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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, 5/10/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all. He talked about a str ik e i •MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967 ; WASBINOTON Page - of 1912 or 1913, and I cou ld s e e old heads bobbing through the a u d ien ce in m e m

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

speculation as to who would be Mr. Johnson's running mate, and of course for a time there Bob Kennedy's name was put forward. Then due to Mr. Johnson's announcement that no member of his cabinet would be in contention, this put a damper on this. Did you

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

t e a . Bob K n u d s e n to o k a p i c t u r e , I d is p a tc h e d t h e m on a t o u r of t h e W h ite H o u s e w ith m y e a r n e s t th a n k s an d high h o p e s . T h e a t h e r e b e g a n u n d o u b ted ly one of t h e f u n n ie

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

not the son of Houghton-Mifflin published it . Nathanial and the grandson of Robert? BE : Yes . BA : A distinguished background, Then in 1967 you took the job on the White House staff? BE : Yes . Through, having met, while I was at Newsweek , Bob

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/3/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

. And I hope m a y b e t h e r e w ill b e s o m e u s e of it o t h e r th a n j u s t a s an e x h ib it in the L i b r a r y . E v e n s o i t ' s in the c a n , an d I m a r k off on m y m e n t a l t a b l e t one m o r e c h e c k b y th in g s d o

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

ts w e r e l e f t f o r o u r own L t. A t k in s an d Bob K n u d sen a n d O k am o to , a n d a m o m e n t f o r u s to h av e a b it of a d rin k . f A nd th en th e r e c e iv in g lin e c o n tin u e d . I w as d e e p ly p ro u d . O u r o

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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

i t to Lyndon, who took i t with gusto and pretended that he was drinking i t . I hope that none of the cars that passed us recognized any of us. I t would have been an unsettling sight. c Back at the White House Lyndon lay down. y e t. He's

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/28/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)

s so w e ll, is so s u r e in h e r to u ch , / V ,. I lo o k e d a t th e m , lik e d th e m , am going to buy one o r two and hope I c a n so o n g et c lo th e s o u t of m y l i f e f o r th e n e x t th r e e o r fo u r m o n th s . T h e n I

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/21/1966 (Monday) (Item)

in g of p a p e r s , a g o o d ly a m o u n t of w o rk done a n d th en b a c k fo r a 6:30 a p p o in tm e n t w ith L iz a nd Doug C a te r in the W est H a ll, to r e a d , w h a t I hope to h e a v e n , is th e fin a l d r a f t of th e A la b

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

p le f r o m B onw it T e l l e r w ith m y B e n Zucke r m a n c lo th e s - - th e l a s t t h r e e of m y S p rin g o u tfit I hope." I c a n 't g e t o v e r th e s lig h tly rid ic u lo u s fe e lin g th a t c lo th e s should, ta k e up so m u

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/20/1966 (Sunday) (Item)

so m e d ay , he h im s e lf , w o u ld c o m e to l e c t u r e th e r e - f o r a s u m m e r - f o r a n ig h t - a n y th in g . I a ls o s a id , " I hope th a t you*re going to le a v e th e p a p e r s th a t r e l a t e to the p a r t of y o

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/3/1966 (Friday) (Item)

e a r s i n th e H o u se an d the S enate an d c a m p a ig n s a n d o u r life t o g e t h e r . to w r i t e a b o u t u s , I hope i t w ill be a s good a s p o s s i b l e . If p e o p le a r e going So I a m c o m m i t t e d to tr y in g

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, 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

bet that he did not tell you. G: Well, that could be. C: But I do not see any reason--I would think that George would want to ask Mrs. Johnson first. But I would hope that Mrs. Johnson would permit LBJ Presidential Library http

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/16/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

their a im s and hopes w e re - - ill-fash io n ed w e r e his intentions I b elieve and not a bad w ord. A nd w h e n C h u c k feac u s e d t h e p h r a s e " y o u r p e r m i s s i o n " , L y n d o n q u i c k l y s a i d , " Y o u h a v e it and m y

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/31/1966 (Monday) (Item)

of the s u c c e s s s t o r i e s of A s i a . And now th is c o u n tr y I hope I s h a ll liv e to s e e th e s a m e thing h a p p e n w ith th e b e a s t th a t we w r e s t l e w ith today. \ P e r h a p s i t is th is bond o: a s s o c i a t i o

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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