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  • Subject > First Lady (remove)
  • Series > White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts (remove)
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  • Contributor > Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (remove)
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Telephone conversation # 9328, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/24/1965, 8:54AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • SPEED OF ORIGINAL DICTABELT RECORDING SLIGHTLY FAST; SPEED ADJUSTED BY LBJ LIBRARY STAFF; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 749, sound recording, LBJ and GOULD LINCOLN, 12/25/1963, 8:50PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "#9"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; SLIP IS DATED 12/26/1963 BUT DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL WITH LINCOLN ON 12/25/1963 AT 8:50P; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994 AS CALL ON 12/26/1963
  • First Lady
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LINCOLN PRAISES LBJ FOR HOUSE VOTE ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS REASONS FOR PUSHING FOR VOTE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON EXPRESSES HER APPRECIATION FOR LINCOLN'S COLUMN
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 10405, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 7/5/1966, 10:11AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TRUMAN ON HOLD 0:29; LADY BIRD AND LUCI JOHNSON ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • LBJ OFFERS WH PLANE TO TRUMAN FOR HIS TRIP TO ISRAEL, OFFERS ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE TO TRUMAN; TRUMAN SAYS HE HAS POSTPONED TRIP BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH, TELLS LBJ HE SUPPORTS VIETNAM POLICY; LADY BIRD, LUCI JOHNSON INVITE TRUMANS TO LUCI'S WEDDING NEXT
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 12856, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 3/31/1968, 10:30PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE PRES.'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; IVO SPARKMAN? SPEAKS AFTER LBJ HANGS UP
  • First Lady
  • SPARKMAN TELLS LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON THAT LBJ'S SPEECH WAS BEST HE HAS MADE EXCEPT FOR LAST 15 SECONDS, SAYS HE HOPES LBJ WILL RECONSIDER DECISION NOT TO RUN; LBJ SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE; SPARKMAN'S DAUGHTER'S CAMPAIGN WORK AS SERVICEMAN'S
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 12908, sound recording, LBJ and IVAN ALLEN, 4/4/1968, 11:00PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "ALL SUMMARIZED YB"; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • ALLEN THANKS LBJ FOR HIS STATEMENT UPON DEATH OF MLK, REPORTS ON SITUATION IN ATLANTA; LBJ'S CALL TO CORETTA SCOTT KING; RIOTING IN WASHINGTON, DC; POSTPONEMENT OF LBJ'S TRIP TO HONOLULU; LBJ'S 3/31/68 SPEECH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS ALLEN FOR HIS
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 13326, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/27/1968, 3:47PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • CONVERSATION BETWEEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON AND HELENE LINDOW IS CUT OFF BY CALL BETWEEN LBJ AND RICHARD DALEY; JIM JONES SPEAKS WITH DALEY BRIEFLY AT BEGINNING OF DALEY'S CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DALEY IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • First Lady
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON ATTENDING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO REACH PEACE AGREEMENT IN VIETNAM, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK AND THAT POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS WILL AFFECT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 5627, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • RECENT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; CONFUSION OVER MCNAMARA'S PRESS BRIEFING ON INCIDENT; CHAMIZAL SETTLEMENT; PENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; LBJ TELLS STORY OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S AUTO ACCIDENT ON 1948 ELECTION DAY; CAMPAIGN TRIPS BY LBJ, LADY BIRD, LUCI, LYNDA
Telephone conversation # 1128, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/1/1964, 8:32PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON, A. W. MOURSUND, WESLEY WEST
  • First Lady
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; DC WEATHER; LBJ'S VISIT WITH LUDWIG ERHARD; US TROOPS IN GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA; DURUM WHEAT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO TALLULAH FALLS, GEORGIA; UT-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME; DEER HUNTING; BOBBY RUSSELL
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 7847, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON?
  • "DUPLICATE ENCLOSED"; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON? SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH UNIDENTIFIED MALE AT BEGINNING OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 12853, sound recording, LBJ and ABIGAIL MCCARTHY, 3/31/1968, 10:11PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "TRANSCRIBED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND; MCCARTHY IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ; LBJ PUTS MCCARTHY ON HOLD BRIEFLY; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE BELT DUE TO POOR
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 239, sound recording, LBJ and TED SORENSEN, 12/2/1963, 3:26PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LBJ REQUESTS SORENSEN'S ADVICE ABOUT PROVIDING BRIEFING ON PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION TO JOHN MCCORMACK, MENTIONS COMMENTS LADY BIRD JOHNSON HAS RECEIVED EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION; SORENSEN ADVISES LBJ TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF
Telephone conversation # 5607, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 9/18/1964, 7:54PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • PRESS STORIES ON LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S OHIO TRIP, LYNDA JOHNSON'S TRIP TO GREECE; STROM THURMOND'S SWITCH TO REPUBLICAN PARTY; SOUTHERN NEGRO VOTE; PENTAGON REACTION TO TONKIN GULF INCIDENT; POLARIS A-3 MISSILE; GOLDWATER CAMPAIGN; PHOTOS OF LBJ
Telephone conversation # 6114, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/3/1964, 5:26PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • MARJORIE MCNAMARA'S RECENT CAMPAIGN TRIP TO TEXAS WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LBJ'S HEALTH FOLLOWING LAST CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES; VIETNAM SITUATION; PRESS STORIES ON BUGGING OF US EMBASSY IN WARSAW; MCNAMARA'S MEETINGS WITH JCS; LBJ THANKS MCNAMARA FOR HIS
Telephone conversation # 7148, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 7823, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 5/24/1965, 12:25PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • PEARSON'S FARM; FERTILIZER FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM; DAIRY FARMING; LBJ TELLS PEARSON THAT JACK ANDERSON'S STORY YESTERDAY ON LBJ'S DIFFERENCES WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP IS INCORRECT; STATUS OF CURRENT BILLS; LEGISLATIVE
Telephone conversation # 13600, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY RANSOM, 10/26/1968, 11:43AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • , LADY BIRD
Telephone conversation # 13602, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/26/1968, 11:47AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • EVALUATION OF SPIRO AGNEW; POSSIBLE PERCEPTION LBJ IS ORDERING BOMBING HALT TO AFFECT ELECTION; GEORGIA POLITICS; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH FOR HHH; RUSSELL PRAISES LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LYNDON NUGENT; PEACE TALKS; INCREASED ENEMY CASUALTIES; CREIGHTON
Telephone conversation # 13747, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/18/1968, 10:56AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LBJ TEASES HHH ABOUT HIS TRIP TO FLORIDA; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO NEW YORK; HHH SAYS HE WILL VISIT CAPE KENNEDY; LBJ INVITES HHH TO WH FOR BRIEFING ON VIETNAM, STATUS OF PARIS PEACE TALKS; HHH SAYS HE WANTS TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Telephone conversation # 13321, sound recording, LBJ and MARVIN WATSON, 8/26/1968, 10:39AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LBJ READS PART OF SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HE WILL MAKE AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; PLANS FOR LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO ATTEND CONVENTION; POSSIBLE NEED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL DEMONSTRATORS; EFFORTS TO DRAFT LBJ OR EDWARD KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 9147, sound recording, LBJ and NELSON ROCKEFELLER, 11/9/1965, 9:15PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 10019, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 4/5/1966, 5:10PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 12507, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/17/1967, 4:07PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 12/18/67"; "RELATIVE TO PR. MINISTER HOLT'S DEATH & LEGISLATION 8:55AM"; "RE CHAS. ENGELHARD"; "RE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS & LEGISLATION" ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ; DATE AND TIME FROM DAILY
  • First Lady
Telephone conversation # 13597, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK ERWIN, 10/25/1968, 8:41PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LBJ MENTIONS UT'S INFLUENCE ON LADY BIRD, LYNDA ROBB; HACKERMAN SAYS UT WILL OFFER FACULTY POSTS TO WALT, ELSPETH ROSTOW; LBJ DISCUSSES WALT ROSTOW'S CRITICS, SAYS ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON VIETNAM; ERWIN DISCUSSES OFFERS TO ROSTOWS
Telephone conversation # 13551, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM (Item)
  • "B.4(B) AND B.5"; "LOCAL", "SUMMARIZED-YB" AND LENGTHY NOTE ON CONTENTS WRITTEN ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS
  • First Lady