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

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 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, "Opening Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Meeting, 5/18/1966" (Item)

~g litter problem, and to the new subway system for Washlng!:on and what can be done to make it more - sceni~ . Everytime I look out the window of the White House, I realize t1:e tourist season is already upon us., Americans will be traveling

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968" (Item)

AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS LUNCHEON BILTMORE HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY NOVEMBER 19, 1968 Thank you, Mr. Perrin. It is a pleasure to be with Keep America Beautiful -- its officers and members -- on this day of tribute. 1 am touched and grateful
New York
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968"

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Luncheon for Members of Committee for a More Beautiful Capital and Beautification Donors, 4/13/1966" (Item)

the winter snows. We will be driVing around after lunch to see some of the golden-fringed forsythia, the red and pink tulips, and yellow daffodils bursting forth. And, ringing Hains Point, will be the old and the new cherry trees which will one day make

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Reception Honoring Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty - the White House, 2/16/1967" (Item)

you could corne up this spring and go on that old stagecoach road that I mentioned in my letter. I bave been there recently and l have seen a new family of beavers. The maple sap will be running pretty soon and the maple trees will be tapped. I can

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Beautification Awards Ceremony, Washington, DC, 6/28/1966" (Item)

for their new emphaeie on design and lanqscaping. But today we are recognizing what ree!dent• here in the diatrict have been doing. A c!ty does not speak to you because it le big but because it is beautiful, and it is YOU. the citizen, who make• it so. National

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Reception for Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty, 3/29/1968" (Item)

years; to dare to dream of a national park in the redwoods, or a recreation park in the Potomac Basin, or high- speed ground transportation and subways for our cities, and of new cities and new towns. But -- quite apart from the big endeavors

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Awards Ceremony Washington, DC., 6/28/1968" (Item)

that leads one to the Capital. In the heart of our city 0 Pershing Square hurst forth in a blaze of colorful glory0 And certainly all of us are pleased that so many of the big government buildings are winning architectural awards for their new ernphasis

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/16/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

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

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the Syphax School Playground - Washington, 5/25/1967" (Item)

a wonderful display of art work about the playground which you have clone with Mrs. Schulson. Out here, you have cverything from a play giraffe to the new trash cans given by your, neighbor. Of course the se thing s don 1t just happen. They are here be cause

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Beautification Awards Ceremony, the White House, 6/6/1967" (Item)

, and J. heartily congratulate you on what you have done . At the parking lots, I loved seeing the ingenious bright new plantings t hd.t relieve the solid asphait and c ernent style of those essential parts of a city. B right geraniurns and petunias

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/2/1965 (Saturday) (Item)

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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/29/11966 (Tuesday) (Item)

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. - 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

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Annual Awards Ceremony of the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, the White House, 6/11/1968" (Item)

last sumrne r 1 - 1 MORE A variety of projects have been carried out in the schools. ranging from tbe topographical map of the new Braille Trail at the Arboretum which the children of Webb School made , to the forcing and plant'lng of bulbs

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Luncheon for Conservation Leaders - the White House, 11/13/1968" (Item)

of our guesta - who in quite different ways have tried to do s omething about the cause of conservation. .. ·. „ 1 have asked Mrs. Helen Fena.1i:e to teil ua tbe graes roots story of why the people of New Jersey wanted to preserve a place called

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/15/1965 (Monday) (Item)

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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/13/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

that M ary L a sk er is going to g iv e m e fo r m y b irth d a y . 'D o ris and I talked about the p o s s ib ility of m y con tribu tin g the planting to the new P o s t O ffice that is to go up in K ck arn in a c a ll to B rook e A s to r . She i s v

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/7/1965 (Friday) (Item)

im p r e s s e d a s I to g e t i t ! A nd My sp eech w as j u s t to c o n g r a tu la te New Y o rk o n s e ttin g a n e x a m p le and le a d in g -i 1965 F r id a y , M ay 7th (c o n tin u e d ) th e w a y , bu t s a y in g , "D on't r e s t
New York
Lady Bird to New York to shop for clothes at the Carlyle; Lady Bird chooses clothes by Mollie Parnis who loans her own shoes; "Salute to Spring" in the rain; ceremony in front of New York Public Library with entertainment--all cancelled and moved
New York

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1965 (Monday) (Item)

that Lyndon and h is sta ff kept on the D o m in ica n situ a tio n . ■ M r s . S m ith had com e down fr o m New Y ork to w rap up our va rio u s p r o je c ts - - L u c i's S o la riu m and m y sittin g ro o m and th e W est H a ll, and, m o r e im p o

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

before the mad rush to leave, the la te -August fever, set in. P ro sp ect's not good, but w e'll try . After all, it took 20 years for M edicare. Th n e I had a look at Lynda B ird's new clothes. She takes - to heart too much this idea of economy

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/3/1966 () (Item)

d so m e of th em o n ly f o r lim ite d b u s in e s s - - fo u r s ta te s - - New M ex ico , R hode Is la n d , C o lo ra d o a n d M is s o u r i - - a u th o r iz e d le g is la tio n r e la tin g to b e a u tify in g th e h ig h w ay s o r c o
New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/11/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

, and M r s . H a rris o n , on th e ir way to New Y o rk , m et us the re , and we had a ceremony dedicating th is v e ry complete fa c ility fo r the to u ris t -- picnic tables under an a ttra c tive lit t le ro o f, a barbecue p it, w ater fountain

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

ou se, found in a New Y ork antique shop and g iv en to the White H ouse b y the Lyndon John sons b a ck in A ugust o f ’6 3 ! It w as a good day fo r m e , b e c a u se I can c a ll n e a r ly e v e r y one o f th e SenateL adiesb y f ir s t nam e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

r t s a n d in p a r k s on o u r f iv e s ta te to u r of New E n g la n d . A d ay lik e th is is a n e x h a u s tin g s e m in a r on the g e o g ra p h y , e c o n o m y - - the lo o k of the la n d a n d the p eo p le th a t m a k e up o u r
New York
Johnsons make a five-state New England tour; crowds at airports; LBJ gives speech at Rhode Island University in Providence; anti-war demonstrators; LBJ speaks at Navy League luncheon in Manchester, NH; birthday party for Senator George Aiken
Nevele Hotel, Ellenville, New York

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/19/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)

ashington C hannel, the new a q u a r iu m fo r H ain es P o in t, the in d u str ie s on th e G eorgetow n W aterfron t, th e h op es fo r an even tu al p ark th e r e , and the p ro p o se d 1965 W ed n esday, M ay 19th (continued) d ev elo p m e n t o f

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/20/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)

in d e d m e o f the H ans C h r is tia n A n d e r se n s to r y a b ou t the e m p e r o r 's new c lo th e s . If you can g e t enough p e o p le - - en ou gh r e v ie w s - - to s in g , "Th is i s g r e a t, th is i s w o n d erfu l, th is is n e
New York
Lady Bird tours architecture at Yale University and New York; LBJ is in the hospital; Lady Bird likes rare books display at Beinecke Library at Yale; press are waiting outside the Beinecke for photographs; Lady Bird sees public housing units; Lady
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/26/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

u d so n i s g o i n g th ro u g h th a t c r u e l l y l o n e l y t i m e o f b e i n g a new w id o w . When t h — e y And t h e n when L yndon l e f t I w o r k e d o n my c l o t h e s came i n w i t h S e c r e t a r y R u s k a n d f o
Lady Bird sleeps late; Lady Bird mentions her houseguests; Lady Bird works on clothing for New York trip; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and staff members; President Kennedy's appointment of Averell Harriman at State Department; Lady Bird has tea

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/30/1965 (Saturday) (Item)

. Word h a d come t h a t Rusk was i l l , w ith a bad c o ld , unable c o n fin ed t o h is bed to be a t t h e f u n e r a l . D illon was i l l t o o , a n d t h e m o s t s h a t t e r i n g news was t h a t McNamara was i n Walt e r Re ed w i t

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/29/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

p h o n e; each. T h e re w as a lo t of In th e m o rn in g a long ta lk w ith L y n d a B ir d in New Y o rk . She is h a v in g a g ay tim e - th e a tr e s an d good dining s p o ts and p a r tie s a n d b r ig h t p e o p le , an d sh e is s
LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and make plans for Camp David with friends; Lady Bird talks with Lynda on phone; phone calls to Horace Busby about LBJ exhibit, Bill Walton about New York Avenue, & Mrs. Paul Mellon about White House grounds and Lafayette

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/13/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

and s ta ff to jo in A . W . and lo o k a t a new r a n c h th a t i s fo r s a l e . h im ! A lm o s t a n a d d ic tio n w ith A nd I w a s to jo in h im - - I p r o m is e d , I hop ed - - a t 1 :3 0 . So M r . B o w e n and P a t and I d r o v e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/25/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

New York
Not a successful day; breakfast with LBJ; Lady Bird to New York on clothes-shopping trip; meeting with Robert Dowling about Sterling Gardens; Lynda Johnson interviews for job; Lady Bird returns to White House; physical exercises; Lady Bird views
New York City

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/30/1968 (Sunday) (Item)

r a i l s i l v e r s ic k le of a new m o o n a n d the b r e e z e on the to p d e c k w a s v e r y w e lc o m e , I s e t t l e d down f i r s t f o r a long d i s c u s s io n w ith A lan B oyd a b o u t the freew ay c o n t r o v e r s y in San
LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; read newspapers; Saul Pett interviews Lady Bird for article on LBJ; Johnsons watch Sunday news programs; lunch; Lady Bird bowls; guests arrive for dinner on the "Sequoia;" Lady Bird names guests

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/12/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

s t of w a lk in g o u t lo o k in g m u c h m o r e a t t r a c tiv e an d on top of the w o rld . c A t 2 :0 0 w a s m y m a in m e e tin g of the day . M a ry L a s k e r h a d c o m e dow n fro m New Y o rk a n d N ash , G e o rg e H a rtz o g

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/9/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

New York
Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson and Bess Abell to New York for clothes shopping; story in newspapers about East Garden; to the theater to see "What Makes Sammy Run"
New York City

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/23/1966 (Friday) (Item)

. / th a t v e r y o ften g re w in c lu m p s c lo s e by. I m a d e a n o te to w r ite th e h e a d of th e hig h w ay d e p a rtm e n t in New MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E HOUSE ( WASHINGTON S e p te m b e r 23, 1966 - - p ag e 5 M ex ic o to t e l
New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/16/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)

ew ay , c a m e down fr o m New Y o r k a n d s ta y e d l a t e r , and w e w en t o v e r the l i s t o f b o ok s fro m the A m e r i c a n Book S e lle r s A sso c ia tio n H ouse. that they a r e so kin dly going to giv e to the White I a s k e
Women Doers Luncheon with speaker, Jane Jacobs; funny story about Mrs. Charles Marsh; LBJ makes brief appearance; office work; Dorris Powell tells stories about Lady Bird's mother; LBJ & Lady Bird to dinner in New York honoring Jacqueline Kennedy

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