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The Harry S. Truman Library Institute,

a 501(c)(3) organization, is dedicated to

the preservation, advancement, and outreach activities

of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum,

one of our nation’s 13 presidential libraries

overseen by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Together with its public partner, the Truman Library Institute

preserves the enduring legacy of America’s 33rd president

to enrich the public’s understanding of history,

the presidency, public policy, and citizenship.

“The decisions he made, the institutions he built,

the principles he stood for

have kept us safe for more than half a century...

and they will light our way for decades to come.”

– Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

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CONTENTS SPECIAL FEATURES
2 Mission 8 Truman at 125
4 Volunteer Leadership Reprinted with permission from Prologue, the quarterly
5 Executive Message magazine of the National Archives and Records Administration
7 Truman125 25 Adventures with Grandpa Truman
10 What We Do by Clifton Truman Daniel
11 Exhibitions 37 Harry Truman’s History Lessons
17 Programs and Events by Samuel W. Rushay, Jr.
30 Education Truman Timeline
33 Research Grants and Awards On pages 7, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 43, 45, 47
34 Truman Bookshelf
Truman125 Exhibit Photos
40 Friends and Members
Featured throughout; index on pages 55-56
42 Ways to Be Involved
43 Upcoming Events
45 Volunteers and Interns
47 Financial Overview
48 Donor Honor Roll (800) 833-1225 | www.TrumanLibrary.org

Editor: Susan Medler | Designer: Elisa Berg

Cover Photo: Harry Truman at Minnesota’s Truman Day Celebration,
St. Paul, MN, Nov. 3, 1949

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Volunteer Leadership
Honorary Chairman
Clifton Truman Daniel

Officers
CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT William C. Nelson, George K. Baum Asset Mgmt.
VICE CHAIR Mary E. Hunkeler, Community Volunteer
VICE CHAIR John J. Sherman, Inergy
Directors
Carol Anderson, Ph.D., Emory University
Alan L. Atterbury, Midland Properties, Inc.
Kirk W. Carpenter, Carpenter & Company
Michael J. Devine, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
John A. Dillingham, JoDill, Inc. and Dillingham Enterprises
Charles M. Foudree, Ret., Harmon Industries, Inc.
Sam F. Hamra, Hamra Enterprises
Mary C. Johnston, National Volunteer
Allen L. Lefko, Bank of Grain Valley
Kenneth B. McClain, Humphrey, Farrington, and McClain, P.C.
Thomas R. McGee, Jr., DST Realty
John P. McMeel, Andrews McMeel Universal
National Advisory Council
Walter Isaacson, President & CEO, Aspen Institute
The Hon. John C. Danforth, Partner, Bryan Cave LLP
TREASURER Roger A. Novak, Novak Birks, P.C.
SECRETARY Herbert M. Kohn, Bryan Cave LLP
Larry L. McMullen, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Rev. Wilson D. Miscamble, CSC, University of Notre Dame
James B. Nutter, Jr., James B. Nutter & Company
Cappy P. Powell, Community Volunteer
Page Branton Reed, Community Volunteer
Beth K. Smith, Community Volunteer
Elizabeth T. Solberg, Fleishman Hillard, Inc.
Charles S. Sosland, Sosland Publishing Co.
The Hon. James W. Symington, O’Connor & Hannan
Maurice A. Watson, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Clyde F. Wendel, UMB Bank n.a.
The Hon. Richard A. Gephardt, Gephardt & Associates, L.C.
Michael J. Johnston, Ret., The Capital Group

Honorary Trustees
Mr. Henry W. Bloch Mr. George M. Elsey Dr. Francis H. Heller Mr. Thomas A. McDonnell Mr. Morton I. Sosland
Mrs. Elinor Borenstine Dr. Lawrence E. Gelfand Mr. Milton P. Kayle Mr. C. Westbrook Murphy Mr. Elmer B. Staats
Mr. Willard L. Boyd Mr. Larry J. Hackman Mr. Jonathan M. Kemper Mr. James B. Nutter, Sr. Mr. David Stanley
Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton Dr. Susan M. Hartmann Dr. Richard S. Kirkendall Mrs. Barbara J. Potts
Dr. George H. Curtis Dr. Ken Hechler Mr. Henry J. Massman, IV Mrs. Gloria Schusterman

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De a r c o l l e a g u e s a n d f r i e n d s,
At any time, it is exciting and rewarding to play a leading role in the advancement of President Truman’s legacy
and presidential library. But this was never more true than in 2009, when the nation marked the 125th anniversary of Harry Truman’s
birth in Lamar, Missouri. There’s no doubt about it: the legacy of our nation’s 33rd president is thriving and increasingly relevant.

Throughout 2009 – in more than 10,000 news reports, commentaries and blogs – President Truman’s decisive leadership was held
up as a standard by which today’s leaders are judged. On issues ranging from health care reform to civil liberties to government ac-
countability, those trying to make sense of today’s politics and policies turn to the man from Missouri. Little wonder that, in its sec-
ond survey on presidential leadership, C-SPAN once again declared Truman to be one of our nation’s greatest leaders, in the top five
with Lincoln, Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and FDR.

To understand our nation, and our path forward, one must understand Truman and his presidency. That’s why – with your help – we
will continue to ensure that the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum remains a classroom for democracy, especially for
young people and future generations.

We were energized and inspired by all those who stepped up so passionately to support the programs and initiatives of the Truman
Library Institute. We want to especially thank Truman125 Honorary Chairs Adele and Donald Hall, members of the Honorary Commit-
tee, and lead sponsors of Truman125 (see the complete listing on page 7). During fiscal year 2009, we raised a record $2.2 million
for our mission-driven initiatives and programs, and on page 10 you can find a complete list of all that is accomplished with your
support – it’s titled What We Do.

What we do, really, is help connect people who care about the future of our democracy with significant opportunities to share the
important lessons gleaned from Truman’s legacy – through nationally acclaimed educational outreach, perspective-changing ex-
hibits, and engaging, thought-provoking forums.

This year, we were grateful for the opportunity to connect with friends old and new, including descendants of Truman’s WWI Battery
D; Gloria Schusterman and Elinor Borenstine, the daughters of Truman’s lifelong friend, Eddie Jacobson; presidential family members
Susan Ford Bales and Margaret Hoover; and some of today’s leading thinkers and influencers, including Paul Volcker, Cokie Roberts,
and Arianna Huffington.

We couldn’t accomplish this good work without you. Please accept our invitation to be renewed in your commitment to Truman’s
vision for his presidential library. There are so many ways to be involved, and all offer wonderful benefits and experiences. On page
42, you’ll find information about membership levels and benefits. New this year is a Cumulative Giving Society, and our Legacy Soci-
ety continues to offer tax-savvy options for those wishing to make a significant, lasting contribution benefiting the Harry S. Truman
Presidential Library and Museum.

We are grateful to each one of you who share our desire to advance President Truman’s legacy and library. We hope you enjoy this
commemorative annual report.
Photo by Bruce Mathews

WILLIAM C. NELSON ALEX BURDEN

Chairman & President Executive Director

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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Harry S. Truman

May 8, 2009 marked the 125th birthday of Harry Truman, recognized

worldwide as one of America’s greatest leaders. To commemorate this important
anniversary, the Truman Library Institute and Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
offered a diverse array of special exhibitions, programs and V.I.P. events, including
the premiere of a new photo exhibit, Truman125: A Life in Photographs, the reopen-
ing of Truman’s Working Office, a Veterans Day Salute to Captain Harry and the
Doughboys of Battery D, and a special appearance by ABC political commentator Cokie
Roberts at the Truman Library Institute’s annual fundraising dinner, Wild About Harry. The year-
long celebration was led by honorary chairs Adele and Donald Hall and made possible by lead support
from the Halls, as well as Hallmark Cards, Inc., Mary and John Hunkeler, Elaine and Norman Polsky,
Beth K. Smith, and the Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust, Daniel Weary, trustee.

Photo by Bruce Mathews

This commemorative annual report includes several special features. Throughout,
all 125 images from Truman125: A Life in Photographs are pictured; each is identified in the photo
index found on pages 55-56. Harry Truman’s life is recalled in words, as well. Three articles, first
published in Prologue , the quarterly magazine of the National Archives and Records Administration,
provide new thinking and personal perspectives on President Truman’s life and leadership. Finally,
important Truman events and decisions are highlighted on a timeline that begins at the bottom of “Adele and I are
this page and runs throughout the report. Truman125 programs and exhibits are identified with this
symbol .
honored to lead the

Truman125 Honorary Committee

Honorary Chairs | Adele and Donald Hall celebration of
U.S. Senator Kit Bond Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder

Harry Truman’s
Mary Shaw Branton Herbert M. Kohn
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill
John C. “Jack” Danforth David McCullough

125th birthday.”
Clifton Truman Daniel U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore
George M. Elsey William C. Nelson
The Hon. Richard Gephardt Missouri Governor Jay Nixon
Sam Hamra U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton – Donald Hall, Truman 125
Mary Hunkeler Beth K. Smith Honorary Co-Chair
THE LIFE of Harry S. Truman

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May 8: Harry S. The Trumans move Truman takes a job To help out his parents and his Truman begins
Truman is born in to 619 Crysler as a clerk for the brother, Vivian, Harry moves to the courting Bess
Lamar, Missouri. Street in National Bank 600-acre family Wallace.
Independence, of Commerce farm near
Missouri. Young in Kansas City, Grandview,
Harry meets Bess Missouri. Missouri and
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Late in the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman
was summoned from the Capitol to the White House and told that
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was dead. Vice President for only
82 days, he was now the nation’s leader and commander in chief of
8.3 million soldiers and sailors fighting in Europe and the Pacific.
Suddenly, this “little man from Missouri,” as some of his de-
tractors called him, was among the most powerful men in the
world, if not the most powerful, and his solutions to the prob-
lems Roosevelt left him would determine the shape of the world
for generations to come.
The worldly and patrician Roosevelt had been president for 12
years, and many Americans could not imagine anyone else in
the White House. Who was the new president, with his Missouri
twang, thick glasses, and quick-step manner?
Truman had been a bank clerk, a miner, an oil well wildcatter,
and—for 11 years—a farmer. He had served as a battery cap-
tain in World War I. After the war, he opened a haberdashery
shop, but it failed. Then he went into politics. After eight years
as a local government official, he became a United States sena-
tor. All of these experiences developed in Truman an innate

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L to R: Senate campaign worker, 1934; Truman and General Douglas MacArthur on Wake Island, 1950; Truman on the family farm in Grandview, 1953.
common touch, a feel for the concerns of ordinary Americans
that those of FDR’s social status did not have.
Truman liked the U.S. Senate and would have been content to
remain there for the rest of his career. But it was not to be. In
1944, Democratic Party bosses—convinced Roosevelt would not
live out a fourth term—persuaded the president to dump the too-
liberal Henry Wallace as vice president and accept the centrist,
border-state Truman as FDR’s fourth-term running mate, and, in
effect, the next president. The party bosses were right, and the
new vice president was soon summoned to be president.
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The war in Europe ended within a month of Truman’s accession to
the presidency on April 12, 1945, and the atomic bombs brought the
Pacific war against Japan to an official end on September 2, 1945.
Now Truman was the leader of the America that FDR made,
with little knowledge of his predecessor’s postwar plans for a
peacetime America—a nation vastly different from the one that
existed before the Great Depression and World War II.
Returning soldiers and sailors faced shortages of jobs and af-
fordable housing. Many consumer products prohibited by
wartime rationing were now in great demand but scarce supply,
since industrial capacity had been shifted to war materials.
Labor-management battles, on hold in wartime, were on again,
and that meant strikes. Congress ended wartime price controls,
and that meant inflation. Truman proposed his “Fair Deal”—in-
creases in Social Security and minimum wages, more public
housing, and aid to education—but it got nowhere in Congress.
And then there was the state of the postwar world, which had so
concerned Roosevelt. Truman took FDR’s place at the table with
Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin to decide how a defeated Ger-
many was to be divided and set the boundaries of the spheres of
influence of the victorious Allies, decisions that stood for decades.
Despite having little preparation for the job, he moved in typi-
cal Truman style: quickly and decisively. He proceeded with
FDR’s plan for the United Nations. He enunciated and put into
action as the Truman Doctrine his plan of containment of Soviet
Russia. And he authorized the Marshall Plan to rescue a war-
ravaged Western Europe. He reorganized the nation’s military
and intelligence-gathering agencies—this even with the sup-
port of the 1947–1948 Republican-controlled Congress.
In 1948, running for a full term of his own, Truman won an upset
victory, shocking the pundits, pollsters, the Republicans, and the
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breakaway elements of the Democratic Party. He won by hard cam-
paigning and by capitalizing on the rapport he had with ordinary
working men and women, merchants, farmers, and veterans.
During the campaign, Truman refused to play it safe politically.
He proposed civil rights legislation and ordered desegregation
of the armed forces. Even before the campaign season began,
he recognized the state of Israel within minutes of its founding.
And when Stalin blocked allied access to divided Berlin, Truman
ordered a massive airlift.
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The next four years, however, were even tougher ones. The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established, but the Sovi-
ets now had the bomb and half of Europe, and the communists
had won control of mainland China. At home, the “red scare”
was sweeping the nation.
Then, on June 25, 1950, the North Koreans invaded South
Korea. Truman responded with troops under the banner of the
United Nations. The nation was at war again, and a frustrating
stalemate developed. When his Far East commander, Gen. Dou-
glas MacArthur, publicly urged pushing beyond North Korea and
engaging the Chinese, contrary to the official U.S. position, Tru-
man fired him, an action that resulted in a public outcry.
Truman left office in 1953 with low approval ratings, but they
climbed steadily over the years, in the eyes of historians as well
as the public. Candidates of all stripes still make a pilgrimage to
Independence, hoping some of the Truman magic rubs off on
them nearly 40 years after his death in 1972 at the age of 88.
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Harry Truman was pretty much the same person when he left
the White House in 1953 as when he suddenly became its occu-
pant in 1945.
Whether people called out to him, “Give ’Em Hell, Harry,”
sneered at him as the “accidental president,” or called him af-
fectionately “the man from Independence,” Truman did what he
thought was right for the country. He did not agonize over the
decisions he had to make, nor was he given to melancholy or
brooding; he slept soundly every night.
But when the buck stopped at his desk, a decision was made.
And, as he often liked to sum things up, “that’s all there was to it.”
Reprinted with permission from Prologue, the quarterly magazine of the
National Archives and Records Administration.
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 What We Do
For more than a half century, the Harry S. Truman Library Institute—a not-for-profit, tax-ex-
empt corporation—and the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum have worked in tandem to fulfill a
common mission to keep bright the flame of President Truman’s legacy of leadership and service.
Through nationally acclaimed educational outreach, world-class museum exhibits, international re-
In 2009, the search programs, and stimulating forums, the Truman Library Institute brings to life the invaluable
record of Truman’s life and times, preserved and interpreted by the historians, archivists and cura-
tors of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.
Truman Library
In Fiscal Year 2009, the Truman Library Institute contributed nearly $2.3 million to this good work.
Programs made possible wholly or in part – through funding and/or staffing – by the Truman Library
Institute raised Institute include:

• Harry S. Truman Book Award • Truman Legacy Events

a record $2.2
• Scholar’s Award • The White House Decision Center

million to advance
• Dissertation Year Fellowships • Student Museum Tours
• Research Grants • Ongoing Educational Programs

the legacy of
• Conferences • Website Hosting and Management
• Summer Teacher Institute • Museum and Archives Support

President Truman. • National History Day – Greater Kansas City • Digital Archives Support
Regional Competition • Student Internship Program
• Permanent and Temporary Museum Exhibits • Volunteer and Docent Program
• The Howard & Virginia Bennett Forum on the • Tourism Marketing
Presidency
• Public Relations
• Wild About Harry
• Publications/Communications
• The Truman Medal for Economic Policy
• Capital Improvements
• Community Partnerships
• Preventative Maintenance
• Government Relations
• Development and Fundraising
• Museum Programs

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August: Truman is April 13: Truman arrives in Brest, France, on June 28: Harry Truman is appointed A recession forces
sworn into regular board U.S.S. George Washington. Truman and Elizabeth major in Field the closure of the
army service as a July 11: Capt. Truman is assigned (Bess) Virginia Wallace Artillery, Officers haberdashery. With
member of 129th command of Battery D, 129th Field are married. Reserve Corps. the endorsement of
Field Artillery Artillery regiment, 35th Division. November: Truman 28 county Democratic
regiment. The battery is composed of 188 and Eddie Jacobson party leader T. J.
men, 167 horses, and a open a men’s Pendergast, Truman
complement of French-designed haberdashery store in 29 wins election as an
27 75mm guns. Four months later, Kansas City, Missouri. eastern judge on the
World War I ends. Jackson County
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Memories of World War II: Photographs from the Archives of The Associated Press
November 11, 2008 – January 11, 2009
Memories of World War II featured 126 photos from all theaters of the war and the home front, from AP pho-
tographer Joe Rosenthal’s classic Iwo Jima flag raising in 1945 to scores of pictures not seen in decades. The
images showed a range of moments, from the poignant to the powerful, including German children drilling for
war in gas masks, a stoic paratrooper preparing to jump over Normandy, the brutal island battles of the Pacific, the internment of
Japanese Americans back home, the devastation across Europe, and the thrill of victory.
“Our objective was to bring back the immense scope as well as the individual tragedy and challenge of World War II,” said Charles
Zoeller, curator of the exhibition. “We wanted to create a photographic record that allows a younger generation to better understand
the sacrifices made by men, women and children in all the nations touched by the war.”
The exhibit, which attracted nearly 8,000 museum visitors during its run, provided a platform to help area families in need: Mu-
seum visitors bringing contributions for Harvesters Community Food Network received $1 off admission.

School House to White House: The Education of the Presidents

February 7 – August 30, 2009
Organized by the National Archives and Records Administration, School
House to White House: The Education of the Presidents focused on the
early education of American presidents from Herbert Hoover through
George W. Bush. The family-friendly, multimedia exhibit was designed to
engage visitors of every age and interest. More than 150 documents, ar-
tifacts, photos and films from the National Archives collections revealed fascinating details
about the children who would grow up to lead our nation. Highlights included Richard
Nixon’s 8th-grade autobiography; early report cards of Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, John
F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter; and Harry Truman’s inspiring essay titled “Courage” (pictured). During its run, School House
to White House was viewed by 50,467 visitors.

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Truman begins February 17: Truman is elected Nov. 6: In his first senatorial In a hotly contested
classes at the Kansas A daughter, presiding judge of campaign, Truman defeats battle, Truman retains
City School of Law; Margaret, is the Jackson County incumbent Republican Roscoe his U.S. Senate seat.
due to financial born to Harry Court. 31 C. Patterson by 262,000 votes. It is considered a
hardship, he will not and Bess. In his first term, he will speak turning point in his
complete the out against corporate greed political career.
program. and warn of the dangers of
Wall Street speculators and
30 other moneyed special
interests attaining too much
influence in national affairs.
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Truman125:
a life in photographs
On May 8, 2009—the 125th anniversary of President Truman’s birth in Lamar,
Missouri—the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum unveiled a new photo exhibit,
Truman125: A Life in Photographs. The exhibit’s 125 images—many of which had At a Glance
never before been displayed, and all culled from the Truman Library’s collection of EXHIBIT: Truman125: A Life in Photographs
more than 100,000 photographs—helped visitors better understand the 19th-century
RUN DATES: May 8 - October 8, 2009
farm boy who became a 20th-century giant. The exhibit turned a historical lens on the
most important chapters of Harry Truman’s life, from his humble beginnings to his ATTENDANCE: 44,692
courtship of Bess Wallace, his unexpected rise to the presidency, and his return to In- CURATOR: Clay Bauske, museum curator,
dependence, Missouri. Truman Library
Complementing the photographs were rarely seen artifacts from the Truman Li- SPONSORS: Courtney S. Turner Charitable
brary’s collection of nearly 30,000 objects, as well as video clips which featured the Trust, Daniel Weary, Trustee
former president discussing the events represented by still images. Walking through Adele and Donald Hall
the exhibit, visitors encountered quotes about Harry Truman by people making news Norman and Elaine Polsky Family
today, including President Obama, Senator John McCain, former President George W. Supporting Foundation - GKCCF
Bush, Senator Claire McCaskill, former President Bill Clinton and others. Younger visi- Special thanks to UMB Bank and the
tors found many hands-on, interactive features in the gallery. Throughout, the exhibit Yousuf Karsh Estate
was a reminder that the largely black-and-white record of Truman’s life cannot con-
tain the colorful complexity of this remarkable character.

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Senator May: Truman is selected as April 12: President Roosevelt the post-war treatment of Germany with
Truman’s work one of the 10 most useful dies; Truman is sworn in as 33rd Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill.
as chairman of officials in Washington, president of the United August 6: Truman announces the
the “Truman D.C. in a poll States. dropping of the first atomic bomb on
Committee” 37 by Look May 8: Truman Hiroshima, Japan.
(which exposed fraud magazine. announces the end of the August 14: Truman announces the
and mismanagement July 21: Truman is nominated for war in Europe via radio. It end of war with Japan at a press conference.
of military funds) the office of vice president at the is his 61st birthday. September 6: Truman presents to Congress his plan to
earned Truman his Democratic National Convention July 17-August 2: Truman expand Roosevelt’s New Deal.
first appearance on in Chicago. attends a conference at Time names President Truman “Man of the Year.”
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T ru m a n ’ s Wo r k i n g O f f i c e
A New View on
President Truman’s Historic Office

“When we walk through these doors, we are reminded of the

remarkable man Harry Truman was. But we also are reminded of some of the most
dramatic chapters of our American story… a shared story that binds us together,
and charges us to carry the promise of our nation into the future. This is why
Donald and I are proud supporters of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute and why
the Truman Library will continue to have our support in the years to come.”
Adele Hall, Truman 125 Honorary Co-Chair

In a fitting celebration of President Truman’s 125th birth-
day, the ceremonial rededication and reopening of Truman’s Work-
ing Office took place on Thursday, May 7, 2009.
From the time the Truman Library opened in 1957, Harry Truman
maintained his office here, often working five to six days a week. In
it he wrote his book Mr. Citizen, articles, letters, and other corre-
spondence. He met with Presidents Hoover, Eisenhower, Kennedy,
and Johnson, and with other notable Americans like Jack Benny,
Ginger Rogers, Robert Kennedy, Thomas Hart Benton, Dean Acheson,
and Earl Warren. He participated actively in the day-to-day operation
of the Library, establishing themes for the Library’s first museum
exhibits, personally training groups of museum docents, and con-
ducting impromptu “press conferences” for visiting school students.
Following Mr. Truman’s death in 1972, the office became an exhibit
that could be viewed by the visiting public through an outside win-
dow. But the cumulative effects of more than 30 years of excess ex-
posure to daylight and fluctuations in temperature and humidity took
a serious toll on the contents of Truman’s office. The ultraviolet rays

truman’s working office – before and after

Top: Before, during and after views of Truman's Working Office and the new exhibition gallery. Bottom, l. to r.: Restoration of Truman's model of the USS Missouri;
before and after photographs of a glass cigar box, Harry Truman's Bible, and a signed portrait of Sam Rayburn.

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from sunlight dramatically faded many of the

objects in the room. Silver objects on the
THE RENOVATION
President’s desk showed tarnishing from the
room’s climate fluctuations. Mold growth OF PRESIDENT
was evident on some of the leather-bound TRUMAN’S OFFICE
books. The project to preserve Truman’s of-
WAS MADE POSSIBLE
fice was threefold: 1) conserve the historical
materials displayed within the office, 2) in- BY LEADING
sure the future protection of the office and SUPPORT FROM…
its contents with better climate control sys-
tems and the elimination of harmful ultravio- Hall Family Foundation
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exhibit pavilion with engaging interpretive American Century Investments
Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust/
exhibits emphasizing the precedents Truman
Daniel C. Weary and Bank of America
set for his Library and for the entire presi-
Trustees
dential library system. DST Systems, Inc.
Today, the vision is realized. Thanks to sup- Mrs. Marjorie N. Martin †
porters of the Truman Working Office Cam- Dr. & Mrs. John Hunkeler
paign, this important new interpretive gallery Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McDonnell
The McGee Foundation
now provides unprecedented access to this
National Endowment for the Humanities
historic office while sharing the largely untold
Mrs. Beth K. Smith
story of Truman’s post-presidential years. _______
J.E. Dunn Construction Company
Photos by Bruce Mathews

Mr. & Mrs. Morton I. Sosland

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Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Bruening
Mr.† & Mrs. Richard C. Crumpton
Milton W. Feld Charitable Trust
Elaine Feld Stern Charitable Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Foudree
Mr.† & Mrs. S. Lee Kling
Mrs. Barbara Hall Marshall
Mr. Roger A. Novak
Mr. Lambert B. Ott
Harry Portman Charitable Trust
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Reisler
Mrs. & Mrs. Charles A. Spaulding
The STAKE Foundation 50
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde F. Wendel
Harry Truman at his presidential library,
For a complete list of Truman Working Office speaking with students, visiting with family,
contributors, please call (816) 268-8237. on the front lawn, and posing for a sketch by
Thomas Hart Benton.

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Talkin’
Truman
Truman Library archivists
commemorated Harry Truman’s
125th birthday with a new
series of informative programs
highlighting rare and unique
items from the Truman Library’s
collections.
Whether in a live audience or via cable television, radio broadcasts or internet streaming, the The Truman and Wallace
programs offered in 2009 reached tens of thousands of individuals. Events celebrating the 125th birthday
Families of Independence
of President Truman are highlighted.
May 9, 2009
Independence Appreciation Day An Independence Wedding
January 10, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum June 13, 2009

Inauguration Broadcast Our Favorite Photos of HST

January 20, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum July 11, 2009
Admission was free for a live broadcast of the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Boss Tom & Truman: The
Truman Legacy Series Pendergast Connection
“Evolution of the National Security Council: Truman to Present” August 8, 2009
Featuring Dr. D. Robert Worley, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College Spies and Subversives in the
February 2, 2009 | Kansas City Public Library – Truman Forum Dawn of the Atomic Age
Co-sponsored by the Truman Center for Governmental Affairs at UMKC and the Kansas City Public Library September 12, 2009
Fabulous First Ladies Harry Truman and “The Rich
Featuring Patricia Krider, director, National First Ladies’ Library & Famous”
February 13, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum October 10, 2009
Commemorating the 124th birthday of First Lady Bess Wallace Truman; co-presented by the
Independence Pioneer Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Captain Harry: The Military
Career of a Missourian
Presidents’ Day Celebration November 14, 2009
February 16, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Christmas at the White House
Wild About Harry December 12, 2009
April 23, 2009 | Marriott-Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Mo.
Featuring Cokie Roberts, author and commentator Offered monthly at 11 a.m. on
Honorary Chairs: Adele and Donald Hall second Saturdays, Talkin’ Truman
Event Chairs: Mary Shaw Branton and Page Branton Reed programs will continue in 2010;
for a complete program line-up,
Highlights on page 22
please see page 43

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 Truman
Live from the Truman Library
The Walt Bodine Show, KCUR 89.3 FM
Featuring Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Truman, and Matthew Algeo, author of Harry

“created a
Truman’s Excellent Adventure
May 7, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Toasting Truman
moment that May 7, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Rededication of Truman’s Working Office – an exclusive event for members of the Truman Library
Institute’s premier membership society
echoes through Presidential Wreath Laying Ceremony
May 8, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

the years.”
In observance of the 125th birthday of Harry S. Truman

Children’s Puppet Show

– Juan Williams
“Happy Birthday, Harry!”
Political Commentator May 9, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Truman Legacy Symposium

“Harry S. Truman and Congress: A Conflicted Legacy”
Featuring Former U.S. Senator George McGovern
May 15-17, 2009 | Little White House, Key West, Fl.

Keeping the Peace in Countries of Conflict

Featuring Lt. Col. John Curatola, Ph.D., U.S. Marine Corps, and an international “Peacekeepers Roundtable”
May 30, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Co-presented by the United Nations Association of Greater Kansas City
Honorary Fellows Night at the Museum
June 11, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
The second annual members-only event included private tours of the newly renovated Truman’s
Working Office and the temporary exhibit Truman125: A Life in Photographs

EDDIE
A One-Act Play about Eddie Jacobson, Harry Truman, and a Friendship That Changed the World
Starring Marvin Starkman as Eddie Jacobson
Featuring Special Appearances by Clifton Truman Daniel (Truman grandson) and Elinor Borenstine
and Gloria Schusterman (Jacobson daughters)
June 25, 2009 | The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah
Made possible by generous support from Bonnie and Herb Buchbinder and Ann Jacobson

Freedom to Serve Forum

Featuring Juan Williams, political commentator
July 27, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

“One of the
Commemorating the 61st Anniversary of President Truman’s Executive Order 9981, establishing fair
and equal treatment within the United States Armed Forces
Organized and co-presented by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

Truman Legacy Series most compelling,

“Harry Truman the Road Builder”
Featuring Samuel Rushay, supervisory archivist, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, and Tom
Gerend, assistant director for transportation, Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) inspiring events
August 30, 2009 | Kansas City Public Library – Truman Forum
Co-presented by the Kansas City Public Library and the Harry S. Truman Center for Governmental

ever produced to
Affairs, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Vietnam Veterans Appreciation

Photo by David Fox

commemorate my
Event - VIP Reception
September 12, 2009 | Harry S.
Truman Library and Museum

National Issues Forum grandfather’s

“Democracy’s Challenge:
Reclaiming the Public’s Role”

legacy. And
September 29, 2009 | Kansas City
Public Library – Truman Forum
Co-presented by the Kansas City

what a joy to
Public Library, the Harry S.
Truman Center for Governmental
Affairs (UMKC), Kansas City
Consensus, the Kettering
Foundation, and the National reconnect with
Issues Forums Institute

the Jacobson
Clockwise from top left: Juan Williams
leads panel discussion at the Freedom to

family!”
Serve Forum; Marvin Starkman portrays
Eddie Jacobson; Vietnam Veterans
Appreciation Event; Clifton Truman Daniel
(left) and author Matthew Algeo during a
live broadcast of The Walt Bodine Show. – Clifton Truman Daniel
 Truman Legacy Series
“The Truman “Appointing the Supreme Court: From Truman to Obama”
Featuring Dr. David N. Atkinson, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of Political Science and
Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Library is
October 5, 2009 | Kansas City Public Library – Truman Forum
Co-presented by the Kansas City Public Library and the Harry S. Truman Center for Governmental
Affairs, University of Missouri-Kansas City

a great National Issues Forum

“Preparing Today’s Kids for Tomorrow’s Jobs: What Should Our Community Do?”
October 13, 2009 | Kansas City Public Library – Truman Forum

national
Co-presented by the Kansas City Public Library, the Harry S. Truman Center for Governmental Affairs
(UMKC), Kansas City Consensus, the Kettering Foundation, and the National Issues Forums Institute

treasure.”
Book Event
A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel
Featuring Allis and Ronald Radosh
October 20, 2009 | Kansas City Public Library – Truman Forum
– Joseph Nye
Harvard Kennedy School Co-presented by the Kansas City Public Library and the Jewish Community Relations
Bureau/American Jewish Committee

1947
March 12: Truman requests (and in May receives) an
appropriation of $400 million before a joint session of
Congress to fight the spread of communism in Greece
and Turkey (Truman Doctrine).
June 14: Truman signs a peace treaty ratification with
Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
July 28: Truman attends the funeral of his mother in
58 Grandview, Missouri.
1948
April 3: Truman signs the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948,
creating a European Recovery Program (ERP) to implement the
Marshall Plan for U.S. aid to European recovery.
May 14: Truman provides de facto recognition to the new state of
Israel.
June 25: Truman signs the Displaced Persons Act authorizing
admission into the United States of 205,000 European displaced
persons over the following two years.
June 26: Truman orders an airlift of supplies into Berlin, in
conjunction with the British, in answer to a Russian blockade of
the portion of that city occupied by the Western powers. The airlift
Photo by Bruce Mathews

Harry S. Truman Medal for Economic Policy

Awarded to Paul A. Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve
October 23, 2009 | Kansas City Downtown Marriott
Co-presented by the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration, University of Missouri-
Kansas City; The Economic Club of Kansas City; and the Missouri Council on Economic Education

The United Nations and the Protection of Children in Conflict Zones

Featuring Radhika Coomaraswamy, United Nations Under Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
October 29, 2009 | Kansas City Public Library – Truman Forum
Co-presented by the United Nations Association of Greater Kansas City, the Harry S. Truman Center
for Governmental Affairs at UMKC, and the League of Women Voters

Howard & Virginia Bennett Forum on the Presidency

“Presidential Leadership in Transformational Times”
November 1, 2009 | Unity Temple on the Plaza, Kansas City, Mo.
Moderator Joseph S. Nye, Jr., former dean of Harvard’s JFK School of Government
Panelists Arianna Huffington, co-founder, The Huffington Post
Robert Kuttner, author of Obama’s Challenge

“Harry
Timothy Naftali, director, Nixon Presidential Library & Museum

Battery D Reunion

Truman…
November 11, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
First-ever gathering of descendants of WWI soldiers who served with or under “Captain Harry”

stands as one
Veterans Day Salute
Featuring U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, Clifton Truman Daniel, and D. M. Giangreco, author of The Soldier
from Independence

of our most
November 11, 2009 | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Truman Night with the Missouri Mavericks

important
November 20, 2009 | Independence Events Center
Truman-themed night on the ice garnered international media attention and raised more than
$10,000 for the outreach and educational programs at the Truman Library

presidents,

with a lasting

legacy.”

– Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman of
the Federal Reserve

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carried more than two million tons of Truman’s vice-
supplies in 270,000 flights. The blockade presidential candidate.
was lifted on May 12, 1949. July 26: President
July 15: Truman is nominated Democratic Truman signs Executive
candidate for president on the first ballot at Order 9981 in order to
the Democratic National Convention in provide equality of
Philadelphia, after 35 delegates from treatment for all
Alabama and Mississippi walk out of the American service members. It is considered
convention in protest against a strong civil the first significant stride toward racial
rights plank in the party platform. Senator equality since Lincoln’s administration.
Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky is chosen as September 6-October 30: During his
“whistle stop” campaign,
Truman travels nearly 22,000
miles and makes 275
speeches, centering his
attack upon the record of the
“do-nothing 80th Congress.”
November 2: Truman is elected to his
second term as president, contrary to the
forecasts of newspapers and poll takers,
who had almost unanimously predicted
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WildaboutHarry!
On Thursday, April 23, 2009, the Harry S. Truman Library Institute celebrated the 125th birthday of President
Truman at its 10th annual fundraising gala, Wild About Harry. More than 760 attendees filled the ballroom of the Muehlebach Tower for a
program that featured best-selling author and acclaimed political commentator Cokie Roberts. Other special guests
included Clifton Truman Daniel and Thomas Daniel (grandsons of Harry Truman) and members of their families; Vaden
Bales and Susan Ford Bales (daughter of former President Ford); and the great-granddaughter of former President
Hoover, Margaret Hoover, and her fiancee John Avlon.
The fundraiser, led by Honorary Chairs Adele and Donald Hall and Event Chairs Mary Shaw Branton and
Page Branton Reed, was emceed by KCPT's Nick Haines and raised $330,000 in support of the Truman
Library's nationally acclaimed public forums, educational programs and museum exhibitions.
Lead support for Wild About Harry was generously contributed by the event's Oval Office and West Wing
underwriters: Mary Shaw Branton and Family; DST Systems, Inc.; Adele and Donald Hall; Elaine and Norman Polsky;
INERGY; and Beth K. Smith.

Honorary Chairs Steering Committee Patricia Davison Nancy Lee Kemper Cathy Schultz
Don and Adele Hall Kristin J. Amend Jill Dean Kay Martin Jeanne Sosland
Mary Atterbury Ann Dickinson Tom Martin Susan Spaulding
Event Chairs Harvey Bodker Susie Evans Bridget McCandless Barbara Unell
Shawsie Branton Carolyn Bond Colleen Foudree Molly McGee Bob Unell
Page Branton Reed Lori Burbidge Roberts Carol Freirich Maureen McMeel Jean Wagner
Kirk Carpenter Sharon Greenwood Barbara Nelson Eileen Weir
Poo Coker Joy Hobick Donna Pitman Tom Weir
Michele Crumbaugh Mary Hunkeler Donna Pittman Polly Wolbach
Richard Crumpton † Martha Immenschuh Barbara Potts
Sharon Dankenbring Judy Johnson Cappy Powell
Dean Davison Donna Katz Margo Quiriconi

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Save the Date

11th Annual

WildaboutHarry!

Keynote Address Inaugural Harry S. Truman Legacy

of Leadership Award Recipient
SUSAN EISENHOWER
Granddaughter of JAMES A. BAKER, III
Dwight D. Eisenhower Former U.S. Secretary of State

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010

The Marriott-Muehlebach Hotel,
Kansas City, Missouri

Jean and William H. Dunn, Sr., Honorary Chairs

Martha and David Immenschuh, Event Chairs

Photo by Mark McDonald

Save the date for the
Truman Library Institute's
11th annual fundraising
dinner, Wild About Harry!
Sponsorships start at
$1,000. Benefits for lead
underwriters include a
premier table for 10
guests, tickets to the
private sponsors’ reception, exclusive behind-the-scenes access at the
Left: Bill* & Barbara Nelson, John Avlon & Margaret Hoover, Vaden Bales &
Susan Ford Bales, Truman Daniel, Thomas Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel* Truman Presidential Library and Museum, year-round recognition and
Above (from top): Honorary Chairs Donald & Adele Hall with special guest much more.
Cokie Roberts and Event Co-Chairs Shawsie Branton* and Page Branton
Reed*; keynoter Cokie Roberts; Jonathan* & Nancy Lee Kemper, Maija and FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT KIM RAUSCH,
Michael Devine*, John McMeel* Photos by Bruce Mathews
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, AT (816) 268-8237 OR
* Denotes a Truman Library Institute director or trustee
KIM.RAUSCH@NARA.GOV.
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Adventures with
grandpa
truman BY CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL
I was six years old before I discovered that my grandfather
had been President of the United States. That’s because my par-
ents kept it from me. Up to that time, Grandpa Truman was just
someone who came around from time to time and was either to
be accorded a great deal of respect or avoided entirely. And you
avoided him because he had some very odd ideas about how chil-
dren should spend their free time.
When I was very young, my grandparents often visited us at
our Park Avenue apartment in New York. They actually stayed
down the street at the Carlyle Hotel on Madison, where my
ABOVE: Truman with grandsons in Key West, Florida, 1968.
© 2009 by Clifton Truman Daniel
mother, Margaret, had lived in the early 1950s while pursuing a
radio and television career.
Grandpa kept to the same routine every morning. He got up be-
fore the sun, a habit he acquired as a farmer, and went for a one-
mile walk at a military pace, 120 steps per minute. He often said
that any more than a mile walk each day didn’t do a man over 40
any good. He then ate a light breakfast and grabbed as many differ-
ent newspapers as the hotel offered. (He also said you couldn’t get
an accurate picture of events from just one newspaper.) Tucking the
papers under his arm, he walked up the block to our apartment, let
himself in with the spare key, sat down in the living room, and read
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Home for the holidays, Margaret Truman Daniel and two-and-a-half year old Clifton are greeted by Harry and Bess at the Independence train station (1959).
until someone woke up. In our house that could take a while.
My younger brother William and I were the first ones down
one morning, and as we reached the bottom of the stairs, we
saw what looked like The New York Times with a pair of legs,
sitting by itself in the living room. We knew who was behind the
paper, so we started to tiptoe past him to get to the den where
my parents kept the television set. Grandpa lowered the paper
to turn the page and caught us.
“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked.
“Into the den to watch TV,” I said.
“You don’t want to do that,” he said.
I’m thinking, “Yeah, I do. That’s why we were tiptoeing.”
“I have a better idea,” he said.
With that, he stood, walked past us into the den, and reached
up to the top shelf for a book.
“Come on out here and sit by me,” he said.
You didn’t argue with him, so we sat down and he opened the
book and began to read. About 20 minutes later, Mom came
downstairs, her eyes half open and her hair standing on end,
and stopped cold at the sight in her living room—her two small
boys, sitting stock still on either side of her father while he read
to us from a book that had absolutely no pictures in it.
“What in God’s name are you reading to those two?” she demanded.
He held up the spine of the book so she could read it. It was
Thucydides, Greek history, at 6 o’clock in the morning, to a
four-year-old and a two-year-old. I went home a few years ago
to visit my mother and thought that if Grandpa considered
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Thucydides so important, I should have another crack at him. I
found the book—it’s actually Thucydides/Plato from a boxed
set—opened it long enough to read the first half-page and put
it right back on the shelf. Even at 47, it was tough going.
For my grandfather, however, history was indispensable. When
he was 6, my great-grandparents took him to a Fourth of July cel-
ebration. At the end of the day, when the fireworks were exploding
overhead, Mama Truman noticed that Grandpa was looking in the
other direction. Shortly afterward, she took him to the eye doctor,
who diagnosed “flat eyeballs,” meaning Grandpa was very far-
sighted. The thick glasses he wore for the rest of his life slowed
him down on the schoolyard, but they opened up a whole world to
him at the tips of his fingers. And Mama Truman didn’t stick comic
books in his fingers.
For his birthday one year, she gave him a four-volume history,
each volume big enough to use as a doorstop, titled Great Men
and Famous Women. I think he was 9. One of his high school
teachers recalled that Grandpa and his best friend and later press
secretary Charlie Ross tried to build a Roman wall across the
schoolyard. Legend has it that by the time they finished high
school, he and Charlie had read every single one of the 2,000
books in the Independence public library. (Secretary of State
Dean Acheson put the number at 3,500, probably during an elec-
tion year.) No wonder Grandpa thought that by age 4 I was behind
in my Thucydides.
In addition to a love of history, I discovered that Grandpa also
believed his grandchildren should develop stiff spines. In the
dining room of our New York apartment, I
had a hobbyhorse, the kind that sits on a “It didn’t sink in
stand and is attached by springs at the
what ‘President of the
knees. You can ride those things forward
and back, side to side, up and down. You
can kill yourself on them, and I know that
because that’s what my mother was al- United States’ meant
ways telling me I was going to do if I
didn’t slow down.
One morning, she wasn’t around. until I was all of 7.
Grandpa and I were alone in the dining
room. I was riding like a madman, and he
was back behind The New York Times, ig- Even then, it took seeing
noring me completely. Mom always said
Lyndon Baines Johnson
he had total concentration when he was
reading. At home in Independence, when
the three of them retired to the study after
dinner, Mom and Gammy, who loved a in his pajamas.”
good argument, often started one.
Grandpa, who just wanted peace and
quiet, would read to the bottom of a page, mark the spot with a
finger, and look up long enough to see if he was in immediate
peril. If not, he read on. Otherwise, he moved to another room.
No kindergartner on a hobbyhorse was going to distract him.
Mom’s dire prediction came to pass. I tipped the horse over. I
landed on the floor and the contraption landed on top of me. My
grandmother, who was in the kitchen, heard the commotion and
came running. When I saw her, I burst into tears. After all, it’s
good for a glass of milk and a cookie. She had almost reached
me when a voice from across the room said, “Stop right there.
Don’t touch him.”
She did. And I looked up to see who had ruined this for me. There
was Grandpa, glaring at me over the top of his New York Times.
“You,” he said. “Quit crying. You’re not hurt.”
No adult had ever spoken to me that way. I stopped immediately.
“Get up. Get that horse up. Get back on it and start riding it again.”
I could not have moved faster. With Gammy’s help, I picked up
the horse and climbed back on. She went back to the kitchen,
Grandpa went back behind the Times, and I rode very carefully for
about 30 seconds before slipping off and getting the hell out of
there. As it turns out, my grandfather was nicer to me than his own
father had been to him. When Grandpa was 6, he fell off a pony
that John Truman was leading around the pasture on the family
farm. John, who knew his way around a barnyard, was disgusted.
“Any boy who can’t stay on a pony at a walk deserves to walk
himself,” he said and made Grandpa walk back to the house.
At least I was allowed to get back on.
But as I said, I had no idea where a love of history and a stiff
spine had led my grandfather until I was in the first grade. And I
found out the hard way. Someone walked up to me one day at
school and asked, “Wasn’t your grandfather president of the
United States?” To which I brilliantly replied, “I don’t know.”
Mom used to love to tell people what happened that after-
noon. She was reading in the living room when I came home,
dropped my books at the door, marched
for me over to her, and said:
“Mom, did you know . . .”
“Yes,” she told me. “But just remember
something. Any little boy’s grandfather can
be president of the United States. Don’t let
it go to your head.”
It didn’t. It went right over my head. I
was 6, after all. When my daughter Aimee
was the same age, we were channel surf-
ing one Saturday, trying to find something
that would appeal to a six-year-old and a
36-year-old, when I stopped on a biogra-
phy of Grandpa.
“Aimee,” I said. “That man right there on
the screen is Harry S. Truman, the 33rd presi-
dent of the United States. He was your great-
grandfather. What do you think of that?”
“Dad,” she said without a flicker of inter-
est. “You passed Nickelodeon. Go back.”
(Aimee, by the way, is now a 21-year-old psychology major
who still talks to me that way.)
It didn’t sink in for me what “President of the United States”
meant until I was all of 7. Even then, it took seeing Lyndon Baines
Johnson in his pajamas.
For years, I thought I was special, seeing President Johnson in his
pajamas. It turns out, however, that he let almost everybody see him
in his pajamas. A few years ago, I found a photo in the back of Smith-
sonian magazine. There’s LBJ, propped up in bed, in his pajamas,
with three guys in suits sitting at the foot of the bed, taking notes.
The occasion for me was the day after President Johnson’s
January 1965 inauguration. My grandparents had been invited to
the inauguration but had declined, asking instead if my mother
could represent them—and maybe take the family. President
Johnson said that would be just fine and arranged for us to stay
in Blair House, across the street from the White House.
Many of you will recall that my grandparents and my mother
lived in Blair House for nearly the entirety of Grandpa’s second
term. At the time, the White House was rotten and falling apart.
Grandpa first noticed it when he was downstairs in the State Din-
ing Room and could see the chandelier quivering. Eventually, the
leg of my mother’s piano went through the floor of her sitting
room, and it was discovered that the second floor was staying up
mostly out of habit. During a more than three-year renovation,
crews tore the building down to its exterior walls and rebuilt it
from the inside out, bringing equipment in through a tunnel. Early
on in the process, Grandpa took a group of reporters and photog-
raphers on a tour, pointing out where steel rods had been run
from the roof through the second floor to hold it up while prepa-
rations were under way to move the First Family. New York Times
photographer George Tames recalled that Grandpa stopped out-
side his private bathroom where one of the rods had been run
through the floor next to the toilet.
“You know, this thing scares me,” he said. “One evening I’m
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 going to be sitting in here and pull the
plunger and wind up in the State Dining
Room. And the Marine Band will play Hail to
the Chief as I come through the ceiling.”
The day after President Johnson’s inau-
guration, we were scheduled to have
breakfast with him and Lady Bird Johnson
in the White House family quarters. It took
us forever to get ready since we had to
put on our best clothes, which for William
and for me meant matching gray slacks,
white shirts, blue blazers, and clip-on ties.
After all, we were not only going to the
off to Vice President Hubert Humphrey,
“Protocol dictated who was about half his size. Mr.
Humphrey, however, wasted not an ounce
of muscle on my mother. He simply called
for a chair and held her hand while she
that upon arrival, stepped back by herself.
The next morning, after greeting us at the
elevator, Mrs. Johnson led us down to the
East Sitting Hall, where coffee was served
the President was and we waited for the president. He
strolled out a few minutes later in his paja-
mas, bathrobe, and slippers, and endeared
himself to us children by bypassing the

to dance first
White House, but we had a 10 a.m. train adults and plunking down in front of us.
back to New York, and you always dressed “How’d you boys like the tour of the
for travel. White House the other day?” he asked.
We arrived upstairs at the White House “Did you meet the dogs? I understand you

with the hostess.”

and, when the elevator door slid open, I went to the National Air Museum. How was
remember being nonplussed—and a little that?”
put out—that the Johnsons apparently In the middle of the conversation, he
had not had to go through the same morn- suddenly stood up and said, “I think I have
ing rigmarole. There stood the First Lady in a canary yellow something you boys will like.”
dressing gown worn over a canary yellow nightgown and ca- With that, he left, returning a few minutes later, his hands full
nary yellow slippers. Every hair was in place, and her makeup of everything he could find that had his name on it—stationery,
was perfect. It looked like she had been waiting for us outside envelopes, pens, pencils. It looked like he had cleaned out his
the elevator all night long. desk. He started divvying up the loot. “One for you, one for you,
My mother was not nearly as chipper. In addition to riding two for you, two for you . . .” He’d almost finished when Lady
herd on a seven- and five-year-old, she’d had perhaps as long a Bird Johnson reached across the table and snatched something
night as the Johnsons. out of his hands.
There were four inaugural balls that year. Mom was the host- “Lyndon, for God’s sake,” she said. “You can’t give them those.”
ess for the one at the Mayflower Hotel. Protocol dictated that Apparently he’d tried to give us each a book of White House matches.
upon arrival, the President was to dance first with the hostess, (Years later, after I gave a speech at the Johnson Library in
then with his wife, and then with all the other wives. Then he Austin, Texas, Mrs. Johnson hosted a dinner for me on the library’s
had to shake hands with all the men whose wives he’d been top floor. As the meal began, she announced that she had a small
dancing with. Because it was so time-consuming, there was lit- token for me and asked me to hold out my hand, into which she
tle room for dillydallying, which was why President Johnson dropped two books of matches from the LBJ Ranch.)
was a bit concerned to find that there was no way to get my Back in 1965, my father looked at his watch and said, “Mr.
mother out of her VIP box onto the ballroom floor. President, we have to be going. We have a 10 o’clock train.”
Many ballroom boxes are designed with doors leading directly “Aw, Cliff, relax,” the president said. “You have plenty of time.
onto the dance floor. The Mayflower’s was not. To get out, you The train will wait.”
had to leave by the door at the back of the box and walk down a “For you, yes,” Dad said.
corridor to one of the main ballroom doors. Upon arrival at the “Don’t worry about it,” the president said. “Have another cup
ball that night, President Johnson found that there were hun- of coffee.”
dreds of people between him and the door my mother would Dad was actually in no hurry. He was managing editor of The
have to use, so he wasted no time. He simply reached into the New York Times, in a private audience with the president of the
box and hauled her out. United States, who was in his pajamas. What could be better?
For years, I was given the impression that this was a delicate Finally, though, he glanced at his watch again and bolted to
operation with my mother simply floating over the box railing in his feet. It was nearly 10 a.m. and we still had to get to Union
the arms of the president of the United States. That was until I Station, about 10 minutes away. We fairly sprinted down the
found photos tucked into the back of a family photo album. hall, piled into the elevator, and dove into the limousine waiting
There are arms and legs all over the place and it looked like outside. Even as the car shot through the White House gates, it
several Secret Service agents were involved. was past 10 o’clock.
It might have been even worse when it came time to put Mom “Well, what are we going to do now?” Dad said.
back because by that time, President Johnson had handed her This precipitated a tense discussion of options, including later

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like my grandmother, did not enjoy flying. In the fracas, no one no-
ticed that the car wasn’t aiming for the front of Union Station but
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heading around back. Before any of us knew what was happening,
we had pulled onto a train platform, which I had not known was
possible or even prudent. There on the platform was a porter with
a baggage cart, a conductor holding a pocket watch and, behind
them, a train. Dad did not ask whether or not it was the right train.
He simply started slinging bags at the porter.
“Folks, relax,” the conductor said. “You have plenty of time.
The White House called.”
President Johnson had stopped the train.
My father and I had two very different reactions to this. Dad’s
was something on the order of, “Well, why didn’t he tell us he
was going to do that and spare us all the worry?”
Mine was, “Wow. Grandpa could stop trains.”
And this was exactly the sort of reaction my parents and
grandparents had hoped to avoid by not telling me Grandpa had
once run the country. My head grew three sizes, and I became
insufferable for weeks.
Grandpa never had that problem with the presidency. He was in
awe of the power, used it to the best of his ability, and refused to
let it go to his head. It didn’t define him, and he was happy to give "Grandpa" and
"Gammy" with
it up when the time came. He always said that in leaving the White is pictured in th grandsons in Ne
w York City. The
e foreground. author
House, he was taking a step up, to U.S. citizen. Upon his arrival
back in Kansas City in 1953, someone asked him what the first
thing he planned to do in retirement was. Grandpa smiled and locked. Anyone who wanted to could walk up and knock on the door.
said, “Take the grips [suitcases] up to the attic.” My favorite story is about the man whose car blew a tire on
He concentrated on writing his memoirs and building his pres- Delaware Street, right in front of the house. Not knowing where
idential library, but there were some things he refused to do, he was or whose house he was approaching, the man walked
humble U.S. citizen or not. In the spring of 1953, my grand- through the unlocked gate and up to the front door where he
mother got after him to mow the lawn, a chore he loathed. rang the bell. Grandpa answered in his shirtsleeves.
“Look, pal,” I like to imagine her saying. “You’re not president “Can I use your phone, please?” the man said. “I have a flat.”
of the United States anymore. Go mow the lawn.” “Sure,” Grandpa said. “Come on in.”
“All right, all right,” he said. “I’ll get to it.” The man called a local mechanic, who said it would take 20
But he didn’t. So she nagged him some more and he promised minutes or so to get to him.
again that he’d do it and then didn’t. So she nagged him some “I’ll wait outside,” he told Grandpa.
more and finally he rolled up his shirtsleeves one morning, got out “Nonsense,” Grandpa said. “Have a seat. Relax.”
the mower, and went at it. My grandmother looked out the window As far as we know, they spent the next 20 minutes chatting ami-
and almost died. It was Sunday morning. Everyone else in town ably in the living room. When the tow truck arrived, the man stood,
was passing the house on their way to church and here was the shook Grandpa’s hand, and thanked him for his hospitality.
ex-president of the United States, mowing the grass, not going to “Not at all,” Grandpa said, showing the man out. “It was nice
church, and waving and calling to everyone to make sure they talking to you.”
knew it. Gammy ran outside and cut off the mower. The man got halfway down the front steps before he stopped
“Don’t you ever do that again,” she said. and turned.
“OK,” Grandpa said. “I hope you won’t take offense,” he said. “But you look a lot
They hired a yard man after that. In fact, one of the men they like that son of a bitch Harry Truman.”
hired turned out to be a lay minister, so not only had Grandpa used “No offense at all,” Grandpa said with wide grin. “I am that
the church to get out of yard work, he’d hired clergy to do it for him. son of a bitch.”
Grandpa was the last truly accessible ex-president. When he re- Clifton Truman Daniel is the oldest grandson of President Harry S. Truman
tired, the Secret Service protection vanished. It was not extended to and is currently director of public relations for Harry S Truman College, one
ex-presidents until after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. He is also honorary chairman of the
board of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute. A frequent speaker and
Today, there is a five-foot steel fence around my grandparents’ house, fundraiser, he is author of the 1995 book, Growing Up With My Grandfather:
put up by the Service in 1947, but from 1953 to 1964 it wasn’t Memories of Harry S. Truman .

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Center photo by Amy Elrod

Left & Center: Summer Institute participants; National History Day regional contestants. Right: Two National History Day participants, Bradley Dice (left) and
Emily Duncan (right) placed in the top ten at the national competition; the Liberty (Mo.) Junior High School students are pictured with their teacher, Inga
Nordstrom-Kelly.

Programs That Change Lives

The Truman Library Institute is committed to helping America’s schools prepare our youth for a lifetime of active and informed citi-
zenship. President Truman knew that the health of our democracy is fundamentally tied to our understanding of history and govern-
ment. Yet recent studies show that students are failing to grasp the significance of people, places and events in history. The programs
and resources offered at the Truman Library seek to significantly raise the level of student achievement in this vital area of study, and
to support teachers’ mastery of their subject areas with access to leading scholars, primary source materials, and best practices in
teaching. Beyond the classroom, programs at the Truman Library inspire young people to seek lives of engaged service and purpose,
as modeled by America’s 33rd president. The programs and conferences listed here were made possible, in part, by the leadership, vi-
sion and generosity of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

OUTREACH
AT-A-GLANCE
During 2008-09, our education
programs reached more than
25,000 students and teachers.
Countless others accessed the
Truman Library’s invaluable
online resources and curricula.
STUDENT OUTREACH
The White House Decision Center During FY09, 5,835 students stepped into a recreation of The
West Wing and into the shoes of President Truman, his cabinet members and advisers, and members
of the media. Praised in The New York Times as a model for all presidential libraries, the White
House Decision Center (WHDC) is the Truman Library’s flagship education program. Designed as a
hands-on history lab, the WHDC strengthens student skills in information gathering and analysis,
problem solving, decision making, leadership, and communication, while deepening knowledge of
history and government. In 2008-09, a new scenario was added to the program line-up. Now, “End-
ing the War Against Japan” complements the three existing simulations, “The Berlin Airlift,” Desegre-
gating the U.S. Armed Forces,” and “The Outbreak of the Korean War.” GRADE 8 – ADULT

• 8,780 guided Museum tours
• 5,774 White House Decision
Center participants
• 2,824 Truman Footlocker users
• 403 National History Day
participants
• 4,181 participants in
educator workshops
• 3,500+ users of customized
classroom based resources
“It takes learning out of the books and puts it in your face…
and I love it!”
Museum Tours More than 8,600 students visited the museum during the 2008-09 academic year.
Many of the students who received docent-led tours attend disadvantaged schools and visited the
museum on scholarship, thanks to generous support from members and sponsors. K-12
“I hope many other kids get to learn as much as I did.
I can’t wait to come back!”
Truman Footlocker 1,775 students experienced the Truman Footlocker, a popular, hands-on class-
room resource filled with replicas of Truman-related artifacts, documents and photographs. K-12
National History Day 403 students in grades 6-12 competed in the regional competition of the Na-
tional History Day Contest on February 28, 2009. Three of our contestants received national recogni-
tion at the finals in Maryland.
Presidential Trivia Contest On October 19, 2009, student teams from across Missouri tested their
knowledge of Leaders, Legislation and Lawyers: The Branches of Government.

TEACHER INSTITUTES AND OUTREACH

“For history teachers, there really is nothing else like this.”

National History Day Workshop for Educators

November 7, 2009
The Truman Library’s education team prepares area teachers to inspire and guide student participa-
tion in the National History Day Contest. The theme for 2009 was The Individual in History; more
than 400 students competed in the regional competition hosted by the Truman Library.
In a word, the
“I have attended many national conferences, including NEH,
and this is the best!”
Truman Library’s
Summer Institute
Between the Wars, 1919-1939
education programs
July 20-25, 2009
Educators from across the nation attended the sixth annual Summer Institute. Focused on the theme Be-
tween the Wars, 1919-1939, high school educators spent the week with scholars, historians, and eyewit-

are about access.

nesses to history studying a range of topics, including the Versailles Treaty, America in the 1920s, the Great
Depressions, Russia in the 20s and 30s, prohibition, Kansas City Jazz, the League of Nations and more.

“The information, professionalism and collaboration are of the

highest caliber.” Access to

Fall Workshop
Famous Kansas and Missourians America’s story,
October 30-31, 2009
Midwest teachers deepened their expertise and gained a wealth of classroom
resources at the Fall Teachers Workshop, presented in cooperation with the access to today’s
National Archives at Kansas City and the Jackson County Historical Society.

MORE RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS leaders and

Conferences/Teacher In-services – The nationally recognized education

thinkers, and
staff frequently are invited to present programs on Truman-era history and
the teaching of social studies.
Curriculum Kits – Packaged curricula, ready for classroom use, offer sec-
ondary educators interactive learning modules on the Cold War, Presiden- access to lives of
tial Decision Making, and WWII.
Video Loaning Library – More than 120 unique videos on Truman, WWI, WWII,
the Cold War, and the Truman era are available to educators at no charge. service and purpose.
Teacher Talk – A newsletter featuring education news and resources is de-
livered to 10,500 educators, free of charge.

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Since it first opened its Research Room in 1959, the Truman Library has welcomed nearly 14,000 historians, writers
and scholars representing more than 40 nations and nearly every state in the Union. From the start, the Truman Library Institute
provided modest grants-in-aid for researchers. Today, Research Grants, Dissertation Year Fellowships, and the biennial Scholar’s
Award and Harry S. Truman Book Award provide assistance to emerging scholars whose contributions illuminate the critical issues of
Truman’s presidency and legacy.
Research Grants
Dayna Barnes, Doctoral Candidate in International History, London School of Economics, United Kingdom, American Wartime Planning for
Postwar Japan, 1937-1947
James R. Blackstone, Doctoral Candidate in History, Clare College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, The Influence of the Senate
Republican Right Upon American Foreign Policy, 1950-54
Zeynep G. Capan, Doctoral Candidate in International Studies, Hautes Etudes Internationales, Turkey, Narratives of the Cold War
Michael J. Doidge, Doctoral Candidate in History, University of Southern Mississippi, An Army Worth Fighting For: Doctrinal, Strategic,
Bureaucratic Transformation in the U.S. Army from 1946-1964
Barbara J. Falk, Associate Professor, Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College/Royal Military College of Canada, Cold War
Political Justice
Deng Feng, Associate Professor, School of History and Culture, Northeast Normal University, China, Armistice Negotiations During the
Korean War: A Comprehensive Study of the Chinese, Russian and American Archival Literature
Amy L. Fluker, Masters Thesis in History, University of Mississippi, The Buck Stops Where?: Atomic Accountability and the Truman
Administration in Public History and Memory
Paul Ham, Journalist, The Sunday Times, Sydney, Australia, Hiroshima
Sam Herley, Doctoral Candidate in History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Formation of Indian Tribal Termination Policies During the
Truman Administration, 1945-1953: Viewpoints
Mats Ingulstad, Doctoral Candidate in History, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, The Industrial Mobilization State and its Foreign
Policy, 1945 to 1958; The American Quest for Strategic Materials
Melvin S. Lebe, Doctoral Candidate in History, University of California, Los Angeles, The United States and the United Nations during the
Truman Administration
Sam Lebovic, Doctoral Candidate in History, University of Chicago, The Problem of the Press and the Making of Cold War Freedom
Robin Markwica, Doctoral Candidate in International Relations, Oxford University, United Kingdom, The Prestige Factor: The Role of
Prestige, Pride, and the Reputation in U.S. Foreign Policy since 1945
Joel T. Miyasaki, Doctoral Candidate in History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Reaching out from Internment: The Imperial
Context of Japanese American Incarceration during World War II
Robert M. Oppenheim, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Psychological Strategy and Korean
War Anthropology
Amy Rutenberg, Doctoral Candidate in History, University of Maryland, Boys Who Say No: Masculinity, Citizenship, and the Avoidance of
Military Service in the United States, 1945-1975
Brandon P. Seto, Doctoral Candidate in History, University of California, Santa Barbara, Filling the Spiritual Vacuum: American Christianity
and the Occupation of Japan
Patrick Slaney, Doctoral Candidate in History, University of British Columbia, Canada, Inventing the Scientific Community: Science,
Democracy and Freedom in America, 1945-58
Tyler Turek, Masters Thesis in History, University of Ottawa, Canada, Two Solitudes: Canada, the United States, National Security and the
Korean War, 1948-1951
Robert D. Van Horn, Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University, The Genesis of the Chicago School of Antitrust, 1946-1955
Jenifer Van Vleck, Doctoral Candidate in History, Yale University, No Distant Places: Aviation and Global American Century
Jaclyn E. Woolf, Doctoral Candidate in Political Science, Texas Tech University and Government Instructor, Department of Social Sciences,
Midland College, Interests, Constraints, and Judicial Selection: A Rational Approach to Presidential Selection of Federal Circuit Courts of
Appeals and Supreme Court Nominees

Dissertation Year Fellowship

Dean Phillip Chen, Doctoral Candidate in Political History, University of California, Santa Barbara, Origins of American Taiwan-Strait Policy –
The Wilsonian Internationalist Identity and Truman Administration’s Decision for Strategic Ambiguity

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Truman Bookshelf
Later this year, the Truman Library Institute will announce the winner of the 2010 Harry S. Truman Book Award. Selected by a
committee of Truman scholars, the award recognizes the best book published in 2008 or 2009 that deals primarily with Truman’s
public career and/or U.S. history between 1945 and 1953. Past recipients include Dean Acheson (1970); Walter Isaacson, president
and CEO of the Aspen Institute (1988); and John Lewis Gaddis, noted historian of the Cold War (2006). Here, we highlight some of the
contenders for the prestigious 2010 award. Consider adding these titles to your reading list.

Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of
a Great American Road Trip
Matthew Algeo, Chicago Review Press, 2008
Proclaiming the Truman Doctrine: The Cold War Call to Arms
Denise M. Bostdorff, Texas A&M University Press, 2008
Douglas MacArthur: Statecraft and Stagecraft in
America’s East Asian Policy
Russell D. Buhite, Rowman & Littlefield, 2008
Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and
Public Opinion in the United States, 1950-53
Steven Casey*, Oxford University Press, 2008
The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin
Airlift and America’s Finest Hour
Andrei Cherney, Putnam, 2008
Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America’s
Soviet Experts
David C. Engerman, Oxford University Press, 2009
The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War
Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, Yale University
Press, 2008
Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of
Japan, 1945-1947
D. M. Giangreco, Naval Institute Press, 2009
The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography
of Harry Truman
D. M. Giangreco, Zenith Press, 2009
American Blacklist: The Attorney General’s List of
Subversive Organizations
Robert J. Goldstein*, University Press of Kansas, 2008
Truman’s Whistle Stop Campaign
Steven R. Goldzwig*, Texas A&M University Press, 2008
Legerdemain, The President’s Secret Plan: The Bomb,
and What the French Never Knew
James J. Heaphey, History Publishing Co, LLC, 2008
Honorable Survivor: Mao’s China, McCarthy’s America,
and the Persecution of John S. Service
Lynne Joiner*, Naval Institute Press, 2009
Atomic Tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to
Use the Bomb Against Japan
Sean Malloy, Cornell University Press, 2008
Dean Acheson and the Creation of an American World Order
Robert J. McMahon*, Potomac Books, Inc., 2008
Truman and MacArthur: Policy, Politics, and the
Hunger for Honor and Renown
Michael D. Pearlman, Indiana University Press, 2008
A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel
Allis and Ronald Radosh*, Harper Collins Publishing, 2009
Hiroshima: The World’s Bomb
Andrew J. Rotter*, Oxford University Press, 2008
Allies Against the Rising Sun: The United States, the
British Nations, and the Defeat of Imperial Japan
Nicholas Evan Sarantakes*, University Press of Kansas, 2009
Creating the National Security State: A History of the
Law that Transformed America
Douglas T. Stuart, Princeton University Press, 2009
The Berlin Airlift: The Salvation of a City
Jon Sutherland and Diane Caldwell, Pelican Publishing, 2008
The American Nuclear Disarmament Dilemma, 1945-1963
David Tal*, Syracuse University Press, 2008
A President, a Church, and Trails West: Competing
Histories in Independence, Missouri
Jon Taylor*, University of Missouri Press, 2008
Inventing the “American Way”: The Politics of Consensus
from the New Deal to the Civil Rights Movement
Wendy L. Wall*, Oxford University Press, 2008
America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity
Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall, Belknap Press of
Harvard University Press, 2009
Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great
Britain, and International Communism, 1945
Marc Selverstone, Harvard University Press, 2009
* Former Truman Library Institute grant recipients

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But all leaders must be readers.”

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history
lessons B Y S A M U E L W . R U S H A Y, J R .
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“My debt to history is one which cannot be calculated. I know
of no other motivation which so accounts for my awakening interest
as a young lad in the principles of leadership and government.”
Throughout his long life, Harry S. Truman thought,
wrote, and spoke about history. For Truman, history had a
meaning that went beyond a casual interest. It provided him
ethical and moral guidance and was a tool that he used to make
decisions, most notably as president of the United States during
his two terms of office, 1945 - 1953. As a student of Truman
has put it, Truman “internalized” history and looked to the past
almost reflexively whenever a problem or issue arose.
Harry Truman’s interest in history is well documented. But
what has not been examined comprehensively are the les-
sons that Truman learned from history: those he learned in
L to R: The Truman Committee, 1942; Truman with a visibly frail FDR,
1944; senior class, Independence High School, 1901.
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–Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, vol. I (1955)
school, those he learned in life, and those he drew upon to
make decisions during his political career, especially as
president. In my analysis of Harry Truman’s tremendously
rich documentary written and spoken record, I conclude that
he learned the following lessons from history.
Lesson 1: Democracy is Fragile
Harry Truman’s reading of history demonstrated for him the
fragile and temporal nature of democratic government. After he
left the presidency in 1953, he envisioned a presidential library
that would be “a center for the study of the presidency.” In
1959 he wrote to Stanley Whiteway, a Pennsylvania resident
and donor to Truman’s presidential library, that if young people
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L to R: Truman and buddies back home from The Great War, 1919; Senator Truman in his office, 1942; Stalin and Truman with delegation at Potsdam, 1945.
“do not understand and appreciate what they have it will go the
way of the Judges of Isreal [sic], the city states of Greece, the
great Roman Republic and the Dutch Republic.”
Truman was fascinated by the accomplishments of the found-
ing fathers, whose own study of the history of Greece and other
nations had led them to form a republican form of government
that was able to avoid the fate of other republics in history: the
turn toward dictatorship as a result of corrupt leadership. “How
did [the Founders] ever come to do this?” he pondered. And the
Constitution had only been amended 22 times, with two bad
amendments—Prohibition and the two-term limitation of a
president’s term. Although the 22nd amendment, which im-
posed a two-term limit upon the president, did not apply to Tru-
man, he disliked it for constitutional reasons. He often referred
to the Federalist Papers written by Alexander Hamilton, James
Madison, and John Jay to explain and defend the new Constitu-
tion. In Truman’s view, a president should be permitted to be
elected to as many terms as the people wished.
Lesson 2: Democratic government has a moral basis
Truman found in history the central lesson of good citizenship:
service to others. Familiar with George Washington’s thoughts
on the subject of public service, Truman told members of the
Reserve Officers Association that “every man who lives under a
government that is controlled by the people owes that govern-
ment certain service. Not only does he owe that service in a
military way, if it becomes necessary, but he owes service to his
government as a civilian.” Whether at the national, state or local
level, one should “serve the United States Government in what-
ever capacity he is fitted to serve it.”
Lesson 3: Find leadership qualities to emulate and to avoid
Truman’s reading focused on biography, which provided keys to
leadership. In a 1934 autobiographical manuscript written while
he was presiding judge of Jackson County (an administrative, not
judicial, post), Truman observed that great men’s first victories
were won “over themselves and their carnal urges. Self-discipline
with all of them came first.” Among those leaders he admired
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were the Roman general Cincinnatus, the Carthaginian general
Hannibal, the Persian leader Cyrus the Great, George Washington,
and Robert E. Lee. He was not fond of men such as Alexander the
Great or Napoleon. “I could never admire a man whose only inter-
est is himself.” Furthermore, leaders had to lead, not follow pub-
lic whim. Leadership of the kind that Jesus, Moses, and Martin
Luther offered was based on right and wrong, not on polls or
opinion of the moment.
Lesson 4: Recognize internal and external threats to democracy
In addition to shaping Harry Truman’s views of democracy, cit-
izenship, and leadership, history helped him understand the
challenges to the democratic form of government. Truman was
not sanguine about communism and the threat it posed to
democracy. He was just as anticommunist as his Republican op-
ponents, but his understanding of history provided a longer
view. Plutarch’s Lives gave him the insight that “it was the
same with those old birds in Greece and Rome as it is now...
The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.”
Truman also was aware of the threat that demagogues and
bigotry posed. Bigots and vocal minorities such as the Ku Klux
Klan caused trouble because they wanted direct action and did
not understand the representative nature of American govern-
ment. But Truman had faith in the fundamental goodness of the
American people. “Common sense usually overcomes the whole
thing and it’ll come around alright,” he said. “All demagogues
get their come-uppance before they get through.”
Lesson 5: Do not trust historians
Confident in his own knowledge of history, President Truman
had no “court historian” in his administration, unlike President
John Kennedy, who had Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and President
Lyndon Johnson, who employed Eric Goldman. This was a curi-
ous decision, given Truman’s deep interest in history and his
lack of a college education and professional training in the sub-
ject. It also was an exception to his willingness to solicit and
accept advice in almost every other field in which he was not
an expert.
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he agreed to the National Archives’ hiring of one, Philip Brooks,
to administer his presidential library, which opened in 1957. In
addition, several historians, including Schlesinger, served on the
Truman Library Institute staff during Truman’s lifetime.
Lesson 6: History is marked by continuity and progress
Truman saw continuity in American history; human nature had
changed little over the centuries, and the genius of the American
Constitution lay in its establishment of checks and balances that
preserved the republican form of government against passions—
cycles of hysteria—generated and exploited by demagogues.
Seeing continuity put his own problems in perspective and al-
lowed him not to overreact. For example, when Truman re-
flected on press attacks on him, he recalled that Washington,
Jefferson, and Jackson, among others, had suffered a similar
fate. As he told his cousin, Ethel Noland, he “had it easy by
comparison,” even though he did get angry at the media’s treat-
ment of him. Truman saw progress in history. “History is a story
of improvement even if there are setbacks.” His optimism was
consistent with his faith in progress. “Of course, you’ve got to
be an optimist if you are going to try to help the country go for-
ward. There’s no pessimist that ever did anything for the wel-
fare of the world, I don’t care who he was.”
Lesson 7: Progress occurs in cycles
Truman repeatedly referenced the cycles he saw in American
history. On December 29, 1952, Arthur Schlesinger went to
Washington, D.C. to pay his respects to the outgoing president.
Schlesinger reported that Truman “was very cheerful, scrubbed
and natty.” But all was not well in the mind of the president,
who was much concerned about the state of civil liberties in the
country. He told Schlesinger that he had feared “hysteria” of the
kind that always occurred after wars. Truman cited the Citizen
Genêt episode after the Revolutionary War, the rise of the Ku
Klux Klan after the Civil War, and the A. Mitchell Palmer raids
after World War I. He hoped the country might avoid it this time,
a reference to the ongoing Korean War. However, the concerns
about McCarthyism that Truman expressed to Schlesinger were
nowhere to be found in the president’s rather upbeat farewell
address less than three weeks later.
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L to R: Truman campaigning with McGovern, 1956; students visit the President on his 86th birthday, 1970; women from New York State rally for Truman, 1948.
During his lectures at Columbia University on April 29, 1959,
former President Truman placed McCarthyism within the
broader cycles of “witch-hunting” and hysteria that he believed
had beset the United States since its earliest history. “There are
periods,” he told the students, “in which some demagogue can
direct attention to something that’s absolutely good and harm-
less and make something out of it so he can stir people up for
his own welfare and aggrandizement. We’ve just had that re-
cently. We just got through this period of McCarthyism, which
was one of the worst that this country ever suffered from.” He
warned students that they, too, would face future demagogues.
Lesson 8: Each generation must learn history’s lessons
Harry Truman was not Pollyanna about what history could
teach. He told Merle Miller, “The next generation never learns
anything from the previous one until it’s brought home with a
hammer.” He added, “I’ve wondered why the next generation
can’t profit from the generation before but they never do until
they get knocked in the head by experience.” Handed-down wis-
dom was not accepted until a crisis proved its wisdom. This
meant that each generation, in its hubris, had to learn this
painful lesson because it did not think that the past had anything
useful to teach it.
Lesson 9: Individuals matter
If Truman had a unifying theory of history, it could be found in
his belief that men and women, not historical forces, drove history.
From his reading of Great Men and Famous Women and Plutarch’s
Lives, Truman concluded that “men made history.” And he had his
favorites. Truman’s papers include a list of history-makers, written
on U.S. Senate stationery during his short term as vice president.
At the top of the list was Alexander the Great. Second was Hanni-
bal, followed by Napoleon, and Stonewall Jackson. Next to each
name was the age at which they had assumed power or were at
the height of their power. Many were between 25 and 30; Genghis
Kahn was “between 44 & 54.” Perhaps Truman, at age 60, was
wondering if there was still time to make his mark. As history
would prove, the answer was yes.
Samuel W. Rushay, Jr., is supervisory archivist at the Truman Library and
Museum, where he worked as an archivist from 1993 to1997.
Excerpted and reprinted with permission. Read the complete Prologue
article at www.archives.gov.
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Friends and Members

Friends and members of the Truman Library Institute were treated to an exciting array of exclusive events in 2009,
including a wine reception with Arianna Huffington and the Bennett Forum panelists, the rededication of Truman’s Working Office,
Honorary Fellows Night at the Truman Library, VIP access to the Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, and more. See page 42 for
information about membership opportunities and benefits.

(1) Dave Bennett, Vicki Little, Rochelle

Harris, Sue Allen and Pat Dalton at the
pre-event reception for the Howard &
Virginia Bennett Forum on the
Presidency; (2) John Dillingham at a
special viewing of Truman125: A Life
in Photographs; (3) Donald and Adele
Hall at the May 7 Toasting Truman
reception; (4) Paget Higgins visits with
Truman Library Director Michael
Devine at a reunion for descendants of
Battery D; (5) Mary and John Hunkeler,
Janet and Marshall Miller, Barbara and
Allen Lefko, Mary and Michael
Johnston, Sandy Moses and Harvey
Bodker, Connie and Harry Jonas, and
Stacia Stelk and Alex Burden at a VIP
reception at the Kennedy Presidential
Library and Museum; (6) Mary
Johnston and Betsey Solberg with
Bennett Forum panelist Joseph Nye;
(7) Jean and Bill Dunn with Executive 1
Director Alex Burden; (8) ????; (9)
Clifton Truman Daniel addresses
Battery D reunion guests, including
Photo by Bruce Mathews

Photo by Bruce Mathews

John Sherman (pictured at left); (10)
Bill and Barbara Nelson with Ann
Dickinson and Kirk Carpenter at the
10th Annual Wild About Harry; (11)
Mike Johnston, Sandy Moses, and
Mary Johnston in Boston; (12) Clifton
Truman Daniel with the daughters of
Eddie Jacobson, Elinor Borenstine and
Gloria Schusterman.
Photo by Bruce Mathews

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Through student internships, value-added memberships, and volunteer opportunities, the Truman Library Institute supports a variety of ways to be
involved at our nation's premier presidential library and museum.

Membership Employer Matching Gifts

Honorary Fellows
Beginning at just $35, Honorary Fellow memberships offer
extraordinary benefits, including free unlimited admission to the
Truman Library and all participating presidential libraries, discounts in
the Museum Store, VIP access to the annual presidential wreath laying
ceremony, and an exclusive invitation to the annual Honorary Fellows
Night at the Truman Library. TO JOIN, CALL (816) 268-8237.
Buck Stops Here Society
Premier memberships start at $1,000. Benefits include invitations to
exhibit openings and exclusive travel opportunities, VIP restricted-
access tours of the Truman Library’s museum collections area,
complimentary tickets to the annual Bennett Forum on the Presidency,
additional Museum passes for associates, clients and friends, plus all
Honorary Fellows benefits. CALL (816) 268-8237 TO LEARN MORE.
Gift Memberships
Looking for a unique gift? Gift memberships provide year-round access
to world-class museum exhibitions and stimulating programs and
Many companies will double (or sometimes triple) the value of their
employees’ charitable gifts. To find out if your company participates,
please contact your human resources office.
Tribute Gifts
Gifts made in honor or in memory of a loved one are recognized in the
Truman Library Institute’s annual report; recipients receive
distinguished notification of your thoughtfulness.
Estate Gifts
If you have named the Truman Library Institute in your will or estate
plan, please let us know so we can welcome you to The Legacy
Society. Or call to discuss planned gift options with one of our
knowledgeable estate counselors. (816) 268-8246
Presidential Gift Annuity
With a charitable gift annuity you can make a significant gift to Truman’s
legacy and presidential library and still receive an income for yourself or
others. CALL ALEX BURDEN AT (816) 268-8243 TO LEARN MORE.

Volunteers
forums. CALL (816) 268-8237 FOR DETAILS.

Support From guiding tours to assisting in the archives and museum

Wild About Harry
Sponsorships for the Truman Library Institute’s annual fundraising dinner
start at $1,000 and provide vital support for the educational programs
offered at the Truman Library. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GALA EVENT, SEE
PAGE 23 OR CALL KIM RAUSCH AT (816) 268-8237.
Corporate Sponsorships
Sponsorships provide a regional – often national – engine to power
your corporate goals. Opportunities include special exhibitions,
extended-hour and reduced-admission Museum days, national forums,
collections, Truman Library volunteers play a vital role and enjoy an
annual travel opportunity and recognition banquet. FOR CURRENT
OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE CALL DONNA DENSLOW AT (816) 268-8239.
Internships
Truman Library internships offer distinctive experience to students working
toward careers as archivists, historians and museum administrators. TO
LEARN MORE, VISIT TRUMANLIBRARY.ORG OR CALL DONNA DENSLOW AT (816)
268-8239.

E-News
endowed lecture series and more. TO DISCUSS A CORPORATE
SPONSORSHIP CUSTOMIZED FOR YOUR NEEDS, PLEASE CONTACT ALEX
BURDEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT (816) 268-8243. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS AND EXHIBITS, SIGN UP FOR
TRUMAN E-NEWS AT TRUMANLIBRARY.ORG.
Annual Cumulative Giving Society
Donors whose annual gifts (Oct. 1 - Sept. 30) meet or exceed $10,000
are invited into the Presidents Inner Circle, where benefits include an
exclusive invitation to the annual Presidents Inner Circle Dinner/
Reception, premier recognition in publications and at events, preferred
seating at ticketed Truman Library Institute events, and more.

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60th Anniversary of the Korean War

2010 Highlights 2010 marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean
Celebrating Bess War. Programs and exhibits offered to commemorate this
The 125th Birthday of First Lady Bess Wallace Truman important anniversary include…
Saturday, February 13, 2010 Special Exhibition
11 a.m. | “Young Bess in Hats” Memories of Korea
March 27 – December 31, 2010
2 p.m. | “Dear Harry…Love Bess”
Featuring Clifton Truman Daniel Free Thursday Night Korean War Film Series
June 24 | MASH (1970)
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July 1 | Big Jim McLain (1952)
Talkin’ Truman Series July 8 | Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Every Second Saturday at 11 a.m. July 15 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
February 13 | Young Bess in Hats Korean War Conference Series
March 13 | Tales from the Truman Home The Truman Legacy in East Asia: Japan, China and the Two Koreas
May 14-15, Key West, Florida
April 10 | Presidential Praise: Our Presidents and Their Hymns
May 8 | Uncle Harry Korea’s Legacy of War: The Two Koreas and Their Future
May 27-28, Seoul, Korea
June 12 | Memories of Korea
New Documents and Histories: 21st Century Perspectives on
July 10 | Spies and Subversives in the Dawn of the Atomic Age
the Korean War
August 7 | Brother Truman: The Masonic Life of Harry Truman June 16-17, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
September 11 | In the Kitchen with Bess Truman Korean Veterans Commemoration
October 9 | Meet the President Details for this June 2010 event will be announced as available.

And Much More, Including…

November 13 | Screen Gems
December 11 | Christmas at the White House
Third Annual Honorary Fellows Night at the Truman Library (June 2010)
Wild About Harry (See page 23)
Howard & Virginia Bennett Forum on the Presidency (Fall 2010)

1949 1950 1951 1953

January 20: Truman is inaugurated for his June 26: Truman orders U. S. air and sea forces to aid South Korean April 11: Truman relieves January 20: Truman
second term as president. In his inaugural troops in resisting the Communist forces of North Korea, which had MacArthur of all posts as attends the inauguration of
address, he calls for a “bold new program” to help invaded South Korea the day before. Days later, General Douglas commander of American President Eisenhower and
underprivileged peoples of the earth (Point IV MacArthur is put in charge of all U.N. troops in the area. and U. N. forces in the then leaves by train for
Program). November 1: President Truman is unharmed during an assassination Far East for making Independence, Missouri.
August 10: Truman signs the National Security attempt by two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists, Oscar statements critical of the Truman begins works on his
Act Amendment, establishing a unified Collazo and Griselio Torresola. A White House police officer and one of government’s military two-volume memoirs: Year
Department of Defense. the assassins are killed in the attempt. and foreign policies in of Decisions (1955) and
December 6: Truman writes a personal letter to music critic Paul that area. Years of Trial and Hope
Hume, assailing him for his “lousy review” of a recital given by (1956).
Truman’s daughter Margaret.
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Left: Museum docent Jack Perne guides a group of students through The Presidential Years. Middle: SAC volunteers team up annually to decorate the
Truman Library for the holidays. Right: The newest members of the 1,000 Club, Doris McCartney (left) and Carolyn Reece, are pictured in the Pentagon
during the annual trip for Truman Library volunteers.

Volunteers
From the earliest days of the Truman Library, when Harry Truman himself trained the Museum docents, volunteers have played an
integral part in the success of his presidential library. In FY09, 80 volunteers contributed 5,663 hours of service in virtually every
department – from education to archives, museum docent to marketing support. The following volunteers served the Truman Library
in FY09, October 1, 2008 – September 30, 2009.
Karen Berry Alice & John Judy Dingler Dolores Hunter Dena Love Katherine Novak Pat Spillman
Betty Blatt Chapman Ron Doering Ruby James Virginia Maglich Ric & Sara Nyman Bill Strautman
Paulena Blaylock Steve Chase Frances Duncan Susan Jones Janeal Matheson Curt Oldroyd Judy Sturgess
Loren Boline Myrle & Jack Marjorie Durkee Jack Kammert Doris McCartney Jack Perne Mike Summers
Harlan Brockman Chastain Marietta Feather Mary Keerns Jean & Cliff Mildred Polc Bob Tobia
Don Brown Jolene Clark Judy Fundis Lani Kirsch McCormick Bob Potter Christl Webster
Linda Brown Sandra Colyer Christina Golding Jo Kleinman JoAnn McInnes Carolyn Reece Arlene & Karl Welch
Bob Buhr Cheryl Compton Laurie Gronskei Linda Kobe Joan & Tim Meng Barb Schmitt Rita White
Donna Burgess Amy Crossley Leslie Hagensen Joan Kolich Amy Moorman Jamie Schwarz Eileen Wilcox
Jim Cable Harry Daffer JoAnn Hatch Kathy Lee Bill Naylor Larry Sebby Joann & Bob Wilson
Doris Caster Nell Danner Jim Howk Beverly Lindsey Pat Nickle Don Smith

1,000 Club Members

The following volunteers have contributed a minimum of 1,000 hours of service. Congratulations to these dedicated members of the
1,000 Club.
Don Brown Nell Danner Joann Hatch Jo Kleinman Bill Naylor Carolyn Reece Karl Welch
Steve Chase Ron Doering Dolores Hunter Kathy Lee Jack Perne Don Smith Bob Wilson
Amy Crossley Frances Duncan Mary Keerns Doris McCartney Mildred Polc Arlene Welch Joann Wilson

Internship Program
With support from the Truman Library Institute, the internship program of the Truman Library offers distinguished experience to
students working toward careers as archivists, historians and museum administrators.
FY09 Interns Joyce Burner Louise Hilton Will Hoyt Philip Nicolaus Shawn Peters Jason Wilhelmsen
Sarah Bell Abby Day Evan Holland Kate Morton Paige Pennington Barry Skelton

TO LEARN ABOUT VOLUNTEER AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE VISIT TRUMANLIBRARY.ORG.

1955 1956 96 1960 1963

May 8: On his 71st birthday, Truman
breaks ground for the construction
of a privately financed Harry S.
Truman Library building.
August 12: The Presidential
Libraries Act is signed, authorizing
the General Services Administration
to accept the papers of U. S.
presidents, and the land, buildings,
and equipment that are offered for a
“Presidential archival depository.”
April 21: Truman May 11 - July 3: Harry Truman publishes Mr. May 29: A large statue of Truman
attends the and Bess tour Europe, Citizen, his post- is unveiled in Athens, Greece,
marriage of his meeting with a number of presidential memoir. commemorating Truman as one of
daughter, Mary European leaders, October 8 - Greece’s “greatest benefactors.”
Margaret, to E. including Winston Churchill November 4: Truman November 26: Truman attends the
Clifton Daniel, Jr., well-known and Pope Pius XII. Truman conducts a vigorous funeral of President Kennedy and
newspaperman, in Trinity receives numerous honors, including an national speaking tour meets afterward with Eisenhower,
Episcopal Church, honorary degree from Oxford University. in support of affecting, to the press, a final
Independence, Missouri. Four July 6: Truman participates in the dedication of presidential candidate “reconciliation” between these two
grandsons will be born. the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, John F. Kennedy. former political adversaries.
Missouri.
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REVENUES & CONTRIBUTIONS

$1,403,380 Contributions (non-campaign)
includes corporate, foundation and individual giving, endowment,
bequests, grants and sponsorships

$806,638 Truman Working Office Campaign

$154,536 Investment Income
$111,572 Entrepreneurial Ventures
includes public and education program revenues

$10,602 Misc Other

TOTAL $2,486,728

EXPENSES
$848,148 Programs, Exhibits, Education
& Outreach
$1,443,993 Capital Improvements and
Preventative Maintenance*
$345,823 Fundraising
$206,347 Administration

TOTAL $2,844,311

* Institute utilizes cash basis of accounting rather than accrual

-$357,580 campaign deficit fully covered by gifts raised in previous years.
Operating net without capital expenses was $2,583

1964 1966 1968 1971 1972

May 8: Truman becomes the first former July 4: Truman October 12: December 29: With Bess, December 26: Truman dies
president to address the U. S. Senate while makes his last Truman looks on Margaret, and son-in-law E. at the age of 88.
it is in formal session. The Senate honors appearance as a as President Clifton Daniel, Truman
him on his 80th birthday. speaker at the Johnson signs a tours his presidential
July 30: President Johnson signs the eighth annual bill, in the library for the last
Medicare bill at the Truman Library. Mr. July 4th 104 Truman home, designating time.
and Mrs. Truman will receive Medicare celebration on the October 24, 1968 as U. N. Day. The
registration cards numbers one and two in Truman Library president also issues a proclamation
January 1966. On his Medicare grounds. noting Truman’s part in creating the 105
application form, Truman writes “Farmer” United Nations organization in 1945.
on the line next to “Former Occupation.”
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donors
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We thank all of those who contributed generously during Fiscal 2009. Contributions help the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and
Museum remain a crown jewel among our nation’s most valued heritage sites. Listed below are gifts received between October 1, 2008, and
September 30, 2009. We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please contact Kim Rausch at (816) 268-8237 or kim.rausch@nara.gov with any corrections.

Buck Stops Here Society

The Buck Stops Here Society is the premier membership program of the Truman Library Institute. Annual membership gifts, starting at $1,000,
provide vital support for world-class traveling exhibitions, acclaimed educational programs, and public forums featuring national and international
opinion leaders. To learn more, please contact Kim Rausch, director of development, at (816) 268-8237.

Heads of State
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DST Systems, Inc.
Cabinet Members
Kristen and Wesley Jasinski
Morton Mandel
Marriott Hotel - Kevin Pistilli
Estelle and Morton Sosland
Centerpoint Medical Center-
Carolyn Caldwell
Susie and Bob Evans
Dorothy and Milton Kayle
Jean and Tom McDonnell
Roger Novak
Gloria Schusterman
Beth Smith
Betsey and Rick Solberg
Jeanne and Charlie Sosland
West Wing Council
Commerce Bank -
Jonathan Kemper
Betty and Richard C.†
Crumpton
Jill and Marshall Dean, Jr.
Shirley and Barnett Helzberg
Mary and John Hunkeler
Kansas City Power & Light -
Elizabeth Danforth
Nancy and Herb Kohn
Barbara and Allen Lefko
Susan and John McMeel
Barbara and Bill Nelson
Jeannette Nichols
J. B. Reynolds Fdn. - Phil Bixby
Susan and Tuck Spaulding
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UMB Bank, N.A. - Clyde Wendel
Cheryl and Bernard Williams
Presidential Aides
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Jonathan Baum
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Harvey Bodker
Elinor Borenstine
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Jerry and Vernon Davidson
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Wayne DeForge
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June and Sam Hamra Helen and Frank Wewers
Connie and Harry Jonas Kelly Woestman
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$100,000 to $499,999
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Johnston
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Humanities
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Trust
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Francis Family Fdn. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett C. Spaulding Family Fdn. Kansas City Chiefs
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Anonymous Donor University of Missouri at Bartlett & Company Grain
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of Kansas City Mr. and Mrs. William C. Nelson George K. Baum & Company Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Atterbury
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Buchbinder Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Powell Mr. Harvey S. Bodker Bank of America Matching Gifts
Centerpoint Medical Center Mr. and Mrs. William M. Reisler Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Program
Commerce Bank of Kansas City Mrs. Gloria Schusterman Clinics Dr. and Mrs. Eliot S. Berkley
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Schmelzer, III
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Dr. and Mrs. Wilber Spalding, Jr.
Ms. Barbara Paddock and
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Professor Caroline H. Wilkins
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Dr. Mary M. Wurtz
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$100 to $249
Dr. Melvin Abend
Mr. H. W. Abplanalp
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Blue Ridge Bank and Trust Co.
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Ms. Mary A. Closser
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Connelly
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Ms. Leslie Mark
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Ms. Mary Vincent
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Mrs. Penny Mast and
Mr. Harry V. Ellis
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Ms. Henrietta Fair
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Mr. Michael D. Feiereisen
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Mr. Roger Fisher
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Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Fleming
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Ms. Margaret L. Fleschman
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Fox
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Frame
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Ms. Randi Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Franklin
The Hon. and Mrs. Thomas J.
Frawley
Professor and Mrs. Richard M.
Fried
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Fried
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L.
Friedland
Miss Luella E. Friend
Ms. Vesta Frizzell
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Gibson, Jr.
Ms. Ruth K. Gieschen
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gilbertson
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Gilmartin
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Mr. Steven D. Goers
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Mr. Allan L. Goode
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Professor Craufurd D. Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne M.
Goodwin
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Dr. and Mrs. Keith G. Grafing
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Sgt. John Gray
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Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Green
Ms. Louise Greenfield
Mr. Seymour D. Greenstone
Mr. Norman Greer
Mr. and Mrs. C. Philip Griffin
Mr. Herb Gross
Mrs. Marilyn J. Guetlich
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gustin
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Ms. Norma R. Hagerty
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Mr. Paul Hahn
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Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hale
Mr. Richard E. Hale
Mr. C. Francis Hales
Dr. and Mrs. Alonzo L. Hamby
Ms. Gretchen W. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Major D. Hammett
Mr. and Mrs. David Hammond
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Mr. and Mrs. George Hanson, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Harbert
Ms. Barbara A. Hare
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Hargett
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Harlan
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Dr. Connie K. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell R.
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Dr. William E. Hauser
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Mr. and Mrs. John K. Hayden
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Drs. James and Maridella
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hering
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Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hershey
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Ms. Juarenne Hester
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Mr. Dennis Ragen and
Ms. Christine Hickman
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Higginbotham
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Mrs. James T. Hill, Jr.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hubby
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Mr. J. Wells Hull
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Professor and Mrs. Dan N.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vernie E. Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R.
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Mr. and Mrs. James R. Jahnz, Jr.
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Professor Virginia J. Laas
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Brigadier General Beverly S.
Lindsey
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All 125 photographs from the special exhibition Truman125: A Life in Photographs are pictured on the pages of this commemorative
annual report. Below, each image is identified by its exhibit caption and archives reference number. For a more complete description,
including photographers and copyright information, please visit the online photo database at TrumanLibrary.org.

1 Wedding photograph of Harry Truman’s parents, 1881 (62-96) 35 Family at the Grandview farm, 1905 (77-3970)
2 Truman with cousins and classmate, c. 1905 (72-3559) 36 Investing in oil, c. 1916 (82-58-79)
3 Harry Truman, haberdasher, c. 1920 (82-153) 37 Fact-finding Senators, 1939 (59-873)
4 Time for family, 1928 (82-318) 38 The Big Three at Potsdam, 1945 (63-1457-29)
5 Margaret’s dad wins, 1944 (58-606) 39 Truman takes the oath of office following the sudden death of
6 Winter in Washington, 1945 (59-1546) FDR, 1945 (73-1916)
7 Harpo Marx with President Truman, 1950 (77-1400) 40 A growing girl, a close family, 1934 (64-1518)
8 Truman with a Missouri mule, 1955 (58-643) 41 “Cactus Jack” Garner and his Jesse James revolvers, 1938 (71-4280)
9 Truman as guest conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic, 42 Truman leads calisthenics on the deck of the USS Missouri, 1947
1958 (59-659-2) (69-326)
10 On the front lawn of the White House, 1946 (59-1560) 43 Truman with captains of the Army and Navy football teams, 1950
11 Vice President Truman gavels the Senate into session for the (64-413)
first time, 1945 (68-1441) 44 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Washington, D.C. (Truman an-
12 Mary Jane Truman, sister, c. 1890 (72-3508) nounces he will not seek re-election), 1952 (2006-407)
13 Noland School, c. 1909 (61-286) 45 Truman and LBJ at the Truman Library, 1965 (66-42)
14 Columbian School, c. 1905 (62-185) 46 Truman family with the Kennedys at the White House, 1961 (95-396)
15 Independence, 1899 (59-951-2) 47 Truman speaking to students in the Truman Library auditorium,
16 Independence High School library, c. 1904 (81-76-07) 1960 (60-353-03)
17 Fishing with Bess Wallace and others, c. 1913 (84-80) 48 Harry with brother and sister in his Truman Library office, 1963
18 Harry Truman, 1897 (79-26) (63-1441)
19 Harry Truman’s first studio photograph, 1884 (72-3413) 49 Truman and the Truman Library, 1964 (66-9983)
20 Plowing a straight furrow, c. 1910 (64-100) 50 Thomas Hart Benton sketches the former president, c. 1971 (83-51-01)
21 Motoring in the Stafford, c. 1915 (84-37) 51 Senator Harry Truman meets with Democratic leaders, 1936 (58-195)
22 A memorable birthday, 1945 (97-1952) 52 With Boss Tom Pendergast before the fall, 1936 (98-39)
23 Campaign worker during Truman’s successful run for the U.S. 53 At the convention, 1936 (58-705)
Senate, 1934 (82-61-6) 54 With FDR in Des Moines, 1936 (71-2416)
24 The President and General MacArthur, Wake Island, 1950 (77-1416) 55 Three for the ferry, c. 1939 (86-76)
25 Truman at the family farm in Grandview, 1953 (66-3772) 56 Inspection tour of Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, 1941 (58-370-01)
26 Truman’s I.D. card, American Expeditionary Forces, 1918 (83-128) 57 Harry Truman at 16, 1900 (72-3521)
27 Officers of the 129th Field Artillery, France, 1919 (58-359) 58 Mother proud of her son, 1944 (59-7)
28 A simple wedding, 1919 (73-1668) 59 Warm greeting in Topeka, 1948 (2004-235)
29 The haberdashery owned by Truman and Eddie Jacobson from 60 Upset of the Century, 1948 (58-358)
1912-1922 (82-64) 61 Private Truman, Missouri National Guard, 1912 (77-3962)
30 Blessed with a daughter, 1924 (82-315-06) 62 Bess on the payroll, 1942 (60-229-03)
31 Judge Truman with fellow judges and clerks, c. 1927 (58-677) 63 Fact finding at Ford’s Willow Run bomber plant in Michigan,
32 On the stump, Webb City, Missouri, 1934 (82-61-33) 1942 (2008-168)
33 First Grade Class (Truman is first child on left of bottom row), 64 Senator Truman and Bess making breakfast in their Washington
1892 (62-768) apartment, 1944 (77-69)
34 Brothers Harry and Vivian, 1888 (72-3421) 65 A new office for a new job, 1945 (68-1711)

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66 Truman with grandchildren in Key West, Florida, 1968 (73-1484) 96 Wedding photo of Margaret and Clifton Daniel with their parents,
67 Harry and Bess with Margaret and Clifton, 1959 (60-307-01) 1956 (97-53)
68 Harry and Bess with Clifton and William Daniel, 1960 (61-24) 97 Summer training with the Reserves, 1926 (82-197)
69 Senator in action, c. 1940 (70-5378) 98 Jackson County administrator, 1927 (64-1514)
70 Quiet time on the Truman Balcony, 1952 (83-120-01) 99 County barbeque at Sni-A-Bar Farm, 1932 (58-678)
71 Following a $5.6 million renovation of The White House, the Tru- 100 Taking the campaign to county courthouses, c. 1934 (82-61-40)
mans move back into the Executive Mansion, 1952 (71-716) 101 Clearing his desk for a new job ahead, 1934 (62-390)
72 Truman Library under construction, 1957 (70-2437) 102 On the hunt, c. 1936 (58-728-01)
73 JFK, LBJ, Eisenhower and Truman attending the funeral of Sam 103 Dockside in Key West, 1951 (69-395)
Rayburn, 1961 (64-1816) 104 A goal finally realized (signing of the Medicare Bill), 1965 (66-61)
74 The soon-to-be Vice President, 1945 (66-1635) 105 Former President Johnson and family viewing Truman’s casket,
75 Homecoming welcome, 1945 (59-1018) December 27, 1972 (73-916)
76 Summer respite back home, 1945 (89-2-06) 106 Still sweethearts, 1953 (66-3703A)
77 Truman in fez presented to him by Imperial Shrine Potentate 107 Family and staff relax at Key West, 1951 (77-3280)
William Woodfield, 1945 (66-3253) 108 Truman family in Hawaii, 1953 (78-59)
78 Harry S (for Santa) Truman, 1945 (59-1558) 109 Old adversaries meet, 1969 (69-1196A)
79 Off for a swim in Key West, Florida, 1946 (66-1379) 110 Truman with Eddie Meisburger and Eugene Donnelly, 1972 (72-4253)
80 Cinematographer-in-Chief, 1947 (64-253) 111 Senator at work in his office, c. 1940 (96-916)
81 Senator Harry S. Truman, 1945 (58-591) 112 Christmas dinner at the White House, 1947 (83-103-02)
82 The Truman Committee, 1942 (66-2143) 113 You sure this turkey isn’t an elephant?, 1948 (68-1888)
83 Running mates meet, 1944 (69-1197) 114 Press conference on lawn of the Little White House, Key West,
84 Senior Class, Independence High School (Truman is in back, Florida, 1950 (66-873)
fourth from left), 1901 (71-2401) 115 On the Grandview Farm, c. 1906-09 (84-13)
85 Back from the war with friends, 1919 (62-74-02) 116 Truman at Dixon’s Chili Parlor in Kansas City, Missouri, 1950 (98-18)
86 The burden of paper, c. 1942 (60-229-07) 117 Campaigning for future votes?, 1952 (70-1160)
87 Soviet and American delegations at Potsdam, 1945 (58-574) 118 Still 120 paces per minute, c. 1960 (77-4164)
88 Truman campaigning with George McGovern, 1956 (2008-169) 119 Truman with Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, 1961 (77-2422)
89 Truman with students at his home, 1970 (70-6130) 120 Truman with Lauren Bacall - not typical duty for a Vice President,
90 Housewives for Truman, 1948 (2005-109) 1945 (64-13-02)
91 The burden of office, 1950 (65-2527) 121 The haberdashers reunited - Eddie Jacobson with Truman, 1945
92 An outing with friends, c. 1913 (82-58-14) (59-1015)
93 Truman and the Masons, 1917 (59-135) 122 Back in the Oval Office, 1961 (76-498)
94 129th Field Artillery regimental canteen at Camp Doniphan, 123 Visit of Princess Elizabeth, 1951 (2005-5)
Oklahoma, 1917 (58-366) 124 Arrival in Rio for state visit to Brazil, 1947 (58-656)
95 Triangle Club outing, 1921 (62-145) 125 Congratulating the Vice Presidential nominee, 1944 (58-671)

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