Dates: 1945-2001
The papers of Monte Poen include interview transcripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, and other items that pertain to Harry S. Truman.
Size: 2 linear feet, 7 linear inches (about 4,800 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave his copyrights in this collection to the United States of America. Copyrights in other documents in the collection presumably belong to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Marya Shotkoski (2012) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.
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Monte Poen, a professor at Northern Arizona University, devoted a number of years to preparing an oral biography of Harry S. Truman, tentatively titled, "Speaking of Truman." He interviewed many people who had known Truman, and collected interview transcripts and other information from various historical institutions. Professor Poen was unable to complete the project, but he donated his research materials to the Truman Library in 2006.
Poen is the author of Harry S. Truman Versus the Medical Lobby: The Genesis of Medicare (1979). He has also edited two collections of letters written by Harry S. Truman, Strictly Personal and Confidential. The Letters Harry Truman Never Mailed (1982) and Letters Home by Harry Truman (1984).
The Monte Poen Papers consist of materials gathered during Poen's research on Harry S. Truman for a book he intended to write, which was never published. The papers are arranged alphabetically in a single series.
The collection consists largely of transcripts of interviews conducted by Poen or by various historical institutions. The interviewees were connected to Harry S. Truman either through his family, his Presidency, or his life in Independence, Missouri. (The folder title list indicates which interviews were conducted by someone other than Poen).
The correspondence in the collection is mostly between Poen and persons he had interviewed or intended to interview. There are some newspaper clippings and handwritten notes included with the correspondence and transcripts. There are also a few photographs of the interviewees or of Harry S. Truman, as well as a few printed materials such as pamphlets and brochures. The tape recordings made by Poen have been transferred to the Truman Library's audiovisual collection.
Related collections at the Truman Library include the papers of Merle Miller and Richard Holbrooke, and the Records of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Guggenheim Productions, Inc. These collections also consist in part of transcribed interviews concerning the life of Harry S. Truman.
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ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW FILE, 1945-2001 Interview transcripts, correspondences, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, press releases, and other items. Arranged alphabetically |
ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW FILE, 1945-2001
Box 1
- Acheson, David
- Aiken, George D. [Lyndon B. Johnson Library]
- Adams, Eva [University of Nevada-Reno]
- Arends, Leslie [Library of Congress]
- Aspinall, Wayne [Library of Congress]
- Audiovisual
- Ball, Joseph H. [Library of Congress]
- Barber, James D.
- Barrows, Roberta
- Barringer, Lewis T.
- Baruch, Bernard [George C. Marshall Library]
- Battle, Laurie [Library of Congress]
- Bechelder, Tourette [Lyndon B. Johnson Library]
- Bird, H.V. "Dick" [Lyndon B. Johnson Library]
- Bower, Faubian [MacArthur Archives]
- Bowles, Chester [Columbia University]
- Brannan, Charles
- Bricker, John W. [Library of Congress]
- Britton, Frank W. [MacArthur Archives]
- Brooks, Philip
- Browne, Anthony M.
- Brownell, Herbert [Columbia University]
- Bruner, Virginia
- Burrus, Rufus
- Burke, Arleigh [MacArthur Archives]
- Cairncross, Alexander
- Celler, Emanuel [Library of Congress]
- Clifford, Clark
- Cohen, Wilbur
- Colgan, R. C.
- Collins, J. Lawton [MacArthur Archives]
- Colner, William M. [Library of Congress]
- Cooke, Earle [MacArthur Archives]
- Correspondence and Lists
- Curry, John T.
- Daniel, Margaret Truman
Box 2
- Dawson, Donald
- Edwards, India
- Elsey, George
- Farley, James A.
- Fields, Alonzo [Herbert Hoover Library]
- Foot, Michael
- Ford, Gerald
- Franks, Oliver
- Frear, J. Allen [Library of Congress]
- Freeman, Orville
- Fritchey, Clayton
- Fuchs, James R.
- Fulbright, J. William [Library of Congress]
- Gentry, Sue
- Ginzberg, Eli [Dwight D. Eisenhower Library]
- Gladwyn, Lord
- Goldwater, Barry
- Graham, Wallace
- Gray, Andy and Georgia Neese Clark
- Groves, Leslie [Herbert Hoover Library]
- Haldeman, John
- Hall, Leonard W. [Library of Congress]
- Hardy, Porter [Library of Congress]
- Harper, Joe
- Harriman, W. Averell
- Harris, Benjamin T. [MacArthur Archives]
- Hartke, Vance
- Hassett, William D. [George C. Marshall Library]
Box 3
- Haukenberry, Ardis
- Hechler, Ken
- Heller, Francis
- Hoffman, Anna Rosenberg [Library of Congress]
- Holifield, Chet [Library of Congress]
- Hopkins, William [John F. Kennedy Library]
- Hume, Paul
- Hunt, David
- Jackson, Henry
- Jackson, Robert [Library of Congress]
- Jenkins, Roy
- Jessup, Philip [MacArthur Archives]
- Johnson, Lady Bird
- Jones, Robert E. [Library of Congress]
- Jones, Roger W.
- Judd, Walter
- Keenan, Joseph [Lyndon B. Johnson Library]
- Kelly, Edna F. [Library of Congress]
- Kennedy, Ted
- Knowland, William [Columbia University]
- Krock, Arthur
- Landry, Robert
- Lovett, Robert [George C. Marshall Library]
- Luns, Joseph
- Lyle, John E. [Lyndon B. Johnson Library]
- MacArthur, Douglas [MacArthur Archives]
- Madden, Ray J. [Library of Congress]
- Magnuson, Warren
- Manasio, Carter [Library of Congress]
- Marshall, George C. [George C. Marshall Library]
- Marshall, Thurgood [Columbia University]
- Martino, John
Box 4
- McCloy, John J. [George C. Marshall Library]
- McCormack, John W. [Library of Congress]
- McGhee, Roy L. [Library of Congress]
- McGowan, Frances G.
- Mikardo, Ian
- Miller, Merle
- Mills, Wilbur D. [Library of Congress]
- Murphy, Charles
- Ortona, Egidio
- Pace, Frank, Jr.
- Patton, James G. [Library of Congress]
- Pawley, William D. [George C. Marshall Library]
- Peck, John
- Pepper, Claude
- Perkins, Frances [Library of Congress]
- Perry, Milton F.
- Peters, Lucy
- Plowden, Edwin
- Porter, Paul A. [Lyndon B. Johnson Library]
- Randolph, A. Philip [Lyndon B. Johnson Library]
- Rayburn, Sam
- Reid, Warren F. [Columbia University]
- Rickett, Denis
- Ridgway, Matthew [Columbia University]
- Roberts, Frank
- Roll, Eric
Box 5
- Rosenman, Dorothy
- Roosevelt, Eleanor [George C. Marshall Library]
- Royall, Kenneth C. [Columbia University]
- Saltonstall, Leverett [Library of Congress]
- Saltzman, Arnold A. [MacArthur Archives]
- Schlichenmaier, Frances M.
- Schrepfer, Cecil
- Scott, Dorothy G. [Library of Congress]
- Scott, Hugh D. [Library of Congress]
- Sebald, William J. [MacArthur Archives]
- Service, John S. [University of California-Berkeley]
- Sherfield, Lord [Roger Makins]
- Short, Beth Campbell
- Smathers, George A. [Library of Congress]
- Smith, Oliver P. [MacArthur Archives]
- Smith, William A. [MacArthur Archives]
- Snyder, Floyd
- Snyder, John W.
- Springer, William L. [Library of Congress]
- St. Claire, Darrell [Library of Congress]
- St. George, Katharine [Library of Congress]
- Stratemeyer, George [MacArthur Archives]
- Staggers, Harley
- Steelman, John R.
- Story, William
- Stowe, David
- Swoyer, Martha Ann
- Symington, Stuart
- Talge, Henry J.
- Thalken, Thomas
- Thorneycroft, George Edward Peter
Box 6
- Truman, Fred
- Truman, Gilbert
- Truman, Harry
- Truman, Harry S.
- Truman, J. C.
- Truman, Louis
- Truman, Olive
- Turner, Richard
- Vaughan, Harry
- Walker, Frank C. [University of Notre Dame]
- Wallace, Henry A. [Columbia University]
- Wallace, May
- Weatherford, Robert
- Webb, James
- Wheeler, Burton K.
- Wilcox, Francis O. [Library of Congress]
- Wilhelm, Carl
- Wilkins, Roy [Columbia University]
- Wilson, Garff B. [University of California-Berkeley]
- Wilson, Harold
- Woodward, Stanley
- Wright, Edwin K. [MacArthur Archives]
- Wright, Thomas K. [MacArthur Archives]
- Yates, Sidney
- Young, Stephen M.
- Zobrist, Benedict