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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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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 # 10111, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD BOLAND, 5/10/1966, 8:23PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; MIKE KIRWAN IS MEETING WITH EDWARD BOLAND AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 10586, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 8/5/1966, 7:03PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 636, sound recording, LBJ and JACQUELINE KENNEDY, 12/21/1963, 6:55PM (Item)
  • "#3"; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; FORMERLY CLOSED-DONOR'S DEED OF GIFT (C); OPENED 09/98
Telephone conversation # 714, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 12/25/1963, 1:55PM (Item)
  • "#5"; "OTHER FOUR BELTS MISSING" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; DICTABELT PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS CALL ON 12/25/1964; JACK VALENTI IS WITH HIS FAMILY IN HOUSTON AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 9/1999
Telephone conversation # 6203, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/5/1964, 10:37AM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; HHH IS MEETING WITH LBJ; BASS, MONTOYA, HARRIS, RFK ARE MEETING WITH MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 6328, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/11/1964, 8:26PM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; RUSSELL ON HOLD 0:35; JACK VALENTI IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Telephone conversation # 10647, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/27/1966, 8:31PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND MURIEL HUMPHREY IS MEETING WITH HHH
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/8/1963 (Sunday) (Item)
  • back some of our birds in our own hands, the birds that I love so much that we’ve been accumulating through the years. We had dinner with just the Frank Ikards, Mary Lasker, and Jack, and Homer Thornberry. Lyndon’s going to have a hard time doing
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