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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/9/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird gives commencement address at Radcliffe College; discussion with Mrs. Carl Gilbert; luncheon at Radcliffe President's home; Helen Keller; tour of Kennedy Library site; back to DC; State dinner for Jens Otto Krag, Prime Minister of Denmark;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/10/1964 (Wednesday)

Presidential Scholars reception; Lady Bird mentions special guests; Lynda Johnson serves as hostess on White House lawn; LBJ attends briefing on Southeast Asia; LBJ & Bobby Kennedy meet Presidential Scholars; Lady Bird & LBJ have dinner and lay on…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/11/1964 (Thursday)

Lady Bird's speech for Golden Slipper Square Club in Philadelphia; Lady Bird mentions charitable work of club; presentation of award; three-hour drive back to Washington; LBJ's decision to run for Presidency; Civil Rights Bill and its repercussions

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/12/1964 (Friday)

Lady Bird works at office; to State Department for Conference of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women; friends for tea at White House; State dinner for German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard; Lady Bird mentions several guests at dinner;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/13/1964 (Saturday)

Lady Bird cleans out clothes closet; Lady Bird drives with friends through Virginia countryside; dinner with friends at White House; walk on White House grounds; Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; Movies - "Mr. President" and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown";…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/14/1964 (Sunday)

Flag Day; Lynda Johnson lays wreath at Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor and National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; press coverage of Lynda Johnson's trip and speech; LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; interstate highway system and…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/15/1964 (Monday)

Office work, dress fitting and shopping; Lady Bird's interview with Author William Manchester about JFK Assassination; painting for White House; 1964 Election; relations of Turkey and Greece; walk on White House grounds; LBJ and Joseph Alsop on…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/16/1964 (Tuesday)

Women Doers Luncheon with speaker, Jane Jacobs; funny story about Mrs. Charles Marsh; LBJ makes brief appearance; office work; Dorris Powell tells stories about Lady Bird's mother; LBJ & Lady Bird to dinner in New York honoring Jacqueline Kennedy;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1964 (Wednesday)

White House tour for "Life" photographers; visit from Helen Adams McBerney; office work; phone conversation with Lynda Johnson in Hawaii; Lady Bird to doctor for physical; LBJ back from speech in Cleveland; talk with Luci Johnson; LBJ conference with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/18/1964 (Thursday)

Office work and planning for upcoming appearances; Lady Bird meets with John Walker of National Gallery of Art; commission for LBJ portrait; Lady Bird walks White House grounds with dogs and Dr. Jim Cain; discussion about LBJ's decision on running…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/19/1964 (Friday)

LBJ to California; Lady Bird's television taping for Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation; visits by family friends; shopping; dinner with Luci Johnson, Dr. Jim Cain & Jack Valenti; to Olney Theatre for play; airplane crash of Sen. Edward Kennedy;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/20/1964 (Saturday)

Senator Edward Kennedy's plane crash; Lady Bird calls Rose Kennedy, Birch Bayhs and Mrs. Edward Kennedy; telephone conversation with Lynda Johnson about security problem on her flight; office work; Lady Bird reads; walk around White House with family…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/21/1964 (Sunday)

Lady Bird has time with Luci; LBJ returns from California; resignation of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; walk with dogs and guests on White House lawn; William White's book on LBJ; assessment of McGeorge Bundy; newspaper headlines about Barry…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/22/1964 (Monday)

State visit of Prime Minister and Mrs. Inonu, Turkey; Lady Bird's visit to Turkey; lunch on "Sequoia"; Lady Bird mentions guests for luncheon; Lady Bird meets group from Missouri and is presented a Wedgewood plate to commemorate 200th anniversary of…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/23/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird works on Detroit speech; visit by Kitty Clyde Leonard's children and the Charles Nashes; reception for Juvenile Court Judges; Lady Bird practices her speech; walk on White House lawn; Johnson family whereabouts; backlog of legislation;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/24/1964 (Wednesday)

Visit of Greek Prime Minister Papandreau; relations of Turkey and Greece; Lady Bird to National Geographic Building to inaugurate picture phone service; Dr. Elizabeth Wood; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird to Detroit for speech for 50th Annual…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/25/1964 (Thursday)

Lady Bird to Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City, MI; Lady Bird provides history of Mackinac Island and the Grand Hotel; reception at Grand Hotel for Michigan Bankers Association; dinner at Nancy Williams' home; Lady Bird mentions several guests; LBJ's…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/26/1964 (Friday)

Tour of Mackinac Island; Lady Bird describes native flora and fauna; the MRA (Moral Re-Armament) Complex; Lady Bird relates more history of Mackinac Island and the Grand Hotel; LBJ & Lady Bird to Detroit for President's Club reception and a…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/27/1964 (Saturday)

Lynda Johnson christens Navy transport, "Austin"; LBJ & Lady Bird to St. Paul, MN, for Democratic Farm Labor Convention; Hubert Humphrey's son, Robert; LBJ gives speech; President's Club reception in Minneapolis; Fundraiser dinner with remarks by LBJ…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/28/1964 (Sunday)

LBJ & Lady Bird to Mount Olivet Lutheran Church; to Minnehaha Park for Svenskamas Dag Observance; Lady Bird describes festivities; LBJ's cold/illness; remarks by LBJ & Lady Bird; back to Washington; draft manuscript by Lady Jackson (Barbara Ward) on…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/29/1964 (Monday)

Lady Bird to State Department for remarks to national People-to-People conference; Bashir Ahmed; establishment of annual scholarship to honor Lady Bird; swearing-in ceremony for Dr. Mary Bunting to Atomic Energy Commission; LBJ's speech; Lady Bird…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/30/1964 (Tuesday)

Visit of President & Mrs. Francisco Orlich, Costa Rica; meeting about T. J. Taylor estate; office work; State Dinner for President Orlich; exchange of gifts and Lynda Johnson; after dinner entertainment; Lady Bird mentions several guests including…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1964 (Wednesday)

Visit with Mary Rather; visit with Donald and Jane Thomas; Lady Bird's photograph made for Salvation Army Benefit Fashion show; office work; shopping for Luci Johnson's birthday gift; visit by Mrs. Mercer Cook; reception for Costa Rican President and…

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

LBJ & Lady Bird have breakfast in bed; funny story about peacock; lunch with Lynda Johnson; boating with friends and followed by photographers; dinner at Haywood Ranch; visit with Jack Maguire about University of Texas; visit to Aunt Oriole's home

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/4/1964 (Saturday)

Friends visit the LBJ Ranch; helicopter to Lewis Ranch; news article about keeping up with the President; drive around Logan property; discussions about Vice Presidential candidates ; Lady Bird mentions the Connallys and other guests; to the Melvin…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/5/1964 (Sunday)

Lady Bird visits and walks with Jean Ikard to Jewel Malechek's; drive to Lewis and Logan Ranches; helicopter to Melvin Winters' and drive to Coca Cola Ranch; fire on boat--transferred to Secret Service boat; description of night sky of Texas; Lynda…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/6/1964 (Monday)

Lynda Johnson's request for White House job; to Scharnhorst Ranch with LBJ; LBJ's run for Presidency; lunch with Roy White & Weezie Deathe; LBJ's boyhood home renovation; meeting with LBJ Ranch staff; Johnson homestead in Johnson City; helicopter to…

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

Office work; lunch with Tony and Diana Taylor; swimming; visit from the Douglass Caters and the Bobbits

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/8/1964 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird is interviewed by Bill Wise at Life magazine; LBJ & Lady Bird greet U.S. Attorneys; Life magazine article about Bobby Kennedy family; coffee with granddaughter of President Teddy Roosevelt; stories about Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt dinner with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/9/1964 (Thursday)

Office work and meeting with staff about state dinners; party for Rebekah Johnson Bobbit; Lady Bird's diary for November 22, 1963, to Abe Fortas for Warren Commission; telephone call to John Connally; dinner with LBJ

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/10/1964 (Friday)

Office work; lunch with Mayor Daley's wife, Eleanor, and others; stag reception for Latin American Ambassadors; Dorothy Vredenburgh and needlepoint chair for Blair House; dinner with LBJ; Lady Bird mentions books she is reading

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/11/1964 (Saturday)

Breakfast with LBJ; coffee with niece, Becky Alexander; Lady Bird meets Dave LeFevre's parents; sunbathing and mail; reading, swimming and walking with dogs; dinner with LBJ; LBJ's decision to run for Presidency; letters from parents of fallen…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/12/1964 (Sunday)

Johnsons to National City Christian Church; lunch, newspapers and Republic Convention on TV with LBJ; cocktail party at the Jack Valentis; dinner at White House with friends; news story about LBJ and the Presidency; Bobby Kennedy

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1964 (Monday)

Tour of White House grounds with gardener; Lady Bird mentions trees planted by former Presidents; Lady Bird views Westinghouse film on paintings in the White House; talk with Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell about upcoming social events ; Dinner with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/14/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird visits a nutritional van that will travel through ten Central and South American countries; meeting with J.B. West about White House household manners; luncheon at Margy McNamara's; office work; party for White House secretaries and…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/15/1964 (Wednesday)

Personal reading; telephone call with Mary Lasker about items for White House; Philip Bobbit's visit to White House; walk on White House grounds; to "West Side Story" with Lynda Johnson and Philip Bobbit; LBJ & Lady Bird watch Republican Convention;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/16/1964 (Thursday)

Comment about LBJ by Goldwater; LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast with Ken Galbraith; Willow oak tree to plant at White House; LBJ appointment with the Australian Minister for External Affairs; LBJ & Lady Bird walk to Lafayette Park & shake tourists' hands;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/17/1964 (Friday)

Lady Bird spends day with Lynda Johnson; presentation of one millionth "White House Guide Book"; Lady Bird & Lynda to Truman Library in Missouri; President Truman gives tour of Library--Lady Bird describes exhibits; to Truman home with Bess Truman;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/18/1964 (Saturday)

LBJ's presidential campaign; press conference at LBJ Ranch; photos taken of LBJ and Lynda Johnson on horses; LBJ's statement to press about riots; helicopter to Haywood Ranch for boating; BBQ for lunch; Lady Bird reads book and swims; LBJ naps;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/19/1964 (Sunday)

Johnsons to Christian Church in Johnson City; visit with Truman Fawcetts about Johnson homestead; lunch at LBJ Ranch; helicopter to Haywood Ranch; nap; ride around ranch; back to Washington

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