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Telephone conversation # 12908, sound recording, LBJ and IVAN ALLEN, 4/4/1968, 11:00PM (Item)
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/3/1963 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • with about ten governors, and Martin Luther King somewhere in the middle of it. And it was good talk and a wonderful day, and I thought to myself: “Dear Lord, if he can just rest enough to think enough, it just might be wonderful.” I mean, the next 13 months
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ci and I. Lyndon w a s in h is o ffic e - I knew a sta tem en t w as being p rep a red . He gave it on TV from the W hite H ouse -" A m erica i s shocked and sadden ed r b y the b ru tal sla y in g tonight of D r. M artin Luther King. I a s k e v
  • & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/13/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/28/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Big breakfast with guests; everyone goes for walk and then bowling; lunch, a nap, and viewing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Meet the Press;" more bowling; talk of approaching Eastman-Kodak to sponsor beautification; possible trip to Florida
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • ie t s e r io u s v o ic e s a id ” We t r a v e l ( MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE : ( F r i d a y , A p r il 5, 1968 . WASHINOTON Page 2 w ith a h e a v y h e a r t to d a y , b e c a u s e of th e tra g e d y of D r, King*s d e a th . E v
  • Lady Bird slept little; Lady Bird has coffee with LBJ; they decide Crossing the Trails of Texas trip should continue; Lady Bird alters speeches to include statement about Martin Luther King; to Dulles airport; Washington & foreign correspondents
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/9/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird talks to LBJ at Camp David; Lady Bird & foreign press board buses for Goliad; view flowers & cattle; funeral service for Martin Luther King; ceremony at restored Presidio La Bahia; speeches by Stewart Udall & Lady Bird; migrant children
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/13/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • o king a t th e d e e r , co unting th e m and in s p e c tin g th e f e n c e s , p ic k in g up th e in te r c o m e v e r y few m in u te s to g iv e d ir e c tio n s to D a le w ho C S a tu rd a y , J a n u a ry 13 (C ontinu ed ) m u s t c u
  • , Martin & Danz Ranches; back to LBJ Ranch and talk about ranch issues with Dale Malechek; helicopter to Austin and a visit with Luci & Lyn Nugent; Johnsons to Andrews AFB and White House in pelting rain
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • arborough ca m e up to g r e e t m e . H e had c a n c e lle d out a fter the a s s a s s in a tio n of M artin Luther King and I did not e x p e c t to s e e h im . I m an aged to be m o r e c o rd ia l than I had been at our la s t m eetin g ■^ . '-i
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/6/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • lu n ch on t r a y s . Page 3 I t ' s a funny thing. f o r a p la c e p r o t e c t e d f r o m the w ind. We h a d b e e n loo king We ta lk e d f o r y e a r s ab ou t b u ild in g s o m e s o r t of a w ind b a r r i e r out b y the sw im m
  • through Martin & Danz Ranches; Frank Erwin & LBJ Library; Johnsons watch tv election coverage; party for military staff stationed at LBJ Ranch; story about elderly man & LBJ; LBJ gives speech & awards to military staff
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • --and I don't know just quite when it was; perhaps I'll run across it in the year 1960 or 1961--but at one point, I joined Mary Martin in christening--I think it was the first big jet of a whole family of jets, at Dallas. M: I think that will come up
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the military by civil authorities, and the president is the commander-in-chief. However, anything that produced that much division in the country he deplored. G: Did he have any advance warning, do you know, of the letter that Joe Martin released
  • and friends' children getting married; buying the Ranch property from LBJ's Aunt Frank Martin and plans to improve it; Senator Alvin Wirtz' death.
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it all ready to go, and they slammed the gate shut on any further discussion of licenses, is the way I remembered it. He just wanted to get it judged to whether he could have the license or not, and then he would take his chances. Martin Winfrey and Tony
Telephone conversation # 2379, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 3/6/1964, 8:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HARRY TRUMAN AND BESS TRUMAN, TOGETHER WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON, TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF KING PAUL OF GREECE; RICHARD RUSSELL'S OPINION OF TRUMAN; CYPRUS; TURKEY
Telephone conversation # 2438, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 3/9/1964, 8:30PM (Item)
  • DINNER PLANS; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; PLANS FOR INFORMAL DINNER WITH WH STAFF; ARRANGEMENTS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO GREECE WITH HARRY TRUMAN FOR KING PAUL'S FUNERAL
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. L. B. Johnson at Fund-Raising Dinner, Minneapolis, Minnesota Municipal Auditorium, 6/27/1964" (Item)
  • Hubert Humphrey but you send his wife and family, all working fo r your State ; an d when you send Gene McCarthy there is Abigail there , too , and the fami l y, wo r king for the State . And when the Secretary of Agriculture , Orv1lle Fr eeman , is the r
Telegram, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 7/1/1942 (Item)
  • DIRECT RADIOGRAM R.C.A. COMMUNICATIONS, INC. A RADIO CORPORATION OFAMEillCA SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD RECEIVED' AT , 1N- ~ ,,..,, \.., IMPORTANT 223 SOUTH KING ST.. 1890 29=\JAS ., LT BETWEEN I• ,1r t A,I.~ 1r ror LY ND 0 l..ll DC 1
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/14/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • A p ril 14 , , ^ -Tuesday rri 1964 Because King Hu ssain was going to ar r i ve without his w i f e , I had not expected to p a r t ic ip a t e in the arriv al ceremonies at l l : 3 0 . So was b u s il y e n g ^ e d in desk work when I got
  • Head of State visit of King Hussein I of Jordan; Lady Bird to USDA for Food and Home Fair for Consumers; Lady Bird meets "Smoky the Bear;" Lady Bird to Senate Ladies Red Cross Luncheon; State dinner for King Hussein I; exchange of gifts
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • s s ib le . O nly G race and June w e r e th ere. I sta y ed un til a little p a st 11:00 and then retu rn ed to the W h ite H ouse for a 11:30 m eetin g on the N orth P o r tic o w ith King H a ssa n . -' -T h e b ig b la ck lim o u sin e w ith
  • LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; Lady Bird to Spanish class; Johnsons welcome King Hassan of Morocco; new winter ceremony format; Lady Bird does office work, has lunch & watches entertainment rehearsal; Lady Bird lists houseguests with some from Marshall
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/4/1942 (Item)
  • have been out to dinner with Kitty King and Ben Powell and their nurseey. They have two adorable children and man~_,ge them without flickering an eyeiis~ The red velvet hostess pajantas have come and they look like what the Princess in the fairy tale
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, White House Conference on Natural Beauty, 5/24/1965" (Item)
  • , or a g roup of citizens ? ·" That is the immediate problem and the challenge. Most of the great cities and great works of b eauty of the past were built by auto­ cratic societies . The Caesars built Rome. Paris represents the will of the Kings of France
Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 4/17/1943 (Item)
  • AS T&.L AND SOMEWHAT THINNER THA• YOUt A VERY ENGAGING PERSONALITYj HE I& NO·W SOUT HIIESTERN SAUES MANAGER FOR KING FEAT UR.ES WHICH AS YOU PB;OBABLY KNo.t· ta, THE "PAREMT 11 COMPAAN.Y FOR INS., ■ ENCE OUR AOQJJ, A IN TA'I IICE• DURIN:G OUR
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/19/1943 (Item)
  • of latUea. I did my bast to make them like me. Sunday I spent muoh of the day with • King, and, it being a feast day, could have drink, so celebrated end had sever -~al. He said he had lways worried about whether I understood why he had to be for O'Dantel
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/12/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • r . L a b o u is s e fo r the C a th e d ra l fo r the r e q u ie m m a s s for King Pau l. T h e en tran ce to the C a th e d r a l w as flan k ed by s o lid flanks of p h o to g r a p h e r s with fla sh in g bulbs and a u n ifo r m e d p a la ce
  • Greek King Paul's funeral; Archbishop Christostomas of Athens; Prince Phillip of England; unpleasant incident with Archbishop Makarias of Cyprus and crowd; long funeral procession to gravesite; Prince Loraton of Cambodia and stone-throwing at US
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/19/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • MEMORAN DUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE WA S H IN GTON T u e sday, M ay 19, 1964 P a ge 1 The day began with desk w ork with L iz , B ess and Ashton. Then I w alked o ve r to Lyndon*s o ffic e to g r e e t the King of Burundi, on the law n s m a ll
  • Lady Bird does desk work; visit of King of Burundi; paintings for the White House; Lady Bird works with Dick Goodwin on Lady Bird's upcoming Kentucky speech; military reception on White House lawn; Johnson family greets the guests; Lady Bird
Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967" (Item)
  • -.. Let me tell you the tale of two citie s in Minnesota. the beautification is good busine se. Both illustrate ln Minneapolis, a city of half a million people, businessmen have created a ten-block mall wbere the pedestrian is king -- with ample parking
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Women Doers Luncheon on 'What Citizens Can Do to Improve the Health of the American Child' - the White House, 4/2/1968" (Item)
  • hope that you haYe had the opportunity of visiting over the luncheon table. Since las t Sunday night, some of you may have been wondering whether we would be holding t his luncheon. Let me say it clear and strong: we •re going to be wo!'king until
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Gonzales, Texas Concluding Trip with Foreign Journalists, 4/9/1968" (Item)
  • botter c ban ce for educ c. tion, xm ma king i t s t o1m moro livcab l c- -a ll th ese tra il s we s eck out ev cr J da_y , 2.nlt ·,.-e :;!rn.11 con tinuo to s eek th cc o ut . And we shall c lcar th cm. One of our for oign plcasod me an rl open ve r
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Press Breakfast in Honor of Mrs. Johnson by Mrs. Richard Hughes and Mrs. John Bailey, Shelburn Hotel, Atlantic City. N.J., 8/27/1964" (Item)
  • editor. I try to report to him, factually, what I see and hear in the places that I visit. I try to pass along to him, the opinions, the aspirations, the moods and the needs of the people I talk to. Sometimes I will b e ta king trips by myself
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/9/1943 (Item)
  • him that rllr. Joe Connally, President of King Fea tu.res and INS, had had a conference with vou and that an agreement of this nature had been reac,hed: INS would cease the service and cease the charge on their news service to us imn1edia tely
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/11/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • i n a v i a o n ly l a s t O c t o b e r - the King of D e n m a r k , a n d f r i e n d l y Q u e e n I n g r i d of D e n m a r k , a n d b e a u t i f u l A n n M a r i e , t h e i r p r i n c e s s , who i s g o in g to b e m a r r i e d to you
  • Lady Bird arrives in Athens for funeral of King Paul of Greece; welcoming ceremonies; Lady Bird lunches at restaurant along Aegean Sea; background briefing on Greek government; Georgios Papandreou and son; visit to Byzantine Monastery; drive
Press release, "Text of Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Convocation, Texas Womans University, on Receipt of Doctor of Laws Degree, 3/31/1964" (Item)
  • to be a woman because there are so many roads to take . Two recent experiences have brought me in contact with the broad range of fields open to women. One evening in Greece, where I went to attend the funeral of King Paul, I spent some time with several
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)
  • 34Ç to remove ea.ch piece of litter in one state? ln another state the bill is 64Ç per paper cup. Think what you can do by simply being "king of your car", and ruling that litter bag4t wW always be used. AU America will welcome the example your
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Lamar State Technological College, Beaumont, Texas, 10/26/1964" (Item)
  • king c lock . I t i s the kind of question pondered by Senator Humphrey who has stood beside my husband for t he 16 years he ha s been a Senator and who my husband believes wil l be a wise and he l pful Vi ce - President . I t i s our privilege
Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/22/1943 (Item)
  • , and it would be obvious to both him and Escoe that he w&s .just being groomed for the menager job. w·e have been t2.king uu the cappets in the reception root:1 and the little office where 1m.ss Sneed lteeps books. The terrazo floor underneath, cf ter wuch
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/15/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • to build a c i t y , / ^ being both stud ied and ex ecu ted at the sam e tim e. At s ix , I a ccom p a n ied Lyndon to King H iisse in 's r ec e p tio n for u s and 1500 m o re people at the M ayflow er H o tel. i The D ip lom atic Corps cam e down
  • ; Lady Jackson's ideas on improving cities; LBJ and Lady Bird to reception given by King Hussein I at Mayflower Hotel; party at the Warren Woodwards for Lloyd Hand; Lady Bird to Coliseum for Lippizzaner horse show; Luci Johnson & friends; Lady Bird's
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/29/1966 (Saturday) (Item)
  • e r^ A g lim p s e in to a h o u se w h e re I saw a p ic tu r e o f the King an d Q u een on th e w a ll; another^ a s m a ll h a m m o c k sw ay in g g en tly s u s p e n d e d f r o m th e b e a m - J t w a s th e b a b y 's c r a d le . A nd
  • Lady Bird tours the Khlong and describes people and sights; LBJ receives honorary degree from Chulalongkorn University; Lady Bird describes academic robes and King Kittikachorn; LBJ gives speech and signs International Education Act; Lady Bird meets
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and liked very much, Mr. Hiram King, who was a vice president of Sinclair Oil, had written some of his friends up there to take these two young girls out. This time we were 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
  • Johnson's financial difficulties; the relationship between LBJ and his father; LBJ's mother, Rebekah Johnson; Mrs. Johnson's trip with LBJ to San Marcos, the King Ranch, and Corpus Christi; the Kleberg family, including Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, Richard
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview S-XIII, 1/23/1987, by Nancy Smith (Item)
  • chief of state, for instance, let's say the King of Nepal1 s son was going to Harvard and we had him downon LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • are: wor king for Lynd on down at the headquarters fo r the volunteers for th e Dem oc ratic National Comm ittee:. She pu t th e littl e gol d pins in t he shap e of a number four cros sc~d with t he ini tials LJ3J. She ga