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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • Dior pink knit tights, riding in her baby buggy or on her mother's shoulder surveying everybody with her big solemn eyes. Patrick Lyndon bounced in and out between everybody's feet—a menace to the hors d'oeuvres, and the ashtrays and any drinks
  • with Harry Middleton about film project; Lady Bird sits for sculptor, Robert Berks; visit with Lynda Robb & Luci Nugent during sitting; dinner for Hubert Humphrey and the Cabinet; photos of ladies & LBJ with Cabinet; toasts; papers to LBJ Library
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/24/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • t e s p e e c h r e m in is c in g a b o u t S o u th w e stern w h e re Lyndon had r e c e iv e d h i s f i r s t d e g r e e b a c k in 1943 - - th e e a r l y y e a r s of t h i s 100 y e a r o ld in stitu tio n . A n d I go t a s m a l l r i p p
  • ; convocation is by William Beinecke; lunch in the backyard of Grogen Lord home; discussion about Vietnam; Lady Bird, William Beinecke & Ed Clark give remarks; back to Luci Nugent's home; Lady Bird with Phyllis Nugent to see renovations at Rebekah Johnson's old
  • Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/19/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • of the m o s t p l e a s a n t e v e n i n g s of t h i s s u m m e r . Lyndon and I have h a d few s m a l l d i n n e r p a r t i e s in o u r 3 - 1 / 2 y e a r s h e r e . I can re m e m b e r anyw here. and su m m e ry . T o n i g h t w e h a d o n
  • speech; office work, including acquisition letters for the LBJ Library; tea with Mary Lasker to talk of Beautification projects; gift of painting for Luci Nugent's baby; second LBJ Library meeting; Johnsons have small dinner party; LBJ gives toast to Ed
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/25/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • . A n d t h e n s h e s h o w e d m e tw o h a t s t h a t h a d b e l o n g e d to M r s . J o h n s o n . O n e of t h e m I r e m e m b e r e d , - - elegant, beautiful h at w hich Lyndon had b o u g h t f o r h i s m o t h e r w h e n she v i s i t
  • Lady Bird's plane to Dallas is postponed and cancelled & takes later flight; Lady Bird visits at Luci Nugent home; Lady Bird to Salado, TX, for ceremonies honoring Liz Carpenter; Lady Bird gives impromptu remarks; Liz Carpenter gives speech; crafts
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/29/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • LBJ leaves wake-up call for 2 a.m.; LBJ meets with General Creighton Abrams; LBJ back to bed at 8 a.m.; Lady Bird works on script for July 1968 film; meeting on oral history project; Luci Nugent portrait for LBJ's present; Lady Bird to hair salon
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/2/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Pat Nugent has 49 weeks left in Vietnam; "Discover America" Women Doers' Luncheon; Lady Bird to hair salon; Lady Bird visits with Frank Sinatra in LBJ's absence; Lady Bird names guests at luncheon; Lady Bird makes speech; LBJ makes quick remarks
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ; Lady Bird names guests at Women Doers' Luncheon; Lady Bird gives speech; speakers are Dr. Esther Clark, Mrs. Charles Welch & Muriel Humphrey; brief statement by Luci Nugent; Lady Bird to Mar-a-Lago, Florida, as guest of Marjorie Merriweather Post
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/21/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • reminisces about her mother's opera records; speeches by Roger Stevens & LBJ; program by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater & Howard University Choir; LBJ watches Luci & Pat Nugent on television; Isaac Stern & Abe Fortas play duet