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Telephone conversation # 530, sound recording, LBJ and HOUSTON HARTE, 12/18/1963, 3:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ PRAISES STORY IN ONE OF HARTE'S PAPERS; HARTE ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH JACK FLYNN, PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK DAILY NEWS; LBJ SAYS HE WILL MEET FLYNN, COMPLAINS ABOUT TED LEWIS' COLUMNS, SAYS HE WANTS TO MEET LEWIS ALSO; FURTHER DISTRIBUTION OF STORY
Telephone conversation # 6320, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/11/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 10:41P
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES IN EL PASO, ORLANDO, NEW ENGLAND; POLITICAL, ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLOSING PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD; POSSIBLE USE OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS TO EASE EFFECTS AS IN SOUTH BEND LITTON PROJECT; EDMUND MUSKIE
Telephone conversation # 5859, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 10/10/1964, 1:21PM (Item)
  • LENGTHY NOTES ON SLIP DESCRIBING CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • LBJ ASKS CONNALLY'S HELP IN FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; CONNALLY'S OKLAHOMA TRIP; ARIZONA SENATE RACE; MARVIN WATSON'S ASSISTANCE TO LBJ; CONNALLY'S POLITICAL FUTURE; DALLAS NEWS ENDORSEMENT; POLLS; LBJ'S TEXAS TRIP; SPEECHES BY ALLAN SHIVERS, PRICE
Telephone conversation # 5865, sound recording, LBJ and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; TAYLOR IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LBJ ASKS THE TAYLORS TO CAMPAIGN WITH HENRY GONZALEZ IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, LOS ANGELES, TEXAS, ESPECIALLY TO SPANISH-SPEAKING GROUPS, EMPHASIZING PEACE, PROSPERITY; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR JOSEPH MONTOYA; SECRET SERVICE IN SANTA FE FOR POSSIBLE LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5893, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • "NYC"; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 7:16A; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT RECORDING
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5625, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/21/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH DICK WEST OF DALLAS MORNING NEWS; BRIEF CONVERSATION BETWEEN UNIDENTIFIED FEMALES INTERRUPTS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 11558, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/20/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 2/18/1967, 10:39A; DATE AND TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES SENATORS' COMPLAINTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA PATRONAGE; RFK AND TERRY SANFORD; WOODROW WILSON JONES; JAMES COLEMAN; HOMER THORNBERRY, JOHN WISDOM AND SCHOOL DESEGREGATION RULING; COLONIAL PIPELINE INVESTIGATION IN NEW JERSEY AND IMPACT
Telephone conversation # 5853, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • "CONT."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • HARRIS TEXAS POLL; DALLAS NEWS ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; LBJ GIVES LIST OF TASKS FOR JENKINS: THANK YOU TO BETTY TALMADGE, CHARLES GUY; PUBLICITY FOR PRINCETONIAN ARTICLE; BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN ADS; USE OF TERM "PRESIDENT," NOT "LBJ"; JIM NOVY; CAMPAIGN
Collection, Papers of Eliot Janeway (entire collection) (Item)
  • Street New York 22, N. Y. My dear Eliot: These days "tempue fllgits 11 at such an ac­ celerated pace that I am startled to :f'ind that so much tnne has passed since the receipt or your letter or March 30 without an answer. At the outset, I must advise
Telephone conversation # 6308, sound recording, LBJ and PAT RUTHERFORD, 11/9/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS RUTHERFORD FOR HIS SUPPORT; RUTHERFORD OFFERS HOSPITALITY TO GUESTS AT LBJ RANCH; RUTHERFORD MENTIONS SUPPORT FOR LBJ AT DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Telephone conversation # 2056, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 2/12/1964, 9:52AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PAUL CORBIN'S ACTIVITIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR RFK CAMPAIGN FOR VP, UPCOMING MEETING ON CALIFORNIA DELEGATES TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; CARTER REPORTS ON TEXAS POLITICS, RALPH YARBOROUGH-JOHN CONNALLY FEUD, KATHLEEN VOIGT'S
Telephone conversation # 2082, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 2/14/1964, 12:20PM (Item)
  • BROWN ASKS LBJ TO ADDRESS BUSINESS GROUP IN NYC; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; POLLS; CUBA; VIETNAM; NEW PANAMA CANAL; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION & KERR-MCGEE; NASA; RALPH YARBOROUGH; JOHN CONNALLY; DON YARBOROUGH; JOE KILGORE; JIM WRIGHT; ALLAN SHIVERS
Telephone conversation # 1240, sound recording, LBJ and GUS WORTHAM, 1/8/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN NEW MEXICO; HOUSTON BANK MERGER; ALBERT THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 3018, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 4/13/1964, 6:56PM (Item)
  • RECEPTION FOR WOMEN IN GOVT; LBJ'S APPEARANCE AT OPENING DAY BASEBALL GAME; JOHN CONNALLY; FRANK THOMPSON, VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN NEW JERSEY, ELSEWHERE; KEN O'DONNELL; VOTE ON FARM BILL, O. C. FISHER
Telephone conversation # 3745, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/15/1964, 7:35PM (Item)
  • REQUEST TO BOB PHINNEY FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL, US NEWS & WORLD REPORT FOR ACCESS TO LBJ FOUNDATION IRS RECORDS; A. W. MOURSUND AS POSSIBLE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN OF TEXAS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Telephone conversation # 3930, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/26/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • USE OF CAMP DAVID BY WH STAFF; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ON JIM ROWE AS SUGAR LOBBYIST FOR HAITI, DUVALIER; ROWE'S RESPONSE TO JOCK WHITNEY; LETTER TO NORTH DAKOTA GOV. WILLIAM GUY; PLANS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN TRIP; CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Telephone conversation # 5275, sound recording, LBJ and RHEA HOWARD, 8/31/1964, 8:42AM (Item)
  • HOWARD CONGRATULATES LBJ ON CONVENTION, ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, HHH AS VP NOMINEE; MRS. JOHNSON THANKS HOWARD FOR SUPPORT; LBJ, HOWARD DISCUSS TEXAS POLITICAL SITUATION, DALLAS MORNING NEWS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, PRESS ENDORSEMENTS, JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY IN SAN
Telephone conversation # 6150, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 11/4/1964, 2:24AM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS O'BRIEN FOR HIS CAMPAIGN WORK; POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN CONGRESS; VOTE AS MANDATE FOR LBJ; NEW YORK VOTE; PIERRE SALINGER'S DEFEAT; DEFEAT OF BRUCE ALGER, ED FOREMAN IN TEXAS; HUGH SCOTT'S, JOHN WILLIAMS' VICTORIES; LBJ THANKS ELVA
Telephone conversation # 6164, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/4/1964, 11:22AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; DISCUSSION OF DIRKSEN'S HEALTH, VACATION PLANS, CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS PAST WORK WITH DIRKSEN; CAMPAIGN TACTICS AGAINST LBJ IN TEXAS; ELECTION RESULTS IN CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, DELAWARE
Telephone conversation # 6234, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/5/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MCNAMARA FOR HELP IN CAMPAIGN; ELECTION RESULTS IN TEXAS AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA; JOHN CONNALLY; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S DEFEAT OF GEORGE BUSH; RECRUITING NEW TALENT FOR GOVT VACANCIES; VIETNAM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE CHANGE IN US POLICY
Telephone conversation # 6314, sound recording, LBJ and PORT OF HOUSTON ANNIVERSARY SPEECH, 11/10/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ ADDRESSES BY TELEPHONE THE CEREMONY MARKING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING OF PORT OF HOUSTON, MENTIONS HIS PAST RESIDENCE IN HOUSTON, AND PUSHES BUTTON TO START CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXPANSION OF PORT
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 5855, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • CAMPAIGN; PUBLICITY FOR LBJ'S EFFORTS TO CUT GOVT WASTE; JOHN CONNALLY; MARVIN WATSON; ADVANCE WORK FOR UPCOMING TRIPS; PHOENIX TRIP; SCIENTISTS, LAWYERS, WOMEN FOR LBJ; ABE (FORTAS?); LBJ CRITICIZES NEWSPAPER ADS, PRAISES BUSBY FOR NEW ORLEANS
Telephone conversation # 5882, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 10/14/1964, 8:45PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 6382, sound recording, LBJ and JOE POOL, 11/16/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • POOL ASKS FOR LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR APPROPRIATION FOR DALLAS FEDERAL CENTER, NOTES THAT FORT WORTH CENTER IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION; LBJ TELLS POOL HE MUST APPOINT NEW GSA ADMINISTRATOR AND THAT POOL SHOULD DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH HIM ONCE HE
Telephone conversation # 5988, sound recording, LBJ and MAX BROOKS, 10/30/1964, 6:45PM (Item)
  • BROOKS REPORTS ON STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FEDERAL BUILDING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND PLANS FOR RALLY FOR LBJ UPON ARRIVAL IN AUSTIN BEFORE ELECTION DAY
Telephone conversation # 7301, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 4/1/1965, 9:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MEANY TO LOBBY JENNINGS RANDOLPH, RALPH YARBOROUGH, LISTER HILL FOR SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF HOUSE EDUCATION BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO AVOID NEED TO GET NEW HOUSE RULE; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT TO CHANGE FUNDS' ALLOCATION
Telephone conversation # 8813, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/2/1965, 1:24PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE SELECTED STEEL PRICE INCREASES TO AVOID STRIKE; INFLATIONARY EFFECT OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, INCREASE IN AUTO PRICES; CLARK CLIFFORD'S ROLE IN STEEL TALKS; DALLAS MORNING NEWS PURCHASE OF DALLAS SUBURBAN PAPERS; IMMIGRATION
Telephone conversation # 11305, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • SMATHERS' EVALUATION OF MIAMI MAYOR ROBERT HIGH FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF DEMOCRATIC LOSSES IN RECENT ELECTIONS; SMATHERS' RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE, HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE; ROBERT BYRD AS NEW SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 13758, sound recording, LBJ and STUART LONG, 11/22/1968, 5:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL APPOINT LONG TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR EMMA AND STUART LONG; DISCUSSION OF CATTLE BUSINESS; LBJ SAYS HE IS USING NEW LIQUID CATTLE FEED, OFFERS TO SHOW IT TO LONG; UPCOMING WEDDING OF THE LONGS
Telephone conversation # 6109, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • MOYERS GIVES LBJ REPORT ON ELECTION RETURNS, HEAVY TURNOUT; POLLSTER'S ANALYSES OF RETURNS; KANSAS; NEW YORK; RFK SENATE RACE; GEORGIA; HEAVY NEGRO TURNOUT IN SOUTH; RETURNS IN REPUBLICAN SAN ANTONIO PRECINCT; MOYERS' VISIT WITH WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6719, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 1/11/1965, 10:21AM (Item)
  • DOCKWORKERS STRIKE; WAGNER, WEISL RECOMMEND GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; RFK'S ALLEGED OPPOSITION; NEW YORK PATRONAGE; AGE LIMIT FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTEES; SAM RAYBURN'S ROLE IN SARAH HUGHES' APPOINTMENT; NEED FOR SENATORIAL CONSENT
Telephone conversation # 6720, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/11/1965, 10:21AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; AGE FACTOR; NEED TO OBTAIN RFK'S APPROVAL; WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL AS NEW YORK POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR; NEWSWEEK STORY ON KENNEDYS' REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; SARAH HUGHES
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/19/1943 (Item)
  • legtsl t1on, that the House passed it, and O'D. vetoed it, thereby "saving my skin" and, I gathered, seving his prestige with hie oompany. He se1d he was going to aue the Reader's Digest u: they printed the New Republic (or '.Nation??) story eeying
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/13/1942 (Item)
  • be going to dinner or meeting him anywhere o not going to New York this· week-end and that I . t want him to call me with any plans to -~!£1f!ie a meet· hink he knew it all ahead of time and was n~ surprised waa very full of gh.arming compliments, whioh
Folder, "[Public Activities - Biographic Information - Navy] From Mrs. Johnson's Desk," LBJA, Subject Files, Box 74 (Item)
  • ' and his helpers. s,re better able to ·serve ·the tOth dis_trict than a new man i with ·a newset-up could ·.ever do-under the corifused ::l_)resent _conditions. _ .· · ·, No one -knows when this war will cease- I we ea~estly pra·y it will be -soon
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • for th e Prirr.e New Z :~ Mini~:L
  • Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/18/1942 (Item)
  • believe there really is a clever campaigh going on to take away all the gains of the New Deal and turn the country back to the folks who ran it in the Twenties--and unfortunately they seem to have enough right on their side because of the War that they may
Oral history transcript, Luís Salas, interview 1, 8/31/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and, say, the faction that Price was identified with. Was it the old party and the new party? S: Yes. George had a group that they called the new party; that was to throw [out] the old party that used to be in Jim Wells County for more than twenty-five