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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/4/1969 (Saturday) (Item)
  • . Then we faced up to the hard problem of our actual cabinet installations which must be decided very soon. Dorothy said that Max [Brooks] would be in town on Tuesday. I suggested that we have another meeting on Tuesday and herein l ies the danger
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/11/1963 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • perhaps is much more familiar with this place than any others. Charlotte Brooks, so fresh and young and pretty, and Jack Valenti, of course, and [unintelligible] too, somewhere we talked about when and what the Congress might do, the tax bill, the problems
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • y M c P h erso n s, with ^ P Brooks r ' their darling little g i r l F r a n k Ika rd s , th e L e s Carpenters,, the Jack B r o o k s , W alter Jenkins, H ora ce Busbys and the T y l e r A b e lls . And when everyb ody came about 5:30, we chose up
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/27/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird to Austin to Hausman Beauty Shop; press at the beauty shop; Lady Bird to Johnson City with LBJ and the Jack Brooks'; to the Haywood Ranch and a boat ride; Lady Bird mentions the abundant bluebonnets; relaxed evening with friends at LBJ
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/8/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • LBJ & Lady Bird are at Brooke Army Medical Hospital for tests; doctors find small growth in LBJ's colon; doctors issue press statement; Johnsons helicopter to LBJ Ranch; LBJ meets with Arthur Okun; lunch; Lady Bird to bed and reading; LBJ goes
  • VIP Suite, Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/13/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/10/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • McGovern enters Presidential race; LBJ's test at Brooke Army Hospital; dinner; "Hang Em High" movie & bridge game; Lady Bird becomes ill & retires
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/16/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • LBJ and Lady Bird go to National City Christian Church; both watch Hubert Humphrey on TV; LBJ and Jack Brooks discuss redistricting; Lady Bird interviews for chef position; Lady Bird bowls with Liz Carpenter; Johnsons have dinner with several
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird sleeps late; LBJ has sore throat; Lady Bird greets wives of Associated General Contractors; Lady Bird interviewed by Rosemarie Tyler Brooks; Lady Bird has eye appointment to try on glasses; lunch meeting about Big Bend trip; office work
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/31/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • LBJ, Lady Bird and Luci Johnson to Red Mass at St. Matthews; LBJ spends day in bed; dinner with the Jack Brooks and Bill Whites; George Reedy and the press; visit with Luci and Lynda Johnson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/7/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird works on speech; Lady Bird to hair salon; coffee for the Council on the Humanities; Lady Bird discusses the Kennedy Library with I.M. Pei; Lady Bird gives speech during Buchanan School dedication; speeches by Mayor Washington & Brooke
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/26/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and go to St. Mark's Episcopal Church; to Jack Brooks' home for coffee; talk about House and Texas delegation; back to White House for office work; visit from Jack Valentis & Arthur Krims; tv and lunch; the Bob Jacksons
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; Lady Bird goes to Spanish class; meeting with Max Brooks; work on speeches for upcoming Appalachia trip; fitting for clothes; Lady Bird & LBJ go down the elevator to his press conference ; LBJ's decision to run
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/30/1965 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Press stories on engagement of Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; visit of Peter and Henrietta Hurd; lunch with Hurds , Jack Brooks, et al; unveiling and discussion of the Hurd portrait of LBJ; portrait receives poor reviews from the Johnsons; Lady Bird
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/15/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Committee of U.S. and Canada; Talk with Luci and Lynda Johnson; Time magazine article on John Connally; Dinner with Congressman and Mrs. Jack Brooks; LBJ's sleeping habits
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/3/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • limits for future groups to WH; Ashton Gonella; Lady Bird shops for hats; Governor's race of John Connally & Don Yarborough; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Jack Brooks, Walter Jenkins and Pierre Salinger
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/2/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird travels to the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, to help plan the LBJ Library; Lady Bird received tour of Truman Library from President Truman and Phillip Brooks, Director; lunch
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/4/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ; office work under hair dryer; tea for friends; rest, office work and telephone calls; hair styled; Johnsons greet Trejos; LBJ gives humorous toast; new White House china; President Trejos' toast receives standing ovation; entertainment by Patricia Brooks
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • story of Rip Van Winkle; tour; Lady Bird is asked to be member of Jackson Hole Corporation; tour & visit at Nelson Rockefeller's home; cocktails at Lyndhurst Mansion; dinner at Brooke Astor's home; visit with John & Peter Loeb