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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/20/1965 (Monday)

Lady Bird describes Christmas decorations at White House; children invited to White House; Lady Bird to hair salon; houseguests; LBJ and Christmas; dinner for Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany; exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird describes some…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/22/1965 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird's 53rd birthday; LBJ and Lady Bird take a walk and ride to Martin and Danz ranches; Lady Bird describes flock of wild turkeys; late lunch at LBJ Ranch; ride to Hartman house, Lewis place and apartments in Johnson City; LBJ planned surprise…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/1/1966 (Saturday)

Christmas gifts to the Johnsons; Tony and Matianna Taylor are houseguests; visit to Enchanted Rock; discussion with Thomas Mann about Mexico; lunch at the LBJ Ranch; mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church; visit with Lynda Johnson and Warrie Lynn…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/2/1966 (Sunday)

Johnson family and friends to St. Barnabas Church; press corps is invited in for refreshments; LBJ's plane takes Cantinflas and his sick wife to Temple to hospital; lunch with Senator and Mrs. Paul Douglas; Senator Douglas reminisces about 1960…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/3/1966 (Monday)

Subjects on LBJ's mind; LBJ & Lady Bird swim; Lady Bird does office work & Christmas thank yous; LBJ lunches with VP Humphrey; dinner with Bill Whites and Clark Cliffords; Luci Johnson discusses upcoming wedding

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/5/1966 (Wednesday)

Mrs. Cantinflas [Valentina Ivanova Zuvareff] dies; steel strike; Lady Bird dubs home movie of 1941 Senate campaign; White House maid finds rat in Luci Johnson's room; Lady Bird has lunch with Luci; new Chef for the White House; LBJ lunches and has…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/7/1966 (Friday)

LBJ meets with Speaker McCormack and Sen. Mike Mansfield; Lady Bird works on upcoming social events; Lady Bird lunches with Luci Johnson and swims in pool; LBJ asks Kenneth Galbraith to head the Peace Corps; Lady Bird to hair salon; Arthur Krim…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1966 (Monday)

LBJ attends annual communion service at National Presbyterian Church; Lady Bird meets women from Scrap Steel and Iron Dealers; office work and lunch with Luci Johnson; Lady Bird works on upcoming social events; Indian Prime Minister Shastri dies;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/11/1966 (Tuesday)

LBJ and Lady Bird talk in bed about their future; Lady Bird works on income tax for Luci and Lynda Johnson; LBJ staff working on State of the Union speech; Lady Bird presents awards at event for National Wildlife Federation; newspaper articles about…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/12/1966 (Wednesday)

State of the Union Message; Lady Bird has a Beautification luncheon and tour of Washington, D.C., including public housing projects; LBJ has lunch at 6:30 p.m.; Lady Bird attends State of the Union Message with family and friends; 20-day bombing halt…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/16/1966 (Sunday)

LBJ and Lady Bird go to National City Christian Church; both watch Hubert Humphrey on TV; LBJ and Jack Brooks discuss redistricting; Lady Bird interviews for chef position; Lady Bird bowls with Liz Carpenter; Johnsons have dinner with several…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/18/1966 (Tuesday)

Robert Weaver is sworn in as Secretary of HUD; Lady Bird greets United Jewish Women; Lady Bird meets Ambassador wives; working lunch with Bess Abell; Lady Bird meets Dr. Elizabeth Swirtzhaupp of Germany; visit with six Ambassadors' wives; meeting…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1966 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird attends clothes fitting; Beautification meeting in afternoon with reports on projects from attendees; tea and cocktails after the meeting; Lady Bird completes office work; LBJ talks about term limits for Congressmen; LBJ and Lady Bird have…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/22/1966 (Saturday)

Ugly stories in the press, including one on Tony Taylor; Lady Bird feels like staying in bed, but goes to see her family doctor; Lady Bird helps Luci Johnson with wedding plans; Lady Bird takes 3-hour nap; dinner with Arthur Krims and Robert…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/23/1966 (Sunday)

LBJ and Lady Bird attend National Christian Church with guests; LBJ whispers a joke to Lady Bird during the service; press stories about Johnson family; lunch at White House and watching Senator Russell Long and Averell Harriman on television; Lady…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/26/1966 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird sleeps late; Lady Bird mentions her houseguests; Lady Bird works on clothing for New York trip; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and staff members; President Kennedy's appointment of Averell Harriman at State Department; Lady Bird has tea with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/27/1966 (Thursday)

Lady Bird goes to New York City to purchase clothing; Lady Bird attends dinner party given in her honor at Brooke Astor's home; Lady Bird mentions several people at the party; Charles Engelhard tells a funny story; Lady Bird recounts an earlier…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/29/1966 (Saturday)

Lady Bird meets with clothes designer, Kandi Ohno; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson have lunch with Jeanne Vanderbilt; Lady Bird mentions other people at the luncheon; Alan Lerner takes Lady Bird and Lynda to the theater to see "On A Clear Day You Can See…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/30/1966 (Sunday)

LBJ and Lady Bird attend Red Mass at St. Matthews Cathedral with Luci, and Pat Nugent; Lady Bird reflects on bronze plaque in church about President Kennedy; Johnsons go to Jack Valenti's for coffee; lunch back at the White Housie; LBJ takes a nap…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/2/1966 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird spend morning with office work; Lady Bird and J.B. West discuss White House redecorating; Lady Bird discusses Lindow party for Luci Johnson; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson go to see "Hostile Witness" movie; Lady Bird meets with Max Brooks and…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/5/1966 (Saturday)

LBJ and Lady Bird look at samples for the LBJ Library; LBJ leaves for Honolulu; Mrs. William Westmoreland and daughter, Kathryn, travel with the President; Lady Bird works on her home movies; Lady Bird invites guests to bowling and dinner; Lady Bird…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1966 (Sunday)

Lady Bird attends St. Marks Church and mentions the sermon; parishioner mentions one of LBJ's poverty committees; church members take communion; Lady Bird returns to White House and coffee with Lynda Johnson and George Hamilton; lunch was Mexican…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1966 (Tuesday)

Beautification Speakers Bureau members have tour of Washington; Lady Bird's favorite stop is the Walker Jones School; lunch at Hains Point with slide show by National Parks Service; Lady Bird visits with Lynda Johnson and they go to a discotheque…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/12/1966 (Saturday)

Helene Lindow has party for Luci Johnson; Lady Bird works on her upcoming speech in Denver; LBJ and Lady Bird go to ceremony at Lincoln Memorial; the Johnsons have lunch with Pat Nugents' parents; Lady Bird takes a nap; Lady Bird and the Nugents go…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/13/1966 (Sunday)

LBJ and Lady Bird attend National City Christian Church; LBJ had growths burnt off his hands; the Johnsons have lunch with the Nugents; LBJ takes a nap; Lady Bird works on her Denver speech; Johnsons have dinner with Nugents and Jim Cain; LBJ…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/14/1966 (Monday)

Valentine's Day; LBJ has medical exam; Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent's plans after wedding; LBJ is locating Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird attends American Heart Association luncheon and style show; Lady Bird attends…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/17/1966 (Thursday)

Lady Bird attends the Congressional Wives Prayer Breakfast; LBJ, Billy Graham, and the Congress arrived later; Lady Bird goes to her Spanish lesson; office work with Ashton Gonella and work on Denver speech; Mrs. Philip Barry presents Lady Bird with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/20/1966 (Sunday)

LBJ and Lady Bird attend St. Marks Church; Coco McPherson and her African-American friend, Janice Diggs, ride with the Johnsons to the White House for lunch; LBJ talks with Janice about her family; Johnsons watch McGeorge Bundy on TV; Lady Bird takes…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/21/1966 (Monday)

Lady Bird works in office and plans for upcoming social events; Lady Bird recounts story of LBJ as a boy getting haircut without his mother's permission; Lady Bird discusses plantings at the LBJ Ranch with Colonel Cross; Lady Bird to hair salon; Lady…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/22/1966 (Tuesday)

Washington's Birthday; Lady Bird joins LBJ in bed for coffee and to read newspapers; tension about Vietnam; LBJ mentions role of press; Lady Bird works on tile samples and clothes from Mollie Parnis; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson about article in…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/25/1966 (Friday)

Lady Bird travels to Tuscaloosa, Alabama; newspaper women travel with Lady Bird; Lady Bird visits Head Start training center on campus; Lady Bird visits with University President; Lady Bird gives speech at University of Alabama; Lady Bird mentions…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/27/1966 (Sunday)

Johnsons and Valentis attend National City Christian Church; friends invited to dinner; guests bowl or swim; article in Washington Post about White House housekeeping and new chef; Lera Thomas runs for Congress

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/1/1966 (Tuesday)

Birthday party for Muriel Humphrey with Cabinet wives; movies in the theater, including home movies and "A Thousand Clowns;" birthday party and dinner for Justice Hugo Black; Lady Bird talk with Bill Douglas about his book; Lady Bird conducts a tour…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1966 (Thursday)

Lady Bird attends Spanish class and goes to beauty parlor; Lady Bird attends meeting on the LBJ Library and its location; gift of two pistols for LBJ; tea in the Yellow Room for Texas Exes alumni and Board of Regents; tour of White House;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/6/1966 (Sunday)

LBJ & Lady Bird attend church at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church; LBJ & Lady Bird visit Percy Brigham at Blanco Nursing Home; Johnsons visit Johnson City bank, ranches, and the Hartman house, LBJ's poverty project; Late lunch; visit with…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/7/1966 (Monday)

Desk work; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; lunch; Lady Bird records diary; LBJ takes nap; Tony Taylor visits Lady Bird and they go bowling and swimming; newspaper stories about Tony Taylor and his work for AID; Taylor's work in Latin America and…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/10/1966 (Thursday)

LBJ's staff in his bedroom; Lady Bird to Spanish class; lunch & bridge with Rosemary Smathers, Betty Talmadge & Louella Dirksen; Lady Bird records radio spots on beautification; discussion of upcoming trip to Big Bend; Lady Bird bowls; Lady Bird…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/11/1966 (Friday)

LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/13/1966 (Sunday)

Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1966 (Monday)

Lady Bird sleeps late; LBJ has sore throat; Lady Bird greets wives of Associated General Contractors; Lady Bird interviewed by Rosemarie Tyler Brooks; Lady Bird has eye appointment to try on glasses; lunch meeting about Big Bend trip; office work;…

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