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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/30/1964 (Monday)
Snow in Washington, D.C., cancels the annual Easter Egg Roll; the beagles, Him and Her; Lady Bird's speech for Texas Women's University; the press, Lady Bird's trip to the hair salon, and the Secret Service; story of Lady Bird's brother, Tommy;…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/31/1964 (Tuesday)
Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods"…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1964 (Wednesday)
LBJ has visit from physician; Lady Bird to The Elms; reception for Congressional children; "Taming of the Shrew;" Luci Johnson welcomes group and Lynda joins them; Lady Bird does desk work; Horace Busby joins LBJ's staff as speechwriter; April Fool's…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1964 (Thursday)
Lady Bird performs desk work; White House photographer's dinner and LBJ's speech; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson play bridge with Jane Barkley and Betty Talmadge
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/3/1964 (Friday)
Lady Bird attends meeting about artwork for the White House; diplomatic relations are restored with Panama; Robert Anderson; reception and LBJ's speech for the 15th Anniversary of NATO; Lady Bird mentions individuals attending the reception; Lady…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1964 (Saturday)
Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson work on pictures for Lynda's room; Lady Bird reflects about Lynda and her life; Lady Bird meets with architect about her office/dressing room; Lady Bird bowls and sees movie with Lynda Johnson
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1964 (Sunday)
LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda and Luci to St. Mark's Church - by themselves - without Secret Service or press; Lady Bird reflects on the church service; stories by press about lack of security; LBJ plays golf; Lady Bird and Lynda explore White House grounds;…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/6/1964 (Monday)
Lady Bird works at the Elms; Lady Bird visits with Alabama's "Family of the Year;" Lady Bird has photograph taken with a Shakespeare theater group; LBJ is over his cold
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/7/1964 (Tuesday)
Lady Bird does desk work; Lady Bird has photograph taken with Women's National Democratic Club; Lady Bird attends reception for University of North Carolina group presenting John White drawings to White House Library; Lady Bird relates stories about…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1964 (Wednesday)
Lady Bird, LBJ and staff are up late because of the Farm Bill; Lady Bird does office work; LBJ, Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson attend funeral for General Douglas MacArthur; Lady Bird exchanges brief remarks with Robert Kennedy; Lady Bird describes…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/9/1964 (Thursday)
LBJ and Railroad Strike; Lady Bird to first anniversary luncheon of the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation in New York; Lady Bird & Jean Kintner to Needlework Shop to design needlepoint pillows for White House; Lady Bird mentions many people…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/10/1964 (Friday)
LBJ banters with reports from the Truman Balcony; Lady Bird works at The Elms; Lady Bird tours White House with Mr. & Mrs. Carl Sandburg and Mr. & Mrs. Edward Steichen; Carl Sandburg's books are mentioned; Lynda and Luci Johnson meet the guests;…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1964 (Saturday)
Lady Bird's last workday at The Elms; office work at the White House; Luci and the National Cathedral School; Lady Bird mentions various classmates and teachers; short statement by LBJ; music by David Bean; Lady Bird has tea with General & Mrs. John…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/12/1964 (Sunday)
LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson and the McNamaras to St. Mark's Church; lunch with George Browns and Bob McKinneys; Alice Brown asked to be member of Committee for Preservation of the White House; paintings for White House; LBJ and golf; Lady Jackson,…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/13/1964 (Monday)
Possible dam at Caddo Lake; reception at White House for women appointees in LBJ Administration; Lady Bird mentions names and titles of several appointees; LBJ dinner with George Browns; Lady Bird to National Theatre for Royal Shakespeare Company…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/14/1964 (Tuesday)
Head of State visit of King Hussein I of Jordan; Lady Bird to USDA for Food and Home Fair for Consumers; Lady Bird meets "Smoky the Bear;" Lady Bird to Senate Ladies Red Cross Luncheon; State dinner for King Hussein I; exchange of gifts;…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/15/1964 (Wednesday)
Lady Bird meets with Henry DuPont; upcoming meeting of Committee on the Preservation of the White House; chandelier in Green Room; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird has tea with Lady Jackson (Barbara Ward), Florence Mahoney, Lynda and Luci Johnson;…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/16/1964 (Thursday)
Lady Bird's YWCA speech in Cleveland; Lady Bird talks about speechwriting process; Lady Bird meets handicapped girl, Nancy Martin; office work & nap; LBJ's press conference; Dr. Willis Hurst is houseguest; visit of Lady Bird's family and Dr. Blake…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/17/1964 (Friday)
Lady Bird visits with Ruth Carter Johnson about art for White House; visit to John Singer Sargent exhibit at Corcoran Gallery; reception for American Society of Newspaper Editors; LBJ's speech on civil rights, poverty, taxes, Medicare, railroad…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/18/1964 (Saturday)
Lady Bird works on Cleveland speech and critiques her own speech-giving; Lynda Johnson; LBJ and Lady Bird to Roberta Fulbright's wedding; Jake Pickle and his father come to dinner; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke"
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/19/1964 (Sunday)
LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda and Luci to St. Mark's with Secretary & Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon and Ambassador Adlai Stevenson; Dillons and Robert McNamaras to lunch at White House; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird and LBJ say goodbye to Lynda's boyfriend, Bernie…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/20/1964 (Monday)
Lady Bird to Cleveland for speech at YWCA convention; lightening strikes airplane; Lady Bird visits housing development for the elderly, Riverview Golden Age Center, where Lady Bird talks with residents; Well Elderly Clinic; Lady Bird to…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/21/1964 (Tuesday)
Article about Warrie Lynn Smith Frances Lewine ; Upcoming tea for Arts Council; John Connally's testimony for Warren Commission; Lady Bird meets with 4-H group; Luci and the beagles, Him and Her; Lady Bird meets 5 students from Liberty School,…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/22/1964 (Wednesday)
LBJ to World's Fair in New York; reception for leaders of Daughters of the American Revolution with descriptions of attendees by Lady Bird; LBJ's ancestor was founding member of DAR, Mary Desha; Lady Bird looks at samples for Luci's room; Lady Bird…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/23/1964 (Thursday)
Lady Bird to beauty parlor and dentist; meeting about committee for Preservation o f the White House; LBJ and Lady Bird to Chicago for fundraiser; LBJ meets Kathy Baker, 7-year-old who wrote to him about railroad strike; Lady Bird's speech; LBJ's…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/24/1964 (Friday)
LBJ & Lady Bird 5-state tour; Lady Bird describes Chicago; stop at Cline High School, South Bend, IN; LBJ speech; stop at Peru, IN; LBJ speech & Lady Bird remarks at National Convention of League of Women Voters, Pittsburgh, PA; LBJ addresses United…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/25/1964 (Saturday)
Lady Bird meets with dressmaker; Lady Bird to dentist; LBJ, Lady Bird and Lynda have lunch with Dr. & Mrs. J. Frank Dobie, Walker Stone, Bill Stevens and President Truman; reminiscences by HST, including the decision to drop the atomic bomb; HST on…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/26/1964 (Sunday)
LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers about LBJ's Gridiron speech; lunch and a swim with the McNamaras; LBJ, Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy to Burning Tree for golf; Lady Bird reflects on LBJ's recent actions and successes; dinner at the McNamaras
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/27/1964 (Monday)
Lady Bird breakfasts with LBJ; Lady Bird appointment with Indira Gandhi of India; Lady Bird's lunch with Jane Everhard about Fine Arts Committee; reception for wives of National Academy of Sciences members; LBJ's impromptu speech about "can-do"…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/28/1964 (Tuesday)
Women Doers Luncheon with Speaker Kate Tuchman; Lady Bird mentions several attendees including Marian Anderson and Maria Tallchief; Lynda Johnson and Warrie Lynn Smith; LBJ introduces Dean Rusk & Bob McNamara; Lady Bird meets with Robin Duke about…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/29/1964 (Wednesday)
Luci Johnson to Winchester as Queen Shenandoah of the Apple Blossom Festival; Lady Bird opens Arts & Crafts exhibit at Department of Labor; Lady Bird meets man whose factory only employs the handicapped; reception for Brandeis University women; Lady…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/30/1964 (Thursday)
Newspaper coverage of Luci Johnson at Apple Blossom Festival; Congressional Club's annual breakfast honoring the First Lady; Lady Bird's statement about her first attending in 1938 for Eleanor Roosevelt; LBJ to Winchester for Luci's crowning as Queen…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/1/1964 (Friday)
Lady Bird to National Cathedral; Lady Bird to Winchester for Apple Blossom Festival; lunch at Dr. Maguire's; Luci Johnson on float in parade; Lady Bird back to Washington; visit at White House by the Abe Fortases; Lynda Johnson
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/2/1964 (Saturday)
Preparations underway for reception for Democratic Ladies; program planned for entertainment ; LBJ speech at reception for Democratic Ladies; Lady Bird mentions several attendees; dinner with Walter Jenkins; visit to White House by the Valentis and…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/3/1964 (Saturday)
LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church with the Bill Wirtzes and Orville Freemans; swimming at the White House; Presidential Scholars program and Milton Eisenhower; LBJ golfs with Walter Jenkins and McGeorge Bundy; visit from Jesse…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/4/1964 (Monday)
Tea for Fine Arts Commission; moving Waterford Chandelier back to Green Room; renovations to the White House; Lady Bird talks with White House Curator Jim Ketchum; Lady Bird meets with Clark Clifford with report of White House Historical Association;…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/5/1964 (Tuesday)
Lady Bird's meeting about upcoming Kentucky trip; work on speech for Atlanta on May 11; Lady Bird visits with the White House chief guide for anecdotes about the White House; reception for 800 foreign students; LBJ, Lady Bird and Rusk remarks to…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/6/1964 (Wednesday)
Annual Senate Ladies Red Cross luncheon; White House china; Lady Bird's statement about White House history; entertainment at luncheon; LBJ's press conference on White House grounds; photos with press and their families; Lady Bird's meeting about…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/7/1964 (Thursday)
Lady Bird to hairdresser; meeting of Preservation of White House Committee; new drapes and rugs for White House; briefing on finances of White House Historical Association by Clark Clifford; lunch; reception for Fine Arts Committee; Lady Bird's…
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/8/1964 (Friday)
Lady Bird's desk work; Lady Bird to New York; Lynda Johnson returns from 5-state trip with LBJ; Lady Bird to Metropolitan Opera; lunch; performance of "Il Trovatore"; LBJ speech in Atlanta about race barriers
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