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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

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, 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, 3/13/1966 (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, 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, 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, 5/10/1967 (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, 8/16/1967 (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

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

" as they call it at those magazines, doing every department where someone else were unavailable, sick or on vacation . BA : What was the name of the book? BE : Time and a Ticket , it was called . BA : You may be too modest to mention this, but are you
Biographical information; TIME & A TICKET; LBJ's remarks regarding Vietnam; LBJ's reading and general knowledge; speech writing and the staff; "cussers/doubters/nervous-nellies;" consumer interest information; speech schedule put out on Fridays

. From 1936 through 1963 you were associated with the Chattanooga Times as a reporter, then Washington correspondent, and finally editor of the News Focus service. This last period was from 1958 to 1963. In 1963 you became a columnist for the Chicago

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/25/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

something to them. Lyndon said to President Truman, " I'v e been looking over a ll these b ills I passed, and I want you to know, over and over and over they began in your time, they were your ideas. I was just able to build on the good things you'd

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