Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008

Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 8, Side A. These tapes were the basis of the book "Plain Speaking." See finding aid for Merle Miller tapes for detailed information and description. This tape duplicates portions of Tape 1, Side A and Side B. In addition, it has such topics as: General George C. Marshall's career; Chiang Kai-Shek; Mr. Truman's relationship with his daughter Margaret and his reaction to Paul Hume, the music critic; how Mr. Truman learned about the death of Franklin D.

Musical Digest presents Margaret Truman's vocal concert featured on the Sunday Evening Hour, recorded by the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida. This was Margaret's first radio concert. Part one includes the Spanish folk song, "Cielito Lindo." Part two includes "Charmont L'oiseau."

Margaret Truman singing the Spanish folk song "Cielito Lindo," performed during a recital at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri. She is accompanied by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Karl Krueger.

Margaret Truman's first concert radio broadcast on the Sunday Evening Hour, as recorded by the Navy Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida. The performance was during a concert at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri. She is accompanied by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Karl Krueger.

Part 1: Margaret Truman singing the Spanish folk song "Cielito Lindo."

Part 2: ;Margaret Truman singing "Charmont L'oiseau."

Part 3: Margaret Truman singing "Last Rose of Summer."

CBS recording of activities aboard the Harry S. Truman and Thomas Dewey campaign trains, edited together and aired on the radio October 1, 1948. From the Dewey Victory Special, Allen Dulles explains his role as a Dewey advisor on foreign affairs. Other Dewey campaign advisors and assistants also introduce themselves and their roles, including Dewey's secretary. Journalists representing the New Yorker magazine, the Baltimore Afro-American, and CBS also introduce themselves.

Her Royal Highness Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presents a carillon in gratitude to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. President Harry S. Truman's remarks upon accepting the carillon. The President spoke at 3:45 p.m. in Meridian Hill Park in Washington. His opening words referred to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, her husband Prince Bernhard, and Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman. He also referred early in his remarks to his daughter Margaret who was on a concert tour in the western States.

Margaret Truman singing "Charmont L'oiseau." She is performing at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri. It was recorded by Edmund D. Allen on a device which etched the sound into a blank vinyl disc. From: David S. Allen.

Margaret Truman singing "Last Rose of Summer." She is performing at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri. It was recorded by Edmund D. Allen on a device which etched the sound into a blank vinyl disc. From: David S. Allen.