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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se. We had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • on a flig h t a c r o s s ■T ex a s! L a te in the aftern oon I w ent o v er to L yndon's o ffic e to s e e if I could find out w ithout a sk in g anything about the r e s u lts of h is c a ll la te the night b efo r e fr o m P u erto R ic o . I didn't
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1965 (Monday) - version 1 (Item)
  • a r ly bed s e e m s im p o s sib le in our l if e . I am c o n so led b e c a u s e an ev en in g lik e th is is gen u in ely r e s tfu l to Lyndon. w e w e r e h om e b y 12, I to s le e p , he for night read in g. And
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Batt of the A R A ; Howard B irch with the F arm ers Home A dm inistration, and P eter Jones with the Department of C om m erce, who had prepared m e b y giving me Night Comes to the Cum ber~ lands by Caudel, to read; and some 34 press, Helen Thomas
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/14/1969 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird spent night at Pierre; Lady Bird reads about last night's party; invitations to State of the Union speech; Lady Bird back to White House; LBJ practices speech & rests; separate cars to Capitol; Lyn Nugent
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ed v e r y happy and c a r e fr e e . ' ■ " ■ 1 w a s w ea rin g m y iv o r y ch iffon by Stavrop olous. Jean L o u is cam e ■A and gave m e a v e r y fa n cy up h a ir -d o , and I w as read y by 7:15 to have r ‘ 'v' ■ ■ ■ ■. - ' .V rf
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/17/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • of trou b le and he h a s not s le p t w e ll. H is He sounded fr u str a te d o v er the lack of p r o g r e s s and u se d the w o r d s ^ t a l l y u n r e a lis tic . H e sa id h e w ould probably retu rn to T exas T hursday night for our w eek en
  • Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird works on speeches & Beautification luncheon; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird works with staff, Nash Castro & Jane Freeman on tour guide script; Lady Bird calls LBJ in Honolulu; LBJ's eyes
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Creole shrimp, plus party food. The guests left about 11:30, and Lyndon went to night reading, and I to bed with my current book. I was delighted that he had told Herman Jones that he wanted to appoint Bess to the first vacancy on the Committee
  • 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, 12/28/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • ig h ty A c r e s . We^ d iv id e d u p in to tw o c a r s a n d d ro v e a r o u n d u n t i l . i t w a s b la c k night,"- s to p p in g to s e e th e q u a il. A s w e w e r e h e a d in g e a s t th r o u g h th e M a r tin in th e g la d e w
  • Conference on Youth for Conservation and Natural Beauty group at ranch; LBJ reads proclamation for 1967 Conference; Lady Bird makes remarks; car tour of LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird gives deerskin bookmarks; work on James & Mary Davis' home; pick up
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/2/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Show; tea with the Bill Livingstons; tea with houseguests; late night due to House vote; 8th Congressional reception; men receive briefing while women have program from Presidential descendants; dinner; Johnsons to Texas; Lady Bird sleeps & reads
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/12/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • not u n n o tic e d by m e . It j u s t h ap p en s t h a t e v e r y night a t d in n e r s in c e t h e 22nd of N o v e m b e r , L yndon h a s e i t h e r s a id g r a c e o r a s k e d s o m e a p p r o p r i a t e m e m b e r of th e gro u p to s
  • At Camp David; LBJ to Episcopal Church service; Sen. Dick Russell stories about Robert E. Lee and Civil War; Lynda Johnson's knowledge of Civil War; Lady Bird reads news articles; bowling with Secretary McNamara; return to WH; Lady Bird intimidated
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/16/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Smith; Kermit Gordon; painting from Queen Elizabeth; Lincoln Room; Carl Hayden; Mrs. Paul Douglas; social gathering after dinner; night reading on Panama; Lady Bird's praise for Bess Abell and dinner menu
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/23/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • e , u n d e r E is e n h o w e r, I th in k . I th o u g h t it w ould ta k e the a tte n tio n , the a c c la im , th e s p o tlig h t, off the D ip lo m a tj a n d th is w a s th e ir night,^ th e ir l a s t n ig h t w ith th e J o h n so n a d m
  • Start children; Johnsons hold Diplomatic Reception; Lady Bird names guests; small dinner party for the Joe Frantzes and Governor & Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads before sleep
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/14/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • on night reading
Telephone conversation # 7945, sound recording, BROMLEY SMITH and BENJAMIN READ?, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • READ? REPORTS THAT GEORGE BALL, THOMAS MANN, AND CARL ROWAN ARE OPPOSED TO SENDING DON WILSON OF USIA TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Read, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Huger), 1925-
  • Telephone conversation # 7945, sound recording, BROMLEY SMITH and BENJAMIN READ?, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • BENJAMIN READ?
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 # 9807, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM (Item)
  • SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS AUTHORITY, WANTS STATEMENT MADE PRIOR TO VOTE TO TABLE AMENDMENT, READS JOHN MCCORMACK'S STATEMENT TODAY SUPPORTING VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11110, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and JUANITA ROBERTS, 12/3/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • "ON THE LIBRARY - MF READING"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • FEHMER READS MEMORANDA, DRAFT LETTERS FROM CLARK CLIFFORD, LAWSON KNOTT, OTHERS CONCERNING AGREEMENT WITH UT ON THE LBJ LIBRARY; ROBERTS ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE DRAFTS BY HORACE BUSBY, ASKS FEHMER TO MAKE COPIES OF DOCUMENTS FOR THE FILES
Telephone conversation # 1165, sound recording, LBJ and LLEWELLYN THOMPSON, 1/3/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • THOMPSON READS SUGGESTED STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S MESSAGE TO LBJ; USSR
Telephone conversation # 2962, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/9/1964, 7:46PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; CEA EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STRIKE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR LEGISLATION ON ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 4643, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and THOMAS MORRIS, 8/3/1964, 4:50PM (Item)
  • MORRIS READS FIGURES ON DOD BEEF PURCHASES IN 1963, 1964 TO ROBERTS
Telephone conversation # 5931, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/20/1964, 7:48PM (Item)
  • BUNDY ASKS IF LBJ WOULD LIKE TO READ PROPOSED STATEMENT FOR LBJ TO MAKE FOLLOWING TOMORROW'S MEETING WITH CONSULTANTS ON PEACE
Telephone conversation # 7772, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/18/1965, 6:54PM (Item)
  • HOOVER READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT
Telephone conversation # 11636, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE SECRETARY, 3/13/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO GET WIRE SERVICE REPORT ABOUT ROBERT MCNAMARA AND TO READ IT TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 11354, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/14/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA PRAISES NYT ARTICLE BY ADOLPH BERLE ABOUT LBJ, SAYS HE WANTED TO BE SURE LBJ READ IT; LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA HE HAS SEEN IT AND THANKS HIM FOR CALL
Telephone conversation # 13603, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/26/1968, 12:16PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE LOOKED AT BENJAMIN READ'S REPORT ON CYRUS VANCE, AVERELL HARRIMAN AND VIETNAM PEACE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 605, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID BELL, 12/20/1963, 7:17PM (Item)
  • BELL READS TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR LANGUAGE OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL PROVISION THAT WOULD PERMIT EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; DISCUSSION OF LEGALITY OF THE PROVISION; BELL DICTATES PROVISION TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 608, sound recording, YOLANDA BOOZER and CARL ALBERT, 12/20/1963, 7:30PM (Item)
  • ALBERT DICTATES HHH'S PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR PROVISION OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL CONCERNING EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES FOR SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, THEN READS LANGUAGE OF SIMILAR PROVISION IN 1962 ACT
Telephone conversation # 609, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/20/1963, 7:38PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS LANGUAGE OF PROVISION OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL CONCERNING EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; JOHN MCCORMACK'S TALKS WITH OTTO PASSMAN ON ISSUE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT WORLD SITUATION, MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Telephone conversation # 157, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, 11/29/1963, 5:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, THEN ASKS COOPER TO SERVE ON IT; COOPER ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 289, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 12/5/1963, 11:11AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF DONALD HORNIG TO SUCCEED JEROME WIESNER AS PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR, READS MEMO RECOMMENDING HORNIG; THOMAS SAYS HE SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 318, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/6/1963, 3:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CUTS IN FEDERAL EXPENDITURES IN ORDER TO PASS TAX BILL; WIRTZ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT AT ELECTION TIME; LBJ READS LIST OF VARIOUS PROPOSED FEDERAL EXPENDITURES
Telephone conversation # 170, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/29/1963, 7:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; ALSOP EXPRESSES APPROVAL OF LBJ'S DECISION
Telephone conversation # 171, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 11/29/1963, 7:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, DISCUSSES MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION; EASTLAND SAYS HE THINKS LBJ SHOULD APPOINT JOHN HARLAN INSTEAD OF EARL WARREN
Telephone conversation # 184, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/29/1963, 8:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; RUSSELL SAYS HE CANNOT SERVE ON IT WITH EARL WARREN; LBJ INSISTS RUSSELL MUST SERVE; MOURSUND ENCOURAGES HIM TO SERVE; RUSSELL RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTS
Telephone conversation # 215, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/1/1963, 4:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND STATEMENT TO MILITARY ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN GOVT OPERATIONS; GORDON SAYS HE THINKS FEDERAL BUDGET CAN BE KEPT BELOW $100 BILLION, DISCUSSES ROLE OF COMPTROLLER
Telephone conversation # 218, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 12/1/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS, MILITARY EXPENDITURES; COMPTROLLER GENERAL CAMPBELL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR STATEMENT AND LBJ
Telephone conversation # 240, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 12/2/1963, 3:47PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCCLELLAN TO INVESTIGATE WASTE IN GOVT CONTRACTS, READS LETTER TO CONTRACTORS ABOUT REDUCING DEFENSE SPENDING; MCCLELLAN SAYS HE WILL EMPHASIZE FRUGALITY IN SPEECHES, WILL CUT PROGRAMS IN HIS STATE IF NEEDED, ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ
Telephone conversation # 390, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/10/1963, 4:40PM (Item)
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS THAT SENATE VOTED TO ACCEPT CONFERENCE REPORT ON HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES BILL; DISCUSSION OF REFERING TO BILL AS "MORSE-GREEN BILL"; STATUS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BILL; LBJ READS CARL ALBERT'S MEMO ON OTTO PASSMAN AND FOREIGN
Telephone conversation # 665, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/23/1963, 1:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; MCCORMACK SAYS VOTE IS NOT A DEFEAT FOR DEMOCRATS; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES TO SEE MCCORMACK AND LEW DESCHLER AT WH RECEPTION THIS AFTERNOON