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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/17/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

of trou b le and he h a s not s le p t w e ll. H is He sounded fr u str a te d o v er the lack of p r o g r e s s and u se d the w o r d s ^ t a l l y u n r e a lis tic . H e sa id h e w ould probably retu rn to T exas T hursday night for our w eek en
Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird works on speeches & Beautification luncheon; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird works with staff, Nash Castro & Jane Freeman on tour guide script; Lady Bird calls LBJ in Honolulu; LBJ's eyes

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

Creole shrimp, plus party food. The guests left about 11:30, and Lyndon went to night reading, and I to bed with my current book. I was delighted that he had told Herman Jones that he wanted to appoint Bess to the first vacancy on the Committee
Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/28/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

ig h ty A c r e s . We^ d iv id e d u p in to tw o c a r s a n d d ro v e a r o u n d u n t i l . i t w a s b la c k night,"- s to p p in g to s e e th e q u a il. A s w e w e r e h e a d in g e a s t th r o u g h th e M a r tin in th e g la d e w
Conference on Youth for Conservation and Natural Beauty group at ranch; LBJ reads proclamation for 1967 Conference; Lady Bird makes remarks; car tour of LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird gives deerskin bookmarks; work on James & Mary Davis' home; pick up

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/23/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

e , u n d e r E is e n h o w e r, I th in k . I th o u g h t it w ould ta k e the a tte n tio n , the a c c la im , th e s p o tlig h t, off the D ip lo m a tj a n d th is w a s th e ir night,^ th e ir l a s t n ig h t w ith th e J o h n so n a d m
Start children; Johnsons hold Diplomatic Reception; Lady Bird names guests; small dinner party for the Joe Frantzes and Governor & Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads before sleep

Telephone conversation # 9647, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/19/1966, 1:50PM (Item)

POSSIBLE FUTURE TROOP COMMITMENTS IN VIETNAM; OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY BY LABOR LEADERS JACOB POTOFSKY, WALTER REUTHER; LBJ READS REPORT ON BATTLE AT AN KHE, VIETNAM; MARITIME UNION RESOLUTION ON BOYCOTTING SHIPS; TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; WAGE

Telephone conversation # 11573, sound recording, LBJ and JENNINGS RANDOLPH, 2/27/1967, 10:35PM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSIONAL DISCONTENT, SENATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON DEFERRAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDS; RANDOLPH COMPLAINS ABOUT CHARLES SCHULTZE; LBJ DEFENDS HIS POLICY, READS CRITICAL PRESS STORY ON HEARINGS; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT BILL

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/20/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

e s and L iz had a r r iv e d . B e s s and the c h ild r e n and S im o n e. E verybod y w as read y, And so I w en t b a c k to the R a n ch , b o a r d e d the c o n v a ir fu ll of film c r e w s , s te w a r d s , a n d our lit t le g ro u p
.; Lady Bird reads headlines, "50,000 March in Support of the Poor"

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/13/1966 (Sunday) (Item)

discussed his Honolulu Conference, Vietnam and the SEATO Treaty; LBJ and Lady Bird call Maxwell Taylor about his TV appearance; Johnsons read newspapers

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1965 (Monday) (Item)

LBJ and the Vietnam War; Lady Bird's interview with a magazine; Lady Bird reads about Beautification; Lady Bird has lunch meeting with Bess Abell about mail; Lady Bird meets with Stewart Udall about Beautification; Lady Bird swims and has

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

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, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

ecid ed the s im p le s t thing to do w ould be to p ile in c a r s and ju st take the rou te. On the w ay I saw r e a lly v e r y litt le ev id en ce of the burning and looting w e had read so m u ch about, although w e w e r e going through a p

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/19/1967 (Monday) (Item)

to Johnson City for flower harvesting; dinner with Luci & Pat Nugent and friends at Steak Island in Austin; Luci has encounters with the press; Lady Bird to bed and reading "Of Time and The River" by Thomas Wolfe

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/22/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

Bird mentions guests; topics of conversation are jobs for the handicapped & anti-American sentiment in France; toasts; Lynda Johnson toasts to George Washington; Lady Bird visits; snowing; Lady Bird reads; San Antonio wins cleanest city award

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/24/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

0:00-0:10 contains last segment of September 21, 1968, audio diary; 4:08, transcript should read "Voltaire's Candide." There are several missing and wrong words in the transcript.

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/23/1966 (Sunday) (Item)

Bird reads newspapers; White House telephones; Lady Bird takes nap; guests for dinner and watching Dean Rusk on tv through Telstar; Lady Bird talks with John Macy about LBJ Library and Thomas Mann about Latin America; talks with Lynda Luci Johnson

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

; Lady Bird mentions many people at the fundraiser for the JFK Library; program of Frederick March reading JFK's favorite poetry; LBJ & Bobby Kennedy discuss Civil Rights Bill; Lynda Johnson is in Hawaii

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

Bird & LBJ discuss statement; Lady Bird visits with guests before going to Capitol for State of the Union message; teleprompter malfunctions; LBJ does not read the "I will not run" statement; visit in Speaker's office; buffet dinner at White House

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

Luci's wedding day; Lynda sings "Get Me To The Church On Time;" cable from Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird describes her thoughts, decorations & the service; telegram read from the Pope; Luci stops to kiss parents and give roses to mothers

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