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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/21/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • - - it mean s a confrontation with that big env e l o pe mar ked "Night Reading . 11 ( \ - 2 ­
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/25/1966 (Item)
  • Rostow (pl) Jake Jacobsen (pl) Jake Jacobsen (pl) Walt Rostow (pl) to Diplomatic Recep. Room President in MJDR's room w/Courtenay Valenti - greeted mjdr and yb to Oval Rm Ofc asking if "we've got any troubles anywhere." MJDR in. The President reading
Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 4/17/1943 (Item)
  • reliable radioman to take charge and represent you and run the station. Here is a letter Paul Bolton wrote me sometime ago about Richardson. After you read it you may want to discuss it with Paul and if Richardson particularly appeals to you ask Paul
Memo, Fleming to LBJ, 6/6/67, 12.10 PM (Item)
  • ...."'· Pointing to Ted Yates' name, the President said "See about his wife. Where she is - - 11 Send her some flowers. Will Sparks has drafted telegrams of condolence to Mrs. Yates (she left Wash last night for A thens, Greece to be near her
  • /> To see what we have on the Six Day War, including any digitized folders, please consult the Middle East subject guide or contact us to view the records in our Reading Room.
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/19/1968 (Item)
  • Mansfield Senator Everett Dirksen 7:12 p.m. into mjdr's 7:20 p.m. into Office alone SEE TRAVEL RECORD FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY room reading OFF RECORD Night Reading Page No.: 6 Date THE WHITE HOUSE February 19, PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAILY
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/3/1966 (Item)
  • worked his night reading — the President had carried the folder aboard the helicopter) Arrive National Airport and to the Convair which was to serve as Air Force One today Aboard the Convair there was some delay as the flight was delayed for weather
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/8/1968 (Item)
  • worke d nigh t xig c reading - - tw o nights accumulatio n THE WHIT E HOUS E Dat PRESIDENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N DAILY DIAR Y -,, D . e Jun , th 1 he Presiden t bega n hi s da y a t (Place ) Da Entrv 1 >r • 1 Time Telephon 1 In Ou tL 9: 15p Wheel
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/6/1967 (Item)
  • w w^ Date August mi House w 6, 1967^ NT LYNDON B. JOHNSON A DV esident began his day at (Place) Day -r" tmi Tune 1 In Out _ Telephone , f £ t . Lo LD Code • Gonellas, Pickles, and Roberts spent night on boat --also and Diana MacArthur 6
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/8/1964 (Item)
  • LBJ Ranch August 8, 1964 Bill Moyers - Washington Secy. McNamara - Washington Awake - breakfast in bed. Read Intelligence Briefing and McNamara's statement on the timing of Tuesday's retaliatory attack. Bill Moyer s - Washington, D. C. To office
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/23/1964 (Item)
  • to quit you if that's allright with you -- cut out all the lights when you go home -- good night". Also read Ebony editorial on gw's desk. To Mansion with Governor Connally an d Mrs. Johnson Nicholas deG. Katzenbach - returning the President's call Dinner
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 10/21/1968 (Item)
  • Deathe returned CTJ's call of last night. 9:23 Called Liz at home. 10:10 André Meyer called. 10:24 To the Navy Photo Lab with Simone and Harry Middleton to view May and June films. 12:52 Returned to the White House -- joined the President on the South
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/23/1966 (Item)
  • - couldn't be reached. Pres . said "never mind*' Cong. J. J. Pickle To Oval Rm Of c - through MJDR's room working signing table w/ yb Walt Rosto w (pl) To JV' s Ofc - read proposed speech for next Thursday night in Houston Back through MW's Ofr M W tol d
President's Daily Brief, 6/6/67 (Item)
  • and Syrian domestic broadcasts this morning called on the "Arab masses" to destroy all US and "imperialist" interests in the "Arab homeland." Last night Cairo radio claimed it had proof of US and British participa­ tion in the "aggression." Demonstrations
  • /> To see what we have on the Six Day War, including any digitized folders, please consult the Middle East subject guide or contact us to view the records in our Reading Room.
Hotline message, LBJ to Kosygin, 6/8/67, 12.01 PM (Item)
  • ·sides to cease fire. States I instructed Ambassador Goldberg last night to present a resolution today. This resolution calls· on all parties in the strongest terms to cease fire immediately. I am glad to have had your message and have instructed our
  • /> To see what we have on the Six Day War, including any digitized folders, please consult the Middle East subject guide or contact us to view the records in our Reading Room.
Hotline message, LBJ to Kosygin, 6/10/67, 9.39 AM (Item)
  • have your message. You should know that late last night our Secretary of State sent a most urgent message to Israe,l to say that we considered it very important that Israel demonstrate by actions on the ground that its orders for a cease-fire
  • /> To see what we have on the Six Day War, including any digitized folders, please consult the Middle East subject guide or contact us to view the records in our Reading Room.
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/7/1969 (Item)
  • ) be at the reception last night. Honorable Winton Bloun t Postmaster General - designate 1969 Jan. 7, 1969 Tuesday The White House President commenced signing mail, official documents etc . reading ticker tape Governor Marvin Mandel, Annapolis, Md. President
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/9/1969 (Item)
  • press matters with Tom Johnson and reading and acting on last night's reading The President asked for General J P McConnell - he was out The President asked for Col Haywood Smith who was at Bethesda for a dental appointment - ^^ "never mind. " Tones
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/26/1966 (Item)
  • Date December LBJ RANCH D^ 26, 1966 MONDAY Expendi- Activity (inctude vtstted by) ture C^odf The President in the office reading tickers at his desk. He then looked at some letters he had dictated the preceding night and gave additional
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 2/15/1942 (Item)
  • Sunday, February 15 Dearestt I'm enolo11ng oop1ee ot •ome mor• "letter• to key triende"', which ! wish you'd read and orit1o1a• and r•• turn with any ohangea you want mad•• Bryan'• letter ha• alrea.dy b••n mailed, beoauae all other San Marooa
Folder title list, Office Files of James R. Jones (Item)
  • Bryant's telephone contacts with governors, official meetings at the White House for governors, state and regional statistics and major appointments, and contacts with governors by state. JONES NIGHT READING LISTS Lists of material Jones prepared
Original hotline message, Kosygin to LBJ, 6/5/67, 7.47 AM (Item)
  • /> To see what we have on the Six Day War, including any digitized folders, please consult the Middle East subject guide or contact us to view the records in our Reading Room.
  • June 5, 1967. "This day began with the most dread and frightening sound that can happen in this house–the sudden ringing of the telephone in the middle of the night. It can never be good news." (Lady Bird Johnson” Diary) At 4:35 AM
Original hotline message, Kosygin to LBJ, 6/5/67, 7.47 AM (Item)
  • /> To see what we have on the Six Day War, including any digitized folders, please consult the Middle East subject guide or contact us to view the records in our Reading Room.
  • June 5, 1967. "It began with that most dread and frightening sound that can happen in this house: the sudden ringing of the telephone in the middle of the night. It can never be good news
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/1/1964 (Item)
  • Reading afternoon papers in mjdr's office w/ Jack Valenti signs two appointment documents - Sam Gil strap , U. S. Ambassador to Malawi (on Jack Valenti's request "/ saying, "I've already signed enough on that. Tell them, Marie, that I'm on my way to eat
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • around to do much of anything. G: One of the things I wanted to ask you about today was night reading and what it represented in terms of his work day--memos, correspondence that he needed to read. J: Now I have one difficulty in that, in that I
  • wanting Mrs. Johnson to model herself after Eleanor Roosevelt; LBJ's office schedule; night reading; LBJ's morning bedroom routine, including contacting people, reading newspapers, and seeing a doctor; LBJ's evening routine after leaving the Oval Office
Oral history transcript, James Cato Pattillo and Nettie Pattillo Woodyard, interview 1 (I), 6/27/1968, by A.K. Johnson (Item)
  • came to Alabama? P: My first remembrance of meeting her--I knew of her, knew who she was--she visited my daughters when we lived in Verbena, Alabama, and spent the night with us. We listened to the radio that night to some programs from Texas. I
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/23/1967 (Item)
  • to come and bring the notes he made with CBS correspondents that he and the Pres over together last night and be prepared to go over them with Secy McNamara. Yuki Nugent joined. served. i ——^ — Agent Lem Johns took a report to the President re Mrs
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/17/1967 (Item)
  • in MJDR's office and worked night reading St. Paul. Minnesota r^,^ 17 The White House ^ Activity (inc!ude visited by) ture November 1967 Friday Expend) i Code The President to the oval office DeVier Pierson OFF RECORD: Private Signing Ceremony of H
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/26/1966 (Item)
  • . Carver's position as Under Secy of Interior) Louis Martin Joe Califano (pl) Joe Califano and Mike Manatos Working night reading in little room w/ MF Mrs. Johnson MW - in with his night reading JV (pl)- "come on in." Watching the 3&d3KEx hour long
Folder, "Memos to the President – 1965," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)
  • ? Th se lllillllM.._ •• tor ..,....,~11,N~ inclusion Random House book and would add warmth to .the caapter .. on al.so like to pho} raph a night reading sess~?n your personal lif~. ani a •pre-c:lavn"telephone c~Ht lie ••• I would like II i
Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • summarize for the President's night reading . M: What's the advantage to the firm in giving you experience like this? Is there an advantage? B: I really don't know . I doubt it because this firm in particular, and I guess you could say Dallas
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/13/1966 (Item)
  • it was excellent . ) 9:26a t Walt Rostow (pl) Bill Moyers To Oval Office OFF RECORD: Governor John Burns of Hawaii In last night's reading, MW inserted a note telling the President hsx that MW was seeing Gov Burns for coffee. The President added to the note in his
Oral history transcript, Jean A. Sauvageot, interview 2 (II), 9/26/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • with the Vietnamese units that were involved. It could have been regional forces, popular forces; it could have been RD cadre or combinations thereof. Then we'd spend maybe an afternoon [or] a whole night with the American or Vietnamese units we were targeting
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/10/1968 (Item)
  • worked some o f his night reading material that was in the box on mjdr's desk. 5:42p President 5:44p George 6:25p t Day f or t Activity L D 5:34p President 5:47 White House 10, 6:29 Cyrus Wait to Oval Office Christian Vance Rostow pl
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/23/1967 (Item)
  • 8:30p working TUESDAY (include visite d by) ture signing table w/yb 8:10p tChairman John Macy 8:35p The President departed via MJDR's room. . .looking at yb's n/r listing ^^ and asking if he had much night reading. Reply was "fair" Pres. also
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/1/1966 (Item)
  • the Texas Congressional campaign in light of TrwrTrirl{a6nrx redistricting. Retired Tonight the President worked all ofhis night reading in his office before leaving for dinner, having said that he didn't feel like he wanted to do it in his bedroom
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/1/1966 (Item)
  • White House Day 1, 1966 TUESDAY Activity (include visited by) Doug Cater and Joe Califano (Oval Rm Ofc) MW joined above working desk w/ yb Mrs Johnson To the mansion looking thru night reading on yb's desk briefly upstairs in the mansion dinner w
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1961" (Item)
  • that night. 2/18 LBJ spends day in Austin. 2/19 LBJ Co. Convair crashes en route to LBJ Ranch, pilot and co-pilot die in crash. 2/20 LBJ visits site of plane crash, goes to Austin to visit widow of pilot. 1961 Chronology ● p. 2 of 23 07/2024 2
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 9 (IX), 7/14/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • )--and we'd all know--we're talking about the year 1968, not all the years he was in Congress. And I won't go into what a dramatic and effective leader he was. I don't think there's ever been one like him. G: Tell me about the night reading. What did
  • Rather rejoining LBJ's staff at the end of his presidency; Rather's nieces attending school in Washington, D.C.; LBJ's decision to retire from politics; the slower pace of office work at the White House and LBJ's daily schedule; night reading
Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • some kind of meeting or something that was going on . At night we frequently were in our offices . didn't work half as much overtime as the President did . I He would frequently go back up to Congressman Kleberg's office and work until 10 or 11
  • , required very little sleep, thought movies were a waste of time; LBJ tended to all the duties Congressman Kleberg neglected: veterans' pensions, etc.; attending night sessions of Congress; the Texas Club; LBJ dating in Washington; no hobbies; no reading
Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1943 (Item)
  • it just to be a spasmodic something that we get up Wednesday night for F'riday re lease. One of the first things I think we should do is prepare a letter to be mimeographed (we can mimeograph it here or if Harfield wants to, we can actually ship him my