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Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 11/8/1934
LBJ discusses the phone call from Lady Bird when she expressed her reticence to marry so soon. He closes with "I love you" and "thanks for the telephone call." He encloses a letter from his mother in which she offers advice about his career and…
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 11/9/1934
LBJ writes from the Nueces Hotel in Corpus Christi and discusses his upcoming schedule, plans for Thanksgiving and their trip to Mexico [for their honeymoon?]. He writes "the invitations should be ready by next week" and asks if Lady Bird has…
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/15/1934
LBJ writes that he fears that a lack of letters from Lady Bird shows her indifference toward him; he stresses that he needs to know how she feels. He asks her to send a letter a day to "drive some of the loneliness away."
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/18/1934
LBJ expresses disappointment he has not received Lady Bird's second letter. He describes his work and arranging jobs for Nettie Lee Kellam and Dan Quill's sister. He talks about starting law school, going to the circus, and going to a Negro church.…
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/23/1934
LBJ says he looks forward to Lady Bird's letters but wishes she would tell him how she feels. He says he has been very busy with law school, office work, and looking for an apartment. He discusses future job prospects, a possible trip to Texas for…
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/25/1934
LBJ expresses disappointment he has not gotten letters from Lady Bird for three days; he encloses a letter from his mother and asks her to destroy it.
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/26/1934
LBJ writes that he has received two letters from Lady Bird and is happy. He describes friends, help he gave to the Customs Collector in Piedras Negras, a discussion about the Texas Club, and problems experienced by cotton farmers in storm-damaged…
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/27/1934
LBJ says he has not received a letter from Lady Bird for two days. He describes letters he has received from his mother and Welly [Hopkins], says he is sending her NBC Music Appreciation Hour pamphlets, and tells Lady Bird he loves her. He says if…
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/29/1934
LBJ tells Lady Bird he received letters from her and Gene [Boehringer]; Gene expressed approval of LBJ's relationship with Lady Bird. LBJ mentions his long conversation with Helen Crouch and plans to have dinner with Bill and Irene White. LBJ…
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/30/1934
LBJ tells Lady Bird about Marvin Jones' speech regarding the farm program and the Bankhead Bill. He discusses their phone call earlier that day, writes about his feelings for her, and says she has made a great difference in him.
Pamphlets, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/23/1934
LBJ sends Lady Bird pamphlets about motor trips they can take, the Franciscan Monastery, and the Dodge Hotel. He has annotated each one.
Postcard, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 10/24/1934
LBJ sends Lady Bird a picture postcard of the Lincoln Memorial with a note saying he is glad she took a day off and went to Dallas. He comments that he has had a very pleasant and useful week and that the President may call Congress back in…
Postcard, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/22/1934
LBJ sends Lady Bird a picture postcard of Dodge Hotel and says he hopes the garden is not closed when she comes to visit him.
Postcard, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 10/15/1934
LBJ apparently forwards a postcard to Lady Bird that he received from Gene Boehringer. Gene writes about the "Zephyr" train she is riding to Dallas and wishes LBJ could be in Dallas with Lady Bird and all their friends.
Telegram, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/14/1934
LBJ wires that he arrived in Washington and will telephone Sunday night. He is protesting to the Post Office on delay of letters from Karnack.
Telegram, Lady Bird Taylor to Lyndon Johnson, 11/7/1934?
In a telegram sent from Tyler, Texas, Lady Bird tells LBJ that she had a hectic day and is taking the 5:00 bus home.
Note, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/23/1934?
LBJ writes his tentative itinerary on an American Airlines schedule. He may have enclosed the schedule with his letter written on September 23 or a later letter. The schedule appears to have been tri-folded and mailed with a letter sent in a…
Telegram, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/28/1934
LBJ wires Lady Bird that he will call her on Sunday evening.
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Lady Bird Johnson's paternal grandmother; Mrs. Johnson's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor, Jr., and his childhood; Mr. Taylor's move from Alabama to Texas and setting up his business; the Pattillo family and Mrs. Johnson's parents' marriage; Mrs.…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 2 (II), 8/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Lady Bird Johnson's early education at the Fern School; childhood friends; Mrs. Johnson's relationship with Dorris Powell and her mother, Mrs. Odom; Minnie Lee Pattillo's mental health; attending African-American churches as a child; Mrs. Johnson's…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 3 (III), 8/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Lady Bird Johnson's social life in Marshall and Jefferson, Texas; Jay Gould's efforts to bring the railroad through Jefferson and Marshall; Mrs. Johnson's experience riding a bicycle; writing articles for the Marshall Parrot; the African-American…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Lady Bird Johnson's June 1934 trip to New York City with Cecille Harrison; receiving LBJ's name and contact information from Gene Boehringer; touring New York City; traveling from New York City to Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Johnson's impressions of…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 5 (V), 4/1/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
The Johnson family's home in San Marcos; what Lady Bird Johnson thought of LBJ's early career prospects; LBJ's response to a job offer from Charles Marsh; LBJ's ability to remember names; Mrs. Johnson's reluctance to marry LBJ; the weeks leading up…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Activities and volunteer work in the spring of 1953; dinner parties and socializing with Washington, D.C. friends; a party the Johnsons threw at the Carlton Hotel; Mamie Eisenhower; LBJ's political career in 1953; the early stages of public…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette
Social events of the 1950s; Senator Theodore Francis Green; Sam Rayburn; Senator Walter George; Herbert Hoover; Lady Bird Johnson's miscarriages in 1954; the political situation in Vietnam in 1954; the Texas governor's race between Allan Shivers and…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 44 (XLIV), 1/26/1996, by Harry Middleton
Lady Bird Johnson's father's decline in health and death; story of Lady Bird Johnson's mother building up Mr. Taylor's health and physique early in their marriage; Mrs. Johnson's role in the 1960 presidential campaign; public speaking; Mrs. Johnson's…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 11 (XI), Jan. 27-28, 1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Questions in 1940 about whether Franklin Roosevelt would run for a third presidential term; the Marshall Ford Dam; social activities in Washington, D.C. in 1940; the death of LBJ's uncle, George Desha Johnson; Rebekah Johnson's 1940 visit to…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 18 (XVIII), 9/26/1980-9/27/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
The back porch and yard of the Johnsons' Washington, D.C. home in 1943; Aunt Effie Pattillo's visits to Washington, D.C., her personality and her friendship with LBJ's mother, Rebekah Johnson; Jesse Kellam joining the navy; the end of the National…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Activities during the summer of 1947 leading up to Luci Johnson's birth; riding on the Sequoia with Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and friends; LBJ's interest in national defense and U.S. relations with the Soviet Union; Luci's birth; the…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton
LBJ's January 1956 return to Congress following his heart attack; Jesse Kellam; the Johnsons' interest in sports; KTBC's success; criticism of LBJ; President Eisenhower's February 1956 announcement that he would run for re-election; the table Frank…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton
The prospect in 1955 of LBJ being a candidate for the presidency; Amon Carter and LBJ's relationship with Carter; John Henry Faulk; LBJ's 1955 heart attack; humorous story regarding suits a tailor was making for LBJ at the time of his heart attack;…
