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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/23/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • National politics
  • speech; Democratic National Committee
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • National politics
  • ; Johnsons to party for National Council on the Arts at Roger Stevens' home; to party for Lynda Johnson at City Tavern; Lady Bird mentions guests; visit at White House with Arthur Krim, Abe Fortas & Marvin Watson about Democratic National Committee
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • dinner with Harry McPherson and Joe Califano; Indira Gandhi was name India's Prime Minister; Inaugural Committee completed its work LBJ talks about hostility in newspaper stories, including one on Tony Taylor
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/17/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • v e r y m uchr-^ow g r a te fu l I w a s. ■:iA■ O ver the p a st th ree y e a r s , the people in th is room h ave p rod u ced n e a r ly " two and a h a lf m illio n d o lla r s to take step s tow ard m aking th is nation*s ca p ito l m o r e liv e
  • of Beautification Committee; Lady Bird bowls two games; Lady Bird records diary, eats cold dinner, watches television & receives massage; Lynda Robb attends Women's National Press Club Dinner
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/2/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • Abe Fortas' nomination as Chief Justice; arrival ceremony for President Tombalbaye of Chad; Luci & Lyn Nugent are photographed by the press; LBJ signs bills creating Wild and Scenic Trails, Wild & Scenic Rivers, and two National Parks; LBJ gives
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/4/1969 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Harry Middleton in the Yellow Oval Room about our films, a never-ending project. And then on into the Treaty Room for our last meeting of the Audio-Visual Committee. I think when this is over I want to declare a long moratorium on several words
  • Brief conference with Abe Fortas; meeting with Henry Middleton about films; meeting of LBJ Library Audiovisual Committee; to theater to view "The President's House;" office work & telephone calls; hair styled; portrait party at the White House; Lady
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, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • double amputee ..-­ -/re lost to Romney .-fr'nd his pretty wife Alice. Dear Robin Duke's frienrl, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, who helps h(:r out by being Chairman of the Blair House Fine Arts Committee. The luncheon was remarkable for several the loudspeaki
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/9/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • NBC interview with Nancy Hanschman; Lady Bird's reads and edits Ruth Montgomery's biography on Lady Bird; reception for Blair House Fine Arts Committee with Robin Duke; needlepoint cushion tops by Lady Bird and ladies of the Cabinet
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/7/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • with Jesse Kellam and the Thornberrys; upcoming Lady Bird trip with President Truman to Greece for funeral of King Paul; Executive Order creating Committee for the Preservation of the White House
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, 1/29/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird looks at portraits of FDR and a photograph album for the White House; Lady Bird visits with Usher about decorators for White House; subjects for meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Nathanial Owings invited
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/15/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • LBJ is in a dark mood; death of Senator Richard Russell's son; White House Festival of the Arts; press response to Festival; Lady Bird takes a nap; reception for Inaugural Committee workers; quick remarks by LBJ; visit by Tony and Matiana Taylor
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/15/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Committee of U.S. and Canada; Talk with Luci and Lynda Johnson; Time magazine article on John Connally; Dinner with Congressman and Mrs. Jack Brooks; LBJ's sleeping habits
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, 2/6/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird attends St. Marks Church and mentions the sermon; parishioner mentions one of LBJ's poverty committees; church members take communion; Lady Bird returns to White House and coffee with Lynda Johnson and George Hamilton; lunch was Mexican
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/12/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Hair salon; Luci Nugents escorts Tricia Nixon & Nixon Cabinet members' children through White House; Lynda & Chuck Robb are in Bangkok; last meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; report on White House Historical Association
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