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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1964 (Monday)

Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/21/1964 (Tuesday)

Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell to Atlantic City for Democratic National Convention logistics; drinks with LBJ, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara & McGeorge Bundy; visit with Nancy Dickerson about wardrobe for convention; discussion with Lindy Boggs & Scooter…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday)

Calls to Governors about Malagasy State Dinner; arrival ceremony & luncheon for Prime Minister Tunku Rahman of Malaysia; Lady Bird mentions luncheon guests; LBJ & the Prime Minister exchange humorous toasts; visit from Mary Lasker about painting and…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1964 (Thursday)

LBJ has stag luncheon for 254 business leaders; performance by Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Lady Bird mentions attendees; Luci Johnson and performance at Interlochen; office work; Economy Bill; reception at Malaysian Embassy; exchange of state gifts;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/24/1964 (Friday)

Lady Bird meets with dressmaker; lunch with Lynda Johnson; LBJ's televised press conference; reception for labor leaders; LBJ meets with Goldwater--discusses Civil Rights Bill and Supersonic Plane; Lady Bird bowls with Lynda Johnson; LBJ discusses VP…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/25/1964 (Saturday)

Informal press conference in LBJ's office; Goldwater calls LBJ "the biggest faker of all time"; LBJ walks ground with press; lunch with Senator Richard Russell; visit from Alabama relatives who tell about public accommodations; dinner with friends

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/26/1964 (Sunday)

Johnsons to National City Christian Church; walk around White House grounds--LBJ invited about 200 tourists from Southwest & Southeast Gates to walk with them; Him and Her beagles entertain group; bowling, nap, reading and television; dinner at…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/27/1964 (Monday)

Lady Bird studies about Malagasy Republic; welcoming ceremonies for President Tsiranana of Malagasy; Lady Bird looks over plans & mentions guests for State Dinner; tour of White House for houseguests; exchange of state gifts, including aerial photo…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/28/1964 (Tuesday)

Office work; coffee with overnight guests; lunch meeting with Stewart Udall about Western Trip; White House tour & tea for Texans; Malagasy reception at Mayflower Hotel; early dinner; Lynda & Luci Johnson

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/29/1964 (Wednesday)

Luci Johnson's narration of "Peter and the Wolf" at Interlochen on the Today Show; Women Doers' Luncheon with speaker, Dr. Mary Bunting, AEC; Lady Bird mentions other guests at luncheon ; Women Doers' Luncheon with Speaker Helen Brown, Frontier…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/30/1964 (Thursday)

Death of Senator Clair Engle; meeting of task force on proposed Women's Job Corps; meeting with Walter Jenkins about mail; tea for wives of Latin American Ambassador & OAS Ambassadors; LBJ & Lady Bird to reception for educators; Lady Bird to Woodrow…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/31/1964 (Friday)

Lady Bird lunches with Hugh Sidey and Jean Franklin of Time magazine for study on Lady Bird; tea with friends; visit with friend from youth at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Lynda Johnson to New York for Young Citizens for Johnson; Luci…

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

Visit by Mayor Robert Wagner and sons; LBJ & Lady Bird to memorial service for Senator Clair Engle; lunch; Lady Bird reads "When the Cheering Stopped"; dinner with Anthony Celebrezze, Willard Wirtz, Dick Goodwin and their wives; Robert Wagner on…

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

Lady Bird takes Mrs. Claire Engle to Andrews AFB to accompany husband's casket on plane; visit with the Robert Wagner family; Bobby Russell family are houseguests; LBJ & Lady Bird walk to St. John's Church; Richard Russell joins Johnsons for dinner

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

Tours arranged for the Bobby Russells; Lady Bird to luncheon on Capitol Hill in her honor; Lady Bird sees P-38, LBJ's Senate office, and John Kennedy's office across the hall; meeting with Howard Smith and Bob Fleming about ABC show on Mrs. Johnson;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/4/1964 (Tuesday)

Goodbye to guests; Lady Bird's session with dressmaker; LBJ lunch with Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk and McGeorge Bundy; visit with friends; nap; LBJ meets with Congressional leaders, Cabinet, and Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gulf of Tonkin attack; LBJ's…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/5/1964 (Wednesday)

LBJ & Lady Bird to University of Syracuse for Communications Center dedication; LBJ gives speech; Gulf of Tonkin incident; return to White House; office work and session with dressmaker; nap; meeting with CPA for net worth release to press; dinner…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1964 (Thursday)

Visit with Mayor Daley of Chicago; race riots in Chicago; ceremony for UN Secretary U Thant; Lady Bird gives U Thant tour of White House grounds; Lady Bird meets Cystic Fibrosis national campaign child; nap; talk with Walter Cronkite about TV show…

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

Coffee with houseguests; planning for Lady Bird's trip to Texas

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/4/1964 (Friday)

Coffee with Abigail (Mrs. Eugene) McCarthy; Hubert Humphrey for Vice President; meeting about upcoming Whistle Stop campaign; lunch; office work; visit with Luci Johnson; LBJ & Lady Bird walk White House grounds & have dinner with Jake Pickle &…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/5/1964 (Saturday)

Lady Bird walks White House grounds with Lynda Johnson and Carolyn Kellam Curtis, and they have lunch and bowl one game; office work; Luci Johnson launches the SS LOUISE LYKES in New Orleans; LBJ & Lady Bird to Jack Valenti's birthday party; Lady…

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

LBJ & Lady Bird to First Baptist Church with the Bill Moyers; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird walks White House with LBJ, friends and beagles; dinner with friends and Luci Johnson, back from New Orleans

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

Labor Day; LBJ & Lady Bird to Detroit for LBJ's Labor Day Rally in Cadillac Square; back to White House; office work; telephone calls with Mary Rather and Jessie Hunter; talk with Luci Johnson about raising children; dinner in bed with LBJ

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/8/1964 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird to National Cathedral School to discuss Luci Johnson's schedule; staff meeting in East Wing about correspondence; Lady Bird to funeral for Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley; trip to beauty parlor; meeting with volunteers about Whistle Stop…

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

Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson and Bess Abell to New York for clothes shopping; story in newspapers about East Garden; to the theater to see "What Makes Sammy Run"

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/10/1964 (Thursday)

Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson back to Washington; Lady Bird describes detour to airport through Harlem--trash, grey mass of concrete and bricks, with no grass or trees; LBJ & Lady Bird to fundraiser in Harrisburg, PA; LBJ gives speech on unity

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/11/1964 (Friday)

Lady Bird telephones Southern Governors and Senators about the upcoming Whistle Stop Campaign; office work; tea for Cabinet Wives; meeting about the Presidential campaign; visit with houseguests; LBJ flies to Jacksonville, FL

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/13/1964 (Friday)

Mexican President and Mrs. Diaz Ordaz visit to LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird & Mrs. Ordaz visit Fredericksburg, St. Barnabas Church, and a museum; luncheon at LBJ Ranch; Bill Wirtz & Anthony Celebrezze arrive from Washington; to Haywood Ranch by helicopter,…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/14/1964 (Saturday)

LBJ meets with Secretaries Celebrezze & Wirtz; rumor that Celebrezze will resign; Lady Bird to LBJ Birthplace to arrange furniture from LBJ's sister, Lucia; to airport to pick up houseguests; meeting with Fred Hall about plantings for LBJ Birthplace;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/15/1964 (Sunday)

Breakfast with guests--Lady Bird describes Ed Weisl, Frank Stanton, Don Cook & Tom Watson; guests leave after lunch; LBJ & Lady Bird back to Washington; White House staff, Cabinet members and cameramen greet Johnsons with congratulations; greeted by…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/16/1964 (Monday)

Photos for United Givers' Fund and Holton Arms; lunch with Diana MacArthur and Lynda Johnson; meeting with Leonard Marks; Pago Pago newspaper article about U.S. election; dinner with the Jack Brooks

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/17/1964 (Tuesday)

30th Wedding Anniversary with photos taken; Lady Bird walks White House grounds; session with Robin Duke and Kandi about wardrobe; news article; talk with Walter & Marjorie Jenkins; meeting with Mary Lasker about the 1965 Inaugural; farewell…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/18/1964 (Wednesday)

Problems related to Inaugural activities; photographs taken for Christmas Seals for the National Tuberculosis Association; Lady Bird receives honorary membership to Opera Society of Metropolitan, Washington

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/19/1964 (Thursday)

Proclamation 3629 - John F. Kennedy, A Rededication issued by LBJ; LBJ & Lady Bird to Austin for party at the Frank Erwins; to LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird mentions LBJ conserving his energy

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/20/1964 (Friday)

LBJ's concern about soldiers in Congo; LBJ & Lady Bird helicopter to Southwest Texas State University for inauguration of President James McCrocklin; LBJ speech; tourism in U.S.; LBJ as President of the University; LBJ's classmates; first youth…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/21/1964 (Saturday)

Iowa farmer gives LBJ a Yorkshire boar; Lady Bird decorates LBJ's birthplace; LBJ gives tour of LBJ Ranch--joined by cousins; Lady Bird talks with USDA Secretary Orville Freeman about agriculture; visit to A.W. Moursund's ranch; dinner with the Jack…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/1/1965 (Friday)

LBJ's & Lady Bird's weight; Lady Bird cleans closets; LBJ & Lady Bird to Haywood Ranch; Johnsons watch the Texas-Alabama football game and have a "Thanksgiving dinner;" planting grass at the LBJ Ranch

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/2/1965 (Saturday)

Back to Washington D. C.; LBJ works on State of the Union message; dinner guests to White House; Lady Bird mentions portions of State of Union message on beautification; Johnsons see movie, "Fail Safe;" LBJ sees Dr. Gould about his throat

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/3/1965 (Sunday)

LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; LBJ & Lady Bird to JFK's grave at Arlington National Cemetery; Lady Bird provides tour of White House to Dr. and Mrs. W. James Gould; LBJ has conference with Kermit Gordon on budget; lunch with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/4/1965 (Monday)

White House houseguests and seating for inauguration; dresses for Lady Bird, Lynda & Luci Johnson; Gerald Ford elected Minority Leader in House; State of the Union message; speech includes education, medical research and national beauty; LBJ & Lady…

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