Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/9/1968 (Wednesday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/9/1968 (Wednesday)

Duration: (min: sec):

14:14

Number of Pages:

10

Description:

Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage; Lady Bird's office staff are all sick or pregnant; hair styled; state dinner for the Holyoakes; exchange of gifts; Lady Bird names dinner guests; Prime Minister Holyoake gives toast; Martha Graham dance company performs; visit with houseguests upstairs

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:

Johnson family travel; Ceremonies; East Asia and the Pacific; Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences; Johnson family; Press relations; LBJ Library; LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird Johnson personal; Social events; Congressional relations; Arts; Vietnam; Civil disorders

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