Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

The story of how Truman decided to acknowledge the Middle East region of Palestine as an international haven for Jewish refugees after World War II remains familiar to Truman's admirers. https://fal.cn/3gaeQ

This week’s #MissouriMonday comes from Rosendale, in Andrew County. As we saw earlier in this series, veterans often wrote to Truman to try and get assistance in gaining benefits from the Veteran’s Administration. This particular veteran, Mr. A. L. Beall, did not apparently have a service-related condition that would qualify him for benefits, but wrote to Mr. Truman anyway, asking about legislation that might be passed regarding additional aid for World War I veterans. Andrew County Museum #Missouri200 #Missouri2021

Our #FileUnitFriday this week is material related to the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, which we recently added to the National Archives Catalog. This report from June 1945 was given to Truman by Justice Robert Jackson, who Truman appointed as the Chief Counsel for the United States Prosecution team at Nuremberg. You can view the full document here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/207523458; browse the full File Unit here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/750292.

This #MissouriMonday is our first post about the 1934 Senate campaign! We have a number of excellent resources available on this campaign, so we will be featuring more later in the year! Truman competed against two other candidates in the Democratic primary in August, so he spent much of June and July out on the campaign trail, getting to know voters throughout the state. However, he was not always successful. On June 9, 1934, Truman noted in his diary that he visited the town of Buffalo, in Dallas County, and wrote No Democrats in town. #Missouri200 #Missouri2021

#MissouriMonday this week finds us in De Soto, in Jefferson County on the eastern side of the state. While Truman received many requests from constituents for assistance in getting Jewish relatives out of Europe before World War II, not all of the requests were from Jewish people. This letter to Jim Theodoro regarded his request to get his nephew out of Greece. The immigration law in operation at the time had a fairly small quota allowance for immigrants from Greece, and Mr. Theodoro’s nephew might not be able to come to the United States for at least three years. You can browse this file in the National Archives Catalog here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4549604 #Missouri200 #Missouri2021

On this day in 1946, Margaret Truman graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her father, President Harry S. Truman, also received a degree - an honorary Doctor of Laws degree! You can see an excerpt from the newsreel footage of this event on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our #FileUnitFriday this week is in honor of Hanukkah! We recently digitized this small file unit related to Touro Synagogue, the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America (built in 1763). It became a National Historic Site in 1946, and Truman sent a message to them in 1947 for the official dedication as a National Historic Site. See the full file unit here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/830602 #HappyHanukkah

Military historian Gates Brown of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College examines this critical time of transition, in which Truman acknowledged feelin...g like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me. His unflinching responses fundamentally shaped the postwar world and the Cold War that was soon to come. Watch the presentation live online at YouTube.com/kclibrary Tuesday, December 8, 2020 Program: 6:30 pm More details: https://kclibrary.org//truman-takes-over-%E2%80%98-moon-st

#TrumanTransformation update: we are very eager to show off our newly renovated museum and exhibits! However, we will have to do it from a distance for a little while longer. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article247379024.html

For #PearlHarborRemembranceDay, we recently digitized these materials related to Dorie Miller, a Black messman in the United States Navy who shot down 2 Japanese planes during the attack on Pearl Harbor. You can learn more about Dorie Miller here: https://go.usa.gov/x7Jue. See this full file unit of materials here: https://go.usa.gov/x7Juz. #PearlHarbor79

Our #FileUnitFriday is the November 1950 Memoranda of Conversations File from the Dean Acheson Papers. This file unit contains information about the Chinese counter-attacks in Korea during this week in 1950. #KoreanWar See this full document here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183392805; explore the full File Unit here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1721923

Was Harry Truman the first president to pardon a turkey at #Thanksgiving? See the answer to our #QuestionoftheWeek on #HistoryHub, our crowdsourced platform f...or history and genealogical research where anyone can ask questions and get answers from archivists and other community members. https://historyhub.history.gov/thread/8988 Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

In 1948, President Truman voted at his usual polling place at the Memorial Building on the square in Independence, Missouri. #ElectionDay

Our new #FileUnitFriday contains material related to the renovation of the White House during the Truman Administration! This memorandum, written 72 years ago, documents the incident that lead to the survey of the White House that exposed all of the structural problems with the building and caused Truman to push for the renovation of the White House. Several documents from this file unit will be featured in our new exhibit! Read this full document here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/170103962; explore the full file unit here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/976343

On this day in 1945, President Truman spoke to Congress regarding legislation for universal military training. We recently digitized the speech draft file containing this speech, which we're featuring for our #FileUnitFriday - it's brand new to the Catalog this week! You can see the full draft version of the speech here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183567364; and browse other materials in this file unit here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/735119

On this day in 1982, Bess Truman was buried in the courtyard of the Truman Library, beside her husband. She lived to be 97, and died on October 18, 1982. Here are the guests that attended Mrs. Truman's funeral service.

For this #FileUnitFriday, we want to let you know that we have digitized the agendas, minutes, reports, and other items from the first 15 National Security Council meetings. These minutes are from the second meeting, which took place on November 15, 1947. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/750580

The #TrumanTransformation is making progress! Installation of audio-visual elements has started, as you can see in this photo of the gallery about the Berlin Airlift.

Did you know that this Saturday is Home Movie Day? Our Audio-Visual Archivist wrote this blog post about Truman and his home movies! https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov//harry-s-trum/

Ever feel like you're having "one of those days?" As we continue to add materials to our YouTube page, we found this clip a bit comforting, knowing that ex-Presidents can have one of "those days" as well. Mr. Truman was struggling to remember his lines while filming an episode of his "Decision" television series in this outtake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tExzWfIyHlc&feature=youtu.be

On 10/18, hear from the descendants of Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Franklin D. Roosevelt as they share little-known stories from three of America...’s most well-known Presidents and reflect on the legacies their grandfathers and great-grandfathers left for them and for the world. Ari Shapiro, Award-winning journalist and weekday co-host of NPR All Things Considered, will moderate the discussion. Register: https://bit.ly/31Ds4R3 NPR Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chicago Reader Jewish War Veterans Department of Illinois First Division Museum at Cantigny Loyola Academy Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

Today is #FileUnitFriday, and we're featuring a new file unit of material added to the National Archives Catalog related to the Office of Price Administration. This office regulated prices during World War II, and this public opinion mail consists of people opposed to the continuation of the office into 1946. You can see the entire contents here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/725185 Browse around and get a sneak peek into one of the topics covered in our new exhibit, as several of these documents will be included there!

We are featured as part of @US National Archives Virtual Programs Newsletter! Have you checked out our YouTube channel yet? We're adding news things to it almost every week! https://www.archives.gov//artic/archives-home-resources-14

It's #NationalComicBookDay, as well as our new feature, #FileUnitFriday! We recently digitized and added to the National Archives Catalog a file of material related to Socialized Medicine, containing both pro and con letters from the public and other materials. In that file is this comic book, "The Sad Case of Waiting Room Willie," created to oppose Truman's plan for national health insurance. The comic book was created and published by the Baltimore City Medical Society and the American Visuals Corporation. You can see the rest of the comic book here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169050193; browse the other materials in this file unit here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/726488

Facebook Premiere: "Curator Conversations -- Remaking the FDR and Truman Museums" Wednesday, September 23, 2PM ET... Supervisory Museum Curator Herman Eberhardt begins a new Conversations series with other presidential library curators. This week he talks with Clay Bauske, Supervisory Curator at the Harry S. Truman Library, about the process of remaking a museum’s permanent exhibits. Join us Wednesday, September 23, at 2PM ET here on Facebook (YouTube & IGTV).