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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/11/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

," and so i t was. We had come w ithout o ur hats, soon took o ff o ur shoes, moved around fro m person to person, while we drank coffee and munched . some delicious home-made cookies that M r s . R e x W h itte n had brought ^, along..''. -'-V-'.V.. M

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/23/1966 (Friday) (Item)

on plane; Lady Bird says goodbye on intercom to fellow travelers in Austin; to LBJ Ranch; party for hostesses of LBJ birthplace & boyhood home; Lady Bird, LBJ & John Connally speak to group; Lady Bird gives awards; appointments to State Department
Tony Taylor home

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/19/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

; Lady Bird travels to Jane Engelhard's home; tea on terrace; tour of the Engelhard home; dinner party; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ sends telegram to Engelhards thanking them for being so nice to Lady Bird; toasts; dancing; security concerns; Brick House

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/9/1967 (Monday) (Item)

Lady Bird rides through New England countryside to Shaker Village near Pittsfield, MA; stop for lunch at roadside park; to home of Yale President Brewster in New Haven, CT; Lady Bird is greeted by anti-war protestors; Lady Bird rests; to Yale's War

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells
Laurence Rockefeller home, Tarrytown, New York

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1966 (Monday) (Item)

; visit with Luci Johnson about Christmas gift list; beautification program benefits nurseries; dinner party at Abe Fortas' home; Fortas meeting with Jacqueline Kennedy about Kennedy Center; Lady Bird swims

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/14/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

Poor weather delays flight to East Texas; Lady Bird answers questions from reporters in Shreveport, LA; drive to Dorris Powell's home in Karnack; new Karnack post office made with bricks from T.J. Taylor's general store; meeting about landscaping

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/1/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

Lady Bird to New York City; signs photos for Christmas; meeting at Mary Lasker's home on beautification; Lady Bird mentions Mary's art collection; possible television program about beautification in cities; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Carlyle Hotel

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/27/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

ib le u s e s of the p la c e . A nd she h ad , in fa c t, so g e n e ro u sly in v ite d m e to com e up to h e r A d iro n d ack s s u m m e r home^vlind to P alm B each b e fo re . / . A s m u ch a s I w ould love to,Xl h ad alw ays sa id

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/15/1968 (Monday) (Item)

Carpenter; meeting with Bess Abell; tea for Marilyn Walz; meeting, future transfer of LBJ Boyhood Home & LBJ Ranch to the National Park Service; bowling, massage & television; dinner with LBJ; Mary Lasker's book on health initiatives; phone call with Hubert

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/25/1967 (Friday) (Item)

Lady Bird's plane to Dallas is postponed and cancelled & takes later flight; Lady Bird visits at Luci Nugent home; Lady Bird to Salado, TX, for ceremonies honoring Liz Carpenter; Lady Bird gives impromptu remarks; Liz Carpenter gives speech; crafts

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/26/1967 (Saturday) (Item)

; lunch at LBJ Ranch; work with Roy White, Herbert Wells on house renovations; Lady Bird & Jessie Hunter meet at Lewis Ranch to discuss LBJ Boyhood Home; formation of Johnson City garden club; Lady Bird returns to Washington, DC & Sequoia for LBJ's

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

Lady Bird goes to hair salon and then meets Lynda Johnson at Boyhood Home; tree planting ceremony at Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions where Rebekah Baines and Sam Johnson met; Lynda Johnson's magazine article on "See America;" park is donated

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

; Mrs. Johnson returns to White House; Lynda Johnson home for Luci Johnson's baptism; article in Herald Tribune;

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/9/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

Lady Bird talks by phone to LBJ and Dr. Hurst; Laurence Rockefeller has press conference and spoke about beautification and conservation; Congress and environmental bills; Lady Bird lunches with the Rockefellers; Lady Bird takes home movies

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/7/1967 (Friday) (Item)

Park; to future amphitheater & deserted brewery; Faison House in La Grange; Lady Bird plants pine tree; to William Neece home in Warrenton; tour of Winedale by Miss Ima Hogg; to Roundtop to restored homes, Lutheran Church & social hall; Johnsons to Hill

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/30/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)

with Dwight Eisenhower; Lady Bird to New York to dinner at Mary Lasker's home; ABC beautification film to be shown overseas

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/21/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

; speech and tree planting; to Carmel Mission & Big Sur Scenic Highway; speech; cameramen have to back up; to Big Sur State Park & Nathaniel Owing's home; nap; to Hearst's San Simeon Castle; receiving line & dinner

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

Lady Bird & party board buses; briefing on Teachers Corps; stop at Silver-Webster High School; Lady Bird leads group along trail to Mathis home; Lady Bird visits with family, photos are done & all ride to school; ceremony; Lady Bird gives speech