Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/22/1967 (Saturday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/22/1967 (Saturday)

Duration: (min: sec):

10:30

Number of Pages:

7

Description:

LBJ leaves next day for German Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird cannot go with him; Lady Bird works on family album; lunch; drive through Watts Branch on way to Betty Talmadge's home to play bridge; Lady Bird describes Watts Branch; Lady Bird is recognized by three little boys; story about a maid; hair styled by Jean Louis; dinner for friends; Hubert Humphrey shares stories from visit to Great Britain; Ladies to West Hall; men to Yellow Room; LBJ & guests reminisce about Senate years

Contributor:

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

Collection:

Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

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

Location Details:

White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Condolences and greetings; LBJ travel; Meetings; White House renovations; Social events; Lady Bird Johnson personal; Natural resources and national parks; Beautification; Humor and mimicry; Latin America; Western Europe; Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences

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

Archivist's Technical Note:

05:29-10:30 - variable speeds distort Lady Bird Johnson's voice; 09:44 - wrong sentence: "rather than the caricature painted of him of bombast and bafoonery" by some of the press

Physical Item ID #:

D-57

Identifier:

ctjd-19670422

Date:

1967-04-22

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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