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  • Johnsons play bridge for three nights; LBJ is exercising every day; Lady Bird completes household chores; lunch; Lady Bird meets Jesse Hunter about decorating LBJ boyhood home; LBJ & Lady Bird to A.W. Moursund's office; drive through Scharnhorst
  • Lady Bird works on Boyhood Home project; Lady Bird meets with volunteers for Johnson City house; LBJ to arrive at Bergstrom with the McNamaras; Lady Bird and guests meet LBJ's helicopter at the Haywood Ranch; BBQ dinner and then back to the LBJ
  • Lady Bird has meeting about LBJ Birthplace Home and trees for Johnson City; Lady Bird has breakfast with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird meets with Altavene Spann from Texas; Lady Bird takes a nap and does office work; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule
  • Lady Bird mentions LBJ and the steel strike; Lady Bird embarks on house cleaning and renovations at the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird goes to the Lewis and Haywood Ranches; Johnsons have dinner at Haywood; Home Rule for District of Columbia bill
  • Lady Bird and LBJ discuss family problem; Lady Bird goes to the foot doctor; Luci Johnson and her school; Lady Bird goes to White House movie theater with her brother, Tony Taylor, and Dr. Hurst, to watch home movies; LBJ confers with members
  • m o rie s t he W hite H ouse, the home that belon gs to a ll the A m e ric a n people, is a ric h sto re house o f re c o lle c tio n s o f our w hole past as a Nation. . w the s c o re s o f h is to r ic paintings which I am happy to w elco m e you
  • also fo r the June 12th dinner for Chancellor E rhard o f Germany. I think their ft com ing might make all the differen ce to Dorris , make her fe e l m ore at home l\ in~what u m str ne-ce s s a rily be r a the rather uncasual surroundings I also
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  • Lady Bird meets with James Fosburgh about art for the White House; LBJ presents Distinguished Service Medal to General Curtis LeMay; Lady Bird adds oral commentary to home movies; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and his staff; Lynda Johnson's trip
  • Women Doers Luncheon on Beautification; reception for Senate Youth Program; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson watch home movies
  • Lady Bird to New York City for premier of "The Greatest Story Ever Told;" Lady Bird visits a playground project in Harlem; Lady Bird views Bobby Lehman's art collection; Lady Bird to Ambassador Adlai Stevenson's home before show; Lady Bird
  • Lady Bird and Paul Southwick work on Mrs. Johnson's home movies; Lady Bird meets with staff for photograph project at the Johnson City House; staff meeting about Lady Bird involvement in a foreign cultural or educational event ; Lady Bird meets
  • house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
  • LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; Texas State Society brunch honoring Darrell Royal; Lady Bird rests and works; Texas guests to the White House; dinner at Pierre and Nancy Salinger's home
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  • Lady Bird rises early and drives to LBJ Boyhood Home; LBJ gives speech on Middle East; Lady Bird & Neva West decorate the LBJ Ranch house; lunch; Lady Bird to Bailey House at Reagan Ranch to hang paintings and decorate; Lady Bird & Dale Malechek
  • Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
  • n e a t th e b o y h o o d home. I l e f t i n a r u s h a f t e r 4 : 3 0 to h u r r y b a c k to th e m a i n h o u s e a n d change clo th es and get re a d y for m y tea. I h a d l o n g l o o k e d f o r w a r d to t h i s - - m y g r o u p
  • 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
  • to Arlington, Virginia, to see Lynda and Chuck Robb's home; At Lynda & Chuck Robb's new home; Lynda tells humorous tale of neighborhood children watching them through the window; photo of Patrick Lyndon Nugent in the newspaper; the Arthur Krims are houseguests
  • LBJ and Lady Bird stay at Taubman home in Palm Springs, CA; meeting with Mexican President Lopez Mateos; Charter Day exercises at UCLA with speeches by LBJ and Mateos; luncheon for women given by Governor's wife, Mrs. Pat Brown; visit to Abraham
  • home; drive around town, Caddo State Park and to Lady Bird's childhood home, the "Brick House;" tour by Ruth Taylor; photos for press; helicopter back to LBJ Ranch; funny story about Ashton Gonella in Shreveport airport; Johnsons and guests to West
  • Lady Bird drives alone to St Barnabas Episcopal Church; long meeting with Roy White about renovations to LBJ Ranch home; lunch; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird & Luci, Pat & Lynn Nugent fly to Amarillo; Joe Batson takes them to Neil Johnson
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  • on plane; Lady Bird says goodbye on intercom to fellow travelers in Austin; to LBJ Ranch; party for hostesses of LBJ birthplace & boyhood home; Lady Bird, LBJ & John Connally speak to group; Lady Bird gives awards; appointments to State Department
  • Tony Taylor home
  • LBJ & Lady Bird wake early, but LBJ barely slept; LBJ leaves for Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird to home of Mrs. George Maurice Morris, originally located in Revolutionary War, Connecticut; lunch with Marny Clifford and to Fredericksburg
  • LBJ Park meeting; future transfer of LBJ Ranch to National Park Service; Lady Bird to Johnson City to LBJ Boyhood Home with National Park Service staff; Lady Bird says goodbye to Lynda Robb at airstrip; tour of LBJ Birthplace; lunch; two National
  • ; 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
  • ; to Luci's home
  • Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
  • Lady Bird rides through New England countryside to Shaker Village near Pittsfield, MA; stop for lunch at roadside park; to home of Yale President Brewster in New Haven, CT; Lady Bird is greeted by anti-war protestors; Lady Bird rests; to Yale's War
  • u sin e ss c o n fe re n c e w ith J o e . t o g o home w i t h h i m , J o e h a d a s k e d h im T rudyeh ad cooked th e t h i s he f o u n d a v e r y p l e a s i n g " o f my h u m b l e o r i g i n ." to He h a d b e e n h a v i n g So I
  • Lady Bird goes to Marjorie Post's home, Hillwood; office work; meeting at home of David Lloyd Kreager to view artwork; visit with Peter Hurd about portrait of LBJ; Johnsons go to Camp David with guests; Lady Bird watches Gregory Peck movie, Mirage
  • Ranch guests include Senators Mike Mansfield & Everett Dirksen and Congressman George Mahon; guests leave; Lady Bird goes to Johnson City to LBJ's Boyhood Home for restoration meeting; lunch; LBJ gives Lady Bird and Luci robes from Korea; Lady Bird
  • Johnsons, Don Thomas & John Ben Shepperd scout out proposed LBJ National Park; Lady Bird describes obstacles to creating the park; to Johnson City, by LBJ's boyhood home, and to three of the ranches; Lady Bird considers plantings by the runway; Lady
  • Surprise birthday party for Ashton Gonella at Patsy Chaney's home; beautification meeting, with LBJ joining to give inspiring talk; LBJ reminisces about NYA highway parks in 1936; Johnsons meet Prince Juan Carlos & Princess Sophia of Spain; Lady
  • Lady Bird meets with Roy White about renovation plans for LBJ Ranch house; drive up to runway to see the wildflowers; drive on backroads to Austin; Lady Bird describes the scenery; to Luci Nugent's new home for visit, lunch & unpacking; Lady Bird
  • v e enough sp a rk le and v ita lity to k eep th in gs going and sen d people home fe e lin g r e a lly e x c ite d that th ey had b een to a g rea t W hite H ouse p arty .
  • Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells
  • Laurence Rockefeller home, Tarrytown, New York
  • ; Lady Bird & Alan Boyd discuss highways in San Antonio; Lady Bird & George Mahon discuss deeding the LBJ Boyhood Home & LBJ Ranch to the National Park Service; Beautification Bill is up for vote; bridge game with friends; military ceremony at Mount
  • Lady Bird & houseguests to George Washington's birthplace; lunch at roadside restaurant; tour of birthplace by National Park Service staff; tour of Robert E. Lee's home; Lady Bird reminisces about childhood with Lucile Thomas; back to White House
  • Thanksgiving Day; Johnsons to St. Barnabas Episcopal Church; press invited for coffee, cookies & photographs; family photos taken at LBJ Birthplace & LBJ Boyhood Home; Luci to University of Texas football game; LBJ teaches Lyn Nugent to dance; LBJ
  • Johnson family to National City Christian Church; to Abe Fortas' home; Johnson family have lunch together at the White House; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird goes swimming; Lady Bird records her diary; LBJ visits with Luci & Pat Nugent; Lady Bird has