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Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that I was getting my hair combed in the car. F: From the airport to the rally? A: No, from Los Angeles, from my house to the airport. I don't know what happened, but he was combing my hair in the car. and then he changed cars, and my husband
Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . However, as the time drew closer, I think he actually felt that maybe he would win. I remember about a week before we went out to Los Angeles to the convention in 1960 I was in his office talking with him and I said, "Senator, do you think we have
Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • was. I'm glad he did. We were over at Mr. Rayburn's--Ann and I --for dinner the night before he left for the convention in Los Angeles. Of course, that's what we were talking about, and there was a lot of talk about [John] Kennedy had it in the bag
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Angeles. Do you have any recol- lections of the preceedings there, or being in his hotel room? W: Let me say that if there ever was a time when I regret not keeping a diary [this was it], because it was, as we have soon later learned, truly an historic
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh advisor to many of us and was well versed in the history of China at that time. [He] predicted pretty accurately what was about to happen
  • relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there. C: Fine. I came to Houston with my family in 1929 from Long Beach, Mississippi, and felt very much a stranger in Texas at that time. the fall of 1930 I entered Sam Houston High School. old. In I was fifteen years President Johnson, then twenty
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/26/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • up^ I r e a liz e d that I had an 11 o 'c lo c k appointment with E lea n o r L e m a ir^, that I needed to get m y hair combed, and that I was suppo s ed to have m y picture made fo r the F lo r is ts Association,,-at a little bit past eleven. So
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1966 (Saturday) (Item)
  • ld " f o r And the r o s a r y , g iv en b y P o p e Jo h n to L y n d a B ir d , w ill be h e r " s o m e th in g b o r r o w e d ". H e r " s o m e th in g b lu e " w a s a g o ld lo c k e t tie d w ith a b lu e s a tin rib b o n th a t b e lo n g
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/21/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • f o r L y n 's b irth d a y p u ttin g on m y w e t h a i r a n u n accu sto n ried f a ll w h ic h lo o k e d f ra n k ly w h a t it w a s . I took a b r ie f sto p f i r s t w ith C y n th ia to L y n d o n 's C o u n c il on R e c r e a tio n
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/12/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • , v e l v e t c o v e r e d p la tfo r m , on w h ich r e p o s e d m any, m any, lo vely .,'? l^ b o ra te p illo w s , each b e a r in g the coat o f a r m s o f a country, and on the p i l l o w s / m e d a l s , rib b o n s, d e c o ra tio n s r e
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/5/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • e b e s t w ir e w e could an d a ll w o rd s a r e h o llo w . A s L yndon le f t to go to w o rk h e tu rn e d to m e and s a id "W e'v e l o s t th e s te e l c fig h t; we m a y lo s e th e w a r . T h e y a r e going to in d ic t B o b b y
  • nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/14/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • yndon, rather to the surprise of Service and everybody else King H u sse in of I t h in k , got in the car with Jordan to d r iv e w it h him to From there Lyndon the Secret e l e c t e d to w alk b a c k , B l a ir H o u s e . became e n v e lo
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/19/1967 (Monday) (Item)
  • g h t i t w a s too m e a s u r e d , s lo w , d e l i b e r a t e . d ra m a and fire . At It n e e d e d m o r e A n d th e n c l o s e to th e e n d w h e n h e p o u n d e d h o m e th e f a c t t h a t the p a r t i e s to th e w a r m u s t
  • 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, 3/13/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • co ffee - L yndon h a d m a d e a s u r p r i s e v i s i t the n ig h t b e f o r e t o the G r id ir o n D in n e r - a n d w ho sh o u ld be '' f s ittin g th e r e , b u t R ic h a r d N ixon! j ' H e w a s lo o k in g r e la x e d a n d a f f
  • Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/17/1966 (Thursday) (Item)
  • n u t e s u p s t a i r s , so th a t I co uld show him the M a r y C a s s a t t . T h e y lo o k e d (in the . b u r e a u ) a t the l i t t l e p i c t u r e of E lle n B a r r y ' s p o r t r a i t of m e , w ith th e y ello w i m p r e s s i o
  • Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • e- thatched Governor of Virginia and Mrs. Harris on . I It is getting so that m ore for eign vis itors land in Willi am.::;burg than
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/26/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • accommodations of Con suls and Stude nt E:;;cl:ang e that we arc incre asing ly making with the Iron Curtain countri es. I never lo ok at Dick Russ ell withoul admi ra tion and without thinking of his great talent that I wish werl p ut to mor e vigorous use_
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/24/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • of A u s tr a li a a n d M r s . A llo tt a n d M rs . B ill D r iv e r a n d M a u re e n M a n s fie ld . m a n , the S e n a to r. And the lo n e A few tim e s h e h a s b e e n jo in e d b y one o th e r - - th e P r e s i d e n t . T h is tim e h
  • ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/8/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • a r e t h e s e n e x t few m o n t h s , E th e l w as a lo n g w ith B ob by . w o n d e rfu l a r t i c l e th a t h a d b e e n I sp ok e of w hat a - - I m e a n t th e one in L I F E w h e r e h e h a d a l l th e c h il d r e n s w a r m i n
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1969 (Sunday) (Item)
  • ., a J.A.g}vt Jia.A.n ^’ aJJ^ng, and 3 / ve lo .4 l my. w i s h t o h a v e a s n o w tfelIrobgnihsaW on--onJjy a ^ew Ac.aJJieJie.d '^JLake.^ one. a'^±e.Anoon an d ik e y dLidn'± Ai.ay. down i-o i k e C h ild ren 's G a rd en . (aAAyxng an uni>Aje.JJja
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/30/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • DUM * »THE W H IT E HOUSE WASHINGTON Thursday, A p r il 30, 1964 p^ge 3 while C u r ti s L e M a y crowned Luci, beaming. Lyndon as tal l and straight as he usually is^li s tenmg to the na tional anthem in an a irp o rt, but this time sm iling so sw
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/15/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • i r c u m s t a n c e . h eart soars. W h en th e t r u m p e t s b lo w , m y A n d w h e n th e y s t r i k e u p th e S t a r S p a n g le d B a n n e r , I t h in k I s t a n d tw o i n c h e s t a l l e r . T h i s ti m e I w a s e s p e c i
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • l :\i!EMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE j WASHINGTON Tuesday, May 9, 1967 Page I .... There is a rhythm to life these days. . . Weekdays crowded, . demanding; and then a weekend two days, sometimes three, that ­ ,~ Time to read and sleep a~d
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/10/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • " -" . I had w aked up th is m orn in g to/the m o st m a rv elo u s fu ll-p a g e 'a d jl in the N ew Y ork T im e s w hich read: " F r o m sw eat sh op s to S t o kow ski", and it w a s a trium phant tellin g of the p r o g r e s s of labor from lo fts
  • LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • and came back Monday afternoon! And this sum m er I can think of a time or two when a very hard-working P resident has done it, but he has also taken his work with him, and packed m ore into those three days than any human ought to. After an hour
Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , 1968 INTERVIE\'lEE: BE~; INTERVIE\{ER: T. iL\?2.I BARER J. 1,'I/\.TTENBERG Mr. i;;"ttenberg' s office, Executive Office Building, PLACE: Washi~gton, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 B: Hr. Hattenberg, we '..;'2.re talk.ing last time about the group of you
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/31/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • g e n t s . M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r . We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
  • Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/16/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • love". B u t i t w a s n ' t the lo n g , g e t t i n g - t o - k n o w - y o u t a l k t h a t I h o p e h e a n d C h u c k c a n h a v e s o m e t i m e s oon. E a r l y i n th e d a y I h a d b e e n to a c e r e m o n y in th e E a s t R o o m
  • LBJ & Lady Bird watch Today Show; Johnsons spend time with Lyn Nugent; Beautification tour of Washington with Mayor Akin; future Beautification projects in Austin; Lady Bird has lunch & visit in Luci Nugent's room; LBJ & Luci discuss Austin sales
Telephone conversation # 9414, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/4/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • "BILL MOYERS AND POTUS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TIME NOT LISTED ON SLIP; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH MOYERS AT 6:26P AND 6:34P
  • Telephone conversation # 9414, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/4/1966, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 1471, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 1/22/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 1471, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 1/22/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 5636, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 9/21/1964, 7:56PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH FRANK STANTON AT TIME OF CALL; HE IS ALSO APPARENTLY MEETING WITH WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6714, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/5/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 6714, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/5/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 5524, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER CAREY, 9/8/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • "CHICAGO"; LBJ ON HOLD 0:34; CAREY IS IN CHICAGO; HHH IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES CAREY ON HIS RECENT TV APPEARANCE, TEASES HIM ABOUT BEING UNABLE TO LOCATE HIM, TAKING TIME OFF; HHH ALSO CONGRATULATES CAREY
Telephone conversation # 7116, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 3/18/1965, 6:25PM (Item)
  • HENRY "JOE" FOWLER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ, RIBICOFF DISCUSS FINDINGS OF RECENT CONNECTICUT POLL; RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS ON VOTING RIGHTS AS ONE OF GREATEST SPEECHES OF ALL TIME; LBJ TELLS RIBICOFF HE HAS NOMINATED HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 8817, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 8817, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 10710, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 9/1/1966, 11:24PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CARL ALBERT IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DUBINSKY IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 5822, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 10/2/1964, 6:46PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE SMATHERS AT TIME OF CALL; JOHN MCCORMACK IS MEETING WITH CARL ALBERT
  • HOUSE ADJOURNMENT WITHOUT VETERANS BILL APPROVAL; LBJ TELLS ALBERT HE APPROVED OKLAHOMA WATER POLLUTION LAB; NBC POLL ON REPUBLICAN STRENGTH IN OKLAHOMA; TIME-LIFE ENDORSEMENT; PROTECTION OF LBJ; APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION; LBJ'S ROBERT E. LEE
Telephone conversation # 304, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/5/1963, 6:40PM (Item)
  • "#3"; "(TRANS)"; JACK VALENTI IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 173, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 11/29/1963, 7:11PM (Item)
  • "7"; "(TRANSCRIBED)"; MRS. FULBRIGHT IS MEETING WITH WILLIAM FULBRIGHT AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993
Telephone conversation # 246, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 12/2/1963, 6:30PM (Item)
  • "#6"; "(TRANS.)"; "BROOKS AND BOLLING DONE[.] MARK SHOWS WHERE TO START FULBRIGHT."; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994; CHARLOTTE BROOKS IS MEETING WITH JACK BROOKS AT TIME OF CALL