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  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Telephone conversation # 2519, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 3/17/1964, 10:06AM
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AND HARRIET MCCORMACK IS MEETING WITH JOHN MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES
  • First Lady
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; MCCORMACK DISCUSSES HIS CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE VACANCIES; WILLIAM ANDERSON; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES UPCOMING WH DINNER FOR THE MCCORMACKS, FAMILY EVENTS; LBJ DISCUSSES GOING TO MIDNIGHT MASS AT CHRISTMAS
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "NEBRASKA"; MORRISON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LUCI JOHNSON AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO LUCI JOHNSON DURING CALL
  • First Lady
  • DISCUSSION OF DISAPPOINTING RESULTS OF RECENT ELECTIONS, INCLUDING MORRISON'S LOSS IN SENATE RACE; LBJ'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LADY BIRD OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON MORRISON'S LOSS; MORRISON THANKS HER FOR TRIP TO NEBRASKA; LBJ OFFERS MORRISON JOB IN PUBLIC
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "LBJ RANCH"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; SLIP LISTS THIS CALL AT 12:12P BUT IT IS CONTINUATION OF 11:57A CALL
  • First Lady
  • MARGARET CHASE SMITH ADS FOR GOLDWATER; EFFORT TO PURGE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN WHO SUPPORTED GOLDWATER; HHH'S REPLACEMENT AS SENATE WHIP; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES ACCURACY OF HER ELECTION PREDICTIONS; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION; DOUGLAS DILLON
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "RE MAN FROM HER STATE AND APPOINTING HIM TO US-CANADIAN BORDER COMMISSION-SEN. SMITH APPROVED"; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS ALSO MEETING WITH J.R. PARTEN; OFFICE CONVERSATION IN BACKGROUND
  • First Lady
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF STANLEY TUPPER TO US-CANADIAN COMMISSION; SMITH TELLS LBJ SHE SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT; LBJ THANKS SMITH FOR SUPPORT ON VIETNAM; SMITH VOICES HER SUPPORT OF LBJ TO LADY BIRD JOHNSON, DISCUSSES BILL FOR PREFERENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "FROM B'RM 1-20-68"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON, MARVIN WATSON, ARTHUR KRIM AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • First Lady
  • SUPPORT FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON AFTER EARTHA KITT INCIDENT; DISTRIBUTION OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; APPOINTMENT FOR BARRATT O'HARA; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITION; OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI; AGED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "CALIF. PRIMARY, KUCHEL, MCCARTHY-KENNEDY DEBATE, JUDGESHIPS"; "SUMMARIZED YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LADY BIRD JOHNSON BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS RECORDING TO SPEAK TO WILLIAM WESTMORELAND WHO IS ON ANOTHER LINE
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "TRANCRIBED-YB"; "LARGER BAND: 5:40 TO SECY CLARK CLIFFORD (BEGINS A 2-BELT CONVERSATION)"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 5:47P; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO CLIFFORD DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • LBJ & Lady Bird arrive at LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird reads until 2 a.m. and sleeps late; LBJ, Lady Bird & the Arthur Krims drive around ranch; drought in Texas; lunch; Lady Bird and LBJ take naps; Lady Bird & Luci Johnson Nugent, who is expecting, go
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1967 (Friday)
  • The 03:48 from track 2 and first 00:06 from track 3 should be spliced together for this date. Variable speeds at 01:17-01:32 distort Lady Bird's voice.
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
  • First Lady
  • LBJ DISCUSSES APPOINTING PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; BOGGS SAYS HE HAS DRAFTED RESOLUTION ON THIS MATTER, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ SAYS LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILL ASK FOR LINDY BOGGS
  • First Lady
  • LBJ'S MOTHER'S INFLUENCE; BOYHOOD JOBS; WORKING ON MOTHER'S NEWSPAPER; SHOESHINE JOB; SWTSTC SCHOOLDAYS; ROAD JOBS; EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; LADY BIRD'S ABILITY TO ANALYZE SPEECHES, INFLUENCE ON LBJ; WOMEN APPOINTEES; PRESS LEAKS; MRS. GEORGE
  • First Lady
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR INFORMATION FOR NOON PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF CORWIN EDWARDS AS CONSULTANT TO PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER INTERESTS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S DEPARTURE ON TRIP TO EMORY UNIVERSITY
  • First Lady
  • SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN MAINE; POSSIBLE TRIP BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO DEDICATE CAMPOBELLO INTERNATIONAL PARK, TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS; AMERICAN CANDIDATES FOR PARK COMMISSION: ROOSEVELTS, MUSKIE, SUMNER PIKE, KATHARINE GRAHAM, JEAN WILLIAMS ARNZEN; CANADA
  • First Lady
  • RANDOLPH CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; LBJ THANKS HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT IN CAMPAIGN; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S WHISTLESTOP CAMPAIGN; LBJ ASKS TO CONSULT WITH RANDOLPH LATER ON POVERTY PROGRAM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
  • First Lady
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
  • First Lady
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S INHERITANCE; MAHON SAYS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPROVED APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION APPROPRIATION, BUT IT CANNOT BE SPENT UNTIL PASSAGE OF APPALACHIA BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES DISMAY; CHARLES HALLECK; EMERGENCY
  • First Lady
  • APPOINTMENT OF LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE PRAISES WESTMORELAND, ALEXIS JOHNSON; NAPALM USE; GEORGE LODGE'S WORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA UNDER AID GRANT; FCC VACANCY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TV INTERESTS; JAMES BARCO; JAMES "JERRY" WADSWORTH
  • First Lady
  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTMENTS; DAVID BRESS; VETO MESSAGES; APPOINTMENT FOR ROMAN HRUSKA; REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADERSHIP; APPOINTMENT OF LADY BIRD'S COUSIN; PROSECUTION OF DRAFT DODGERS; RONNIE DUGGER; SHERMAN ADAMS; DONALD
  • "TRIP SITE RANCH"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON AND SPEAKS WITH HER DURING CALL
  • First Lady
  • First Lady
  • LLOYD HAND'S RESIGNATION AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES SYMINGTON; DUTIES OF PROTOCOL JOB; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SUPPORT FOR JAMES SYMINGTON; LBJ TEASES SYMINGTON ABOUT HIS HAT, TRIP THEY MADE TOGETHER; MOYERS' SUPPORT
  • First Lady
  • DEFEAT OF EFFORT TO REQUIRE GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON REAPPORTIONMENT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S UPCOMING NATIONAL PARK TRIP; SANDERS DISCUSSES HOWARD CALLAWAY'S CAMPAIGN FOR GOV. AND ASKS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR CIRCUIT COURT VACANCY; GEORGIA POLITICS
  • First Lady
  • SHRIVER WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRAISES MERRIMAN SMITH INTERVIEW WITH LBJ; SHRIVER'S TRIP TO GI FORUM CONVENTION IN LA; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO APPOINT HISPANICS; EEOC VACANCY; LBJ'S TRIP YESTERDAY; SHRIVER PRAISES LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • First Lady
  • RACIAL PROBLEMS IN BALTIMORE; LBJ ASKS MCKELDIN TO HEAD WASHINGTON, DC GOVT, DESCRIBES UNIQUE NATURE OF CITY, LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S BEAUTIFICATION WORK, DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES, PLAN TO ALSO APPOINT ROGER WILKINS; MCKELDIN SAYS HE WILL CONSIDER OFFER
  • "FROM PAUL 2-8-68"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ SPEAKS WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON BRIEFLY DURING CALL
  • First Lady
  • First Lady
  • LBJ ASKS MEANY TO CONSIDER POSSIBILITY OF MERGING COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS, DISCUSSES REORGANIZATION OF HEW, FORMATION OF NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT AND LOSS OF COMMERCE DEPT'S RESPONSIBILITIES; LBJ'S, LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THOMAS
  • First Lady
  • LBJ'S, LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S MEETING WITH THOMAS DONAHUE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH SARGENT SHRIVER; QUESTION OF COMBINING COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS WITH WIRTZ AS HEAD; WH FELLOWS STUDY; JOHN CONNOR'S RESIGNATION; GEORGE MEANY'S VIEWS; UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
  • First Lady
  • BOYD DISCUSSES PROPOSED MERGER OF COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS, PROBLEMS THAT WILL BE FACED BY ACTING SECRETARIES; LBJ EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT MERGER, DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO IT, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTEES; LBJ PRAISES BOYD'S MEETING WITH LADY BIRD
  • First Lady
  • RUSK'S RESERVATIONS ON NAMING KATIE LOUCHHEIM TO UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD; DISCUSSION OF OTHER CANDIDATES, INCLUDING EUGENE ROSTOW, LEONARD MARKS, CLARE BOOTHE LUCE; THE LOUCHHEIMS' REPUTATION AS INTELLECTUALS; LBJ SAYS HE WILL CONSULT LADY BIRD
  • First Lady
  • CATTLE SALES; LONG ASKS IF LADY BIRD JOHNSON CAN STOP IN MISSOURI ON UPCOMING TRIP; LYNDA BIRD'S ENGAGEMENT; MISSOURI POLITICS; RFK AND WARREN HEARNES; APPOINTMENT FOR DICK HOUTCHENS; HEARNES' CRITICISM OF LBJ; LBJ'S POPULARITY; LONG'S RE-ELECTION
  • Lady Bird Johnson speeches and statements
  • Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/29/11966 (Tuesday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
  • LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON AT TIME OF CALL AND SHE IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; MARGARETTA "HAPPY" ROCKEFELLER IS MEETING WITH NELSON ROCKEFELLER AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • First Lady
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIPS; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO MEXICO, YARBOROUGH'S TO AUSTRALIA; TEXAS APPOINTMENTS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENTS OF J. R. PARTEN, JAY TAYLOR, PRICE DANIEL; COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE; EDUCATION, HEALTH SPENDING; REDUCTION OF GOVT
  • First Lady
  • LBJ MENTIONS LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S RECENT TRIP TO TEXAS, ASKS FOR YARBOROUGH'S VIEWS ON APPOINTMENT OF MARVIN WATSON AS POSTMASTER GENERAL; YARBOROUGH SAYS HE WILL SUPPORT NOMINATION BUT TEXAS LABOR MIGHT OBJECT BECAUSE OF WATSON'S TIES TO LONE STAR
  • LBJ LIBRARY DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL SHEET Page 1 of 1 D oc# DocTvpe Doc Info Date Transcript Classification Pages Lady BirdJohnson Diary, W ednesday. April 28, 1965, Page 5 1 4/28/1965 Restriction C Collection Title Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird meets leaders of "Let's Beautify America" campaign; Lady Bird's interview on beauty is published in "Reader's Digest" who donated 800 rose bushes for Union Station; Lady Bird mentions projects in Topeka, KS, & Greenville, MS; Dominican
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/28/1965 (Wednesday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Office work; Lady Bird asks for letters of association that set up other presidential libraries; Lady Bird, LBJ, et al discuss appointments; Lady Bird to doctor; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson preview "The White House Story" documentary; Lady Bird
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/22/1965 (Friday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
  • 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 records her diary; death of Adlai Stevenson; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; University of Texas professors are guests at the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird describes the drawings in the Trans Pecos caves that will be covered by the Amistad Dam
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/14/1965 (Wednesday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1964 (Sunday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
  • 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
  • (as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs), and the tax bill; Lady Bird gives wives a tour of family quarters, and they see Catlin paintings and chandelier in the Treaty Room which came from LBJ's Senate office; Gerald and Betty Ford
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/14/1963 (Saturday)
  • Poor sound quality; variable speeds; inaudible in sections; recording ends before Lady Birds finishes her sentence
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Lady Bird sleeps late; discussions about yard work; review of storage space for January 20th return; maintenance issues; LBJ is riding; Lyn Nugent is growing; Lady Bird joins LBJ & Lynda riding the Scharnhorst Ranch; flight back to Washington, D.C
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/9/1968 (Tuesday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
  • LBJ LIBRARY DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL SHEET ~ Classlflcatlon Ooc:Type Doc Info Page 1 of 1 fJBll .Q !l! Rutrlction TranlCript Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, Page 4 1 1127/1965 c T1'81l1Cript Lady Bird Johnson's Diary Page 5 1 1127/1965 c
  • 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 a fever; Lady Bird and Liz Carpenter work on beautification; lunch and discussion about presidential libraries; Lady Bird meets with Bess Abell; LBJ has press conference; representatives chosen for Churchill funeral; Nicholas Katzenbach
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/27/1965 (Wednesday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary