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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)

—she had been the real general. Our enemy had been trying to turn an idea of mine into an elegant reality worthy of the White House, and of T iffany's, and I hoped of the Johnson Administration. I t turned out to be a formidable enemy. All

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

and I m ade a point of sittin g down on the so fa w ith Bob M cN am ara and te llin g h im a b it about the S ch ool of P u b lic S e r v ic e and the L ib ra ry and that when it opened I hoped that w e w ould h a v e a big s o r t of co n cla v e on g r
Civil Rights Act of 1968 & gives speech; Lady Bird visits with Pat & Luci; Pat Nugent leaves for Vietnam; LBJ & departing Cabinet members gives speeches at reception; Lady Bird asks Bob McNamara to speak at LBJ Library; small dinner party

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)

e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night. And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s , the o

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/20/1965 (Monday) (Item)

Vermeil[?] Room. From A r t s and Le t t e r s t h e r e were t h e R a lp h E l l i s o n s , The n e g ro a u t h o r , D r . John Hope F r a n k l i n an d h i s w i f e , p r o f e s s o r and a u t h o r , as her e s c o r t. Lynda B i r d h a d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/5/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

y q u ic k ly w e w e r e in s id e in th e D ip lo m a tic R e c e p tio n R o om g r e e t i n g th e r e s t of the p a r t y f r o m I r a n . And w h e n L yndon to o k the P r i m e M i n i s t e r a w a y , B e s s had Bob K nu dse n h an d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/3/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

the m o st of it ! I le a r n e d la te r that C o n g ressm a n F r elin g h u y sen had a lon g li s t of w hat he hoped w e re h u m orous su g g e stio n s of w h ere to sig n b ills an had d l is t e d the Statue of L ib erty for this v e r y b ill

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/15/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

p l a n t e d th e m o u t a t th e c e m e t e r y - - a g r o u p of w h i t e a n d p in k i n th e n o r t h w e s t c o r n e r th a t w i l l b e a m a s s of c o l o r i n the y e a r s to com e I hope. ■ ■ '" l MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E

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, 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, 3/3/1966 (Thursday) (Item)

ou ld , no doubt, h a v e b e e n in tr o d u c e d a s C o n g r e s s m a n C a in , b y the M ilita r y A id e; and C o n g r e s s m a n or n o , he w o u ld h a v e fou nd p le n ty of fr ie n d s . ^ ■ So I hope th is w ill be a l e s s o n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/22/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

. The M a r sh a ll S te v e s had a r r iv e d by t r a i n - - th e l a s t r e m a i n i n g p e o p le w h o d on 't fly . And I ju st hope th e y 'v e g o t t e n h e r e in t i m e to w a t c h th e c e r e m o n y . D e a n R u s k h a d t o ld L

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