 Hello, my name is Ruth Gerger and I am the LBJ Library's Associate Curator of Digital Interpretation. You may not know this, but the LBJ Library is home to over 55,000 objects in our museum collection storage, but only about 1% of those objects are available for people to see in our permanent exhibits. So we created two small cases in our Great Hall to feature the breadth and depth of our collection. We routinely change out these cases with new exhibits so we can really highlight our diverse collections. This quarter's featured exhibit is Gifts and Giveaways. Lyndon Johnson frequently gave gifts throughout his political career, campaign giveaways, presence for White House staffers, gifts for guests at the LBJ Ranch, and formal exchanges with heads of state. Lyndon Johnson saw gifts and giveaways as an opportunity for engraving his spirit on the minds of and hearts of his people. Pens, matches, cuff links, hats, electric razors, and even electric toothbrush sets were all given as gifts. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin once asked President Johnson why he gave away toothbrushes. Johnson replied, because I want people to think of me when they get up in the morning and when they go to bed at night. But gift exchanges aren't always equal. After visiting troops in Vietnam during his 1967 trip around the world, President Johnson flew to Rome to confer with Pope Paul VI. The visit was spontaneous and a formal head of state gift had not been arranged. When the two leaders met, the Pope presented President Johnson with a 13th century painting of the nativity, while Johnson presented a 12-inch plaster bust of himself to the Pope. I hope you enjoyed this brief tour into the LBJ Museum collections.