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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
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 11-20]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • by Executive Order 12358'governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. IC) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
  • A (National Security)
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • in 1968; post-mortem discussion; Lady Bird has clothes fittings & desk work; LBJ gives prepared speech at dinner for Democratic National Committee and then goes "off-the-cuff"; that morning, LBJ meets with Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Henry Fowler & John
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 25-30]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12356·governlng ~s to national security information. (Bl Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closs:! in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. NATIONAL
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 21-24]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • Nations and in this we were able to obtain overwhelmingsupport in the United Nations and India got virtually no support except from the Soviet Union. On the whole it was a very successful political operation. The thesis we used, of course, Tape 21 -- 9
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/14/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • -27, 1966 [Book 30] Folder Title Box Number 3 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) Closed in accordance
  • meeting on LBJ Library; planning committee stays for dinner; Lady Bird discusses need for more artwork at the White House; announcement of Luci's wedding goes out to press
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/23/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • ith A r t h u r Kr i m . hav e b e e n . And a d i s t u r b i n g one i t m u st Krim h ad been a n a l y z i n g t h e s t a t e o f a f f a i r s a t t h e D e m o c ra tic N a t i o n a l Committee and th e y a r e bad. H e a v i ly i n d e b t
  • LBJ and Lady Bird attend National Christian Church with guests; LBJ whispers a joke to Lady Bird during the service; press stories about Johnson family; lunch at White House and watching Senator Russell Long and Averell Harriman on television; Lady
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • the American National, which was downat the corner of Brand and Colorado. Going back to my experience with working with him in the bank in Falun, I used to work after school hours in the bank, for which he gave me some modest spending money. This gave me some
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Wednesday, May 17, 1967 Page 8 in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life. Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
  • Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/18/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird flies back to Washington, D.C.; upcoming party for Orville Freeman's daughter; party for friends to give them magnolias; meeting of the audiovisual committee of the LBJ Library; "Life in the White House" exhibit; CBS and NBC films
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/28/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Meeting with Madam Shoumatoff about FDR portrait; Lady Bird, Nash Castro and Mary Lasker visit award-winning beautification sites; Beautification Committee meeting; Lady Bird mentions attendees and agenda; award ceremony in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • are to limit & reduce nuclear weapons & anti-missile systems; reception; LBJ meets Latin American ambassadors; Lady Bird receives International Consumers Committee; meeting about the White House China dessert plates; Lady Bird to Perle Mesta party
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/8/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Office work; Promotions for Women in Armed Forces bill signing ceremony; LBJ presents Bronze Star to Major Marie Rodgers, an African-American, and a Legion of Merit to Colonel Ethel Hefley; Committee for Preservation of the White House meeting