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to have a meal with him or to have a talk with him. F: You didn't know him particularly well though before he became President? M: No. F: Relate the circumstances surrounding your receipt of the news of the assassination of President Kennedy. Where

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, and Lyndon Johnson heard about it, was in town, and personally came over to welcome me in my new job. Secondly, we had several meetings very early, just the two of us, and then with others around his responsibilities heading the President's Commission. I

Oral history transcript, Jack Brooks, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a job that I thought would be constructive . Government Operations fitted that category . be done . It was available, it could They were putting some new members on it . The Republicans controlled the Congress, you understand, in January of '53

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, but that was a pro forma exercise in all likelihood. So, as long as Idris was in charge in a very conservative monarchial government in Libya, it was really a separate account. That has all changed, of course, since the ouster of Idris and the advent of this new

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

/loh/oh 2 K: Because he was new and Douglas knew that I didn't know him and he thought perhaps, I imagine he thought, that I could be of use to Johnson in his career and that Johnson would eventually be a man of influence that I should know because

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

aging n ew s w as that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci, c w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/24/1963 (Sunday) (Item)

for the fa m ily . A fter th ey ca m e, M r s. S h riv er turned to m e and sa id , "I h ear O sw ald has b een k ille d ." That w as the f ir s t new s I had about O sw ald . We w e r e told by p ro to c o l o ffic ia ls that w e would rid e w ith M r s

Oral history transcript, Carl Sanders, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. forgotten a coupl e of others that were therec I have I think Arthur Schl es inger \'Ias in there and a coupl e of others. B: It was generally assumed at the time in the newspapers that you '.'Jere there as kind of a representative of the New South. S

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Relations Committee] which Humphrey chaired from about 1958, I believe, on until he left the Senate. So she was involved in foreign policy to that degree. handled that subcommittee. She She is now living in New York and keeps running for office up

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/8/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/16/1966 (Friday) (Item)

Lady Bird mentions recent parties and hostile news articles; Bill Moyers resigns; William Manchester's book is out; photo albums for Christmas gifts; lunch; Jean Louis' last day; Childrens' Christmas party with puppet show, cookies & ice cream

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/29/1966 (Monday) (Item)

w o u ld b e s o e a s y s i m p l y to d i s c a r d th e m a l l a n d b u y h e r som e co m p le tely new o n es. B u t a t 75 o r s o , I c a n n o t h e l p b u t b e l i e v e s h e w o u ld b e l o n e s o m e f o r the th in g s s h e h

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)

m y th a n k s an d gopdbye anc^I hoped^^slipped aw ay . L a te r , I r e a d w h e re s o m e p r e s s p e r s o n d e s c r ib e d i t a s ^ r e c e iv e d new s o f th e r io tin g in W a sh in g to n an d le f t q u ic k ly w ith t e a r s i n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)

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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

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."

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1965 (Friday) (Item)

to ld th e s to r y of a b o u t how S te v e n so n h a d co m e to h im a n d to ld h im h e w a s th in k in g of ru n n in g fo r the S en ate in New Y o rk S ta t e . That w a s in th e s p r in g of ' 64, a n d w h at d id L yndon th in k a b o u

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/9/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

to ld m e th e s to r y . ( A nd th e n O ld a s sh e w as^ sh e g o t a new d r e s s m a n y tim e s a y e a r . E v e r y b r id e w ho w a s m a r r i e d in th is c h a p e l by tr a d itio n w a s e n title d to h a v e a s m a ll r e p l i c

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