Harry S. Truman Library, Inc. Records

FOLDER TITLE LIST

Box 1

ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTOR

• Hegeman-Harris Company, Inc.
• Architects - Somdal & Gentry (4 folders)
• Massman-Patti contractors
• Charts and drawing - Gentry & Voskamp

Box 2

• Sub-contractors

H.S.T. LIBRARY BUILDING MATERIALS

• Acquisition of the site of the Harry S. Truman Library
• Building costs (2 folders)
• Revision of building estimate, 1956 - Building Committee meeting, Feb. 1956
• H.S.T. Library blueprints
• Library inscriptions
• Library cost estimates

Box 3

• Furnishings and equipment estimates
• Duff and Repp
• Furnishing and landscaping - Hare & Hare
• Library drawings
• Library maps
• Location of Library
• Library pneumatic tube system
• Library shelving
• Library shelving pamphlets

JANUARY 8, 1953 - DINNER

• Attendance at dinner
• Dinner acceptance
• Dinner regrets
• Miscellaneous for dinner

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY GROUNDBREAKING

• Invitation list for groundbreaking
• Rejected invitations for groundbreaking

Box 4

• Accepted invitations to groundbreaking
• Publicity releases, printed cards, memos, letters for groundbreaking

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY DEDICATION FILE

• Library luncheon clippings (2 folders)
• Letters re ceremonies
• Lists - invitations sent (2 folders)

Box 5

• Invitations sent
• Formal invitations
• Joe McGee acceptance and regrets
• Joe Mcgee file
• Publicity
• Dedication press releases

Box 6

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY FILES, 1950 - 1953

• General correspondence Harry S. Truman Library Inc., 1950-1951
• General correspondence Harry S. Truman Library Inc., 1952
• Contribution letters
• Acknowledgement letters
• Bank statements and pass book
• Chairmanship letters

AUDITORS' REPORTS

• Auditors' reports, 1953
• Auditors' reports, 1954
• Auditors' reports, 1956
• Auditors' reports, 1957
• Auditors' reports, 1958

Box 7

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY CONTRIBUTORS AND FINANCIAL PAPERS, 1950 - 1957

• Balances, 1952
• Report of Treasurer, December 20, 1952
• Receipts, January 1, 1953 - March 1, 1953
• Library income breakdown, January 14 - July 8, 1953
• Analysis of income breakdown, July 18, 1950 - Sept. 1, 1953
• Expenses, January 21, 1953 - September 29, 1953
• Reports through December 31, 1953
• Treasurer's report June 8, 1954
• Treasurer's report July 15, 1950 - June 30, 1954
• Treasurer's report July 15, 1950 - September 15, 1954
• Treasurer's report September 15, 1954 - September 12, 1955
• Special Report, November 19, 1955
• Special Report, December 30, 1955
• Special Report, January 31, 1956
• Special Report, March 14, 1956
• Special Report, April 8, 1956
• Progress Report, August 1, 1956
• Treasurer's report, September 15, 1956
• Financial report, November 2, 1956
• Financial Status of the Library, November 15, 1956
• Financial Status of the Library, December 20, 1956
• Treasurer's report for special meeting January 28, 1957
• Financial status of the library, July 17, 1957
• Books, October 1950 - August 1952
• Library contributions, October 9, 1950 - February 2, 1953
• Building accounts, statements, invoices, etc. (Duter correspondence)
• Building account
• Building account - 1957 statements

Box 8

• Expense accounts and vouchers, 1954 - 1957 (2 folders)
• Deposit slips, 1953-1957 (2 folders)

Box 9

• Bank statements, 1953-1957
• Check stubs, 1953-1957
• Petty cash book

LIBRARY INVOICES AND BILLS

Box 10

• Bank statements and deposit slips, 1958 - 1963
• June 1955
• July 1955
• August 1955
• September 1955

Box 11

• October 1955
• November 1955
• December 1955
• January 1956
• February 1956
• March 1956

Box 12

• April 1956
• May 1956
• June 1956
• July 1956
• August 1956

Box 13

• September 1956
• October 1956
• November 1956 (3 folders)

Box 14

• December 1956
• January 1957 ( 2 folders)
• February 1957 ( 2 folders)
• March 1957 (folder 1)

Box 15

• March 1957 (folder 2)
• April 1957 (2 folders)
• May 1957
• June 1957

Box 16

• July 1957 (3 folders)
• August 1957
• September 1957
• December 1957
• 1958 - 1960

Box 17

• Expenses, January 1953 - April 1955 (28 folders)

Box 18

• Expenses, May 1955 - November 1957 (31 folders)

Box 19

• Balance sheets
• Building cost paid
• Weekly reports

PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS - INFORMATION RE OTHER LIBRARIES

• Presidential libraries - general
• The Presidential Library - Kahn article
• Miscellaneous libraries
• Eisenhower Library information
• Hoover Library
• Hyde Park Library information
• Hyde Park information

Box 20

• Lincoln Memorial Center Association
• Papers of Presidents ( 4 folders)

Box 21

FUND RAISING FOR THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY

• State Committees - Arizona
• State Committees - Arkansas
• State Committees - California, pledge card replies
• State Committees - California, form letter, Los Angeles
• State Committees - California, San Francisco, (2 folders)
• State Committees - Colorado, Denver
• State Committees - Colorado, Denver Library dinner

Box 22

• State Committees - Washington, D.C.
• State Committees - Charles Murphy's mailing campaign
• State Committees - Dean Acheson's special gifts committee
• State Committees - Mrs. Mastin White, Treasurer, D.C.
• State Committees - Washington, D.C. luncheon, June 25, 1953
• State Committees - Melvin Hildreth's "stone" file
• State Committees - Library reception, May 7, 1954
• State Committees - Florida
• State Committees - Georgia
• State Committees - Chicago, Illinois (3 folders)

Box 23

• State Committees Hellenic Federation dinner, October 28, 1955
• State Committees - Indiana
• State Committees - Iowa
• State Committees - Louisiana
• State Committees - Maryland
• State Committees - Mass., Boston luncheon, March 8, 1954
• State Committees - Michigan
• State Committees - Michigan, Ann Arbor, Sam Hayes
• State Committees - Michigan, Detroit
• State Committees - Minnesota
• State Committees - Minnesota Farmers Union
• State Committees - Missouri, Communications Workers dinner

Box 24

• State Committees - Missouri, Kansas City dinner, November 6, 1954
• State Committees - Missouri, Kansas City
• State Committees - Missouri, St. Louis
• State Committees - Nebraska
• State Committees - New Jersey
• State Committees - New Mexico
• State Committees - New York dinner, May 8, 1953
• State Committees - New York contributions
• State Committees - New York, Frank Berand, Jack De Simone, Stephen Scopas, Greek activities cocktail party, November 11, 1953

Box 25

• State Committees - New York Luncheon, June 29, 1953
• State Committees - New York, Abraham Feinberg
• State Committees - North Carolina
• State Committees - Ohio, Toledo Young Democrats September 6, 1955
• State Committees - Ohio, Cleveland dinner, June 3, 1955
• State Committees - Ohio, Cleveland
• State Committees - Ohio, Cincinnati, Junior Order of the United American Mechanics
• State Committees - Oklahoma
• State Committees - Oregon
• State Committees - Pennsylvania, Philadelphia dinner, December 13, 1954 (2 folders)
• State Committees - Pennsylvania

Box 26

• State Committees - Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Harry S. Truman presentation of Franklin Portrait
• State Committees - Pennsylvania, Scranton
• State Committees - Texas
• State Committees - Utah
• State Committees - Washington, Seattle dinner, November 26, 1955
• State Committees - Wisconsin

FUND RAISING PLANS

• Progress report letters, January 21, 1955
• Form Letter replies, November 5, 1954
• Suggested methods of raising money, November 5, 1954
• Fund raising letters to trustees, contributors of $1000 or more and contributors of $100 or more
• Postal data - 1954 mailing
• Library mailing envelope
• Harry S. Truman television program - Callahan, Delehanty, O'Donnell, August 10, 1953

LISTS - POSSIBLE AND ACTUAL CONTRIBUTORS

• Key men -states - Miscellaneous

Box 27

• Key and potential contributors, 1953
• Large contributors listed
• Possible contributors

FOUNDATIONS

• Rockefeller Foundation - Dean Rusk
• Foundations - Ford Carnegie
• Harry S. Truman Library Foundations
• Memo for foundations
• Harry S. Truman Library and Foundation giving
• Homer Wadsworth

CORRESPONDENCE - CONTRIBUTORS TO HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY OVER $100

• $100 contributors form letter

• A - L (12 folders)

Box 28

• Mc - W (11 folders)

CORRESPONDENCE - CONTRIBUTORS TO HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY UNDER $100

• Anonymous contributors
• A - Mc (13 folders)

Box 29

• M - XYZ (10 folders)
• Correspondence pulled from files for replies
• Letters from President Truman re birthday contributions
• Democratic Committee contributions

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Miscellaneous
• Blegen, Theodore C.
• Commager, Henry Steele
• Decker, Clarence R.

Box 30

• Ellis, Elmer
• Grover, Wayne C.
• McGrath, Earl J.
• Murphy, Franklin D.
• Schlesinger, Arthur
• Shafer, Boyd
• Advisory Committee May 7, 1957
• Harry S. Truman will

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

• Acheson Bust (folder 1)

Box 31

• Acheson Bust (folder 2 and 3)
• Offer of papers
• Deposition and care of Presidential papers
• Independence Examiner Library Articles

Box 32

• Bank of Independence, Missouri resolution
• Land purchase account
• Library press release
• Library contributions made by officers and trustees
• Items sent to trustees
• Harry S. Truman
• Harry S. Truman Library - contents and archival aspects
• Evans, Tom
• Waller, Wilmer J.
• Acheson, Dean
• Anderson, Clinton P.
• Allen, George E.
• Arvey, Jacob M.
• Austin, Warren R.
• Barringer, L. T.
• Bez, Nick
• Blair, James T., Jr.
• Blaustein, Jacob

Box 33

• Bowles, Chester
• Brannan, Charles F.
• Brooks, Elwood M.
• Brown, Francis, C.
• Bulova, Arde
• Bunche, Ralph J.
• Carey, James B.
• Chapman, Oscar
• Chase, Mrs. Mary
• Clark, Joseph S., Jr.
• Clayton, William L.
• Clifford, Clark M.
• Connelly, Matthew J.
• Cord, E. L.
• Cox, James M.
• Davis, Blevins
• Donaldson, Jesse M.
• Donohue, F. Joseph
• Ewing, Oscar
• Feinberg, Abraham
• Foster, William C.
• Fowler, Henry H.
• Frye, Jack
• Gardner, Mrs. O. Max
• Gray, Georgia N.
• Greenfield, Albert M.
• Harriman, W. Averell
• Harrison, George M.
• Johnson, Louis A.
• Keenan, Joseph B.
• Kennedy, John F.
• Kennedy, John F. 1961 Inaugural address
• Killion, George
• Land, Frank
• Lasker, Mrs. Albert D.

Box 34

• Lausche, Frank J.
• Lawrence, David L.
• Leighty, George E.
• Lincoln, Murray D.
• Lewis, John L.
• Magnin, Cyril
• Mann, Frederic R.
• McCahey, James B.
• McCormack, John
• McDonald, David J.
• McGee, Joseph
• McGrath, J. Howard
• McKim, Edward D.
• McKinney, Frank E.
• Meany, George
• Miles, J. Fred
• Miller, Ed S.
• Morgan, Thomas
• Morrison, Mrs. Emma N.
• Murphy, Charles S.
• Palmer, Dwight R. G.
• Patterson, Fred D.
• Patton, James G.
• Pauley, Edwin W.
• Potofsky, Jacob
• Putnam, Roger L.
• Radcliffe, George L.
• Rayburn, Sam
• Reuther, Walter P.
• Roosevelt, Mrs. Eleanor
• Rosenman, Samuel I.
• Saloman, Sidney, Jr.
• Schary, Dore
• Schnitzler, William F.
• Sermon, William
• Silver, Charles
• Snyder, John W.
• Souers, Sidney
• Steelman, John R.
• Stewart, Mrs. Louise
• Stone, Dewey D.
• Symington, W. Stuart (folder 1)

Box 35

• Symington, W. Stuart (folder 2 and 3)
• Tipton, William E.
• Tobias, Channing
• Turner, Roy J.
• Van Sant, Thomas H.
• Weatherford, Robert T.
• Williams, G. Mennen
• Woodward, Stanley
• Youngdahl, Luther, W.

TRUSTEES, DECEASED OR DID NOT SERVE

• Carroll, T. C.
• Ernst, Hugo
• Hildreth, Melvin D.
• Jacobson, Edward
• Jobes, Harry
• MacGowan, Charles J.
• Marshall, George C.
• Myers, Francis J.
• Perlman, Philip B.
• Tipton, Ernest M.
• Vinson, Fred M.
• Walker, Frank C.
• Dubinsky, David
• Hayes, Albert J.
• Hoffman, Paul
• McCloy, John J.
• Parten, R. J.
• Schiff, Dorothy

Box 36

• Barkley, Alben

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, BY-LAWS, LEGAL ASPECTS

• Rufus Burrus, Missouri Lawyer
• Transfer of deed
• Library legislation (2 folders)
• Draft assigning Library to U.S.
• S. 1150 (Bill for Presidential space)
• Legal material
• Articles of Agreement - By-Laws

FINANCIAL FILES

• Treasurer's reports

Box 37

• Contacts re Truman Library building
• Correspondence - general
• Correspondence - rent
• Securities
• Purchasing of securities
• Lists - contributors
• Releases - clippings - publicity
• Correspondence - contributions
• Rental of headquarters
• Treasury Department - status of income tax
• Insurance - surety bond
• Minutes - Board of Trustees
• Re-issuance of checks, etc., 1953-54

Box 38

• Re-issuance of checks, 1955-56
• Re-issuance of checks, 1957
• Re-issuance of checks, 1958
• Deposits, 1953
• Deposits, 1954

Box 39

• Deposits, 1955
• Deposits, 1956
• Deposits, 1957
• Deposits, January - June 1958
• Financial statements for 1958 and 1959

Box 40

• Current expenses
• Grandview, Missouri property expenses
• Grandview deed and insurance policy
• Kirschner stock
• Financial files (4 folders)

TRUMAN LIBRARY

• Federal regulations
• Charter
• Library accouterments

Box 41

• Adams Papers microfilm information
• Applications for work
• Bill - to microfilm Library of Congress Presidential Papers
• By-Laws
• Contributor's page
• General correspondence
• Lehman, Saul, Correspondence
• Correspondence, Dr. Brooks, 1957-58

Box 42

• Correspondence, Dr. Brooks, 1959
• Correspondence, Dr. Brooks, 1960
• Correspondence, Dr. Brooks, 1961 (2 folders)
• Correspondence, Dr. Brooks, 1962

Box 43

• Correspondence, Fuchs, Brooks, and Lagerquist, 1954 to June 1957 (2 folders)
• Library equipment
• Films, Truman Administration
• Miscellaneous inquiries concerning the Library
• Library charts and maps
• Donated materials
• Kempton portrait reproductions
• Museum display
• Library pamphlets (2 folders)

Box 44

• Truman portrait information
• Publicity
• Requests for materials from the Harry S. Truman Library

LIBRARY CORPORATION PERSONNEL

• Gowen, Mary A.
• Gunter, Lola
• Jacobsen, Sue P.
• Knicley, Betty J.
• Lloyd, David D.
• McGrath, Agnes M.
• Nakasian, Patricia
• Snyder, Margueritte J.

LIBRARY CORPORATION TAXES, INSURANCE, CORPORATION BOND

• Corporation bond
• Employees compensation insurance
• D.C. sales tax exemption
• D.C. Unemployment compensation tax exemption

Box 45

• Federal income tax exemption
• Withholding taxes
• New York City Sales tax exemption
• Taxability of gifts

TRUMAN LIBRARY CORPORATION OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C.

• Office furnishings, estimates, etc.
• Stationery, office
• Lease, 1001 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
• Webb Building
• Webb Building expenses, 1958

ANNUAL MEETING

• Trustee's names and addresses
• Annual meeting, notice of meeting 1952
• Annual meeting, December 20, 1952, statement by Tom Evans

Box 46

• Annual meeting, proxies, 1953
• Annual meeting, press releases issued after the meeting, 1953
• Annual meeting, notes and memos, 1953
• Annual meeting, agenda, 1953
• Annual meeting, minutes, September 29, 1953
• Special meeting, minutes, January 8, 1953
• Special meeting, statement of Basil O'Connor, January 8, 1953
• Special meeting, University of Kansas City offer, July 7, 1954
• Special meeting, City of Independence, Missouri -site offer, July 7, 1954
• Special meeting, University of Missouri site offer, July 7, 1954
• Special meeting, notes, memos, July 7, 1954
• Special meeting, University proposals, memos, July 7, 1954
• Special meeting, press releases, July 7, 1954
• Special meeting, minutes, July 7, 1954
• Special meeting, proxies and notices, July 7, 1954
• Annual meeting, September 18, 1954

Box 47

• Annual meeting, September 17, 1955
• Annual meeting, September 15, 1956 (2 folders)
• Special meeting, miscellaneous letters, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, press releases, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, Building Committee letters, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, financial report, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, proxies signed, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, resolutions passed, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, memos, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, agenda, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, minutes, January 17, 1957
• Special meeting, notes of meeting, January 17, 1957
• Annual meeting, addition work on Library, September 19, 1957
• Annual meeting, architects bill, September 19, 1957
• Annual meeting, deed, September 19, 1957
• Annual meeting, building committee, September 19, 1957

Box 48

• Annual meeting, September 17, 1957
• Annual meeting, notes September 19, 1957
• Annual meeting, proxies, September 20, 1958
• Annual meeting, September 20, 1958
• Annual meeting, proxies, September 19, 1959
• Annual meeting, September 19, 1959
• Annual meeting, proxies September 17, 1960
• Annual meeting, September 17, 1960
• Annual meeting, proxies September 16, 1961
• Annual meeting, September 16, 1961

Box 49

• Annual meeting, proxies for 1962
• Annual meeting, September 15, 1962

THOMAS HART BENTON MURAL

• Thomas Hart Benton mural (2 folders)

Box 50

• Thomas Hart Benton mural (folder 3)
• Benton dedication cost
• Benton mural dedication 1961

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS COMMISSION

• Hearings, June 5, 1957

CAMPOBELLO PROJECT

• Campobello project, memo by David D. Lloyd, July 7, 1958
• Campobello correspondence

UNIONS

• Dinner President Truman, June 23, 1953, Mayflower Hotel
• Individuals - Anderson, Cy
• Individuals - Harrison, George

Box 51

• Individuals - Keenan, Joseph D.
• Individuals - Meany, George
• Individuals - Slaughter, Glen
• Associations - Air Line Pilots
• Associations - International Association, Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Association
• Associations - Flight Engineers International Association
• Associations - International Association of Fire Fighters
• Associations - Glass Bottle Blowers Association
• Associations - International Hod Carriers Association
• Associations - United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada
• Associations - International Association of Machinists
• Associations - Retail Clerks International Association
• Associations - National Association of Special Delivery Messengers
• Brotherhoods - United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
• Brotherhoods - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
• Brotherhoods - International Brotherhood of Firemen, Oilers, and Helpers
• Brotherhoods - International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
• Brotherhoods - International Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
• Brotherhoods - International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
• Brotherhoods - American Federation of Grain Millers
• Brotherhoods - American Federation of Hosiery Workers (2 folders)
• Union Workers - United Automobile Workers of America
• Union Workers - Bakery and Confectionary Workers
• Union Workers - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmetologists International Union of America
• Union Workers - International Chemical Workers Union
• Union Workers - Amalgamated Clothing Workers
• Union Workers - Communications Workers of America
• Union Workers - The Electrical Workers' Journal Publicity
• Union Workers - American Flint Glass Workers Union
• Union Workers - International Handbag, Luggage, Belt and Novelty Workers Union
• Union Workers - Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union
• Union Workers - International Photo Engravers Union of North America
• Union Workers - International Ladies Garment Workers Union
• Union Workers - Laundry Workers' International Union
• Union Workers - Maintenance of Way employees Union
• Union Workers - Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen
• Union Workers - International Union Operating Engineers
• Union Workers - Upholsterers International Unions
• Union Workers - Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers International
• Miscellaneous - Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons
• Miscellaneous - Pattern Makers League of North America
• Miscellaneous - Railroad Signalmen of America
• Miscellaneous - Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
• Miscellaneous - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
• Miscellaneous - Booklet
• Miscellaneous - American Federation of Labor pledges and contributions

Box 52

• Miscellaneous - Solicitation letters sent to American Federation of Labor Unions
• Miscellaneous - A. F of L.
• Miscellaneous - C. I. O.
• Miscellaneous - United Mine Workers, John L. Lewis

PUBLICITY

• T. V.
• March of Dimes publicity kit, 1954
• Drew Pearson
• Records
• Wrigley, Tom
• Clippings, 1952
• Clippings, 1953
• Clippings, 1954
• Clippings, 1955
• Clippings, 1956
• Clippings, 1957 (2 folders)
• Clippings, 1959-60
• Clippings, 1961-62

Box 53

• Photographs
• Tape recordings

RECORDS OF TOM L. EVANS, TREASURER OF THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INC.

Box 54

• Truman dinner, Kansas City, Missouri
• Library equipment, Phil Brooks
• Dedication of Harry S, Truman Library
• Invitation lists to Basil O' Connor reception July 5 and Truman reception July 6, 1957
• Truman Library - Duff & Repp - Robert Keith Furniture Company
• Harry S. Truman Copy Letter ( 2 folders)

Box 55

• Harry S. Truman Library Inc., construction, April - July, 1955 (2 folders)
• Harry S. Truman Library Inc., correspondence, 1953-1954 (3 folders)

Box 56

• Harry S. Truman Library Inc., correspondence, January - May, 1955
• Harry S. Truman Library Inc., correspondence, 1956-1958 (4 folders)

Box 57

• Harry S. Truman Library Inc., correspondence, 1958-1963 ( 2 folders)
• Scroll for erecting a record depository of Harry S. Truman on University of Kansas City Campus
• Truman Library birthday dinner, 1955

Box 58

• Harry S. Truman Library Inc. - by laws, minutes of meetings, resolutions - 2 Vols.

FILES OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY TRUSTEES, HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INC.

Box 59

• Harry S. Truman Library dedication ceremonies
• Truman Library dedication ceremonies regrets

Box 60

• Truman Library dedication ceremonies, acceptance cards and letters ( 6 folders)
• Cross reference sheets

• The following separate items are at the end of the collection.

INDEX CARDS

• Index boxes (3 X 5) containing addresses of contributors to the Harry S. Truman Library, Inc. - 16 boxes

JOURNALS AND CHECKBOOKS

• Journal, Harry S. Truman Library, Inc. [ledger of accounts]
• Checkbooks, Harry S. Truman Library, Inc. (2)

OVERSIZED MATERIALS

• The Book of the Builders of the Harry S. Truman Library

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