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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/3/1963 (Tuesday)

Friends and volunteers help in White House living quarters; Lady Bird meets with Clark Clifford and others about the White House Fine Arts Committee; preservation of the White House and the Capitol; Jacqueline Kennedy's recommendation to discontinue…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/8/1963 (Sunday)

Johnsons awake early, go for walk, and attend service at St. John's Church; Luci's fireplace mishap; description of Luci at the White House; Lady Bird and LBJ go to New York for funeral of Senator Herbert Lehman; in 1955, Lehman asked Senate to stand…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/9/1963 (Monday)

Mary Lasker spends night in Queen's Room; decorating the family quarters; Lasker speaks with LBJ about Doctors' Conference; Lady Bird lunches with Tish Baldridge, Bess Abell, Liz Carpenter, and Ashton Gonella to plan upcoming state dinners for Queen…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/10/1963 (Tuesday)

Friends help Lady Bird decorate family quarters with books and Dorothy Doughty birds; Lady Bird puts out photos of JFK with Caroline, the Taylors and Johnsons; Lady Bird has business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter Jenkins where they discuss…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/11/1963 (Wednesday)

Decorating Luci's and Lynda's rooms; hours of desk work; Lady Bird goes to District of Columbia General Hospital to visit Children's Ward; newswomen at the hospital; rehabilitation center; cocktail hour for staff and spouses in Yellow Room; LBJ's…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/14/1963 (Saturday)

Sale of The Elms; Luci and her friends at the White House; LBJ invites A.W. Moursunds and Jesse Kellams to White House; dinner with friends from Congress and their wives; dinner conversation about the Dominican Republic, Thomas Mann's appointment (as…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/18/1963 (Wednesday)

Sculptor Gilroy Roberts brings the model of LBJ's head for the Presidential Medal; Lady Bird visits Caroline Kennedy's school on third floor of the White House; Lady Bird remembers her mother's death when she was five; Lady Bird spends the afternoon…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/19/1963 (Thursday)

Lady Bird's appointment with Ruth Montgomery who is writing book on Lady Bird; Lady Bird does desk work; the Johnsons have dinner with publishers, newspaper people, and others; Lady Bird comments that her vitality is low

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/20/1963 (Friday)

Moving out of The Elms; Lady Bird finds Girl Scout blouse belonging to Luci or Lynda; USIS film, "Mr. President;" office work; swim in pool; wall paintings by swimming pool; Lady Bird has dinner with Jack and Mary Margaret Valenti; Lady Bird fixes…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/21/1963 (Saturday)

Decorating the White House living quarters; family photographs taken; no adjournment for Congress; commiserating with LBJ about legislative matters; Bill Whites invited for swim and dinner; view film, "Mr. President," again

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/24/1963 (Tuesday)

Foreign Aid Bill passes; to Philadelphia for funeral of Pennsylvania Congressman William J. Green, Jr.; to Austin to Governor's Mansion to see Connally family; to A.W. Moursund's and the LBJ Ranch; renovations to ranch; visit from relatives; changes…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/25/1963 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird delivers poinsettias; Johnson family Christmas; Christmas family photographs; tour of LBJ Ranch house for press; opening gifts; personal remarks about young family members

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/26/1963 (Thursday)

Preparations for German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's upcoming visit to the LBJ Ranch and BBQ in Fredericksburg; Lady Bird tries on clothes for upcoming events

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/27/1963 (Friday)

Arrival of Administration and Cabinet officials to ranch for briefings and meetings; Lady Bird gets ready for press; press tours by Dale Malechek, Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson; Johnson family and LBJ Ranch history; Walter Jetton barbecue; press…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/28/1963 (Saturday)

Meeting Chancellor Erhard and party at Bergstrom AFB in Austin; Meetings and dinner at the LBJ Ranch; Exchange of Heads-of-State gifts; entertainment by Linda Loftis; poetry by German immigrant girl from the 1840s

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/29/1963 (Sunday)

Touring with Chancellor Erhard in Fredericksburg, TX; church services at the Lutheran Church; Pen's choir performed; meetings at the LBJ Ranch; Lynda and Luci Johnson acted as hostesses in Fredericksburg; private plane accident on runway at the LBJ…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/30/1963 (Monday)

LBJ meets with Joint Chiefs of Staff; funeral in Austin for Mrs. Tom Miller; LBJ views stag film; dedication of Congregation Agudas Achim Synagogue in Austin; Jim Novy speaks of LBJ helping Jews during WWII; LBJ's speech; individual Jewish…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/5/1964 (Sunday)

Church services at St. Barnabas with Mr. & Mrs. Scotty Reston, Lynda and Gerri Whittington; to Johnson City with stories of LBJ's grandparents and Indians; to Austin to see Gov. & Mrs. Connally; to Sen. Ralph Yarborough's for New Year's; flight to…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/6/1964 (Monday)

Relatives sightseeing in Washington; Lady Bird performs office work; Lady Bird has permanent by hairstylist, Mr. Per; meeting with Abe Fortas about house and art; White House staff reception; description of longtime staff members; Christmas tree…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/8/1964 (Wednesday)

State of the Union Speech; Fishbait Miller; Press Corps; Lady Bird's meeting about her upcoming trip to Pennsylvania

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/9/1964 (Thursday)

NBC interview with Nancy Hanschman; Lady Bird's reads and edits Ruth Montgomery's biography on Lady Bird; reception for Blair House Fine Arts Committee with Robin Duke; needlepoint cushion tops by Lady Bird and ladies of the Cabinet

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1964 (Friday)

Examining samples for family quarters; tea for ladies of the press; Lady Bird mentions many press women; Esther Peterson, Assistant to the President for Consumer Problems; tour of the WH; history of WH rooms; Eleanor Roosevelt; Nan Robertson's news…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/11/1964 (Saturday)

Poverty trip to Wilkes-Barre & Scranton, PA; Mrs. William Scranton; visit to Goldsmith Mill and Wyoming Valley Technical Institute; lunch at Wilkes College; Artist George Catlin's painting of Native-Americans; Lady Bird's talk with students;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/12/1964 (Sunday)

At Camp David; LBJ to Episcopal Church service; Sen. Dick Russell stories about Robert E. Lee and Civil War; Lynda Johnson's knowledge of Civil War; Lady Bird reads news articles; bowling with Secretary McNamara; return to WH; Lady Bird intimidated…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/13/1964 (Monday)

Snow in Washington; reading and editing Ruth Montgomery's book; decorating Lynda's and Luci's rooms; meeting with Dick Adler about entertainment for Italian state dinner; briefing by Frank Meloy on Italy; LBJ's late for dinner because of Cabinet Room…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/14/1964 (Tuesday)

Head of State visit of President and Signora Segni of Italy; Entertainment by Christy Minstrels and Robert Merrill; descript of Lady Bird's gown; exchange of heads of state gifts; music from Lady Bird's childhood

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/15/1964 (Wednesday)

Meeting with J.B. Usher about late meals; Chefs Rene and Ferdinand; Lunch at Italian Embassy; Exchange of State gifts; Description of food and Embassy; Louis XIV and Napoleon; Change in Roman Catholic Church; Italian Government; Inter-Parliamentary…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/16/1964 (Thursday)

Lady Bird performs doctor-recommended exercises; luncheon for women; Helen Hayes; Luci Johnson, National Cathedral School and eye problems; dinner for Senate Committee heads and leadership; briefing for men and tour of WH for women; Margaret Chase…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1964 (Friday)

Meeting with Clark Clifford about Fine Arts Committee; possibility of permanent Curator; Committee on the Preservation of the White House; interview with "Look" magazine; tea with Governor and Mrs. Breathit of Kentucky; Luci Johnson; dinner with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/18/1964 (Saturday)

Lady Bird meets with Abe Fortas about art; to National Geographic Society dedication and LBJ's speech; story about Rebekah Johnson; Scandinavian trip in Fall 1963; Sen. Harry Byrd & explorer brother, Richard; to Camp David with Bill White, Jack…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1964 (Sunday)

To Methodist Church in Thurmont; Helen Thomas; Bowling and lunch; Discussions on various topics; Helicopter back to WH; Dinner with the Bill Moyers, the Walter Jenkins and Carl Rowan; Possible appointment of Rowan to USIS

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1964 (Monday)

Touring Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Lady Bird's description of several paintings considered for loan to White House; to Whitney Museum to view additional paintings; lunch at Mary Lasker's house; to theater to see Arthur Miller's "After…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/21/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird tries on clothes to purchase; lunch with Robin Duke; dinner at the Canadian Embassy; story by Prime Minister Pearson; gift of maple leaf pin for Lady Bird and Canadian Royal Mounted Police saddle for LBJ; U.S. relations with Canada

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/22/1964 (Wednesday)

Planning luncheons for Canadian Prime Minister and Mrs. Pearson; description of Mrs. Pearson and mention of the various guests; signing of the Campobello Treaty; James Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth; Luci Johnson's trip to Wisconsin and…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/23/1964 (Thursday)

Busy day for Lady Bird; recent newspaper stories; discussions about art and the Pearson luncheon; meeting about Lady Bird's future schedule; Lady Bird's wish to visit the South; Lady Bird with LBJ at Sulgrave Club event honoring Liz Carpenter and…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/24/1964 (Friday)

Meeting on Arts project; Executive Order establishing Society for Preservation of the White House and permanent curator; possible members of Society; Jacqueline Kennedy; Fine Arts Committee and the Painting Committee; swim and trip to Mr. Per's;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/25/1964 (Saturday)

Wedding of Barbara Boggs; reception at Hale and Lindy Boggs' home; Lady Bird's talk with one of the bridesmaids about Catholic missions; Barbara Boggs' students; back to the White House to view movie, "Shane," with Lynda Johnson; watched "Gunsmoke;"…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/26/1964 (Sunday)

Red Mass at St. Mathews Church; nap and talk with Lynda Johnson; Lynda and Secret Service agent walk to Drug Fair for sundae and soda; dinner with Les and Liz Carpenter, and Jake Pickle; phone call from Robert McNamara about Cyprus; phone calls with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/27/1964 (Monday)

Visit of Queen Frederika of Greece; Queen's talk with LBJ about Cyprus; description of guests; story about Lady Bird to be written by Mrs. Charles Lindbergh; John Gavatos of Corpus Christi; Lynda Johnson's first State occasion; Entertainment by Lois…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/29/1964 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird's desk work with Liz Carpenter; interview with Marie Smith for biography of Lady Bird Johnson; meeting with dressmaker; Robin Duke; meeting Lynda Johnson's guests; swim; dinner with LBJ and "Jack"

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