Skip to main content
-
Series >
Annotated Transcripts of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
(remove)
-
Subject >
Congressional relations
(remove)
Limit your search
Tag
Contributor
Date
Subject
Type
Collection
Series
Specific Item Type
Time Period
85 results
- r o f a l l t h i s dram a g av e u s a s i g n a l , and t o g e t h e r
M u rie l and I w alk ed o u t t h e d o o r and down t h e g r e a t s t e p s o f th e
C a p i to l u n d e r t h e commanding handsom e new ly b u i l t p o r t i c o — f
- New York
- LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed
- St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City
- a n e m p e r o r .
A nd s o m e of m y own staxfefoe L o w e s to p t , an d m y S te u b e n bow l f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y
of T e x a s .
A nd t h e n we lo o k e d a t new ^ r u g s f o r the f a m ily dining r o o m .
One w a s
p e r f e
- AO many. g.o ad ttnie.^, tkeM.e ioa.4 ,J,ovtad Henr y and l ovel y
C h i s tin a .
We t h a n ked them '^oM. tkexA . pant, t n th e p art y '^oA.
doA t Monday. n t ^ k t tn New Yor k and t o l d tkem kow heauJLt^udL
tkeJjL djOLu^kJ.eJi.i kadd>een
- New York
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- e r too .
And
M a r i e - - a t l a s t L yndon is a c h ie v in g one of h i s a m b itio n s - - h e 's
g e ttin g M a r i e tau g h t to sw im .
And th e n B e r n i c e B u r g c a m e a n d gave m e a new h a i r - d o , and
u n d e r the d r
- p l e a s u r e o f the e v e n i n g .
A nd i t w a s
n o t u n u s u a l b e c a u s e a f t e r a l l M r s . B a r r o w s w a s a n A m e r i c a n - - a n a tiv e o f
New J e r s e y I b e lie v e .
_
T h e B a r r o w s s e e m e d to h
- of storeroom; phone calls; Lady Bird to hair salon; photos in Yellow Room; Johnsons greet Barrows; exchange of State gifts; dinner under tent in Rose Garden; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ made speech against isolationism in New Orleans on Tuesday
- the G o ld b e rg s w e r e th ere and c a m e u p s t a ir s w ith u s - a lw a y s li v e l y c o m p a n y and fu ll o f n e w s o f a new g r a n d c h ild a n d a n o th e r
c o m in g .
S e c r e t a r y and M r s, L u c iu s B a ttle r e p r e s e
- h en I got th e f r a n tic new s to com e
H e w a s in th e c a r w a i t i n g f o r m e .
I jo in e d an d I had r u n , b u t not f a s t
e n o u g h - - t h i s b e in g a b a d d a y f o r h i m - - a n d I c o u ld f e e l h i s t e n s e n
- ; Lady Bird has hair & medical appointments; renovations in Lady Bird's bedroom; Averell Harriman party for Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb & diplomatic corps; LBJ will meet William Randolph Hearst; news conference at State Department; LBJ swims with Earl
- so m e good
We did n o t h av e tim e to go out New Y o r k A v en u e - - the
m a j o r e n t r a n c e f r o m the n o r t h a n d e a s t an d the s h a b b ie s t o f a l l .
So th a t a w a it s a n o t h e r t i m e , a n d M a r y fle w off
- n g a new p l a y
L a t e r on I g a t h e r e d h e r up an d Te x G o ld -
s m i t h , who i s l e a v i n g f o r A s i a n e x t w eek, t o s i t
down f o r a q u i e t d r i n k in f r o n t o f t h e
f i r e , a n d Dr.
E l i z a b e t h
- strike; news article about LBJ buying suit; office work; Lady Bird walks grounds; LBJ speaks on television about end of strike; LBJ and Lady Bird attend dinner for Carl Albert; the Johnsons go to Camp David with guests
- a , an d
V ir g in ia R u s k , an d B e s s .
I w a n te d to a c q u a in t L illia n S e v illa -
S a c a s a w ith m y p la n to in v ite th e new D ip lo m a tic w iv e s in g ro u p s
o f fiv e o r te n , th o s e who h ad c o m e to th is c o u n
- a drink.
And then
M u riel and J e r r y d eparted on a la d ie s trip to New Y ork, shopping and
b a lle t.
H u b ert's le a v in g tom orrow to shoot qu ail, I think, in South C a ro lin a .
He en joys life m o re than n e a r ly anyone I know.
The r
- Lady Bird walks White House grounds; Lady Bird joins LBJ, Jim Hagerty and Leonard Goldman of ABC about TV show on beautification; Lynda Johnson's European trip; the eighth Congressional reception; LBJ, the press, and alleged suppression of news
- ; LBJ to New York for Joseph P. Kennedy dinner; Lady Bird dinner and talk with Luci Johnson; business meeting with A.W. Moursund; watched play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" in the Lincoln bedroom
- a n y
of th e m o v ie s t a r s h e is now s e e in g in h is new r o le .
L y n d a a n d W a rrie L y n n h av e clung to g e th e r d u rin g th e s e d a y s b e f o r e
th e w ed d in g .
She is good f o r L y n d a .
O ut of th e re c e iv
- th e r $ 5 0 ,000 fo r u s fo r th e c o m in g y e a r . So w e can b r e a th e e a s y . :'We can
I-__ Y '
"
e v e n a ffo r d to lo o k fo r s o m e new a r t object^ . B e s t o f a ll, he to ld us.,that^the liv in g
W h ite H o u se h a d s o ld
- in g , w o r k a t d e s k , r e c o r d in g , lu n c h u n d e r
a d r y e r a t M r, P e r s f o r a sh a m p o o a n d s e t, an d b a c k a t th e W hite H ouse
a b o u t 2 :3 0 ,
,
• V ,
wi oi
'T o d r e s s in m y new b la c k M o llie P arn
- LBJ gives commencement address at Glassboro, New York; Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird to booksellers' convention; welcoming ceremony for President & Mrs. Trejos, Costa Rica; Lady Bird names houseguests; Lady Bird to hair salon
- ? "
I got you a n ic e new one. "
" W h e r e d id you p u t th e o l d
" I j u s t f lu n g i t down, th e h i l l s i d e . "
So t o g e t h e r th e y c l a m o r e d do w n the h i l l u n t i l th e d e s k m a n
sw ears.
H e fo u n d the v e r
- c o u ld h a v e a r e a l d e d ic a tio n c e le b r a tio n th e r e .
c
B u t th e u r g e n t n e e d
-w a s to g e t a c l o s e r w o rk in g r e la tio n w ith th e new h e a d of th e W a s h in g to n
S c h o o l S y s te m to c u e h im
- LBJ & Lady Bird go swimming; LBJ is losing weight; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird's upcoming trip to Texas; Lady Bird selects new clothes; National Medal of Science Award ceremony; LBJ gives speech; photos, receiving line & reception; lunch
- they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite
H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e
ch a ir .
We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e
m in u tes
- at Giant Food stores; LBJ Library meeting; LBJ & Senator Richard Russell interrupt meeting; Lady Bird bowls; office work; phone calls to houseguests; dinner; LBJ talks about poverty programs; news article about McGeorge Bundy & bombing halt
- & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
- ; Congressional reception for 1000 people; photographs were taken; receiving line; Lady Bird quotes from Betty Beale news article; LBJ makes speech via telephone to Texas Exes party
- Congressional Prayer Breakfast; Lady Bird does office work; LBJ has television news conference; story about Adlai Stevenson's birthday cake; Stevenson discusses the Soviet Union, the United Nations, the Congo and China; Lady Bird meets with Barbara
- M a ll w h e r e , b o r d e r in g a h e a v y tr a f f i c
a r e a th a t c r o s s e s th e M a ll, t h e r e is a lo n g new b e d of p a n s ie s , a c a r p e t
o f p u r p le a n d g o ld , a n d I p la n te d a s y m b o lic few to f in is h
- Lady Bird's trip to New York for clothes fitting; lunch with Billie and Wendy; Tax Bill passed and signing ceremony; LBJ's speech and praise for Sen. Byrd; LBJ & Lady Bird to Mrs. Kennedy's house to present 4 signing pens; presentation of tray
- as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions
to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand
C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined.
T h ere a r e now 163
^
lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin
- There are small number of wrong or missing words. At 04:44 it should say "But I was tied. Everybody was tied to the news."
- rests and makes telephone calls; dinner alone; retires to bed; Luci Nugent to New York for a funeral; swearing-in ceremony for Russ Wiggins
- is worse; Pageant of Peace Christmas Tree lighting; speeches by boy scout, Walter Washington & LBJ; Les Carpenter is very ill; party for press women; gift wastebasket with photo montage; houseguests watching movie; LBJ's assessment of news agencies & Strom
- and th e A rth u r O kuns.
th e new h ead o f th e C o u n cil o f E c o n o m ic A d v is e r s .
He i s to b e
And fr o m L a b o r,
I. W. A b e l o f th e S te e lw o r k e r s and J o se p h K een a n and ub iq u itou s
G e o r g e M ea n y a n d
- tio n f o r m e a n d a lo t of c o n s e r v a tio n is ts .
"Tw o new N a tio n a l P a r k s
a n d a s y s t e m of s c e n i c r i v e r s a n d t r a i l s w e r e a d d e d to th e N a t i o n 's o u td o o r
p u b l i c p r e s e r v e to d
- New Jersey
- Glassboro, New Jersey
- o n e o f th e b ig g e s t
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
(
WASHINGTON
M onday, S e p tem b e r 5, 1966
Page 5
w o r d s in the v o c a b u la r y o f the s a n ita r iu m .
m y w o r ld then^
And th ey w e r e b ra n d new to
^ n d I think
- ho h a s c o v e r e d u s s in c e
1*11 a lw a y s lo o k b a c k on th em w ■
ith a 'ffe c tio n !1
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHING TON
T h u r s d a y , M a rc h 14, 1968
Page 9
F r a n k R e y n o ld s of A BC; a n d a new -found f r
- House past home on 30th Place; tea with Secretary Udall and New Mexico friends; small dinner party; "Operation Creche" to obtain creche for White House; LBJ late for dinner; vote on censure of Senator Thomas Dodd
