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Telephone conversation # 11169, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/20/1966, 12:16PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT; LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT PREPARATIONS; FEDERAL BUDGET; HISTORY OF MIDTERM CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS AFTER PRESIDENTIAL LANDSLIDES; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; CRITICISM BY GOVS.; LETTER TO U THANT
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • Texas, says Milton Potts, becau::c of the civil rights issue and thC' white backlash. Bettt;r than it ever has before, said Joh:1 Ben Shep~rorn the: Midland-Odessa area -- and that's a citadel of co: ·servatism I never thought we ' d breach. Fine
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 699, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 12/23/1963, 10:30PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • LBJ ASKS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, DISCUSSES HIRING GERRI WHITTINGTON, DAN LUEVANO; JET MAGAZINE STORY ABOUT LBJ NOT HAVING PHOTOS TAKEN WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; WILKINS OFFERS
Telephone conversation # 3355, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 5/6/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
Telephone conversation # 11332, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/11/1967, 3:20PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "RE COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION ADDRESS."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Civil rights
  • MCNAMARA RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF UNNAMED MAN ON LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ SAYS SPEECH WAS TOO LONG, COMPARES IT TO JFK'S 1963 SPEECH, COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICISM THAT LBJ ABANDONED NEGROES AND THE POOR IN SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 1872, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 2/4/1964, 10:51AM (Item)
  • THOMAS MANN MEMO; PAN AMERICAN UNION; INTERAMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; OAS
Telephone conversation # 685, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 12/23/1963, 9:18PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • QUESTION OF G. MENNEN "SOAPY" WILLIAMS RUNNING FOR GOV. OF MICHIGAN; LBJ ASKS REUTHER FOR IDEAS ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, POVERTY PROGRAM, RECOMMENDATION FOR REPLACEMENT FOR HOBART TAYLOR, JR., DISCUSSES CIVIL RIGHTS AND TAX BILLS; CUTS IN DOD
Telephone conversation # 731, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 12/25/1963, 8:33PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ ASKS FRIENDLY FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, BRIEFLY DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, INCLUDING CIVIL RIGHTS, TAX, MEDICAL CARE BILLS
Telephone conversation # 759, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 12/26/1963, 9:47PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • LBJ SUGGESTS BRINGING ROY WILKINS, JAMES FARMER, MLK, WHITNEY YOUNG, A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, FEMALE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER TO LBJ RANCH TO DISCUSS STATE OF THE UNION; WHITE SUGGESTS WILLARD WIRTZ, HOBART TAYLOR, JR. COME; WH MEETING WITH SNCC; LBJ'S DEER
Telephone conversation # 3197, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/29/1964, 6:32PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • AGREEMENT WITH UK SHIPPING COMPANY TO STOP TRADING WITH CUBA IN EXCHANGE FOR AGREEMENT WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION; BUNDY'S UPCOMING DINNER WITH UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS; LBJ INSTRUCTS BUNDY TO ASK THEM ABOUT PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYED SUMMER YOUTH; CIVIL
Telephone conversation # 10522, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/2/1966, 11:02AM (Item)
  • Civil disorders
  • LEGAL PROBLEM WITH SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; RFK'S, ROBERT GRIFFIN'S ROLES IN BILL; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION REACTION, POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BILL; COMPARISON WITH 1963 RAILROAD STRIKE; WAYNE
Telephone conversation # 700, sound recording, LBJ and WHITNEY YOUNG, 12/23/1963, 10:35PM (Item)
  • "#6"; 1:30 OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, MLK PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ APPARENTLY ON SPEAKERPHONE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994 AS TWO SEPARATE RECORDINGS
  • Civil rights
  • LBJ ASKS FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, DISCUSSES JET MAGAZINE STORY ABOUT LBJ NOT HAVING PHOTOS TAKEN WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HARRY BYRD, SR. ON TAX BILL
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • State of the Union message; Johnson Administration china; LBJ practices speech; lunch; Lady Bird meets about Fort Worth green space; beautification meeting on Washington, DC plans; Lady Bird & Lynda to Capital; Lady Bird mentions guests; death
Telephone conversation # 554, sound recording, LBJ and A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, 12/18/1963, 6:50PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES RANDOLPH ON SLEEPING CAR PORTERS UNION SETTLEMENT; RANDOLPH SAYS HE RECEIVED GREAT COOPERATION FROM LABOR DEPT, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AT THE UN
Telephone conversation # 2169, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES FARMER, 2/24/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • LBJ REPORTS HE DISCUSSED FARMER'S CONCERNS ABOUT BRACEROS WITH MEXICO'S PRESIDENT ADOLFO LOPEZ MATEOS; FARMER REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ELECTRICAL WORKERS UNION ABOUT POVERTY PROGRAM, EXPRESSES APPROVAL OF SARGENT SHRIVER AS HEAD OF POVERTY PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 4435, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH M. BARR, 7/30/1964, 5:54PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • BARR'S FINDINGS ON PRESS STORIES ABOUT UAW SUPPORT FOR RFK, WHITE BACKLASH IN UNIONS; VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES IN PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH; MAYOR OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, HERMAN GOLDNER; LBJ'S STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION, BARR'S SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 4650, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/3/1964, 8:22PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • TEXAS DELEGATION VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; NAM OPPOSITION; RECOMMITTAL MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE FRELINGHUYSEN BILL; LOBBYING BY MINEWORKERS' UNION; PROPOSAL TO HAVE GEORGE MEANY LEAD INTENSIVE LABOR LOBBYING EFFORT; GEORGIA DELEGATION VOTES, DAM PROJECTS
Telephone conversation # 8532, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/11/1965, 7:37PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REUTHER'S HELP ON BEAUTIFICATION BILL; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING WITH LBJ; REUTHER REPORTS ON HIS RECENT MEETING WITH WORLD TRADE UNION CONGRESS ON VIETNAM, CONGRATULATES LBJ ON APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, ARTHUR GOLDBERG, JOHN GARDNER
Telephone conversation # 9659, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Civil rights
Telephone conversation # 11342, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 1/11/1967, 7:12PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • MCCORMACK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; TESTIMONY ABOUT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; LBJ DISCUSSES RFK, BOB KERR, WIRETAPS, HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BAKER; RFK'S FEUD WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HOUSE VOTE ON 21-DAY
Telephone conversation # 11343, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/11/1967, 8:27PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT FOR INCREASE IN SPENDING ON GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT SUPPORT FOR HIS PROGRAM IN CONGRESS; VOTE ON 21-DAY RULE; MLK'S, RALPH ABERNATHY'S CRITICISM OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
Telephone conversation # 6736, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1/15/1965, 12:06PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • MLK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY FOR GREAT SOCIETY BILLS; IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS; MLK ASKS LBJ TO APPOINT NEGRO TO CABINET; LBJ'S PLAN TO MAKE HUD A CABINET POST, APPOINT [ROBERT] WEAVER; APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES
Telephone conversation # 10011, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/3/1966, 9:22AM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S
Telephone conversation # 9491, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/13/1966, 4:51PM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT WEAVER AS HUD SECRETARY AND ROBERT WOOD AS UNDERSECRETARY; WILKINS COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ EXHORTS WILKINS TO WORK ON LEGISLATION; WILKINS CONGRATULATES WOODS, WEAVER AND SPEAKS
Telephone conversation # 12606, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 1/20/1968, 10:05AM (Item)
  • Civil rights
  • SUPPORT FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON AFTER EARTHA KITT INCIDENT; DISTRIBUTION OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; APPOINTMENT FOR BARRATT O'HARA; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITION; OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI; AGED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/3/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • lothing Union and rem em b ered how I had a sk e d him how old he w a s w hen he ca m e to th is country. And he sa id , "It a ll dep en d s." It turned out he had given h is age in th ree d ifferen t w a y s to su it the n e c e s s it ie s of the o c c
  • Civil disorders
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/21/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • House to change for art exhibit at Pan American Union--Lady Bird describes the art; Johnsons dine with the Max Friedmans and George McGhee; there are discussions about Western Europe and Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/12/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • t e d h is o r d e r s to a l l of th e G e n e r a l s , had l o s t h is . He S om e G e n e r a l, p o o r dope, T h e y w e r e found in t h e f o r e s t , w r a p p e d a r o u n d a co up le of c ig a rs , by a Union S e r g e a n t. T h
  • At Camp David; LBJ to Episcopal Church service; Sen. Dick Russell stories about Robert E. Lee and Civil War; Lynda Johnson's knowledge of Civil War; Lady Bird reads news articles; bowling with Secretary McNamara; return to WH; Lady Bird intimidated
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/27/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • no, we went by to s a y h e llo to D a v id D u b in sk y and what we thought w a s a m e e tin g of h i s g a r m e n t union w o r k e r s . I It turn o u t to be that_— i t tu rn e d out tha t Q .y D a v id D u b in sk y and a l l of h is c h u m s
  • Civil rights
  • ; Lynda and Luci Johnson's attire; LBJ's Jefferson-Jackson Day speech - mention of civil rights program with Lady Bird's critique; FBI investigation of railroad bombings; Cousin Esther Lanier Smith; visit with David Dubinsky, ILGWU; family photo; Beatles
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/24/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • o r D avid M acD onald h a ll, h e a d q u a r t e r s of a U n ited S t e e l w o r k e r ' s L o c a l, the ho m e lo c a l , w h e r e Lyndon w a s going to a d d r e s s the union m e m b e r s . And along the w a y we sa w so m e q u a r t e r
  • Civil rights
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/23/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • r e enough t h e p r e a c h e r to o k h i s t e x t r a t h e r p e r s o n a l l y on t h e S t a t e of t h e Union ^ w i t h a c c e n t on V ietnam w hich c a u s e s me t o f l i n c h . And one l i n e was a b o u t l i f e , n o t V
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/12/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • e d with what you m ig h t c a l l e ith e r le o t a r d s o r white union suits, the s ta rch ed , s t iff w h ite s k irts with the long flo w in g s le e v e s , and the e la b o r a t e ly e m b r o i d e r e d blue ja c k e ts ; the lit t le b
  • Embassy; Danish Queen Juliana's help with protocol at funeral; funny story about Harry Truman & old age; Harry Truman reminiscences about FDR & growing up, praise for LBJ; Lady Bird about Harry Truman; dinner with American delegation; Harry Truman plays
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/21/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a r l y a n y a c t o r p r e s e n t - th e S ta te of th e Union a s f a r b a c k a s I c a n r e m e m b e r . And the J o e M oodys of GSA. T h e r e w a s a t l e a s t one l i t t l e g i r l w h o se r e l a t i o n to th e w hole p a r t y
  • reminisces about her mother's opera records; speeches by Roger Stevens & LBJ; program by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater & Howard University Choir; LBJ watches Luci & Pat Nugent on television; Isaac Stern & Abe Fortas play duet
Telephone conversation # 11302, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/2/1967, 6:16PM (Item)
  • "(RE STATE OF UNION SPEECH)"; "PRES. GAVE HIM POINTS ON DRAFTING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TV OR RADIO BROADCAST OF FOOTBALL GAME AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • DISCUSSION OF DRAFT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ SUGGESTS THEMES OF FOREIGN POLICY, VIETNAM, BETTER AMERICA, FOOD AND POPULATION CONTROL; MOYERS' UPCOMING PRESS BRIEFING; GEORGE CHRISTIAN'S HEALTH; MOYERS DISCUSSES FRANK PORTER'S STORY ON TAX
Telephone conversation # 11318, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 12:05PM (Item)
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; "RE: BEST NIGHT FOR TV STATE OF THE UNION"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; STANTON IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • DISCUSSION OF TIME FOR STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION OF TV PROGRAMMING
Telephone conversation # 11320, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 1/7/1967, 12:25PM (Item)
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; "RE NIGHT FOR STATE OF UNION & DATE"; MCCORMACK PUTS LBJ ON HOLD DURING CALL; LBJ SPEAKS WITH OTHERS IN HIS OFFICE WHILE
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITATION FROM MCCORMACK TO LBJ TO ADDRESS CONGRESS ON STATE OF THE UNION AND LBJ'S ACCEPTANCE OF IT; LBJ SAYS WH WILL NOTIFY SENATE LEADERS IF MCCORMACK WILL NOTIFY HOUSE LEADERS
Telephone conversation # 11324, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 1/7/1967, 12:33PM (Item)
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF DATE AND TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
Telephone conversation # 1276, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 1/8/1964, 7:31PM (Item)
  • REACTIONS TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ MEETING DE GAULLE IN MARTINIQUE; FRANCE; LBJ READS ARTICLE ON GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO WRITE A SPEECH; HARRY BYRD; LBJ'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 1278, sound recording, LBJ and TOMMY CORCORAN, 1/8/1964, 7:45PM (Item)
  • CORCORAN'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CORCORAN COMPARES LBJ WITH EISENHOWER, JFK, FDR; CORCORAN PRAISES LBJ'S STYLE; BARRY GOLDWATER; GARDINER SYMONDS; GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 1281, sound recording, LBJ and TED SORENSEN, 1/8/1964, 8:00PM (Item)
  • NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; BARRY GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT; PRESS REACTION; LBJ COMPLIMENTS SORENSEN AS SPEECHWRITER FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE