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  • Executive orders, unpublished, 1945-48. 1 linear foot.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.
  • Bills Introduced by Senator Harry S. Truman, 1935-1938. About 400 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.
  • 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.
  • Supplementary documents from the Foreign Relations series relating to the U.S. intelligence community, 1945-1950, 1997. 1.1 linear feet.

• RECORD GROUP 64, RECORDS OF THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY.
  • 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
  • Transcripts of Grand Jury Testimony in the Alger Hiss Case, 1947-1949. Approximately 2.4 linear feet.

• 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. These records relate to functions of the 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, 1957-72. About 100 pages.
  • Records Relating to the Site of the Harry S. Truman Library, 1957-1981. About 800 pages.

• RECORD GROUP 273, RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
• Reports to the National Security Council, 1950. About 100 pages. Copied from originals at NARA.
• RECORD GROUP 274, RECORDS OF PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL COMMITTEES
  • Records of the 1949 Inaugural Committee, 1948-49. 22 linear feet.

• 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. 800 pages and 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. 1 reel of microfilm.

• 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-
  • Military personnel file of Harry S. Truman, 1917-55. About 100 pages.
  • 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.