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- . The vacated space, located next to the replica Oval Office, proved to be an ideal spot for a new gallery. The quandary of financing the project remained. There would be significant costs, which the Museum budget was unprepared LOcover. That problem vanished
- ( CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES December 31, 1968 Tuesday, New Year's Eve at the Ranch was dreary and cold. headline for the world. An ominous With the renewed fighting in the Near East, the U.N. is about to censure the Israelis
- New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
- : A Biography." University of Texas faculty members Bruce Buchanan (Government), Richard Schott (LBJ School) and Michael Stoff (History) form the committee which advises the library on awarding grants. s Museum News: Lisa Royse New Curator; Major
- to the public on June 5. On the evening before, 800 members of the Friends f the Library gathered for a preview of the new displays, a buffet supper on the plaza and a gala program of entertain ment by Opera Diva Leontyne Price, Broadway star Carol Channing
- Issue Number LXIX September 18, 1998 Balcony Sculpture Garden (See story on page 2) The Balcony Sculpture Garden Gary Yarrington, former curator of the LBJ Museum and a sculptor by avocation, furnished the inspiration for this new showpiece. Set
- . And when he chose LO address the country on the energy cri is, he deliberately picked the format of the fireside chat. In the 1980 campaign, even Ronald Reagan quoted from FDR to such an extent in his acceptance addre. s that the New York Times titled its
- eighty hours of recordings of President Johnson's telephone con versations, covering the months of January through March 1964. This new opening, along with the record ings for November 22 through December 31, 1963, which previous ly were opened
- Issue Number XLII February 15, 1988 Lady Bird Johnson at 75 (seepp. 2-3) Photo by Frank Wolfe Jubilee Year Filled With Activity Lady Bird Johnson's jubilee year she was 75 on December 22-was marked by a move into a new house which she decorated
- the Biggs Chair in Military History at the Virginia Military Institute; author, The Years of MacArthur WILLIAM J. JORDEN, Correspondent, Associated Press, 1948-1952; Correspondent, New York Times, 1952-1955; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1974-1978 Panel
- ½. The State of New York/Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., State Office Building Collection. 2 Bal Jeunesse by Palmer Hayden Collection of Dr. Meredith Sirmans Meta Warrick Fuller. Talking skull. 1937. Bronze, 28x40X15. The Museum of Afro-American History, Boston
- of American for ces to Vietnam. President Lyndon Johnson maneuvered the measure through the House and Senate with astonishing speed. The vote in Con gress, with only Senators Morse and Gruenjng dissenting, was to mark the beginning of a new phase
- to me.... " But she did know long-time LBJ aide Horace Busby, a childhood friend of hers. So when Ms. Smith was working at Cosmopo!ita11 maga zine, and its new owner Helen Gurley Brown asked her to do a story on the Johnson girls, she said, "Okay, 1
- . A month later, some of them joined members of the Friends of the LBJ Library for a celebration that saw I ,600 people dining on the Library's plaza (see cover photo). At both the Washington and Austin events, a new film titled "LBJ: A Remembrance
- ," she said. To round out a busy day, mem bers of the Johnson family also appeared in Au tin on Wednesday afternoon at the LBJ Library to celebrate the opening of a new exhibit, "To the Moon," which celebrates the nascent space pro gram in the 1960s
- , members of the Friends joined Mr~. Lyndon 8. Johnson and Archivist of the United Stutes Jame~ fl. Rhoads at premieres of a multimedia presenta tion, LBJ Humor, and the new Library Orientation Film. Both features were produced by the Library staff
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Symposium: Children in Crisis, 18-19 September 1992," LBJ Library
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- the high cost of neglect. In community after community, hopeful new initiatives are under way to lift up children and their families. There are beacons to guide us down a road to a better future for our children. Nearly a quarter century ago, President
- , Betty Ford. Bottom: Beverly Sills, Earl Warren, Nelson Rockefeller. Among the speakers have been many of the leaders of the Johnson administration. 2 Library Faces" 3 Initiating a new program to feature ex hibits in the lobby commemorating a local
- the Endowments for Len years, and he sponsored legislation that established th Institute of Museum Services, which provides modest 6'Tants lo museums of every kind. Now president emeritus of the nation's largest private university, New York University, Brademas
- -=-; _Among Friends ofLBJ ISSUE NUMBER XXI,JANUARY15, 1981 A NEWSLETTEROF TH£ FRIENDS OF THE LBJ LIBRARY Mrs. Johnson greets new Board member George Christian. Foundation Board Meets in Special Session Members of The Lyndon Baines John son
- Issue Number LXVIII May 1, 1998 Images of LBJ (see pages 2-3) A new and \ er~ popular exhibit in the Library is an auto mated talking and moving l"igureof President Johnson telling humor ous stories. The animatronic image was built by the Sally
- opinion so much.' Later his mother succumbed to typhoid- ·he too was only 46-on the same day that his wife died of complications r her first childbi1th. Luckinbill/TR recalled staiting in politics in the New ~ rk A sernbl when he was fre·h from Harvard. s
- . President, Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation. He describedWashingtonas a "politi cal genius" who "was able to per suade almost everyone, including himself, that he was no politicianat all." oven door and pulled out two pecan pies
- ,° In his r tirement LBJ had me to lunch on cla . The Dallas Morning New had published a story saying LBJ wanted to be chancellor f The niver:;ity of Texas. H glared at me and asked. '·Why in the hell would I want be the chancellor nf The University of Texas
- , in the New York Times, notes that Caro weighs the evidence to get the picture he wants and confuses the function of a biographer wilh that of a Judge "-and in this case, a hanging judge." For those seeking to understand Johnson, Donald says, "Mr. Caro's book
- 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
- movies are in the Johnson Library. This wealth of unique material is drawn upon by people from a variety of backgrounds, from scholars researching biographies to producers of news documentaries, from photo editors to members of the public who simply want
- a factor in a successful membership drive in Austin which recently brought in almost 600 new members of the "Friends of the LBJ Library." The total number of members of that organization now stands at 2,575. THE LIBRARY WITH ROBERT FLYNN, author
- Hyman, Professor of History at Rice University; Dr. Morton Keller, Pro fessor of History at Brandeis Univer sity; Donald Bacon, formerly senior legislative editor of U.S. News and World Report and co-author of Ray burn: A Biography; Dr. Raymond Smock
- Douglass, which played to a full auditorium at the Library. 2 OtherProgramsAt The Library.• • . . . included Verne Newton, new Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York (below right), who discussed "The Cambridge Spies," whose
- . E, c:r>girl there must have kissed me! h. la la' What a vari ty of lip tick:· "That co ral gc l u nght ab ut New )brk Ci on that d.t>:· General Powell aid. ··r knov. h • ,;
- THEECONOMY: As The Cartoonist Saw It Then Inflatiun and rrcession command a stronghold on today·.- nl'WS spotlight. A. they struggle with the eronomy. President ford and the new Con gress are faking more an a few ja s rom e powerful pens of editorial
- included vivid references to nature in love letters to Lyndon Johnson.Several of these lel'ters were released recent ly in connection wirh rhe new "First Lady's Gallery .. exhibit. One of them Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor. 6 includes this passage
- ranging across th experiences a.-, ·1 Harvard stuJcnt. rough rider in the Spanish American War. rancher. New York Police Comnm,sioncr. Gov ernor of i\ew )nrk. Vit:c President President. and in rctire mc.nt The text comes main!· from his diaries
- 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
- , and therefore his inactivity has deprived him of the boost in his reputation that might have come had he made more of an effort to show [historians l the better side of that period ... This may change, however, because a new life of Gerald Ford has just been
- . Former President Jimmy Carter inaugurated the series last year. Luckinbill, currently appearing in a play, "A Fair Country," in New York, flew to Austin to make his Darrow presentation on the one night of the week when his play is not given, to honor
- , playgrounds, and open space. Some 7,000,000 acres of new park land and 38,000 recreation projects in every county in the country were made possible by the fund. The Land and Water Con servation Fund was created on the recommendation of a Commission made up
- in 1968, and Joe Namath, the quarterback of the unlikely New York Jets in their Super Bowl victory over the Baltimore Colts. 7 Remains Not Viewable: An Evening With John Sacret Young By Robert Hicks, Communications Officer Award-winning writer, director
- 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
- C f Jan u ary 1966 72, T hursday B e s s a n d I l e f t t h e s n o wy Was h i n g t o n on an "*V ' ■ . ■ e a r l y p l a n e f o r New Y o rk . to c a tc h th e t r a i n . ■ . , . . We t h o u g h t we w uo l d h a v e But a l u l l
- New York
- Lady Bird goes to New York City to purchase clothing; Lady Bird attends dinner party given in her honor at Brooke Astor's home; Lady Bird mentions several people at the party; Charles Engelhard tells a funny story; Lady Bird recounts an earlier
- New York City