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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/8/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

a n d a new s t a r t . • A nd w e h a d a d e lig h tfu l t im e ta lk in g w ith .W alter a n d M arj o r i e about th eir hom e. M a r j o r i e lo v e s i t . I t 's the b e s t h o m e th e y 'v e e v e r MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/29/1966 (Friday) (Item)

strike; news article about LBJ buying suit; office work; Lady Bird walks grounds; LBJ speaks on television about end of strike; LBJ and Lady Bird attend dinner for Carl Albert; the Johnsons go to Camp David with guests

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/4/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

and Hartman ranches; Hartman House - LBJ's "own poverty project;" LBJ talks to Mr. Hartman about birth control pills; Lady Bird calls Mary Lasker about New York benefit dinner

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/17/1966 (Sunday) (Item)

Bird and Lynda Johnson visit; Johnsons to the Jack Valenti's; Luci Johnson babysits Courtney Valenti at White House; news stories about White House weddings, Lynda Johnson's return from Europe, and LBJ-John Connally relationship

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/27/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

n d s as D orothy V redenburg B u sh , L ibby R ow e, and K atie L ou ch h eim , and proud new a d d itio n s. T h ere w a s D r . M ary B unting of the A to m ic E n erg y C o m m issio n and p r e tty V ir g in ia M ay B row n o f the ICC, th e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/18/1965 (Friday) (Item)

in g a m e m b e r o f the A p a c h e T r i b e a t a b a r b e q u e f o r s o m e 2, 000 o r so. L u c i 's new c a r h a d a r r i v e d - - a g r e e n S tin g r a y - - a c o m b in a tio n g rad u atio n and b irth d ay p re s e n t. L yndon

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/6/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

rove u s around. A lw ays I lea rn som eth in g new about the d eer. I'v e n ev e r se e n any so c lo s e w ith the r e a lly fu zzy v e lv e t on th eir h o r n s. C la re n ce told us at this sta g e, they w ere a lm o st so ft and pulpy. T h ey

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/4/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

Lady Bird walks White House grounds; Lady Bird joins LBJ, Jim Hagerty and Leonard Goldman of ABC about TV show on beautification; Lynda Johnson's European trip; the eighth Congressional reception; LBJ, the press, and alleged suppression of news

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/2/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

o u t V e r n a , a n d S e n a to r a n d M r s . K a r l M undt. d e c lin e d . I o b s e r v e d th a t the R o b e r t K en n ed y s M r s . K ennedy is aw ay . T h e r e w e r e tw o G o v e r n o rs : R ic h a r d H ughes of New J e r s e

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/23/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

in g , w o r k a t d e s k , r e c o r d in g , lu n c h u n d e r a d r y e r a t M r, P e r s f o r a sh a m p o o a n d s e t, an d b a c k a t th e W hite H ouse a b o u t 2 :3 0 , , • V , wi oi 'T o d r e s s in m y new b la c k M o llie P arn

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/14/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

? " I got you a n ic e new one. " " W h e r e d id you p u t th e o l d " I j u s t f lu n g i t down, th e h i l l s i d e . " So t o g e t h e r th e y c l a m o r e d do w n the h i l l u n t i l th e d e s k m a n sw ears. H e fo u n d the v e r

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/31/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

, oddly u n c e r t a i n a f t e r th a t b o u t w ith w h a t e v e r i t w a s in New Y o r k T u e s d a y m o rn in g . I a m not u s e d to b ein g s ic k , a n d it annoys and e m b a r r a s s e s m e. I l e f t a t n e a r l y 3:00, a n d w e n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/9/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

g r a p h s a n d c o n g r a t u l a t e d L y n d a on the new b a b y a n d b e a m e d a n d s h o w e r e d u s w ith g o o d w ill. A nd I s a w M a r i e S h e p p e l w h o s e h u s b a n d u s e d to s e r v e in the S e n a te w ith u s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/25/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

f i r s t v e r s i o n o f t h e s c r i p t i n th e e a r l y S p r i n g o f ' 6 5 c o lla b o ra tin g w ith L u cia for fa c ts a n d a n e c d o te s a n d m e m o r i e s . h a d w o r k e d it o v e r f r o m a"new s p a p e r w o m a n ' s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/4/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

& Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/7/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

Lady Bird listens to her diary recordings for November-December 1963 & July 28, 1965, to prepare for Howard K. Smith interview; office work; lunch; meeting with J.B. West about a new usher; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to party for returning Vietnam

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/31/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

u n g g i r l w a s f i r s t o u r p r i v a t e b u s in e s s a n d se c o n d no e a r th - s h a k in g new s of s ta te . ‘ I s l i p p e d u p s t a i r s a n d c r a w l e d in to b e d w i t h L y n d a a n d L u c i w ho w e re s till

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/18/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

it i s o v e r ! m a n , and it is w ith a s ig h o f r e l i e f , th ou gh c a s tin g a p a in fu l b a c k w a r d s g la n c e a t D on C ook, th a t I s h a ll s e t t le in to w e lc o m e a new M e m b e r o f th e C a b in e t. A nd it is s o

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/4/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

, __ p e c a u s e he announced 10 o f the ' 50 new fe m in in e jobs in g o v e r n m e n t, w h ich he hopes to p rod u ce w ith in the next month o r so. The ra n g e d a l l the w a y f r o m the In te r s t a t e C o m ercC o m m is s io n , w h

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)

had dinner and then to bed. The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one. from a mission to find a big stack of mail. He said he had returned He had only time to read two

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/4/1968 (Friday) (Item)

rests and makes telephone calls; dinner alone; retires to bed; Luci Nugent to New York for a funeral; swearing-in ceremony for Russ Wiggins

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/16/1968 (Monday) (Item)

is worse; Pageant of Peace Christmas Tree lighting; speeches by boy scout, Walter Washington & LBJ; Les Carpenter is very ill; party for press women; gift wastebasket with photo montage; houseguests watching movie; LBJ's assessment of news agencies & Strom

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

o m s a l e s f r o m th e g u id e b o o k . T h e new b o o k c o n s H ^ - o u t i n th e F a l l - - th e " L i v i n g W h ite H o u s e " - - L i z s u g g e s ts a f a n fa re p u b lic ity . T h e m e e t i n g l a s t e d a n h o u r a n d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/21/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)

f r o m a l l s id e s . And th ey c a m e from , H a g g a r t y a s w e ll a b o u t h i s h a n d lin g of the new s o ffice. d eserv ed . W E v e r y on e 's And y e t e v e r y one in a p an g o r t h r u s t to w a r d G e o r g e . w is h

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/11/1965 (Friday) (Item)

n t on th e b o a t. N obody i s m o r e fun to l i s t e n to th a n Abe a n d B ill a n d D r. C o r r e l l - p r o v e d a f a s c i n a t in g new a d d itio n . - .They a l l s h a r e d m y lo v e of the long tw ilig h ts h e r e . And a s

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

. L y ndon a n d I a n d L u c i h av e c o m e to f e e l v e r y c lo s e to th e s e fe llo w w o r k e r s of o u r s . A s I lo o k e d a t H u b e rt a n d M u rie l, a n d M a rg y a n d B ob, a n d J a n e a n d B ill, I k new th a t v e r y