Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/24/1964 (Tuesday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/24/1964 (Tuesday)

Duration: (min: sec):

4:39

Number of Pages:

10

Description:

Lady Bird at Marshall Space Center, Huntsville, Alabama; presentation of personalized hard hat for Lady Bird; tour of laboratories; lunch with 48-49 Alabama relatives; watching test firing of Saturn I rocket; photograph of Jim Webb and Lady Bird; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird gives short speech; reception for Alabama women officials; presentation of watercolor to Lady Bird; relaxing on the plane with press; dinner with LBJ at Marshall McNeil's; news coverage of Huntsville trip

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Mrs. Johnson's secretarial staff

Collection:

Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary

Collection Description:

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Series:

Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary; Annotated Transcripts of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary

Location Details:

White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Lady Bird Johnson travel; Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences; Space program; Women; Outer space

Archivist's General Note:

An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.

Rights:

Public domain

Specific Item Type:

Personal diary

Type:

Text; Audio

Format:

Audio tape; Paper

Physical Item ID #:

D-12

Identifier:

ctjd-19640324

Date:

1964-03-24

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)