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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • —she had been the real general. Our enemy had been trying to turn an idea of mine into an elegant reality worthy of the White House, and of T iffany's, and I hoped of the Johnson Administration. I t turned out to be a formidable enemy. All
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • and I m ade a point of sittin g down on the so fa w ith Bob M cN am ara and te llin g h im a b it about the S ch ool of P u b lic S e r v ic e and the L ib ra ry and that when it opened I hoped that w e w ould h a v e a big s o r t of co n cla v e on g r
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968 & gives speech; Lady Bird visits with Pat & Luci; Pat Nugent leaves for Vietnam; LBJ & departing Cabinet members gives speeches at reception; Lady Bird asks Bob McNamara to speak at LBJ Library; small dinner party
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, 12/20/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vermeil[?] Room. From A r t s and Le t t e r s t h e r e were t h e R a lp h E l l i s o n s , The n e g ro a u t h o r , D r . John Hope F r a n k l i n an d h i s w i f e , p r o f e s s o r and a u t h o r , as her e s c o r t. Lynda B i r d h a d
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/5/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • y q u ic k ly w e w e r e in s id e in th e D ip lo m a tic R e c e p tio n R o om g r e e t i n g th e r e s t of the p a r t y f r o m I r a n . And w h e n L yndon to o k the P r i m e M i n i s t e r a w a y , B e s s had Bob K nu dse n h an d
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/6/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • o se th a t I hope is r e c o r d e d - - in f o r m a l, w a r m , e a r t h y lo v in g . And I th in k e v e r y b o d y t h e r e m u s t h a v e gone h o m e fe e lin g th at th e s e fiv e y e a r s of h a r d w o r k w e r e a li tt l e m o
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1966 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ou ld , no doubt, h a v e b e e n in tr o d u c e d a s C o n g r e s s m a n C a in , b y the M ilita r y A id e; and C o n g r e s s m a n or n o , he w o u ld h a v e fou nd p le n ty of fr ie n d s . ^ ■ So I hope th is w ill be a l e s s o n
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/22/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • . The M a r sh a ll S te v e s had a r r iv e d by t r a i n - - th e l a s t r e m a i n i n g p e o p le w h o d on 't fly . And I ju st hope th e y 'v e g o t t e n h e r e in t i m e to w a t c h th e c e r e m o n y . D e a n R u s k h a d t o ld L