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Personal Papers and Organizational Records

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The Truman Library has accumulated approximately 600 collections of President Truman's relatives, friends and associates.

The online finding aids are intended to provide information to researchers intending to make a research visit to the library, not as a means of selecting materials for mail order photocopying. The folder titles are typically not specific enough for that purpose.

  • Fahy, Charles Papers- Chairman, President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, 1949-1950 The papers of Charles Fahy consist of correspondence, minutes of meetings, printed materials, drafts of reports, press releases, and other…
  • Farley, James A. Papers- United States Postmaster General, 1933-1940; Chair of the Democratic National Committee, 1932-1940 The papers of James A. Farley consist of letters and a telegram from Harry S. Truman to Farley. The subject matter varies from responses to…
  • Fields, Alonzo Papers- Chief Butler in the White House 1933-1953 The papers of Alonzo Fields consist mainly of documents relating to Fields' position as Chief Butler in the White House from 1933-1953. The documents are dated from 1939-1952. Included in the collection…
  • Finan, William F. Papers- Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1950-1959 The papers of William F. Finan consist of articles, correspondence, maps, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed material, reports, schedules, speeches, and an appointment calendar, mostly…
  • Finletter, Thomas K. Papers- Secretary of the Air Force, 1950-1953 See also Thomas K. Finletter oral history. [Administrative Information | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Size: 7 linear feet, 10 linear inches Access: Open. Copyright: The donor gave…
  • Fitzpatrick, B. T. Papers- Deputy Administrator, Housing and Home Financing Agency, 1949-1954 The papers of B. T. Fitzpatrick consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs mostly pertaining to his career as General Counsel and Deputy Administrator of the…
  • Fleming, Thomas Papers- Historian, novelist, and assistant to Margaret Truman The Thomas Fleming Papers contain manuscript drafts, correspondence, printed materials, research notes, interview transcripts, and other items relating to Fleming's work as an assistant to…
  • Floresca, Mariano Papers- Chief Steward, USS Williamsburg The Mariano Floresca Papers consist of menus from President Harry S. Truman’s yacht, the USS Williamsburg, and from his vacations at Key West, Florida, in 1949-1950. The collection also includes undated…
  • Flynt, Ralph C. M. Papers- Director of General and Liberal Education, U.S. Office of Education, 1952-1953; Assistant Commissioner of Education, 1959-1962; Associate Commissioner of Education, 1963-1969 [Administrative Information | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE…
  • Foley, Edward H., Jr. Papers- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-1948; Under Secretary of the Treasury, 1948-1953   [Administrative Information | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Size: 33 linear feet. Access: Open. Copyright: The donor gave…
  • Foley, Raymond M. Papers- Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration, 1945-1947; Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency, 1947-1953 [Administrative Information | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Size: 4 linear feet, 10 linear inches. Access:…
  • Forsyth, Bruce D. Papers- White House Dentist and Assistant Surgeon General, Public Heath Service, 1945-1953 The papers of Bruce D. Forsyth consist of a diary, correspondence, printed materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, dental records and specimens, and…
  • Foskett, James H. Papers- Naval Aide to President Truman, 1946-1948 The papers of James H. Foskett include correspondence, printed materials, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, handwritten notes, speeches, and other materials related to Foskett's military career, personal…
  • Fowler, Eric Papers- Document collector and local historian, Independence, Missouri The papers of Eric Fowler consist of a letter from Benjamin Franklin Wallace to John Parker, two grade school registers recording the attendance of Harry S. Truman and Bess Wallace,…
  • Fox, Abijah U. Papers- Deputy Director, Foreign Funds Control, Department of the Treasury, 1941-1945; Director, Office of Surplus Property, 1945; Deputy Director, Finance Division, Military Government, Germany, 1946 [Administrative Information | Folder Title List]…
  • Frantz, Harry W. Papers- Washington Correspondent for United Press International, 1920-1956 [Administrative Information | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Size: 6 linear feet. Access: Open. Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. government the…
  • Freer, Robert E. Papers- Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1935-1948 [Administrative Information | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Size: 28 linear feet, 10 linear inches. Access: Open. Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. government the copyrights…
  • Friedman, Martin L. Papers- Special Assistant to President Harry S. Truman, 1949-1953 The papers of Martin L. Friedman consist of speeches, itineraries and schedules, press clippings, photographs, memorabilia and other items related to his work as a special assistant to…
  • Fulton, Hugh Papers- Chief Counsel of the Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate the National Defense Program (Truman Committee), 1941-1944 [Administrative Information | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Size: 3 linear feet, 1 linear inch.…