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Telephone conversation # 338, sound recording, LBJ and JACQUELINE KENNEDY, 12/7/1963, 5:20PM (Item)
  • PRESS COVERAGE OF LBJ'S FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ PRAISES NEW YORK DAILY NEWS PHOTO OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY AND HER CHILDREN; JOHNSON FAMILY'S MOVE TO WH TODAY; LBJ INVITES MRS. KENNEDY TO VISIT HIM AT WH, SENDS HIS LOVE TO HER CHILDREN
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • "F (LBJ)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH BILL MOYERS PRECEDES CALL
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5865, sound recording, LBJ and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; TAYLOR IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LBJ ASKS THE TAYLORS TO CAMPAIGN WITH HENRY GONZALEZ IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, LOS ANGELES, TEXAS, ESPECIALLY TO SPANISH-SPEAKING GROUPS, EMPHASIZING PEACE, PROSPERITY; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR JOSEPH MONTOYA; SECRET SERVICE IN SANTA FE FOR POSSIBLE LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5866, sound recording, LADY BIRD JOHNSON and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ DOES NOT SPEAK IN THIS RECORDING; TAYLORS ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON COMMENTS ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; TAYLORS CAMPAIGNING FOR LBJ; NEW MEXICO POLITICS; JOSEPH MONTOYA; DIANA MACARTHUR'S CAMPAIGN RALLY WITH HHH; FAMILY MATTERS; CLINTON ANDERSON; CAMPAIGN VISIT BY BETHINE CHURCH, YMELDA DIXON
Telephone conversation # 13123, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONNELL, 6/20/1968, 4:44PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE "TRANSFER (CONTINUED ON NEXT BELT)" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; "JUNE 19, 1968, B.1; JUNE 20, 1968, B.1" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ READS LETTER FROM PAT NUGENT TO LBJ AND ENCLOSED POEM WRITTEN BY SGT JACK BARRICKLO THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN STARS AND STRIPES; PAT NUGENT'S REQUEST FOR TRANSFER TO NEW DUTIES IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 1118, sound recording, LBJ and JACQUELINE KENNEDY, 1/1/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • JACQUELINE KENNEDY ALMOST INAUDIBLE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORMERLY CLOSED ON TAPE K64.01, PNO 2 - (C)
  • LBJ WISHES JACQUELINE KENNEDY HAPPY NEW YEAR; MRS. KENNEDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON SUCCESS OF ERHARD VISIT TO LBJ RANCH; KENNEDY FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS VACATION; LYNDA BIRD JOHNSON'S ATTENDANCE AT COTTON BOWL GAME
Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM (Item)
  • ENVELOPE INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/9/1968; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL ON 9/6/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; TAISHOFF IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/4/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird & Muriel Humphrey to Philadelphia to appear on the Mike Douglas Show; Dorothy McCardle conducts interview with Lady Bird on airplane ride back; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to Bethesda Naval Hospital to visit maternity facilities; Lady Bird
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Telephone conversation # 6203, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/5/1964, 10:37AM (Item)
  • ELECTION RESULTS IN TENNESSEE, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, MONTANA, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS; CALLERS TEASE HHH ABOUT HIS WESTERN ATTIRE; LBJ GREETS MONTOYA IN SPANISH; DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION IN MEXICO; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; POSSIBLE MEETING
Telephone conversation # 4977, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; FEAR THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WILL AFFECT JOBS, HOUSING; INFORMAL NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER; PROPOSED TAXI FARE INCREASE IN NYC; LYNDA JOHNSON'S VISIT TO NYC, TV SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 5018, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/18/1964, 1:02PM (Item)
  • LYNDA JOHNSON'S NYC TRIP; LBJ ASKS WAGNER'S ADVICE ON UPCOMING MEETING WITH RFK; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; LABOR, WHITE BACKLASH; OLIVER QUAYLE POLL; CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI DELEGATIONS, HANDLING ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 5882, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 10/14/1964, 8:45PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 6335, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS' RELEASE FROM HOSPITAL WHICH QUOTES MARJORIE JENKINS; WALTER JENKINS' FUTURE; CLARK CLIFFORD'S DISAPPOINTMENT ON NOT BEING NAMED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; RFK; "DON" (COOK)
Telephone conversation # 6336, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • RFK; CANDIDATES FOR CABINET APPOINTMENTS; "DON" (COOK) FOR TREASURY OR JUSTICE; TOM WATSON OR FRANK STANTON FOR HEW OR COMMERCE; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6440, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/21/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • REQUEST THAT LUCI JOHNSON READ SPEECH ON BEHALF OF LBJ AT JEWISH ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK NEXT WEEK; NEED TO APPROVE CONTENT OF SPEECH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS MOYERS TO CALL LUCI, ASKS ABOUT HIS SON'S HEALTH, EXPRESSES SYMPATHY ABOUT MOYERS' COLD
Telephone conversation # 8347, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN?, 7/16/1965, 7:30PM? (Item)
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION ABOUT USDA PRESS LEAK TO CHARLES BAILEY OF MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE ABOUT RECENT ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND AT LBJ RANCH; LBJ DISCUSSES LAND LEASES AT RANCH, COMPLAINS ABOUT LEAK, READS FROM NEWS STORY
Telephone conversation # 10423, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/25/1966, 3:24PM (Item)
  • DALEY THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT REMARKS IN INDIANAPOLIS ABOUT RIOTING, DISCUSSES HHH'S NOTE EXPLAINING INACCURATE PRESS REPORT OF HHH'S SPEECH IN NEW ORLEANS; DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING WEDDINGS OF LUCI JOHNSON AND OF DALEY'S DAUGHTER; AEC FACILITY
Telephone conversation # 9351, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • INVITATION TO RUSK TO MEETING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA; PRESS INQUIRY ON WH CLEARANCE OF RICHARD RUSSELL'S RECENT SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; POSSIBLE LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE; WH STAFF'S PRESS CONTACTS; JACK ANDERSON COLUMNS; NEW YEAR'S
Telephone conversation # 9402, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/2/1966, 12:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ OFFERS DIRKSEN NEW YEAR'S, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL PRICE INCREASE; WAR-PROFITEERING; LBJ DISCUSSES ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR IN FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ TO USE LOWER ESTIMATE; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 13124, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONNELL, 6/20/1968, 4:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONTINUES READING LETTER FROM PAT NUGENT REQUESTING TRANSFER TO NEW DUTIES IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS MCCONNELL'S VIEWS ON REQUEST, DISCUSSES NUGENT'S BROTHER'S, CHARLES ROBB'S COMBAT SERVICE IN VIETNAM; MCCONNELL'S CONTINUATION AS AIR FORCE CHIEF
Telephone conversation # 13826, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 12/30/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; PEARSON'S PROMISE TO LECTURE AT UT; PALESTINIAN ATTACK ON EL AL AIRCRAFT, ISRAELI RESPONSE; PHANTOM JET SALE; COMMUNIST TENDENCY TO CREATE CRISES DURING US ELECTIONS, TRANSITIONS; APOLLO 8; PUEBLO; US ACCOMPLISHMENTS; LBJ'S
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/8/1963 (Sunday) (Item)
  • up early. He went for a walk, and then a brief church service at St. John’s. How glad I am about that. I went in to see Lucy and got the delicious news that she and Beth Jenkins--who was spending the night with her--after having studied algebra ‘til
  • Johnsons awake early, go for walk, and attend service at St. John's Church; Luci's fireplace mishap; description of Luci at the White House; Lady Bird and LBJ go to New York for funeral of Senator Herbert Lehman; in 1955, Lehman asked Senate
Telephone conversation # 13222, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/30/1968, 8:46PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CONTINUE BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE NEW ENEMY OFFENSIVE, CANDIDATE HHH'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON VIETNAM; RICHARD HUGHES' CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM; SOVIET PRESSURE ON VIETNAM
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/13/1969 (Monday) (Item)
  • on t h e i r way to New York and I had asked them to stop by Monday, January 1 3 , 1969 Page 2 f the White House and spend the night. We talked of Alabama and kinfolks and then I dispatched them on a to u r and joined a second group, Alice Brown
  • ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/25/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • 1964 Sat urday, July 25~ Was an easy and pleasant day. About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press conference. Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • o re to buy tre e s f o r Th e p la ns f o r them , drawn by a M r . M y ric k , a re on L iv e oaks between the courthouse and the p o sto ffic e . I t was a quiet, pleasant, s o a k -it-u p r e s t , s o r t of day. One big piece o f news in i t
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/3/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • into one of the gu est ro o m s, although a s he exp lain ed w e w ould not b e th ere that night. don't you a ll co m e up to New Y ork w ith u s?" And then he sa id , "Why '^• V' r^ ... - ■■■■',." '’)jn MEMORANDUM ' ■ _ THE WHITE HOUSE 'W A SK
  • New York
  • LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; dogs are racing on White House lawn; Air Force One to New York with guests for signing of the Immigration Act of 1965; LBJ delivers speech at ceremony; Johnsons see Erich Leinsdorf whom LBJ helped
  • New York City
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/20/1965 (Saturday) (Item)
  • h i r t y f o r lu n c h w ith L y n d o n . T h e C e c il B u rn e y s w e r e in tow n, a n d w e in v ite d th e m o v e r fo r d in n e r . T h e h o u se w as q u ie t. L y n d a w as in New Y o rk s e e in g B a k e r S tr e e t a n d a f
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/24/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • on a tour of NA SA in s ta lla tio n s ^ o ii what is ca lled the Gulf Space C rescent. A Beginning at Huntsville, Alabam a, continuing on, the Michaud o p e r a tions out of New O rleans, and then to Slidell , Louisiana; and then to the test M ississippi
  • ; news reports on the change in spelling of Luci Johnson's name; free concerts by National Symphony Music for Young America
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/26/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • . And then there was Lynda B ir d in New Y o r k to talk to. She'd been to see " B a r e fo o t in the P a r k " the night b e fo r e , and the night b e fo re that she»d seen " H e llo Doll y " , and she sounded like she'd been having a m a rvelo u s tim e
  • Lady Bird sleeps in; meeting with Eleanor Lemair about changes to Solarium; meeting head of Florists Association about Lady Bird delivering Easter flowers; Lynda Johnson in New York City; LBJ and Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch; dinner at Ranch with Jesse
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • for th e Prirr.e New Z :~ Mini~:L
  • Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/7/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • • ,. - : ■. 1965 V ' W EDNESDAY. APRIL 7 W ednesday, A p ril 7, began at the C a rly le in New Y ork. A little p a st ten B e s s and I w ent w ith M r. F o sb e r g to s e e the F r ic k M useum w h e r e the ligh tin g s y ste m m ad e dark
  • New York
  • New York City
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/4/1969 (Saturday) (Item)
  • and spicy. She was accompanied by a phalanx of relatives, the Burton Bosseys, Alexander, a grandson, and Antoni Shoumatoff, a granddaughter, and her son, Nicholas and his wife. I t was a good day for cupid with Betty Beale there and her new fiance, whom
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/31/1963 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • to a I t 's a w onderful w ay to w elcom e the New Y e a r, w ith m y own d e a r fa m ily , people th a t I love. It m ak e s th is the b ig g e st. We looked out o v e r the c o u n try th a t I love. The r u s s e t glow of the su n s e t o v e r
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/29/11966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • lin g s and th ere w as too m uch p u b licity fr o m h is end of it and I f e e l sa d a ll around. A tto rn ey G en era l. - I talked to C lark about the new H e told m e quite sim p ly and stra ig h tfo rw a rd ly that h e w ould not a c c e p t
  • Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • described the new process and how i t had become the very popular thing today. He spoke casually, authoritatively, of other Administrations, whole decades of them. strong Republican. Obviously he was a very I think we had between the three of us a sense
  • Breakfast; desk work; swimming; hair salon; new china for the White House; luncheon with Walter Hoving, Chairman of Tiffany's; photos in State Dining Room with White House Tour Office; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady Bird records diary; talk
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/21/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • ,-^of t r a v e lin g in the f o o t s t e p s of M r s . K en n edy, in a w ay , that is^ w o rk on A r t m a t t e r s , I fle w up to New Y o r k a t 11 and went to the New Y o r k H i s t o r i c a l S o c ie t y , w h e re I w a s m e t b y D r . H e
  • Lady Bird's trip to New York Historical Society to see a Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the White House; Audubon exhibit; lunch at James Fosburgh's home; Winslow-Homer painting for White House; Fine Arts Committee; Vincent Price
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/13/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • that M ary L a sk er is going to g iv e m e fo r m y b irth d a y . 'D o ris and I talked about the p o s s ib ility of m y con tribu tin g the planting to the new P o s t O ffice that is to go up in K ck arn in a c a ll to B rook e A s to r . She i s v
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/11/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • c a m e in . A nd th e n l a t e r M o llie I f it t e d a l l the th in g s I h a d s e l e c t e d e a r l i e r th is y e a r - - a n e le g a n t w h ite ev en in g d r e s s w ith lon g s le e v e s , a n d b o ug ht a d e l i c i o u s new p
  • New York
  • Lady Bird awakens to LBJ working in bed; they talk and have breakfast; Lady Bird flies to New York City for clothes shopping and fittings; article about Ed Clark; hair styled for evening; Lady Bird & Bess Abell go to "I Do, I Do" play; Lady Bird
  • Pierre Hotel, New York City
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/5/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • an d to th e B a r t e r T h e a tr e in A bingdon , an d to d e d ic a te th e new w ing of th e M o d e rn M u se u m of A r t , a n d see La T r a v ia ta a t th e o p e r a , a n d h a v e a r e c e p tio n fo r T h o rn to n W ild e r to r e c e iv
  • Mrs. Cantinflas [Valentina Ivanova Zuvareff] dies; steel strike; Lady Bird dubs home movie of 1941 Senate campaign; White House maid finds rat in Luci Johnson's room; Lady Bird has lunch with Luci; new Chef for the White House; LBJ lunches and has