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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/10/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE ( WASHINGTON Sunday, December 10, 1967 Page Sunday, December 10th, was a romantic, off-beat day. I woke' a little before 9:00, asked for all the papers and a big pot of c.o ffee, and leisurely read and ·read
  • Lady Bird reads newspapers about Lynda Johnson Robb's wedding; for several hours, Lady Bird reads the love letters LBJ wrote to her while there were courting in 1934; Lady Bird dresses for Diana MacArthur's party; Lady Bird and Tony & Matianna
Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • talking about the other Linden Johnson who owned the Dynasty Shop. But back to my story about the eighty shirts. He bought eighty silk shirts in Hong Kong, and he brought them back and they were beautiful, just beautiful shirts. One night I was over
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/3/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • - c / Sunday, O ctober 3, 01965 \ p V^' u Lyndon and I had a la te b rea k fa st and then got read y to go to the N ation al C ity C h ristia n Church. -^ ' f When w e w alked in I cam e fa ce to fa ce w ith Judge an d M r s. F e r g u so n fro m
Oral history transcript, R.J. (Bob) Long, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : We had to go to San Antonio to see it. F: That was an all day and night affair, wasn't it? L: Yes, and I don't know, I guess sometime later the next spring--! don't know when it was--she met Lyndon. And boy,_Lyndon, like· everything else, he
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . It wasn't easy to locate him. He used to tell Henry, Gonzalez~ 11 Henry, I can get hold of t he Pope a lot qu i cker than I can find you, because Henry's hours are a li ttle erratic, believe me. la te and works late at night. from his room. 11 He reads
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se. We had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/2/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Show; tea with the Bill Livingstons; tea with houseguests; late night due to House vote; 8th Congressional reception; men receive briefing while women have program from Presidential descendants; dinner; Johnsons to Texas; Lady Bird sleeps & reads
Oral history transcript, Cecille Harrison Marshall, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that was the night we place~ ended up at the wrest ling matches. to buy a dress. That ~ s the time I skipped a class I skipped a test to buy a dress, something Bird never would have done. But I bought a new evening dress for the occasion and I remember
Telephone conversation # 9807, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM (Item)
  • SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS AUTHORITY, WANTS STATEMENT MADE PRIOR TO VOTE TO TABLE AMENDMENT, READS JOHN MCCORMACK'S STATEMENT TODAY SUPPORTING VIETNAM
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/26/1934 (Item)
  • parts of Texas. He asks Lady Bird for pictures and describes reading and re-reading her letters; he plans to send her newspaper articles.
Telephone conversation # 608, sound recording, YOLANDA BOOZER and CARL ALBERT, 12/20/1963, 7:30PM (Item)
  • ALBERT DICTATES HHH'S PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR PROVISION OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL CONCERNING EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES FOR SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, THEN READS LANGUAGE OF SIMILAR PROVISION IN 1962 ACT
Telephone conversation # 184, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/29/1963, 8:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; RUSSELL SAYS HE CANNOT SERVE ON IT WITH EARL WARREN; LBJ INSISTS RUSSELL MUST SERVE; MOURSUND ENCOURAGES HIM TO SERVE; RUSSELL RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTS
Telephone conversation # 827, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/31/1963, 1:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS NAJEEB HALABY'S MEMO ON EUGENE BLACK-STANLEY OSBORNE REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF SST; QUESTION OF NOTIFYING COMPANIES THAT HAD BEEN INVITED TO SUBMIT DESIGNS; BOEING'S POSITION; LBJ RECOMMENDS THAT MCNAMARA HEAD AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER SST
Telephone conversation # 1815, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, 6:28PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PRESS COMMENTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; ORGANIZING WAR ON POVERTY; PEACE CORPS; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH; EVALUATIONS OF JACK VAUGHN, BILL MOYERS, ROBERT MCNAMARA; PANAMA; VIETNAM; DIEM COUP; FRANCE; VP SELECTION; LBJ COMMENTS ON RUNNING
Telephone conversation # 1168, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/3/1964, 2:00PM (Item)
  • JENKINS READS PUBLIC OPINION POLL RESULTS TO LBJ; ERIC GOLDMAN STORY; MCGEORGE BUNDY; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER; ESTHER PETERSON; PAYING A PERSONAL BILL FROM THE BENELUX TRIP; GALLUP POLL ON BARRY GOLDWATER, RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 3793, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/19/1964, 7:03PM (Item)
  • REEDY READS UPI STORY ON US POLICY OF RISKING WAR WITH RED CHINA BY FIGHTING SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; COMPARISON TO BERLIN CRISIS; BROMLEY SMITH TOLD REEDY THAT STORY IS BASED ON OFF-THE-RECORD BRIEFING BY DEAN RUSK AT OVERSEAS PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/9/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS ON LAOS, VIETNAM; CONCERNS OF LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, GEORGE MAHON ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION; LBJ READS LETTER FROM MIKE MANSFIELD ON VIETNAM, LAOS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; CRITICAL PROVINCE PROGRAM; LBJ'S 1961
Telephone conversation # 4439, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/30/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS, THOSE WHO MEET WITH CABINET FROM VP NOMINATION; RFK; LBJ EXTENDS INVITATION TO RUSSELL TO ATTEND CONVENTION; STATEMENTS BY ALLEN ELLENDER, HERMAN TALMADGE; PRESS REPORTS OF SOUTHERN WALKOUT; 1956
Telephone conversation # 4979, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/17/1964, 9:36AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS FROM REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON LABOR DEFECTIONS TO GOLDWATER, WHITE BACKLASH; GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES POLL; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE JOBS; EFFECTS OF TAX CUT; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; 1948
Telephone conversation # 4732, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/5/1964, 3:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MAHON FOR HIS VOTE ON POVERTY BILL, OFFERS TO CALL CHARLES GUY; GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT; OLIN TEAGUE'S VOTE; LBJ SAYS OTHERS WILL VOTE FOR BILL IF MAHON DOES, READS NYT STORY COMPARING VOTE ON BILL TO FDR'S DEFEAT ON SUPREME COURT-PACKING
Telephone conversation # 5832, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 10/3/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • DALEY DISCUSSES PREPARATIONS FOR LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO CHICAGO; SUPPORT FOR LBJ VERSUS SUPPORT FOR JFK IN 1960; LBJ READS REPORT BY JOHN B. MARTIN ON ILLINOIS POLITICAL SITUATION; OTTO KERNER, CHARLES PERCY GUBERNATORIAL RACE; WHITE BACKLASH; BOBBY
Telephone conversation # 5915, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/19/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE WILL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WALTER JENKINS' SECURITY CLEARANCE TOMORROW; LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF GOLDWATER'S LETTER TO J. EDGAR HOOVER ABOUT LACK OF FBI INVESTIGATION OF JENKINS; JENKINS' SERVICE IN GOLDWATER'S AF RESERVE
Telephone conversation # 5917, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/19/1964, 8:07PM (Item)
  • FORTAS READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ABOUT ALLEGED RECEIPT OF MONEY BY BOBBY BAKER IN 1962 FROM CALIFORNIA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN ON BEHALF OF BOB KERR; KERR'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES
Telephone conversation # 5586, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 9/15/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • JENKINS REPORTS ON FACTS ABOUT RESTRICTED RACIAL COVENANTS ON PROPERTY OWNED BY JOHNSONS IN TEXAS, READS STATEMENT ISSUED BY LBJ ABOUT PURCHASE OF THE ELMS; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE THAT KILDUFF ISSUE SIMILAR INFORMAL PRESS STATEMENT ON THIS MATTER
Telephone conversation # 6877, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and DOROTHYE SCOTT, 2/24/1965, 2:46PM? (Item)
  • SCOTT READS OFFICIAL RECORD OF WORDING OF LBJ'S RESIGNATION FROM THE SENATE PRIOR TO BEING SWORN IN AS VP IN 1961, MAKES COMPARISON WITH JOHN NANCE GARNER'S RESIGNATION AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN 1933 BEFORE BEING SWORN IN AS VP
Telephone conversation # 7329, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT, 4/8/1965, 10:27AM (Item)
  • JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH VIETNAMESE NEGATIVE REACTION; LBJ READS CRITICAL CABLES ON SPEECH; LBJ'S REPORT ON 1961 VIETNAM TRIP; MEKONG DELTA; EUGENE BLACK AND UN TASK FORCE; LBJ ASKS ELIZABETH GOLDSCHMIDT TO DRAFT MEDICARE
Telephone conversation # 9671, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/25/1966, 3:36PM (Item)
  • SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE VIETNAM HEARINGS; POSSIBLE TESTIMONY BY MCNAMARA, HHH; LBJ OBJECTS TO HHH TESTIFYING, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DELAY ON FOREIGN AID BILL, READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT; LONG ASKS FOR MEMO ON URGENCY OF FOREIGN AID, TAX
Telephone conversation # 11601, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 3/1/1967, 9:53AM (Item)
  • MANSFIELD READS PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY TO BE ATTACHED TO VIETNAM SUPPLEMENTAL BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CHANGES IN US MISSION TO VIETNAM INCLUDING APPOINTING ELLSWORTH BUNKER AS AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE
Telephone conversation # 11377, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/20/1967, 12:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF BOBBY BAKER'S TESTIMONY AT HIS TRIAL; LBJ'S MEMORY OF EVENTS; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON RESPONDING TO PRESS, DISCUSSES BOB KERR'S POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; QUESTION OF LBJ TESTIFYING AT TRIAL; IRS DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE BAKER
Telephone conversation # 11409, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/25/1967, 8:22PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS BOBBY BAKER CASE WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; LBJ READS NEW HARRIS POLL SHOWING DROP IN RFK'S POPULARITY FOLLOWING WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK CONTROVERSY; LBJ'S STANDINGS IN POLL; RFK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE
Telephone conversation # 11023, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/9/1966, 1:01PM (Item)
  • MINNESOTA ELECTION; LBJ'S VIEWS ON DISAPPOINTING ELECTION RESULTS; PUBLIC RESPONSE TO ACTIONS OF LIBERALS, LABOR, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; WYOMING, IDAHO, MAINE ELECTIONS; KARL ROLVAAG; LBJ READS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ARTICLE; PROGRESSIVE
Telephone conversation # 11036, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 11/12/1966, 9:21AM (Item)
  • FEDERAL BUDGET; REORGANIZING POVERTY PROGRAM; EFFECT OF RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; LBJ READS LIST OF REPUBLICAN VOTES ON PAST DOMESTIC LEGISLATION; FUNDING FOR NEW AND EXISTING DOMESTIC PROGRAMS; PROPORTION OF PRESIDENT'S PARTY IN CONGRESS
Telephone conversation # 13324, sound recording, JIM JONES? and HORACE BUSBY, 8/27/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • BUSBY READS DRAFT SPEECH FOR LBJ TO DELIVER AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, RECOMMENDS LBJ DELIVER THE SPEECH TONIGHT
Telephone conversation # 13523, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 10/7/1968, 5:11PM (Item)
  • NIXON'S VISIT WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ SAYS EISENHOWER SUPPORTS VIETNAM POLICY, READS MEMO ON 1954 GENEVA TALKS AND CLARK CLIFFORD'S MEMO ON HHH'S, MELVIN LAIRD'S STATEMENTS ON TROOP LEVELS; DISCUSSION OF NYT STORIES, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING
Letter, Lady Bird Taylor to Lyndon Johnson, 10/24/1934? (Item)
  • on Lincoln Steffens' book that she is reading and ends by asking when she will see LBJ.
Letter, Lady Bird Taylor to Lyndon Johnson, 10/3/1934? (Item)
  • Twelve hours after writing her last letter, Lady Bird writes that she is still feeling forlorn after re-reading LBJ's last letter. She anticipates seeing friends in Dallas at the Texas-OU football game, thanks LBJ for the NBC folders, and asks him
Letter, Lady Bird Taylor to Lyndon Johnson, 10/4/1934? (Item)
  • in the yard, going fishing, and reading. She asks about a picture LBJ had said he planned to send her and says she plans to have a picture made for him during her upcoming trip to Dallas.
Letter, Lady Bird Taylor to Lyndon Johnson, 10/4/1934? # 2 (Item)
  • Lady Bird writes that she feels a little better after reading LBJ's most recent letter but "not much." She asks about LBJ's possible trip to Texas, says she would hate to see him lose a semester in law school, but if he is in Texas perhaps
Letter, Lady Bird Taylor to Lyndon Johnson, 10/8/1934? (Item)
  • Lady Bird received two letters from LBJ today and says sending letters by special delivery makes no difference in the time of delivery. She comments on the clippings he sent, mentions the book she is reading, asks about the GE [General Electric
Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor, 9/29/1934 (Item)
  • recommends books for Lady Bird to read, says he is looking forward to talking to her on Sunday.