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Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to go back and see what's happening in the way of population growth to my home State. I came to Washington on my third tour of duty in 1961, as Assistant Superintendent of National Capital Parks. At that time we had a quite different organizational

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/11/1967 (Sunday) (Item)

Breakfast; to Calvin Coolidge home, Plymouth; clean water project; National Historic Landmark plaque placed; John Coolidge tour of home; to First Congregational Church & Woodstock Historical Association; ride through Woodstock in 1911 Stanley
Laurance Rockefeller home, Woodstock, Vermont

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/7/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

Johnsons, Don Thomas & John Ben Shepperd scout out proposed LBJ National Park; Lady Bird describes obstacles to creating the park; to Johnson City, by LBJ's boyhood home, and to three of the ranches; Lady Bird considers plantings by the runway; Lady

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/30/1968 (Sunday) (Item)

; Lady Bird & Alan Boyd discuss highways in San Antonio; Lady Bird & George Mahon discuss deeding the LBJ Boyhood Home & LBJ Ranch to the National Park Service; Beautification Bill is up for vote; bridge game with friends; military ceremony at Mount

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/22/1967 (Saturday) (Item)

LBJ leaves next day for German Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird cannot go with him; Lady Bird works on family album; lunch; drive through Watts Branch on way to Betty Talmadge's home to play bridge; Lady Bird describes Watts Branch; Lady

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/15/1968 (Monday) (Item)

Carpenter; meeting with Bess Abell; tea for Marilyn Walz; meeting, future transfer of LBJ Boyhood Home & LBJ Ranch to the National Park Service; bowling, massage & television; dinner with LBJ; Mary Lasker's book on health initiatives; phone call with Hubert

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/12/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

; speeches by Stewart Udall, Carol Fortas, Nash Castro & Lady Bird; Lady Bird Johnson Park; drive by Columbia Island; Beautification Committee meeting at Rockefeller home; National Street Hardware Study; Anacostia Park; overlook at LBJ Library; toasts

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/9/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

Lady Bird talks by phone to LBJ and Dr. Hurst; Laurence Rockefeller has press conference and spoke about beautification and conservation; Congress and environmental bills; Lady Bird lunches with the Rockefellers; Lady Bird takes home movies

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/20/1964 (Friday) (Item)

training camp (Job Corps); LBJ Library and School of Political Science; San Marcos home of LBJ's parents; visit to Julia Kellam; Great Britain & our economy; beautify Washington; Great Society & Department of Interior; deer hunting

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1969 (Sunday) (Item)

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/21/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

; speech and tree planting; to Carmel Mission & Big Sur Scenic Highway; speech; cameramen have to back up; to Big Sur State Park & Nathaniel Owing's home; nap; to Hearst's San Simeon Castle; receiving line & dinner

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