Solr Search · Discover Production

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

and I m ade a point of sittin g down on the so fa w ith Bob M cN am ara and te llin g h im a b it about the S ch ool of P u b lic S e r v ic e and the L ib ra ry and that when it opened I hoped that w e w ould h a v e a big s o r t of co n cla v e on g r
Civil Rights Act of 1968 & gives speech; Lady Bird visits with Pat & Luci; Pat Nugent leaves for Vietnam; LBJ & departing Cabinet members gives speeches at reception; Lady Bird asks Bob McNamara to speak at LBJ Library; small dinner party

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)

e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night. And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s , the o

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

flo w e re d cloth,... . ' aawi.it m u s t be th e 'in thing.'^ And th en I sa id goodby and w as b ack a t the White H ouse by 2:30, w o rk in g © b r ie f ly a t m y d e sk , doing som e p ic tu re s on the T ru m a n B alcony w ith Bob. K

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/17/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e everybody fo r ju st a m in u te. B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld not tr y . So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s going to a c c e p t th e r

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/5/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

y q u ic k ly w e w e r e in s id e in th e D ip lo m a tic R e c e p tio n R o om g r e e t i n g th e r e s t of the p a r t y f r o m I r a n . And w h e n L yndon to o k the P r i m e M i n i s t e r a w a y , B e s s had Bob K nu dse n h an d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1969 (Monday) (Item)

, t u l i p s , n a r c i s s u s , v i o l e t s — e s p e c i a l l y p r e p a r e d by M a r i e t t a B ro o k s , s h e s a i d ; and Bob S t r a u s s , and C a ro ly n K ellam w ith Monday, J a n u a ry 20, 1969 b o th h e r l i t t l e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

and not well at all I try to bring these girls into our life as well as teach them some c;>f my thinking and phrases and bow I hope they present us to the world. f~ At a reception I usually ask Christine to give a name · of one or two of her girls to Bess

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/3/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

the m o st of it ! I le a r n e d la te r that C o n g ressm a n F r elin g h u y sen had a lon g li s t of w hat he hoped w e re h u m orous su g g e stio n s of w h ere to sig n b ills an had d l is t e d the Statue of L ib erty for this v e r y b ill

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/2/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

o r s e sh o e of sand, and the sig n that sa id "L ife Guard on Duty a few lim ite d h ou rs" , so we hoped for tom orrow , but L u ci, - MEMORANDUM c THE WHITE HOUSE S a tu rd a y , M arch 2, 1968 WASHINOTON Page 5 w ith the e x u b e r

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

at M a y o 's -- who p u lled it out w ith p in c e r s or so m eth in g lik e th a t -- a n d Lyndon w as on h is fe e t in th r e e d a y s. I grip p ed h er hand w ith s p e c ia l w arm th . n ow . I know She is an ard en t R ep u b lican I hope

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/29/1966 (Friday) (Item)

th ey b e g a n to r in g 1 h o u r b e fo r e L u c i's w e d d in g ? I w o r k e d a t m y d e s k fo r a w h ile . c in p r o g r e s s . 7 :0 0 p a s s e d . I knew the m e e tin g w a s B ut th e r e w a s no r e p o r t o f w hat to hope fo

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1967 (Monday) (Item)

a n k y ou. to h a v e i t p u b lis h e d - - p o s th u m o u s ly ." " T h a t ' s fin e . • I g u e s s I w ill h av e T h e re u p o n the la d y a n s w e r e d , I hope i t w ill b e so o n ." He d e c la r e s i t h ap p en ed ! .As so o n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/25/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

r o o k e r s , th e J im R o w e s . B e tty B e a le 's e s t im a t e w a s f a ir . but not g a y . I th in k T h e m o o d w a s w a r m and fr ie n d ly , I found m y s e lf p u sh in g a g a in s t th e w a ll o f g lo o m hoping th a t I

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

ho h a v e e n t e r t a i n e d u s ^ t h e l a r g e d in n e r4 th e P r e s i d e n t i a l S c h o l a r s ' b u f f e t s u p p e r j - - y ^ g r a c i o u s ( . l e t t e r a n d a u to g ra p h e d p i c t u r e ^ a n d I hope a h ap p y m e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/27/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

a s t he did not to u s , an d I c o u ld not h elp but think a s I lo o k e d a t h im t h a t I w ould hope fo r L y n d o n it w ould be a su d d e n g o in g , alth ou gh a t a v e r y f a r d is t a n t tim e an d n ic e ly v e n e r a b l e

Discover Our Collections