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Telephone conversation # 5275, sound recording, LBJ and RHEA HOWARD, 8/31/1964, 8:42AM (Item)
  • HOWARD CONGRATULATES LBJ ON CONVENTION, ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, HHH AS VP NOMINEE; MRS. JOHNSON THANKS HOWARD FOR SUPPORT; LBJ, HOWARD DISCUSS TEXAS POLITICAL SITUATION, DALLAS MORNING NEWS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, PRESS ENDORSEMENTS, JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY IN SAN
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Force One in Dallas on that day in November of 1963. Many times in his political career President Johnson was referred to by the news media as a political animal. Yes, President Johnson had been a LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: EDIE ADAMS INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: The Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Miss Adams, first of all, how did you get mixed up in politics? A: Well, it was the 1964 campaign. Before that I really felt that anyone
Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • one of the Dealey boys [of the Dallas Morning News]. Anyway, we went out to the Army-Navy. those days. I was playing fairly good golf in And, of course, we had a match and Lyndon complained that he'd LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • . From 1936 through 1963 you were associated with the Chattanooga Times as a reporter, then Washington correspondent, and finally editor of the News Focus service. This last period was from 1958 to 1963. In 1963 you became a columnist for the Chicago
  • Outline of journalistic career; LBJ's unique handling of press during both Senate and White House years; Kennedy and Johnson humor; Jacqueline Kennedy's appreciation of LBJ; LBJ's swearing-in ceremony in Dallas; Kennedys thoughts of death and LBJ's
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/31/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ( CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES December 31, 1968 Tuesday, New Year's Eve at the Ranch was dreary and cold. headline for the world. An ominous With the renewed fighting in the Near East, the U.N. is about to censure the Israelis
  • New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , if it was for the Senator or for Walter or whoever. One Saturday morning Johnson came over to the office and found a stack of LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and 20, 1977 INTERVIEWEE: Mrs. Jane Englehard INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mrs. Engelhard's home, Cragwood, Far Hills, New Jersey Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your parents, first of all. Your father was a Brazil- ian diplomat. E
  • to the United States and involvement in the microfilm business; New York Governor Alfred Smith; a plane crashing into the Empire State Building; marrying Charles Engelhard; Engelhard’s political career; Engelhard’s involvement in the gold business; race
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • of things that I have m eant to do, headed by re s t and learn to water ski, those not crossed off.-'- V’ ' ' We reached the White, House about 1:15 in the morning, so it was a short night, and I woke up early and worked with Liz before I • had a m
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ~ a a permane_nt. mad dash to get dr~ssed and be ~t ~yndon~:~~- off~c·e.~~~ 1):30.- . . . : >. . . . ~. . .¢~~~:~ .. been a heavy d'?wnpou:t in the morning, . but ' . ­ .::~-~ "~ ,-· -~ ff~stopped_ miracu~onsly, '$ we walked out ont~ t~e grdunds
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/31/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • l ar ou n d th e per ipheryof my well loved Austin. c e n te r s on on e Ther e ar e sp r ingi ng up shopping. very hi l l and v a lle y a n d paAtjufus. landA moAch ajowa o^ new houAeA, Some o
  • weather; Liz leaves plane in Dallas to drive to Austin; Lady Bird chooses building materials for house in Austin; desk work at Federal Office Building; Lady Bird to Roy Butler's party at the Westgate; Lady Bird meets LBJ at A.W. Moursunds'; swimming; late
Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • that we were wordsmiths . The only instance I know of anybody our level having made a definite contribution to new policy was Jack McNulty, who through reading � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/30/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • constituents. when I got back to the White House I heard the happy news that Lyndon had d riven down to W inchester, to be present at the crowning of L u c i Baines] And la te r on, I saw the picture of him standing on the steps to the high school MExMORAN
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/13/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • a b le a n d w e ll d r e s s e d . L y n d o n w as s tr e t c h e d out in h is p a ja m a s , d rin k in g te a , an d th e y w e r e a p p a r e n tly e n jo y in g t h e i r v i s i t . N ixon w a s s a y in g , of th e New Y o rk T im e s
  • Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • period. I was privileged to go with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson on the plane when we went directly from here to the convention and arrived. The Texas delegation had been delegated to a dreadful hotel called the New Clark. Governor [John] Burns
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/27/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • has tour of new wing & visits patients; photos; small buffet supper & bowling for staff & friends; group watches movie, "Live for Life;" LBJ to Dallas for Rural Electrification Administration meeting; Luci Nugent accompanies LBJ
Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • so. He would look at those books and say, "There's not a damn thing in it. It's just a bunch of words. There's no new policy. reason for me to go. '1 There's nothing new. There's no new stateMent. There's no new So we tried to get the desk
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • c h tim e , :th a t y o u .sta.n d a n d s ta n d a n d lo o k a t sw a tc h e s a n d m a k e l i s t s of l a s t y e a r 's th in g s a n d w h a t you n e e d to f it in f o r the big e v e n ts of the y e a r . th a t r e q u i r e new d r e s s
  • in 1968; post-mortem discussion; Lady Bird has clothes fittings & desk work; LBJ gives prepared speech at dinner for Democratic National Committee and then goes "off-the-cuff"; that morning, LBJ meets with Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Henry Fowler & John
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/20/1966 (Thursday) (Item)
  • h s o n i a n a s a g if t f o r S i r B e r n a r d . ^ ■ T h e y g a v e us a n e n c y c l o p e d i a a b o u t New Z e a la n d and a c h a r m in g w a te r c o lo r. i t w a s t i m e to go . A n d th e n s u d d e n l y T h e w ife of t
  • New Zealand
  • Lady Bird explores New Zealand's Governor General's home; Sir Bernard and Lady Ferguson show Lady Bird the grounds; exchange of gifts; morning with Mrs. Holyoke and Mrs. Powell; Lady Bird describes flowers; ride in cable car; motorcade to Civic
  • New Zealand
Telephone conversation # 3502, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 5/25/1964, 9:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON VALENTI'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW YORK NEWS REPORTER TED LEWIS; LBJ TEASES VALENTI ABOUT HIS GOLF GAME WITH LBJ YESTERDAY
Telephone conversation # 6190, sound recording, LBJ and TOMMY CORCORAN, 11/4/1964, 10:51PM (Item)
  • CORCORAN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION, COMMENTS ON POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS LBJ IN NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK; LBJ JOKES ABOUT ONLY GETTING 81 PERCENT OF RHODE ISLAND VOTE; RHODE ISLAND GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LBJ PRAISES JAMES ROWE'S CAMPAIGN WORK
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 10710, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 9/1/1966, 11:24PM (Item)
  • NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY POLITICS; LBJ TEASES DUBINSKY ABOUT JOHN LINDSAY'S ELECTION; MINIMUM WAGE BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN NYC OR IN THE SOUTH; NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE AND EFFECT ON 1968 ELECTION; LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT FOR FDR, JR., NOT FRANK
Telephone conversation # 10711, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 9/1/1966, 11:24PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LBJ ASKS FOR LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT OF FRANK O'CONNOR, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT ELECTION OF REPUBLICANS JOHN LINDSAY, NELSON ROCKEFELLER; RAMIFICATIONS OF NEW YORK ELECTION ON 1968 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 6203, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/5/1964, 10:37AM (Item)
  • ELECTION RESULTS IN TENNESSEE, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, MONTANA, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS; CALLERS TEASE HHH ABOUT HIS WESTERN ATTIRE; LBJ GREETS MONTOYA IN SPANISH; DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION IN MEXICO; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; POSSIBLE MEETING
Telephone conversation # 1259, sound recording, LBJ and JACK MILLER, 1/8/1964, 6:25PM (Item)
  • CATTLE SITUATION; NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN BEEF IMPORTS; LBJ TELLS HUMOROUS STORY TO DESCRIBE THE BEEF SUPPLY; OTTO OTEPKA CASE
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 # 6234, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/5/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MCNAMARA FOR HELP IN CAMPAIGN; ELECTION RESULTS IN TEXAS AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA; JOHN CONNALLY; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S DEFEAT OF GEORGE BUSH; RECRUITING NEW TALENT FOR GOVT VACANCIES; VIETNAM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE CHANGE IN US POLICY
Telephone conversation # 5930, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/20/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING EDWIN WEISL, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ INTERRUPTS MCNAMARA TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS DURING CALL
Telephone conversation # 5979, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD GOODWIN, 10/27/1964, 2:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS GOODWIN TO HAVE JAMES ROWE ASK JOCK WHITNEY TO GIVE LBJ A FAIR SHAKE; DAVID DUBINSKY'S REQUEST FOR TAPE; NEED FOR NEW CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT GENERATING PUBLICITY AS CONGRESSIONAL SECRETARY, JOKES ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 8508, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/4/1965, 6:58PM (Item)
  • MANSFIELD TELLS LBJ CONFERENCE REPORT ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL HAS PASSED; LBJ CONGRATULATES MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN; DIRKSEN SUGGESTS LBJ COMPLIMENT EMANUEL CELLER; BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; LBJ ACCEPTS DIRKSEN'S INVITATION TO COME TO CAPITOL HILL
Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 11228, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/30/1966, 11:23AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, INCREASED WAGES AND EARNINGS, OTHER ISSUES FOR LBJ'S UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ WISHES WIRTZ AND HIS WIFE HAPPY NEW YEAR, SAYS HE HAS GAINED FIVE POUNDS BECAUSE OF JANE WIRTZ
Telephone conversation # 13747, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/18/1968, 10:56AM (Item)
  • LBJ TEASES HHH ABOUT HIS TRIP TO FLORIDA; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO NEW YORK; HHH SAYS HE WILL VISIT CAPE KENNEDY; LBJ INVITES HHH TO WH FOR BRIEFING ON VIETNAM, STATUS OF PARIS PEACE TALKS; HHH SAYS HE WANTS TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/8/1963 (Sunday) (Item)
  • up early. He went for a walk, and then a brief church service at St. John’s. How glad I am about that. I went in to see Lucy and got the delicious news that she and Beth Jenkins--who was spending the night with her--after having studied algebra ‘til
  • Johnsons awake early, go for walk, and attend service at St. John's Church; Luci's fireplace mishap; description of Luci at the White House; Lady Bird and LBJ go to New York for funeral of Senator Herbert Lehman; in 1955, Lehman asked Senate
Telephone conversation # 5868, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • MARIE FEHMER ATTENDING CHURCH TOMORROW; POLLS; JENKINS REPORTS ON CALLS; CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES; NEW MEXICO; MARY LASKER, SWEARING-IN OF KENNEDY CENTER TRUSTEES; RFK'S REQUEST FOR LBJ'S HELP; DNC; MCNAMARA PRESS APPEARANCES; GOLDWATER AND JOHN BIRCH
Telephone conversation # 10128, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 5/18/1966, 10:23PM (Item)
  • RELEASE OF FEDERAL REVENUE ESTIMATES, EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; POSSIBLE VETOES OF FEDERAL PAY INCREASE, HEW BILLS; SENATORS WHO WILL SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION CUTS IN HEW BILL; NEW IRS WITHHOLDING RULES; FEDERAL REVENUE FIGURES; FEDERAL DEBT
Telephone conversation # 13552, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONTINUES READING SPEECH FOR AL SMITH DINNER; CLIFFORD PRAISES SPEECH, URGES LBJ TO ATTEND DINNER; RUSSELL LONG'S INTEREST IN MAKING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; NEW GALLUP POLL FAVORABLE TO HHH; LBJ'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 11911, transcript, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 6/21/1967, 2:03PM (Item)
  • , It '- tile wt...t of die ay. Ctlw Pn1ldat thaab4 lea. Aiba aJUI aMt• thll .-bf' 1~~d1oa wa1Tuai1...). ·· .· . new• . . . otUr t1dnt I• tat •• tar a1 I caia iee Jo• an uadltn1 tb.e Ml.wl• Saat tltutloaJut rtpt. .(dae Pn•ldeld taW tUt CJaairmaa Ko..,.ta
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/2/1965 (Saturday) (Item)
  • at a little p a st one. The p erso n whose m in istra tio n s I needed m o st was Jean L ouis, and I spent the a f t e r noon getting re p a ire d . T hat too is one of m y New Y e a r's R esolutions - - to look b e tte r at a ll public ap p earan ces