Browse Items (51086 total)

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/2/1965 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird travels to the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, to help plan the LBJ Library; Lady Bird received tour of Truman Library from President Truman and Phillip Brooks, Director; lunch with…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/28/1965 (Saturday)

Lady Bird preparing for guests at the LBJ Ranch; LBJ signs a highway construction bill on the porch; hostess duties is time-consuming; LBJ tells about communion at the Christian Church; Lynda Johnson moves I to Austin for school; Johnsons greet…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/27/1965 (Friday)

Telephone call from Bill Moyers; ceremony and presentation of Johnson City park; tour for guests from Time-Life; LBJ arrives in Texas; LBJ's gives a reminiscent speech; Johnsons and guests go to boyhood home; LBJ picks up little boy and gets a kiss;…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/26/1965 (Thursday)

Lady Bird talks with her daughters; Lady Bird talks with LBJ about concern over the steel strike and the use of Camp David; Johnson City park presented for LBJ's birthday; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; Lady Bird to party in Johnson City; Lady Bird…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/25/1965 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird works on remodeling at the guest house and the Lewis Ranch; lunch by the pool; Lady Bird helicopters to the Haywood for more remodeling; helicopter to Austin for meeting on the LBJ Library, and selection of architectural firm; Lady Bird's…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/24/1965 (Tuesday)

Cleaning at the old Sam Johnson house and storage at the hangar; Lady Bird looks through her courtship letters from LBJ and photographs of Lady Bird as a teenager; Vietnamese visitors to the LBJ Ranch; Life magazine gift of park in Johnson City for…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/23/1965 (Monday)

Approval of travel for Lady Bird, the First Lady's staff, and the Johnson daughters; Lady Bird to White House theater to see movie of Virginia highway trip; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; funding for Lady Bird's trips; tea for the Johnson City…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/22/1965 (Sunday)

Johnsons attend National City Christian Church; sermon on rioters; negative stories in the newspapers about renovation of Johnson homes; lunch with friends; viewpoint on business community and economics; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird goes…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/19/1965 (Thursday)

Lady Bird goes to the dentist; lunch; LBJ at State Department luncheon; Lynda Johnson's Western trip; Lady Bird takes a nap; Lady Bird meets group from Barcelona in East Room; Lady Bird does desk work; Aunt Ellen tell Taylor family history; dinner…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/18/1965 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird to the dentist and lunch with Liz Carpenter; Lynda and Luci Johnson invite their friends to White House; Lady Bird has tea with Lillian Sevilla-Sacasa; plan to invite diplomatic wives to White House; Lady Bird meets with Members of Congress…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird has meeting about Beautification Bill in Congress; lunch and trip to beauty parlor; fun visit with Luci Johnson; Lady Bird meets with Walter Reuther; LBJ has stag dinner for businessmen and labor leaders; Lady Bird visits with her Aunt…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/15/1965 (Sunday)

Press reports on Johnson family activities; LBJ and Lady Bird drive around; Lynda tours with friend; Luci Johnson takes friends to Camp Mystic; LBJ on telephone about rioters in Los Angeles; Johnsons drive to Schornhorst Ranch; Story about LBJ and…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/14/1965 (Saturday)

LBJ and Lady Bird walk down to Cousin Oriole's for a visit; breakfast at the pool; Lynda Johnson takes friend sightseeing; Luci Johnson visits and brings friends, and they are going to Mexico; Lady Bird to Blanco State Park and San Marcos; dinner at…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/13/1965 (Friday)

Johnsons to the swimming pool; Lady Bird reads; LBJ rides around ranch with staff; Lady Bird takes a nap and tours the LBJ Ranch and Boyhood Home; Lady Bird joins LBJ at the Haywood Ranch; Johnsons visit the Charles Urschel house; guests talks of…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/12/1965 (Thursday)

Lady Bird visits Project Head Start in Newark and Lambertville, New Jersey; airplane filled with press; press conference in the classroom; Lady Bird to Governor's mansion; Lady Bird makes speech in Morven; Lady Bird is interviewed on plane by Los…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/10/1965 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird has meeting about LBJ Birthplace Home and trees for Johnson City; Lady Bird has breakfast with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird meets with Altavene Spann from Texas; Lady Bird takes a nap and does office work; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule;…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1965 (Monday) - version 2

LBJ and Lady Bird to National Institutes for Health to sign the Health Research Facilities Act; Lady Bird attends meeting on the LBJ Library; Bill Moyers will announce the LBJ Library site at his press conference

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1965 (Monday) - version 1

Lady Bird at meeting on LBJ Library; Lady Bird hosts tea for Mount Holyoke and Connecticut College women; Bill Moyers has press conference about LBJ Library; Lady Bird continues with the tea event; LBJ signs a bill in the Rose Garden; Johnsons and…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1965 (Friday)

Lady Bird meets with Mollie Parnis to purchase clothes; LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act; Lady Bird visits the Joseph Hirshorn art collection; Lynda Johnson attends party; Lady Bird describes the Hirshorn collection and the estate; LBJ and Lady Bird…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/3/1965 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird to beauty shop and works on magazine article; LBJ gives Distinguished Service Medal to Gen. Ted Clifton; Lady Bird to Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for beautification ceremony; Lady Bird looks at photos with Luci and Lynda Johnson of Lynda's…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/1/1965 (Sunday)

Peter Hurd is working on LBJ portrait; Johnsons and guests to Central Christian Church, Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions the ecumenical group with them; communism; group to LBJ's boyhood home followed by the press; Bob Akers' appointment to USIA;…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/25/1965 (Sunday)

Marny Clifford; Johnsons and guests attend church at St. Mark's; Lady Bird compares Billy Graham and Bill Baxter; Lady Bird bowls with guests; Lady Bird uses camera at Camp David; LBJ sits for Hurd portrait; LBJ and Arthur Goldberg; guests take nap;…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/24/1965 (Saturday)

LBJ sits for Peter Hurd's portrait; Marvin Watson arrives with Texas friends; Lady Bird takes a nap; Lady Bird asks guests for suggestions on books to read; Lady Bird's brother, Tony Taylor, talks about his trip to Peru; Johnsons and guests bowl;…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1965 (Friday)

Lady Bird goes to Marjorie Post's home, Hillwood; office work; meeting at home of David Lloyd Kreager to view artwork; visit with Peter Hurd about portrait of LBJ; Johnsons go to Camp David with guests; Lady Bird watches Gregory Peck movie, Mirage,…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1965 (Thursday)

LBJ talks about Vietnam; Lady Bird devotes day to Beautification with meeting in the morning; story published in Life magazine; Lady Bird lunches with niece, Diana, and discusses Girls Scouts; Lady Bird, Mary Lasker and Walter Washington tour…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/21/1965 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird discusses business with LBJ; Lady Bird to the dentist; meeting with Clark Clifford about the LBJ Library; meetings about artwork for the White House; Lady Bird meets with Abe Fortas about LBJ Library; Arthur Goldberg and Supreme Court; Lady…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1965 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird sees doctors for routine visits; Medicare; Johnsons greet and LBJ speaks to American Field Service students; Lady Bird describes Luci Johnson's activities; Lady Bird discusses Lynda Johnson's travels; Lady Bird greets friends from Marshall,…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/18/1965 (Sunday)

Church services at Camp David; Lady Bird uses home movie camera; visiting with guests; John Steinbeck talks about Russia; crime in the District of Columbia; assistance for law enforcement officers; Johnsons and Grahams to bowling alley; Luci Johnson…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/17/1965 (Saturday)

Lady Bird does office work; John Steinbecks and Billy Grahams are guests to Camp David; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; lunch with guests; Bill Graham talks about integrated crusades; Johnsons and guests to Camp David; Johnsons and guests to…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/16/1965 (Friday)

Lady Bird arrives back at White House and then to bed; LBJ, Lady Bird, Luci and Senator Bill Fulbright to National Cathedral for Adlai Stevenson's funeral; Lady Bird takes nap; office work with Ashton Gonella and Liz Carpenter; Secret Service names…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/15/1965 (Thursday)

Funeral service for Adlai Stevenson; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about LBJ Library; Lady Bird to Scharnhorst and Lewis Ranches with John William Klein to clean and decorate; University of Texas coaching staff and families to LBJ Ranch;…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/14/1965 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird records her diary; death of Adlai Stevenson; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; University of Texas professors are guests at the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird describes the drawings in the Trans Pecos caves that will be covered by the Amistad Dam…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1965 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird meets with decorator about LBJ Ranch house; Lady Bird with John William Klein to decorate the Lewis Ranch and Haywood Ranch houses; boating on the Llano River; Lady Bird and guests watch LBJ's press conference; appointment of Thurgood…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/12/1965 (Monday)

Johnsons and friends to Johnson City to Sam Johnson House; tourists recognize them; swimming; LBJ takes nap; TV documentary on beautification; drive around ranch; Lady Bird mentions KTBC; Lady Bird talks about Liz Carpenter; candle-lit dinner by…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/11/1965 (Sunday)

Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap;…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/10/1965 (Saturday)

LBJ gives orders to Dale Malecheck for jobs around the ranch; swimming before lunch; LBJ goes boating; Voting Rights and Medicare bills pass; Jack Valenti is leaving staff; Lady Bird greets Marshall, Texas guests at Sam Johnson House; Lady Bird…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/9/1965 (Friday)

Lady Bird visits with her Alabama relatives over coffee; office work, telephoning and recording; helicopter to Haywood Ranch to meet LBJ; Secret Service helicopter crashes in river; Lady Bird discusses tenant situation with her relatives; Bill Moyers…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/8/1965 (Thursday)

Plantings at the LBJ Ranch; plans for the LBJ birthplace home; trees for Johnson City; renovations for the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ portrait by Peter Hurd; George Reedy and Bill Moyers; Lady Bird talks to LBJ on telephone about several topics; Lady Bird…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/7/1965 (Wednesday)

Relatives off to Fredericksburg; Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson about her trip to Wyoming; controversy over Luci Johnson's conversion to Catholicism; Lady Bird and guest helicopter to Haywood Ranch; boating, swimming…

Tags:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/6/1965 (Tuesday)

LBJ and Lady Bird talk about many subjects; LBJ Library; Luci Johnson's conversion to Catholicism; LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird entertains family; photographs taken outside the house; Lady Bird takes walk to birthplace home; visit to…

Tags: