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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

. Up ea rly and out to the a irp ort to c atch the chartered Convair at 7:00--with L iz , of course, and B ess b e cause we w ere going to her home te rrito ry , Kentucky; and Congre ssman C arl P e rk in s whose d istrict we would be covering; B ill
Lady Bird trip to Kentucky; press; Lady Bird meets Gov. & Mrs. Breathitt; 8-hour tour by motorcade; Lady Bird halts car to shake hands with schoolchildren; Lady Bird walks to Arthur Robertson home & Lick Branch School; reminiscences about Fern

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/5/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

Gahagan Douglas to c o m e fr o m the banquet the night b e f o r e spend the night with us. He had supplied w ith h e r, a p p a re n tly , with m y night gown and robe and th ere she w as on the third flo o r. So, at b r e a k fa s t, I c a lle d h e
; Cuban missile crisis; Congressional briefing; dance; swimming with the Thornberrys and the Pickles; overnight stay by Helen Gahagan Douglas

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/23/1964 (Monday) (Item)

Final sale of The Elms; meeting with Jacqueline Cochran about a home for wives of dependent military families; LBJ & Lady Bird lunch with the Huff Baines'; Lady Bird films TV clip for American Cancer Society; story about Cancer Society sword

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/2/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

Lester's home; tours and visits at several homes including 91-year-old Mrs. Carlson who knew Aunt Effie Pattillo; Lady Bird reminisces about her youth; flight back to LBJ Ranch; LBJ makes TV report to the nation on Dominican Republic; LBJ has cold

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/19/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

; Lady Bird travels to Jane Engelhard's home; tea on terrace; tour of the Engelhard home; dinner party; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ sends telegram to Engelhards thanking them for being so nice to Lady Bird; toasts; dancing; security concerns; Brick House

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells
Laurence Rockefeller home, Tarrytown, New York

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/14/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

Poor weather delays flight to East Texas; Lady Bird answers questions from reporters in Shreveport, LA; drive to Dorris Powell's home in Karnack; new Karnack post office made with bricks from T.J. Taylor's general store; meeting about landscaping

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

Lady Bird goes to hair salon and then meets Lynda Johnson at Boyhood Home; tree planting ceremony at Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions where Rebekah Baines and Sam Johnson met; Lynda Johnson's magazine article on "See America;" park is donated

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/7/1967 (Friday) (Item)

Park; to future amphitheater & deserted brewery; Faison House in La Grange; Lady Bird plants pine tree; to William Neece home in Warrenton; tour of Winedale by Miss Ima Hogg; to Roundtop to restored homes, Lutheran Church & social hall; Johnsons to Hill

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1966 (Friday) (Item)

at the Riverwalk; ride on the river; dinner at La Paloma del Rio; private party at Nancy Negley's home

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

Lady Bird & party board buses; briefing on Teachers Corps; stop at Silver-Webster High School; Lady Bird leads group along trail to Mathis home; Lady Bird visits with family, photos are done & all ride to school; ceremony; Lady Bird gives speech

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