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

1965 ' Tuesday, May 11th Began m y long-awaited Landscape-Landmark to u r into V irg in ia . I was up at seven, had brea kfast quietly - - I had re a lly hoped to s lip out ' W ithout waking up Lyndon, but L i z w ith her idea always on the p ic

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)

(Continued) a fterw a rd , but Bob J a ck so n w as at m y hand the w hole s t a y .., I told them h.ow d elig h ted I w as to b e h e r e on th is im p ortant day in the life of P a d re '■ Islan d . iv- ■ Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y

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

flo w e re d cloth,... . ' aawi.it m u s t be th e 'in thing.'^ And th en I sa id goodby and w as b ack a t the White H ouse by 2:30, w o rk in g © b r ie f ly a t m y d e sk , doing som e p ic tu re s on the T ru m a n B alcony w ith Bob. K

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/17/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e everybody fo r ju st a m in u te. B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld not tr y . So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s going to a c c e p t th e r

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/3/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

r M adura o f the V irg in Islan d s L e g is la tu r e r e q u ested th at I take b a ck to the P r e sid e n t the hope o f the isla n d s that th ey co u ld e le c t th e ir own G overn or and p a rtic ip a te in N ation al e le c t io n s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/6/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)

. " A n d th e n , " A l l o f u s a re j u s t a "Y o u know , I ju s t A n d th e n I d e d ic a te d th e s ta tu e to a l l th e new M e m b e rs o f th e 8 9 th C o n g re s s and to a l l f u t u r e C o n g re s s e s V i n th e hope th e y w o

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1964 (Saturday) (Item)

to v is it A tlan tic C ity, but I do hope you w ill in vite m e to com e back this su m m e r. M aybe I ’ ll even b rin g m y husband with m e, " When the dinner was o v e r , w e file d out, shaking hands w ith a s m ajiy people as we could p o s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

p tio n and the N orth C a r o lin a r e c e p tio n had d e p a r te d , about two h o u r s of w o r k , r e s t l e s s ly , I w ent o v e r ^ to L yndon’s o f f ic e , hoping to jar him l o o s e , / a n d b rin g him h o m e , ' i^ound him

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

out in th e r i v e r I c o u l d s e e tw o b l i n k i n g l i g h t s - - t h e S e q u o i a - - a n c h o r e d . We w e n t o u t and I c lim b e d on a n d c a r e fu lly w ent d o w n s ta irs , hoping I w o u ld n 't w ake up Lyndon - - f r

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/28/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

a t k in d of c o o p e ra tio n fro m p r iv a te e n t e r p r i s e you th in k y o u a r e m a k in g so m e h e a d w a y . J im m y P ip k in w as th e r e to r e c e iv e it . A nd I hope h e f e lt the w a r m th of m y s m ile a n d h a n d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)

s s w a s in a h u n d re d tin y f r a g m e n ts , I I o p en ed it an d th e I hoped no one had h e a r d m e , b u t i t w a s p a r t of th e u n d e r c u r r e n t of th e d ay . U n d e rn e a th th e s u n s h in e a n d b r ig h t e x

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/28/1966 (Monday) (Item)

r e s s and t e l e v i s i o n w e hope w i l l s e l l th e b o o k . A . A ^ c a m e b r in g in g th e guestli s t . B ess I w e n t o v e r i t c a r e fu lly , t r y i n g a s u s u a l t o th in k o f s o m e p a r tic u la r t i e , s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/5/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

e c a l l s o n th e b e s t t h a t i s i n u s - - the a ffirm in g s p irit of hope. I s u p p o s e s u c h l i n e s in m y d e s c r i p t i o n of H u b e r t ' s r e c o r d , a n d i n d e e d o f th e e i g h t y e a r s o f th e K e n n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/31/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 {C o n tin u e d ) ■■■ w o m a n f r o m P e n n s y lv a n ia , aja4 tw o w id o w s I had e s p e c ia lly hoped w o u ld be p r e s e n t and w e re n o t - - R o b e r ta V in s o n and A n ita W i l l i a m s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/7/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

a n d - p a in te d . Page 7 M e a n w h ile , k ee p in g e v e ry th in g q u ie t an d j u s t p u ttin g out fo r th e C h in a R e c e p tio n e ig h t o f th e p la te s th a t w e re r e a l l y lo v e ly . e x i s t s , I hope w e ca n c a s

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

m m u n ity - - p ro b a b ly th e o n ly hope e ith e r to a c q u ir e a s k ill --------^ MEMORANDUM THE W HITE HOUSE WASHINGTON T u e s d a y , M a r c h 14,: 19 67 P age 7 o r th e a b ility to g e t a lo n g w ith fo lk s th a t w ould e n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/15/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

, w h ic h i s r e a ll y an in d u lg e n c e fo r m e . 36 P r e s i d e n t s . S o m e tim e I hope to g o to th e h o m e o f e v e r y on e o f the B y n o w , I m u s t h a v e gon e to a t l e a s t 12. T h e r e w a s a la r g e c r o w d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/9/1967 (Friday) (Item)

a s h a n d "'r*. •- ■ - • •• • '.t a s p l a t t e r a n d M r s . H o m a n s v o ic e s a y i n g " H e l l a n d d a m n a t i o n . w a s n ' t h i s t o r i c ! '' I a m s u r e i t w a s . I hope it B u t i t m a d e th e d a y f o r t h