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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/10/1965 (Saturday) (Item)

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San Marcos, Texas

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/7/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE WASHINOTON S u n d a y , N o v e m b e r 7, 1965 Page 1 L y n d o n m a d e th e d e c i s i o n n o t to go to c h u r c h , a n d I c o n c u r r e d . I m i s s the i n t e l l e c t u a l c o n te n t , th e l
; Johnsons ride around in "broncos;" Lady Bird back to LBJ Ranch to meet the John Secondaris; several guests for dinner and then viewing of the beautification film; LBJ shows guest his college editorials; bill signing at Texas State University, San Marcos

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/20/1964 (Friday) (Item)

f 1964 F r i d a y , N o v e m b e r 20th Lyndon woke e a r l y a f t e r a tu rn in g , to s sin g night. I a s k e d h i m w hy he c o u l d n ' t s l e e p - - h e s a i d he w a s t h i n k i n g a b o u t t h o s e p a r a t r o o p e r s
training camp (Job Corps); LBJ Library and School of Political Science; San Marcos home of LBJ's parents; visit to Julia Kellam; Great Britain & our economy; beautify Washington; Great Society & Department of Interior; deer hunting

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)

i t . There had been q u i t e a d i s c u s s i o n a s t o wh i c h band w ou ld l e a d th e p a r a d e . L i t t l e San Marcos S o u th - w e s t S t a t e C o l l e g e Band, L yndon’ s Alma ma t e r or t he proud ora n g e and w h i t e o f

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/21/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)

e s day, A p r i l 21, 1964 A c t u a lly , I s l e p t lik e one d r u g g e d ^ u n t i l ab ou t 11 o 'c l o c k , and c o u ld h av e h ad a v e r y e a s y d ay , i f I h a d n 't, m y s e l f, lo n g a g o , told e v e r y b o d y that I w
, Braintree, MA; Lady Bird visits with Mrs. Ed Cape of San Marcos about 1937-47, campaigns, and LBJ shaving in a stream; visit with Ambassador and Mrs. Heisberg; dinner with LBJ; Lady Bird catches up on reading; Lady Bird & LBJ talk of railroad negotiations

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/28/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

1965 S u n d ay , M a r c h 2 8 th W h at a g lo rio u s n ig h t of s le e p ! w o u ld a f o u r - c a r a t d ia m o n d on m y f in g e r , I t r e a s u r e i t fo r L y n d o n lik e I W e h ad c o ffee in b e d , a n d th e n a l l o f u s
for Sears, Roebuch community development program; LBJ talks about what he did as a young man and how he went to college; LBJ's life at San Marcos State Teachers College; dinner at Camp David; helicopter back to White House

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/25/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON T u e sd a y , O c to b e r 2 5 , 1966 Page 1 It w a s the f u lle s t day that I r e m e m b e r on th e w h o le tr ip . Such a f e a s t of the p ic tu r e s q u e , the c o lo r fu l, of a n c ie n t h
Breakfast, mail & hair done; coffee with Imelda Marcos & other First Ladies; gifts; bus tour of Manila; Lady Bird describes clothing, scenery, art & architecture; Lady Bird chooses artifact from archeological dig; dedication ceremonies, Freedom

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/14/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

Removed from 05/14/1968, page 1. Paper Clip Removed from 05/14/1968, pages 1- 7. MEMORANDUM ^ T u e sd a y , M ay 14, 1968 THE WHITE HOUSE wASHiNOTON Page 1 What a d a y . A s w e advance farth er into M ay I fe e l m ore and m o re lik e
End of weekend with Walt Rostow family; Air Force One from Austin to Washington, D.C.; Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Burg are houseguests; Paris Peace Talks; announcement about Lynda Robb's pregnancy; dinner for Imelda Marcos of the Philippines; office work

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/27/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE WASHINGTON (i' T h u r s d a y , O c to b e r 27, 1966 I aw o ke e a r l y in the M an ila H otel. m o rn in g . Page 1 We w e r e going to le a v e th is T h is w a s s c h e d u le d to be o u r d a y of r e s t
LBJ's phone calls & conferences make them late; President & Mrs. Marcos meet Johnsons at airport; flight to Thailand; met by Prime Minister Kittikachorn; helicopter to Bang San; Lady Bird describes landscape, fields of tapioca, beach house, flora

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/14/1965 (Saturday) (Item)

.... . ■ 1965 ■iwi. w u n ! »4 i iiuii«ww »iiiw |M M ^ j i^ i n i .. '■ S aturday, A u gu st 14th O nce m o re w e w oke e a r ly w ithout -wanting to , and b y m utual a g r e e m e n t d ecid ed that w e w ould w alk down to O r io le 's
LBJ and Lady Bird walk down to Cousin Oriole's for a visit; breakfast at the pool; Lynda Johnson takes friend sightseeing; Luci Johnson visits and brings friends, and they are going to Mexico; Lady Bird to Blanco State Park and San Marcos; dinner

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday) (Item)

MEMORANDUM r ;'- '':/:^ T H E W H ITE HOUSE >*.;^: : . —'■■';’ V^^-' ■ W A SH IN O TO N . S a t u r d a y , M a y 13; 1967 Page 1 .If lif e c a n b e s a i d to h a v e a p a t t e r n , a s w e go in to S p r in g a n d s u m m e r , th e
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

Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/9/1942 (Item)

Press; Homer Williams of the Postal Clerk (about you); and Mr. Buckner of the San Marcos Record. Today I see I have the fo~lowing to write: Mrs. Dale of the J3J..a.nco_Oounty News; Mrs. Glidden of the Johnson City Courier; and Leslie Cooper ot the San

Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/17/1942 (Item)

going to quote to you in part.· · · ,, k,e A,,+Jr.; "Bird, I am so very sad about all this war conditio:;.,,~~,.--so many bad things happening all the time. I an also sad about Bob for I can see nothing ahead for him. If he should have to go he says

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/21/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

l965 THURSDAY, JANURAY 21 Thursday, January 21 was by all rights a day that both Lyndon and I should have stayed in bed all day, but perhaps you don 1 t con>e down off the mountain of excitement so quickly. Lyndon had a meeting of the leadership

Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/18/1942 (Item)

Marcos citizens, one by about a dozen citizens. the other by fully fifty. They are demanding action by Congress to abolish the 40 Hour week-but this is not adequate--! shall just make a copy for us and send the wires on t~ you. I called Malcolm and on his

Folder, "[Public Activities - Biographic Information - Navy] Sampling - Mrs. Johnson's Correspondence During LBJ's Active Military Duty," LBJA, Subject Files, Box 74 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 7 (VII), 10/9/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that we started running for the Senate in 1941, when I remember clearly pictures of us on that front porch. But I think it is the Senate that I am remembering. G: The President made his initial speech in San Marcos at the college. J: Yes. G

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 14 (XIV), 9/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

similar to 1937. We opened in San Marcos; we closed at his boyhood home in Johnson City. The same factors were strong helpers, the people he had gone to school with at San Marcos, the people he had worked with in the NYA [National Youth Administration

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 5 (V), 4/1/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in San Marcos. Remember, you stopped there on your way down to the King Ranch? You said it was a rather modest house, but do you remember [any details]? J: It was a modest frame house, Victorian, as I recall. San Marcos was a center where a lot
The Johnson family's home in San Marcos; what Lady Bird Johnson thought of LBJ's early career prospects; LBJ's response to a job offer from Charles Marsh; LBJ's ability to remember names; Mrs. Johnson's reluctance to marry LBJ; the weeks leading up

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

was to us to have given us Jesse Kellam from 1945 to his death in 1977. [Inaudible] enabled Lyndon to say in public office. M: How did he come into your life? J: Lyndon had known him in Southwest Texas, in San Marcos, Teacher's College. Jesse was a little
arguments with LBJ regarding the cost of electricity and the need for parks in Austin; Edgar (E. H.) Perry; Lynda and Luci at Camp Mystic; Lynda and Luci's work as adults in public service; Allan Shivers; Sam Rayburn and his sister, Miss Lou; the 1956

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 19 (XIX), 2/6-7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think it was, River Authority. I remember we went once more-through the years this was a constant thread--to his old alma mater, San Marcos. This time it was to homecoming festivities, a very picturesque campus. I've always approached it with a lot
fondness for his alma mater in San Marcos; the House Un-American Activities Committee; Christmas 1947; a portrait of Mrs. Johnson, Lynda, and Luci given to LBJ for Christmas; Luci's christening; the creation of a 70-group air force; LBJ's relationship

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

reasons for elation and reasons for depression just buffeting you, just slap, slap. You sort of felt like one of those clowns that they're throwing balls at at the fair, you know. One blow came from E. B. Germany in East Texas [who said] that we'd had

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

friends answering some of the charges. [W. E. "Ed"] Syers answered the one about us owning KVET and I think pretty much refuted it in the minds of people who could bear to give up the idea. Then Lyndon would go down to the other end of the district

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 18 (XVIII), 9/26/1980-9/27/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XVIII -- 2 from our neighbor, Dr. O. E. Reed, with a huge elm tree that shaded the whole backyard for many years before it died. That backyard was a scene of just much happiness during the years from 1942 to 1960

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a key man behind it, and Everett Looney would have been helping, and all of Lyndon's old, strong folks from the NYA and the San Marcos school were getting organized for a campaign to sign petitions for him to run again, thinking that if they showed up

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

you recall? J: I think maybe it was Lufkin, and maybe it was E. L. Kurth, but I better check that. Then you better make sure that you covered the local radio station and got them to do two sorts of things: cover it as a news story, because indeed

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XXVII -- 4 universities outside the ones that the Tenth District had made his chief objectives, like Southwestern and San Marcos. He would go to Lubbock

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

of John Henry. M: You were right to the end of his life, as I recall. J: Yes, yes. And I want to tell you this. Many years later, at one of those annual parties that are given on Lyndon's birthday, at San Marcos State Teacher's College

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 28 (XXVIII), 3/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Georgetown, San Marcos, and an address in Houston to the Independent Petroleum Association. And then a big important thing, the JeffersonJackson Day Dinner in Oklahoma City for Senator [Robert] Kerr and Senator [Mike] Monroney. But he did not get away from
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee work trying to control spending and corruption; Luci's early interest in religion; the tidelands issue; the possibility of Dwight Eisenhower running for president; returning to visit San Marcos with LBJ; growing media

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

than she had anticipated and perhaps a little more seriously than she had anticipated. (Laughter) G: Did you start the next morning for San Marcos? J: Yes, he came by and picked me up. I was hesitant and unsure, but I knew that I didn't want to say
Johnson's financial difficulties; the relationship between LBJ and his father; LBJ's mother, Rebekah Johnson; Mrs. Johnson's trip with LBJ to San Marcos, the King Ranch, and Corpus Christi; the Kleberg family, including Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, Richard

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 13 (XIII), 9/2/1979-9/3/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

she had an office. We made our opening campaign speech in San Marcos and Dr. [Cecil] Evans, the president of the school when Lyndon was there, was at our side lending dignity, and Ed Cape, of course. It was a summer of enormous effort. I remember

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