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Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

great peeves of all peeves; everything was just haywire that afternoon, as you can well imagine it was. The Johnsons had a new Chrysler--an~vay, some new car that I was driving, and I always drove those new cars like I was handling glass an~Nay

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

it tr u e th at J o h n so n C ity i s p e r k in g up, c le a n in g up, p a in tin g up, h a v in g a new s e n s e of p r id e and c o m m u n ity s p ir it , liv in g up to h a v in g a P r e s id e n t in i t s m id s t e v e n if h e i s ju s t L

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/5/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

; LBJ to New York for Joseph P. Kennedy dinner; Lady Bird dinner and talk with Luci Johnson; business meeting with A.W. Moursund; watched play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" in the Lincoln bedroom

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/16/1964 (Sunday) (Item)

; news article about British Prime Minister's visit; article by Betty Beale

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/24/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

g e t u s e d to th e ir new h o m e w e h a d p u t in SIESK w h at u s e d to be th e ut r k e y pen . in f o r th e m , b u t th e cold w asp ie r c in g . We h a d put s o m e fo o d a n d w a te r A nd L yndon s a id , " If w e d o n 't g e t

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/21/1968 (Sunday) (Item)

to Arlington, Virginia, to see Lynda and Chuck Robb's home; At Lynda & Chuck Robb's new home; Lynda tells humorous tale of neighborhood children watching them through the window; photo of Patrick Lyndon Nugent in the newspaper; the Arthur Krims are houseguests

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, 1/1/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

, and h e re th e y w e re . c o m es h er. E x c ite m e n t is a new m ood fo r L ynda, a n d it be- S he h a s lo o k e d r a d i a n t , h a p p y , & i i x of l i f e , a n d I am so happy about h e r . in t h e s w i f t c u r r e n t A n d W

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/28/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)

of W om en. A nd the r a in w h ich h a d h e ld off fo r u s w a s c o m in g , so w e h a d it in the E a s t R oom - - g r e e tin g s b y L yndon, th a n k s to th e o u tg o in g p r e s id e n t, a w e lc o m e fo r th e new on e. A nd th e n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/25/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

e n s a i d o n e tim e th e c o u r t in New J e r s e y h a n d e d dow n a d e c is io n w h e r e a n o ld la d y in h e r w ill h a d le f t a b e q u e s t to B illy S u n d a y b u t s h e r e a l l y m e a n t B illy G r a h a m — a n d th

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/14/1964 (Sunday) (Item)

a s s s k i r t . It s o u n d e d i n th e p a p e r s lik e h e r s p e e c h h a d gon e p r e t t y w e ll. She s p o k e of th e n e w g e n e r a t i o n a n d o u r g e n e r a t i o n . 0 U O u r s is a new /> i d e a l i s m th a t p l

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/4/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

Congressional Prayer Breakfast; Lady Bird does office work; LBJ has television news conference; story about Adlai Stevenson's birthday cake; Stevenson discusses the Soviet Union, the United Nations, the Congo and China; Lady Bird meets with Barbara

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/26/1967 (Saturday) (Item)

the new c o n s t r u c t i o n , a n d then d r e s s e d an d left fo r K e r r v ille for 3 - 1 /2 w o n d erfu l h o u r s seeing s o m e th in g g r e a t h a p p e n to the h ill c o u n try . - M r . a n d M r s . H o w a r d B u t t a n d a w h o

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/6/1966 (Sunday) (Item)

with Lynda Johnson, Aunt Oriole, and join LBJ; drive around LBJ Ranch with Dale Malechek; visit with Diana MacArthur; Johnsons return to White House; Lady Bird talks with Birge Alexander about daughter, Becky; news story on beautification

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/2/1965 (Friday) (Item)

Luci Johnson's 18th birthday and anniversary of LBJ's heart attack; Lady Bird has hair appointment; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Luci Johnson's baptism at Catholic church, quietly, without press coverage; Lady Bird and LBJ to New York for speech

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

to Lewis and Logan ranches; LBJ's Inaugural Address; visit to Federal building in Austin to LBJ's new office; Marie Smith article on Lady Bird

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/24/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

n e d h e r little h e a d f r o m s id e to s id e . H e r f in g e r s a r e e x t r e m e l y long an d d e lic a te . I s e e no l i k e n e s s to an y b o d y - - j u s t a new li t t l e p e r s o n in t h i s w o rld . L y n d o n a n d I

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/4/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

e c o r n h e r e a n d t h e r e a n d m a n y s m a l l c a b i n s , w a s no w h e a v i l y w o o d e d . 11 The new g ro u n d c l e a r e d with s u c h b a c k - b r e a k i n g l a b o r h a d s e r v e d the f a r m e r f o r o n l y

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