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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/13/1969 (Monday) (Item)
  • I discovered Mr. West and th is wonderful s t a f f . Now I shall return to i t . I rested and worked with Ashton, and then close to four, had my h a ir combed and went down to the Blue Room for a reception fo r the Democratic National Committee
  • ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
Folder, "Luci's Parties," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 32 (Item)
  • National Committee, and were in the mailing department. Now that the campaign is over they may have other jobs new, but I feel sure the personnel officer at committee can tell you how to locate them -- or Cliff Carter's office can run them down for you
Folder, "January 12, 1965," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 12 (Item)
  • -...,.,-.,.-..,,,.,, with the President Committee I I 8:00 The President and Mrs. Johnson will give a dinner at the White House in honor of the Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Eisaku Sato. (Black Tie) - FROM CIGARETTE THE PRIME BOX MINISTER TO THE PRESIDENT Cigarette
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • - • • • ·' in the · Washington Hilton who had paid $250 a plate -- the proceed~ to be divided equally between the Senate and House Congressional committees. Phil Re.&an singing the National Anthem .as he has since time began, and looking very . little older . A new touch
  • National politics
  • assistance; Lady Bird has dressing fitting with Adele Simpson; tea for East Wing staff; Democratic Campaign Committee Fund Raising Dinner; John McCormack, Ed Muskie, Hubert Humphrey & LBJ give speeches; Richard Daley family are houseguests
Folder, "President of Senegal (Stag Luncheon), 9/28/66," White House Social Files, Bess Abell Files, Box 17 (Item)
  • /66 A CONFIDENTIAL no date A Flw ~T~~ss Abell 's Subject Files PRESIDENT OF SENEGAL (Stag Luncheon) 9/28/66 5/2/94 Box 17 RESTRICTION CODES (Al Closed by Executive Order 12356'governing access to national security information. (Bl Closed
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
Folder, "11/17/65 Dinner (Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden) [1 of 3]," White House Social Files, Entertainment Files, Box 62 (Item)
  • - young attractive publishing couple, Longtime Democrats and great Johnson supportera .. 'Mrs.. Esther .Van Wagoner. Tufty - National Press Building - she is with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corp. - will be part of the pool at dinner. ~ - Mr. and Mrs
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/11/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • , is E isen h o w er." J of And then he ta lk ed D ie m . he d o e s. It alw ays m ak es me u n com fortab le w hen H is death, he reg a rd s a s a h ideous turning point in the w ar and a b la c k sp ot in our nation al life . And then h e talked o
  • LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • National politics
  • 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, 1/11/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • ; dedication ceremony for Wilkes College's Science Center; homes along the Susquehanna River; back to Washington for meeting with and reception for Democratic National Committee; with LBJ to Camp David
Folder, "11/17/65 Dance (Following Dinner for Her Royal Highness, The Princess Margaret)," White House Social Files, Entertainment Files, Box 62 (Item)
  • HOUSE WASHINGTON I / Mr. William Dana 8418 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles 69, California (Simone Poulain 1s date for the 17th.) DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 1730 K WASHINGTON, STREET, D. C . N.W. 20006 TELEPHONE FEDERAL 3-8750 Princess Margaret
Telephone conversation # 8530, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/11/1965, 4:08PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LOSS OF US PLANE TO SAM; EFFORTS TO LOCATE MOBILE SAM SITES; BATTLE AT DUCCO; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY TO HOUSE COMMITTEE; CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS OF WAR; WH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS ON VIETNAM; PASSAGE OF HUD BILL; EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO RFK, KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 9674, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/25/1966, 4:02PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S LACK OF ACTION ON TAX BILL; FOWLER'S TALK WITH HERMAN TALMADGE ABOUT BILL; FULBRIGHT'S ALLEGED ANGER ABOUT NOT BEING INVITED TO WH DINNER; LEE METCALF; REPUBLICAN VOTES ON BILL; EVERETT
Telephone conversation # 9831, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; INCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HAWK POSITION; LODGE'S REPORT ON PROGRESS, MORALE IN VIETNAM; USSR AND BOMBING PAUSE; AIKEN'S TRIP TO CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 145, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/29/1963, 4:05PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; RUSSELL SAYS HE CANNOT SERVE ON COMMISSION, OFFERS SUGGESTIONS; FBI REPORT; LBJ ASKS IF FULBRIGHT, HICKENLOOPER CAN ATTEND SENATE CIA COMMITTEE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH GEORGIA GOV.
Folder, "Olympic Medals Luncheon, 12/1/64," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 7 (Item)
  • . Wilson Pres., United States Olympic Committee Mr. Robe.rt Zimonyi Gold-rowing; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mr. James Simpson National Broadcasting Company LUNCHEON AT THE WHITE HOUSE Tuesday, December 1, 1964 at one o'clock (Olympic Medal Winners
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • acro ss to any m em bers of the Committee who might care what labor thought, th eir hopes in favor of the beautification legislation, and that he would think about a donation to the National Capital, and he wanted me to think about being chairman
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/13/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • ^ , to the C h ie f of P r o t o c o l , In to see were the on the Committee f o r the White House, Assistant and then he r ec eiv e I were pa r t i cu l a r l y g l a d George Browns s h e ' s tion 2 is appointment Inform ation the Small B u s i
  • Possible dam at Caddo Lake; reception at White House for women appointees in LBJ Administration; Lady Bird mentions names and titles of several appointees; LBJ dinner with George Browns; Lady Bird to National Theatre for Royal Shakespeare Company
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/14/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • DuPont and Mrs. DuPont, the Chairman of Mrs. Arts Committee, came and seemed to enjoy them selves. And the next day had many good it. Kennedy's Pine things to say about The Lloyd Hands were about the handsomest coup le there. And Clark C l i f f
  • Natural resources and national parks
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/15/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Collection Title Lady Bird Johnson's Diary Folder Title Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, April 9-30, 1964 [Book 6] Box Number 1 Restriction Codes (A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute
  • Lady Bird meets with Henry DuPont; upcoming meeting of Committee on the Preservation of the White House; chandelier in Green Room; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird has tea with Lady Jackson (Barbara Ward), Florence Mahoney, Lynda and Luci Johnson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • the Advisory Committee for the National Parks to get some briefing on i t ) , and Orville and Jane, C.R., B ill and Jane Wirtz, and Wilbur and Eloise Cohen, our bridge playing friends the Alan Boyds, Bob Weaver without Ella, who has been absent from a ll
Folder, "White House Fashion Show, 2/29/1968 [1 of 3]," White House Social Files, Bess Abell Files, Box 23 (Item)
  • Designs Inc. 866 United Nations Plaza N. Y. Miss Mollie Parnis 530 - 7th Ave. N. Y. v V . --- Ellen Brook Inc. 550 - 7th Avenue N. Y. 7 Gustave Tassell 64 East 55th St. N. Y. V Mr. B. H. Wragge / B. H. Wragge Clothes Corp 550 - 7th Avenue N. Y
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/12/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • Desk work & phone calls; plaque from National Recreation and Park Association; 220 dogwoods for Columbia Island from 1965 Inaugural Committee; tea for Beautification Committee who donated 2500 dogwoods; 1 million daffodils; hike & bike trails
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/6/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • of the National Parks S ervices and M r. West, and we had a final going over of the agenda for the Com m ittee fo r the P reserva tion of the White House, which m eets Thursday, May 7th, because M r . Hartzog, as Dire c to r of the Parks S ervices, is the Chairman
  • agenda for Committee for the Preservation of the White House; paintings from Alice Brown
Folder, "11/17/65 Dinner (Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden) [2 of 3]," White House Social Files, Entertainment Files, Box 62 (Item)
  • that millions of my fellow Am~~icans agree with what I have eaid, because they h~ve seen and they have . heard Your Royal Hi~wess these past few days through­ out America. Your coming has been very good for us. You have remincled us that we are a yocng nation
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/21/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Johnson's Diary March 10-April 8, 1964 [Book 5] Folder Title Box Number 1 Restriction Codes (A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C
  • Lady Bird's trip to New York Historical Society to see a Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the White House; Audubon exhibit; lunch at James Fosburgh's home; Winslow-Homer painting for White House; Fine Arts Committee; Vincent Price
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/16/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird performs doctor-recommended exercises; luncheon for women; Helen Hayes; Luci Johnson, National Cathedral School and eye problems; dinner for Senate Committee heads and leadership; briefing for men and tour of WH for women; Margaret Chase
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/16/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • for Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty where Lady Bird makes statement and helps Alan Boyd present awards; Laurance Rockefeller speaks; LBJ joins reception; LBJ swims; Lady Bird reads Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement"
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • LBJ has Congressional Leadership Breakfast; Lady Bird meets Ladies Committee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; planning for the Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; photos with the National Association for Retarded Children and their poster child
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • ik I n a u g u r a l n memory, w h ic h makes Howard B u r r i s , th e Parade Committee Chairman a D ip lo m a t as w e l l a s an E x e c u tiv e . Texas had a f l o a t t h a t was a r e p l i c a o f th e LBJ r a n c h h o u s e , w i t h a p
  • LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Johnson to prayer service at National City Christian Church; Inauguration; funny story about Fern Baines; seating on inaugural platform; LBJ takes oath of office and gives address; inaugural luncheon; Lady Bird's classmate from
Telephone conversation # 9829, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/4/1966, 8:44AM (Item)
  • "RE STRENGTHENING SECURITY CLEARANCE REGULATIONS AND TIGHTENING SECURITY ESPECIALLY WITH COMMITTEE STAFFS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE YESTERDAY; NEED FOR SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR WH, CONGRESSIONAL STAFFS; FULBRIGHT'S QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINESE AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM; FULBRIGHT'S, LBJ'S EVALUATION OF MCNAMARA; MARJORIE MCNAMARA
Telephone conversation # 1363, sound recording, LBJ and BESS ABELL, 1/15/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT INVITATIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN FOR TOMORROW NIGHT
Telephone conversation # 1382, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/16/1964, 1:15PM (Item)
  • PANAMA CRISIS; OAS PEACE COMMITTEE; LBJ DISCUSSES CONTENTS OF STATEMENT RUSK WILL MAKE AT WH DINNER FOR SENATORS; PERSONNEL DECISIONS; USIA APPOINTMENT FOR CARL ROWAN; APPOINTING A NEGRO AT USIA; DON WILSON; TED SORENSEN; JOHN BARTLOW MARTIN
Telephone conversation # 2113, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 2/19/1964, 11:32AM (Item)
  • SOCIAL EVENT FOR LATIN AMERICAN AMBASSADORS; OAS; PRESS STORIES ON US-LATIN AMERICA RELATIONS; INTERAMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS COMMITTEE; GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS, CUBA; PANAMA; BOLIVIA; HONDURAS; PERU; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; NYT; WASHINGTON POST
Telephone conversation # 4194, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/9/1964, 7:52PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS NOTE URGING HOUSE TO INVOKE 7-DAY RULE TO BRING POVERTY BILL OUT OF RULES COMMITTEE, READS MEMO ON INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX BILL, DISCUSSES SENATE POVERTY BILL, OTHER BILLS; LBJ PRAISES O'BRIEN, OFFERS TO HOST WH PARTY FOR O'BRIEN'S
Telephone conversation # 8570, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL ROGERS, 8/19/1965, 5:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ROGERS' HELP IN GETTING HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE; LBJ'S PERSONAL INTEREST IN BILL; JOHN GARDNER; RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS, DOCTORS, EDUCATORS; LABOR DEPT APPROVAL OF FOREIGN WORKERS FOR FLORIDA
Telephone conversation # 8841, sound recording, LBJ and I.W. ABEL, 9/5/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • ABEL TELLS LBJ THAT UNION'S WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RATIFIED THE STEEL SETTLEMENT; ABEL CONGRATULATES LBJ ON FAST WORK ON "CALIFORNIA PROBLEM"; LBJ INVITES ABEL TO WH DINNER LATER THIS MONTH, TELLS HIM TO PUT OUT PRESS STATEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 9911, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 3/24/1966, 3:04PM (Item)
  • GOLDBERG PRAISES LBJ'S NATO SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF SPEECH AND GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; DOD POLICY ON SPOUSES' TRAVEL IN GOVT PLANES; LBJ'S TRIP TO MRS. EMMANUEL CELLER'S FUNERAL; GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM SPEECH; UK
Telephone conversation # 10571, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/5/1966, 12:42PM (Item)
  • J. ARTHUR YOUNGER'S ALLEGATION THAT MILITARY PLANE WAS USED TO SHIP FLOWERS FOR LUCI'S WEDDING AND BELATED STATEMENT THAT ALLEGATION IS UNTRUE; WIRTZ' HOUSE COMMITTEE TESTIMONY ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; LBJ QUOTES COOLIDGE, RESTATES ADMINISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 11222, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/28/1966, 8:25PM (Item)
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; MCCORMACK DISCUSSES HIS CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE VACANCIES; WILLIAM ANDERSON; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES UPCOMING WH DINNER FOR THE MCCORMACKS, FAMILY EVENTS; LBJ DISCUSSES GOING TO MIDNIGHT MASS AT CHRISTMAS
Folder, "Lynda (Parties)," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 32 (Item)
  • , DEL ¼~~-N~t,,l ~Cni£eb 3'tah?$ 3'ena£e COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS June 6, 1962 CARL MARCY, CHIU OP' STAF'P DARRELL ST. CLAIRE, CLERK Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson 4040 52nd Street Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Johnson: As Co-Chairmen of the United