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Oral history transcript, Henry M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the Congressional Campaign Committee. J: My first contact with Lyndon Johnson was in a wire that I received from him after having been nominated on the Democratic ticket for Congress from the Second District of Washington. The wire advised that I was to receive
  • LBJ as congressman; Joseph McCarthy; bipartisan foreign policy under DDE; Space Committee; statehood for Alaska and Hawaii; LBJ legislative strategy as majority leader; 1955 Minimum Wage Bill; Hell's Canyon; Senator Richard Russell; Senator Dirksen
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/11/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • , is E isen h o w er." J of And then he ta lk ed D ie m . he d o e s. It alw ays m ak es me u n com fortab le w hen H is death, he reg a rd s a s a h ideous turning point in the w ar and a b la c k sp ot in our nation al life . And then h e talked o
  • LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/14/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • -27, 1966 [Book 30] Folder Title Box Number 3 Restriction Codes (A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance
  • meeting on LBJ Library; planning committee stays for dinner; Lady Bird discusses need for more artwork at the White House; announcement of Luci's wedding goes out to press
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • dinner with Harry McPherson and Joe Califano; Indira Gandhi was name India's Prime Minister; Inaugural Committee completed its work LBJ talks about hostility in newspaper stories, including one on Tony Taylor
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/17/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • v e r y m uchr-^ow g r a te fu l I w a s. ■:iA■ O ver the p a st th ree y e a r s , the people in th is room h ave p rod u ced n e a r ly " two and a h a lf m illio n d o lla r s to take step s tow ard m aking th is nation*s ca p ito l m o r e liv e
  • of Beautification Committee; Lady Bird bowls two games; Lady Bird records diary, eats cold dinner, watches television & receives massage; Lynda Robb attends Women's National Press Club Dinner
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • double amputee ..-­ -/re lost to Romney .-fr'nd his pretty wife Alice. Dear Robin Duke's frienrl, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, who helps h(:r out by being Chairman of the Blair House Fine Arts Committee. The luncheon was remarkable for several the loudspeaki
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/15/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Committee of U.S. and Canada; Talk with Luci and Lynda Johnson; Time magazine article on John Connally; Dinner with Congressman and Mrs. Jack Brooks; LBJ's sleeping habits
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/17/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ; bus tour & dedication of Haines Point fountain; remarks by Lady Bird; LBJ gives remarks to Committee; Beautification booklet; Lady Bird meets with Charles Maguire; LBJ to reception given by African-American appointees; LBJ awakens ill and goes