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- a v i s i t f i r s t with P lu m id e s , then
B r a dem us, and then Pappas; and the A r c h b is h o p
aw ed m e a l it t le bit,
so I
in s is t e d on g iv in g him s o r t o f a seat o f h onor a c r o s s fr o m P r e s i d e n t Truman
- Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson go for walk and bowling; trip on Air Force One to Greece with President Harry Truman for funeral of King Paul; Lady Bird visits with others on plane including Archbishop Iakovos, head of Green Orthodox Church; stories
- MEMORANDUM
THE W H I TE HOUSE
WASHINOTON
T h u rs d a y , Ivtarch 12, 1964
T h is m o rn in g I d r e s s e d e a r l y , in s o lid b lack , with m y m a n tilla draped
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o v e r m y m01ine hat, and set out with P r e s id e n t T r u m a n and M
- Embassy; Danish Queen Juliana's help with protocol at funeral; funny story about Harry Truman & old age; Harry Truman reminiscences about FDR & growing up, praise for LBJ; Lady Bird about Harry Truman; dinner with American delegation; Harry Truman plays
- MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
T u e s d a y , J u ly 2, 1968
WASHINGTON
Page 1
L u c i 's 2 1 s t b i r t h d a y - - T u e s d a y , J u ly 2 - - w a s a fu ll b u s y d a y .
In the i n o r n in g I h a d a m e e t in g w ith Sim one an d T o m
- Luci Nugent's 21st birthday; Lady Bird works on narrative for "Crossing the Trails of Texas" film; 50 magnolia seedlings germinated from tree at The Elms; meeting about Latin American trip; telephone call to Luci; Lady Bird views Harry Truman film
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CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON
WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES
December 25, 1968
Wednesday.
called Zephyr.
Christmas Day.
We slept late and breakfasted leisurely.
Sammie is s t i l l desperately sick.
I
I talked to Matian
na.
Tony is to come out
- ; calls to Hubert Humphreys & Harry Trumans; LBJ & Lady Bird make quick trip to Jim Rowe's open house; Christmas turkey dinner by White House Chef; "The President's House" in the theater; no room in the family Bible to record Lucinda Robb's birth
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a lun(.h·on for a hu ndred.
time to say hell ·> at
The Lynches, the Pick.ens, th(· Glenn Will iams
and their three child ren, and Dr. and Mr s. Mo·
to be our hous e gues ts.
c ome fo r lunch to stop
. ~an ,
whom I had askec.l
We met on the Truman
- at 10: 00 and I got up at 9: 00 to meet Margaret
Tr urn.an Daniel and her two little boys.
iv1r. Gruenther was showing
them the White House, including the Beagle Him, swimming pool,
everything on the fir st floor, their Grandfather 1 s balcony that I
- Lady Bird visits with Margaret Truman Daniel and Johnson City family and friends ; LBJ meets with House leadership; dinner with the Hubert Humphreys and the Homer Thornberrys
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B e g a n a n o th e r p h a se in th e b u ild in g o f th e L yndon B a in e s
.
J o h n so n L ib r a r y , O P E R A T IO N LOOK THEM O V E R .
B i l l H ea th ,
M ax B r o o k s , R o
- Lady Bird travels to the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, to help plan the LBJ Library; Lady Bird received tour of Truman Library from President Truman and Phillip Brooks, Director; lunch
- 1964
F r i d a y , J u l y 17th
A v e ry sp e c ia l day - - m y day with Lynda.
B u t it b e g a n w i t h th e
p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e o n e - m i l l i o n t h c o p y of T h e W h it e H o u s e G u id e B o o k
t o a n a s t o n i s
- Lady Bird spends day with Lynda Johnson; presentation of one millionth "White House Guide Book"; Lady Bird & Lynda to Truman Library in Missouri; President Truman gives tour of Library--Lady Bird describes exhibits; to Truman home with Bess Truman
- MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
I
WASHING T O N
S a t u r d a y , A p r i l 25,
1964
WHD
Page 1
T h i s d a y b e g a n w i t h m u n d a n e t h i n g s s u c h a s h a v i n g the d r e s s m a k e r
o v e r , D i a n a ’ s d r e s s m a k e r
- Lady Bird meets with dressmaker; Lady Bird to dentist; LBJ, Lady Bird and Lynda have lunch with Dr. & Mrs. J. Frank Dobie, Walker Stone, Bill Stevens and President Truman; reminiscences by HST, including the decision to drop the atomic bomb; HST
- MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASBINOTON
F r i d a y , J u ly 16 , 1965
Page 1
I t b e g a n e a r l y a n d w ith o u t a n y n ig h t r e a l l y b e f o r e i t .
w a s l a t e le a v in g D a lla s , an d I w a s s l e e p l e s s on it.
T
- for Johnson family and LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird walks White House grounds and uses Truman Balcony to speak with Abe Fortas on telephone; Fortases come for coffee; Arthur Goldberg as possible nominee to UN; Fortas to Supreme Court
- Paper Clip Removed from 03/05/1968, pages 6 -10.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T u esd a y , M arch 5, 1968
P age 6
I had b een happy la s t n ight, when I had s e e n Lyndon's ligh t out at
e le v e n , and had rea d m y s e lf to s le
- painting; Bess Truman portrait; office work; Lynda & Chuck Robb's party; Johnson family have dinner; victory on Civil Rights Act of 1968/Fair Housing Act
- r c h e d on to p o f h i s d a d d y 's s h o u l d e r s .
came o v e r an d s a t w i t h u s a l i t t l e ,
They
and M argaret Truman
and C l i f t o n D a n ie l came down when th e M is s o u r i f l o a t
went b y .
M iss K ate Loo
n e y
- i b r a r y s e t up as soon a s p o s s i b l e a n d h a v e a s k e d
C l a r k C l i f f o r d t o g e t me t h e l e t t e r s
of a s s o c ia tio n
o r w h a t e v e r t h e p iece o f p a p e r i s c a l l e d t h a t
s e t up
t h e Truman
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- ; china used from each President; office work; nap; LBJ & Lady Bird visit with Australian group in Library; Lady Bird visits with Robin Duke on Truman Balcony; late dinner with Senator Richard Russell and others
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MEMORANDUM
THE W H IT E HOUSE
W A SH I N G TON
Saturday, M a r c h 7,
.
1964
.
T h is m o rn in g at 11:30 I m e t with L i z , a nd D ick M c G u ir e
^
and
^ t o talk about m an y in v ita tio n s f o r m e to m ake s p e e c h e s .
D
- 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
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'■/' ' 1967
T U E S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 31
T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 31 ra n a l l th e g a m u t o f e m o tio n s ,
L y n d o n had
d e c id e d he w o u ld go to th e f u n e r a ls o f G r i s s o m and C h a ffe e and he a sk e d
m
- & people; unveiling ceremony for FDR portrait by Madame Shoumatoff; Margaret Truman & Cliff Daniels are houseguests; Margaret's pianos sank into White House floor; Lady Bird & LBJ make remarks; "Sunrise at Campobello"; Lady Bird to Harkness Ballet
- TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1966
P a g e One
T u esd ay, N ovem b er 29, w as m ark ed for m e as the day when
so m eth in g turned out ju st righ t, when I ta sted the_h eady w in e o f s u c c e s s ,
: '
_
Ah
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tis ^ p r o je c t c o m p le te d
- to United Orthodox Jewish Ladies luncheon; news articles about Truman Capote party; Lady Bird works on New York speech, but Liz Carpenter has to rewrite; Lady Bird interviewed about beautification; Lady Bird bowls and dines with Dr. Willis Hurst
- M O ND AY , N O V EM BER 2 8 , 1966
M onday, N o v e m b e r 2 8 , th e f i r s t d ay of m y W a sh in g to n in te r lu d e
w ith o u t L yn d on , I a w o k e and th e c lo c k s a id te n m in u te s o f t e n .
The
m o s t jo y o u s f e e
- Lady Bird is at White House without LBJ; Lynda Johnson to Truman Capote party in New York; Lady Bird views large photos for "Living White House" book and party; Lady Bird selects wedding photographs to be sent as Christmas presents; lunch; "Living
- 1965
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T U E S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 12
The J a p a n e s e State V isit.
a little b it b e fo re eleven.
coat and fur hat.
I w o re m y new Navy d r e s s and fur
P e r h a p s it w ill be R o b in 's l a s t State v is it.
We w i l l m i s
- State dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Eisako Sato; Lady Bird explores storerooms to make inventory; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; Lady Bird describes ceremonies and exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird mentions several guests; Roosevelt and Truman
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Broadway play; m y own m in ister B ill Baxter and his pretty young wife,
from St. M arks; M argaret Truman Daniel and her husband Clifton Daniel
o f the New Y ork T im e s; Abe F ortas and Woody and Mary Ellen Woodward.
This is the firs t time w
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MEMORANDUM
T u esd a y , July 19, 1966
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
What a b le s s e d lu xu ry i s a fr e e m orningj
P age 1
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A fter b rea k fa st w ith Lyndon
I w en t in and c u r le d up w ith L u ci in h er bed to do som e la s t ch
- McKinley assassination; Lady Bird attends meeting on Truman balcony about Luci Johnson's wedding; Lady Bird bowls and has dinner with LBJ
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the
and then Lyndon
There t h e y
in the
Rose Garden
them,____ _
ana Lyndon began s n o u t in g back and f o r t h to
from a balcony
the
went into
out on the Truman B a lc o n y .
semi-press
Sandburg^
in t r o d u c e d in
Room and ha d some d e l i c i o
- LBJ banters with reports from the Truman Balcony; Lady Bird works at The Elms; Lady Bird tours White House with Mr. & Mrs. Carl Sandburg and Mr. & Mrs. Edward Steichen; Carl Sandburg's books are mentioned; Lynda and Luci Johnson meet the guests
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page. one.
S unday, January 19, 1969
The g o ld en c o i n i s s p e n t , t h i s i s t h e l a s t f u l l d a y i n
th e W h ite H o u se .
Sunday. J a n u a ry 1 9 th .
9^ wa^ up a .IjjLLLe pa^iJ: e.i.ghJi~-Ad. (va^ gna.y an d dAe.aAy
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pleasant to riclc
So wc decided it \vould jus t be quidcr and more
arc.\.
- Johnsons to Christian Church in Johnson City; visit with Truman Fawcetts about Johnson homestead; lunch at LBJ Ranch; helicopter to Haywood Ranch; nap; ride around ranch; back to Washington
- to the Christian C hur ch,
a sn:iall, white , modest structure.
tion, a great many of whom
filed
C.•U t
Lyn~on
Not more than forty in the congrega
called by the ir first name as we
and shook hands afterwards.
Then we drove by Truman Fawcett• s hous e, catc
- of things that I have
m eant to do, headed by re s t and learn to water ski, those not crossed
off.-'- V’
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We reached the White, House about 1:15 in the morning, so it
was a short night, and I woke up early and worked with Liz before I
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had a m
