Digital Library
DiscoverLBJ is the LBJ Library's digital library. Find digitized documents, photos, telephone conversations, and oral histories, our List of Holdings and more.
Featured
Photo Archive
A selection of photos from LBJ and Lady Bird's early years through their lives in politics and more.
Daily Diary
From the Senate to the presidency, the diaries LBJ's secretaries compiled reveal a rare glimpse into his daily political life.
On This Day in History
A curated look back at each day of LBJ’s presidency.
The Digital Artifact Collection
The digital artifact collection provides free and open public access to records and photographs of select artifacts from the Museum’s collection.
Online Collections
Telephone Conversations
These recordings document many of the major events and decisions of LBJ's administration and provide insight into the complexity and daily management of the office of the presidency.
Oral Histories
Hundreds of transcribed interviews with people who knew LBJ and Lady Bird, including childhood friends, lawmakers, advisers, and opponents.
National Security Action Memorandums
Issued by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson or their national security advisors, these documents relayed policy statements or requests for action programs to federal agencies.
Resources
The Man Himself
LBJ was a force of personality, a master of power and the political process, and had a boundless appetite for social reform.
Selected Speeches and Messages
The full text from a number of LBJ's pre-presidential to post-presidential speeches and messages.
Head of State Visits
Foreign leaders may visit the president for numerous reasons. Organized by year, view a complete listing of informal, state, official, and private visits.
More
National Archives and Records Administration
From other institutions
- The Public Papers of President Johnson - The American Presidency Project
- Telephone conversations - The Miller Center, The University of Virginia
- President's Daily Brief - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
