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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/25/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • to a precious few, less than a month now, and stands rise in front of us for the inaugural of President Nixon, i t is almost funny how more and more you think of the things you ought to do while you're s t i l l in the White House. many we have done. family
  • Christmas Day; telephone calls; Father Kaifer hold mass in Lincoln Room; special blessings for Chuck Robb & Pat Nugent in Vietnam; family opens more presents; Johnsons to open house at Clark Clifford's; LBJ lays down to rest; more telephone calls
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/21/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • And t h e r e w e r e th e T om M c K ru m m in s f ro m And in the m id d le of o u r v i s i t H e n r y and J essica C atto c a m e H e 's a c t u a l l y b e e n in town m o s t of th is F a l l w o rk in g f o r Nixon w h ic h d o e s n ot d i m
  • reminisces about her mother's opera records; speeches by Roger Stevens & LBJ; program by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater & Howard University Choir; LBJ watches Luci & Pat Nugent on television; Isaac Stern & Abe Fortas play duet
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/29/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • ; the Johnsons, Wests, Krims, Lyn Nugent & Yuki walk on White House grounds; Lady Bird walks on West Ellipse; the Abe Fortases to dinner; Richard Nixon & Hubert Humphrey campaigns; LBJ made speech in Kentucky on September 28
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1969 (Monday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird takes last stroll through rooms; Ashton Gonella's office & Luci Nugent's room are disaster; LBJ is giving Medals of Freedom to Mary Lasker, Laurance Rockefeller, et al; Johnsons greet Nixons and they ride down Pennsylvania Avenue