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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/27/1967 (Friday) (Item)

; treaty is signed, receiving line and photographs; farewell party for Secretary of Commerce John Connor; note about Apollo 1 fire is handed to LBJ; LBJ leaves party; Lady Bird gives tours of second floor

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1967 (Sunday) (Item)

; hamburgers at Don Thomas' home in Austin; Johnsons tour possible house for Luci & Pat Nugent; to ranch to discuss remodeling plans; Johnsons & guests drive around ranches; dinner; back to White House with Luci Nugent

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/1/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

Lady Bird feels overwhelmed; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about portrait for White House; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter discuss transcription of diary tapes; Lady Bird has hair styled by Mr. Per; Lady Bird is filmed giving tour of the White House

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

LBJ & Lady Bird to Hemis Fair, San Antonio; gun control legislation; ceremony at Hemis Fair; speeches by Ed Clark, Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, John Connally & LBJ; LBJ & Lady Bird tour exhibits; LBJ receives questions from the press; painting for LBJ

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/2/1968 (Friday) (Item)

Upcoming Howard K. Smith show; LBJ & Lady Bird to Walter Reed Army Hospital to visit President Eisenhower; Johnsons, staff & friends to LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird & guests tour Danz, Scharnhorst & Lewis Ranches; dinner at LBJ Ranch; LBJ & guests watch

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/25/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Boyhood Home in Johnson City; Lady Bird is recorded reading script; late lunch; Lady Bird records narrative to be used at the LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird has tea for her restoration friends from Fredericksburg, TX; tours

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/12/1967 (Sunday) (Item)

Johnsons are at Bassett House, a John D. Rockefeller III home; Johnsons to Bruton Parish Episcopal Church; anti-Vietnam sermon; LBJ, Chuck Robb & Jake Pickle play golf; Lady Bird goes for drive around Williamsburg and has tour of Carter's Grove

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/13/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

Lady Bird tours Martin Ranch with Mr. Swanson & Mr. Myrick in search of live oak trees to transplant to the LBJ Ranch; to West Ranch to look at stone fences; drive through Scharnhorst Ranch; Lady Bird takes plane to San Antonio & Witte Museum; lunch

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/21/1968 (Sunday) (Item)

at the White House; LBJ goes to office; Lady Bird tries to nap and reads script for Barbara Walter's interview; dinner party with friends; Lady Bird takes ladies through the tour she will give for Barbara Walters; John Gardner's resignation

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/27/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

has tour of new wing & visits patients; photos; small buffet supper & bowling for staff & friends; group watches movie, "Live for Life;" LBJ to Dallas for Rural Electrification Administration meeting; Luci Nugent accompanies LBJ

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/6/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

in to the L ib r a r y , and th e r e w e r e J o e and S u sa n M a ry A ls o p ; P h ilip J o h n so n , to g iv e u s a g u id ed tour of the h o u se ; and Joh n W a lk er, to d i s c u s s th e c o lle c t io n . We a ll h a d a d rin k and then c a r r

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

Johnsons and guests tour Danz and Martin ranches; improvements made at LBJ Ranch; Okamoto takes photographs for "A President's Country;" LBJ's plans to retire; lunch; LBJ calls Secret Service "Mexican Generals;" LBJ goes boating; Lady Bird visits

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/14/1966 (Monday) (Item)

over for a day or two of sig h tse e in g b efo re going on to England, w as having a s p e c ia l tour. I a sk ed him into the W est H a ll for a cup of c o ffe e , hoping that Lyndon would show up for lunch - it w as 3:30 - b e c a u se I w ould v e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/4/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

LBJ & guests tour the ranches; Lady Bird spends time with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird talks about Rebekah Johnson; photos taken of LBJ and Lady Bird in the wildflowers; LBJ and Lady Bird vote at the courthouse; Lady Bird mentions 1941 Senate race; LBJ

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1965 (Monday) (Item)

Renovations of White House rooms; ceremony on South Grounds for President and Mrs. Park of South Korea; U.S. ally in South Vietnam; tour of Washington; desk work at White House; Lady Bird swims with LBJ and staff; Dominican Republic; ABC program

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/19/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)

Presentations in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden to companies who donated landscaping at schools in Washington; Lady Bird fills in for LBJ to greet group from North Carolina; Committee for a More Beautiful Capital meets on the SEQUOIA; tour of Washington

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/28/1965 (Friday) (Item)

r iv a te tour through the W hite H ou se fo r h er and h e r lit t le b o y th e n ex t d a y . I tr ie d to m ake m y v is it m ean a lit t le so m eth in g to a ll th e S m ith so n ia n p eo p le who a r e so h elp ful to u s at th e W hite H o

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

LBJ talks about Vietnam; Lady Bird devotes day to Beautification with meeting in the morning; story published in Life magazine; Lady Bird lunches with niece, Diana, and discusses Girls Scouts; Lady Bird, Mary Lasker and Walter Washington tour

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/13/1965 (Friday) (Item)

Johnsons to the swimming pool; Lady Bird reads; LBJ rides around ranch with staff; Lady Bird takes a nap and tours the LBJ Ranch and Boyhood Home; Lady Bird joins LBJ at the Haywood Ranch; Johnsons visit the Charles Urschel house; guests talks

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/15/1965 (Friday) (Item)

Lady Bird meets with Roy Rodman, chief landscape designer for Texas Highways; arrival of Canadian Prime Minister Pearson; Lady Bird takes Mrs. Pearson on tour of LBJ Ranch; Winston Churchill's illness; Pearson relates story about Andrei Gromyko

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

Second Beautification Committee meeting; participants take tour of Washington for possible beautification projects; office work; nap; Selma, Alabama, and Voting Rights; ninth Congressional Reception; Selma incident

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1964 (Monday) (Item)

Touring Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Lady Bird's description of several paintings considered for loan to White House; to Whitney Museum to view additional paintings; lunch at Mary Lasker's house; to theater to see Arthur Miller's "After

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/30/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

Visit with Alice Roosevelt Longworth who reminisces about days in WH; Senate dinner and briefing with tour for Senate wives; description of individuals in receiving line; funny incident with Mrs. Gaylor Nelson; toasts for Ken Keating and Mike

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)

on plane; Lady Bird makes statement about Martin Luther King on plane intercom; Lady Bird interviewed by German press; welcoming ceremonies in San Antonio; buses to Fredericksburg; Lady Bird narrates on bus intercom; tour of Fredericksburg on orchard wagons

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/7/1967 (Friday) (Item)

Lady Bird tours 10th District Beautification projects; press; first, Lockhart courthouse; several people from LBJ's early years; Lady Bird visits with former roommate, Helen Byrd Falley; to Praha & tour of St. Mary's Church; fish fry, Monument Hill

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/26/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

gives humorous toast; Mrs. Da Cunha introduces her twin sister; tours of White House for select group; Lady Bird meets with U.S. Conference of Mayors; LBJ speaks to the mayors; Lady Bird has dinner, a massage, watches tv and to bed

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

e a r l y - - a little p a st 11:30. I sta y ed a lm o s t half an h ou r lo n g e r to tour the flo o r , sp eak to a s m any g u ests a s I cou ld . But . su d d en ly ;it s e e m e d fu ll of p r e s s and a id e s and m o st of the g u e s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/23/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

Bird reminisces about traveling with children on trains for 20 years; 5th Congressional Reception; men receive briefing; women have program by Roger Stevens, Father Hartke & Agnes de Mille on arts; tours for women; dinner

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/10/1967 (Friday) (Item)

Bird & the Ed Clarks to Corcoran Gallery; tea & tours at White House for the Clarks & guests; LBJ speaks briefly to guests; Lady Bird practices Appalachia speeches; dinner at Scoop Jackson's home; LBJ reads John Steinbeck letter about Vietnam

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/3/1967 (Monday) (Item)

Johnsons sleep late; Lady Bird describes arrival ceremonies for President & Mrs. Sunay, Turkey; Sunays are taken to Blair House; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson lunch; tour of Beautification projects with Mary Lasker & Nash Castro; decision on dogwood

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/23/1967 (Sunday) (Item)

; tour James Monroe law office & meet Lawrence Gouveneur Hoes about James Madison portrait; letters from founding fathers found in Madison's desk; to Kenmore estate; visit at Abe Fortas' home; Lady Bird & the Orville Freemans to play, "Look Back in Anger"

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/27/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

from Bill Moyers; Lady Bird's speech to B'nai B'rith women; Lady Bird and Zara Holt, Australia, visit and tour Washington, D.C.; state dinner for President & Mrs. Tubman; exchange of gifts and toasts; Duke Ellington is entertainment

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/1/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

; Chuck Robb's audio tape from Vietnam; Johnson property to National Park Service; tea & tours for Ambassadors' wives; reception for Washington interns; upcoming Howard K. Smith show; Johnsons to Mike Monroneys; LBJ gives speech to Negro Bar Association

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/19/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

; Lady Bird travels to Jane Engelhard's home; tea on terrace; tour of the Engelhard home; dinner party; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ sends telegram to Engelhards thanking them for being so nice to Lady Bird; toasts; dancing; security concerns; Brick House

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

speakers; upcoming Bicentennial year; tours of White House; Lady Bird rests & makes phone calls; visit with LBJ & Harry McPherson; Lady Bird visits with Texas visitors; LBJ park; visit with Lynda Robb; Lady Bird bowls; dinner; LBJ talks with ministers about

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/11/1968 (Monday) (Item)

of Public Service; why LBJ kept Kennedy appointees; Lady Bird gives Pat Nixon tour of family quarters; photo montage for press women; performance of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" in East Room; dinner; LBJ has a cold

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/11/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

Lady Bird sleeps late; office work; LBJ & Lady Bird watch Shriner's parade; Israeli-Arab conflict; LBJ & Lady Bird greet members of reviewing stand; back to White House; Lady Bird & Sharon Francis tour Washington to view beautification sites; LBJ

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

draws a crowd; Lady Bird has tea for Mrs. Alexandros Matsas, wife of departing Greek ambassador; tea & tours for five new ambassadors' wives; discussion about Shah of Iran; LBJ greets group; John Macy meeting about Fine Arts Commission; bowling

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/26/1967 (Saturday) (Item)

Lady Bird to Kerrville Public Library dedication; the library is gift of Howard Butt family; invocation by Charles Butt & benediction by Howard E. Butt III; tree planting ceremony; speech by Lady Bird & Bill Crook; tour of library & refreshments

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/25/1967 (Monday) (Item)

& Mrs. John Waller of Australia; Lady Bird naps & reads newspaper; office work; bowling; hair styled; small, personal dinner party for 30; Lady Bird mentions guests; LBJ gives toast to "friends;" Lady Bird gives tour to ladies; Lady Bird visits