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Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 1942 (Item)
  • See all scanned items from the Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Box 2
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 1942
  • Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 1942 (Item)
  • See all scanned items from the Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Box 2
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 1942
  • Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
Telephone conversation # 6152, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 11/4/1964, 2:34AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "AUSTIN"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; CARTER IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; "MR. COTTER" WRITTEN ON SLIP
  • First Lady
  • LBJ THANKS CARTER FOR HIS CAMPAIGN WORK, ASKS ABOUT CARTER'S HEALTH; DISCUSSION OF PAYING OFF DNC'S DEBT; LBJ ASKS CARTER TO THANK ADVANCE PEOPLE FOR SUCCESS OF HOUSTON, AUSTIN RALLIES, TELLS CARTER TO FIND THEM GOVT JOBS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 6154, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD WHITE, 11/4/1964, 2:52AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "AUSTIN"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ, KATHY WHITE WITH RICHARD WHITE AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES WHITE ON HIS VICTORY OVER ED FOREMAN, OFFERS SUPPORT FOR WHITE IN WASHINGTON, DC; KATHERINE WHITE PRAISES LBJ'S APPEARANCE ON TV; LADY BIRD JOHNSON TELLS KATHERINE WHITE THEY WILL TRY TO DETERMINE HER KINSHIP WITH LBJ'S FAMILY
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 6155, sound recording, LBJ and J. C. "PEPE" MARTIN, JR., 11/4/1964, 3:02AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "AUSTIN"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • DISCUSSION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN WEBB, MAVERICK, DUVAL COUNTIES AND OTHER HISPANIC AREAS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS "PEPE" FOR SUCCESS OF HER VISIT TO LAREDO
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 6172, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 11/4/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANK MCDONALD FOR HIS SUPPORT; LBJ ASKS MCDONALD TO INVESTIGATE REPORT THAT STEELWORKERS INVOLVED IN FIGHT WITH GOLDWATER SUPPORTERS IN HOUSTON WILL LOSE THEIR POSTS IN LOCAL UNION; OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE SENATE
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 6270, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ESTES, 11/6/1964, 1:03PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "LBJ RANCH"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 1:41P; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANK ESTES FOR HIS SUPPORT IN CAMPAIGN
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 5865, sound recording, LBJ and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; TAYLOR IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 77, sound recording, LBJ and NELLIE CONNALLY, 11/27/1963, 1:35PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD, LUCI, LYNDA JOHNSON
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; NELLIE CONNALLY ON HOLD 0:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD, LUCI, AND LYNDA JOHNSON AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993
  • First Lady
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT JOHN CONNALLY'S RECOVERY; NELLIE CONNALLY TELLS LBJ HOW PROUD SHE IS OF HIS SPEECH TO CONGRESS; LBJ PRAISES JOHN CONNALLY III'S ROLE AT JFK'S FUNERAL; LADY BIRD PRAISES NELLIE CONNALLY'S TV APPEARANCE; LUCI AND LYNDA GREET MRS
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 5870, sound recording, LBJ and WESLEY WEST, 10/10/1964, 9:15PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • NEVA WEST IS MEETING WITH WESLEY AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; WESTS ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING IS ACCIDENTALLY CUT OFF
  • First Lady
  • WEST'S BUSINESS; LBJ'S UPCOMING CAMPAIGN TRIPS; WESLEY WEST REPORTS ON CALL FROM MAN CLAIMING TO BE LBJ'S COUSIN; LBJ'S STANDING IN SOUTH; REPUBLICAN EFFORTS IN LAST WEEKS; UPCOMING TV SPEECH ON TEST BAN TREATY, OTHER TV SPOTS; LADY BIRD WATCHING
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 13717, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/5/1968, 7:31PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "MINNEAPOLIS, MINN"; LADY BIRD JOHNSON, LUCI JOHNSON NUGENT, ARTHUR AND MATHILDE KRIM, AND BESS ABELL ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • First Lady
  • HHH THANKS LBJ FOR HIS APPEARANCE AT HOUSTON RALLY; LBJ AND OTHERS DISCUSS ELECTION RETURNS, OFFER SUPPORT AND GOOD WISHES TO HHH ON ELECTION NIGHT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON PRAISES HHH AND MURIEL HUMPHREY, TELLS HUMPHREY THAT HE CARRIED STONEWALL, TEXAS
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 5275, sound recording, LBJ and RHEA HOWARD, 8/31/1964, 8:42AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 13507, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/1/1968, 5:40PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 3065, sound recording, LBJ and MRS. ED CAPE, 4/20/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • MRS. CAPE IS IN DC FOR TEXAS DELEGATION MEETING; LBJ APPARENTLY IS RETURNING HER CALL TO LADY BIRD JOHNSON WHO IS DRIVING BACK FROM OHIO BECAUSE LIGHTNING STRUCK HER PLANE; CAPE WILL TAKE TEXANS ON WH TOUR ARRANGED BY RALPH YARBOROUGH
Telephone conversation # 3068, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 4/20/1964, 6:45PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • BROOKS REPORTS ON TRIP TO TEXAS, JOHN CONNALLY, MEETING WITH TEXAS NEGRO STATE SOCIETY; LBJ INVITES JACK, CHARLOTTE BROOKS TO DINNER TONIGHT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNING TO DC BY CAR BECAUSE PLANE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Telephone conversation # 3930, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/26/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • USE OF CAMP DAVID BY WH STAFF; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ON JIM ROWE AS SUGAR LOBBYIST FOR HAITI, DUVALIER; ROWE'S RESPONSE TO JOCK WHITNEY; LETTER TO NORTH DAKOTA GOV. WILLIAM GUY; PLANS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN TRIP; CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Telephone conversation # 6196, sound recording, LBJ and ALLAN SHIVERS, 11/4/1964, 11:09PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LBJ THANKS SHIVERS FOR HIS SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP IN CAMPAIGN; SHIVERS CONGRATULATES LBJ, TELLS LBJ HE ENJOYED VISITING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON RECENTLY
Telephone conversation # 6248, sound recording, LBJ and MARY PEARL WILLIAMS, 11/5/1964, 10:11PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LBJ THANKS WILLIAMS FOR HER HELP IN CAMPAIGN, EXPRESSES HIS WISH TO BUILD WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION IN DNC; WILLIAMS ASKS LBJ TO REMIND LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO THANK ROY FURR FOR HIS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION
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 # 5874, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES GUY, 10/11/1964, 6:50AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO TEXAS WITH CABINET WIVES; SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN CORPUS CHRISTI, LUBBOCK, AMARILLO; WHISTLESTOP CAMPAIGN; CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; KKK; JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY; GOLDWATER'S LUBBOCK RALLY; CLOSING BIGGS
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 # 4379, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 7/29/1964, 10:05AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/13/1942 (Item)
  • See all scanned items from the Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Box 2
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/13/1942
  • Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Lady Bird's clothing and shopping for shoes; call to Jacqueline Kennedy, who has a little girl with chicken pox; call to Nellie Connally and Lady Bird's concern for politics in Texas; call to Mary Lasker about art; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Babe
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1964 (Thursday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Telephone conversation # 13311, transcript, MARIE FEHMER and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/25/1968, 12:31PM (Item)
  • . .. , The Vice President called the P~esir:lent .a t 12:31.p today (Aug ZS, 1968) and left thls messa1e wl~ ml :1 " I ·I t 1: .../ 1. Tell the President and Lady Bird that the picture on the · . ,. front pa1e of the WashlD1ton Star today wa• maplllcent. I
  • First Lady
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • 1964 Mon
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1964 (Monday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 6250, sound recording, LBJ and RUTH CARTER JOHNSON, 11/5/1964, 10:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS JOHNSON FOR HER HELP IN CAMPAIGN; RUTH JOHNSON ASKS LBJ TO GIVE LADY BIRD JOHNSON HER REGARDS
Telephone conversation # 6279, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 11/6/1964, 9:30PM (Item)
  • THOMAS ASKS IF LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON ARE RESTING; RESULTS OF ELECTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, DALLAS; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S RE-ELECTION; THOMAS ASKS LBJ TO ATTEND ACTIVITIES IN HOUSTON NEXT WEEK; LBJ'S PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/19/1943 (Item)
  • See all scanned items from the Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Box 2
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/19/1943
  • Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/1/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Lady Bird feels ill and tired; Marta Miller's wedding; coffee at WH for wedding party; swimming and dinner with the Price Daniels, the Horace Busbys and the Walter Jenkins; appraisal of Price Daniel; Lynda Johnson cartoon; A. W. Moursund and Johnson
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/1/1964 (Saturday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Telephone conversation # 5177, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/25/1964, 11:23AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, DISCOURAGEMENT WITH PRESS, DISLOYALTY AMONG HIS CABINET AND STAFF, WHITE SOUTHERNER'S INABILITY TO UNITE COUNTRY; HHH; RFK, MFDP ISSUE; LBJ'S HEALTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S ADVICE; LBJ WILL DECIDE DURING NSC
Telephone conversation # 5873, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 10/10/1964, 9:49PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • CARPENTER ASKS ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S BEAUMONT TRIP; EDITORIALS BY UNIDENTIFIED NEWSPAPER; LBJ'S TEXAS CAMPAIGN STOPS, POLITICAL SITUATION; BROOKS' SPEECH TO TEXAS LABOR MEETING; LBJ GREETS UNIDENTIFIED MALE
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 # 12915, transcript, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 4/10/1968, 2:27PM (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/7/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/7/1964 (Sunday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/5/1967 (Thursday) (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
  • Problems of the Johnson administration: inflation, Vietnam, Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ; press reaction to departure of Bill Moyers; Lady Bird writes response to Peter Hurd; work on upcoming Vice Presidential dinner; Lady Bird visits with Lynda about
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/5/1967 (Thursday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1967 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Democratic dinner last night in Austin; change of plans; LBJ to White House; LBJ with the Harold Holts to Camp David; Lady Bird makes telephone calls; Lady Bird selects pictures for walls of Davis and Cedar houses; plans made for Cousin Oriole's
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/17/1967 (Saturday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/28/1965 (Thursday) (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 and Lady Bird have breakfast and go for walk; new wrought iron gate at family cemetery; meeting about landscape design for ranch; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and others; LBJ's weight loss; renovation of Johnson home in Johnson City; Lady Bird
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/28/1965 (Thursday)
  • Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
  • Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/18/1942 (Item)
  • See all scanned items from the Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Box 2
  • Lady Bird Johnson personal
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
  • Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/18/1942
  • Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson