King, Linda Papers

Dates: 1945-1949

Friend of Bess W. Truman

This collection is made up of the contents of a scrapbook compiled by Mrs. Linda King. The scrapbook mostly pertains to Mrs. King’s membership in Bess Truman’s bridge club, and includes photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, menus, and correspondence.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: Less than one-half of one linear foot (approximately 200 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: No donation of copyright was received with this collection.
Processed by: Brian Smith (2010).


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Linda King (Mrs. Oscar King) was a friend of Bess W. Truman and a member of her bridge club in Independence, Missouri.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This collection is made up of the contents of a scrapbook compiled by Mrs. Linda King. It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, menus, invitations, and postcards mostly pertaining to Mrs. King’s membership in Bess Truman’s bridge club in Independence, Missouri. The members of the club visited Mrs. Truman in Washington in 1946, and Mrs. King’s scrapbook is chiefly devoted to this occasion.

This collection includes messages from Bess and Margaret Truman, Mrs. King, Perle Mesta, and others, and photographs of the Trumans and the other members of the bridge club.

More information about Mrs. Truman’s bridge club can be found in the papers of Mary Shaw Branton, Mag Barkley Noel, Thelma Pallette Seibel, and Reathel Odum.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

 

Series

1

  SCRAPBOOK FILE, 1945-1949
Newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and other documents from the scrapbook of Mrs. Linda King. Arranged chronologically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

SCRAPBOOK FILE, 1945-1949

Box 1

  • Scrapbook
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