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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/27/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

flo w e re d cloth,... . ' aawi.it m u s t be th e 'in thing.'^ And th en I sa id goodby and w as b ack a t the White H ouse by 2:30, w o rk in g © b r ie f ly a t m y d e sk , doing som e p ic tu re s on the T ru m a n B alcony w ith Bob. K

Telephone conversation # 1828, sound recording, LBJ and JOE KILGORE, 2/3/1964, 1:20PM (Item)

JENKINS TELLS KILGORE THAT LBJ BELIEVES REPUBLICANS MIGHT WIN US SENATE RACE IN TEXAS IF KILGORE RUNS AGAINST RALPH YARBOROUGH; LBJ HOPES KILGORE WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS AGAIN; POTENTIAL EFFECT OF US SENATE RACE IN TEXAS ON NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Telephone conversation # 6216, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CLARK, 11/5/1964, 12:56PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN PENNSYLVANIA, GENEVIEVE BLATT'S CLOSE SENATE RACE, HOPE OF ABOLISHING POVERTY; CLARK SUGGESTS TO HHH THAT EDMUND MUSKIE OR PHIL HART BE ELECTED SENATE WHIP; DEMOCRATIC INCREASES IN PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSIONAL

Telephone conversation # 6326, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)

WALTER JENKINS CASE; DISCUSSION OF CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURT VACANCIES, POTENTIAL CANDIDATES; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S HOPE FOR COURT APPOINTMENT; FBI REPORTS ON MLK; DINNER HONORING MLK'S RECEIPT OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE; CONSOLIDATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS

Telephone conversation # 10591, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 8/8/1966, 12:38PM (Item)

DE GAULLE AND FRANCE'S GOLD POLICY; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL BUDGET, DOMESTIC AND MILITARY EXPENDITURES, INFLATION, WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS, TAX BILL AND UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; LBJ HOPES DILLON WILL BE UNDERSECRETARY

Telephone conversation # 12854, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/31/1968, 10:26PM (Item)

WIRTZ PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AS CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE, SAYS HE HOPES TO EVENTUALLY PERSUADE LBJ TO CHANGE HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION; LBJ THANKS WIRTZ BUT SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 12857, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 3/31/1968, 10:58PM (Item)

STANTON PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, HIS HOPES TO END VIETNAM WAR; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S TRAVEL PLANS FOR TOMORROW AND QUESTION OF STANTON ACCOMPANYING HIM

Telephone conversation # 12855, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/31/1968, 10:27PM (Item)

MOYERS TELLS LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON THAT HE HOPES LBJ WILL CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION; LBJ SAYS HIS MIND HAS BEEN MADE UP FOR AWHILE AND DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE; MOYERS SAYS HE MAY WRITE A BOOK ABOUT LBJ SOMEDAY

Telephone conversation # 12856, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 3/31/1968, 10:30PM (Item)

SPARKMAN TELLS LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON THAT LBJ'S SPEECH WAS BEST HE HAS MADE EXCEPT FOR LAST 15 SECONDS, SAYS HE HOPES LBJ WILL RECONSIDER DECISION NOT TO RUN; LBJ SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE; SPARKMAN'S DAUGHTER'S CAMPAIGN WORK AS SERVICEMAN'S

Telephone conversation # 12859, sound recording, LBJ and NELSON ROCKEFELLER, 3/31/1968, 11:59PM (Item)

ROCKEFELLER SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED BY LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES SPEECH WILL GIVE ROCKEFELLER SOME THOUGHT, DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, FUTURE PLANS, EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN VIETNAM, MEETINGS WITH ROCKEFELLER'S BROTHERS

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

and not well at all I try to bring these girls into our life as well as teach them some c;>f my thinking and phrases and bow I hope they present us to the world. f~ At a reception I usually ask Christine to give a name · of one or two of her girls to Bess

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/15/1968 (Sunday) (Item)

avid th is s u m m e r . flo w n . I lo v e th a t p la c e . B u t oh th e s u m m e r h a s I hope w e s h a ll h a v e a few m o re tim e s th e r e w h ile i t is s t i l l o u r s to go to. MEMORANDUM THE W HITE HOUSE S unday, S e p te m b e

Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM (Item)

Unruh put out one in California saying that they felt like he ought to run and they were going to urge him to put his name on the ticket. They -4 asked us for comment, and we told them we had notbi. ng to say. I haven't called Sorensen, I hope I

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/31/1968 (Sunday) (Item)

ard a little b it, about the L ib ra ry , ajid h e and I cam e c l o s e s t to lau gh in g. And then Wilbur Cohen, iabout the L ib r a r y ,'h o w m uch I hoped the r e c o r d s of HEW, w h ose w ork had con tain ed so m uch of the things

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/14/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

ratio n of the A m e r ic a n p e o p le . To a l l those who have h elp ed m e throughout th ese y e a r s , m y thanks and those of m y fa m ily , can n e v e r be fu lly e x p r e s s e d , I hope he w on't u se it - th at*s th at! Then I put

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/6/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

o se th a t I hope is r e c o r d e d - - in f o r m a l, w a r m , e a r t h y lo v in g . And I th in k e v e r y b o d y t h e r e m u s t h a v e gone h o m e fe e lin g th at th e s e fiv e y e a r s of h a r d w o r k w e r e a li tt l e m o

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, 3/16/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

' MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E HOUSE f. WASHIHOTOM S a tu rd a y , M a rc h 16, 1968 Page 4 b e f o r e I c o u ld sto p m y s e lf » /^ ^ id "I hope i t d id n 't b r e a k . " I p ic k e d i t u p ^ i t h a d s h a tte r e d . I th o u g h t of the l a s t