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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/8/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird to LBJ's hospital room; vote on Highway Beautification Bill; Luci Johnson reads LBJ a poem and a prayer while LBJ kneels; LBJ to surgery;--removed gall bladder and kidney stone; Lady Bird talks to family and Billy Graham; LBJ returns from
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/4/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Bird describes grooming cattle for auction; BBQ dinner at ranch house; LBJ gives gifts to wives & brief remarks; photos taken; movies in the hangar; Lady Bird has paraffin bath for arthritic finger and reads "Capable Honor" by Allen Drury
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/23/1967 (Monday) (Item)
  • Bird mentions guests at Senate reception and is complimentary of Hubert Humphrey; men to East Room; women to Queen's Room for program on youth, Peace Corps and poverty by Bob Taft III & Jay Rockefeller; look at drapery fabric; massage & reading
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/23/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird has breakfast, packs & says goodbye to Lynda Johnson; flights canceled due to snow; Lady Bird stops at Bergdorf Goodman on way to Pennsylvania train station for trip back to Washington, DC; Lady Bird reads "The Arrangement" on train; Lady
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/10/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • Bird & the Ed Clarks to Corcoran Gallery; tea & tours at White House for the Clarks & guests; LBJ speaks briefly to guests; Lady Bird practices Appalachia speeches; dinner at Scoop Jackson's home; LBJ reads John Steinbeck letter about Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • had dinner and then to bed. The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one. from a mission to find a big stack of mail. He said he had returned He had only time to read two
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/24/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • 0:00-0:10 contains last segment of September 21, 1968, audio diary; 4:08, transcript should read "Voltaire's Candide." There are several missing and wrong words in the transcript.
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/25/1967 (Monday) (Item)
  • & Mrs. John Waller of Australia; Lady Bird naps & reads newspaper; office work; bowling; hair styled; small, personal dinner party for 30; Lady Bird mentions guests; LBJ gives toast to "friends;" Lady Bird gives tour to ladies; Lady Bird visits
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/28/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • LBJ and Lady Bird to arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India; Lady Bird has desk work, reads, and has hair done; Lady Bird describes the exchange of gifts; formal photographs; Lady Bird mentions several guests; receiving line
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/10/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • 05:55, this should read "Nkrumah"
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/16/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • for Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty where Lady Bird makes statement and helps Alan Boyd present awards; Laurance Rockefeller speaks; LBJ joins reception; LBJ swims; Lady Bird reads Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement"
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/4/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/9/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • 5:31, should read "Alan" and I had planned instead of "Sharon" and I.
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Bird & LBJ discuss statement; Lady Bird visits with guests before going to Capitol for State of the Union message; teleprompter malfunctions; LBJ does not read the "I will not run" statement; visit in Speaker's office; buffet dinner at White House
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/30/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • NBC filming for Project Head Start; Actor Danny Kaye is there for Head Start ceremony; Lady Bird gives remarks for Head Start ceremony; Sargent Shriver reads a funny letter; praise for Luci Johnson from her boss, Dr. Kraskin; LBJ has luncheon
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/5/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a s t e r n c o u n trie s. And I do not th in k i t is m y im a g in a tio n th a t m a k e s m e s e e in D ean R u s k an a l m o s t i m p i s h tw in k le of th e e y e , a m o r e read y sm ile . And ev e n V i r g in i a , a s L u c i w ould
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/22/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • LBJ has meeting with Walter Washington; Lady Bird meets with Nathaniel Owings about Las Trampas & Pennsylvania Avenue plan; office work; lunch; Lady Bird reads about Iran & has her hair styled; arrival ceremony on South lawn for Shah of Iran; LBJ