Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday)

Duration: (min: sec):

23:52

Number of Pages:

15

Description:

Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry on beach; Lady Bird changes into comfortable clothes for the beach; back to Corpus Christi hotel; rest; hair styled; rioting & looters in Washington, D.C.; LBJ & Lady Bird discuss postponing upcoming dinner; Lady Bird dines on a showboat

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:

LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas; Padre Island, Texas

Subject:

Johnson family; Vietnam; Press relations; Welfare and War on Poverty; Ceremonies; Lady Bird Johnson speeches and statements; Texas politics; Assassinations; Congressional relations; Natural resources and national parks; Beautification; Discover America; Western Europe; Civil disorders; Social events

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