Personal Papers and Organizational Records
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.
- Ladies of the Senate Records- The records of the Ladies of the Senate include minutes of meetings, membership rosters, a constitution, by-laws, and correspondence relating to the activities of a social and charitable organization that was established by the wives of United…
- Lamont, Lansing Papers- Author, Day of Trinity The papers of Lansing Lamont consist of correspondence, drafts with handwritten notes, interview notes and transcripts, memos, newspaper clippings, photographs, press releases, printed materials, reports, and sound…
- Landry, Robert B. Papers- Air Force Aide to the President, 1948-1953 The papers of Robert B. Landry document his service as Air Force Aide to President Truman, his personal relationship with Harry S. Truman, and other aspects of his life and military career. The…
- Larkin, Felix E. Papers- Assistant Counsel, Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, 1947; Associate General Counsel, 1947-49, and General Counsel, 1950-51, Office of the Secretary of Defense The papers of Felix E. Larkin document primarily…
- Lasseter, Dillard B. Papers- Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, 1946-1953 The papers of Dillard B. Lasseter include newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, speeches, and other items mostly pertaining to his service as Administrator of the Farmers Home…
- Laughlin, Anne Papers- Chief of Mission, UNICEF, Bulgaria, 1946-1950 [Administrative Information | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Size: 2 linear feet. Access: Open. Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. government the copyrights in this material…
- Lawrence, Joseph D. Papers- Examiner, Federal Farm Board and Farm Credit Administration, 1930-1936; Deputy Cooperative Bank Commissioner, Farm Credit Administration, 1936-1944; Director of Finance and Accounts, Farm Credit Administration, 1945-1948 The papers of Joseph…
- Lawton, Frederick J. Papers- Executive Assistant, Bureau of the Budget, 1935-1947; Administrative Assistant to the President, 1948; Assistant Director, 1949, and Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1950-1953; Member, Civil Service Commission, 1953-1963 See also Frederick J.…
- LeMaster, Edward B. Papers- Airman, U.S. Air Force, 1950-1953 The papers of Edward B. LeMaster include correspondence, military records, printed materials, and other items relating to his service in the Air Force during the Korean War. [Administrative Information |…
- Lincoln, Francis F. Papers- Member, American Mission to Greece, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1947-1950; Economist, Department of State, 1950-1960 The papers of Francis Lincoln consist of correspondence, diaries, memoranda, newspaper clippings, press releases,…
- Lincoln, Katherine Fite Papers- Detailed from the Department of State to the staff of the Office of the United States Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality, July through December 1945 The papers of Katherine Fite Lincoln (formerly Katherine Boardman Fite)…
- Lingo, Jane Papers- Friend of Margaret Truman and the Truman family The papers of Jane Lingo relate mostly to her friendship with Margaret Truman and the Truman family. The collection includes an address book, calendars, correspondence, invitations, diaries,…
- Lloyd, David D. Papers- Administrative Assistant to the President, 1951-1953; Executive Director, Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., and Assistant to Former President Truman, 1953-1962 The Papers of David D. Lloyd consist of correspondence, printed materials, speech drafts…
- Locke, Edwin A., Jr. Papers- Personal Representative of the President to China, 1945; Special Assistant to the President, 1946-1947; Ambassador in Charge of U.S. Mission to the Near East, 1951-1952 See also Edwin A. Locke, Jr. oral history and files. [Administrative…
- Lockett, Edward B. Papers- Correspondent for Time, Inc., 1942-1947 Edward B. Lockett’s papers include his reports for Time magazine on the vice-presidential campaign of Harry S. Truman, reports written as Time’s White House correspondent during the Truman presidency, his…
- Long, Westray Battle Boyce Papers- Director, Women's Army Corps, 1945-1947 The papers of Westray Battle Boyce Long consist of correspondence, printed materials, press clippings, memorabilia, and other items mostly relating to Long's service in the Women's Army Corps. […
- Longstreet, Victor M. Papers- Assistant Chief, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State 1946-1946; Program Review Officer, Economic Cooperation Administration, U.S. Special Mission to the Netherlands, 1948-1949 The papers of Victor M. Longstreet include…
- Lovett, Robert A. Papers- Assistant Secretary of War for Air, 1941-1945; Under Secretary of State, 1947-1949 The papers of Robert A. Lovett consist of the contents of five scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs from his service as Assistant Secretary of War for…
- Lowenthal, Max Papers- Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1935-1941 The papers of Max Lowenthal contain correspondence and printed materials concerning the FBI and proposed wiretapping legislation. [Administrative Information | Biographical…
- Lynch, Thomas J. Papers- Assistant General Counsel, 1943-1947, and General Counsel, 1947-1953, Department of the Treasury The papers of Thomas J. Lynch includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, press releases, publications, reports, speeches, statistical data on…
- Lyons, Leonard Papers- Columnist for the New York Post, 1934-1974 The Leonard Lyons papers consist of twenty-one handwritten letters and one typed and signed letter from Mrs. Harry S. Truman. This collection also includes postmarked envelopes that correspond with the…