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Collection, Papers of Virginia Durr (entire collection) (Item)
  • cha.n1e• can be made in the Civil Right ■ Conuni■ don legi ■ lation thi• year. It i■ difficult to aecure Conareaaion&l action on any aspect of thi• problem. We have to do the best that we can with But I hope that ■ omeday we can go forward what i
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/18/1942 (Item)
  • Marcos citizens, one by about a dozen citizens. the other by fully fifty. They are demanding action by Congress to abolish the 40 Hour week-but this is not adequate--! shall just make a copy for us and send the wires on t~ you. I called Malcolm and on his
Letter, Lady Bird Taylor to Lyndon Johnson, 9/21/1934? (Item)
  • Lady Bird writes about jobs she is doing around the house. She says she feels out of touch with what's happening in the world and comments on how LBJ is right in the middle of all the action. She expresses her love for LBJ and says "I'd rather see
Telegram, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 7/1/1942 (Item)
  • THIS [lORl~ l flG SAY'--- Hi ,hY H01.E = ,., -\ "' L '(i.lDOt I J I dl00!·l . Telephone: 6116 FL : L:T - r ·- To secure prompt action on inquiries this orlJrinal RADIOGRAM should be preaented at the om.ca ef R.C.A. COMMUNICATIONS, Inc. In telephone
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/11/1963 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • for President Kennedy and now for Lyndon. The Kenny O’Donnells, the O’Briens, the Maguires, the Jenkinses, Bill Moyers alone, Jack Valenti. We just had a drink, watched the fire, talked about the day’s events, the Congress, the problems, the actions, and I hope
  • tour for the ladies; Ken O'Donnell; dinner with friends, including Senators Richard Russell, Herman Talmadge, and George Smathers; discussion of congressional action and tax bill; Russell's recurring cough; Lady Bird prays that LBJ will pace himself
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/14/1942 (Item)
  • . During the last few days we have had an appalling number of letters, in bitter language, denouncing the action of labor. The situation is getting ugly. Congress is increasingly the object of criticism and distrust. I shall start keeping track of how many
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 1943 (Item)
  • Congressional business - check on status of Private William Shearon Barber (wounded in action, missing in action, presumed dead) as wife heard word he was maybe in a prison and wants to send him medicine, asking Navy to reconsider application of Max
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • and a half of talking with L a rry and Mike, it was a rath er dismaying conclusion that there had been much talk in the country and in the papers and not much action on the Hill on the beautification proposal, and we must try at least to get them considered
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/8/1942 (Item)
  • and hopeless. Dear, I am so glad to see you are reading "Education for Death" and that other book. You have more ·ability to translate other folks ideas into action than anybody I know, so I love for you t:h:a:i:::s:::g:::: : : : : , _ ~ table with Judge
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/17/1943 (Item)
  • in action, family has four them. Eaooe liste11ed on 980 last night on his own set and wants to borrow a top-notoh set from a store and listen tonight. So will I. We'll write you tomorrow whether we heard a cheep. n1at would be \Vonderful if 11e could get
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/14/1943 (Item)
  • get along 1600 miles away from a business when, all having agreed upon a course of action, and all thinking it was being acted upon, we found that it was not being acted upon at all. I told one ofi the engineers, Farmer~ in J\;Ir . Escoe' s office
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/26/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers about LBJ's Gridiron speech; lunch and a swim with the McNamaras; LBJ, Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy to Burning Tree for golf; Lady Bird reflects on LBJ's recent actions and successes; dinner at the McNamaras
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/8/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • n a d e , and o c c a s io n a lly a dip to c o o l off. G e o r g e to ld m e of h is plan ^ alread y put in to action ^ of m a k in g a c o r p o r a tio n out o f H un tlan ds w h ic h w ill b e p a r tic ip a te d in b y th e ir fiv e c h ild r e
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/14/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ere going to give him a thorough m e d ic a l g o in g «o v e r the next m o rn in g, and tonight we only talk ed about the p h y c o lo g ica l a s p e c t s . Both thought that in action , id le n e s s , la c k of com m an d, would be a h a r d e
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/11/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a lu e on th e se th in gs, and to talk about what w e m ight do to im p lem en t, to sup p lem en t, and to be a c a ta ly st for action." I told them a bit MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE T h u rsd ay, F eb ru a ry 11, 1965 WASKINOTON P age 3 about m
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/4/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • s e r v a t i o n - b e a u t i f i c a t i o n p r o g r a m . I t o l d him i t w o u l d j u s t d e p e n d on the f o l k s b a c k h o m e l i k e h i m , a n d to b a c k i t w i t h e d ito ria ls and action. - . /■---------S o m e o n e