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- star Hugh
O'Brian), Mrs. Johnson acknowledges the accolades of the audience.
Library Hosts Lady Bird's 80th Birthday
It was an exercise in nostalgia, humor
and reminiscence; and underlying it all
was a consideration of the influence
one woman had
- , and her decision to adopt
"beautification" as her special inter
est as First Lady. In that speech,
President Johnson had clearly linked
the country's natural splendor to his
vision of the Great Society. Lady
Bird Johnson took this vision and
began
- President Jimmy Carter will be
the first lecturer in the annual series
endowed hy Lady Bird Johnson and
named for Harry Middleton, Library
Director. President Carter's address will
take place on March 6, 1995.
Turnovers . ..
Pat Borders (left) joins
- Issue Number XLII February 15, 1988
Lady Bird Johnson at 75 (seepp. 2-3)
Photo by Frank Wolfe
Jubilee Year Filled With Activity
Lady Bird Johnson's jubilee year
she was 75 on December 22-was
marked by a move into a new house
which she decorated
- .'' With the last notes of that
number. a display of fire orks lit up over the Lady Bird
Johnson Overlook in fr nt of the Library, concluding the
evening.
Cactus Pryor was Master of Ceremonies for
the evening's program.
The following pages of lhe news
letter give
- . It was the Library's first such
gathering.
3
The First Lady's Gallery: The Legacy of Lady Bird Johnson
Tbe "Today Show" crew prepares to film Luci Baines Johnson for a segment
on the opening of the Gallery. The show aired nationally on December 17.
An exhibit
- will be
his definitive biography. [t is a
superlative effort."
First Lady Gallery To Open
Speaker of the House Sam
Rayburn once said of Lady Bird
Johnson "The smartest thing Lyndon
ever did was to marry her.' Library
Director Middleton has long wanted
to have
-
ter of some of the country's most
controversial court cases early in the
century.
Luckinbill 's presentation was
the second in the annual lectureship
series established and endowed by
Lady Bird Johnson and named for
Library Director Harry Middleton
- for centuries is re-created in the panoramic displays which are part of the exhibition.
During a press preview of the exhibit, Lady Bird Johmson
observed, "I think it explains us to ourselves. It's sort of
an introduction of some of us to the rest of us
- articulate advocate than
George Christian. While the Library
will miss his wise and calm counsel,
it is a better and stronger institution
be
- Among
Issue Number LXIV, January, 200 l
Lady Bird Johnson Receives National Parks Honor
National Park Foundation Officials Jim Maddy and George Bristol, with Mrs. Johnson and Daughter Luci
Story on Page Six
Senate Democratic Leader Daschle
- .
Christian with Library Director Harry Middleton
3
LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S "A WHITE HOUSE
.\t the entrance to the exhibit is a giant photograph of the author,
talking into her recorder as he did regularly in a small room on the
).CCOOd
lloor of the White
- the appearance of Lady Bird .Johnsonin the lecture hall.)
3
"The role of education.' Cathy Gorn; Maura Pierce; Larry Hackman; Rosemary Morrow; panel chair David
Eisenhower.
releases public speeches, and media
articles. That is the first topic the
symposium
- from the Morgan Libra!) in fliiewYork
1977
Helen Hayes, Pm;ton Jones, and Kirk Dou~ presented a prognun
honoring Lady Bird Johnson in the culmination of a drin which rahed
a S2 million endowment for the Friendsof the LBJ Library
1978
An e,hibil
- attraction second
only to the Alamo in popularity. Thousands
more have attencJcJ Library symposia led by
some of our most challenging contemporary
thinkers.
This is no gray and lifeless archival
repository. It was never meant to be.
Lady Bird Johnson, who has
- , Lady Bird and Lyndon
Johnson's younger daughter. On
behalf of my sister Lynda-who
our father always called Daddy's
Darling Daughter-we
want to
welcome you to this Centennial
Celebration of Lyndon Baines
Johnson's birth.
A century ago, on this very day
- ~~AmongFriends
ofLBJ
1ssue
NUMBER
xi, JANUARY
24 1978
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A National Tribute
to Lady Bird Johnson
(See pages 2-41
A National Tribute
to Lady Bird Johnson
It was a tribut
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LADY BIRD IN CHINA
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p.1 •(' I )
Visitors to the Library
August 27: Once again the Library served cake and punch lo it.svisilon,
to commemorate the birthdate of Lyndon Baines Johnson
- attention on
contributions made by
First Ladies in the White
House, reviewed Lady
Bird Johnson's efforts in
the field of beautifica
tion, and covered some
of that area in his ad
dress at the Library.
Excetpts:
... Lady Bird Johnson's envi
ronmental
- will open in
the spring of l 995.
The Exhibition
The exhibit opens with a d,trk corri
dor recalling
ovcmber 22, 1963
the day of the assassination
of
President Kennedy. The captions
accompanying th photographs are
in Lady Bird Johnson·· words, taken
from
- , Lady
Bird al
buried in thi hal
low d ground
Ii es on-in
the pccta ular b auty that can
be found not ju t in wildflow
er acr . our ranges and prai
ries, but in p ckets of natural
beaut in ju t about very city
in our nation.
Colonel Clark recalls
- of the Friends will also b
held at the Library in early fall.
Lady Bird Johnson hosts meetings at LBJ Ranch
Members of the LBJ Foundation Board of Directors along with the LBJ Foundation
May 13-14 at the LBJ Ranch for two days of bu iness meetings
- Among
FdJrunry 2007
Lady Bird Johnson, Daughter Lynda Bird Robb, and LBJ Museum Curator Sandy Cohen,
posing before photos from LBJ's childhood, on their way to review the new exhibit on
Rural Electrification in Central Texas.
Story begins on Page
- Issue NumberLXI November 15, 1995
The Johnson women (most of them): Lucinda Robb, L,·nda Robb, Lady Bird Johnson, Cathy Robb, Nicole Nugent
Covert, Luci Baines Johnson, Nicole (Mrs. t,,ndon) l\ugent. (Missing: Claudia Nugent, Rebekah Nugent
- .
The other was Will Rogers, the
cowboy philosopher who was one
of the most popular figures in
American Ufe until his death in
1935. He was impersonated by Cy
Eberhart, whose presentation was
based on Rogers' words.
3
Senator Chafee receives First Lady Bird
- the proclamation, Lady Bird Johnson
said. ··1 remember his sense of long-lasting satisfaction in sign
ing this act ..
A letter sent by Pr . 1dent Reagan. read at the ceremony, said
m part: "We know today that without the influence and strength
of our 36th
- the development
of "realistic criteria" in assessing
the impact of reforms in the Soviet
Union. Lewis Gould, U.T. historian
(below). discussed his book, Lady
Bird Johnson and the Environment.
8
Philip Bobbitt (left) outlined the dy
namics of nuclear deterrence
- ."
-Historian Brian VanDeMark in a
letter to Regina Greenwell
More Honors For Lady Bird
Pltoto hy Correll Grigshy
Lady Bird Johnson received three
awards to add to her long list of hon
ors. The Woodstock Foundation pre
sented her with the First Laurance
- •. Thomas recalled what Lady
Bird Johnson has done for the environ
ment, and told the story of a teacher
who took her class of small children to
visit Mrs. Johnson s Wildflower
Center. The te·1cher showed the stu
dents a portrait of Mrs. Johnson in a
fi Id
- about those
pie. i. that they ere actually for the
Pre ident. Williams at that time
cooked l'or Vice President Lyndon B.
Johnson and his family at their
Stonewall, Texas ranch. The Vice
President, Lady Bird, the Pre ident and
First Lady ere scheduled
- the press
he's not an crony of mine. r thin!'
his wife i a friend of Lady Bird's
but l don't
v n know him. lf he
were to walk into this room l don't
think l would recognize him."
George said, ''Mr. President. I don't
believe that's going to sell.''
Bill
- give at least three hours a week lo the Library.
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LADY BIRD AND WILDFLOWERS
"Beginning with my childhood,
I have had a love affair with nature I have never ceased to savor:•
On behalf of the Wildflower Research Center,
which she created on her
- to enjoy in
full measure.
I am grateful that the great constant
in my life for 50 years has been my
political association and my most
affectionate friendship with Lady
Bird Johnson.
Another constant has been my love
of the Capitol Dome and all
- as the first speaker in
the annual series endowed by Lady
Bird Johnson in the name of Harry
Middleton, Library director.
Speaking to an overflow crowd.
half of whom were university stu
dents, President Carter discussed
some of his recent efforts to bring
- . This exhibit is a celebration
in honor and recognition of the
legacy of President Johnson's
devotion to the arts and civil
rights. We pay homage to Lady
Bird Johnson during this com
memorative exhibition for her
outstanding
leadership in the
areas of culture
- to that news
and responded into the phone, "Lady Bird,
President Truman says he likes hash."
Of all their memories, Ms. Johnson
concluded, the ones she treasures most
are of the camaraderie they felt with other
First Families who they came to know. a
pt:cial
- Among
May 2006
Photo by Charles Bogel
A Visit to the LBJ Ranch. Story on page 3
A Birthday Party
Lady Bird Johnson celebratec.Jher 93rd Birthda on December 22, 2005. The Friends or the LBJLibrary were invited to help cele
brate in the Library·s
-
from
the
Museum's
Collections," runs from June 29 to Sept.
29, 2002. The exhibit features items that
have never been publicly displayed
together at the LBJ Library and
Museum, including caricatures of LBJ
and Lady Bird Johnson, campaign mem
orabilia
-
on November 24-it fell to me to
approve that directive ... I did so."
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Laurence Luckinbill visited Lady
Bird Johnson at the Library during
the Austin nm of his show.
Luckinbill inside the LBJ makeup
and persona
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A Look At The Documents
- Among
December 2005
Photo by Charles Bogel
December 6, 2004: Lady Bird Johnson Welcomes an
Old Friend, for an Evening with U.S. Senator Kay
Bailey Hutchison in the LBJ Auditorium.
Story on page I 3.
An Evening with Marvin Watson and Sherwin
