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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Air strikes in Vietnam and attacks on U.S. Embassies; press stories of secrecy in government; LBJ's public approval rating; Lady Bird meeting about possible Virginia trip with Diplomatic Corps; meeting about decorating West Hall, Solarium
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; helicopter to Camp David with friends; speech by Canadian Prime Minister Pearson about Vietnam; LBJ to bed while others watch a movie
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/25/1969 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; meeting with Harry Ransom & Frank Erwin about University of Texas, Wayne Grover & LBJ Library; first time LBJ has been guest at Luci's table; Pat Nugent coming home from Vietnam; Nugents will vacation in Formosa; Johnsons spend night at KTBC
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/28/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Lynda Johnson and Warrie Lynn conduct tour of White House; Lady Bird session with Robin Duke and dressmaker; Lady Bird's niece, Susan Taylor; Mrs. Paul Mellon, supplier of WH flowers; goodbyes to and gift from Queen Frederika; Cyprus, Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/5/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/21/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/5/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/15/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird rests, but LBJ does not; phone call about upcoming social events; Johnsons ride through ranches; lunch with Krims & Jonziers; Johnsons to Moursunds' ranch; Lady Bird gives items to Archives; gift from JFK; LBJ worries about Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/5/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/7/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Snow; meeting on education trip through Appalachia; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird meets the Arthur Erschoens who lost their only son in Vietnam; Lady Bird visits with niece, Roxanne Johnson; informal party for White House Fellows; LBJ speaks
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Johnsons & guests to San Fernando Church in San Antonio for Latin American Ambassadors service; none of the Ambassadors attended; sermon on Vietnam; Johnsons to Balcones Research Center for meeting about LBJ Library stone; helicopter to Camp Mabry
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/22/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; tour at Buchanan School; to Capper Housing Project & Syphax School; small dinner party for friends & family; Pat Nugent to Vietnam soon; Nelson Rockefeller is not running for President; Laurance Rockefeller & LBJ State Park; LBJ calls Nelson Rockefeller
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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, 6/21/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; to hair salon; reception in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for Conference on the Status of Women; Lyn Nugent's birthday party; Luci Nugent records sound from party for Pat Nugent in Vietnam; late dinner; special mass for Lyn Nugent at the White House
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/4/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/12/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • 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, 2/7/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird listens to her diary recordings for November-December 1963 & July 28, 1965, to prepare for Howard K. Smith interview; office work; lunch; meeting with J.B. West about a new usher; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to party for returning Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/6/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • for Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/12/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • to Bethesda for meeting with LBJ and Abe Fortas about the overwhelming duties of the presidency; dinner with Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; LBJ talks about soldiers in Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/14/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Valentine's Day; LBJ has medical exam; Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent's plans after wedding; LBJ is locating Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird attends American Heart Association luncheon and style show; Lady Bird attends
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/20/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • takes nap; Lynda Johnson visits New Orleans; guests for dinner; talk at dinner about LBJ School for Public Affairs and Vietnam; to theater to watch films
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/15/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Bird for dinner; LBJ discusses problems around U.S. and world; Lady Bird mentions fears about Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/3/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • House; Johnson family fly to Texas; LBJ talks about Dominican Republic, Surveyor landing, and events in Vietnam; boating at Haywood Ranch; Lady Bird explains LCRA, dams, LBJ and FDR
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/28/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; Lady Bird gives statement; Mall beautification project; President's Commission on the Status of Women meeting; meeting about filming of Luci Johnson's wedding; dinner with Senator Russell with talk of Vietnam; late night visit to Catholic Church to pray
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/5/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird greets Junior League Garden Club; Lady Bird to Head Start program at Trinity Zion Church; lunch with Jane Engelhard about White House renovations; Lady Bird's session with ABC TV on beautification program; diplomatic reception; Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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, 7/22/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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, 7/25/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; LBJ rides about Camp David with Robert McNamara, Clark Clifford & Tony Taylor; LBJ talks with John Chancellor; Vietnam; appointment of Goldberg to UN and Chancellor to USIA; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/19/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • and India; Rostow talks of Taiwan and aid to Pakistan, Communist China, and Vietnam; dinner and movies; Johnsons back to White House; Lady Bird exercises; LBJ talks with Clark Clifford
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/14/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • phone conversation with Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Rusk delivers resignation of Ambassador to Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge; discussions about replacement for Lodge
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/3/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • in Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/10/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/2/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Pat Nugent has 49 weeks left in Vietnam; "Discover America" Women Doers' Luncheon; Lady Bird to hair salon; Lady Bird visits with Frank Sinatra in LBJ's absence; Lady Bird names guests at luncheon; Lady Bird makes speech; LBJ makes quick remarks
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/16/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Office work; recording in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for Hudson Valley trip; Lady Bird with Lynda Robb to doctor's office; lunch with Lynda; Chuck Robb & Patrick Nugent in Vietnam; meeting about Beautification stamps; office work; Lady Bird works
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/1/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; 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, 10/15/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Bombing halt in Vietnam; Mar-a-Lago becoming part of National Park Service; Lady Bird describes china for Preservation & Restoration luncheon; Lady Bird names speakers & guests; press are invited to speeches; Lady Bird gives remarks & introduces
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/3/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird works on upcoming dinners & Christmas parties; Lady Bird views "Life in the Family Quarters at the White House" at Navy Photo Lab; Lady Bird to hair salon; desk work; White House party for Vietnam Veterans from Walter Reed & Bethesda
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Marcos; Lady Bird says what conditions would cause LBJ to run again; Fortas says it depends on Vietnam; Lady Bird analyzes her own feelings; Johnsons fly to Camp David with guests; walk with Commander Jones' daughters, Karen & Judy, and Courtney Valenti
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation