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Telephone conversation # 203, sound recording, LBJ and AUBREY WILLIAMS, 12/1/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • AUBREY WILLIAMS EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LADY BIRD JOHNSON REMINISCES ABOUT WILLIAMS' PAST MENTORSHIP OF LBJ, THANKS WILLIAMS FOR HIS CALL
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 8601, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 8/21/1965, 5:41PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • RIVERS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • First Lady
  • VETO OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL; PROPOSED CHANGES IN BILL; MILITARY PAY BILL; LBJ'S SERVICE ON HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE; RIVERS TELLS LADY BIRD JOHNSON HE WILL MAKE SPEECH PRAISING BEAUTIFICATION; BILL TO EXTEND ENLISTMENTS
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 6232, sound recording, LBJ and MARY LASKER, 11/5/1964, 2:42PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LASKER IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • First Lady
  • LASKER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; LBJ TEASES ABOUT HIS JEALOUSY OF ADLAI STEVENSON AND HHH; MICHAEL DEBAKEY'S ANSWERS TO STORY ON HEART ATTACK SURVIVAL RATES; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS LASKER FOR HER HELP ON FUTURE ACTIVITIES AS FIRST LADY
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 6139, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS DODD, 11/3/1964, 11:27PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "AUSTIN"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ, GRACE DODD WITH THOMAS DODD AT TIME OF CALL
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 6305, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/9/1964, 11:57AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 12606, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 1/20/1968, 10:05AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 713, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 12/25/1963, 1:16PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "#2"; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 1:10P; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ, MAMIE WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ EXTENDS HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO DWIGHT EISENHOWER, SAYS HE IS SENDING A COPY OF SPEECH ON FEDERAL BUDGET, DISCUSSES ROBERT ANDERSON'S ASSISTANCE, CUTS TO FEDERAL SPENDING; LADY BIRD THANKS DWIGHT EISENHOWER FOR PAST HELP, DISCUSSES HOLIDAYS
  • 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 # 8602, sound recording, LBJ and LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, 8/21/1965, 5:55PM (Item)
  • SALTONSTALL ON HOLD 1:05; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; OFFICE CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON ABOUT INVITING PEOPLE TO DINNER PRECEDES CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • First Lady
Telephone conversation # 10652, sound recording, LBJ and JUANITA ROBERTS, 8/29/1966, 8:39AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "8/29 MJDR/PRES/MRS. J" AND "MJDR/FORTAS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AND JUANITA ROBERTS IS MEETING WITH DOROTHY TERRITO AT WH AT TIME OF CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; THIS BELT RECORDED AT WH; POOR SOUND
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 13821, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 12/25/1968, 5:41PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "**WISHED PRES. AND MRS. TRUMAN A MERRY XMAS AND TOLD THEM (W/MRS. JOHNSON ALSO ON THIS CONVERSATION) WHAT WONDERFUL PEOPLE THEY WERE." ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ, BESS TRUMAN WITH HARRY TRUMAN AT TIME
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 341, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/7/1963, 6:35PM (Item)
  • ""#3"; "(TRANS)"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; FREEMAN ON HOLD 0:58; TV AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES WHILE LBJ WATCHES LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON TV; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • First Lady
Telephone conversation # 2597, sound recording, LBJ and ISABELLE SHELTON, 3/21/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 4895, sound recording, LBJ and MARY MARGARET VALENTI, 8/11/1964, 8:58PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S ACTIVITIES TODAY, TV FILMING; SALE OF MMV'S AUSTIN HOUSE; JAMES EALY JOHNSON; LBJ PRAISES JACK VALENTI, DISCUSSES VALENTIS' PLANS FOR THE FUTURE; LBJ'S DAILY SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 5065, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/21/1964, 10:46AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • VP CANDIDATES; CONVENTION FLOOR LEADERS; ABE RIBICOFF AS 1960 FLOOR LEADER; REGIONAL, STATE COORDINATORS; QUESTION OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON INVITING JACQUELINE KENNEDY TO ATTEND CONVENTION WITH HER; JFK TRIBUTE FILM; LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM
Telephone conversation # 6283, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD CLARK, 11/7/1964, 8:45AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • CLARK REPORTS ON AUSTIN MEETINGS; WEST TEXAS POLITICS; ED FOREMAN'S DEFEAT; ELECTION BETS; RALPH YARBROUGH'S RE-ELECTION; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S WHISTLESTOP TRIP; WYNN'S STAND AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ON SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION; UAW
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 # 8894, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/21/1965, 6:45PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS DISCUSSION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON (EVERETT DIRKSEN?) ABOUT UNIDENTIFIED TOPIC (BOBBY BAKER AND SERV-U CORP CONTRACTS WITH SPACE PROGRAM CONTRACTOR NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION?); LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S RECENT VISIT TO PEORIA
Telephone conversation # 9899, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 3/18/1966, 3:35PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 13590, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/24/1968, 9:44AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 4379, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 7/29/1964, 10:05AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 1588, sound recording, LBJ and BESS ABELL, 1/27/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABELL TO ADD ALINE SAARINEN TO LUNCHEON FOR QUEEN FREDERIKA OF GREECE; ABELL REMINDS LBJ THAT SAARINEN'S HUSBAND HAD DESIGNED HOUSE WHERE LADY BIRD JOHNSON HAD LUNCH WHILE IN FINLAND
Telephone conversation # 8665, sound recording, LBJ and MARGARET CHASE SMITH, 8/27/1965, 2:37PM (Item)
  • SMITH SAYS SHE HAS PHOTOS TO SEND LBJ FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, THANKS HIM FOR PHOTO OF LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LBJ TELLS SMITH THAT SHE SHOULD GET COPY OF PHOTO OF HER, LEVERETT SALTONSTALL AND LBJ WATCHING BOMB EXPLODE; DISCUSSION OF PRESENTS FROM GEORGE
Telephone conversation # 6273, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 11/6/1964, 2:18PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • ALBERT DISCUSSES SAM RAYBURN'S REFUSAL TO PURGE WILLIAM COLMER FROM RULES COMMITTEE IN 1961 AS PRECEDENT FOR DENYING DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIVILEGES TO JOHN BELL WILLIAMS; 1964 RETURNS COMPARED TO 1960; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S AND HHH'S OKLAHOMA CAMPAIGN
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 # 13552, 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; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
  • First Lady