Skelton, Ike Papers

Dates: 1954-2013

Member, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri, 1977-2011

The papers of Ike Skelton include correspondence, printed materials, and other items that document Congressman Skelton's relationship with the Harry S. Truman Library and Margaret Truman Daniel.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 2.5 linear inches (100 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. government its copyrights in this material and in any other material received by the U.S. government and maintained in the Harry S. Truman Library. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Annali Cler (2016) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1931 (December 20)

 

Born Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Lexington, Missouri

1951

 

Earned Associate's Degree from Wentworth Military Academy and College

1953

 

A.B., University of Missouri

1956

 

LL.B., University of Missouri

1977-2011

 

Member, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri

2007-2011

 

Chairman, House Armed Services Committee

2013 (October 28)

 

Died, Arlington, Virginia

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers of Ike Skelton include correspondence, printed materials, and other items that document Congressman Skelton's relationship with the Harry S. Truman Library and Margaret Truman Daniel. The papers are arranged in a single series, the Subject File.

The Subject File contains letters and invitations received by Skelton from Margaret Truman Daniel, from representatives of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs, and from others. Some of the correspondence relates to awards received by Skelton, such as the Harry S Truman Good Neighbor Award and the Spurgeon Smithson Award.

The printed materials in the Subject File include bills relating to Mr. Truman that Skelton introduced in Congress as the Representative from Missouri's Fourth Congressional District. Also included in the series are copies of handwritten speech drafts prepared by Truman for an address at Wentworth Military Academy and College (Skelton's alma mater) in 1954, and related press clippings.

A small amount of correspondence with Ike Skelton can be found in the Harry S. Truman Papers. Skelton's Congressional papers are at the State Historical Society of Missouri.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

 

Series

1

  SUBJECT FILE, 1954-2013
Correspondence, printed materials, and other items that document Congressman Skelton's relationship with the Harry S. Truman Library and Margaret Truman Daniel. Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and thereafter chronologically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

SUBJECT FILE, 1954-2013

Box 1

  • Correspondence
  • Daniel, Margaret Truman
  • Truman, Harry S.
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