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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)

e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night. And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s , the o

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

d to M a rg ie M c N a m a ra a o u t the g u e s t l i s t f o r th e p a r ty w e hope to g iv e f o r th em in la te F e b r u a r y . S h e 's s t i l l in the h o s p ita l. . s o ,p a in f u lly jh ijv a n d .d ra w n ,. w h en I!d s e e n h
Lady Bird to memorial service for Merle Patman at Congressional Club; speeches by Ruth Burleson & Wright Patman; controversy over Robert Merrill's songs for evening entertainment; upcoming party for the Bob McNamaras; Lady Bird has medical

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/17/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e everybody fo r ju st a m in u te. B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld not tr y . So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s going to a c c e p t th e r

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1969 (Monday) (Item)

, t u l i p s , n a r c i s s u s , v i o l e t s — e s p e c i a l l y p r e p a r e d by M a r i e t t a B ro o k s , s h e s a i d ; and Bob S t r a u s s , and C a ro ly n K ellam w ith Monday, J a n u a ry 20, 1969 b o th h e r l i t t l e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

and not well at all I try to bring these girls into our life as well as teach them some c;>f my thinking and phrases and bow I hope they present us to the world. f~ At a reception I usually ask Christine to give a name · of one or two of her girls to Bess

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/30/1964 (Saturday) (Item)

o ils down to the fa c t that what we la c k i s s ome m o vin g c om m unity s p ir it , so m e p e r so n with id e a s and ju dgem en t to tak e it o v e r. B e ck y lo o k s v e r y p re tty , I hope she d o es get to com e to W ashington so m e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/30/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

MEMORANDUM THE W H ITE HOUSE W ASHINOTO N T h u r s day, A p r i l 30, 1964 Today dawned cold and rainy. Ah, unhappy fo r e c a s t fo r Saturday, when the 3000 Dem o c ratic ladies w ill converge upon us, on--hopeful ly ^ t h e White House

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1964 (Saturday) (Item)

to v is it A tlan tic C ity, but I do hope you w ill in vite m e to com e back this su m m e r. M aybe I ’ ll even b rin g m y husband with m e, " When the dinner was o v e r , w e file d out, shaking hands w ith a s m ajiy people as we could p o s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

at M a y o 's -- who p u lled it out w ith p in c e r s or so m eth in g lik e th a t -- a n d Lyndon w as on h is fe e t in th r e e d a y s. I grip p ed h er hand w ith s p e c ia l w arm th . n ow . I know She is an ard en t R ep u b lican I hope

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/8/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

ile d out. L u c i an d I to o w a lk e d out in to th e w a itin g a r m s of t h e l a d i e s of t h e p r e s s an d I hope I m a d e s o m e s e n s e W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 8 (Continued) w h an I s a id the s p e e c h w a s a p r

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1967 (Monday) (Item)

a n k y ou. to h a v e i t p u b lis h e d - - p o s th u m o u s ly ." " T h a t ' s fin e . • I g u e s s I w ill h av e T h e re u p o n the la d y a n s w e r e d , I hope i t w ill b e so o n ." He d e c la r e s i t h ap p en ed ! .As so o n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/13/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

e s n 't lik e g a rd e n in g a l l th a t m u c h , I hope s h e 's g o t enough a ttic s p a c e to p u t th em in . We a ls o gave a d o c u m e n t s ig n e d by T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n , w h ic h I w ould lik e to h a v e k e p t m y s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/26/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

ile I IjWjWW UMIB T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 26 (C o n tin u ed ) w a tc h e d a good show on T V / v J ^ e a c m e of l u x u ry c^ an d pho n ed L yndon I w as going to b e d a n d I hoped th a t he w ould b r in g so m eb o d y h o m e to k

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/25/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

r o o k e r s , th e J im R o w e s . B e tty B e a le 's e s t im a t e w a s f a ir . but not g a y . I th in k T h e m o o d w a s w a r m and fr ie n d ly , I found m y s e lf p u sh in g a g a in s t th e w a ll o f g lo o m hoping th a t I

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

ho h a v e e n t e r t a i n e d u s ^ t h e l a r g e d in n e r4 th e P r e s i d e n t i a l S c h o l a r s ' b u f f e t s u p p e r j - - y ^ g r a c i o u s ( . l e t t e r a n d a u to g ra p h e d p i c t u r e ^ a n d I hope a h ap p y m e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/14/1969 (Tuesday) (Item)

k e t h i s , " I hope i t may b e s a id a h u n d red y e a r s from now t h a t to g e th e r we h e lp e d to make o u r c o u n try more j u s t f o r a l l i t s p e o p le , a s w e ll a s to in s u r e th e b le s s in g s o f l i b e r t y f

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/20/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r , M r s. H o ly o k e , a n d o u r A m b a s s a d o r ' s w ife , M r s . P o w e l l , c a m e f o r m e . o u r g o o d b y e s to S i r B e r n a r d a n d L a d y F e r g u s o n . W e m ad e I hope th a t we s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/15/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

, w h ic h i s r e a ll y an in d u lg e n c e fo r m e . 36 P r e s i d e n t s . S o m e tim e I hope to g o to th e h o m e o f e v e r y on e o f the B y n o w , I m u s t h a v e gon e to a t l e a s t 12. T h e r e w a s a la r g e c r o w d

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