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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • in 1968; post-mortem discussion; Lady Bird has clothes fittings & desk work; LBJ gives prepared speech at dinner for Democratic National Committee and then goes "off-the-cuff"; that morning, LBJ meets with Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Henry Fowler & John
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • National politics
  • ; Johnsons to party for National Council on the Arts at Roger Stevens' home; to party for Lynda Johnson at City Tavern; Lady Bird mentions guests; visit at White House with Arthur Krim, Abe Fortas & Marvin Watson about Democratic National Committee
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Wednesday, May 17, 1967 Page 8 in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life. Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • double amputee ..-­ -/re lost to Romney .-fr'nd his pretty wife Alice. Dear Robin Duke's frienrl, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, who helps h(:r out by being Chairman of the Blair House Fine Arts Committee. The luncheon was remarkable for several the loudspeaki
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/15/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • LBJ is in a dark mood; death of Senator Richard Russell's son; White House Festival of the Arts; press response to Festival; Lady Bird takes a nap; reception for Inaugural Committee workers; quick remarks by LBJ; visit by Tony and Matiana Taylor
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/12/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Hair salon; Luci Nugents escorts Tricia Nixon & Nixon Cabinet members' children through White House; Lynda & Chuck Robb are in Bangkok; last meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; report on White House Historical Association
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/8/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Office work; Promotions for Women in Armed Forces bill signing ceremony; LBJ presents Bronze Star to Major Marie Rodgers, an African-American, and a Legion of Merit to Colonel Ethel Hefley; Committee for Preservation of the White House meeting