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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, 3/27/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

flo w e re d cloth,... . ' aawi.it m u s t be th e 'in thing.'^ And th en I sa id goodby and w as b ack a t the White H ouse by 2:30, w o rk in g © b r ie f ly a t m y d e sk , doing som e p ic tu re s on the T ru m a n B alcony w ith Bob. K

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, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

and not well at all I try to bring these girls into our life as well as teach them some c;>f my thinking and phrases and bow I hope they present us to the world. f~ At a reception I usually ask Christine to give a name · of one or two of her girls to Bess

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

at M a y o 's -- who p u lled it out w ith p in c e r s or so m eth in g lik e th a t -- a n d Lyndon w as on h is fe e t in th r e e d a y s. I grip p ed h er hand w ith s p e c ia l w arm th . n ow . I know She is an ard en t R ep u b lican I hope

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1967 (Monday) (Item)

a n k y ou. to h a v e i t p u b lis h e d - - p o s th u m o u s ly ." " T h a t ' s fin e . • I g u e s s I w ill h av e T h e re u p o n the la d y a n s w e r e d , I hope i t w ill b e so o n ." He d e c la r e s i t h ap p en ed ! .As so o n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/13/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

e s n 't lik e g a rd e n in g a l l th a t m u c h , I hope s h e 's g o t enough a ttic s p a c e to p u t th em in . We a ls o gave a d o c u m e n t s ig n e d by T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n , w h ic h I w ould lik e to h a v e k e p t m y s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/26/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

t f o r h i m , a n d I lo v e to s e e h i m r e l i s h i t . // I hope h e g o t a l l the j o y o u t of i t t h a t h e s h o u l d . I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the s i g n i n g w a s o v e r , w e w e r e w h i s k e d off to M r s , K

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, 7/13/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

ho h a v e e n t e r t a i n e d u s ^ t h e l a r g e d in n e r4 th e P r e s i d e n t i a l S c h o l a r s ' b u f f e t s u p p e r j - - y ^ g r a c i o u s ( . l e t t e r a n d a u to g ra p h e d p i c t u r e ^ a n d I hope a h ap p y m e

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