Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1968 (Friday)
Duration: (min: sec):
10:54
Number of Pages:
7
Description:
LBJ & Lady Bird swim; Marie Fehmer learns to swim; Lady Bird has hair styled; Hubert & Muriel Humphrey, Mathilde Krim are guests; Lady Bird asks Humphrey to keep Blanco, the dog, at the White House when he's President; LBJ meets Secretary Robert Weaver; Lady Bird meets Senator James Eastland's plane & they tour the LBJ Ranch; small unit housing project; LBJ Park meeting; renovations to the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ, Lady Bird & Senator Eastland tour ranches; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; dinner
Contributor:
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Mrs. Johnson's secretarial staff
Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary; Annotated Transcripts of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
Location Details:
LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas
Subject:
Lady Bird Johnson personal; LBJ personal; Elections; National politics; Health policy; Press relations; Congressional relations; Meetings; Johnson family travel; South Asia; Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences; Housing; Natural resources and national parks; Judiciary; Appointments and nominations
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.
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1968 (Friday),
Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary Collection,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed April 25, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19680809