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  • ra ry . We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e . But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
  • LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
  • . conversation, And h a d a n t h o l o g y --"Chicago Rugged, white it c ompletely un- r a t h e r lik e He h a d n 't hea rd about l i t t le hard I h a d h a d b ro ught He was shaggy h a i r e d , almost in a dutch b o b . t>¥tainT3 l e d in his
  • to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y . W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t . A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
  • Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
  • Transcript of Mrs. Johnson’s Audio Diary Prepared by Staff of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum December 9, 1963 Monday, December ninth. Mary Lasker had come down from New York last night and spent the night with us in the Queen’s Room
  • ■I' 1965 T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th . W as lik e a cam p aign d ay. I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n . We ch o se New J e r s e y b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
  • New Jersey
  • Lady Bird visits Project Head Start in Newark and Lambertville, New Jersey; airplane filled with press; press conference in the classroom; Lady Bird to Governor's mansion; Lady Bird makes speech in Morven; Lady Bird is interviewed on plane by Los
  • New Jersey
  • husband had been a Senator from - was it New Y ork , or New Hampshire ~ but now we know her as the w rite r of many books, particula r ly about New Orlean s and L ou isiana, Baroness S ilvercru ys, the lo v ely R osem ary with whom I occasionaly get
  • and spicy. She was accompanied by a phalanx of relatives, the Burton Bosseys, Alexander, a grandson, and Antoni Shoumatoff, a granddaughter, and her son, Nicholas and his wife. I t was a good day for cupid with Betty Beale there and her new fiance, whom
  • to a I t 's a w onderful w ay to w elcom e the New Y e a r, w ith m y own d e a r fa m ily , people th a t I love. It m ak e s th is the b ig g e st. We looked out o v e r the c o u n try th a t I love. The r u s s e t glow of the su n s e t o v e r
  • that M ary L a sk er is going to g iv e m e fo r m y b irth d a y . 'D o ris and I talked about the p o s s ib ility of m y con tribu tin g the planting to the new P o s t O ffice that is to go up in K ck arn in a c a ll to B rook e A s to r . She i s v
  • was the head man, and his assistant Dr. Manigan, and the nice head of all the nurses, Mrs. Jenkins. They took us in, and we went from floor-to-floor, and I noticed, over my shoulders, the faces of so many familiar Washington news girls. I missed them. I like
  • MEMORANDUM THE W H I TE HOUSE WASHINOTON M onday, M a rch 30, 1964 An e a r ly c a ll fro m B e s s ^ had the am azing news that there was a six inch snow in Washington and it was s till snowing. - T h e r e fo r e the egg r o ll was out
  • ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d . It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I have m et b efo re. And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
  • 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
  • d as an antique T h ere re an^old fra m e d print o f N ew Y o rk h arbor-- the city w h ere Eamon d e V a le ra was b orn a nd a lso a copy o f his baptism al c e r tific a te and a pictu re o f the church, St, Agne s in New Y o r k w h ere he
  • of the Lost Colony and he was the grandfather of V ir g in ia Dare, the f i r s t child born of English parents in the new w orld. So h e r e 's a part of the legend of A m e r ic a n h isto ry and one of the ties that binds us both through h isto ry and art
  • d B e s s to h a v e a p o s t- m o r te m on th e F e s t i v a l . o f th e A r t s , an d w e d is c u s s e d th e one-by-one h a m m e r -b lo w s o f th e f r o n t- p a g e s t o r y - - New Y o rk T im e s , New Y o rk H e r a ld T rib u n e
  • our boat had sunk right a fte r we had le ft January 2nd or 3rd or 4th, we set out boat riding in two boats, one that had been lent to Lyndon a fter ours had sunk, and the oth er A. W. ‘ s, equipped with brand new m o tors, which made it stand up on i
  • aging n ew s w as that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci, c w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
  • Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
  • o o th M r s , J a m e s R o o s e v e lt a n d M r s . M ontoya fro m New M ex ico w ho i s s u c h a good m i x e r , a n d M r s . M a c M illa n fro m South C a r o lin a , an d , of c o u r s e , ^ yown T e x a s d e le g a tio n , H e le n M
  • Lady Bird meets with Jim Ketchum; office work with Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell; reception for House members; briefing for House members and tour for wives; Luci in bed with flu; stag dinner to discuss foreign affairs; Lady Bird exercises; news
  • . / th a t v e r y o ften g re w in c lu m p s c lo s e by. I m a d e a n o te to w r ite th e h e a d of th e hig h w ay d e p a rtm e n t in New MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E HOUSE ( WASHINGTON S e p te m b e r 23, 1966 - - p ag e 5 M ex ic o to t e l
  • New Mexico
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • e , riot ” b e h u rt i f I d id n 't c a ll fo r w e e k s and w e e k s , and b e a v a ila b le to tu c k in to th e s p a r e h o u rs I h a v e now and th en . L yn d a is in New Y o rk w ith th e A rth u r K r im s , and L u c i is a lw a y s
  • bowling; Lynda Johnson in New York; Johnsons on Sequoia with friends; Buffalo River and national parks; new portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt for White House
  • T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1 T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til .it ;' ■„ .^ i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n o b s ta c le , a m o u n
  • of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
  • a c tiv e H o llin g s of S outh I C a r o lin a an d s t e r n fa c e d , r a t h e r L in c o ln e s q u e , S e n a to r H a n s e n , and I yo u n g , t e r r i f i c l y a t t r a c t iv e C h a r le s P e r c y . h e rs e lf. So th e new o n
  • a ll led the g u e sts in . She i s a P h ilip p in o , C . R . Sm ith w a s the on ly Cabinet m em b er p r e s e n t. H andsom e Danny B r e w ste r and h is new w ife - - the only S en a to r, T h ere w as H ale and Liindy B o g g s
  • MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE (■ WASHINGTON T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 12, 1968 in v i s i t o r s ' s e r v i c e . Page 3 And M r . W est who told ab o u t th e c l o s e t s b y H a m m a c h e r Schlemm e r and the new r u g in the S tate D
  • b a r k th a t is a p e c u l i a r m u s i c to ou r e a r s . It w a s a good q u ie t ev en in g , a n d it h a d b e e n a happ y w e e k e n d . ;I c a l l e d L u c i a n d r e a c h e d h e r j u s t a s she h a d d r iv e n in f ro m New Y o
  • Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
  • went b a ck u p s ta ir s to m y d esk , w h ere the u gly h ea d lin es of the day s t ill aw aited m e , unchanged by the p lea sa n t beginning. H ow ard C lo s e s Down in P r o te s t - B r ita in s F a c e New T a x -B ite Wage C o n tro l. C o n
  • a le n g th y p ie c e on th e J o h n so n L i b r a r y fo r th e New Y o rk T im e s . I me t w ith h im in th e L in c o ln S ittin g R oom a n d s p e n t a b o u t 45 m in u te s d u r in g w h ic h he to o k n o te s going o v e r the g e n e s
  • ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
  • a t she h a d s p e n t h e r . l i f e t i m e c o l l e c t i n g . g iv e n h e r o th e r c o l l e c t i o n s to o f A r t i n New Y ork. y ear. She h a d the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum T h is one she d o e s f o r us e a c h She h a d
  • e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s . And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
  • ; reception for government officials; Lady Bird & Hubert Humphry in receiving line; dinner with Chuck & Lynda Robb; Lady Bird records diary; Lady Bird has massage & watches tv; news stories from Australia
  • m o n th s. ^ ! T h is t r iv ia l thing w hich has b oth ered L iz g r e a tly and m e not so m u ch , about the s a le of a le t te r M r s. K ennedy w rote m e in th e F a ll o f 1960, b y so m e autograph h ou se in New Y ork . An u g ly in c id
  • a r t e d , and w e a l l s a t down to a b ig f a m il y C h r i s t m a s d in n e r. V e r y n ic e - - g r a c e , an d d i n n e r . A f t e r th e w ho le f a m il y f in a lly d i s p e r s e d , th e B o b b itts flyin g to New O r l e a n s
  • e w ent on to church s e r v ic e s at the L utheran C hurch. is a m em b er o f. Of c o u r s e , that is what the C h an cellor And th ere w as a cu rio u s blending of the old and the new , the e ld e r ly m in is te r spoke in G erm
  • Church services at St. Barnabas with Mr. & Mrs. Scotty Reston, Lynda and Gerri Whittington; to Johnson City with stories of LBJ's grandparents and Indians; to Austin to see Gov. & Mrs. Connally; to Sen. Ralph Yarborough's for New Year's; flight
  • c a l a s s o c ia tio n to pay f o r i t ! It look s lik e this w i l l be the f i r s t o r d e r of b u sin ess when the new c o m m it t e e f o r the P r e s e r v a t i o n of the W hite House has its m e e tin g . M r. Boudin had done the E lm
  • ontoyas f r o m New M e x ic o , th e H e n ry G o n z a le z es f r o m San A ntonio, and the E d R oybals fr o m C a lifo rn ia , and D elegate C'it> S t a n o s ( ? ) E s c e r n X ?) f r o m P u e r t o , a n d I w a s p a r t i c u l a r l y g l a d
  • a r ily n , s to p p in g to c a l l J o h n G o n e lla a t h o m e and c o n g r a tu l a t e h im on the new b a b y b o r n l a s t n ig h t. w o uld b e a g i r l . We h ad so h o ped it And J u a n it a a b o u t th e L i b r a r y . R eedy
  • a tannis h -b e ig e m a t e r i a l b e c a u s e th a t i s the o v e r a ll c o lo r of the c a m p u s . He h a s h e a r d of a s o ft b e ig e g r a n ite fro m a New M ex ico q u a r r y th a t he w a n ts to lo o k in to . in the F r e e r G
  • AO many. g.o ad ttnie.^, tkeM.e ioa.4 ,J,ovtad Henr y and l ovel y C h i s tin a . We t h a n ked them '^oM. tkexA . pant, t n th e p art y '^oA. doA t Monday. n t ^ k t tn New Yor k and t o l d tkem kow heauJLt^udL tkeJjL djOLu^kJ.eJi.i kadd>een