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President Harry S. Truman's address before a Joint Session of Congress in observance of the 50th anniversary of Cuban independence.  The President spoke at 12:17 p.m. In his opening words he referred to Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives; Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, President pro tempore of the Senate; Guillermo Belt, Cuban Ambassador to the United States; and Senator Edward Martin of Pennsylvania, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Arrangements. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.

Radio interview with Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes and Senator Harold H. Burton of Ohio and Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri on energy conservation.

President Harry S. Truman's rear platform remarks in Harrisburg, PA, 8:25 a.m.. This recording also includes reporter commentary by Ed Gundaker, the introduction of President Truman by PA State DNC chairman Colonel Philip Mathews, and additional commentary after the speech. Donor: E. Dan Leibensperger.

Former president Harry S. Truman's revised remarks describing the Oval Office replica at the Harry S. Truman Library. Recorded for museum exhibit. 

CBS's coverage of the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman. Commentators include Edward R. Murrow and Charles Collingwood. Arrival of the dignitaries on the platform; music by the Marine band; opening prayer by Dr. Edward Pruden; Star-Spangled Banner by Phil Regan; Justice Stanley Reed administers the oath of office to Vice President Barkley; prayer by Rabbi Samuel Thurman; Chief Justice Fred Vinson administers the oath of office to President Harry Truman; President Truman's Inaugural Address starts around 49:30; benediction by Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle; music by the Marine band.

Former president Harry S. Truman's remarks on receiving honorary degree from the University of Louisville, Kentucky. Recording starts with a brass group playing "Pomp and Circumstance." An unidentified person gives an invocation. A representative of the board of trustees of the University of Louisville authorizes the honorary degree to be conferred. Another unidentified person confers the Doctor of Laws honorary degree upon former president Truman, giving a long list of achievements. Mr. Truman's remarks start around 8:00.

President Harry S. Truman's address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, National Guard Armory, Washington, DC. Wash B. Williams introduces President Truman. The President spoke at 10:30 p.m. His opening words referred to Wash. B. Williams who served as chairman of the dinner, Vice President Alben W. Barkley, Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Frank E. McKinney, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Later he referred to the 1950 Maryland senatorial campaign in which Senator John Marshall Butler defeated the incumbent Senator Millard E. Tydings.

President Harry S. Truman's annual message to a joint session of Congress on the State of the Union. The President spoke at 1 p.m. His address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.