

ABIGAIL MCCARTHY

Other Speaker(s):

LADY BIRD JOHNSON

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

Condolences and greetings; Defense; Diplomacy; Elections; First Lady; Johnson family; LBJ personal; National politics; Presidency; LBJ speeches and statements; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "TRANSCRIBED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND; MCCARTHY IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ; LBJ PUTS MCCARTHY ON HOLD BRIEFLY; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE BELT DUE TO POOR SOUND; SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-12853

Date:

1968-03-31

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.

Citation

Telephone conversation # 12853, sound recording, LBJ and ABIGAIL MCCARTHY, 3/31/1968, 10:11PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 16, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12853