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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • —she had been the real general. Our enemy had been trying to turn an idea of mine into an elegant reality worthy of the White House, and of T iffany's, and I hoped of the Johnson Administration. I t turned out to be a formidable enemy. All
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • and I m ade a point of sittin g down on the so fa w ith Bob M cN am ara and te llin g h im a b it about the S ch ool of P u b lic S e r v ic e and the L ib ra ry and that when it opened I hoped that w e w ould h a v e a big s o r t of co n cla v e on g r
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968 & gives speech; Lady Bird visits with Pat & Luci; Pat Nugent leaves for Vietnam; LBJ & departing Cabinet members gives speeches at reception; Lady Bird asks Bob McNamara to speak at LBJ Library; small dinner party
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/15/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • :30. I r e a d the p a p e r hoping to g e t i n a w o r d w ith L y ndon, b u t h e w a s too b u s y on the phone. r So a f t e r e n u m e r a b l e c u p s of co ffe e I w e n t to m y r o o m a n d c a l l e d G e o rg e H a r tz o g a n d l
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/1/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • t us c o ffe e an d S c o tc h , th e l a t t e r m o r e p o p u la r , a n d we s p e n t a je w e l of an h o u r w ith L y n d o n r e m in is c in g a b o u t h is life t h e r e , a b o u t w h at h e hoped for th e l i b r a r y a n d th e s c