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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/29/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • long b e fo r e , with A. W, to go rid in g aro u n d a ll the r a n c h e s. And then a bout 5 o 'c lo c k I s ta rte d doing what I lik e b e s t . Went f or a rid e to the L e w is p la c e , with L iz and Bob Ma s s ^ of the S atu rd a y Evening
  • Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; LBJ gets sunburned; Lady Bird buys clothes and lunches with Dorothy Parker and Mary Griffith; LBJ and Lady Bird ride to Lewis place with the Bob Massies of Saturday Evening Post; dedication of the new Lyndon B
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, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night. And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s , the o
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • d to M a rg ie M c N a m a ra a o u t the g u e s t l i s t f o r th e p a r ty w e hope to g iv e f o r th em in la te F e b r u a r y . S h e 's s t i l l in the h o s p ita l. . s o ,p a in f u lly jh ijv a n d .d ra w n ,. w h en I!d s e e n h
  • Lady Bird to memorial service for Merle Patman at Congressional Club; speeches by Ruth Burleson & Wright Patman; controversy over Robert Merrill's songs for evening entertainment; upcoming party for the Bob McNamaras; Lady Bird has medical
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/20/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vermeil[?] Room. From A r t s and Le t t e r s t h e r e were t h e R a lp h E l l i s o n s , The n e g ro a u t h o r , D r . John Hope F r a n k l i n an d h i s w i f e , p r o f e s s o r and a u t h o r , as her e s c o r t. Lynda B i r d h a d
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, 11/21/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a r r y H a l p r i n . And J i m i l u M a so n who h ad done the b u s t of L y n d o n . A nd Bob M e r r i l l of the M e tr o p o lita n O p e r a w h o se p e r f o r m a n c e s th is y e a r a r e u n f o r g e tta b le - - a n o th e r new m
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/5/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • y q u ic k ly w e w e r e in s id e in th e D ip lo m a tic R e c e p tio n R o om g r e e t i n g th e r e s t of the p a r t y f r o m I r a n . And w h e n L yndon to o k the P r i m e M i n i s t e r a w a y , B e s s had Bob K nu dse n h an d
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1969 (Monday) (Item)
  • , t u l i p s , n a r c i s s u s , v i o l e t s — e s p e c i a l l y p r e p a r e d by M a r i e t t a B ro o k s , s h e s a i d ; and Bob S t r a u s s , and C a ro ly n K ellam w ith Monday, J a n u a ry 20, 1969 b o th h e r l i t t l e
Telephone conversation # 12857, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 3/31/1968, 10:58PM (Item)
  • STANTON PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, HIS HOPES TO END VIETNAM WAR; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S TRAVEL PLANS FOR TOMORROW AND QUESTION OF STANTON ACCOMPANYING HIM
Telephone conversation # 12856, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 3/31/1968, 10:30PM (Item)
  • SPARKMAN TELLS LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON THAT LBJ'S SPEECH WAS BEST HE HAS MADE EXCEPT FOR LAST 15 SECONDS, SAYS HE HOPES LBJ WILL RECONSIDER DECISION NOT TO RUN; LBJ SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE; SPARKMAN'S DAUGHTER'S CAMPAIGN WORK AS SERVICEMAN'S
Telephone conversation # 12859, sound recording, LBJ and NELSON ROCKEFELLER, 3/31/1968, 11:59PM (Item)
  • ROCKEFELLER SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED BY LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES SPEECH WILL GIVE ROCKEFELLER SOME THOUGHT, DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, FUTURE PLANS, EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN VIETNAM, MEETINGS WITH ROCKEFELLER'S BROTHERS
Telephone conversation # 13311, transcript, MARIE FEHMER and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/25/1968, 12:31PM (Item)
  • hope he ml1ht tune Into the Meet the Pre11 1peclal today at 4:00p with publhher1. I thlnk he would like at lea•t some ol lt. '\ ... 3. . •om• I • .. I 4. We're doln1 well on the platlorm. 11w been keepln1 a personal watch on lt
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/24/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • e w a s rid in g h igh . It s a t is f ie d a d e e p in b r e d d e s i r e to sh ow h is r e s p e c t and fr ie n d s h ip fo r a d ea d friend^ and he hoped by h is p r e s e n c e to g iv e e v id e n c e o f h is s p e c ia l f e e lin g a s
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/2/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • o r s e sh o e of sand, and the sig n that sa id "L ife Guard on Duty a few lim ite d h ou rs" , so we hoped for tom orrow , but L u ci, - MEMORANDUM c THE WHITE HOUSE S a tu rd a y , M arch 2, 1968 WASHINOTON Page 5 w ith the e x u b e r
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, 3/7/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • A , in A p r i l , w as a g r e e d to. It*s one o f the tw e lv e states that D ick M c G u ir e said that he hoped v e r y m uch I 'd go in to, ^ T h e A tla n ta , G e o r g i a one- - f o r the d e d ic a tio n o r ground b re a k in g c e r e m o n y
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/31/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • ard a little b it, about the L ib ra ry , ajid h e and I cam e c l o s e s t to lau gh in g. And then Wilbur Cohen, iabout the L ib r a r y ,'h o w m uch I hoped the r e c o r d s of HEW, w h ose w ork had con tain ed so m uch of the things
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/29/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • th ey b e g a n to r in g 1 h o u r b e fo r e L u c i's w e d d in g ? I w o r k e d a t m y d e s k fo r a w h ile . c in p r o g r e s s . 7 :0 0 p a s s e d . I knew the m e e tin g w a s B ut th e r e w a s no r e p o r t o f w hat to hope fo
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/14/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • and to in v ite them to sta y at the W hite H o u se . I hope by now that th ey know th ere is alw ays room for th e m , M arilyn und ertook to r e tr ie v e th em from N ew Y ork . to w ork on sea tin g and ju st how w e w ould handle i t . And B e s s and I
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/5/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • in a l m o s t a y e a r . c: w a s c o n s u m e d w ith V ie t- N a m , a n d the h e a d l i n e s r e a d : M o st of it. . "Johnson Sees R ed V i c t o r y Hope Gone - B ut P r e s i d e n t Says U. S. M ay Send M o r e T r o o p s , E q u ip m
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/2/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • m y day in a n u tsh ell, hoping so m u ch that it w ould do so m e good for th e P ilg r im a g e fo r w h ich I have s o m u ch a d m ira tio n . F o r on ce p u b licity w a s a to o l and not a burden. V And th en , le a v in g it ra th er
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/8/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • ile d out. L u c i an d I to o w a lk e d out in to th e w a itin g a r m s of t h e l a d i e s of t h e p r e s s an d I hope I m a d e s o m e s e n s e W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 8 (Continued) w h an I s a id the s p e e c h w a s a p r
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1966 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ou ld , no doubt, h a v e b e e n in tr o d u c e d a s C o n g r e s s m a n C a in , b y the M ilita r y A id e; and C o n g r e s s m a n or n o , he w o u ld h a v e fou nd p le n ty of fr ie n d s . ^ ■ So I hope th is w ill be a l e s s o n
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/26/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • t f o r h i m , a n d I lo v e to s e e h i m r e l i s h i t . // I hope h e g o t a l l the j o y o u t of i t t h a t h e s h o u l d . I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the s i g n i n g w a s o v e r , w e w e r e w h i s k e d off to M r s , K
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/14/1969 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • k e t h i s , " I hope i t may b e s a id a h u n d red y e a r s from now t h a t to g e th e r we h e lp e d to make o u r c o u n try more j u s t f o r a l l i t s p e o p le , a s w e ll a s to in s u r e th e b le s s in g s o f l i b e r t y f
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