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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
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