Harry S. Truman Papers
Staff Member and Office Files
David E. Bell Files
Dates: Date Span: 1949-1953.
Budget Examiner, Bureau of the Budget, 1945 - 1947; Special Assistant
in the White House, 1947 - 1948, 1949 - 1951; Assistant to the Chief,
Fiscal Division, Bureau of the Budget, 1948 - 1949; Administrative Assistant
to the President, 1951 - 1953.
The files of David E. Bell consist of materials related to various waterway
projects and a few speech drafts. Papers relevant to the Columbia Valley
Administration and the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project as well as
a proposed bill for the Arkansas White and Red River Basins are all included
in the Bell File. Other material includes several speech drafts for two
different occasions. These occasions include Harry S. Truman's farewell
address from the White House as well as a proposed speech draft in the
event the communists broke off negotiations for an armistice in Korea.
These files were presumably collected by Mr. Bell during his service as
Special Assistant in the White House and as Administrative Assistant to
the President.
See also David E. Bell Papers and Oral History.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Size: Less than one-half of one linear foot (approximately 400
pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: Harry S. Truman donated his copyright interest in writings
in these files to the United States government. Documents created by U.S.
Government officials in the course of their official duties are likewise
in the public domain. Copyright interest in any other writings in these
files is assumed to remain with the authors of the documents, or their
heirs.
Processed by: Phillip D. Lagerquist (1956).
Updated by: Sondra Pena (2004) as part of the Truman Library Internship
Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and Amy Williams.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
| 1919 (January 20) |
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Born, Jamestown, North Dakota |
| 1939 |
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1939 B.A., Pomona College, Claremont, California |
| 1940 |
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1940 M.A., (Economics) Harvard University |
| 1941 |
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1941 Administrative Analyst, War Organization Section, Administrative
Management Division, Bureau of the Budget |
| 1942-1945 |
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U.S. Marine Corps Reserve |
| 1943 |
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Married Mary Louise Barry |
| 1945-1947 |
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Budget Examiner, Bureau of the Budget |
| 1947-1948, |
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Special Assistant in the White House |
| 1949-1951 |
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| 1948-1949 |
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Assistant to the Chief, Fiscal Division, Bureau of the Budget |
| 1951-1953 |
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Administrative Assistant to President Truman |
| 1954-1957 |
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Adviser on General Economics, Planning Board, Government of Pakistan,
and Project Field Supervisor, Harvard Advisory Group |
| 1957-1961 |
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Lecturer on Economics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard
University |
| 1961-1962 |
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Director, Bureau of the Budget |
| 1962-1966 |
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Administrator, Agency for International Development |
| 1966 |
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1966 Vice President, International Division |
| 1969 |
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Executive Vice President, The Ford Foundation |
| 2000 (September) |
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Died |
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The files of David E. Bell are organized into one series which is arranged
alphabetically. The date span is 1949-1953. The files of David E. Bell
consist of materials related to various waterway projects and a few speech
drafts. The largest folder is in reference to the Columbia Valley Administration (CVA).
Included are proposed bills, memos of correspondence between interested
parties, analysis of pros and cons for this proposal, as well as other
related material. Also included in this folder are Presidential messages
that were delivered to Congress requesting the establishment of the CVA
and copies of the Bills passed through the Senate and the House. Another
waterway project represented in the Bell File is the St. Lawrence Seaway
and Power Project. This joint venture that the U.S. entered into with
Canada is documented through a collection of various memos, letters, and
other correspondence between all interested parties. Communication between
Harry S. Truman and the Prime Minister of Canada is also included. Beyond
these two projects, there is also a draft of a bill relating to the Arkansas
White and Red River Basins. In addition to these materials several speech
drafts are contained in the David Bell Files. These speeches were drafted
for two separate occasions. One was written for President Truman's Farewell
address from the White House and the other in the event the communists
broke off negotiations for an armistice in Korea.
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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
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Series |
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SUBJECT FILE, 1949-1953
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Proposed bills, bills, correspondence, speech drafts,
printed material, messages to Congress |
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FOLDER TITLE LIST
SUBJECT FILE, 1949-1953
Box 1
- Arkansas - White - Red River Basins
- Columbia Valley Administration
- Farewell Radio Address: January 15, 1953
- Korean Armistice
- St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project
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