This collection focuses on the Truman administration's conflict over communists in the federal government and the charges of Senator Joseph McCarthy. The collection includes documents covering the years 1950 through 1952. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, and public papers.
President Truman’s Confrontation with McCarthyism
Documents
1950
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Letter from Lenard Spector to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 310800855)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Joseph R., OF 3371 (NAID: 730687)
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Telegram from Henry J. Winkel to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Charles S. Murphy (NAID: 310800851)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Joseph R., OF 3371 (NAID: 730687)
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Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman, February 11, 1950 (NAID: 310800844)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Joseph R., OF 3371 (NAID: 730687)
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Memorandum from Senator Millard Tydings to President Harry S. Truman, April 12, 1950 (NAID: 310800757)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Senate Subcommittee on Loyalty of State Department Employees, Committee on Foreign Relations, OF 419k (NAID: 726935)
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Memorandum, Disclosure of Loyalty Files to the Tydings Committee (NAID: 310800736)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Senate Subcommittee on Loyalty of State Department Employees, Committee on Foreign Relations, OF 419k (NAID: 726935)
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Letter from Charles Murphy to Attorney General J. Howard McGrath with Related Material (NAID: 310800723)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Senate Subcommittee on Loyalty of State Department Employees, Committee on Foreign Relations, OF 419k (NAID: 726935)
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Letter from Charles Murphy to Harry B. Mitchell with Related Material (NAID: 310800713)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Senate Subcommittee on Loyalty of State Department Employees, Committee on Foreign Relations, OF 419k (NAID: 726935)
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Letter from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Senator Millard Tydings with Attached Subpoena and Other Material, March 1950 (NAID: 310800707)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Senate Subcommittee on Loyalty of State Department Employees, Committee on Foreign Relations, OF 419k (NAID: 726935)
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Memorandum to Donald Dawson, May 8, 1950 (NAID: 310800694)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Senate Subcommittee on Loyalty of State Department Employees, Committee on Foreign Relations, OF 419k (NAID: 726935)
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Letter from Donald Dawson to Matthew Connelly with Attachment, May 1950 (NAID: 310800689)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Senate Subcommittee on Loyalty of State Department Employees, Committee on Foreign Relations, OF 419k (NAID: 726935)
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Transcript of President Harry S. Truman's Press and Radio Conference, March 30, 1950 (NAID: 295025259)
Part of:
- Collection: David D. Lloyd White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646421)
- Series: David D. Lloyd's Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646464)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Senator Joseph (NAID: 6655760)
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Memorandum, Meeting the Challenge of McCarthyism (NAID: 159441113)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Joseph (NAID: 876446)
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Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman, with Draft Reply, February 11, 1950 (NAID: 159441104)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Joseph (NAID: 876446)
1951
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White House Press Release, August 14, 1951 (NAID: 411294569)
Part of:
- Collection: White House Press Release Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 560197)
- Series: White House Press Releases, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 560198)
- File Unit: August 1951 (NAID: 23829572)
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Memorandum from Joseph Short to Charles Murphy with Attachment, November 3, 1951 (NAID: 295025228)
Part of:
- Collection: David D. Lloyd White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646421)
- Series: David D. Lloyd's Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646464)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Senator Joseph (NAID: 6655760)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ambassador Claude Bowers, August 1951 (NAID: 205715772)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Chile (NAID: 750233)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and A. Barr Comstock, October 1951 (NAID: 205004123)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Personal Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 583578)
- Series: President's Personal Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 583579)
- File Unit: Comstock, A. Barr, PPF 5866 (NAID: 833177)
1952
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Letter from C. Stanley Allen to Matthew Connelly with Attachments, July 29, 1952 (NAID: 310800864)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Joseph R., OF 3371 (NAID: 730687)
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Letter from Senator William Benton to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment, September 29, 1952 (NAID: 310800858)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Joseph R., OF 3371 (NAID: 730687)
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Memorandum from Kenneth Hechler to David Lloyd with Attachment, May 27, 1952 (NAID: 295025254)
Part of:
- Collection: David D. Lloyd White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646421)
- Series: David D. Lloyd's Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646464)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Senator Joseph (NAID: 6655760)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, with Attachments and Related Material, July 1952 (NAID: 128216512)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Brunauer, Dr. and Mrs. Stephen (Esther), OF 3419 (NAID: 730735)
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Letter from Representative Chet Holifield to President Harry S. Truman with Attachments and Reply from Charles S. Murphy, July 1952 (NAID: 128216498)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Brunauer, Dr. and Mrs. Stephen (Esther), OF 3419 (NAID: 730735)
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Letter from Arthur Greenleigh to President Harry S. Truman with Attached Reply from William D. Hassett, February 1952 (NAID: 128216474)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Nash, Philleo, OF 3327 (NAID: 730642)
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Letter from Elmer Henderson to President Harry S. Truman with Attached Reply from William D. Hassett, February 1952 (NAID: 128216471)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Nash, Philleo, OF 3327 (NAID: 730642)
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Telegram from Truman K. Gibson, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Reply from William D. Hassett, February 1952 (NAID: 128216464)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Nash, Philleo, OF 3327 (NAID: 730642)
Undated
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Memorandum Regarding Senator Joseph McCarthy (NAID: 333234599)
Part of:
- Collection: David D. Lloyd Papers, 1912 - 1963 (NAID: 594664)
- Series: White House Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1671240)
- File Unit: McCarthy, Senator Joseph (NAID: 1746045)
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List, Senator McCarthy, List of 81 (NAID: 310800697)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Senate Subcommittee on Loyalty of State Department Employees, Committee on Foreign Relations, OF 419k (NAID: 726935)
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Oral History Interview with Arthur S. Flemming (NAID: 201086)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
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Oral History Interview with Willard A. Edwards (NAID: 201079)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
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Oral History Interview with Philleo Nash (NAID: 200987)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
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Oral History Interview with Donald Hansen (NAID: 200716)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
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Oral History Interview with Conrad E. Snow (NAID: 200694)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
Official Documents
Photographs
Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 images
Mrs. Esther C. Brunauer speaking before the Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Relations
99-139
Louis F. Budenz Speaking to the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities
99-142
Photo of Duncan Lee as he Appeared Before the House Un-American Activities Committee
99-675
President Harry S. Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security
73-3502
Swearing In Of President's Commission On Internal Security and Individual Rights
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President Harry S. Truman At Swearing In Of President's Commission On Internal Security and Individual Rights
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Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights
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