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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • to see her, and there was Luci in Ashton's office, a sight I shall never forget, in a little girl d re ss, middy blouse ^^^;^:, ., and very short skirt, freckles painted across her nose, two fronts teeth blacked out, an upturned sailor hat with a bobbing
Telephone conversation # 7168, sound recording, LBJ and ANTHONY LIUZZO, 3/26/1965, 2:55PM (Item)
  • LIUZZO THANKS LBJ FOR HIS STATEMENT ON ARREST OF SUSPECTS IN MURDER OF HIS WIFE, VIOLA LIUZZO, AND FOR HIS SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SYMPATHY AND HOPE THAT MRS. LIUZZO WILL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN
Telephone conversation # 8628, sound recording, LBJ and CONRAD COOPER, 8/26/1965, 11:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTION AT PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ABOUT CURRENT STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE HOPES BOTH SIDES CAN REACH RESPONSIBLE SETTLEMENT WHICH WILL BE IN NATIONAL INTEREST; COOPER TELLS LBJ THEY WILL TRY TO DO SO; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8629, sound recording, LBJ and I. W. ABEL, 8/26/1965, 11:55AM (Item)
  • RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPE BOTH SIDES WILL REACH RESPONSIBLE NON-INFLATIONARY SETTLEMENT IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; INCREASED IMPORTS, DECREASED EXPORTS; VIETNAM SITUATION; LBJ ASKS FOR SETTLEMENT AS BIRTHDAY
Telephone conversation # 9515, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM BEVERLY MURPHY, 1/18/1966, 2:14PM (Item)
  • MURPHY DISCUSSES PLANS FOR MEETING WITH HEADS OF NAM, US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON ECONOMIC SITUATION, NEED FOR RESTRAINT ON WAGE, PRICE INCREASES, NEED TO CONSULT WITH ADMINISTRATION; LBJ DISCUSSES HOPE TO AVOID WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS, EXCESS PROFITS TAX
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 # 22, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 11/23/1963, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG; MCDONALD EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS; MCDONALD SAYS HE HOPES CONGRESS WILL PASS CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AS TRIBUTE TO JFK; GOLDBERG, MCDONALD DISCUSS PAST SUPPORT
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/29/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • w orks on the A r t s and C rafts portion of it. Jane introduced me and then I had a few words to say, which em bodied m y old hope that one day we w i ll have a National A rts and C r a ft s center where J tourists to the USA, like they can in n e
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/9/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • 'me mo r a n d u m THE W HITE HOUSE ^ WASIHN GTON Thursday, A p r i l 9, 1964 WHD Today was a truly big day. Up e a rly , 7 o ’ clock, brea kfa st with Lyndon, whom I had hoped would sleep la te r. M y la st words to him w e re that I could
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/9/1965 (Saturday) (Item)
  • I a m h av in g m y f in a ls an d if I ta k e off a h a lf d ay to do th is , I m a y not ev en g r a d u a te in J u n e . »I L u c i, the l o v e r of c lo th e s ! I j u s t hope th a t sh e show s up w ith e v e r y th in g i n 't a c t a t
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • ork and then at 3:15 had m y picture taken with Martha Hartke, r e c e iv in g a cook book fro m her, hoping that w ill do some good fo r them in their election. And then at 4 o 'c lo c k the day- - a top o ffic e r s . what I thought
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, 7/29/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • th ey b e g a n to r in g 1 h o u r b e fo r e L u c i's w e d d in g ? I w o r k e d a t m y d e s k fo r a w h ile . c in p r o g r e s s . 7 :0 0 p a s s e d . I knew the m e e tin g w a s B ut th e r e w a s no r e p o r t o f w hat to hope fo
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/26/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • la d ie s d rifted aw ay b y 6 o 'c lo c k , w ith a s m a ll g ift o f a p en w ith th e P r e s id e n tia l S e a l fro m Lyndon and an other fr o m m e ^ w ith m y n a m e. A lo t of happy ch a tter, and I hope a r e a lly m e m o r a b le tim
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/26/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • u n ity , w ould be I I hope acceptable to a ll D e m o c ra ts , and s u re d id n ' t ru n o ff the R e p u b lic a n s . I had to get up and sa y m y " T w in k le - tw in k le l i t t l e s t a r " I t was j u s t a bouquet f o r the scenic d e
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/27/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a s t he did not to u s , an d I c o u ld not h elp but think a s I lo o k e d a t h im t h a t I w ould hope fo r L y n d o n it w ould be a su d d e n g o in g , alth ou gh a t a v e r y f a r d is t a n t tim e an d n ic e ly v e n e r a b l e