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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, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

and I m ade a point of sittin g down on the so fa w ith Bob M cN am ara and te llin g h im a b it about the S ch ool of P u b lic S e r v ic e and the L ib ra ry and that when it opened I hoped that w e w ould h a v e a big s o r t of co n cla v e on g r
Civil Rights Act of 1968 & gives speech; Lady Bird visits with Pat & Luci; Pat Nugent leaves for Vietnam; LBJ & departing Cabinet members gives speeches at reception; Lady Bird asks Bob McNamara to speak at LBJ Library; small dinner party

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1964 (Monday) (Item)

length panel w i l l be a v a ila b le in about two w eek s and he p r o m is e d to send it o v e r to m e to lo o k a t. I t ’ s a fa it a c c o m p li and I can only hope that t h e r e 's enough m o n e y in the t r e a s u r y o f the h i s t o r i

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/21/1963 (Saturday) (Item)

ith D r . Stanton , I, w h om I hope v e r y m u ch to b e a b le to p e r su a d e to c o m e dow n and h e lp us out in s o m e c a p a c ity . Our p o o l o f th e h igh c a lib r e b r a in s lik e h is is not to o d e e p and w id e and w e do

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, 3/7/1964 (Saturday) (Item)

A , in A p r i l , w as a g r e e d to. It*s one o f the tw e lv e states that D ick M c G u ir e said that he hoped v e r y m uch I 'd go in to, ^ T h e A tla n ta , G e o r g i a one- - f o r the d e d ic a tio n o r ground b re a k in g c e r e m o n y

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, 2/6/1967 (Monday) (Item)

a n k y ou. to h a v e i t p u b lis h e d - - p o s th u m o u s ly ." " T h a t ' s fin e . • I g u e s s I w ill h av e T h e re u p o n the la d y a n s w e r e d , I hope i t w ill b e so o n ." He d e c la r e s i t h ap p en ed ! .As so o n

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, 9/25/1967 (Monday) (Item)

a t s o m e b o d y e l se c a n d o ! At 4:00 I to o k a littl e n a p a n d r e a d W olf Von E c k h a r d ' s p ie c e i n t h e P o s t a b o u t L o n g f e l l ow P a r k . H e ' s o n e of t h e b e s t t r a n s l a t o r s of w hat I hope w

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

ho h a v e e n t e r t a i n e d u s ^ t h e l a r g e d in n e r4 th e P r e s i d e n t i a l S c h o l a r s ' b u f f e t s u p p e r j - - y ^ g r a c i o u s ( . l e t t e r a n d a u to g ra p h e d p i c t u r e ^ a n d I hope a h ap p y m e

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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/7/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

a n d - p a in te d . Page 7 M e a n w h ile , k ee p in g e v e ry th in g q u ie t an d j u s t p u ttin g out fo r th e C h in a R e c e p tio n e ig h t o f th e p la te s th a t w e re r e a l l y lo v e ly . e x i s t s , I hope w e ca n c a s

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