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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
board of directors
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Volunteer Leadership
Honorary Chairman
Clifton Truman Daniel
Officers
CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT William C. Nelson, George K. Baum Asset Mgmt. TREASURER Roger A. Novak, Novak Birks, P.C.
VICE CHAIR Mary E. Hunkeler, Community Volunteer SECRETARY Herbert M. Kohn, Bryan Cave LLP
VICE CHAIR John J. Sherman, Inergy
Directors
Carol Anderson, Ph.D., Emory University Larry L. McMullen, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Alan L. Atterbury, Midland Properties, Inc. Rev. Wilson D. Miscamble, CSC, University of Notre Dame
Kirk W. Carpenter, Carpenter & Company James B. Nutter, Jr., James B. Nutter & Company
Michael J. Devine, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum Cappy P. Powell, Community Volunteer
John A. Dillingham, JoDill, Inc. and Dillingham Enterprises Page Branton Reed, Community Volunteer
Charles M. Foudree, Ret., Harmon Industries, Inc. Beth K. Smith, Community Volunteer
Sam F. Hamra, Hamra Enterprises Elizabeth T. Solberg, Fleishman Hillard, Inc.
Mary C. Johnston, National Volunteer Charles S. Sosland, Sosland Publishing Co.
Allen L. Lefko, Bank of Grain Valley The Hon. James W. Symington, O’Connor & Hannan
Kenneth B. McClain, Humphrey, Farrington, and McClain, P.C. Maurice A. Watson, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Thomas R. McGee, Jr., DST Realty Clyde F. Wendel, UMB Bank n.a.
John P. McMeel, Andrews McMeel Universal
National Advisory Council
Walter Isaacson, President & CEO, Aspen Institute The Hon. Richard A. Gephardt, Gephardt & Associates, L.C.
The Hon. John C. Danforth, Partner, Bryan Cave LLP 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.
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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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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
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?
8.3 million soldiers and sailors fighting in Europe and the Pacific. Truman had been a bank clerk, a miner, an oil well wildcatter,
Suddenly, this “little man from Missouri,” as some of his de- and—for 11 years—a farmer. He had served as a battery cap-
tractors called him, was among the most powerful men in the tain in World War I. After the war, he opened a haberdashery
world, if not the most powerful, and his solutions to the prob- shop, but it failed. Then he went into politics. After eight years
lems Roosevelt left him would determine the shape of the world as a local government official, he became a United States sena-
for generations to come. tor. All of these experiences developed in Truman an innate
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 breakaway elements of the Democratic Party. He won by hard cam-
that those of FDR’s social status did not have. paigning and by capitalizing on the rapport he had with ordinary
Truman liked the U.S. Senate and would have been content to working men and women, merchants, farmers, and veterans.
remain there for the rest of his career. But it was not to be. In During the campaign, Truman refused to play it safe politically.
1944, Democratic Party bosses—convinced Roosevelt would not He proposed civil rights legislation and ordered desegregation
live out a fourth term—persuaded the president to dump the too- of the armed forces. Even before the campaign season began,
liberal Henry Wallace as vice president and accept the centrist, he recognized the state of Israel within minutes of its founding.
border-state Truman as FDR’s fourth-term running mate, and, in And when Stalin blocked allied access to divided Berlin, Truman
effect, the next president. The party bosses were right, and the ordered a massive airlift.
new vice president was soon summoned to be president. ———
——— The next four years, however, were even tougher ones. The
The war in Europe ended within a month of Truman’s accession to North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established, but the Sovi-
the presidency on April 12, 1945, and the atomic bombs brought the ets now had the bomb and half of Europe, and the communists
Pacific war against Japan to an official end on September 2, 1945. had won control of mainland China. At home, the “red scare”
Now Truman was the leader of the America that FDR made, was sweeping the nation.
with little knowledge of his predecessor’s postwar plans for a Then, on June 25, 1950, the North Koreans invaded South
peacetime America—a nation vastly different from the one that Korea. Truman responded with troops under the banner of the
existed before the Great Depression and World War II. United Nations. The nation was at war again, and a frustrating
Returning soldiers and sailors faced shortages of jobs and af- stalemate developed. When his Far East commander, Gen. Dou-
fordable housing. Many consumer products prohibited by glas MacArthur, publicly urged pushing beyond North Korea and
wartime rationing were now in great demand but scarce supply, engaging the Chinese, contrary to the official U.S. position, Tru-
since industrial capacity had been shifted to war materials. man fired him, an action that resulted in a public outcry.
Labor-management battles, on hold in wartime, were on again, Truman left office in 1953 with low approval ratings, but they
and that meant strikes. Congress ended wartime price controls, climbed steadily over the years, in the eyes of historians as well
and that meant inflation. Truman proposed his “Fair Deal”—in- as the public. Candidates of all stripes still make a pilgrimage to
creases in Social Security and minimum wages, more public Independence, hoping some of the Truman magic rubs off on
housing, and aid to education—but it got nowhere in Congress. them nearly 40 years after his death in 1972 at the age of 88.
And then there was the state of the postwar world, which had so ———
concerned Roosevelt. Truman took FDR’s place at the table with
Harry Truman was pretty much the same person when he left
Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin to decide how a defeated Ger-
the White House in 1953 as when he suddenly became its occu-
many was to be divided and set the boundaries of the spheres of
pant in 1945.
influence of the victorious Allies, decisions that stood for decades.
Whether people called out to him, “Give ’Em Hell, Harry,”
Despite having little preparation for the job, he moved in typi-
sneered at him as the “accidental president,” or called him af-
cal Truman style: quickly and decisively. He proceeded with
fectionately “the man from Independence,” Truman did what he
FDR’s plan for the United Nations. He enunciated and put into
thought was right for the country. He did not agonize over the
action as the Truman Doctrine his plan of containment of Soviet
decisions he had to make, nor was he given to melancholy or
Russia. And he authorized the Marshall Plan to rescue a war-
brooding; he slept soundly every night.
ravaged Western Europe. He reorganized the nation’s military
But when the buck stopped at his desk, a decision was made.
and intelligence-gathering agencies—this even with the sup-
And, as he often liked to sum things up, “that’s all there was to it.”
port of the 1947–1948 Republican-controlled Congress.
In 1948, running for a full term of his own, Truman won an upset Reprinted with permission from Prologue, the quarterly magazine of the
National Archives and Records Administration.
victory, shocking the pundits, pollsters, the Republicans, and the
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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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.
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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.
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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A New View on
President Truman’s Historic Office
In a fitting celebration of President Truman’s 125th birth- and Earl Warren. He participated actively in the day-to-day operation
day, the ceremonial rededication and reopening of Truman’s Work- of the Library, establishing themes for the Library’s first museum
ing Office took place on Thursday, May 7, 2009. exhibits, personally training groups of museum docents, and con-
ducting impromptu “press conferences” for visiting school students.
From the time the Truman Library opened in 1957, Harry Truman
maintained his office here, often working five to six days a week. In Following Mr. Truman’s death in 1972, the office became an exhibit
it he wrote his book Mr. Citizen, articles, letters, and other corre- that could be viewed by the visiting public through an outside win-
spondence. He met with Presidents Hoover, Eisenhower, Kennedy, dow. But the cumulative effects of more than 30 years of excess ex-
and Johnson, and with other notable Americans like Jack Benny, posure to daylight and fluctuations in temperature and humidity took
Ginger Rogers, Robert Kennedy, Thomas Hart Benton, Dean Acheson, a serious toll on the contents of Truman’s office. The ultraviolet rays
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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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
“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
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
“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.
ever produced to
Affairs, University of Missouri-Kansas City
commemorate my
Event - VIP Reception
September 12, 2009 | Harry S.
Truman Library and Museum
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
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 1948
March 12: Truman requests (and in May receives) an April 3: Truman signs the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948,
appropriation of $400 million before a joint session of creating a European Recovery Program (ERP) to implement the
Congress to fight the spread of communism in Greece Marshall Plan for U.S. aid to European recovery.
and Turkey (Truman Doctrine). May 14: Truman provides de facto recognition to the new state of
June 14: Truman signs a peace treaty ratification with Israel.
Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. June 25: Truman signs the Displaced Persons Act authorizing
July 28: Truman attends the funeral of his mother in admission into the United States of 205,000 European displaced
58 Grandview, Missouri. 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
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
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- “whistle stop” campaign,
supplies in 270,000 flights. The blockade presidential candidate. Truman travels nearly 22,000
was lifted on May 12, 1949. July 26: President miles and makes 275
July 15: Truman is nominated Democratic Truman signs Executive speeches, centering his
candidate for president on the first ballot at Order 9981 in order to attack upon the record of the
the Democratic National Convention in provide equality of “do-nothing 80th Congress.”
Philadelphia, after 35 delegates from treatment for all November 2: Truman is elected to his
Alabama and Mississippi walk out of the American service members. It is considered second term as president, contrary to the
convention in protest against a strong civil the first significant stride toward racial forecasts of newspapers and poll takers,
rights plank in the party platform. Senator equality since Lincoln’s administration. who had almost unanimously predicted
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Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky is chosen as September 6-October 30: During his his defeat.
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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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Adventures with
grandpa
truman BY CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL
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. Thucydides so important, I should have another crack at him. I
My younger brother William and I were the first ones down found the book—it’s actually Thucydides/Plato from a boxed
one morning, and as we reached the bottom of the stairs, we set—opened it long enough to read the first half-page and put
saw what looked like The New York Times with a pair of legs, it right back on the shelf. Even at 47, it was tough going.
sitting by itself in the living room. We knew who was behind the For my grandfather, however, history was indispensable. When
paper, so we started to tiptoe past him to get to the den where he was 6, my great-grandparents took him to a Fourth of July cel-
my parents kept the television set. Grandpa lowered the paper ebration. At the end of the day, when the fireworks were exploding
to turn the page and caught us. overhead, Mama Truman noticed that Grandpa was looking in the
“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked. other direction. Shortly afterward, she took him to the eye doctor,
“Into the den to watch TV,” I said. who diagnosed “flat eyeballs,” meaning Grandpa was very far-
“You don’t want to do that,” he said. sighted. The thick glasses he wore for the rest of his life slowed
I’m thinking, “Yeah, I do. That’s why we were tiptoeing.” him down on the schoolyard, but they opened up a whole world to
“I have a better idea,” he said. him at the tips of his fingers. And Mama Truman didn’t stick comic
With that, he stood, walked past us into the den, and reached books in his fingers.
up to the top shelf for a book. For his birthday one year, she gave him a four-volume history,
“Come on out here and sit by me,” he said. each volume big enough to use as a doorstop, titled Great Men
You didn’t argue with him, so we sat down and he opened the and Famous Women. I think he was 9. One of his high school
book and began to read. About 20 minutes later, Mom came teachers recalled that Grandpa and his best friend and later press
downstairs, her eyes half open and her hair standing on end, secretary Charlie Ross tried to build a Roman wall across the
and stopped cold at the sight in her living room—her two small schoolyard. Legend has it that by the time they finished high
boys, sitting stock still on either side of her father while he read school, he and Charlie had read every single one of the 2,000
to us from a book that had absolutely no pictures in it. books in the Independence public library. (Secretary of State
“What in God’s name are you reading to those two?” she demanded. Dean Acheson put the number at 3,500, probably during an elec-
He held up the spine of the book so she could read it. It was tion year.) No wonder Grandpa thought that by age 4 I was behind
Thucydides, Greek history, at 6 o’clock in the morning, to a in my Thucydides.
four-year-old and a two-year-old. I went home a few years ago In addition to a love of history, I discovered that Grandpa also
to visit my mother and thought that if Grandpa considered believed his grandchildren should develop stiff spines. In 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
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STUDENT OUTREACH
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
AT-A-GLANCE of the media. Praised in The New York Times as a model for all presidential libraries, the White
During 2008-09, our education House Decision Center (WHDC) is the Truman Library’s flagship education program. Designed as a
programs reached more than hands-on history lab, the WHDC strengthens student skills in information gathering and analysis,
25,000 students and teachers. problem solving, decision making, leadership, and communication, while deepening knowledge of
Countless others accessed the history and government. In 2008-09, a new scenario was added to the program line-up. Now, “End-
Truman Library’s invaluable ing the War Against Japan” complements the three existing simulations, “The Berlin Airlift,” Desegre-
online resources and curricula. gating the U.S. Armed Forces,” and “The Outbreak of the Korean War.” GRADE 8 – ADULT
“It takes learning out of the books and puts it in your face…
• 8,780 guided Museum tours
• 5,774 White House Decision and I love it!”
Center participants
• 2,824 Truman Footlocker users 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
• 403 National History Day museum on scholarship, thanks to generous support from members and sponsors. K-12
participants
• 4,181 participants in “I hope many other kids get to learn as much as I did.
educator workshops I can’t wait to come back!”
• 3,500+ users of customized
classroom based resources 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.
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.
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
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 Atomic Tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to
a Great American Road Trip Use the Bomb Against Japan
Matthew Algeo, Chicago Review Press, 2008 Sean Malloy, Cornell University Press, 2008
Proclaiming the Truman Doctrine: The Cold War Call to Arms Dean Acheson and the Creation of an American World Order
Denise M. Bostdorff, Texas A&M University Press, 2008 Robert J. McMahon*, Potomac Books, Inc., 2008
Douglas MacArthur: Statecraft and Stagecraft in Truman and MacArthur: Policy, Politics, and the
America’s East Asian Policy Hunger for Honor and Renown
Russell D. Buhite, Rowman & Littlefield, 2008 Michael D. Pearlman, Indiana University Press, 2008
Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel
Public Opinion in the United States, 1950-53 Allis and Ronald Radosh*, Harper Collins Publishing, 2009
Steven Casey*, Oxford University Press, 2008 Hiroshima: The World’s Bomb
The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Andrew J. Rotter*, Oxford University Press, 2008
Airlift and America’s Finest Hour Allies Against the Rising Sun: The United States, the
Andrei Cherney, Putnam, 2008 British Nations, and the Defeat of Imperial Japan
Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America’s Nicholas Evan Sarantakes*, University Press of Kansas, 2009
Soviet Experts Creating the National Security State: A History of the
David C. Engerman, Oxford University Press, 2009 Law that Transformed America
The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War Douglas T. Stuart, Princeton University Press, 2009
Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, Yale University The Berlin Airlift: The Salvation of a City
Press, 2008 Jon Sutherland and Diane Caldwell, Pelican Publishing, 2008
Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of The American Nuclear Disarmament Dilemma, 1945-1963
Japan, 1945-1947 David Tal*, Syracuse University Press, 2008
D. M. Giangreco, Naval Institute Press, 2009 A President, a Church, and Trails West: Competing
The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography Histories in Independence, Missouri
of Harry Truman Jon Taylor*, University of Missouri Press, 2008
D. M. Giangreco, Zenith Press, 2009 Inventing the “American Way”: The Politics of Consensus
American Blacklist: The Attorney General’s List of from the New Deal to the Civil Rights Movement
Subversive Organizations Wendy L. Wall*, Oxford University Press, 2008
Robert J. Goldstein*, University Press of Kansas, 2008 America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity
Truman’s Whistle Stop Campaign Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall, Belknap Press of
Steven R. Goldzwig*, Texas A&M University Press, 2008 Harvard University Press, 2009
Legerdemain, The President’s Secret Plan: The Bomb, Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great
and What the French Never Knew Britain, and International Communism, 1945
James J. Heaphey, History Publishing Co, LLC, 2008 Marc Selverstone, Harvard University Press, 2009
Honorable Survivor: Mao’s China, McCarthy’s America,
and the Persecution of John S. Service * Former Truman Library Institute grant recipients
Lynne Joiner*, Naval Institute Press, 2009
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Throughout his long life, Harry S. Truman thought, school, those he learned in life, and those he drew upon to
wrote, and spoke about history. For Truman, history had a make decisions during his political career, especially as
meaning that went beyond a casual interest. It provided him president. In my analysis of Harry Truman’s tremendously
ethical and moral guidance and was a tool that he used to make rich documentary written and spoken record, I conclude that
decisions, most notably as president of the United States during he learned the following lessons from history.
his two terms of office, 1945 - 1953. As a student of Truman
has put it, Truman “internalized” history and looked to the past Lesson 1: Democracy is Fragile
almost reflexively whenever a problem or issue arose. Harry Truman’s reading of history demonstrated for him the
Harry Truman’s interest in history is well documented. But fragile and temporal nature of democratic government. After he
what has not been examined comprehensively are the les- left the presidency in 1953, he envisioned a presidential library
sons that Truman learned from history: those he learned in that would be “a center for the study of the presidency.” In
1959 he wrote to Stanley Whiteway, a Pennsylvania resident
L to R: The Truman Committee, 1942; Truman with a visibly frail FDR, and donor to Truman’s presidential library, that if young people
1944; senior class, Independence High School, 1901.
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 were the Roman general Cincinnatus, the Carthaginian general
way of the Judges of Isreal [sic], the city states of Greece, the Hannibal, the Persian leader Cyrus the Great, George Washington,
great Roman Republic and the Dutch Republic.” and Robert E. Lee. He was not fond of men such as Alexander the
Truman was fascinated by the accomplishments of the found- Great or Napoleon. “I could never admire a man whose only inter-
ing fathers, whose own study of the history of Greece and other est is himself.” Furthermore, leaders had to lead, not follow pub-
nations had led them to form a republican form of government lic whim. Leadership of the kind that Jesus, Moses, and Martin
that was able to avoid the fate of other republics in history: the Luther offered was based on right and wrong, not on polls or
turn toward dictatorship as a result of corrupt leadership. “How opinion of the moment.
did [the Founders] ever come to do this?” he pondered. And the
Constitution had only been amended 22 times, with two bad Lesson 4: Recognize internal and external threats to democracy
amendments—Prohibition and the two-term limitation of a In addition to shaping Harry Truman’s views of democracy, cit-
president’s term. Although the 22nd amendment, which im- izenship, and leadership, history helped him understand the
posed a two-term limit upon the president, did not apply to Tru- challenges to the democratic form of government. Truman was
man, he disliked it for constitutional reasons. He often referred not sanguine about communism and the threat it posed to
to the Federalist Papers written by Alexander Hamilton, James democracy. He was just as anticommunist as his Republican op-
Madison, and John Jay to explain and defend the new Constitu- ponents, but his understanding of history provided a longer
tion. In Truman’s view, a president should be permitted to be view. Plutarch’s Lives gave him the insight that “it was the
elected to as many terms as the people wished. 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.”
Lesson 2: Democratic government has a moral basis Truman also was aware of the threat that demagogues and
Truman found in history the central lesson of good citizenship: bigotry posed. Bigots and vocal minorities such as the Ku Klux
service to others. Familiar with George Washington’s thoughts Klan caused trouble because they wanted direct action and did
on the subject of public service, Truman told members of the not understand the representative nature of American govern-
Reserve Officers Association that “every man who lives under a ment. But Truman had faith in the fundamental goodness of the
government that is controlled by the people owes that govern- American people. “Common sense usually overcomes the whole
ment certain service. Not only does he owe that service in a thing and it’ll come around alright,” he said. “All demagogues
military way, if it becomes necessary, but he owes service to his get their come-uppance before they get through.”
government as a civilian.” Whether at the national, state or local
level, one should “serve the United States Government in what- Lesson 5: Do not trust historians
ever capacity he is fitted to serve it.” Confident in his own knowledge of history, President Truman
had no “court historian” in his administration, unlike President
Lesson 3: Find leadership qualities to emulate and to avoid John Kennedy, who had Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and President
Truman’s reading focused on biography, which provided keys to Lyndon Johnson, who employed Eric Goldman. This was a curi-
leadership. In a 1934 autobiographical manuscript written while ous decision, given Truman’s deep interest in history and his
he was presiding judge of Jackson County (an administrative, not lack of a college education and professional training in the sub-
judicial, post), Truman observed that great men’s first victories ject. It also was an exception to his willingness to solicit and
were won “over themselves and their carnal urges. Self-discipline accept advice in almost every other field in which he was not
with all of them came first.” Among those leaders he admired an expert.
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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/
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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
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
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$848,148 Programs, Exhibits, Education
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$1,443,993 Capital Improvements and
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$345,823 Fundraising
$206,347 Administration
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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.
Heads of State West Wing Council Presidential Aides Jeanne and Larry Gates Susan and Michael Waldeck
American Century Fdn. Commerce Bank - Mary and Alan Atterbury June and Sam Hamra Helen and Frank Wewers
DST Systems, Inc. Jonathan Kemper George K. Baum Fdn. - Connie and Harry Jonas Kelly Woestman
Betty and Richard C.† Jonathan Baum Kathleen and Richard Kirkendall Ellen and Jerry Wolf
Cabinet Members Crumpton Joan and Bert Berkley Pamela and Louis LaMarra
Kristen and Wesley Jasinski Jill and Marshall Dean, Jr. Marcia and Eliot Berkley Jeanie and Bob Latz
Morton Mandel Shirley and Barnett Helzberg Rae Block † Robert Lyons
Marriott Hotel - Kevin Pistilli Mary and John Hunkeler Harvey Bodker Patricia and Michael Manners
Estelle and Morton Sosland Kansas City Power & Light - Elinor Borenstine George Manos
Centerpoint Medical Center- Elizabeth Danforth Mary Shaw Branton Molly McGee
Carolyn Caldwell Nancy and Herb Kohn Jane and Dick Bruening Jill and Tom McGee, Jr.
Susie and Bob Evans Barbara and Allen Lefko Joni and Thornton Cooke, II Larry McMullen
Dorothy and Milton Kayle Susan and John McMeel Bunni and Paul Copaken Ronay and Richard Menschel
Jean and Tom McDonnell Barbara and Bill Nelson Jerry and Vernon Davidson Janet and Marshall Miller
Roger Novak Jeannette Nichols Sam Devinki and Mary Stahl Cappy and Peter Powell
Gloria Schusterman J. B. Reynolds Fdn. - Phil Bixby Wayne DeForge Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld
Beth Smith Susan and Tuck Spaulding Nancy and John Dillingham Miriam and Daniel Scharf
Betsey and Rick Solberg Margie and Keith Weber Ruth and Hugh Evans Rose Stolowy
Jeanne and Charlie Sosland UMB Bank, N.A. - Clyde Wendel Jo Ann Field Tawani Fdn. - Edward Tracy
Cheryl and Bernard Williams Sandra and Gregory Galvin Jean and Don Wagner
Students await results at the National History Day Regional Competition, February 2009.
Gifts In Kind
The Capital Grille Hallmark Cards, Inc/Guy Helix Architecture Leader Chauffeur Services The Party Patch/
The Examiner Giunta and Capris Stratton KCUR 89.3 FM Marriott-Muehlebach Hotel Michele and Stan Crumbaugh
Mrs. Helen Ferris Harvest Graphics/ Lamar Advertising Company Mathews Communication Kansas City Marriott
Woody Johnston YRC Worldwide Inc.
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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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