PAPERS AS U.S. SENATOR AND VICE PRESIDENT--Approximately 500 pages. Includes material filed under: Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City--Available Office Space, July 30, 1941; Kansas City Bar Association; Kansas City Court of Appeals; Kansas City Journal (E. A. Allison); and Kansas City Ward Leaders (Pendergast Faction). Senator Truman's correspondence with the Jewish and African-American communities of Kansas City, and with a prominent Kansas City business leader, is filed under: Jews; Negroes; and National Defense--Lou E. Holland (President of Mid-Central War Resources Board).

PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY'S FILES -- Approximately 250 pages. Includes correspondence between President Truman and friends, acquaintances, and relatives living in or near Kansas City, Missouri, among them Barney Allis, H. Roe Bartle, E. H. Benson, Richard Bolling, Wilburn Bowman, William Boyle, Jr., Henry A. Bundschu, Fred A. Canfil, John Caskie Collet, Clarence V. Decker, Eugene P. Donnelly, Shannon C. Douglas, Tom L. Evans, Alonzo H. Gentry, Wallace Graham, Brown Harris, Lou E. Holland, Edward Jacobson, Harry C. Jobes, Frank S. Land, Thomas McGee, Jo Zach Miller, J. C. Nichols, James M. Pendergast, Roy A. Roberts, Alex F. Sachs, Bryce B. Smith, Fred Truman, Ralph E. Truman, N. T. Veatch, Jerome Walsh, and Sam Wear. WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES--Approximately 200 pages. Includes material on Kansas City, Missouri, and on the Kansas City Association for the Blind; Kansas City Baptist Association; Kansas City Bar Association; Kansas City Bible College; Kansas City Blues baseball team; Kansas City Chamber of Commerce; Kansas City Centennial Celebration; Kansas City Club; Kansas City Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church; Kansas City Merchants Association; Kansas City Philharmonic Association; Kansas City public schools; and Kansas City Star.

POST-PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS--Approximately 1,000 pages. Includes correspondence with Barney Allis about the Kansas City Athletics baseball team; speeches made by President Truman in Kansas City, Missouri, after he left the presidency; and material on the Baptist Memorial Hospital; H. Roe Bartle; the 822 Club; Tom Evans; Carl, Samuel, and Charles Hipsch; the KCMO Broadcasting Company; the Muehlebach Hotel; and Benjamin Sosland and the Sosland Press, Inc. PAPERS PERTAINING TO FAMILY, BUSINESS, AND PERSONAL AFFAIRS -- Approximately 250 pages. Includes files on the Kansas City Law School; Jackson County, Missouri; the Truman-Jacobson haberdashery; and other business ventures in Kansas City, Missouri. Also includes letters from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace Truman that document aspects of life in the Kansas City area from 1910 to 1959.

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OTHER PERSONAL PAPERS

PAPERS OF JAMES P. AYLWARD--Approximately 50 pages. Includes letters, memoranda, and other material relating to James P. Aylward, a political associate of Harry S. Truman in Kansas City during the 1930s.

PAPERS OF FRED CANFIL--Approximately 1,000 pages. Includes letters, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and reports relating to Fred Canfil's role as a friend and Kansas City political associate of Harry S. Truman during the 1930s. Five scrapbooks in this collection primarily document Truman's 1934 U.S. Senate campaign.

PAPERS OF THE COLGAN AND BRUNER FAMILIES--Approximately 150 pages. Includes correspondence relating to Truman's family history and connections with Kansas City, Missouri.

PAPERS OF CLARENCE R. DECKER--Approximately 100 pages. Includes correspondence between Mr. Truman and Clarence Decker, president of the University of Kansas City (now the University of Missouri-Kansas City). PAPERS OF TOM L. EVANS--Approximately 2,000 pages. Includes correspondence and other information on Tom L. Evans, a Kansas City businessman and friend of Harry S. Truman; on Kansas City politics; and on the creation of the Harry S. Truman Library. PAPERS OF A. J. GRANOFF--Approximately 2,400 pages. Includes letters, memoranda, reports, and newspaper clippings mostly relating to the Jewish community of Kansas City, Missouri; A. J. Granoff's work as a civic leader; and his friendship with Edward Jacobson, Mr. Truman's ex-business partner.

PAPERS OF LOU E. HOLLAND--Approximately 800 pages. Includes photocopies of correspondence between Lou Holland, a Kansas City businessman and civic leader, and Harry S. Truman, along with related correspondence and portions of Holland's diary, copied from original documents in the holdings of the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection, University of Missouri-Kansas City.

RECORDS OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI--Approximately 5,600 pages. Includes legal documents handled by David Wallace, the father of Bess Wallace Truman, during his tenure as deputy county recorder for Jackson County, and other material relating to Kansas City.

PAPERS OF EDWARD JACOBSON--Approximately 800 pages. Includes information on the business partnership and friendship between Edward Jacobson and Harry S. Truman; Truman's ties to the Kansas City Jewish community; and Jacobson's role in the U.S. recognition of Israel.

RECORDS OF THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, BOARD OF ELECTIONS--Approximately 2,400 pages on 2 reels of microfilm. Includes primary and general election returns and other records copied from original documents in the possession of the Kansas City Board of Elections.

COLLECTION OF CLIPPINGS FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR--Approximately 6,000 pages on 5 reels of microfilm. Includes newspaper clippings relating to Harry S. Truman, copied from originals by the staff of the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Times. The clippings are arranged in series devoted to Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and the Harry S. Truman Library.

PAPERS OF WILLIAM KITCHEN--Approximately 300 pages. Includes information on Kitchen's role as a Kansas City attorney and political associate of Harry S. Truman from 1934 to 1945.

PAPERS OF ARTHUR MAG--Approximately 300 pages. Includes information concerning Mag's role as an attorney for Harry S. Truman, 1953-67.

PAPERS OF GEORGE C. MARQUIS--Approximately 500 pages. Includes correspondence with Harry S. Truman on Masonic matters, and material documenting Masonic activities in Kansas City, 1934-59.

PAPERS OF EDWARD P. MEISBURGER--Less than one linear foot (approximately 600 pages). Includes information about Meisburger's friendship with Harry S. Truman; his service with Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery during World War I; his work as reporter and editor with the Kansas City Journal-Post, 1915-17; and his work as an information and editorial specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Kansas City, 1949-67.

PAPERS OF NEILD-SOMDAL ASSOCIATES--Approximately 800 pages. Includes correspondence with Alonzo Gentry of Gentry and Voskamp, the Kansas City architectural firm which collaborated with Neild-Somdal Associates in designing the Harry S. Truman Library.

PAPERS OF BRYCE B. SMITH--Approximately 4,000 pages. Includes information concerning Bryce Smith, mayor of Kansas City from 1930 to 1939, and his correspondence with Harry S. Truman. PAPERS OF N. T. VEATCH--Approximately 500 pages. Includes information on his career as a consulting engineer to the Jackson County (Missouri) Highway Engineering Department during the construction of the Jackson County road system; and as founder of the Black and Veatch Engineering Company of Kansas City. PAPERS OF JEROME K. WALSH--Approximately 5,600 pages. Includes information on the career of Jerome K. Walsh, a Kansas City attorney and friend of Harry S. Truman, and material pertaining to Kansas City politics.

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ORAL HISTORIES

GAYLON BABCOCK. Kansas City banker and friend of Harry S. Truman. About 7 pages concerning Kansas City and the Kansas City Automobile Club.

MATTHEW C. CONNELLY. Appointments Secretary to the President. About 12 pages concerning Kansas City.

MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL. Daughter of President Truman. Approximately 3 pages about Kansas City, Missouri. TOM L. EVANS. Kansas City businessman and friend of Harry S. Truman. Includes about 50 pages on Kansas City, Missouri; about 14 pages on the Kansas City Star; about 3 pages each on the Kansas City College of Pharmacy and the Kansas City Southern Railroad; and about 1 page each on the Kansas City Athletic Club, the Kansas City Blues, the Kansas City Crime Commission, and the Kansas City Fire Department. EDGAR C. FARIS, JR. Secretary to Senator Truman, 1935-38. Includes about 6 pages on Kansas City, Missouri.

A. J. GRANOFF. Kansas City businessman; friend of Harry S. Truman and Edward Jacobson. Includes about 3 pages on Kansas City and 1 page on the Kansas City Star.

RANDALL JESSEE. Kansas City friend of Harry S. Truman. Includes 1 page about the Kansas City Club and 2 pages about the Kansas City Star.

WALTER MATSCHECK. Director, Kansas City Civic Research Institute, 1921-36. Includes about 12 pages on the Kansas City Civic Research Institute, and about 3 pages on the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

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