Sachs, Howard Papers

Dates: 1933-1996

Friend of Harry S. Truman; Judge, U.S. District Court, 1979-

The papers of Howard Sachs include correspondence from Bess and Margaret Truman to the Sachs family, and information concerning the relationship between the two families.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: Less than one-half of one linear foot (about 200 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: No donation of copyright was received with this collection.
Processed by: Jason Wilhelmsen (2009) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1925 (13 September)

  

Born Howard Frederic Sachs, Kansas City, Missouri

1944-1946

  

Electrical Technician's Mate, U.S. Navy

1947

  

B.A., Williams College.

1950

  

J.D., Harvard Law School

1950-1951

  

Law Clerk for Judge Albert A. Ridge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

1951-1979

  

Attorney, Kansas City

1979-1990

  

Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

1990-1992

  

Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

1992 -

  

Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers of Howard Sachs are comprised of correspondence and other materials mostly concerning the Sachs family and its relationship with the family of Harry S. Truman.

The collection includes correspondence from Bess and Margaret Truman to members of the Sachs family; materials relating to the construction of the Jackson County Courthouse, including floor plans and letters from Charles Sheldon, Nicholas Murray Butler, H.L. Mencken, and Charles Evans Hughes suggesting inscriptions to be placed on the walls of the Courthouse; documents relating to the immigration case of Paul Matzdorff, a cousin of Sachs’s father, Alex Sachs; newspaper clippings and articles pertaining to the Sachs family relationship with Harry S. Truman; photographs of the dedication of the Truman Library in 1957; and correspondence between Howard Sachs and the staff of the Truman Library.

Some of the items in the collection were previously opened for research as part of the Miscellaneous Historical Documents Collection (MHDC).

Related collections at the Truman Library include the papers of Harry S. Truman: President’s Personal File 1296 (Alex Sachs).

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

  

Series

1

   SUBJECT FILE, 1933-1996
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, floor plans, and photographs. Arranged alphabetically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

SUBJECT FILE, 1933-1996

Box 1

  • Bess and Margaret Truman, 1945-1990
  • Jackson County Courthouse
  • Paul Matzdorff Immigration Case, 1938
  • Photographs
  • Sachs Family Relationship with Harry S. Truman
  • Truman Library Correspondence
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