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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/22/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • LBJ has meeting with Walter Washington; Lady Bird meets with Nathaniel Owings about Las Trampas & Pennsylvania Avenue plan; office work; lunch; Lady Bird reads about Iran & has her hair styled; arrival ceremony on South lawn for Shah of Iran; LBJ
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/22/1967 (Tuesday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • gotten them. These were others, last-minute things. Anyhow, Lyndon started out the conversation something like this. "Well, here it is, boys. I have twenty-five thousand dollars that's been promised me for this campaign, and Lady Bird and I will put
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • remember when LBJ brought Lady Bird home the first time? W: Here? To Johnson City? G: Yes. 8 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library
  • development; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in highway beautification and preserving trees; Winters' construction company and competition with Brown and Root and Cage Brothers; Winters' work on the Tom Miller Dam; LBJ's decision not to run for re-election
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1951" (Item)
  • archival staff from oral history transcripts and other sources as a service to our researchers. Not intended to be complete or definitive. discoverlbj.org CTJ (Lady Bird Johnson) attends a luncheon given by Mrs. Fritz Lanham in honor of Miss Lou Rayburn
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • But the thing that made this unique is we put out about sixty women who were out. They would go into a town three or four days before and have press conferences and boom the fact that the "Lady Bird Special" is coming to town. One of them was named Mrs. Robert
  • First meeting Lady Bird; worked for Esther Van Wagoner Tufty; her wedding; presentation of calf from LBJ and Rayburn to President Eisenhower; ready access; LBJ’s willingness to share credit with local Congressmen whenever a story broke; two real
Oral history transcript, Conrad L. Wirth, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • on several occasions. Lady Bird are favorite friends of mine. Lyndon and I know when we had our com- bined meeting in Washington of the American Institute of Park Executives and the National Conference of state Parks, which brought together the city
Folder, "Beautification Meeting - April 28, 1967," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • THE FIRST LADY ! 2 I ! MRS. JOHNSON: i I · 4 ! sI Welcome everybody! It is _Such a joy to have you here~ I wanted you I 0 to come and see what two years have done.. Everyone 0£ you w > c:: IJJ 6 here has added something special to this 7
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Oral history transcript, Alfred Rosenthal, interview 1 (I), 10/29/2010, by Claudia Anderson (Item)
  • him a couple of times, just shook his hand. R: Well, same thing here. He was a gregarious man. He projected well. He projected interest. The one who was the brain behind it all was Lady Bird. Because I was on the Ranch not twenty years later, I
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1966 (Saturday) (Item)
  • An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.
  • Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences
  • the ship; cruise from Portland to Campobello Island, New Brunswick; Lady Bird to sleep
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1966 (Saturday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/4/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences
  • home; drive around town, Caddo State Park and to Lady Bird's childhood home, the "Brick House;" tour by Ruth Taylor; photos for press; helicopter back to LBJ Ranch; funny story about Ashton Gonella in Shreveport airport; Johnsons and guests to West
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/4/1967 (Tuesday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/7/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.
  • LBJ goes to mass with Luci & Pat Nugent; visit of Prime Minister & Mrs. Levi Eshkol of Israel to the LBJ Ranch; lunch; LBJ & Lady Bird fly to San Antonio to meet visiting Israeli officials; LBJ & Prime Minister Eshkol give speeches; back to the LBJ
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/7/1968 (Sunday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/10/1965 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • LBJ gives orders to Dale Malecheck for jobs around the ranch; swimming before lunch; LBJ goes boating; Voting Rights and Medicare bills pass; Jack Valenti is leaving staff; Lady Bird greets Marshall, Texas guests at Sam Johnson House; Lady Bird
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/10/1965 (Saturday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/12/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Lady Bird works at office; to State Department for Conference of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women; friends for tea at White House; State dinner for German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard; Lady Bird mentions several guests at dinner
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/12/1964 (Friday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 5 (V), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /oh He fiddled around in Australia I think it was. I remember when we went out to the house after he was back and he showed some movies he'd taken. One was of a very pretty woman in a park, and Lady Bird said, "Who's that, Lyndon, that pretty
  • Can’t Do It Club; extension of the Selective Service Act; Rowe’s getting in to the Navy; Lady Bird’s work in the office; Tom Clark; KTBC; Eugene Cox incident; Brown and Root tax case; Hardy Hollers; tideland legislation; Leland Olds appointment; natural
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 18 (XVIII), 9/26/1980-9/27/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • DATE: September 26-27, 1980 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 3 J: It was such happiness to be back at home in Washington. Our back porch always in the summer
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  • house in Washington D.C. and visitors to it; African-American employees over the years; Lynda's birth; choosing the name Lynda Bird; baby gifts; help in caring for infant Lynda; how being parents changed the Johnsons' lives; political opponent Buck
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 18 (XVIII), 9/26/1980-9/27/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.
  • Lady Bird Johnson travel
  • Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1968 (Saturday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/23/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Lady Bird has breakfast & hair styled; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb fly to Cape Kennedy; tours of facility, lunch and briefing by Apollo 8 astronaut; competition for space facility between Florida & Texas; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird's
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/23/1968 (Saturday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/7/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.
  • Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences
  • 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
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/7/1967 (Friday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/18/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • LBJ to Bethesda Naval Hospital; Lady Bird's diary meeting with Carol Fortas; telephone calls; Lady Bird to Bethesda Naval Hospital; nap; goodbye to houseguests & visit with Tony Taylor; party for underprivileged children; Wizard of Oz play
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/18/1968 (Wednesday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • or Lady Bird came here in '60. He'd take that vice presidency. As I recall. Do you know for sure LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library
  • Wilson; Lady Bird; LBJ as VP; LBJ and the Kennedy’s; Medicare Bill; LBJ as President; Johnson treatment; Alabama integration problems; evaluation of LBJ; Vietnam; ranking the presidents; Coolidge anecdote; Congress in the 1920s; National Defense Education
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1977 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: The LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: Do you have any recollections of your grandparents at all? J: Not of my mother's mother and father, because I think
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  • Lady Bird Johnson's paternal grandmother; Mrs. Johnson's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor, Jr., and his childhood; Mr. Taylor's move from Alabama to Texas and setting up his business; the Pattillo family and Mrs. Johnson's parents' marriage; Mrs
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1947" (Item)
  • training, health insurance, and aid for Europe and Asia. 1/10 Truman submits federal budget to Congress. He proposes that an estimated surplus of $202 million be used for reduction of the national debt rather than tax cuts. 1/15 CTJ (Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 5 (V), 10/30/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • tired. I had not seen him that way before. And it concerned me a lot. So I talked with Lady Bird on the phone. As I recall, the hour was perhaps five o'clock, I think Sunday, because she was coming in later. I talked with her and I said, "Bird, I'm very
Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , and people who had been very prominent in many fields, as Aubrey himself had. sionally LBJ and Lady Bird would be there. And occa- Then, going to the Durr's, Cliff Durr being from Montgomery, Alabama, where I was born and reared, I spent a lot of time
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • DATE: September 5, 1981 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 4 J: So the last week of July 1948 found us--Lyndon, me, all his campaign workers--in the mood composed
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  • and his supporters; Lynda and Luci's whereabouts during the campaign; Lady Bird Johnson traveling around Texas attending political events and campaigning; Juanita Roberts; McCarthyism, Alger Hiss and his sister Anna Hiss; Taylor family support in East
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Carl Vinson, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1970, by Frank Deaver (Item)
  • to say that it was his marriage to Lady Bird. I'm sure that even today she remains the balance wheel that took Lyndon Johnson from a freshman congressman to the Senate to the vice-presidency and to the presidency. Her ability to make friends, her
  • Views on LBJ's Congressional days; LBJ and Rayburn; Lady Bird's effect on LBJ's career; LBJ's setting up naval facilities in Texas; Vinson's leaving Congress
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XL covering 1959 DATE: August 1994 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: HARRY MIDDLETON
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  • Lady Bird Johnson's first impressions of Fidel Castro; Hester Beall Provenson's public speaking course; the Johnsons' 30th Place home in 1959; early impressions of Jacqueline Kennedy; hosting a lunch for the wives of new senators; Sam Houston
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 5 (V), 2/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] 6 F: Did you ever hear the President comment on these revelations--charges? C: Yes. He was annoyed. He was annoyed that they would exploit it, but he was annoyed that it happened. And he let Lady Bird hear a lot
  • Reaction to William Manchester book; personal statement on Bill Manchester; Lady Bird’s trip to the University of Alabama; flap over Lady Bird’s property in Alabama; Lady Bird’s TV tour of Washington; criticism of Lady Bird for spending
Folder, "Luci's Parties," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 32 (Item)
  • ,en~.., If the President's daughter should ever have the idea of inviting some yowig ladies to the White House, could I suggests Miss Ellen Mc Cloy, 79 East 79 Street, NewYork, daughter of John J. Mc Cloy; Miss Judy Davies, care Paul Davies
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XXV 1949-1950 DATE: January 2-3, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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  • 1949 employees, including Zephyr Wright, Patsy White, and Lewis; Drs. John Washington, Radford Brown and Lawn Thompson; Lady Bird Johnson's work managing the household finances; Leland Olds nomination to the Federal Power Commission; agricultural
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1978 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: The LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with your trip to New York in June 1934, I guess it was. J: Yes. My daddy gave me that as a graduation
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  • Lady Bird Johnson's June 1934 trip to New York City with Cecille Harrison; receiving LBJ's name and contact information from Gene Boehringer; touring New York City; traveling from New York City to Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Johnson's impressions
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 6 (VI), 10/31/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • oxygen. But I don't recall the details of that. G: Okay. H: And the next time I was intimately involved was the twenty-third of March, 1972. He and Lady Bird were visiting Lynda and Chuck Robb in Charlottesville. Johnson had severe chest pains
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/5/1966 (Item)
  • Committeewoman), Gov. Romney, and Mrs. G. Mennen (Nancy)Williams). Many home-made signs wer seen, one of the nearest reading: Happiness is LBJ. Others: Welcome LBJ and Lady Bird. Datr September 5, 1966 jThe White House, Washington, D, C. Dav Monday - Labor Day
Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • naturally follmved--because of the type of ' people he and his sweet wife, Lady Bird are--this also went into a very fine and wonderful personal and social relationship. PB: What kind of a man would you say that Mr. Johnson was in those days
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 1/24/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW IX covering 1938 DATE: January 24, 1979 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 1/24/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Kittie Clyde Leonard, interview 1 (I), 7/27/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • around together for a while. r~: Do you have any memories about that? L: Yes, you know, we were talking about that not long ago when we were together. He and Lady Bird invited us to the Ranch and we were talking about it and he said, "You know
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 3 (III), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Stanton -- III -- 4 candidate, although I'm not sure that he was; if the date ever becomes important, I can check it--he and Lady Bird called and asked Ruth and me to have dinner with them. And my wife was either out of town
Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Zoo. And we secured authority from the Secret Service to present those, not as a gift to the President that night, but to name them Lyndon and Lady Bird. And they were brought into just part of the pleasant part of the evening which we went through
  • in their meetings with LBJ and Hubert Humphrey; tiger cubs at Atlanta zoo named for President Johnson and Lady Bird; relations with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Mrs. King; MLK's assassination and resulting racial problems in Atlanta; concerns and involvement
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 17 (XVII), 9/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XVII covering 1943 DATE: September 20, 1980 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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  • " bill LBJ supported; LBJ's family, where they lived and what they were doing in 1943; train trips between Washington, D.C. and Texas, sometimes with Rayburn; Lady Bird Johnson's extended trip to Austin to organize KTBC's finances and get it running more
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 17 (XVII), 9/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • DATE: August 1994 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: Harry Middleton PLACE: Martha's Vineyard Tape 1 of 2, Side 2 M: This is side one, Lady Bird Johnson oral history interview [covering] 1957. J: I can talk about [Estes] Kefauver
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  • Washington, D.C., to Austin with the Johnsons' dog; story of Lady Bird Johnson trying to find a hotel where her African-American employees could stay in Memphis in the 1940s; Virginia Durr's story of Tuskegee Institute's president's wife being refused the use
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton
  • Lady Bird Johnson