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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/27/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Johnsons and Dean Rusks tour the LBJ Ranch and the Martin Ranch; Rusk talks about Brazil, Haiti, Vietnam, China and Africa; discussion of the LBJ Library and School of Public Affairs; lunch; Jimilu Mason works on LBJ bust; Lady Bird uses movie
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ and the Vietnam War; Lady Bird's interview with a magazine; Lady Bird reads about Beautification; Lady Bird has lunch meeting with Bess Abell about mail; Lady Bird meets with Stewart Udall about Beautification; Lady Bird swims and has
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • is visiting; Luci is writing book about Yuki; LBJ teases Luci about her briefcase; filming in Treaty Room; tea for Connie Freeman; visit with the Bill Whites; Dean Rusk testifies before committee of Democratic National Convention; Vietnam; USSR invades
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu refuses Paris peace talks; LBJ not sleeping well; Johnsons, staff & guests to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Trinity Lutheran Church services; Harry Middleton interviews candidates for LBJ Library
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/27/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Bird's guests watch LBJ's live press conference on TV; LBJ speaks about Vietnam; Lady Bird has tea with ambassadors' wives, Lebanon & Nigeria; farewell party for John McCone; situation in Dominican Republic; Robert McNamara; dinner with the Allan Shivers
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/4/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • & 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)
  • Vietnam
  • 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, 3/15/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Bird for dinner; LBJ discusses problems around U.S. and world; Lady Bird mentions fears about Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/5/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird greets Junior League Garden Club; Lady Bird to Head Start program at Trinity Zion Church; lunch with Jane Engelhard about White House renovations; Lady Bird's session with ABC TV on beautification program; diplomatic reception; Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ talks about Vietnam; Lady Bird devotes day to Beautification with meeting in the morning; story published in Life magazine; Lady Bird lunches with niece, Diana, and discusses Girls Scouts; Lady Bird, Mary Lasker and Walter Washington tour
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/16/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Office work; recording in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for Hudson Valley trip; Lady Bird with Lynda Robb to doctor's office; lunch with Lynda; Chuck Robb & Patrick Nugent in Vietnam; meeting about Beautification stamps; office work; Lady Bird works
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/1/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; Chuck Robb's audio tape from Vietnam; Johnson property to National Park Service; tea & tours for Ambassadors' wives; reception for Washington interns; upcoming Howard K. Smith show; Johnsons to Mike Monroneys; LBJ gives speech to Negro Bar Association
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/3/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Lady Bird works on upcoming dinners & Christmas parties; Lady Bird views "Life in the Family Quarters at the White House" at Navy Photo Lab; Lady Bird to hair salon; desk work; White House party for Vietnam Veterans from Walter Reed & Bethesda
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/13/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; official Lady Bird photos by Bob Knudsen; Lady Bird meets wives of Japanese Cabinet Ministers; LBJ greets women; dinner for Governors; discussion about Vietnam, riots & gun control; LBJ makes toast to the Governors
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Transcript mistakenly says, "Thursday" rather than "Tuesday." Poor sound quality. At 09:28, it should say "diet of Khe Sanh and Hue. [Vietnam]" instead of "tafon and whey"
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/10/1966 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • records diary and visits with houseguests who are going to Vietnam; LBJ joins them for dinner; problems in Guatemala, Dominican Republic and DeGaulle ultimatums; early LBJ elections; Lady Bird talks beautification
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/21/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; LBJ meets with advisors about Vietnam; LBJ meets with and gives speech to White House Conference on Education participants; dinners with aides and James Hagerty; Lady Bird's tv show on beautification; Dwight Eisenhower
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/18/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/24/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/14/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • stone from St. Barnabas' tomb; Elsworth Bunker on Vietnam; LBJ gives toast; LBJ & Lady Bird meet the Satos; exchange of State gifts; Lady Bird mentions guests; exchange of toasts; Tony Bennett is entertainment; Johnsons visit with houseguests; LBJ works
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/2/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/15/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/4/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/8/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/6/1966 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1966 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • Luci's wedding day; Lynda sings "Get Me To The Church On Time;" cable from Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird describes her thoughts, decorations & the service; telegram read from the Pope; Luci stops to kiss parents and give roses to mothers