Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1968 (Tuesday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1968 (Tuesday)

Duration: (min: sec):

05:44

Number of Pages:

4

Description:

LBJ returned to White House last night after Veterans of Foreign Wars speech in Detroit; Lady Bird worked all day Monday on filming of family quarters; Lady Bird works on scripts for more filming; filming in Lady Bird's bedroom; Luci Nugent is visiting; Luci is writing book about Yuki; LBJ teases Luci about her briefcase; filming in Treaty Room; tea for Connie Freeman; visit with the Bill Whites; Dean Rusk testifies before committee of Democratic National Convention; Vietnam; USSR invades Czechoslovakia

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:

LBJ travel; LBJ speeches and statements; Public relations; Johnson family; Humor and mimicry; Social events; Lady Bird Johnson personal; National politics; Vietnam; USSR and Eastern Europe

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-76

Identifier:

ctjd-19680820

Date:

1968-08-20

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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