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Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 8/14/1944 (Item)

6. Approving approval are (1 to r) Clem Randeau, new vice-president of WJJD; Ralph L. Atlass, former president, also president of WIND Chicago; Marshan Field, new owner; H. Leslie Atlass, vice-president of CBS in charge of central division operations

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 15 (XV), 1/4/1980-1/5/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Mayo's for a checkup, and I went to New York on a city trip with Gene Boehringer Lasseter, and we did a lot of sight-seeing. She went to see a young man from East Texas who was destined to make quite a mark for himself in the world of music. He was Van
Closing up LBJ's Senate campaign headquarters after the 1941 loss; trip to New York City with Gene Boehringer Lasseter to see Van Cliburn; the political importance of postmasters; LBJ's involvement in the extension of Selective Service and the draft

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 19 (XIX), 2/6-7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a big part of his life and a big part of his companionship. He looked up to the old chairman, Carl Vinson from Georgia, with the greatest admiration and affection. And then he had a lot of other good friends on there, too: Sterling Cole I think of New
death; Harry Truman receiving the news of FDR's death at Sam Rayburn's "board of education;" LBJ's relationship with FDR; Milo and Tharon Perkins; President Truman's friends; LBJ's level of conservatism, especially following FDR's death; KTBC sending

Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 1942 (Item)

The Gotham _ Th~Town l,ous~ WILSHIRE LOS CHICAGO The Blae~stone CH I CAGO BOULEVARD The £uanshire ANGELES EXPOSITION NEW YORK CITY lhe Dra~e EVANSTON 1234 · The Town l,ouse .J.. Belleuiew Biltmore LOS ANGELES C, e • BELL EA

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the 1967 National Clean Up Contest Awards Presentation, the Statler Hotel, Washington, DC, 2/20/1968" (Item)

to roll u.p their sleeves and get to work. The problems of our environment are great, but they are the kind of problems that the individual and the civic group can help to solve -- whether they live in Mountain View, Missouri or Chicago, Illinois. As you

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Acceptance of Gold Medal Award from the Institute of Social Sciences, New York, New York, 12/1/1966" (Item)

MEDAL AWARD FROM THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES NEW YORK, NEW YORK M r. Pace, Your Eminence, distinguished friends: Thank you for your generous wo :rds. I am pleased and honored to accept the Gold Medal Award. It is a n awa rd tbat I
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Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Acceptance of Gold Medal Award from the Institute of Social Sciences, New York, New York, 12/1/1966"

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Receiving Head Start Citation from the Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, Hotel Pierre - New York, New York, 5/10/1967" (Item)

FOR RELEASE AFTER 6:30 P. M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 1 1967 Office of the Press Secretary to ""Mr s. Johnson ~THE WHITE HOUSE REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON UPON RECEIVING HEAD START CITATION FROM THE CITIZENS 1 COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK
New York
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Receiving Head Start Citation from the Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, Hotel Pierre - New York, New York, 5/10/1967"

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 12th Annual Meeting of Keep America Beautiful, Inc,. New York, New York, 10/7/1965" (Item)

.. .· .. ' , FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1965 ...... 12:00 noon REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON 12TH ANNUAL MEETING OF KEEP AME RICA BEA UT IF UL, INC. NE W YORK, NEW YORK Mr . Perin, Friends: It is a g reat pleasure for me
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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 12th Annual Meeting of Keep America Beautiful, Inc,. New York, New York, 10/7/1965"

Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 2/26/1942 (Item)

velvets few days ago. Yours, ,J I I 22 February 191}2 Dear Jim: f understand that there is a likelihood that Congress will create a new Municipal Court of Al)peals in the District of Columbia . I am helpful that it will be possible for you
Judge appointments, Army Air Support Command for Austin, office visits and mailing. Attachments concerning judge appointments for new Municipal Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia

Telephone conversation # 5865, sound recording, LBJ and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)

TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; TAYLOR IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
LBJ ASKS THE TAYLORS TO CAMPAIGN WITH HENRY GONZALEZ IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, LOS ANGELES, TEXAS, ESPECIALLY TO SPANISH-SPEAKING GROUPS, EMPHASIZING PEACE, PROSPERITY; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR JOSEPH MONTOYA; SECRET SERVICE IN SANTA FE FOR POSSIBLE LBJ

Telephone conversation # 5866, sound recording, LADY BIRD JOHNSON and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)

TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ DOES NOT SPEAK IN THIS RECORDING; TAYLORS ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
LADY BIRD JOHNSON COMMENTS ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; TAYLORS CAMPAIGNING FOR LBJ; NEW MEXICO POLITICS; JOSEPH MONTOYA; DIANA MACARTHUR'S CAMPAIGN RALLY WITH HHH; FAMILY MATTERS; CLINTON ANDERSON; CAMPAIGN VISIT BY BETHINE CHURCH, YMELDA DIXON

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Nebraska State Conference on Natural Beauty, Lincoln, Nebraska, 6/15/1966" (Item)

, where the man made lakes and picnic areas along your own Interstate Higbway #80 are pointed out as an example of excellence, and where Secretary Udall told me just a few days ago tbat Nebraska bas one of the best plans for developing new parks

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Ceremony Commemorating the Issuance of New Beautification Stamp, 10/5/1966" (Item)

FOR RELEASE AFTER 11:00 A. M. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1966 REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON AT WlilTE HOUSE CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE ISSUANCE OF NEW BEAUTIFICATION STAMP Office of the Press Secretary t o Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE Mr
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Ceremony Commemorating the Issuance of New Beautification Stamp, 10/5/1966"

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Rededication of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 5/25/1964" (Item)

to leave our "dailyness 11 and see what we never saw before in the daily round .--f or art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he woul d never be able to see beyond his immediate world, nor could the world see the man within. We are so often pictured
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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Rededication of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 5/25/1964"

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 11 (XI), Jan. 27-28, 1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XI -- 6 J: Oh, I know he did! He just opened his eyes to--well he just--not opened his eyes; he turned his eyes in the direction of the outside world. Of course, I do remember a lovely spring trip into New
to Washington, D.C.; Dorothy Jackson's marriage to Philip Nichols; anticipation of a world war; Charles Marsh telling the Johnsons about the dangers of Adolf Hitler; Welly Hopkins' work for United Mine Workers; the 1940 Democratic National Convention in Chicago

Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967" (Item)

"NION, NEW HA VEN, CC~NECTICUT, OCTOBER 9, 1967 0 When 1 received the invitation from John J. 0 1Leary ...... a name no Democrat can reeist -- to corne and talk to the Yale Political Union about beautification, l was delighted to accept. Delighted
Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967"

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of 'Wildflowers of the United States', 9/16/1966" (Item)

-----------------------------------------------------------------Mrs. Rockefeller, friends: Let me assure you that this book is going to be in daily demand at the White House Library. It is just the kind of meaningful reference that we have been needing. And I am sure that every fut ure inbabitant of the White House

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)

of realizing it in our time. Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We ail 1Uently thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by experiencing stirring and satisfying sights. Let me sbare with you news of a few of the wonderful projects tbat have

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of the Annual Albert and Mary Lasker Awards to Medical Journalists - St. Regis Hotel - New York City, 5/10/1968" (Item)

that it ie harder and harder to get their story in the paper or on the airo The explosion of news reduces their ~ha:ncea to teil the daily s truggle o! life am de~.;::·i which hae such unseen dramatic i·esulta. I am so glad that there are awards as we have
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Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of the Annual Albert and Mary Lasker Awards to Medical Journalists - St. Regis Hotel - New York City, 5/10/1968"

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention in Lexington, KY, 5/21/1964" (Item)

a poverty bill 30 years ago, those former cotton farmers would have been retrained to a new skill, rather than remaining on in an economy that time has passed by. The lasting answer to wiping out poverty in this country is not just charity, but a full-scale

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Country in the spring. It'd been a long time since I'd been in the countryside repeatedly in February, April, May, June, and I saw it all unfold. And there's just nothing in the world as green, and as new, and as fresh, and as sure of the revival
Furniture for the LBJ Ranch; living at the Ranch for the first time in the summer of 1952; LBJ's legislative work in 1952, including military waste and tidelands; the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in Chicago; controversy surrounding

Telephone conversation # 736, sound recording, LBJ and AMON CARTER, JR., 12/25/1963, 8:39PM (Item)

"7"; "'MERRY CHRISTMAS' CALLS ON DEC. 25, 1963 BY PRES."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CARTER ON HOLD 01:05; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
HOLIDAY GREETINGS; CARTER MENTIONS INCREASED SUPPORT FOR LBJ; UPCOMING BBQ; LADY BIRD DISCUSSES WESTERN ART FOR WH, MARY LASKER'S ASSISTANCE; LBJ DISCUSSES FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS, NEED FOR GOOD TEXAS WH PRESS COVERAGE; UPCOMING SPECIAL NEWS SECTION

Telephone conversation # 1128, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/1/1964, 8:32PM (Item)

ACCORDING TO WH ENVELOPE, TIME OF CALL WAS 8:32A, BUT DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 8:32P; MOURSUND AND WEST ARE AT THE LBJ RANCH; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A & C
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; DC WEATHER; LBJ'S VISIT WITH LUDWIG ERHARD; US TROOPS IN GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA; DURUM WHEAT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO TALLULAH FALLS, GEORGIA; UT-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME; DEER HUNTING; BOBBY RUSSELL

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/5/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

New York
with Mayor Daley of Chicago, et al; LBJ meets with Dean Rusk about Gulf of Tonkin situation
Syracuse, New York

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 18 (XVIII), 9/26/1980-9/27/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or July or when, because I did return to Austin later on. At any rate, sometime during the summer I went to see our old friend Dr. Will Watt in Austin and got the big news that I was, at last, pregnant. It was big news because from 1934 to 1943--of course
, 1944; press support for LBJ; LBJ's work in the 1944 election; Mrs. Johnson's trip to New Hampshire to christen the U.S.S. Tench; family members hospitalized in the summer of 1944; the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; LBJ winning his

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/24/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)

, 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 ” ^ 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

Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1943 (Item)

, pianos, . chairs, draperies, and everything be new looking, bright and modernistic. We must go now from one extreme to the other - from the old to the new, from the dirty to the clean, from the drab to the bright - and I know you, Mother, Betty, with F

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Beginning of 'Adventures in Learning' Trip and Showing of 'Pancho' Film - the White House, 3/13/1967" (Item)

to the comm\lllity - - t aaching and e?lriching the lives of the people of all ages. . In visiting some of the claesroorns of the se three stateo, I will be glirnpsing classrooms in every state where we are attacldng old problerns in new ways

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Garden Clubs of America Dinner, Greenwich, Connecticut, 5/16/1968" (Item)

to youth educati on. Each of you has added in a visible way t o the heritage of this country. We are daily conscious of the high c ost of blight that derneans people's lives. Ugliness -- the grey, dreary, unchanging world of crowded, d eprived neigbborhoods

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/25/1964 (Monday) (Item)

, 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

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, United Church Women Luncheon, 3/24/1965" (Item)

new weapons" in the war on poverty. I have been working particularly on Project Head Start which we h ope will be an important breakthrough in edu

Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/16/1943 (Item)

. do to &n er some of your .uestio~a: (See your lett.r of prtl 12 , 3rd p (1) e ,} The news nd ticker oerv1oe in ff;nuary showed ·1 245 bec&uae J:1?5 was for the month of January and ~la was for a prior period. 1'be $180 for Jlaroh ehould have

Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1943 (Item)

Lady Bird: Just received your note written at 1:25 PM April 6. The news on the Standard and aSCAP situation appears to be good. Please follow through and get both definitely settled. I will give some thought to the Safeway matter, but I know we cannot

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)

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

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks Accepting the Eleanor Roosevelt Candlestick Award at the Women's National Press Club Dinner, 12/2/1968" (Item)

evening I have enjoyed, especially the company of friends frorn past and present. Dr. Reddick who gu.i ded me in journalism school to those two ‫ ס‬r three stories in the Daily Tex.an with the by-line -- "By Claudia Taylor. 11 Does one ever read any story

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 10/24/1967" (Item)

in those days, tuition was paid with produce - .. or 11with horse and saddle which the student used to reach school. 11 Prayers were at 4:00 a. m. daily ... with compulsory attendance 1 But I think the thing that most impresses all of us who love

Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 2/27/1942 (Item)

· not be considered. ,J,.. ~ ... Ac,- ~ \ '"i ~ • -l . Pho.rut Calls: Innumerable O ~ I Exerc:tireS from four to six d°jf1 at m-~- ~ym~ Hts ~~ 0 ~µ~~e.ttf-~~~~ ~~t,~).a Darling the news from the exercises is very good11 I h~~~ lost an inch in the hips, an inch
Daily summary including letters written and office visits, Lady Bird exercises, office responsibilities; annotations from LBJ to Lady Bird

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/10/1964 (Friday) (Item)

. 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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/27/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

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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