FEDERAL
RECORDS
The Truman Library
has in its holdings several groups of federal records. These are official
records of the U.S. government. Most of the Truman Library's holdings
of federal records are from three record groups: Record
Group 87, Records of the U.S. Secret Service; Record
Group 130, Records of the White House Office; and Record
Group 220, Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions and Boards.
All of the library's federal records are open, with the exception of
12 linear feet of U.S. Secret Service records concerning the protection
of the President.
The records of
such components of the Executive Office of the President as the Bureau
of the Budget (Record Group 51) and the National Security Council (Record
Group 273) are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration
in Washington, D.C.
The list below
includes the parent record group; brief description of the material
in the Truman Library's holdings, with date span and size; and indication
whenever the material is composed of either duplicates or copies of
documents in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
- RECORD GROUP 11,
GENERAL RECORDS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
- Electors' certificates
for the 1948 presidential election. 1 linear foot.
- Executive orders,
unpublished, 1945-48. 1 linear foot. Duplicates.
- RECORD GROUP 15,
RECORDS OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
- Benefits claim
folder of Harry S. Truman, 1927-73. About 100 pages.
- RECORD
GROUP 21, RECORDS OF DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
- Transcript Trial in the Case of United States vs. Oscar Collazo,
1951. About 900 pages.
- RECORD GROUP 42,
RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS OF THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL
- Selected records
concerning the White House, 1869-1930. 1 reel of microfilm. Copied
from originals at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 46,
RECORDS OF THE U.S. SENATE
- Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, 80th and 81st Congresses, selected records,
1947-50. 3 linear feet. Duplicates.
- Senate Special
Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. Two series:
selected speeches, statements, and reports by Senator Harry S. Truman,
1941-44, 1 linear foot; and press releases, 1941-46, about 800 pages.
Copied from originals at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 51,
RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
- Bureau of the
Budget, daily record of Presidential activities, 1947-48. About
700 pages.
- Bureau of the
Budget files on pending legislation for legislation not covered
by the similar files in the White House Records Office Files, 1945-53.
2 reels of microfilm. Copied from originals at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 59,
GENERAL RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
- Office files
of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, 1944-50, and the
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 1946-47. 6 linear feet.
- Report entitled
"Bi - and Multi-National Cooperation in Germany," prepared by Carleton
Sprague Smith and Eric Neff, August 15, 1952. 300 pages.
- Selected records
pertaining to the Truman administration (principally telegrams congratulating
Truman on winning the 1948 election). 2 linear feet.
- Condolence
books opened at foreign service posts on the occasion of the death
of former President Harry S. Truman, 1972. 12 linear feet.
- Transcripts
of the Secretary of State's press conferences, 1933-57. 7 reels
of microfilm. Copied from originals at NARA.
- Current Economic
Developments, 1945-54. 83 microfiche. Department of State publication,
copied from originals at NARA.
- Memoranda of
conversation of the Secretary of State, 1947-52. 49 microfiche.
Department of State publication, copied from originals at NARA.
- Memoranda of
the Secretary of State, 1949-51; documents relating to meetings
between U.S. and foreign officials, 1949-52. 39 microfiche. Department
of State publication, copied from originals at NARA.
- Documents relating
to the origins of the US Intelligence community, compiled by the
Department's Office of the Historian as a supplement to its volume
on this subject in the Foreign Relations series. 1945-40.
1.1 linear feet.
- RECORD
GROUP 64, RECORDS OF THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY. Material consists
of the Library Director's Reading File, 1957-1971. Included are letters
written by the director, Philip C. Brooks, the museum curator, Milton
F. Perry, and other staff members, as well as interoffice memoranda
and reports on Library activities. 10.4 linear feet.
- Service Case
File 054-115, The Harry S. Truman Library, 1949-58. 2 reels of microfilm.
Copied from originals at NARA.
- Records of
the Harry S. Truman Library relating to the funeral of Harry S.
Truman. 2 linear feet.
- RECORD GROUP 80,
GENERAL RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, 1798-1947
- Secretary of
the Navy, public statements, 1945-47. About 600 pages. Duplicates.
- RECORD GROUP 82,
RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
- Minutes of
the Federal Open Market Committee, 1936-53. 7 reels of microfilm.
Copied from originals at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 87,
RECORDS OF THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE
- Records pertaining
to the protection of the President, 1945-53. 34 linear feet.
- RECORD GROUP 118,
RECORDS OF U.S. ATTORNEYS AND MARSHALS
- RECORD GROUP 120,
RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES (WORLD WAR I)
- Records of
the American Expeditionary Forces General Headquarters, 1917-19.
1 linear foot, and 122 maps. Duplicates.
- Documents relating
to the 35th Division, U.S. Army, from September 11, 1918, to March
26, 1919. 1 linear foot.
- RECORD GROUP 130,
RECORDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
- Records relating
to accounts, purchases and personnel, 1945-53. 39 linear feet.
- Records relating
to the redesigning of the Presidential Seal, 1916-60. About 400
pages.
- RECORD GROUP 147,
RECORDS OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
- Issuances,
1948-72. 3 linear feet. Duplicates.
- RECORD GROUP 183,
RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
- Documents from
the records of the U.S. Employment Service relating to Harry S.
Truman. About 130 pages. Copied from originals at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 188,
RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
- Studies and
reports, 1941-46. 2 reels of microfilm. Copied from originals at
NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 220,
RECORDS OF TEMPORARY COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARDS
- Commission
on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion. Selected records, 1949-52.
About 800 pages. Duplicates.
- Missouri Basin
Survey Commission. Records, 1952-53. 13 linear feet.
- President's
Advisory Commission on Universal Training. Records, 1946-47. 6 linear
feet.
- President's
Advisory Committee on Management Improvement. Records, 1949-53.
1 linear foot.
- President's
Advisory Committee on the Merchant Marine. Records, 1947. 6 linear
feet.
- President's
Air Policy Commission. Records, 1947-48. 16 linear feet.
- President's
Airport Commission. Records, 1952. 6 linear feet.
- President's
Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation. Records, 1951-52.
27 linear feet.
- President's
Commission on Immigration and Naturalization. Records, 1952-53.
6 linear feet.
- President's
Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights. Records,
1951. 3 linear feet.
- President's
Commission on Migratory Labor. Records, 1950-51. 6 linear feet.
- President's
Committee on Civil Rights. Records, 1946-47. 11 linear feet.
- President's
Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed
Services. Records, 1949-50. 6 linear feet.
- President's
Committee on Foreign Aid. Records, 1947-48. 10 linear feet.
- President's
Committee on Religion and Welfare in the Armed Forces. Records,
1948-51. 17 linear feet.
- President's
Materials Policy Commission. Records, 1951-52. 55 linear feet.
- President's
Scientific Research Board. Records, 1946-47. 9 linear feet.
- President's
Water Resources Policy Commission. Records, 1950-51. 25 linear feet.
- RECORD GROUP 250,
RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION AND RECONVERSION
- Records of
John R. Steelman, 1946-47, relating to functions of Office of War
Mobilization and Reconversion that were transferred to the President
by Executive Order 9809. 2 linear feet.
- RECORD GROUP 260,
RECORDS OF THE U.S. OCCUPATION HEADQUARTERS, WORLD WAR II
- United States
Element, Allied Commission for Austria. Records, 1946, 1949-50.
1 linear foot. Duplicates.
- RECORD GROUP 267,
RECORDS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
- Minutes, U.S.
Supreme Court, 1934-50. 7 reels of microfilm. Copied from originals
at NARA.
- RECORD
GROUP 269, RECORDS OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION: RECORDS RELATING
TO THE PERSONAL STAFF OF FORMER PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN
- Correspondence,
memoranda, and other material relating ot the salaries and benefits
paid to members of Harry S. Truman's personal staff under PL85-745,
the Fomer Presidents Act, and the GSA's role in administering the
provisions of this law with respoect to Mr. Truman. 1957-72. About
100 pages.
- RECORD GROUP 274,
1949 INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
- RECORD GROUP 286.
RECORDS OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Records
of Gordon Gray, Special Assistant to the President, 1950. 10
linear feet. This material concerns the "dollar gap" (balance of
payments) problem in foreign trade.
- RECORD GROUP 295,
RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF PRICE STABILIZATION
- Monographs
concerning Korean war operations, 1951-53. 3 reels of microfilm.
Copied from originals at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 296,
GENERAL RECORDS OF THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AGENCY
- Salary Stabilization
Board. Records, 1951-53. About 1,600 pages. Duplicates.
- RECORD GROUP 313,
RECORDS OF THE NAVAL OPERATING FORCES
- Logbook of
the USS Missouri, July-December, 1945. 1 reel of microfilm.
Copied from originals at NARA.
- Logbook of
the USS Williamsburg, 1945-52. 1 reel of microfilm. Copied
from originals at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 325,
RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
- Weekly reports
of the committee, 1952-53, relating to the Truman administration's
civil rights program.
- RECORD GROUP 330,
RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
- Secretary of
Defense. Public statements, 1947-52. 2 linear feet. Duplicates.
- RECORD GROUP 333,
RECORDS OF INTERNATIONAL MILITARY AGENCIES
- G-3 operations
reports from the records of the U.N. Command, 1951-52. 7 linear
feet.
- RECORD GROUP 338,
RECORDS OF U.S. ARMY COMMANDS
- U.S. 5th Army
records relating to the funeral of Harry S. Truman, 1963-72. 4 linear
feet.
- RECORD
GROUP 391, RECORDS OF U.S. REGULAR ARMY MOBILE UNITS
- Correspondence
books, document files, charge sheets and strength returns for Battery
D, 129th Field Artillery. About 800 pages. Copied from originals
at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 407,
RECORDS OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, 1917-
- U.S. Army unit
diaries, histories and reports, 1944-51. 21 linear feet. Duplicates.
- Correspondence
with Harry S. Truman, 1940-43. 1 reel of microfilm. Copied from
originals at NARA.
- RECORD GROUP 411,
RECORDS OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
- Presidential
pay records, 1945-53. About 400 pages.
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