Description | Lynda Bird Johnson Robb is the eldest daughter of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Claudia Taylor [Lady Bird] Johnson. She married Charles S Robb, a Captain in the US Marine Corps, in 1967; Robb later served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1978-1982), Governor of Virginia (1982-1986), and Democratic Senator for Virginia (1989-2001). Johnson Robb was the chairwoman of the American children's literacy charity Reading Is Fundamental [which she helped establish] from 1996 to 2001, and is its current chairwoman emerita. She first met Shepard in 1967, and corresponded with him until his death. The file contains 9 letters [1 incomplete] from Johnson to EHS [most undated], 2 drafts of replies from EHS, an invitation to Johnson's wedding to Charles Robb on White House stationery, and 8 photographs. |