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Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)
  • , Kentucky; Representative Hal Boggs, Louisiana; Representative Gerald Ford, Michigan; Honorable Allen Dulles, Washington; Honorable John Day [J.] McCloy, New York. RUSSEL L: Well, now Mr. President, I know I don't have to tell you my devotion to you. But I
  • in information; LBJ's interest in the news; LBJ as a liberal; what LBJ would have thought of 1996 political issues; the relationship between LBJ and Connally; speculations on LBJ's career if he had run for re-election in 1968; how LBJ's presidency will be viewed
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/5/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • o n e o f th e b ig g e s t MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE ( WASHINGTON M onday, S e p tem b e r 5, 1966 Page 5 w o r d s in the v o c a b u la r y o f the s a n ita r iu m . m y w o r ld then^ And th ey w e r e b ra n d new to ^ n d I think
  • LBJ & Lady Bird to Detroit; Gov. Romney meets plane; LBJ gives speech with heckler in crowd; standing ovation; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's health; to Battle Creek, Michigan; 1948 Campaign; as child, Lady Bird went to Battle Creek Sanitarium with Aunt
  • Detroit, Michigan
Telephone conversation # 7006, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 3/1/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • "RE APPALACHIAN PROGRAM AND RELATED TO NEW ENGLAND"
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY, PROSPECTS OF APPALACHIA BILL, SUGGESTS KENNEDY LOBBY FOR BILL IN ORDER TO PASS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BILL; EDWARD BOLAND'S MEETING WITH MCNAMARA ON CLOSING OF SPRINGFIELD ARMORY IN MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND STUDY
Telephone conversation # 8624, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 8/23/1965, 6:52PM (Item)
  • VANCE DISCUSSES MENDEL RIVERS' CURRENT POSITION ON LANGUAGE OF PROVISION OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS, READS PROPOSED NEW LANGUAGE; TIMING OF VOTE ON NEW BILL IN HOUSE
Telephone conversation # 758, sound recording, LBJ and HOUSTON HARTE, 12/26/1963, 9:42PM (Item)
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ DISCUSSES FEDERAL ECONOMY, CUTBACK OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; HARTE'S UPCOMING TRIP TO LBJ RANCH; DISCUSSION OF BELDEN, GALLUP, HARRIS POLLS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH NEW YORK DAILY NEWS; OMAR BURLESON AND CLOSING OF ABILENE, TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 1538, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/25/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS; STORY ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT; BARRY GOLDWATER; PRESS AND BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; CYRUS VANCE; NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK POLITICS; CHARLES BUCKLEY; ROBERT WAGNER; ROBERT MEYNER; TED SORENSEN'S RESIGNATION TO WRITE BOOK
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 8621, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 4:07PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RIVERS' ADVICE ON NEW POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN, READS PRESS STORY ON ISSUE; LANGUAGE OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; MILITARY PAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Telephone conversation # 10843, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/26/1966, 7:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS OF HIS ALLEGED SUPPORT OF LEONARD FARBSTEIN IN NEW YORK PRIMARY ELECTION BECAUSE OF FARBSTEIN'S SUPPORT OF LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; NEW YORK RACE AS TEST OF SUPPORT OF POLICY; LBJ ASKS FOR REWRITE OF LETTER TO HENRY
Telephone conversation # 10918, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/3/1966, 5:57PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS CLARK HE IS NOW ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL; REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD RE TO FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OR TO DISTRICT COURT; APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY TRAVIA TO NEW YORK JUDGESHIP; RFK'S VIEWS ON TRAVIA AND ON HANDLING NEW YORK PATRONAGE
Telephone conversation # 13813, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION) AND LBJ'S OBJECTIONS TO PROMULGATION OF NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION; SENATE'S FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
Telephone conversation # 2432, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH HARDING, 3/9/1964, 5:53PM (Item)
  • LBJ LOBBYS HARDING TO REPORT WHEAT BILL OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE; FARM BILL; NEWS STORY ON VISIT BY MORMON PRESIDENT DAVID MCKAY TO WH
Telephone conversation # 691, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 12/23/1963, 9:45PM (Item)
  • SALINGER ASKS IF VARIOUS PEOPLE CAN FLY ON LBJ'S PLANE TO ATTEND CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM GREEN'S FUNERAL; LBJ READS MANIFEST FOR AIR FORCE ONE; SALINGER ASKS LBJ ABOUT FRANCES LEWINE'S NEWS STORY ON LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 533, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/18/1963, 4:05PM (Item)
  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH FARM BUREAU ON PRICE SUPPORTS FOR WHEAT, COTTON, DAIRY; LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CATTLE; PROPOSED VOLUNTARY PROGRAM ON BEEF IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; FREEMAN'S MEETINGS ON AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 1364, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/15/1964, 4:30PM (Item)
  • FRANCE'S RECOGNITION OF COMMUNIST CHINA; US RECOGNIZING CHINA; PANAMA; OAS PEACE COMMISSION; SENDING JACK VAUGHN TO PANAMA; GEORGIA POLITICS; W. TAPLEY BENNETT AS POSSIBLE AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW INTER-OCEANIC CANAL; CARL SANDERS
Telephone conversation # 1906, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 2/6/1964, 12:15PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1240, sound recording, LBJ and GUS WORTHAM, 1/8/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN NEW MEXICO; HOUSTON BANK MERGER; ALBERT THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 1317, sound recording, JACK VALENTI and WALTER HELLER, 1/10/1964, 10:40PM (Item)
  • ECONOMIC NEWS ON THIRD QUARTER 1963 GNP; DISCUSSION OF WHEN TO RELEASE INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ACTIONS ON TAX BILL; HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; LUTHER HODGES
Telephone conversation # 1915, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/6/1964, 6:47PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 3025, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • EAST EUROPE GRAIN SHIPMENTS, GEORGE MEANY, COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS; LETTER TO BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT CASTELO BRANCO; NEWS STORY ON FULBRIGHT FOR SECRETARY OF STATE; CUBA, PANAMA, BRAZIL, CYPRUS; POLLS; JFK STAFF; RALPH DUNGAN, THOMAS MANN; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 2864, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 4/6/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
  • BALL ADVISES LBJ THAT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE RELEASED FIGURES ON REDUCTION IN MEAT IMPORTS; RELEASE OF STATEMENT BY USDA; CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT BEEF PRICES
Telephone conversation # 3464, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/15/1964, 8:40PM (Item)
  • LIZ CARPENTER; PRESS COVERAGE OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN'S VISIT TO ALABAMA PROPERTY OWNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON; REEDY COMMENTS ON GENERAL QUALITY OF TV NEWS PROGRAMS
Telephone conversation # 4231, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/14/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AT AEC; REPUBLICAN CONVENTION KEYNOTE SPEECH LAST NIGHT; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON FOR PUBLIC OPINION POLL IN NEW MEXICO
Telephone conversation # 3709, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/12/1964, 1:54PM (Item)
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BALL TO CONSULT EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONCERNS ABOUT USSR CONSULAR TREATY BEFORE IT BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE; NUCLEAR TREATY; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE; NEED TO IMPROVE STATE DEPT PRESS BRIEFINGS
Telephone conversation # 3758, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/17/1964, 6:36PM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY ABOUT RFK RIDING TO AIRPORT WITH LBJ IN NYC; JACK ROSENTHAL'S CALL TO REEDY RELAYING INQUIRY FROM DOM BONAFEDE ABOUT "JAMES H. ROWE" BEING REGISTERED AS LOBBYIST FOR HAITI SUGAR ORGANIZATION; JIM ROWE; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, JOCK
Telephone conversation # 4970, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/15/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • PROBLEM WITH CONFIRMATION OF PHILIP NICHOLS AS US CUSTOMS COURT JUDGE; CONFUSION OVER FBI REPORT ON SOMEONE WITH SIMILAR NAME; JUSTICE DEPT RELEASE OF REPORT TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; JEWISH VOTE
Telephone conversation # 5421, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/2/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE TO PRESS STORY THAT JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE; LBJ REPORTS SHE HAD TURNED DOWN APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, POLITICAL NATURE
Telephone conversation # 5422, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/2/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, PRESS HANDLING OF ISSUE; GEORGE REEDY; FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE ON ISSUE; POLITICAL NATURE OF CHARGES BY REPUBLICANS; DON REYNOLDS; MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 6274, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/6/1964, 3:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ REVIEWS HIS ACTIVITIES FOR PRESS BRIEFING; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; PRESS STORIES ABOUT SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL SESSION; RUMORS THAT HAROLD WILSON HAS REQUESTED MEETING WITH LBJ; INVITATION TO LBJ TO INAUGURATE NEW WHARF FOR PORT
Telephone conversation # 6277, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MCINTYRE, 11/6/1964, 4:21PM (Item)
  • ELECTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTHEAST; MCINTYRE REQUESTS MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE CLOSING OF PORTSMOUTH, MAINE SHIPYARD; LBJ STATES POLICY OF LEAVING DECISIONS ON CLOSING OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS TO ROBERT MCNAMARA; EFFECTS OF CLOSING ON LOCAL
Telephone conversation # 6320, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/11/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES IN EL PASO, ORLANDO, NEW ENGLAND; POLITICAL, ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLOSING PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD; POSSIBLE USE OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS TO EASE EFFECTS AS IN SOUTH BEND LITTON PROJECT; EDMUND MUSKIE
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 5837, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 10/3/1964, 8:48PM (Item)
  • WAGNER REPORTS ON RALLY TOMORROW AGAINST CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ SAYS THAT DOD IS STUDYING ALL BASE CLOSINGS, WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION NEXT YEAR; COMPARISON OF MCNAMARA WITH ROBERT MOSES; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5859, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 10/10/1964, 1:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS CONNALLY'S HELP IN FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; CONNALLY'S OKLAHOMA TRIP; ARIZONA SENATE RACE; MARVIN WATSON'S ASSISTANCE TO LBJ; CONNALLY'S POLITICAL FUTURE; DALLAS NEWS ENDORSEMENT; POLLS; LBJ'S TEXAS TRIP; SPEECHES BY ALLAN SHIVERS, PRICE
Telephone conversation # 5891, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5892, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5893, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • New York