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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/28/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1967 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/25/1967 (Saturday) (Item)
  • to Lewis Ranch, Mr. Yinski's home and the Hill Ranch; back to the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird joins LBJ at the Moursunds' for supper; Lady Bird takes care of grandson, Lyn Nugent
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/5/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/12/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ; Lady Bird back to White House; wedding gift for Luci Johnson; funny story about 25 tourists as stand-ins; LBJ gives speech to American Alumni Council; talk with Luci and Pat Nugent about wedding; Lady Bird reads press stories about White House weddings
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/18/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • and Pat Nugent to swimming pool with guests; lunch on the terrace; naps; Johnsons watch "Meet The Press;" LBJ praises telephone operator; integration at University of Alabama; article about White House renovations
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/24/1965 (Saturday) (Item)
  • ; Johnsons meet more guests at the heliport; Courtenay Valenti gives LBJ kisses; Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent arrive
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/9/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/5/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • 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, 10/29/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • LBJ leaves wake-up call for 2 a.m.; LBJ meets with General Creighton Abrams; LBJ back to bed at 8 a.m.; Lady Bird works on script for July 1968 film; meeting on oral history project; Luci Nugent portrait for LBJ's present; Lady Bird to hair salon
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/26/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird & Mary Lasker work on LBJ Library; Lady Bird chooses paintings for Cedar House and Davis House; Davis daughter to work at KTBC; Lady Bird to Luci Nugent's home; Lady Bird picks up Mary Lasker at airport; Lady Bird & Mary Lasker
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/2/1967 (Monday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird views areas at LBJ Ranch that needs wildflower seeds and describes how previous plantings are blooming; back to LBJ Ranch to work on renovations to the house; dinner at Luci and Pat Nugent's; to Rebekah Johnson's former home on Harries
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/7/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Four-year anniversary of the Johnsons arriving at the White House; preparations for Lynda Johnson's wedding; office work; Luci Nugent is making a photo album for Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird visits with house guests in the Solarium; Lady Bird bowls
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)
  • Bird; reception for Democratic state chairmen; Lady Bird to David Lloyd Kreeger home to see paintings; Lady Bird critiques paintings; to John & Ashton Gonella party; dinner at White House with Lynda & Chuck Robb; Chuck & Pat Nugent leaving soon
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/31/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Stories about Luci and Pat Nugent's engagement; Lady Bird reminds daughters of plane arrival; Lady Bird has coffee and talk with Bill White about his book; departure of Jimilu Mason; Lady Bird enjoys flowers and visits Malecheks; Lady Bird to family
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/8/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird views possible house for Luci Johnson in Austin; Pat Nugent and Lady Bird measure rooms; lunch at Youngblood's Restaurant; back to LBJ Ranch; guests there for tours of Texas poverty programs; tours through Reagan & Scharnhorst ranches
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/21/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Luci Nugent, Jane & Charles Engelhard to St. Francis Xavier Church; Lady Bird walks to Cedar House; LBJ has desk work; LBJ & Lynda Robb to St. Barnabas Church; Lady Bird & several guests helicopter to West Ranch; Lady Bird describes ranch
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/2/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • 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, 10/4/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • rests and makes telephone calls; dinner alone; retires to bed; Luci Nugent to New York for a funeral; swearing-in ceremony for Russ Wiggins
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday) (Item)
  • for Beautification of Washington, DC schools; Mother's Day presents from Lynda Johnson and Luci Nugent
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/13/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • Phone call received about Vicki McCammon's family; Lady Bird works on Luci's wedding; Tom Clark's party for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; houseguests in the White House; work on Luci Johnson's wedding plans; family matters; Lady Bird mentions guests
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/1/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird comforts LBJ; bride & bridesmaids fittings; Luci's wedding photos; Lady Bird to hair salon; shooting at University of Texas; Paul Bolton's grandson is a victim; Nugents arrive; phone calls with Arthur Godfrey and Marvin Watson; Johnsons
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ; Lady Bird names guests at Women Doers' Luncheon; Lady Bird gives speech; speakers are Dr. Esther Clark, Mrs. Charles Welch & Muriel Humphrey; brief statement by Luci Nugent; Lady Bird to Mar-a-Lago, Florida, as guest of Marjorie Merriweather Post
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/22/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ; luncheon at Austin Convention Hall; introduction by Lady Bird & speech by Muriel Humphrey; fashion show, "Alexis, We Love You;" Lyn Nugent models shirt made from Humphrey scarf; drive by LBJ Library site; group meets Hubert Humphrey at Dallas airport
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/21/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1967 (Monday) (Item)
  • Johnsons are awakened by telephone; Lady Bird goes to her room & has nightmares; Lady Bird reminisces about the Cuban Missile Crisis; Lady Bird is leaving on Friday for New England trip; Luci Nugent's baby due soon; drive through Washington, DC
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • appointment; Lady Bird talks with Luci Nugent; Lady Bird's interview with Howard K. Smith; Johnsons meet Prime Minister & Mrs. Harold Wilson; invitation to Winston Churchill; exchange of gifts; LBJ and Wilson give toasts; Bob Merrill & Veronica Tyler perform
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/6/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird's hair styled; LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Nugent fly to El Salvador; welcoming ceremonies at San Salvador; newspaper headlines; bus tour for First Ladies to President Sanchez' weekend home; Lady Bird describes coffee plantations, villages