Burrus, Rufus B. Papers

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.		Series
l-4		CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1924-40, 1944-53, 1957-64, 1977, 1989 consisting of two subseries, as follows: 1-3 PERSONAL FILE, 1936-38, 1944-53, 1957-64, 1977, 1989: Correspondence and clippings relating to Rufus Burrus's friendship and business dealings with Harry S. Truman, and to family members, Army Reserve officers, and other personal friends and business relations. Subjects covered include job recommendations, family activities, politics, the Army Reserve, the legal concerns of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and the American Bar Association. The series also includes an essay about women in business on Independence square in the early twentieth century. Arranged chronologically. 3-4 POLITICAL FILE, 1924-40, 1948: Correspondence and clippings relating to such subjects as the 1934 congressional campaign of Jasper Bell, the Democratic National Convention of 1936, the presidential campaign of 1936, President Roosevelt's "court packing" plan, the career of Senator Bennet Clark, the presidential campaign of 1948, and local, state, and congressional politics in 1948. The series contains two lists of merchants in Jackson County and in Independence in 1933-34, apparently identifying donors to Democratic Party candidates. Arranged chronologically.
4-5		ASSISTANT COUNTY COUNSELOR FILE, 1925-36 Correspondence, petitions, summonses and other legal documents concerning Rufus Burrus's duties as Assistant County Counselor of Jackson County, Missouri, from 1927 until 1936. He served in this office until 194l, but the series does not include material for the period 1937-41. The material relates mainly to the construction of county roads and highways to such subjects as the acquisition of right of way, the settlement of damage claims, and construction contracts. County budgeting and financing problems are also covered. Arranged chronologically.
5 10		U.S. ARMY FILE, 1927-75 Correspondence, military service records, memoranda, rosters, bulletins, manuals, orders, clippings, and publications relating to Rufus Burrus's service in the Army during World War II and in the Army Reserve from 1927 to 1941 and 1945 to 1975. The series includes information about Army Reserve summer training camps during these years, some of which Harry S.Truman attended. There are occasional references to Truman in the correspondence. Arranged in an approximate chronological order.
10-13		RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FILE, 1946-82 Correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, newsletters, rosters, clippings and publications, most of which relate to Rufus Burrus's membership and participation in the Reserve Officers Association. The series includes a biographical statement on the military career of Rufus Burrus. Several correspondence files are placed first in the series, arranged chronologically, following which are subject files arranged in an approximate chronological order.
13-20		SUBJECT FILE, 1929-85 Correspondence, newsletters, clippings, articles, bulletins, essays, reports, and other materials relating to such subjects as the Armed Forces Council, Community Savings and Loan Association, Camp Crowder, Richard Duncan, the Military Order of the World Wars, the Scottish Rite, the Office of Price Stabilization, the General John J. Pershing Memorial, and the Vietnam War. Arranged alphabetically.
20-38		HARRY S. TRUMAN AND TRUMAN FAMILY FILE, 1924-89 consisting of four subseries, as follows: 20-23 CHRONOLOGICAL SUBJECT FILE, 1924-89: Correspondence, reports, speeches and programs pertaining to the Citizens Security Bank of Englewood, the Jackson County bond election of 1928, Harry S. Truman's senatorial campaigns of 1934 and 1940, the Truman family farm property in Grandview, the powers of the President, civil liberties, the Democratic National Convention of 1960, and Harry S. Truman's Masonic career. Arranged in approximate chronological order by the time period of the subject covered. 23-25 NUMERICAL FILE, 1924-80: Photocopies of approximately 500 items of correspondence the originals of which were removed by the donor from this collection and from the collections of Rufus Burrus's papers in the Jackson County Historical Society, the Independence Frontier Trails Center, and other repositories. Most of the items were signed by Harry S. Truman and occasionally contain his marginal notes; other items were signed by Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, Harriet Young, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Mary Jane Truman, Walter Mondale, Harry Blackmun and Stuart Symington, among others. The correspondence, consisting for the most part of letters sent to Rufus Burrus, deals with such subjects as the construction of roads and bridges in Jackson County; the county home for the indigent; school loans; a lawsuit involving the Barr Insurance Company; property condemnation; county surveyor reports; the McCune Home for Boys; the Community Investment Company; John M. Steinhauser; damage claims involving Jackson County's road building program; the Social Security Act; Fred Canfil; Strother J. Twyman; Solomon Young; Roy Roberts; Jackson County politics; Roger Sermon; Camp Crowder; Richard Duncan; Jo Zach Miller; the elections of 1944 and 1948; Ted Malone; political clubs; the Truman family farm in Grandview; Truman family cemetery lots; the Masonic Temple in Grandview; the Grandview chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star; the proposal to award a Congressional Medal of Honor to Harry S. Truman; and the estate of Harry S. Truman. Arranged according to a numerical sequence assigned to the documents by a representative of the donor. The sequence is that in which the documents were discovered in the entire collection of Burrus's papers. A numerical listing of the documents, which was prepared by the donor's representative, is attached as an appendix to this finding aid. 25-33 CLIPPINGS FILE, 1945-56, 1960-89: Newspaper clippings and a few articles from journals and magazines relating to the life and career of Harry S. Truman. Arranged chronologically. 33-38 TRUMAN FAMILY LEGAL FILE, 1936, 1952-77. Probate records relating to the estates of J. Vivian Truman and Mary Jane Truman, including wills, orders for distribution, inventories and appraisements, executor's deeds, medical reports, exception letters, appraiser's reports on decedent's property, and tax closing statements; correspondence, tax records, attorney's notes, and reports concerning the two estates; Bess Truman's will and documentation of the distribution of her property; and documents relating to the sale of property in Grandview by the heirs of J. Vivian Truman. Arranged by family member, with materials relating to J. Vivian Truman filed first, then those relating to Mary Jane Truman, then those relating to Bess Truman, and finally those relating to J. Vivian Truman's children.
39-48		HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY FILE, 1950-88 consisting of three subseries, as follows: 39 - HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY, INC. FILE, 1950-64: Minutes, bylaws, legal documents, reports, correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the establishment and operations of the Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., which planned and built the Harry S. Truman Library. The series also documents the corporation's assistance to the Library in the acquisition of research materials and in promoting public use of its facilities and holdings. The corporation was succeeded by the Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs. Arranged in an approximate chronological order. 39-45 HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FILE, 1957-88: Legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, tax statements, and financial reports pertaining to the operations of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs. The series documents the Institute's efforts, in the words of its charter, "to encourage, foster and assist the growth and development of the Harry S. Truman Library as a national center for study and research." It includes information about the acquisition of manuscript and other materials for the Library's collections, the awarding of grants in aid to researchers, the planning of scholarly conferences, and the publicizing of the Library's holdings and mission. The articles of incorporation and correspondence are placed first in the subseries, arranged chronologically, and then follow several subject files, arranged in an approximate chronological order. 45-48 HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY EVENTS FILE, 1956-88: Correspondence, clippings, programs, notes and speech drafts relating to events at the Truman Library, and especially to Fourth of July ceremonies and to "Truman Week" activities held annually in early May. Rufus Burrus was in charge of arrangements for the Fourth of July ceremonies at the Library for many years. In the clippings portion of this file are many articles on exhibits, manuscript acquisitions, special programs, and notable visitors to the Library. A correspondence file is placed first in the subseries, and then files on the Fourth of July ceremonies and Truman Week activities, arranged in each case chronologically, and then the clippings files, also arranged chronologically.
49		MISCELLANEOUS FILE, 1918-1959 Appointment books, correspondence, printed material, and other items mostly documenting the legal career and other activities of Rufus B. Burrus and his association with Harry S. Truman. Arranged in alphabetical order.

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FOLDER TITLE LIST

CORRESPONDENCE FILE: Personal File, 1936-64, 1977, 1989

Box 1

• Personal, 1936-38 [correspondence with Army Reserve officers, Harry S. Truman and other friends] [1 of 2, includes numbers 442, 443, 444, 445]
• Personal, 1936-38 [correspondence with Army Reserve officers, Harry S. Truman and other friends] [2 of 2, includes numbers 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 453, 454, 455, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457]
• Personal, 1944-50 [relating primarily to Burrus's work as counsel to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation] [1 of 2]
• Personal, 1944-50 [relating primarily to Burrus's work as counsel to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation] [2 of 2, includes number 472]
• Personal, 1950-53 [relating primarily to Burrus's work as counsel to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation] [1 of 2]
• Personal, 1950-53 [relating primarily to Burrus's work as counsel to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation] [2 of 2]
• Personal, 1957-63 [correspondence with Henry J. Talge, Harry S. Truman, Olney Burns, the American Bar Association, and relating to graduation exercises at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]

Box 2

• Personal, 1964 [1 of 4: rights of defendants, law of desccent and distribution]
• Personal, 1964 [2 of 4: obituaries, including those of Oscar Moorman and George Aylward; legal ethics]
• Personal, 1964 [3 of 4: visits to the Truman Library, family genealogy, Burrus's real estate holdings]
• Personal, 1964 [4 of 4: due process]
• Personal, 1977 [includes numbers 478 and 479]
• Personal, 1989 [1 of 3: Missouri Institute for Justice; greetings from family members and friends]
• Personal, 1989 [2 of 3: notes of John K. Hulston interview with Burrus relating to Harry S. Truman; responses of Alonzo Hamby to questions about Truman by Hulston]

Box 3

• Personal, 1989 [3 of 3: notes of John K. Hulston interview with Burrus relating to Harry S. Truman; responses of Alonzo Hamby to questions about Truman by Hulston]
• Letterhead Law Offices of Burrus, Burrus and Gough

CORRESPONDENCE FILE: Political File, 1924-40, 1948

• Political, 1924 33 [official ballot and election results for the Independence city election of 1926; Young Democratic Jefferson Club of Jackson County; clippings relating to county elections; Harry S. Truman's speech to the Real Estate Board, September 25, 1931; roster of merchants in Independence, 1933] [1 of 2]
• Political, 1924 33 [official ballot and election results for the Independence city election of 1926; Young Democratic Jefferson Club of Jackson County; clippings relating to county elections; Harry S. Truman's speech to the Real Estate Board, September 25, 1931; roster of merchants in Independence, 1933] [2 of 2]
• Political, 1934-36 [Truman's senatorial campaign of 1934; Jasper Bell's Congressional campaign; Judge Merrill Otis; roster of merchants in Independence, 1934; Truman's speech to the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce about New Deal legislation]
• Political, 1937-40 [FDR's "court packing" plan; Senator Bennett Clark; Judge John Collet; Tom Pendergast]
• Political Kansas City Times, June 12 and July 24, 1936 [relating to the Republican National Convention and the presidential campaign]
• Political, 1948 [1 of 6: newspaper clippings relating to the tidelands oil bill and to Roy Roberts]
• Political, 1948 [2 of 6: newspaper clippings relating to the Missouri State Democratic Convention, Henry Wallace, Thomas Dewey, Maurice Milligan, and Harry S. Truman]

Box 4

• Political, 1948 [3 of 6: newspaper clippings relating to Truman's whistlestop campaign, Independence city politics, and J.E. Taylor; editorials about President Truman]
• Political, 1948 [4 of 6: newspaper clippings relating to the presidential campaign]
• Political, 1948 [5 of 6: newspaper clippings relating to the presidential campaign]
• Political, 1948 [6 of 6: newspaper clippings relating to the presidential campaign]
• Rufus Burrus--Candidate for Democratic Nomination to U.S. Congress, 1948 [newspaper clippings]

ASSISTANT COUNTY COUNSELOR FILE, 1925-36

• Peoples State Bank of Dodson, Missouri, vs. Harry S. Truman, E.I. Purcell, et al., 1931 (Court File #345, 484)
• Ross Investment Company vs. Harry S. Truman, E.I. Purcell, et al., 1931
• Earl Phillips vs. Frederick E. Brunsworth, et al., 1932-34, Re Rumpus Island [disputed property involving a change in the course of the Missouri River, includes number 458]
• State ex rel. vs. Harry S. Truman, et al., 1932-33 [suit against the county relating to damage to private property because of a public road project; includes the court's opinion, autographed by Harry S. Truman, includes number 497]
• Thomas B. Bash, Sheriff vs. Harry S. Truman, et al., 1933-34 [suit agains the county court for reducing the staff and salaries of the sheriff's office]

Box 5

U.S. ARMY FILE, 1927-82

• Correspondence, 1927-28 [1 of 2]
• Correspondence, 1927-28 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence, 1929-33 [1 of 2]

Box 6

• Correspondence, 1929-33 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence, 1934
• Correspondence, 1935-37
• Correspondence, 1938-39 [1 of 3]
• Correspondence, 1938-39 [2 of 3]
• Correspondence, 1938-39 [3 of 3]
• Army Camp, 1939-40
• Personnel 20l File Rufus Burrus, 1942-45 [1 of 2]

Box 7

• Personnel 20l File Rufus Burrus, 1942-45 [2 of 2]
• Rufus Burrus Service Record and Allied Papers, 1945
• Adriatic Base Command, 1945 [includes a history of the 26th General Hospital]
• Application Forms, Roster, and Pamphlets, 1945-46
• Correspondence Col. E.T. Barrett, 1945
• Correspondence, Memoranda, and Bulletins, 1945-49 [1 of 2]
• Correspondence, Memoranda, and Bulletins, 1945-49 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence, Memoranda, and Bulletins, 1950-54
• Clippings, 1945-52

Box 8

• Clippings, 1953-58
• Army Recruiting Program, 1947-48
• Logistical Division, 1948-54 [1 of 3]
• Logistical Division, 1948-54 [2 of 3]
• Logistical Division, 1948-54 [3 of 3]
• Military Review, February and March 1949
• "Report to the Army" (Dept. of Army Publication), 1949-52
• Logistical Lessons, 1950 52

Box 9

• Bulletins Re Artillery School at Ft. Sill, and the Missouri Military District, 1950-54
• Mobilization Designations, 1952-57 [logistics manuals, designation of Army Reserve units to augment the Regular Army in time of mobilization, the training of the Army Reserve, promotions, etc.] [1 of 4]
• Mobilization Designations, 1952-57 [logistics manuals, designation of Army Reserve units to augment the Regular Army in time of mobilization, the training of the Army Reserve, promotions, etc.] [2 of 4]
• Mobilization Designations, 1952-57 [logistics manuals, designation of Army Reserve units to augment the Regular Army in time of mobilization, the training of the Army Reserve, promotions, etc.] [3 of 4]
• Mobilization Designations, 1952-57 [logistics manuals, designation of Army Reserve units to augment the Regular Army in time of mobilization, the training of the Army Reserve, promotions, etc.] [4 of 4]
• Personnel File 201, Rufus Burrus, 1952-59 [1 of 3]
• Personnel File 201, Rufus Burrus, 1952-59 [2 of 3]
• Personnel File 201, Rufus Burrus, 1952-59 [3 of 3]
• Telephone Directory, Department of Defense, 1956

Box 10

• Military Tour of Duty, 1956 [1 of 2]
• Military Tour of Duty, 1956 [2 of 2]
• Second Tour of Duty, 1956
• William Chrisman High School R.O.T.C. Correspondence and Curriculum, 1970-71 School Year
• Correspondence and Performance Reports, 1968-75 [proposed Army Reserve training center in Independence, Missouri; Army extension and correspondence courses; the rating of Col. Burrus as an instructor]
• U.S. Congressional Advisory Board [ca. 1981-82]

RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FILE, 1946-82

• Correspondence, 1946-50 [1 of 2]
• Correspondence, 1946-50 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence, 1951-52 [1 of 3]

Box 11

• Correspondence, 1951-52 [2 of 3]
• Correspondence, 1951-52 [3 of 3]
• Correspondence, 1953-63 [1 of 2, includes number 459]
• Correspondence, 1953-63 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence, 1964-69
• Correspondence, 1970
• Correspondence, 197l

Box 12

• Correspondence, 1972
• Correspondence, 1976
• Information Bulletins, 1948-49
• Memoranda and Rosters, 1949-52
• The Reserve Officer Magazine, August 1949-January 1950
• Printed Material, 1950-51 [1 of 2]
• Printed Material, 1950-51 [2 of 2]
• Printed Material, 1955 [1 of 2]
• Printed Material, 1955 [2 of 2]

Box 13

• Memorialization Ceremony Sgt. Charles R. Long USAR Center, Kensas City, Missouri, September 14, 1959
• Heart of America Chapter, 1960-64 [1 of 2]
• Heart of America Chapter, 1960-64 [2 of 2]
• Department of Missouri Convention 1961 [correspondence with Harry S. Truman and Col. John W. Taylor; biographical statement on the military career of Rufus Burrus]
• Past Presidents of Chapter No. l, 1922-68, and Roster of Members
• Clippings, 1964-74
• ROTC Awards, 1970
• Historian File [directory of local Reserve Officer Association members, 1937, and minutes of a Department of Missouri Executive Committee meeting, January 16, 1972]
• Truman Portrait, March 1981
• Association of the U.S. Army Henry Leavenworth E Chapter, 1982 Ballot
• 60th Anniversary Celebration, March 27, 1982 Program

SUBJECT FILE, 1929-85

• Armed Forces Council, 1959-68
• Association of the United States Army, 1969-75 [1 of 2]
• Association of the United States Army, 1969-75 [2 of 2]

Box 14

• Bailey, James Eugene, 1962 63 [Katz Drug Company stock]
• Bolling, Richard, 1980
• Bradley, General Omar, 1971-74
• Winston Churchill Memorial, 1964-66
• Community Savings and Loan Association vs. Home Fire and Marine Insurance Co., et al., 1933
• Community Savings and Loan Association, 1934-35
• Connelly, Matthew J. [his trial, 1956, 1960; T. Lamar Caudle]
• Conway, Rose A., 1957-80
• Daily Information Bulletin, 1942 (Camp Crowder, Missouri) [1 of 2]
• Daily Information Bulletin, 1942 (Camp Crowder, Missouri) [2 of 2]
• De Loach, Ralph, 1975
• Judge Richard Duncan Memorial, 1945, 1976-78

Box 15

• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1979-82
• Ford, Gerald, 1976
• Goldwater, Barry, 1964
• Humphrey, Hubert, 1968
• Hoover, Herbert, 1964, 1969
• Independence Masonic Temple Association, Inc. Letterhead
• Independence and Jackson County Historical Articles, March 31, 1962
• Independence Historical, 1985
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 1963-76 [1 of 3]
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 1963-76 [2 of 3]
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 1963-76 [3 of 3]

Box 16

• Law Day, May l, 1964
• MacArthur, General Douglas, 1964
• McCarthy, Eugene, 1968
• Marshall, George C., 1969-72
• Masonic File--Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, September 14, 1962
• Remarks (by Rufus Burrus) at Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 16, 1979 [re Harry S. Truman]
• Military Information, 1972 [war in Laos; the Marine Corps band]
• Military Order of the World Wars, 1946-61 [1 of 2]
• Military Order of the World Wars, 1946-61 [2 of 2]
• Military Order of the World Wars, 1962-67 [1 of 2]
• Military Order of the World Wars, 1962-67 [2 of 2]

Box 17

• Military Order of the World Wars, 1968-72
• Military Order of the World Wars, 1973-78
• Military Order of the World Wars National Bulletin, 1949-58
• Missouri House of Representatives Bills, 1969
• National Recovery Act, 1934
• Nourse, James B., 1966
• Office of Price Stabilization, 1951-52 [1 of 2]
• Office of Price Stabilization, 1951-52 [2 of 2]
• General John J. Pershing Memorial, 1976-83 [1 of 4]

Box 18

• General John J. Pershing Memorial, 1976-83 [2 of 4]
• General John J. Pershing Memorial, 1976-83 [3 of 4]
• General John J. Pershing Memorial, 1976-83 [4 of 4]
• Photographs [cross reference sheets for photographs transferred to the Audio Visual Collection]
• Presidential Campaign and Elections, 1980
• Reagan, Ronald, 1980-81 [1 of 2]
• Reagan, Ronald, 1980-81 [2 of 2]

Box 19

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1973
• RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation) Breakfast, 4th Annual, 1962
• Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1962, 1976
• Roosevelt's Day Celebration, January 1973 [Clay County Democrats; remarks about FDR by Rufus Burrus]
• Scottish Rite Papers, 1929-37
• "Shrine" Papers (Ararat Temple), 1930-38
• Skelton, Ike (Isaac Newton), Jr.--Political, 1970-72
• Speeches General, 1948-80 [1 of 2: Burrus biographical sketch; Memorial Day addresses; Rhoda Burnett Harris; C. Kermit Phelps]
• Speeches General, 1948-80 [2 of 2: Girard Bryant; Leslie Ray Cox; Oscar Moorman; businesswomen on Independence Square; guide to political speeches, 1956]
• Taft Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act) Discussion, 1948
• Thomas, Charles S. and Admiral Arleigh Burke, 1980E Harry S. Truman Essay Contest, 1984
• Truman Historic District--Zoning Request by Gamble Co., 1973
• Harry S. Truman and Air Force Birthday Observance, 1963
• Truman, John R. and Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1967-68
• Truman, General Ralph, 1962-63 [death of, and dedication of the General Ralph E. Truman Memorial Armory]
• United Nations and National Legacies Committee, 1967
• Vietnam War File, 1966 69 [re legality of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War] [1 of 2]

Box 20

• Vietnam War File, 1966 69 [re legality of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War] [2 of 2]

HARRY S. TRUMAN AND TRUMAN FAMILY FILE: Chronological Subject File, 1924-89

• Cancelled Checks Signed by Harry S. Truman, 1924-25
• Correspondence Re Citizens Security Bank of Englewood, 1927
• County Bond Election--Official Returns--May 8, 1928 [bond issue election concerning Jackson County's road system, courthouse, and county hospital]
• Harry S. Truman, U.S. Senator--Campaign Finances, 1934, includes numbers 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492]
• Harry S. Truman vs. St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1936 [suit by Clarence B. Reed alleging irregularities in the finances of the Jackson County Court]
• Harry S. Truman for Senator, 1940 Campaign [1 of 3: Jackson County Democratic Club; testimonials for Truman by U.S. Senators; speeches and letters by Rufus Burrus; Burrus's reply to William Allen White editorial; roster of the Democratic State Convention; Truman and Lester Byam; editorial, June 17, 1940; newspaper clippings]
• Harry S. Truman for Senator, 1940 Campaign [2 of 3: Jackson County Democratic Club; testimonials for Truman by U.S. Senators; speeches and letters by Rufus Burrus; Burrus's reply to William Allen White editorial; roster of the Democratic State Convention; Truman and Lester Byam; Kansas City Star editorial, June 17, 1940; newspaper clippings. Includes numbers 493, 494, 495, 496]
• Harry S. Truman for Senator, 1940 Campaign [3 of 3: federal expenditures in Missouri; endorsement of Senator Truman by the newspaper Labor; Speech by Senator Randolph Hughes; campaign materials and transcript of opening rally, June 15, 1940]
• Correspondence, 1943-53 [Burrus to Truman letters; opinion by Burrus relating to Congress's issuing a subpoena to the President]
• Armory Dedication Ceremony, September 6, 1951 [correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to the dedicatiion of the Organized Reserve Corps Armory, Kansas City, Missouri, at which President Truman gave an address]
• Assembly of God, 1951 [release of restrictions in 1974 and 1975 on property deeded by Harry S. Truman in 1951]
• President Truman Cosmopolitan Article, 195l [article on President Truman by William Bradford Huie, and reactions to it]
• Foreign Policy [Truman's handwritten note of January 27, 1952 concerning the use of the atomic bomb to end the Korean war; reaction to Francis Lowenheim's article of August 1980 on this issue]
• Wentworth Military Academy Speech, by Harry S. Truman, November 14, 1954

Box 21

• Mary Jane Truman, J. Vivian Truman, Harry S. Truman--Casto Corporation Contract [sale of Truman farm property for the Truman Corners shopping center, 1955-57] [1 of 3]
• Mary Jane Truman, J. Vivian Truman, Harry S. Truman--Casto Corporation Contract [sale of Truman farm property for the Truman Corners shopping center, 1955-57] [2 of 3]
• Mary Jane Truman, J. Vivian Truman, Harry S. Truman--Casto Corporation Contract [sale of Truman farm property for the Truman Corners shopping center, 1955-57] [3 of 3]
• Fyke Farmer vs. Harry S. Truman and J.M. Rountree [attempt to subpoena Truman in a case relating to the Korean war, 1956]
• Press Release of Speech by Harry S. Truman, 1957 [relating to the powers and duties of the President]
• Contract with James Kurzweil, 1958
• American Bar Association, 1959 [inquiry into President Truman's views on and actions relating to civil liberties in 195l]
• Philips Petroleum Co., 1959 [incldues numbers 475 and 476]
• Last Will and Testament, with Codicils, of Harry S. Truman, 1959, 1961
• Democratic National Convention, 1960 [clippings] [1 of 2]
• Democratic National Convention, 1960 [clippings] [2 of 2]
• Birthday Luncheons Honoring Harry S. Truman, 1961-63 [sponsored by Henry J. Talge]
• The Truman Story--Television Series, 1961
• Correspondence, 1961-62

Box 22

• Democratic State Convention Dinner Honoring Edward V. Long, October 3, 1962
• People to People Program, 1962-63
• Harry S. Truman Stadium Civic Association, 1963 [articles of incorporation]
• Correspondence, 1963 [includes number 436]
• 379th Field Artillery Regiment (1964) [appeal for artifacts and other items relating to the 129th Field Artillery regiment]
• House Damage--Insurance with Thomas McGee and Sons, 1964-65
• "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman" [flyer advertising this television series]
• Judge Advocate Bar Association Dinner, May 13, 1965
• Information on Books in the Library [proposal that Truman comment about certain books, with a suggested draft of remarks, 1965]
• Washington World Conference on World Peace Through Law, 1965
• Urban Renewal Park Across from the Truman Library, 1966
• Correspondence Re Article on Reserve Officers Association, Chapter No. 1, 1966-67
• OPLAN, 1967 [funeral plans for Harry S. Truman]
• Ararat Temple--Shrine Fez, 1968-71 [relating to the gift of a fez to President Truman in 1946]
• Birthday Luncheon in Honor of Harry S. Truman, 1968
• Birthday Luncheon in Honor of Harry S. Truman, 1970
• Congressional Medal of Honor, Proposed--1971
• Correspondence, 1972
• Correspondence, 1973, Re Death of Harry S. Truman
• The Royal Arch Mason, Spring 1973 [special issue about Truman's Masonic career]
• Estate of Harry S. Truman (subfile), 1973 [includes contract with Bernard Geis Associates, 1959]
• Truman Memorial Concert, 1974
• Clark, Tom, 1974, 1978 [Burrus's reactions to Truman's remarks in Plain Speaking]

Box 23

• Memorial Day, 1975
• Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, 1975
• Interview with Rufus Burrus, Re Harry S. Truman; and Article About Bess Truman, 1975
• Truman Portrait by Larry Mansker, 1975-76
• Truman Medical Center, 1976
• Letters Sent to Various Judges, 1976 [booklets and brochures about Truman and the Truman Library]
• Faith of the Presidents [articles, 1976]
• "Man from Independence"--Audiovisual Project, 1978
• "Harry S. Truman"--Sculptured Porcelain by Edward J. Rohn, 1979
• Proposed Missouri Presidential Primary, 1981
• 129th Field Artillery [photograph of Battery E officers, September ll, 1917, and invitation by Battery D to the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Armory, 1982]
• Harry S. Truman Farm Home Foundation, 1985-88
• 219 N. Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri [National Park Service management plans for the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, 1986-87]
• Speech Drafts and Reference Material--Re Harry S. Truman, 1971-87 [includes a portion of a book draft by Thomas Heed on Truman and the Jackson County Court]
• Speech Drafts and Reference Materials--Re Harry S. Truman, 1988-89 [relating to the relationship between Truman and Burrus, and to Truman's Masonic career]

HARRY S. TRUMAN AND TRUMAN FAMILY FILE: Numerical File, 1924-80

• Items 1 to 50

Box 24

• Items 51 to 105
• Items 106 to 143
• Items 144
• Items 145 to 186
• Items 187 to 240
• Items 241 to 299
• Items 300 to 355

Box 25

• Items 356 to 400
• Items 401 to 451
• Items 452 to 499

HARRY S. TRUMAN AND TRUMAN FAMILY FILE: Clippings File, 1945-51, 1962-89

• Clippings, 1945-47
• Clippings, 1948 [1 of 2]
• Clippings, 1948 [2 of 2]
• Clippings, 1949-50

Box 26

• Clippings, 1951 [1 of 2, re the dismissal of Gen. MacArthur]
• Clippings, 1951 [2 of 2]
• Clippings, 1952
• Clippings, 1953-56
• Clippings, 1960
• Clippings, 1961 [1 of 2]
• Clippings, 1961 [2 of 2]

Box 27

• Clippings, 1962 [1 of 2]
• Clippings, 1962 [2 of 2]
• Clippings, 1963 [1 of 3]
• Clippings, 1963 [2 of 3]
• Clippings, 1963 [3 of 3]
• Clippings, 1964 [1 of 4]
• Clippings, 1964 [2 of 4]

Box 28

• Clippings, 1964 [3 of 4]
• Clippings, 1964 [4 of 4]
• Clippings, 1966 [1 of 2]
• Clippings, 1966 [2 of 2]
• Clippings, 1967 [1 of 3]
• Clippings, 1967 [2 of 3]

Box 29

• Clippings, 1967 [3 of 3]
• Clippings, 1968 [1 of 3]
• Clippings, 1968 [2 of 3]
• Clippings, 1968 [3 of 3]
• Clippings, 1969 [1 of 3]
• Clippings, 1969 [2 of 3]

Box 30

• Clippings, 1969 [3 of 3]
• Clippings, 1970 [1 of 3]
• Clippings, 1970 [2 of 3]
• Clippings, 1970 [3 of 3]
• Clippings, 1971 [1 of 3]
• Clippings, 1971 [2 of 3]
• Clippings, 1971 [3 of 3]

Box 31

• Clippings, January-June 1972
• Clippings, July-December 1972
• Clippings, Last Illness and Death (Re Harry S. Truman), December 1972
• Clippings, Re Harry S. Truman, By Margaret Truman (1972)
• Clippings, 1973-75
• Clippings, 1976
• Clippings, 1977 [1 of 2]
• Clippings, 1977 [2 of 2]

Box 32

• Clippings, 1978 [1 of 2]
• Clippings, 1978 [2 of 2]
• Clippings, January-June 1979
• Clippings, July-December 1979
• Clippings, 1980
• Clippings, 1981 [1 of 2]
• Clippings, 1981 [2 of 2]
• Clippings, 1983 [1 of 2]

Box 33

• Clippings, 1983 [2 of 2]
• Clippings, 1984
• Clippings, 1985
• Clippings, 1986 [1 of 2]
• Clippings, 1986 [2 of 2]
• Clippings, 1987-89
• Clippings, Undated
• Magazine and Journal Clippings, 1951

HARRY S. TRUMAN AND TRUMAN FAMILY FILE: Truman Family Legal File, 1936-87

• J. Vivian Truman Edelbracht, 1952-60 [includes numbers 462 and 463]
• J. Vivian Truman 1955 60 [real estate transactions in Grandview, Missouri, and Miami County, Kansas]

Box 34

• J. Vivian Truman--Tax Matters (1955-58, 1964) [includes a history of the title on a portion of the Grandview farm]
• J. Vivian Truman--Commonwealth Theatres, 1960-61
• J. Vivian Truman Estate--General, 1960-66 [last will and testament, land transactions, descriptions of Truman properties adjoining the Truman Corners shopping center; obituary of J. Vivian Truman; report of appraiser; settlement statement]
• J. Vivian Truman Estate--General, 1967-70 [settlement statements, fees paid]
• J. Vivian Truman Estate--Inventory, 1966-67
• Claims Against the J. Vivian Truman Estate, 1966
• J. Vivian Truman Estate--Pauley Petroleum, Inc. Stock Certificates, 1966-68
• Land Owned by J. Vivian Truman and Truman Sons at Grandview--Correspondence with McGovern, 1967
• J. Vivian Truman Estate--Inventory, Final Settlement [1965, 1970, 1980]
• Grandview Property Harry A. Truman, Dorothy B. Truman, Gilbert V. Truman, and Pauline R. Truman, 1964-70 [the Grandview farm; negotiations with the National Park Service to acquire the farm]
• J. Vivian Truman Estate--Inventory: Final Settlement, 1965, 1970, 1980
• Mary Jane Truman vs. Edward Martens, 1936
• Mary Jane Truman, 1952-57 [income taxes, will]
• Mary Jane Truman, Rezoning, 1955-65

Box 35

• Mary Jane Truman--Home Oil Company Lease, 1957-82 [lease of property for a service station to Walter Summers, et al., Home Oil Company] [1 of 2]
• Mary Jane Truman--Home Oil Company Lease, 1957-82 [lease of property for a service station to Walter Summers, et al., Home Oil Company] [2 of 2]
• Mary Jane Truman--Tax Matters, 1958-73 [1 of 2]
• Mary Jane Truman--Tax Matters, 1958-73 [2 of 2]
• Mary Jane Truman--Land Sale to W.E. Chambers, 1960-65
• Mary Jane Truman--Truman Corners, Blue Ridge, 1960-78
• Mary Jane Truman--Sewer Easement Matter, 1964-65 [1 of 2]
• Mary Jane Truman--Sewer Easement Matter, 1964-65 [2 of 2]
• Mary Jane Truman--Truman Family--Kurzwell, 1969
• Mary Jane Truman--Truman Family--Zoning, Land Use, 1969-70

Box 36

• Mary Jane Truman--Triangular Tract on 7l Highway, 1970
• Mary Jane Truman--Right of Way Easement for Kansas City Power and Light, 1970
• Mary Jane Truman--Financial, 1973, 1977
• Mary Jane Truman--Income Tax Returns, 1976-79
• Mary Jane Truman--1978 Assessment Appeal, 7.2 Acres (Farm)
• Mary Jane Truman--Last Will and Testament; Power of Attorney (1959, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1978) [includes a death certificate]
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Walter Summers, et al., 1971, 1972, 1979 80 [Home Oil Company]
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Inventory Information, 1978-80
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Burger King, Sales to, 1979-80
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--House at 13106 13th Street, Grandview, Missouri, 1979-80
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--General, 1959-82

Box 37

• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Federal Estate Tax, 1978-82
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Metzger Realty, 1981-82
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Land Sale, 1982-83 [1 of 2]
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Land Sale, 1982-83 [2 of 2]
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Zelko, 1979 [sale of real estate]
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Missouri Inheritance Tax, 1982
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Applicable Orders and Receipts to Pay, 1982
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Notice to Terminate Tenancy, 1983
• Mary Jane Truman Property (Greg Beckler)--Public Hearing, November 1984
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Van Patterson Note--Paid 1984
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Partial Distribution, November 1979
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Settlement, June-December 1979

Box 38

• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Settlement, December 1980
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Settlement, December 1981
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Partial Distribution, December 1982
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Settlement, 1982
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Settlement, 1983
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Settlement, 1984
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Final Settlement, 1985
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Real Estate, Reassessment, 1985-86
• Mary Jane Truman Estate--Pending Sale, 1985-86
• Bess Truman--Grandview Property Restrictions, 1975
• Bess Wallace Truman Estate--Estate #025387, 1982-87 [includes her last will and testament and notice of the distribution of assets]
• J. Vivian and Luella Truman's Children--Sale of 12 Acres on Blue Ridge, 1968-71
• Truman Brothers [Children of J. Vivian and Luella Truman]--Sam Hopper, Lessee, 1969
• Truman Brothers--Sale to D.T. Stayton, 1969, 1974
• Truman Sale to Walters and Stearman--Lot 13 (1969)
• Truman Brothers--Sale to Gary L. Watson--Lot 13, Except S. 75 Feet, and S. 71.23 Feet of Lot 12 (1969)
• Truman Sale to Rotter--Lots 10 and 11 (1969)
• Truman Brothers--Sale to Walter J. Rotter--Lot 9 (1969-72)
• Truman Brothers--Sale to Walter J. Rotter and Eleanor A. Rotter, 1972-73
• Truman Brothers--Sale to J. Donald Summers--Truman's Blue Ridge Heights, 1972
• Truman Real Estate Sale--Canaan Development Company, 1986-87

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY FILE: Harry S. Truman Library, Inc. File, 1950-64

Box 39

• Minutes and Bylaws, 1950-51
• Property Transactions, 1928, 1954-57
• Deeds of Trust to Lots in Pickwick Place, Independence (Site of the Truman Library) Released 1954-55
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1954-62 [1 of 2]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1954-62 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1963-64

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY FILE: Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs File, 1957-88

• Articles of Incorporation, 1957
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1957
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1958-59

Box 40

• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1960-6l
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1962 [includes numbers 438, 439, 440]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1963
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1964 [includes number 441]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1965-66
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1967-68
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1969-70 [1 of 2]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1969-70 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1971

Box 41

• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1972
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1973
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1974
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1975
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1976
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1977 [1 of 2]

Box 42

• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1977 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1978
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1979
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1980
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1981-82
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1983-84
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1985

Box 43

• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1986
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1987 [1 of 2]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1987 [2 of 2]
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1988
• Correspondence and Memoranda, 1989
• Brochures and Pamphlets, 1957-63
• Research Newsletters, 1961-69 [1 of 2, Oct. 1961 Jan. 1967]

Box 44

• Research Newsletters, 1961-69 [2 of 2, Aug. 1967-July 1969]
• Tax Forms, 1962-78
• Financial Reports and Statements, 1963-69 [1 of 2]
• Financial Reports and Statements, 1963-69 [2 of 2]
• Research Newsletters, 1970-71
• "Windfall"--Tax Fund [re windfall profit to charities from Jackson County's refunding, 1980]
• Annual Registration Report, 1984
• Truman Library Correspondence, 1985-87
• Whistlestop (Publication of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, 1985-88)

Box 45

• Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, 1986
• Letterhead Harry S. Truman Library Institute

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY FILE: Harry S. Truman Library Events File, 1956-88

• Correspondence, 1965-84
• Fourth of July, 1960 [correspondence and clippings re annual July 4th ceremonies held at the Truman Library]
• Fourth of July, 1961
• Fourth of July, 1962
• Fourth of July, 1965
• Fourth of July, 1966
• Fourth of July, 1967
• Fourth of July, 1970
• Fourth of July, 1972
• Fourth of July, 1977

Box 46

• Fourth of July, 1978
• Fourth of July, 1979
• Fourth of July, 1980
• Fourth of July, 1984
• Fourth of July, 1985
• Truman Library Mural--Dedication Ceremonies, April 15, 1961
• Harry S. Truman--U.S. Postage Stamp, 1973
• Truman Week, May 1977
• Truman Week, May 1978
• Truman Week, May 1979
• Truman Week, May 1980
• Truman Week, May 1981

Box 47

• Truman Week, May 1982
• Truman Week, May 1985
• Truman Week, May 1986
• Clippings, 1956-61
• Clippings, 1962-63
• Clippings, 1964-66
• Clippings, 1967
• Clippings, 1968
• Clippings, 1969-70

Box 48

• Clippings, 1971-72
• Clippings, 1973-74
• Clippings, 1975
• Clippings, 1976
• Clippings, 1977-78
• Clippings, 1979-80
• Clippings, 1981-84
• Clippings, 1985-88

Box 49

MISCELLANEOUS FILE, 1918-1959 (2001, 2012 Accretions)

• Appointment Books [2012 Accretion]
• Burrus, Rufus -- Miscellaneous Material
• Correspondence -- General, 1925-1941
• Correspondence -- Genera, 1942-1959
• Indenture of Trust by Harry S. Truman for Vietta Garr, February 8, 1957
• Jackson County, Missouri -- Budget, Fiscal Year 1934
• Panama Canal -- General Information, c. 1930
• Shannon, Joseph B. -- Speech, "History Shows That War Never Solved Anything," November 3, 1941
• Supreme Court, United States -- Brief for the United States, Frohwerk v. United States, October Term 1918
• Truman, Harry S. -- Correspondence, 1926-1959

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