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  • Sunday night. I awoke Monday morning in my dear fam iliar room, but no, everything was changed—i t had the impersonality of a hotel room. All of my things had been moved out over the weekend, packed for Texas. The smiling face of "Arturito" no longer
  • ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
  • of the Lost Colony and he was the grandfather of V ir g in ia Dare, the f i r s t child born of English parents in the new w orld. So h e r e 's a part of the legend of A m e r ic a n h isto ry and one of the ties that binds us both through h isto ry and art
  • Roanoke Island; Lady Bird sees childhood friend, Emily Crow Selden, from St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Press Reports about LBJ's fast driving at the LBJ Ranch
  • Saturday, January 4 , 1969 Page One Our f ir s t fu ll day back in the White House on the last lap! I usually feel vigorous when we f ir s t return from the Ranch and I tackle my desk. This morning I had a b rief conference with Abe and then saw
  • described the new process and how i t had become the very popular thing today. He spoke casually, authoritatively, of other Administrations, whole decades of them. strong Republican. Obviously he was a very I think we had between the three of us a sense
  • Breakfast; desk work; swimming; hair salon; new china for the White House; luncheon with Walter Hoving, Chairman of Tiffany's; photos in State Dining Room with White House Tour Office; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady Bird records diary; talk
  • an d to th e B a r t e r T h e a tr e in A bingdon , an d to d e d ic a te th e new w ing of th e M o d e rn M u se u m of A r t , a n d see La T r a v ia ta a t th e o p e r a , a n d h a v e a r e c e p tio n fo r T h o rn to n W ild e r to r e c e iv
  • Mrs. Cantinflas [Valentina Ivanova Zuvareff] dies; steel strike; Lady Bird dubs home movie of 1941 Senate campaign; White House maid finds rat in Luci Johnson's room; Lady Bird has lunch with Luci; new Chef for the White House; LBJ lunches and has
  • ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d . It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I have m et b efo re. And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
  • Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
  • n o t to u ch i t f o r two d a y s . T h e n on m y w a y to New Y o rk , I sto p p e d in the R o s e G a r d e n f o r p i c tu r e s w ith N an cy G a te s H a y e s a n d h e r h u s b a n d B ill a n d J e ff a n d C h ip a n d C indy a n d C
  • Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird visit; LBJ has been swimming every day for two weeks; office work; photos in Rose Garden with houseguests; Lady Bird leaves for New York City; outfit for 1969 Inaugural; Lady Bird is fitted for new clothing
  • a ll led the g u e sts in . She i s a P h ilip p in o , C . R . Sm ith w a s the on ly Cabinet m em b er p r e s e n t. H andsom e Danny B r e w ste r and h is new w ife - - the only S en a to r, T h ere w as H ale and Liindy B o g g s
  • e d ! \ N e v e r w ill ; T h e S e c r e t S e r v ic e p ic k e d u s up w ith a c a r , a n d w e d r o v e up p a s t the c e m e t e r y to s e e the h a n d s o m e new hurir tgow o n g ate M r . W e i g l h a s m a d e u s to m a t c h
  • LBJ and Lady Bird have breakfast and go for walk; new wrought iron gate at family cemetery; meeting about landscape design for ranch; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and others; LBJ's weight loss; renovation of Johnson home in Johnson City; Lady Bird
  • e d Z a c h a ry S co tt a n d w e n t to New Y o rk an d th en to H ollyw ood, w h e r e , a s so m a n y m a r r i a g e s do, th a t one p e r is h e d . A nd l a t e r on she b e c a m e M r s , S te in b e c k , And a n o th e r I w a n te d
  • e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s . And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
  • New York
  • LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City
  • Wednesday, May 17, 1967 Page 8 in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life. Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
  • so m e good We did n o t h av e tim e to go out New Y o r k A v en u e - - the m a j o r e n t r a n c e f r o m the n o r t h a n d e a s t an d the s h a b b ie s t o f a l l . So th a t a w a it s a n o t h e r t i m e , a n d M a r y fle w off
  • n g a new p l a y L a t e r on I g a t h e r e d h e r up an d Te x G o ld - s m i t h , who i s l e a v i n g f o r A s i a n e x t w eek, t o s i t down f o r a q u i e t d r i n k in f r o n t o f t h e f i r e , a n d Dr. E l i z a b e t h
  • ic t u r e s . B a c k on the s e c o n d flo o r I took a new grip on lif e , phoned m y two r e m a in in g h o u s e g u e s t s - - A r c h b is h o p L u c e y and M ayor H a r r y A kin - to w e l c o m e th em . I w en t in to s e e Lyn, I
  • - - the new p in k one w ith th e b ead s^ a'ro u n d th e n e c k f o r th e p a r t y th a t w a s th e r e a l b eg in n in g of the C h r is tm a s s e a s o n - f o r th e p r e s s w o m e n o f W a sh in g to n . ' '• T h e r e w a s a b u ffe t s u p
  • 7 - - p a g e 4 a t th e p a r ty k new we w e re c o m in g e x c e p t A v e r e ll a n d M a r ie . /; ■. .'■■ ' if ; A v e r e ll s a id "You see, th is j u s t sh o w s th a t/tw o p e o p le w a n t to k e e p so m e th in g s e c r e t t h
  • A b e a n d mew ho w a t c h e d h i m , a n a w e s o m e N ot e n tir e ly new fo r m e . a n h o u r b u t fo r days, fo r w eek s. ' I h a d s e e n i t in 1955. Bu t n o t f o r B u t th e n h e c o u l d e s c a p e f r o m b e i n g M a j
  • i o n s f o r o u r v i s i t , b u t I had no id e a of th e s c o p e of th e p r e p a r a t i o n s . I w as to s e e th e m in the n ex t two and a h a lf d a y s ^ ra n g in g f r o m new C h in a an d s i l v e r chop s ti c k s f o r the S
  • New York
  • Laurence Rockefeller home, Tarrytown, New York
  • ho h a s c o v e r e d u s s in c e 1*11 a lw a y s lo o k b a c k on th em w ■ ith a 'ffe c tio n !1 MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE WASHING TON T h u r s d a y , M a rc h 14, 1968 Page 9 F r a n k R e y n o ld s of A BC; a n d a new -found f r
  • a n y p la c e s . New A nd S ir P a t r i c k s a id , "O n th e MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE c F r id a y , F e b r u a r y 8, 196S.? WASHINGTON P a g e 10 w h o le , i t w o u ld , p e r h a p s h a v e b e e n b e t t e r f o r the w o