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the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary
Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun,
Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years;
and Norm a Ekdahl
- New York
- with Mayor Daley of Chicago, et al; LBJ meets with Dean Rusk about Gulf of Tonkin situation
- Syracuse, New York
- , besides Washington, New Y o rk , Chicago.
T h e r e 's
one lesson I ought to lea rn out o f it - k:e-ep m y mouth shut.
I n ever saw so
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many pictures with mouth wide open, i n laughter o r g r e e tin g o r su rp rise.
A l l in al l, its been a g rea
- ; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird gives short speech; reception for Alabama women officials; presentation of watercolor to Lady Bird; relaxing on the plane with press; dinner with LBJ at Marshall McNeil's; news coverage of Huntsville trip
- , which
I was to m ake in the Museum of Modern A rt t h is v e ry night, on the
occasion of the opening of the new wing.
She made a couple of suggestions,
and v e ry good ones they w ere - and M ary has that rare quality of suggesting
th e m i n a way
- Lady Bird's speech for the Museum of Modern Art that evening; to Carlysle Hotel in New York; speech by David Rockefeller; dinner and reception at Museum; party at Adlai Stevenson's home
- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
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conversation,
And h a d
a n t h o l o g y --"Chicago
Rugged,
white
it
c ompletely un-
r a t h e r lik e
He h a d n 't hea rd about
l i t t le hard
I h a d h a d b ro ught
He was shaggy h a i r e d ,
almost in a dutch b o b .
t>¥tainT3 l e d in his
- u ite n a t u r a l in L u c i 's h o u s e h o ld . B u t p e r h a p s not e x a c t l y w h at the p r e s s
i s u s e d to.
We a r r i v e d in v e r y f u ll n u m b e r c o n s id e r in g th at the b ig new s
w a s m o r e th a n a th o u s
- LBJ's 60th birthday; Lady Bird watched Democratic National Convention until 3 a.m.; Lady Bird talks to Lynda Robb on phone; Mrs. Richard Daley invites Lady Bird to luncheon in Chicago; LBJ & Jake Pickle swim; Liz Carpenter calls with Convention
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to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y .
W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t .
A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new
A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
- Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
- n io n h a l l , th e r e w a s a n o th e r new e x p e r i e n c e too.
D avid
u.
M acD onald, in in tro d u c in g Lyndon, pled g ed t h a t "the Union s h a ll do a l l of the
d o w n - t o - e a r t h w o r k that is p o s s ible,-t o
e le c
- 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
- Chicago, Illinois
- o u t V e r n a ,
a n d S e n a to r a n d M r s . K a r l M undt.
d e c lin e d .
I o b s e r v e d th a t the R o b e r t K en n ed y s
M r s . K ennedy is aw ay .
T h e r e w e r e tw o G o v e r n o rs : R ic h a r d H ughes of New J e r s e
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CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON
WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES
December 31, 1968
Tuesday, New Year's Eve at the Ranch was dreary and cold.
headline for the world.
An ominous
With the renewed fighting in the Near East, the
U.N. is about to censure the Israelis
- New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
- up early. He went for a walk, and then a brief church
service at St. John’s. How glad I am about that.
I went in to see Lucy and got the delicious news that she and Beth Jenkins--who was
spending the night with her--after having studied algebra ‘til
- 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
- on t h e i r way to New York and I had asked them to stop by
Monday, January 1 3 , 1969
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the White House and spend the night.
We talked of Alabama and
kinfolks and then I dispatched them on a to u r and joined a second
group, Alice Brown
- ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
- e r c ia l, with L i z and B ess, and I
b e lie v e , F ra n ces Lew ine fo r a New Y o r k appearance t hat I had anticipated
with both dread and the w ill to succeed.
It w a s the f i r s t a n n iv e r s a ry luncheon of the E lean or R o o s e v
- New York
- 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
- New York
- Transcript of Mrs. Johnson’s Audio Diary
Prepared by Staff of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
December 9, 1963
Monday, December ninth. Mary Lasker had come down from New York last night and spent the
night with us in the Queen’s Room
- 1964
Sat urday, July 25~
Was an easy and pleasant day.
About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's
office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press
conference.
Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
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T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th
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W as lik e a cam p aign d ay.
I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day
s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n .
We ch o se New J e r s e y
b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
- New Jersey
- 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
- New Jersey
- g day going over the p lan s for the new
; ' ad d ition feg -tha fine tooth com b - - d ecid ing m y bedroom w indow s on the
■ n o rth m u st sin k further for v iew and pr o p o r tio n ,
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although I’d g iv e up another ’
b o o k sh e lf
- Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer
- husband had been
a Senator from - was it New Y ork , or New Hampshire ~ but now we know
her as the w rite r of many books, particula r ly about New Orlean s and L ou isiana,
Baroness S ilvercru ys, the lo v ely R osem ary with whom I occasionaly
get
- of the C a r ly le .
-ylew
He R a n te d
to talk b e a u tific a tio n w ith m e, and p a rtic u la rly to te ll m e about h is own
p ro je c t. S te rlin g G a rd e n s, a la rg e tr a c t of fo r e s t land, only an h o u r's
d riv e fro m New Y ork C
- New York
- New York City
- and B e s s , and we w ent to u r is t on re g u la r
a ir lin e , w hich se e m e d to be a fa c t of c o n sid e ra b le i n te r e s t to the new sm en ,
a r riv in g in New Y ork, th e re w as a s m a ll c lu s te r of p h o to g ra p h e rs
- Touring Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Lady Bird's description of several paintings considered for loan to White House; to Whitney Museum to view additional paintings; lunch at Mary Lasker's house; to theater to see Arthur Miller's "After
- looking - putting away the la s t things that w e re
I
h ers.
I ’ m not about to say goodby to som ebody as dear as W a r r ie Lynn,
ju st'^so long fo r now,^
A little a fte r 4 we choppered out to A n d rew s, and went to New Y o r k f or
the New Y o
- & Lady Bird to New York Gala; private dinner with Arthur Krims and Ed Weisl Srs.; reception at Arthur Krim's
- at a little p a st one.
The p erso n
whose m in istra tio n s I needed m o st was Jean L ouis, and I spent the a f t e r noon getting re p a ire d .
T hat too is one of m y New Y e a r's R esolutions - -
to look b e tte r at a ll public ap p earan ces
- o re to buy tre e s f o r
Th e p la ns f o r them , drawn by a M r . M y ric k , a re on
L iv e oaks between the courthouse and the p o sto ffic e .
I t was a quiet, pleasant, s o a k -it-u p r e s t , s o r t of day.
One big piece o f news in i t
- into one of the gu est ro o m s, although a s he
exp lain ed w e w ould not b e th ere that night.
don't you a ll co m e up to New Y ork w ith u s?"
And then he sa id , "Why
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MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
'W A SK
- New York
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; dogs are racing on White House lawn; Air Force One to New York with guests for signing of the Immigration Act of 1965; LBJ delivers speech at ceremony; Johnsons see Erich Leinsdorf whom LBJ helped
- New York City
- h i r t y f o r lu n c h w ith L y n d o n .
T h e C e c il B u rn e y s w e r e in tow n, a n d w e in v ite d th e m o v e r fo r
d in n e r .
T h e h o u se w as q u ie t.
L y n d a w as in New Y o rk s e e in g B a k e r S tr e e t
a n d a f
- on a tour of NA SA
in s ta lla tio n s ^ o ii what is ca lled the Gulf Space C rescent.
A
Beginning at Huntsville, Alabam a, continuing on, the Michaud o p e r a tions out of New O rleans, and then to Slidell , Louisiana; and then to the
test
M ississippi
- ; news reports on the change in spelling of Luci Johnson's name; free concerts by National Symphony Music for Young America
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And then there was Lynda B ir d in New Y o r k to talk to.
She'd been
to see " B a r e fo o t in the P a r k " the night b e fo r e , and the night b e fo re that
she»d seen " H e llo Doll y " , and she sounded like she'd been having a
m a rvelo u s tim e
- Lady Bird sleeps in; meeting with Eleanor Lemair about changes to Solarium; meeting head of Florists Association about Lady Bird delivering Easter flowers; Lynda Johnson in New York City; LBJ and Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch; dinner at Ranch with Jesse
- MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
W ASH ING TON
Tu esd ay, M ay 26, 1964
P a ge 1
I le ft New Y o r k at a le is u r e ly llj3 0 , a r r iv in g a t the W hite H ouse, to
find out that Lynda B ird had fin ish e d h er la s t exam - Oh, jo y !
And had
- New York
- New York
- ork.
And then at noon I flew to New Y o rk with W arrie Lynn, L iz and B e s s ,
We went to the C a rlis l e ^to that b eau tifu l s u ite w h e r e I a lw ay s fe e l that I ’m
in trudin g on the a p a rtm e n t of the fa ir y p rin c e s s ,
Je a n K
- New York
- 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
- New York
- for th e Prirr.e
New Z
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Mini~:L
- Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
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W ednesday, A p ril 7, began at the C a rly le in New Y ork.
A little
p a st ten B e s s and I w ent w ith M r. F o sb e r g to s e e the F r ic k M useum
w h e r e the ligh tin g s y ste m m ad e dark
- New York
- New York City
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and spicy.
She was accompanied by a phalanx of relatives, the Burton
Bosseys, Alexander, a grandson, and Antoni Shoumatoff, a granddaughter,
and her son, Nicholas and his wife.
I t was a good day for cupid with
Betty Beale there and her new fiance, whom
- to a
I t 's a w onderful w ay to w elcom e the New
Y e a r, w ith m y own d e a r fa m ily , people th a t I love.
It m ak e s th is the
b ig g e st.
We looked out o v e r the c o u n try th a t I love.
The r u s s e t glow of
the su n s e t o v e r
- lin g s and th ere w as too m uch p u b licity fr o m
h is end of it and I f e e l sa d a ll around.
A tto rn ey G en era l.
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I talked to C lark about the new
H e told m e quite sim p ly and stra ig h tfo rw a rd ly that
h e w ould not a c c e p t
- Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
- m en tion ed J a c k ie ’ s hope fo r new d r a p e s
and new c h a ir s i n the State Dining R o o m , but she fe e l s that ad d itio n s w ill
co m e , not fro m m a jo r g if t s , but fro m the s a le of the guide book.
And sh e
w arn ed m e
- MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
M o n d ay , F e b ru a r y 15, 1965
WASHINGTON
age 1
It began w ith w o rk a t the d esk , and then a little p a s t 12, leaving w ith
B e ss fo r New Y ork, to a tte n d the p r e m ie r of The G r e a te s t S tory
- New York
- Lady Bird to New York City for premier of "The Greatest Story Ever Told;" Lady Bird visits a playground project in Harlem; Lady Bird views Bobby Lehman's art collection; Lady Bird to Ambassador Adlai Stevenson's home before show; Lady Bird
- New York City
- described the new process and how i t had become
the very popular thing today.
He spoke casually, authoritatively, of
other Administrations, whole decades of them.
strong Republican.
Obviously he was a very
I think we had between the three of us a sense
- Breakfast; desk work; swimming; hair salon; new china for the White House; luncheon with Walter Hoving, Chairman of Tiffany's; photos in State Dining Room with White House Tour Office; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady Bird records diary; talk
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Jan u ary
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72,
T hursday
B e s s a n d I l e f t t h e s n o wy Was h i n g t o n on an
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to c a tc h th e t r a i n .
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. We t h o u g h t we w uo l d h a v e
But a l u l l
- New York
- Lady Bird goes to New York City to purchase clothing; Lady Bird attends dinner party given in her honor at Brooke Astor's home; Lady Bird mentions several people at the party; Charles Engelhard tells a funny story; Lady Bird recounts an earlier
- New York City
- ,-^of t r a v e lin g in the f o o t s t e p s
of M r s . K en n edy, in a w ay , that is^ w o rk on A r t m a t t e r s ,
I fle w up to New Y o r k a t 11 and went to the New Y o r k H i s t o r i c a l
S o c ie t y , w h e re I w a s m e t b y D r . H e
- Lady Bird's trip to New York Historical Society to see a Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the White House; Audubon exhibit; lunch at James Fosburgh's home; Winslow-Homer painting for White House; Fine Arts Committee; Vincent Price
