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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/18/1963 (Wednesday)
Sculptor Gilroy Roberts brings the model of LBJ's head for the Presidential Medal; Lady Bird visits Caroline Kennedy's school on third floor of the White House; Lady Bird remembers her mother's death when she was five; Lady Bird spends the afternoon…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/14/1963 (Saturday)
Sale of The Elms; Luci and her friends at the White House; LBJ invites A.W. Moursunds and Jesse Kellams to White House; dinner with friends from Congress and their wives; dinner conversation about the Dominican Republic, Thomas Mann's appointment (as…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/11/1963 (Wednesday)
Decorating Luci's and Lynda's rooms; hours of desk work; Lady Bird goes to District of Columbia General Hospital to visit Children's Ward; newswomen at the hospital; rehabilitation center; cocktail hour for staff and spouses in Yellow Room; LBJ's…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/10/1963 (Tuesday)
Friends help Lady Bird decorate family quarters with books and Dorothy Doughty birds; Lady Bird puts out photos of JFK with Caroline, the Taylors and Johnsons; Lady Bird has business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter Jenkins where they discuss…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/9/1963 (Monday)
Mary Lasker spends night in Queen's Room; decorating the family quarters; Lasker speaks with LBJ about Doctors' Conference; Lady Bird lunches with Tish Baldridge, Bess Abell, Liz Carpenter, and Ashton Gonella to plan upcoming state dinners for Queen…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/8/1963 (Sunday)
Johnsons awake early, go for walk, and attend service at St. John's Church; Luci's fireplace mishap; description of Luci at the White House; Lady Bird and LBJ go to New York for funeral of Senator Herbert Lehman; in 1955, Lehman asked Senate to stand…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/3/1963 (Tuesday)
Friends and volunteers help in White House living quarters; Lady Bird meets with Clark Clifford and others about the White House Fine Arts Committee; preservation of the White House and the Capitol; Jacqueline Kennedy's recommendation to discontinue…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/2/1963 (Monday)
LBJ presents Enrico Fermi Award to Robert Oppenheimer; Lady Bird comments about courage and charity; dinner at The Elms with Drew and Luvie Pearson, Arthur and Dorothy Goldberg, and Tyler and Bess Abell ; Lady Bird comments on Justice Arthur…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/1/1963 (Sunday)
LBJ's is briefed by John McCone; visit to see Charles Marsh, a family friend; to service at St. Mark's Church; visit to Arlington National Cemetery to place flowers at JFK's grave; returning to White House, Lady Bird greets Tommy Corcoran and James…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/29/1963 (Friday)
Lady Bird visits the White House with Lynda Johnson, and Chief Usher, J. B. West, shows them around; in a hallway, Lady Bird and Lynda see a book, "In and Out of the White House," by Onna Jeffries; in a turn of fate, Lady Bird later finds another…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/26/1963 (Tuesday)
Lady Bird meets with Chief Usher, J.B. West, at the White House; in the afternoon, Lady Bird returns to the White House and discusses housekeeping details with Jacqueline Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy's request for Caroline's school at White House to…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/24/1963 (Sunday)
JFK lies in state at the Capitol; the Johnsons attend St. Mark's Church; Eunice Shriver tells the Johnsons Lee Harvey Oswald has been killed; Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, John-John and Caroline ride to the Capitol in the car with the Johnsons;…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/23/1963 (Saturday)
JFK lies in state in the East Room of the White House; Cabinet was called back from their flight to Japan and is present in the East Room; Johnsons attend service at St. John's Episcopal Church; Lady Bird makes "to do" list , that includes selling…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/22/1963 (Friday)
Lady Bird describes riding in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, with JFK, Jacqueline Kennedy, Governor John Connally, and Nellie Connally; hearing shots fired; feeling the car accelerate and arriving at [Parkland] Hospital; Lady Bird discusses the…
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Carter, Clifton Crawford, 1918-1971
Bio: Clifton Crawford Carter (b. August 2, 1918, Smithville, Texas-d. September 21, 1971, Arlington, Virginia), Lyndon B. Johnson adviser, was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He served with the 36th Texas National Guard Division as a…
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