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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/18/1967 (Saturday)

Lady Bird has breakfast and hair styled; Lady Bird meets student group from Texas; University of Texas College Bowl Team wins national championship; Lady Bird mentions honored guests; LBJ & Lady Bird speak to students who then tour White House; Lady…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/21/1967 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird sleeps late on vacation before going hiking with Trudie Califano & Noble Samuel; Lady Bird describes the road, landscape, flora and fauna; Lady Bird tells some of the island history and describes the sugar mills; to National Park Service…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/22/1967 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson sleep late, and then to Cruz Bay to board "Caneel Bay Mary" for island hopping and snorkeling; they follow route of Sir Francis Drake; Lady Bird describes flora, fauna, landscapes and sea life under the water; lunch; back to…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/26/1967 (EasterSunday)

Lady Bird breakfasts with Lynda & guests; Johnsons & guests to St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Smithburg; back to Camp David to watch Senator Ed Brooke on "Face the Nation" speak of support for U.S. policy in Vietnam; LBJ calls Brooke to thank him;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/27/1967 (Monday)

Coffee; Johnsons take long walk with guests; Lady Bird reminisces about friendship with George Mahons; early lunch; LBJ is watching his diet; LBJ naps; Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson and guests play bridge; bowling; watching Rex Harrison movie, "Honey…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1967 (Sunday)

Johnsons & guests to San Fernando Church in San Antonio for Latin American Ambassadors service; none of the Ambassadors attended; sermon on Vietnam; Johnsons to Balcones Research Center for meeting about LBJ Library stone; helicopter to Camp Mabry;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/3/1967 (Monday)

Johnsons sleep late; Lady Bird describes arrival ceremonies for President & Mrs. Sunay, Turkey; Sunays are taken to Blair House; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson lunch; tour of Beautification projects with Mary Lasker & Nash Castro; decision on dogwood…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1967 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer;"…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/13/1967 (Thursday)

Rain overnight; Driskill Hotel and site of LBJ Library in Austin; Lady Bird reflects on college years; meeting Harry Ransom to see documents from University of Texas collection, including George Washington letter; upcoming visit by Stokely…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/18/1967 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird records diary, does office work and makes phone calls; Lady Bird visits with Richard Myrick & Roy White about landscaping for LBJ Ranch; Bob Kleberg party flies to LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird reminisces about LBJ & Congressman Richard Kleberg in…

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

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…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/23/1967 (Sunday)

LBJ & Lady Bird wake early, but LBJ barely slept; LBJ leaves for Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird to home of Mrs. George Maurice Morris, originally located in Revolutionary War, Connecticut; lunch with Marny Clifford and to Fredericksburg;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/25/1967 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird watches Chancellor Adenauer's funeral on television; annual meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Oveta Culp Hobby donates Waterford Crystal chandelier; Lady Bird is in receiving line at Senate Ladies Luncheon;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/27/1967 (Thursday)

Breakfast; meeting with staff & National Geographic about White House book on flowers; photos with Robert Dowling who donated tent for entertainment to White House; bus tour for members, Society for a More Beautiful Capital; 5 buses for 200 guests;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/29/1967 (Saturday)

Lady Bird meets with Roy White about renovation plans for LBJ Ranch house; drive up to runway to see the wildflowers; drive on backroads to Austin; Lady Bird describes the scenery; to Luci Nugent's new home for visit, lunch & unpacking; Lady Bird to…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/7/1967 (Sunday)

Johnsons & Clark Cliffords drive the ranches; Lady Bird describes wildflowers & birds; helicopter to John Hill ranch; to St. Luke's Church; to cypress grove along Pedernales River; to Hill's for lunch; Lady Bird to Fredericksburg courthouse…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird has hair permanent; Johnsons welcome Vice President & Mrs. Yen of Taiwan; speeches; Lady Bird views state gifts; Head-of-State luncheon; Anna Chennault is guest; Taiwan's agriculture assistance in Africa; exchange of toasts; economic…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/10/1967 (Wednesday)

LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/11/1967 (Thursday)

Lady Bird meets C.R. Smith about Worthington Whittredge painting; appointments with Mollie Parnis & Bonwit Teller staff for clothes; makeup lesson from Eddie Senz; back to White House; photo of LBJ & Lady Bird, Harper's Bazaar "100 Women of…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/12/1967 (Friday)

Office work; Lady Bird mentions inviting Mamie Eisenhower by phone; Lady Bird greets Mamie Eisenhower upon arrival; President Eisenhower is in hospital; Lady Bird & Mamie greet guests in receiving line for Senate Wives' Red Cross Unit luncheon; china…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday)

Lady Bird describes typical week & weekends; meet with Abe Fortas about 1968 election; LBJ will give speech in March 1968 saying he will not run again; LBJ retirement activities include LBJ Ranch, teaching & lectures at University of Texas & San…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1967 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird to Kennedy Garden to meet Multiple Sclerosis group; Victor Borge's humorous remarks; Lady Bird to lunch at Evelyn Symington's where she tells history of house & describes artwork; conversation about Beautification & Common Market; Lady Bird…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1967 (Thursday)

Lady Bird sleeps late, goes to Spanish lesson and to hair salon; tea for Friends of the Kennedy Center; Lady Bird mentions guests; receiving line; Lady Bird to Nicaraguan Embassy for tea for diplomatic wives in Lady Bird's honor; drive back to White…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/26/1967 (Friday)

Lady Bird & Mary Lasker work on LBJ Library; Lady Bird chooses paintings for Cedar House and Davis House; Davis daughter to work at KTBC; Lady Bird to Luci Nugent's home; Lady Bird picks up Mary Lasker at airport; Lady Bird & Mary Lasker to…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/1/1967 (Thursday)

Lady Bird to Spanish lesson; welcome ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Harold Holt; LBJ & Holt give speeches; receiving line; LBJ & Holt have meetings before having lunch upstairs; Lady Bird receives brooch from Organization of Rock Hounds (state…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1967 (Monday)

Johnsons are awakened by telephone; Lady Bird goes to her room & has nightmares; Lady Bird reminisces about the Cuban Missile Crisis; Lady Bird is leaving on Friday for New England trip; Luci Nugent's baby due soon; drive through Washington, DC;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/9/1967 (Friday)

Lady Bird has hair styled while she reads John Adams' "Familiar Letters;" Lady Bird describes picture on plane & mentions press; breakfast; Lady Bird describes each stop; tour of "Old House" where four generations of Adams lived; luncheon; toasts;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/11/1967 (Sunday)

Breakfast; to Calvin Coolidge home, Plymouth; clean water project; National Historic Landmark plaque placed; John Coolidge tour of home; to First Congregational Church & Woodstock Historical Association; ride through Woodstock in 1911 Stanley…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/14/1967 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird is on vacation for 12 days; Lady Bird can't get the percolator to work to make coffee; Lady Bird's straw bag is attacked by the dogs, and papers are scattered all over backyard; Luci shows Lady Bird the Father's Day gifts for LBJ and Pat…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1967 (Saturday)

Democratic dinner last night in Austin; change of plans; LBJ to White House; LBJ with the Harold Holts to Camp David; Lady Bird makes telephone calls; Lady Bird selects pictures for walls of Davis and Cedar houses; plans made for Cousin Oriole's…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/19/1967 (Monday)

Lady Bird rises early and drives to LBJ Boyhood Home; LBJ gives speech on Middle East; Lady Bird & Neva West decorate the LBJ Ranch house; lunch; Lady Bird to Bailey House at Reagan Ranch to hang paintings and decorate; Lady Bird & Dale Malechek to…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/21/1967 (Wednesday)

Lady Bird awakened by Luci & Pat going to hospital; Lady Bird calls LBJ, Pat's mother and Lynda; nap; Secret Service wake her up when baby arrives; Lady Bird calls LBJ, "It's a boy!;" Lady Bird calls Mrs. Nugent & Lynda; Pat Nugent gives cigars to…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/25/1967 (Sunday)

LBJ meets Alexia Kosygin at Glassboro; Glassboro police chief; Lady Bird makes calls about luncheon for Kosygin's daughter; Lady Bird to Glassboro; Johnsons meet Kosygin & his daughter, Mrs. Gvishiana; Lady Bird & guests to Governor's beach house;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/2/1967 (Sunday)

Luci's 20th birthday & 12th anniversary of LBJ's heart attack; Uncle Huffman's funeral; Summit Conference in the Philippines; LBJ & Lady Bird to Christian Church in Johnson City; drive by the Lewis Ranch; lunch; nap; Johnsons & guests to beach house;…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/4/1967 (Tuesday)

Christening at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church for Luci Nugent's baby; Lynda Johnson is proxy Godmother; lunch; to funeral of Mrs. Wright Patman in Texarkana; visit with Gordon Fulcher; to Karnack with press; helicopter lands at Dorris Powell's…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/7/1967 (Friday)

Lady Bird tours 10th District Beautification projects; press; first, Lockhart courthouse; several people from LBJ's early years; Lady Bird visits with former roommate, Helen Byrd Falley; to Praha & tour of St. Mary's Church; fish fry, Monument Hill…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/8/1967 (Saturday)

LBJ & Lady Bird meet with John Ben Shepherd & Mark Gosdin about the LBJ Park & Visitors Center; LBJ drives around with Drew Pearson and German editor, Henri Nanen; Lady Bird meets group from Time-Life; Lady Bird reads "The Eighth Day" by Thornton…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/11/1967 (Tuesday)

Lady Bird sleeps late; office work; LBJ & Lady Bird watch Shriner's parade; Israeli-Arab conflict; LBJ & Lady Bird greet members of reviewing stand; back to White House; Lady Bird & Sharon Francis tour Washington to view beautification sites; LBJ has…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1967 (Thursday)

Lady Bird & Marilyn Walz swim; Lady Bird to Jean Louis' for hairstyle; Lady Bird & Abe Fortas have lunch & then go to Reston, VA, to see example of city planning; Lady Bird describes neighborhoods, shopping and business in the development; Lady Bird…

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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/18/1967 (Tuesday)

Meeting about LBJ Library; Lady Bird swims & goes to hair salon; State luncheon for President of Iceland; Lady Bird looks at state gifts and mentions the guests; Lady Bird reminisces about her visit to Iceland & walrus suit given to Lynda Johnson;…

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