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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/31/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

( 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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/9/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d . It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I have m et b efo re. And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/15/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

d th e F D R c r y s t a l - - v e r y e le g a n t a n d seldo m u s e d now. A n d th en u p s t a i r s in to m y new p in k w ool a n d one l a s t b o n in g -u p on the g u e s t l i s t , an d th en b a c k d o w n s ta ir s to the G r e e n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/20/1965 (Monday) (Item)

a t she h a d s p e n t h e r . l i f e t i m e c o l l e c t i n g . g iv e n h e r o th e r c o l l e c t i o n s to o f A r t i n New Y ork. y ear. She h a d the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum T h is one she d o e s f o r us e a c h She h a d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/23/1966 (Sunday) (Item)

r i c a and he s a i d ''I f you d o n ' t mind I ' d l i k e t o t a k e my c r i s e s one a t a t i m e ".I t i p - t o e d o u t g r e e t i n g e a c h new c o u p l e and g e t t i n g d r i n k s w h ile we l i s t e n e d s p e l l bound f

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/24/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

ite s . I ask ed e v e r y o n e to b r in g an y c h ild r e n o r g r a n d c h ild r e n th at w e r e v i s i t i n g . A nd B ill D e a so n and. D r . G eo rg e D a v is and h is new w i f e . and Ju a n ita to b r in g h e r m o t h e r . j

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/10/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

h a d a l r e a d y le f t f o r P a r i s - - on a 5:00 p la n e in f a c t.. I d r e s s e d l e i s u r e l y a n d s a id goodbye to M r s . B r e w s t e r , a n d we d r o v e f o r o v e r a n h o u r th ro u g h the lo v e ly New E n g la n
Breakfast; drive through New England countryside to Westchester County Airport; flight to Washington, DC in the fog; luncheon for President & Mrs. Ankrah of Ghana; exchange of state gifts; General Ankrah puts ceremonial robe on LBJ; Lady Bird
Brewster residence, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

ry a f te r o n ly c o ffe e and ju ic e a t b r e a k f a s t, b u t h e c am e h o m e f a i r l y e a r ly to d a y - - 2 :3 0 - - a n d I jo in e d h im f o r lu n ch w ith C o n g r e s s m a n P h il L a n d ru m , o f G e o rg ia an d a. new C

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/5/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

a r ily n , s to p p in g to c a l l J o h n G o n e lla a t h o m e and c o n g r a tu l a t e h im on the new b a b y b o r n l a s t n ig h t. w o uld b e a g i r l . We h ad so h o ped it And J u a n it a a b o u t th e L i b r a r y . R eedy

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/5/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

a n e m p e r o r . A nd s o m e of m y own staxfefoe L o w e s to p t , an d m y S te u b e n bow l f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s . A nd t h e n we lo o k e d a t new ^ r u g s f o r the f a m ily dining r o o m . One w a s p e r f e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/13/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

LBJ & Lady Bird go swimming; LBJ is losing weight; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird's upcoming trip to Texas; Lady Bird selects new clothes; National Medal of Science Award ceremony; LBJ gives speech; photos, receiving line & reception; lunch

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/14/1968 (Monday) (Item)

at Giant Food stores; LBJ Library meeting; LBJ & Senator Richard Russell interrupt meeting; Lady Bird bowls; office work; phone calls to houseguests; dinner; LBJ talks about poverty programs; news article about McGeorge Bundy & bombing halt

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/25/1966 (Friday) (Item)

r u a r y 25, 1966 Page 7 Of a l l the th in g s we th o u g h t m ig h t h a p p en in A la b a m a , th is w ould h a v e b e e n th e l a s t one. A nd th e n fin a lly , one c u te la d y le a n e d o v e r a n d s a id , " I 'v e got good new

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