Date Span: 1956-1977
Chairman, Harry S. Truman Statue Committee, 1972-1976
The Papers of Harry S. Jonas contain correspondence, photographs, event schedules, programs, lists of participants and guests, a speech draft, and press clippings related to Harry S. Jonas's work as Chairman of the Harry S. Truman Statue Committee.
Size: 2.5 linear inches (about 100 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: Harry S. Jonas donated his copyright interests in this collection to the United States of America. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
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Updated by: Mary Louisa Williams (2013) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.
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A native of Kirksville, Missouri, Dr. Harry S. Jonas served for thirteen years as Assistant Vice President for Medical Education at the American Medical Association, and was Dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine for nine years.
He also served on the Boards of the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City and of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, and as President of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The papers in this collection deal with his work as Chairman of the Harry S. Truman Statue Committee, which sponsored the creation of a Truman statue in Independence, Missouri. The statue was dedicated in 1976. Dr. Jonas passed away on December 24, 2022.
The papers of Harry S. Jonas are comprised of correspondence, photographs, event schedules, programs, lists of participants and guests, a speech draft, and newspaper clippings related to Harry S. Jonas's work as Chairman of the Harry S. Truman Statue Committee from 1972 until 1976. Included are twenty-seven photographs of the statue during its construction, people involved with the statue's production, and the statue's dedication ceremony. Much of the correspondence pertains to the selection of a sculptor for the statue and the financing of the project. The papers are organized in one series and are arranged alphabetically.
Related materials at the Truman Library include the Records of the Harry S. Truman Statue Committee.
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SUBJECT FILE, 1956-1977 Correspondence, photographs, event schedules, programs, lists of participants and guests, a speech draft, and press clippings related to Harry S. Jonas's work as Chairman of the Harry S. Truman Statue Committee. Arranged alphabetically. |
Box 1
- Correspondence
- Correspondence-Truman, Harry S.
- Harry S. Truman Public Service Award
- Harry S. Truman Statue Committee
- Memorabilia
- Newspaper Clippings
- Photographs