The Truman Library has material covering immigration, naturalization, displaced persons,
refugees, migratory labor and the government agencies that regulated these issues.
The page numbers in brackets represent estimates as to the amount of relevant material to
be found in each collection. It should be noted that other collections at the Truman Library,
in addition to the ones listed here, may contain more information relating to immigration.
Because of the volume of our holdings, not all of our collections with information on
immigration issues can be listed here.
HARRY S. TRUMAN PAPERSPAPERS AS U. S. SENATOR AND VICE-PRESIDENT — Materials pertaining to immigration cases and naturalization. [4,800 pages] PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY'S FILE — Materials relating to displaced persons, refugees, immigration, and naturalization. [700 pages] OFFICIAL FILE—Documents pertaining to Immigration and Naturalization Service (10H), Board of Immigration Appeals (10L), War Refugee Board (23), Special Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (85Q), International Refugee Organization (85Q), Political, Racial and Religious Refugees (127), Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (127A), Displaced Persons Commission (127B), Conference to Facilitate the Movement of European Migrants (127C), Provisional Committee for the Movement of Migrants (127D), Immigration (133), President’s Commission on Immigration and Naturalization (133), Citizenship (320), President’s Commission on Migratory Labor (407D), American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born (737), and Intergovernmental Conference on Non—Repatriables (1007). [16,000 pages] RICHARD E. NEUSTADT FILES—Documents pertaining to immigration and nationality. [800 pages] [ Top of the Page ]
OTHER PERSONAL PAPERSEBEN A. AYERS PAPERS—Documents relating to immigration and war refugees. [200 pages] GEORGE M. ELSEY PAPERS—Materials relating to displaced persons and immigration visas. [100 pages] JOHN W. GIBSON PAPERS—Documents pertaining to the Displaced Persons Commission. [8,800 pages] DAVID D. LLOYD PAPERS—Materials pertaining to immigration. [50 pages] J. HOWARD MCGRATH PAPERS—Documents relating to displaced persons, immigration and naturalization. [5,000 pages]
MYRON C. TAYLOR PAPERS—Documents relating to refugees. [100 pages] GEORGE L. WARREN PAPERS—Materials relating to European migration and international refugees. [1,200 pages
FEDERAL RECORDSRECORD GROUP 220: PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION—The Commission was responsible for recommending immigration and naturalization policies in accordance with stated foreign policy. Materials include subject correspondence, studies prepared by government agencies at the commission's request, published versions of hearings, statements of witnesses at hearings, and drafts and a published version of the final report, entitled Whom We Shall Welcome. [12,800 pages] RECORD GROUP 220: PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON MIGRATORY LABOR—The Commission was to propose policies on migratory workers' conditions, and on the status of foreign migratory workers. The documents consist of correspondence, summaries of executive sessions, transcripts of hearings with an index to witnesses, statements of individuals and organizations submitted during and after hearings, records of two conferences (June 22-23 and November 6-7, 1950) held by commission members with agency representatives, studies prepared by staff members, administrative records, and draft and finished versions of the final report, entitled Migratory Labor in American Agriculture. [8,800 pages] [ Top of the Page ]
ORAL HISTORIESTHOMAS C. BLAISDELL, JR.—Chief, Mission for Economic Affairs, London, England, 1945-1946; Director, Office of International Trade, Department of Commerce, 1947-1949; Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1949-1951. JOSEPH G. FEENEY—Administrative Assistant to the President, 1952-1953 ABRAHAM FEINBERG—Business executive and philanthropist, friend of Harry S. Truman, active in the creation of the State of Israel, 1945-1948. DONALD HANSEN—Special Assistant in the White House Office, 1951-1953. BENJAMIN M. HULLEY—Second Secretary and consul, U.S. Legation, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1944-1945; First Secretary and consul, U.S. Legation, Helsinki, Finland, 1945-1947; Chief, Division of Northern European Affairs, Department of State, 1947-1951; First Secretary and consul, U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom, 1951-1954. H. GRAHAM MORISON—Assistant Attorney General, Claims Division, 1948-1950, and Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 1950-1952, Department of Justice HARRY N. ROSENFIELD—Commissioner, Displaced Persons Commission, 1948-1952. CHARLES E. SALTZMAN—Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas, 1947-1949 [ Top of the Page ]
AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTIONSThe Truman Library collections of PHOTOGRAPHS, MOTION PICTURES and SOUND RECORDINGS may contain materials related to immigration, naturalization, displaced persons, refugees, or migratory labor. [ Top of the Page ]
PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTSThe Public Papers of President Harry S. Truman includes public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks pertaining to displaced persons, immigration, naturalization, refugees, and migratory labor. [ Top of the Page ]
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