Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1967 (Tuesday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1967 (Tuesday)

Duration: (min: sec):

17:17

Number of Pages:

13

Description:

Johnsons have coffee & newspapers; Lady Bird works on guests & menus; phone calls to Marnie Clifford, Lera Thomas & Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird to dentist & dress fitting; call about Karnack Post Office; visit with Lera Thomas about trip to Vietnam; shirt for LBJ made from Bulgur sack; tea with Joan Crawford about Pepsi-Cola's beautification program; massage; work on seating charts; photos by Okamoto; dinner for Vice President, Speaker of House & Chief Justice; receiving line; toasts by LBJ, et al; Entertainment for dinner is Carol Channing in "Hello, Dolly!"; Carol Channing and Everett Dirksen have "same voice;" LBJ and Hubert Humphrey dance with Carol Channing; Lady Bird dances with Douglass Fairbanks, Jr.; Fairbanks speaks of President Franklin Roosevelt and writing his inaugural speech in 1941; LBJ reminisces about Australia visit

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 personal; White House administration; Johnson family; Vietnam; Humor and mimicry; Arts; Beautification; Social events; Judiciary; Congressional relations; LBJ speeches and statements

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