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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/11/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • , is E isen h o w er." J of And then he ta lk ed D ie m . he d o e s. It alw ays m ak es me u n com fortab le w hen H is death, he reg a rd s a s a h ideous turning point in the w ar and a b la c k sp ot in our nation al life . And then h e talked o
  • LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • the Advisory Committee for the National Parks to get some briefing on i t ) , and Orville and Jane, C.R., B ill and Jane Wirtz, and Wilbur and Eloise Cohen, our bridge playing friends the Alan Boyds, Bob Weaver without Ella, who has been absent from a ll
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/6/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • of the National Parks S ervices and M r. West, and we had a final going over of the agenda for the Com m ittee fo r the P reserva tion of the White House, which m eets Thursday, May 7th, because M r . Hartzog, as Dire c to r of the Parks S ervices, is the Chairman
  • agenda for Committee for the Preservation of the White House; paintings from Alice Brown
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • double amputee ..-­ -/re lost to Romney .-fr'nd his pretty wife Alice. Dear Robin Duke's frienrl, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, who helps h(:r out by being Chairman of the Blair House Fine Arts Committee. The luncheon was remarkable for several the loudspeaki
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/28/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • Return home from Florida; Visit to and meeting with Mrs. Kennedy about Society for the Preservation of the White House and its members; Mrs. Kennedy agrees to be public member; Fine Arts Committee; gift of four JFK minted coins; office work; John
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/12/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Hair salon; Luci Nugents escorts Tricia Nixon & Nixon Cabinet members' children through White House; Lynda & Chuck Robb are in Bangkok; last meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; report on White House Historical Association
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/25/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird watches Chancellor Adenauer's funeral on television; annual meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Oveta Culp Hobby donates Waterford Crystal chandelier; Lady Bird is in receiving line at Senate Ladies Luncheon
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/8/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Office work; Promotions for Women in Armed Forces bill signing ceremony; LBJ presents Bronze Star to Major Marie Rodgers, an African-American, and a Legion of Merit to Colonel Ethel Hefley; Committee for Preservation of the White House meeting