This collection focuses on President Harry S. Truman's efforts to pass a National Health Insurance law during the second term of his presidency. The collection includes documents covering the years 1945 through 1953. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts and public papers.
President Truman’s Fight for National Health Insurance, 1949-1953
Documents
1945
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Letter from Murray Latimer to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 19, 1945 (NAID: 296762041)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Unemployment Insurance; Social Insurance, 1945-1947, OF 121a (NAID: 725757)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ambassador John G. Winant (NAID: 169049082)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Mary Lasker, with Attachment, December 1945 (NAID: 169049073)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Harold T. Low to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply by Surgeon General Thomas Parran, with Internal Memoranda (NAID: 169049058)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from George Huff to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, November 1945 (NAID: 169049045)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Charles Herbert Church to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, November 1945 (NAID: 169049039)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from F. C. LeBlond to President Harry S. Truman, November 27, 1945 (NAID: 169049033)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Telegram from Thurgood Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, November 1945 (NAID: 169049030)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Mary B. Chiles, November 1945 (NAID: 169049027)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from I. Duke Avnet to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, November 1945 (NAID: 169049021)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Telegram from George Addes to President Harry S. Truman, November 5, 1945 (NAID: 169048998)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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File Memorandum, November 19, 1945 (NAID: 169048949)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Arthur J. Todd to President Harry S. Truman, with Attched Clipping, October 1, 1945 (NAID: 169048942)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
1946
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Letter from Bernarr Macfadden to Charles Ross, with a Reply from Brigadier General Wallace Graham, October 1946 (NAID: 169049195)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Telegram from Ernest Boas to Richmond Keech, with Internal Memoranda, April 1946 (NAID: 169049171)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Mark Bittner to Senator James E. Murray, with Attachment, April 2, 1946 (NAID: 169049163)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Watson Miller, with Internal Memoranda, March 1946 (NAID: 169049151)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator James E. Murray, with Attachment and Internal Memoranda, March 1946 (NAID: 169049143)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from W. I. Sargent to President Harry S. Truman, January 4, 1946 (NAID: 169049094)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
1947
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Memorandum from Clark Clifford to President Harry S. Truman, May 10, 1947 (NAID: 301668116)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Speech Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 167966991)
- File Unit: 1947, May 7: Health Message (NAID: 169629660)
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Speech Draft on Health Insurance, May 7, 1947 (NAID: 301668110)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Speech Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 167966991)
- File Unit: 1947, May 7: Health Message (NAID: 169629660)
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Correspondence Between Charles Ross and Paul B. Magnuson, with Attachment, December 1947 (NAID: 169049387)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Felix Jager to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, with a Reply from Charles Ross, October 1947 (NAID: 169049379)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Dr. Lewis J. Moorman (NAID: 169049298)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Note from John R. Steelman to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Press Release and Drafts, May 1947 (NAID: 169049274)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from George H. Coleman and the National Physicians Committee, with Attachments (NAID: 169049266)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Health Insurance Fact Sheets, with Attached Legislation (NAID: 169049224)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
1948
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White House Press Release, Address of President Harry S. Truman at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 15, 1948 (NAID: 312302431)
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: October 1948 [1 of 2] (NAID: 23829480)
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Correspondence Between Clark Clifford and Mary Lasker with Attachments, October 1948 (NAID: 301669462)
Part of:
- Collection: Clark M. Clifford White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598548)
- Series: Clark M. Clifford's Subject Files, 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598550)
- File Unit: Health Message (Health Program and Health Insurance) [1 of 2] (NAID: 1766689)
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Letter from William A. Lydgate to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Newspaper Clipping, December 16, 1948 (NAID: 169049477)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Agnes E. Meyer to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Pamphlet, December 2, 1948 (NAID: 169049469)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Lillie Faye Renegar to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Newspaper Clipping, September 7, 1948 (NAID: 169049454)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Ralph Hamer to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, September 1948 (NAID: 169049449)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from William Black to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Charles Ross (NAID: 169049445)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
1949
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Transcript of Columbia Broadcasting System Interview with Oscar Ewing, December 13, 1949 (NAID: 400152934)
Part of:
- Collection: Oscar R. Ewing Papers, 1918 - 1976 (NAID: 623485)
- Series: Federal Security Agency Files, 1934 - 1954 (NAID: 342541683)
- File Unit: Great Britain - National Health Insurance (NAID: 348987206)
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Press Release, United States Information Service, Statement by Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing, December 9, 1949 (NAID: 400152931)
Part of:
- Collection: Oscar R. Ewing Papers, 1918 - 1976 (NAID: 623485)
- Series: Federal Security Agency Files, 1934 - 1954 (NAID: 342541683)
- File Unit: Great Britain - National Health Insurance (NAID: 348987206)
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Press Release, Publicity Division, Democratic National Committee, March 20, 1949 (NAID: 301669454)
Part of:
- Collection: Clark M. Clifford White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598548)
- Series: Clark M. Clifford's Subject Files, 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598550)
- File Unit: Health Message (Health Program and Health Insurance) [1 of 2] (NAID: 1766689)
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Resolution from the Montana Association of Life Underwriters, June 22, 1949 (NAID: 296762045)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Unemployment Insurance; Social Insurance, May 1948-February 1949, OF 121a (NAID: 725760)
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Pamphlet, "Compulsory Health Insurance (Politically-Controlled Medicine): A Threat to Health - A Threat to Freedom!" (NAID: 169050010)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Appointment Request, October 11, 1949 (NAID: 169049921)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from F. W. Finke, Jr. to John R. Steelman, September 13, 1949 (NAID: 169049912)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from John L. Thurston to President Harry s. Truman, with Attachment and Internal Note, July 1949 (NAID: 169049903)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Resolution from Chester County Medical Society, July 20, 1949 (NAID: 169049900)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Matthew Connelly and Charles S. Murphy, with Attachments (NAID: 169049867)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Flyer, "American Medicine Replies to President Truman" (NAID: 169049853)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Albert Lasker and Matthew Connelly, June 1949 (NAID: 169049850)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Harry N. Rosenfield, with Attached Pamphlet, May 1949 (NAID: 169049808)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Harris B. McDowell and President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, May 1949 (NAID: 169049803)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Matthew Connelly and Phil E. Gibson and John F. Shelley, May 1949 (NAID: 169049797)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Oscar Ewing and President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment (NAID: 169049781)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence from Albert and Mary Lasker and President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 169049778)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Telegram from Ernest Boas to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 169049775)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Press Release, Special Message to the Congress on the Nation's Health Needs, April 22, 1949 (NAID: 169049756)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Newspaper Clipping, "Physicians' Group Quits Health Fight," Washington Post, April 19, 1949 (NAID: 169049754)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Telegram from B. J. Palmer to President Harry S. Truman, April 18, 1949 (NAID: 169049751)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Nate Robertson to Charles Ross, with Attachments and Newspaper Clippings (NAID: 169049727)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Memorandum from Roberta Barrows to Matthew Connelly, April 4, 1949 (NAID: 169049720)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Appointment Request, February 1949 (NAID: 169049689)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Oscar Ewing and Charles Murphy, with Attachments and Related Material, February 1949 (NAID: 169049683)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Ted McCastlain to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, February 9, 1949 (NAID: 169049678)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Armstead Brown to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, with a Reply from Willam D. Hassett, January 1949 (NAID: 169049510)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
1950
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"Capital Comment," Democratic National Committee Newsletter, Volume IV, Number 25, July 1, 1950 (NAID: 400152947)
Part of:
- Collection: Oscar R. Ewing Papers, 1918 - 1976 (NAID: 623485)
- Series: Federal Security Agency Files, 1934 - 1954 (NAID: 342541683)
- File Unit: National Health Insurance (NAID: 348987221)
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"Capital Comment," Democratic National Committee Newsletter, Volume IV, Number 24, June 24, 1950 (NAID: 400152942)
Part of:
- Collection: Oscar R. Ewing Papers, 1918 - 1976 (NAID: 623485)
- Series: Federal Security Agency Files, 1934 - 1954 (NAID: 342541683)
- File Unit: National Health Insurance (NAID: 348987221)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Congressman John Dingell, October 1950 (NAID: 313172674)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: "D" (NAID: 876320)
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Memorandum from Stephen J. Spingarn to Oscar Ewing, June 7, 1950 (NAID: 313172100)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Agencies File, 1945-1953: Federal Security Agency: Ewing, Oscar: Administrator (NAID: 749902)
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Statement by Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing, January 17, 1950 (NAID: 313172095)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Agencies File, 1945-1953: Federal Security Agency: Ewing, Oscar: Administrator (NAID: 749902)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Congressman John Kee (NAID: 296761194)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Unemployment Insurance; Social Insurance, 1950, OF 121a (NAID: 294846799)
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Letter from Dr. Edward L. Young to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 169050228)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Newspaper Clipping, "A. M. A. Opens $1,000,000 Ad Drive Today", October 7, 1950 (NAID: 169050226)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Advertising Sheet (NAID: 169050224)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ray Moseley, with Attached Newspaper Clipping and a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 169050218)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from John Connorton to Charles S. Murphy, November 13, 1950 (NAID: 169050214)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Frederick E. Robin, Committee for the Nation's Health, and Donald Dawson, with Attachments (NAID: 169050193)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Frederick E. Robin, Committee for the Nation's Health, and Donald Dawson, with Attachments, September 1950 (NAID: 169050179)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Frederick E. Robin, Committee for the Nation's Health, to Matthew Connelly, with Attachments, September 1950 (NAID: 169050171)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Memorandum from Stephen Spingarn to George Elsey and Kenneth Hechler, with Attached Note, August 1950 (NAID: 169050168)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Newsletter, Committee for the Nation's Health, June 30, 1950 (NAID: 169050144)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Booklet, "Administration Health Program: A Training Kit for Leaders," Democratic National Committee, June 1950 (NAID: 169050097)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Edythe Tate Perlman to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments and Related Material (NAID: 169050081)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Ralph Crist to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, January 1950 (NAID: 169050036)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Resolution from Northern Panhandle District Nurses' Association, January 7, 1950 (NAID: 169050033)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Bonnie P. Moen and Others to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, January 1950 (NAID: 169050030)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Resolultion from the American Legion Auxiliary, Murray Unit 420 of Ohio, January 6, 1950 (NAID: 169050027)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
1951
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Letter from Dr. Dean A. Clark to David Stowe, November 5, 1951 (NAID: 301669577)
Part of:
- Collection: David H. Stowe White House Files (Truman Administration), 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602909)
- Series: David H. Stowe's Subject Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602923)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, The (NAID: 4688139)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and David Stowe with Attachment, October 1951 (NAID: 301669568)
Part of:
- Collection: David H. Stowe White House Files (Truman Administration), 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602909)
- Series: David H. Stowe's Subject Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602923)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, The (NAID: 4688139)
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Memorandum from Dr. Howard Rusk to David Stowe with Attachment, November 20, 1951 (NAID: 301669563)
Part of:
- Collection: David H. Stowe White House Files (Truman Administration), 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602909)
- Series: David H. Stowe's Subject Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602923)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, The (NAID: 4688139)
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Memorandum from Milton P. Kayle to David Stowe, December 21, 1951 (NAID: 301669545)
Part of:
- Collection: David H. Stowe White House Files (Truman Administration), 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602909)
- Series: David H. Stowe's Subject Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602923)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, The (NAID: 4688139)
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Memorandum, Suggested Candidates for Presidential Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation (NAID: 296761966)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
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Letter from Donald Dawston to Paul B. Magnuson with Attachment and Related Material, November 21, 1951 (NAID: 296761954)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
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Letter from Oscar Ewing to Donald Dawson with Attachment, December 7, 1951 (NAID: 296761951)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
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Letter from Arthur Grossman to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Matthew Connelly, September 1951 (NAID: 169050308)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Memorandum for the President, with Attachment (NAID: 169050290)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Dr. Channing Frothingham, with Internal Memoranda (NAID: 169050260)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from John R. Magee to Matthew Connelly, January 7, 1951 (NAID: 169050231)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
1952
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Memorandum from William J. Hopkins to David Stowe with Attachment, January 1952 (NAID: 301669559)
Part of:
- Collection: David H. Stowe White House Files (Truman Administration), 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602909)
- Series: David H. Stowe's Subject Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 602923)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, The (NAID: 4688139)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Paul B. Magnuson with Related Material, December 1952 (NAID: 296762026)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
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Transcript of Public Hearing of the President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, September 2, 1952 (NAID: 296761993)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
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Press Release, Address by Paul B. Magnuson, May 1, 1952 (NAID: 296761979)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
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Note from Milton Kayle to David Stowe with Attachment, March 31, 1952 (NAID: 296761974)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
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Letter from William Green to President Harry S. Truman, January 14, 1952 (NAID: 296761962)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
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Letter from Randall Smith to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, January 1952 (NAID: 296761182)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation - Miscellaneous, OF 103g (NAID: 294846792)
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Correspondence Between Rose Conway and Helen G. Moler, with Attachment (NAID: 169050368)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Dwight L. Hubbart to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Matthew Connelly, September 1952 (NAID: 169050365)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Edward J. Higgins to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Matthew Connelly, September 1952 (NAID: 169050362)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between Donald C. Cook and President Harry S. Truman, August 1952 (NAID: 169050357)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Congressman John W. McCormack to Matthew Connelly, with Attached New York Times Newspaper Clipping, May 28, 1952 (NAID: 169050348)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Memorandum from David Stowe to Matthew Connelly, with Attachment, February 11, 1952 (NAID: 169050331)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from John V. Connorton to Matthew Connelly, with Attachments, February 1952 (NAID: 169050322)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from John O. Waltner to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett, January 1952 (NAID: 169050316)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
1953
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Memorandum from Milton Kayle to David Stowe with Attachment, January 7, 1953 (NAID: 296762035)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, OF 103g (NAID: 725703)
Undated
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Memorandum, Public Health (NAID: 301669457)
Part of:
- Collection: Clark M. Clifford White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598548)
- Series: Clark M. Clifford's Subject Files, 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598550)
- File Unit: Health Message (Health Program and Health Insurance) [1 of 2] (NAID: 1766689)
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Letter from F. H. Kenworthy to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from David Stowe (NAID: 296761187)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation - Miscellaneous, OF 103g (NAID: 294846792)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Dr. Channing Frothingham, with Internal Memoranda (NAID: 169050236)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Longhand Notes - Presidential, 1944 - 1953: April 1, 1948 (NAID: 735251)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Longhand Notes Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201518)
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Oral History Interview with Richard Bolling (NAID: 200999)
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 Oscar R. Ewing (NAID: 200976)
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 Milton P. Kayle (NAID: 200959)
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 Joseph G. Feeney (NAID: 200865)
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
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President Harry S. Truman with two Independence Sanitarium and Hospital nurses
59-59
Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran in hospital bed in New York City
66-7993
Harry S. Truman shaking hands with man in Washington Rehabilitation Center
59-246
U. S. Naval Hospital at the U. S. Marine Corps Training Base, Quantico, Virginia
98-658
Physical examination of World War I aviation recruits at the Episcopal Hospital, Washington, D.C
65-3855
A Building on the Grounds of the 27th General Hospital, a Former Japanese Hospital
98-2488
Francis P. Whitehair walks in front of the Administration Building, U.S. Naval Hospital, Miami, Florida
96-699-01
Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair shakes hands with young Marine
96-699-02
Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair shakes hands with military personnel
96-699-03
Under Navy Secretary Francis P. Whitehair at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina
96-720-02
Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair at a Navy hospital with unidentified men
96-748
American Legion National Commander Paul H. Griffith Visits a Patient in a Veteran's Hospital
98-1984
Former President Truman and Senator Dennis Chavez at the National Institute of Health
95-178-02
Former President Truman at the Clinical Center, National Institute of Health
95-178-01
Former President Truman Visits Senator Dennis Chavez at National Institute of Health
95-178-05
Former President Truman and Senator Dennis Chavez at National Institute of Health
95-178-03
Patients from the Naval Hospital at Bremerton, Washington, Line the Streets to see President Truman
2012-223
Truman at Cornerstone Laying for the National Institutes of Health Clinic
73-3737
Truman Speaking at Dedication of the National Institutes of Health Clinic
73-3738
President Truman Laying the Cornerstone at National Institutes of Health Clinic
73-3741
President Harry S. Truman Laying the Cornerstone for the National Institutes of Health Clinic
73-3739
Stacks of an Official Report on Tuberculosis with a Poster Behind Them
2009-2185
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W. Averell Harriman Visiting Sanitarium in Yalta During Russian Trip
2008-1314-05
W. Averell Harriman Visiting Sanitarium in Yalta During Russian Trip
2008-1314-07
W. Averell Harriman Visiting Sanitarium in Yalta During Russian Trip
2008-1314-06
President Johnson and First Lady Mrs. Johnson Visit Former President Truman in the Hospital
95-369
Dispensary and Pharmacy Building, Philippine General Hospital, Manila
2013-4249
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President Truman Smiling and Waving From the Rear Platform as he Leaves
93-22-01
Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman View Their First Grandchild in the Hospital
2016-37
