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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • —she had been the real general. Our enemy had been trying to turn an idea of mine into an elegant reality worthy of the White House, and of T iffany's, and I hoped of the Johnson Administration. I t turned out to be a formidable enemy. All
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/11/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • at the sig n a tu res -- and v e r y often I cou ld . S e c r e tly I hoped that Johnny W alker and C arter Brow n w e r e a s im p r e s s e d ■as I w a s! ’.■■'i;/', ' ' 5 MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE F r id a y , M a r c h 11, 1966 WASHINGTON P age 2
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/28/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • t o a sk M r . DuPont, the c h a irm a n o f h e r F in e A r t s C o m m itte e ,-a n d M r . F o s s burgh, the c h a irm a n o f h e r P a in t in g s C o m m it t e e , and what two fin e r ones could th ere p o s s ib ly be and I do so hope
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/13/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • . snow s t i l l fa llin g . - -.-^ And B e s s and I. And then L iz And then I w ent to s le e p , w ith the And m y h ea rt w as sinking about our p arty ton igh t. I had hoped fo r it to b e one of the m o s t glam orou s w e had e v e r had
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/4/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • m en tion ed J a c k ie ’ s hope fo r new d r a p e s and new c h a ir s i n the State Dining R o o m , but she fe e l s that ad d itio n s w ill co m e , not fro m m a jo r g if t s , but fro m the s a le of the guide book. And sh e w arn ed m e
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/6/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • and I, and then I went to bed thinking that this was enough of a day to have lasted a month! And just hoping that my guests at noon,/di d notice the Andrew Jackson urn from the H erm itage, and the Madison tureen a n d the John Adams tureen and perhaps
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/12/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • n s . m y h e a r t b e g a n to s i n g . A nd th e n ? Th a t w a s w hen T h e y w e r e so b e a u tif u l! I hope I h a v e th e g r a c e to know th a t e v e r y d a y I sp e n d h e r e i s a p r iv ile g e . A nd n e v e r m o re s o
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/28/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • r e s s and t e l e v i s i o n w e hope w i l l s e l l th e b o o k . A . A ^ c a m e b r in g in g th e guestli s t . B ess I w e n t o v e r i t c a r e fu lly , t r y i n g a s u s u a l t o th in k o f s o m e p a r tic u la r t i e , s
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/12/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • o m . I hope th e y s t a y . We h ad t h r e e of th e m And t h e y a r e d e lig h tf u l t h e r e , And the s t i l l life to th e r i g h t of th e e n t r a n c e to th e MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E HOUSE V. WASHINGTON T h u r s d a y