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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/30/1964 (Thursday)

Visit with Alice Roosevelt Longworth who reminisces about days in WH; Senate dinner and briefing with tour for Senate wives; description of individuals in receiving line; funny incident with Mrs. Gaylor Nelson; toasts for Ken Keating and Mike…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/31/1964 (Friday)

Meeting Timothy Carroll, poster child for National Hemophilia Foundation; meeting Dr. Daniel McKay, President of the Mormon Church; meeting 100 high school students under U.S. Senate program; Lady Bird's feeling of kinship with the South; dinner with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/1/1964 (Saturday)

Lady Bird feels ill and tired; Marta Miller's wedding; coffee at WH for wedding party; swimming and dinner with the Price Daniels, the Horace Busbys and the Walter Jenkins; appraisal of Price Daniel; Lynda Johnson cartoon; A. W. Moursund and Johnson…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/2/1964 (Sunday)

Good night's sleep; to National City Christian Church with LBJ; lunch with the Valentis and A.W. Moursund; nap and read Sunday papers; Lynda Johnson & Warrie Lynn bowling in E.O.B; swim and watch TV with guests; Lady Bird's appraisal of Charles…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/3/1964 (Monday)

Lynda Johnson starts semester at George Washington University; Lynda's first interview with Dorothy McCardle; meeting group of college editors; Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain performance interrupted by LBJ; meeting with Liz Carpenter & Dick Nelson about…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/4/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird meets with Jim Ketchum; office work with Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell; reception for House members; briefing for House members and tour for wives; Luci in bed with flu; stag dinner to discuss foreign affairs; Lady Bird exercises; news…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/5/1964 (Wednesday)

Congressional Wives Prayer Breakfast; Rev. and Mrs. Billy Graham; Lady Bird's prayer greeting; meeting with Bess Abell, Liz Carpenter, and their staffs about correspondence procedures; tea with Mrs. Carl Sanders and Mrs. Farris Bryant; office work;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1964 (Thursday)

Lady Bird's clothing and shopping for shoes; call to Jacqueline Kennedy, who has a little girl with chicken pox; call to Nellie Connally and Lady Bird's concern for politics in Texas; call to Mary Lasker about art; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Babe…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/7/1964 (Friday)

Death of Mrs. Jesse "Louise" Kellam; making arrangements to fly to LBJ Ranch for funeral

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1964 (Saturday)

Lady Bird takes food to Jesse Kellam's home in Austin; Lady Bird has Jesse Kellam to ranch for the evening; drive to see land that is for sale; LBJ has meeting with McGeorge Bundy and Walter Jenkins; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke"

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/9/1964 (Sunday)

Lady Bird is ill; LBJ to church at St. Barnabas; LBJ and Lady Bird to funeral and burial service for Louise Kellam; Lady Bird sleeps on plane to Washington

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/10/1964 (Monday)

Lady Bird is ill; Lynda and Luci Johnson, with Warrie Lynn Smith, fill in at social events at the White House; Peter Benchley presents "Jonathan Visits the White House, accompanied by Jonathan and 30 other children; cute stories about children;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/11/1964 (Tuesday)

Diplomatic reception at the White House; Lady Bird mentions the many diplomats and Cabinet officials attending the reception; Lady Bird also mentions the dancing and dinner buffet

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/13/1964 (Thursday)

the "Day of the British": LBJ to Stag luncheon and Lady Bird to tea at British Embassy; Lady Ormsby-Gore photo with the Beatles; Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and Dunbarton Oaks; State dinner for British; humorous story about Lady Bird's hairpiece;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/14/1964 (Friday)

Valentine gifts; D.C. League of Women Voters fundraiser; Heart luncheon; "Americans-At-Home" Program; visit by the John Steinbecks, and their story of visiting Russia; office work; LBJ to St. Louis for its Bicentennial; visit with Mary Lasker about…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/15/1964 (Saturday)

Lady Bird and Mary Lasker to Smithsonian to choose artwork for the White House; Lady Bird makes appointment for visit to National Gallery; Society for Preservation of the White House; dinner for the McGeorge Bundys, Jack Valenti, Ted Sorenson and…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/16/1964 (Sunday)

Luci and Lynda Johnson on trips; Lady Bird and LBJ to church services; Lady Bird on Luci and Lynda Johnson; Robert, Marge and Craig McNamara to White House for swim; drama critic Richard Cole; Robert McNamara's plan to help those unfit for military;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/21/1964 (Friday)

LBJ and Lady Bird stay at Taubman home in Palm Springs, CA; meeting with Mexican President Lopez Mateos; Charter Day exercises at UCLA with speeches by LBJ and Mateos; luncheon for women given by Governor's wife, Mrs. Pat Brown; visit to Abraham…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/23/1964 (Sunday)

LBJ and Lady Bird to St. Paul's in the Desert church; lunch at Taubman home with friends; visit with the Taubmans; Air Force One to Washington; Lady Bird on Virginia Rusk;; greeted on White House lawn by beagles, Him and Her; greeted in White House…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/24/1964 (Monday)

Lady Bird desk work at the White House; decorating Luci's and Lynda's rooms; meeting with Lillian Levy and Liz Carpenter about proposed visit to space facilities; LBJ's early involvement in space; women on payroll at NASA facilities; civil rights;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/25/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/26/1964 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird's trip to New York for clothes fitting; lunch with Billie and Wendy; Tax Bill passed and signing ceremony; LBJ's speech and praise for Sen. Byrd; LBJ & Lady Bird to Mrs. Kennedy's house to present 4 signing pens; presentation of tray by…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/27/1964 (Thursday)

LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda & Luci to Paltka, FL, for Intercoastal Canal ceremonies, flipping switch for initial excavation, and presentation of ceramic bull; to Palm Beach to visit Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy; to reception for President's Club;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/28/1964 (Friday)

Return home from Florida; Visit to and meeting with Mrs. Kennedy about Society for the Preservation of the White House and its members; Mrs. Kennedy agrees to be public member; Fine Arts Committee; gift of four JFK minted coins; office work; John &…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/29/1964 (Saturday)

Visits by Darrel Royal, University of Texas football coach, and the Houston Symphony; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; LBJ's first press conference; luncheon with Miss Ima Hogg and others; visit with friends, Ann Clark and Mrs. Herring; stories about…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/1/1964 (Sunday)

LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; Texas State Society brunch honoring Darrell Royal; Lady Bird rests and works; Texas guests to the White House; dinner at Pierre and Nancy Salinger's home

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/2/1964 (Monday)

Project Art; written response to questions from Jack Anderson about teenagers; sale description for house at 4040 Fifty-Second St.; lunch with Abe Fortas; teas with Mrs. Harold Wilson and son from U.K.; LBJ meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird has coffee with Kate Louchheim about Ladies Home Journal article; joined by Doris O'Donnell; Lady Bird poses for Vogue magazine photos; fourth Congressional reception; Lynda Johnson as Azalea Festival queen; Luci or Lynda Johnson as queen…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/4/1964 (Wednesday)

Meeting with Sen. Richard Russell about Lady Bird's visits to space installations; suggested visit to Emory University research center for control of communicable diseases; Lady Bird photos with Muscular Dystrophy poster children; Lady Bird to…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/5/1964 (Thursday)

LBJ to New York for Mrs. Robert Wagner's funeral; Lady Bird meets with Jim Webb about trip to space installations; lunch meeting with Mr. Ketchum; Look magazine photo session for Lynda and Luci; fifth congressional reception; Johnson family vacation;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/6/1964 (Friday)

Lady Bird meets with newspaper woman, Maxine Cheshire; office work; planning with Luci Johnson for clothes for Apple Blossom Festival; visit by Dr. and Mrs. Bronfenbrenner to show slides of Russian schools; LBJ & Lady Bird meet Mexican…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/7/1964 (Saturday)

Meeting to discuss upcoming speeches; Lady Bird's space trip to Huntsville, AL; office work; LBJ's press conference in East Room, with critique by Lady Bird; press conference questions; Eisenhower comment about press conferences; family dinner with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/8/1964 (Sunday)

LBJ, Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson to Christian Church; Lady Bird bowls with Lynda Johnson and Warrie Lynn Smith at the Executive Office Building; family dinner with Warrie Lynn, Jesse Kellam, the Bill Moyers and the Bill Whites; Lady Bird's thoughts…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1964 (Monday)

Lady Bird meets with Bess Abell, Liz Carpenter & Angier Biddle Duke about upcoming state visits and entertainment; meeting with Mr. Boudin and Mr. West about drapes for East Room; The Elms; concert by Charlie Byrd for children of Congressional…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/11/1964 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird arrives in Athens for funeral of King Paul of Greece; welcoming ceremonies; Lady Bird lunches at restaurant along Aegean Sea; background briefing on Greek government; Georgios Papandreou and son; visit to Byzantine Monastery; drive by…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/13/1964 (Friday)

Lady Bird tour of Agora; to American Embassy in Athens to meet and speak to the staff; Cyprus situation; Lady Bird met at airport by American schoolchildren; to Shannon, Ireland, airport where Lady Bird meets first female mayor of Limerick; Lady Bird…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1964 (Saturday)

LBJ's network television interview about "the first hundred days" with Eric Sevariad, Douglas Brinkley and William Lawrence; Luci Johnson returns from New York shopping trip; Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson, Warrie Lynn Smith & Jesse Kellam watch "The…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/15/1964 (Sunday)

Lady Bird bowls at the EOB with LBJ and Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird watches the LBJ television interview from the day before

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/16/1964 (Monday)

Lady Bird meets with Bela Kornitzer for article on LBJ's father, Sam Houston; Lady Bird meets with Oliver Jensen and Eric Goldman for article on the grandfathers of candidates; Lady Bird uses Rebekah Johnson's scrapbooks and personal anecdotes;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/17/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird meets with Sen. John Sparkman and Liz Carpenter about Lady Bird's trip to NASA in Huntsville, Alabama; tea with Clifford & Virginia Durr and daughter, Ann Lyon, Helen Fuller of "New Republic," and Anita Williams; LBJ to New York to address…

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