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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, 3/5/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

aw ard s fo r e x c e lle n c e in d e sig n or lan d scap in g to a b u s in e s s e sta b lish m e n t, a n e ig h b o rhood, a public b u ild in g. I think, I hope, h e ’ll give them so m e en co u ra g em en t, son® pat on the head. A t any r

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/10/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all. He talked about a str ik e i •MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967 ; WASBINOTON Page - of 1912 or 1913, and I cou ld s e e old heads bobbing through the a u d ien ce in m e m

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, 9/19/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

in d e e d I w ill be c o m in g b a c k to N ew Y o rk . I am s p o ile d . I hope once o r tw ice a y e a r . I s h a ll t r e a t m y s e lf to so m e of the s a m e , though i t w ill in d e e d n o t b e the s a m e w ith o u t B e s s a n d

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, 11/29/11966 (Tuesday) (Item)

^and ju st as I hoped it w ould be, ■ ' ■ I sp en t the e a r ly ■morning w ith L iz on m y few w ord s to say at the J ew ish lu n ch eon and going o v er r e p o r ts and fa c ts and fig u r e s for m y in te r v ie w w ith M e r le S e c r e s t

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, 5/25/1964 (Monday) (Item)

,/prints and drawings, a g a lle ry of architecture and designj and one of photography,specializing in Steichen. And I did hope I would see m y old friend in there tonight. T h ere w ere about 400 guests for dinner, seated at round tables, in the m ost

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/13/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

. snow s t i l l fa llin g . - -.-^ And B e s s and I. And then L iz And then I w ent to s le e p , w ith the And m y h ea rt w as sinking about our p arty ton igh t. I had hoped fo r it to b e one of the m o s t glam orou s w e had e v e r had

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/30/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

MEMORANDUM THE W H ITE HOUSE W ASHINOTO N T h u r s day, A p r i l 30, 1964 Today dawned cold and rainy. Ah, unhappy fo r e c a s t fo r Saturday, when the 3000 Dem o c ratic ladies w ill converge upon us, on--hopeful ly ^ t h e White House

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, 2/17/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

e r n e r ) w a s the C h a ir m a n , and M rs . N o rm a n V in c e n t P e a le w a s th e m a in s p e a k e r , I hope I ta k e a le s s o n fro m h e r b o o k . A la r g e p a r t o f h e r s p e e c h w a s th r e e s t o r i e s - v ig n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/28/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

a t k in d of c o o p e ra tio n fro m p r iv a te e n t e r p r i s e you th in k y o u a r e m a k in g so m e h e a d w a y . J im m y P ip k in w as th e r e to r e c e iv e it . A nd I hope h e f e lt the w a r m th of m y s m ile a n d h a n d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/31/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)

R u s s e l l ^ 'f r o m F l o r e s v i l l e , J o h n 's hom e town, who got up to m ak e the p r e s e n ta tio n to John. "W e hope," s aid K a r e n , " t h a t this s e t of handcuffs - a h - ah - ah, I m e a n this p a ir of handcuffs - a h

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/28/1966 (Monday) (Item)

r e s s and t e l e v i s i o n w e hope w i l l s e l l th e b o o k . A . A ^ c a m e b r in g in g th e guestli s t . B ess I w e n t o v e r i t c a r e fu lly , t r y i n g a s u s u a l t o th in k o f s o m e p a r tic u la r t i e , s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/31/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 {C o n tin u e d ) ■■■ w o m a n f r o m P e n n s y lv a n ia , aja4 tw o w id o w s I had e s p e c ia lly hoped w o u ld be p r e s e n t and w e re n o t - - R o b e r ta V in s o n and A n ita W i l l i a m s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/9/1967 (Friday) (Item)

a s h a n d "'r*. •- ■ - • •• • '.t a s p l a t t e r a n d M r s . H o m a n s v o ic e s a y i n g " H e l l a n d d a m n a t i o n . w a s n ' t h i s t o r i c ! '' I a m s u r e i t w a s . I hope it B u t i t m a d e th e d a y f o r t h