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Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

across the aisle from LBJ. I guess it was wintertime. He had his hat and coat on, hat tilted back, late at night--it was after midnight I think. As we were flying from Andrews, about a twelve-minute flight, he was reading that morning's Washington Post

Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple (Item)

: Louann Temple PLACE: Unknown Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 T: . . . Mr. Biddle, one of the things I am curious about is that in the memos that I have read in 1964 when President Johnson first went into office, the aides and people outside of the office

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

course in economics that anyone could ever have, and that was from the Council of Economic Advisers. They had prepared papers; they had done a big study of steel the year before. I used to read that stuff at night, or early in the morning. But most of all

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/14/1964 (Item)

then read the individual citations . and _ Page 2 Monday White House 9-14-64 Dean G. Acheson - former Secretar y of State Detlev W. Bronk - Educator and Scientist Aaron Copland - Composer Walter Disney - Motion Picture Producer ixxExxatedBiskiBcxx Lena

Folder, "August 20, 1968 - 2:05 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

Draft statement read. Secretary Rusk: I told the Soviet Ambassador last night we could not reconcile statements. George Christian: Secretary Rusk: I prefer the tougher statement. The Czech mission at the U.N. The President: Ambassador Ball has been

Oral history transcript, Harry J. Middleton, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1979, by William C. Spragens (Item)

(from the staff) • · There was also ready access to prepare memos for his "night reading ". · We didn't want to abuse it, but it was there. He \>JOuld read it and respond . 7. Did you have occasio n to work with holdove r members of the Kennedy staff

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 1 (I), 9/24/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. every night. and going t:l Reading--going to bed with a "Who Done It" Reading the same sentence on page 13 every night sleep. Weld get to bed apout 3--this is when we were on t:.'-le trail. Mr . Johnson did this every night. Mary Rather and Dorot

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 2 (II), 4/6/1983-4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Lyndon Johnson would have fired me if he had known that. But I missed the entire speech and sneaked out for two hours. My friends, the agents, covered for me. So I have no idea what went on that night. G: How about the Ladies Garment Workers Union

Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

went a little later. Anyway, he pulled out of law school. I think he pulled out to get married; I believe that's the secret. Anyway, I went to night law school and finished one year at Georgetown. Then the following summer--Mr. Johnson in the meantime

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/16/1968 (Item)

//HITE HOUSE Date DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY May TJ «. /T,, x Day The President began his day at (Place) Time Telephone 11 In Out Lo White House no £ Activity LD 12:00a President and Mrs. Johnson ot the N orth Portico t o say good night

Folder, "Frankhouser, Roy E.," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8 (Item)

Fourth Street, Reading, Pa. He is not ga.1.nfully employed, and allegedly i.s w:t.thout funds, but cont:Lnuca to devote hts actlvJ.ttcs to the Uni tcd IO.ans of America., Inc.,' Knlghts of the Ku Klux Klan ( UKA, KKKK), speaking at va1"'iow:~ r'alJ.1.es

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/3/1968 (Item)

Departe d Gol f Cours e - Presiden t drivin g convertible , accompanie d b y Cong. J . J . Pickl Jim Jones , an d Pa t Nugen t 6:43p Arrive d residenc e working par t o f night reading )whic h ha d accumulate d fo r th e pas t severa l days ) w/ Ji m

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/22/1967 (Item)

and his night reading. Hire HOUSE Date July •NT LYNDON B. JOHNSON IARV •esident began his day at (Place) The Time Telephone 11 In Out Lo 2:25p t White House J I Activity Codc LD -Joe 2:32p f Harry 3:02p t George Christian -pl 3:07p t Marvin

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/10/1967 (Item)

talking Not sure if President talked - f Jake Jacobsen brought in Night Reading - 11:06a 11:08a 0C mf Lois asked for gist. President in East Room for Signing of to mjdr's room Outer Space Treaty - REMARKS by the President c list to DT - i

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/12/1964 (Sunday) (Item)

e v e ry night except th is one night and why did we have to get up and s t a r t ro am in g th is one n ig h t? I 7 / 1 2 / 6 4 - - page 2 So b ack to bed and up ju st in tim e to m ake it to the C h ristia n Church - N ational C ity C h ristia

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/29/1966 (Item)

while seated next to her at the Thai Classical Dancc program The President commented on the night saying it was one of the prettiest one he had seen —bu t the dancing program was too long. He asked mary s about time and was very interested in whom she

Memo, 1943 [re: KTBC] (Item)

come bc.. ck up to the station at night ©.nd learned to operate the controls! This her own idea . i.iould be valuable in case of shortaGes ot' personnel we face. I think she writes a very pretty letter, don't you? Her voice over tt.e telephone und her

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

President Johnson and we felt early on that we should meet with him and talk with him. As I recall we went over as a whole commission to talk with him one night and--I say "one night" because it was about, as I recall, 5:30 or some such thing

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

on the recall of General MacArthur by President Truman. Our staff did the night work of processing every bit of the day's transcript and putting back on the desk of Senator Russell, in the morning, through Senator Johnson, questions for the next day's . session
; developing a distinction between civil and criminal contempt; LBJ’s power of persuasion; liberal criticism of the 1960 Civil Rights Bill; the Bricker Amendment; LBJ'’ legal knowledge; LBJ and reading; the McCarthy censure; LBJ’ presidential ambitions; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Mollie Parnis, interview 1 (I), 10/13/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of things. The President, he would complain to me Another time I remember he gave me his book [The Vantage Point] to read when it was in galley form. in Acapulco. at night. Again we were It was about, oh, half past ten or a quarter to eleven I was going

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 74, January 2001," LBJ Library (Item)

by a congressional committee, and a woman who slept with a gun under her pillow every night until she died, several years ago." Ms. Smith had also feuded memorably with Frank Sinatra, and it was she who broke the news of the Donald/lvanna Trump divorce. "It certainly

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

all of the work for all of his appointments and the travel and all that sort of thing and signed Marvin's name to them. They just went into night reading, or went in to the President, Jones with Marvin's name on them. Then I guess after about a year
influence on LBJ to be greater than it actually was; LBJ’s love of telephones; LBJ’s “earthy” language and storytelling ability; LBJ’s private nature; LBJ’s relationship with the press; night reading; keeping LBJ’s schedule.

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/28/1967 (Item)

him Metrecal because "I'm getting too fat. " He said that he would try to do his night reading for about an hour each afternoon and asked mjdr and MW to see that no one sent anything else over to the mansion after e wen t home unless i t was urgent. He

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 10:15 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

move the 82nd Airborne to Vietnam. Secretary McNamara: This worries me. call up a National Guard division. This means we would have to The President: I read Wilbur Mills a couple ·of intelligence reports last night. It appears that he is getting weak

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/8/1967 (Item)

: , President asked for Jake Jacobsen--JJ was an route Tom Corcoran's office-word was left. Marvin ' 6:45p _6:55p t s' ±$. The • 1967 (include visited by) t C LD 8, MONDAY Day t0prT TZ Lo 6:55p f RANCH May ^ ^ __ night reading in lounge John

Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

into that little breakfast room in The Elms with the little circular table, and we had dinner. And the only peo- ple present--I must say I've read over the years of who was there that night, and it would make enough for a grand ballroom. F: A real state dinner

Oral history transcript, Gene Latimer, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

reading the letter from the mother he adored who never seased to tell him of her aspirations for and confidence in him. I wish those carpers who write about his "driving" people could see him as I have, driving himself late at night in such activities

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 60 (LX), 1/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- LX -- 2 We then, with all kinds of variations, basically--on the next night I sent him a cable which indicated that we had nine options

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/20/1968 (Item)

LD 10:09p Arrived W 1968 (include visited by) Floyd Bennet Field 10:18p Departed Floyd Bennet en route t o Washington - Andrews Air Force Base Manifest on Air Force One the same as above The Presiden t worked his night reading with Larry Temple

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/26/1968 (Item)

26, 1968 DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY the President began his day at (Place) Day Time Telephone 11 In Out Lo White House Wednesday i or t Activity L D 10: 37a Senator (include visited by) James Eastland 10:38a Read Manatos memo - red tag

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/18/1966 (Item)

) The President read morning papers Wheels up, departing Hickam Field, Honolulu for Pago Pago. ^HHMMHM^t American Samoa With Bill Moyers in the conference room, the President wanted to talk about non proliferation. He asked BM why Rusk ! had changed his mind

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of comparison. ;.J: Did he spend a lot of time in personal camaraderie with the press on trips like that, long monologues or late night discussions, this type of thing? A: .iot in my presence. I think he may have with some of the regular White House

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

regularly will read and review one of the many, many, many drafts. And also, the normal complement of outside trusted advisers will be called upon. 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories: http

Oral history transcript, Kathy Teague and Weeze Pollei Shumate, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the drawer that night, counted up the gallons of gasoline that he could carry and how far he could travel, like to Tennessee because it was socked in, in Oklahoma City. She has some pilot knowledge that-- 1 LBJ Presidential Library http

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/22/1966 (Item)

Date June 22, 1966 White House Dav Governor Smith left. ; Wednesday houseguest last night Governor Moore left. (^houseguest Governor Scranton left. last houseguest night last night President had breakfast. Director Marks. McPherson

Oral history transcript, Nell Colgin Miller, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

remember seeing Pirates of Penzance; I remember when I went back and visited her we saw that. put on The Firefly, Rudolf Friml 's The Firefly. in that. poetry. She loved it. We I remember singing She loved classical music and she adored We read Edna

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/22/1968 (Item)

visite d by ) e Califan o 4:38p f Jo 4:42p t Larr y Templ e approximately 5:00 p dian a i n - Presiden t aske d fo r hi s nigh t reading . H e read most o f it bu t put the length y items i n a folde r an d sai d t o sen d it t o th e house. I t

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/21/1967 (Item)

w ^ n^t^. 2 1 November 1967 + The White House Da y Tuesda y Activity (inc!ud e visited by) tur Expendi Code e The President was awakene d -- per his instructions to the operator the night before. Ashton Gonella n second floor of mansion

President's Daily Diary entry, 12/26/1968 (Item)

, the Postmaster General 9:45a t Walt Rostow DeVier Pierson - Oklahoma City 10:00a Temple 10:01a t and Jones back from mansion w/ night reading Rostow - pl _ 10:02a The President asked for mf - she was in Yellow Oval Room to his bedroom 10:11a t Mrs

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 6:07 p.m. Congressional leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

The President opened the meeting by reading to the leadership a UPI ticker item. The article concerned a GOP policy stand. The ticker item fallows: "Republican Party leaders called big city rioting a national crisis today. They demanded a full investi gation

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