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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.

 Person

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Edwin Griswold Nourse papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2723
Abstract

Collection includes papers from the period preceding Nourse's chairmanship of the Council of Economic Advisers, including a bibliography, autobiographical statement, and reviews of his books by others.

Dates: 1908-1970.

Frank Samuel Freeman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-23-605
Scope and content Collection includes correspondence pertaining to the psychology of learning, teacher training, intelligence testing, the problem of unqualified practitioners of psychology, his membership in professional organizations, writing for professional journals and popular magazines, invitations to lecture and to teach, and consideration in 1940 for the presidency of the City College of New York, as well as copies of his articles and book reviews; correspondence and reports pertaining to the...
Dates: 1929-1984.

Gilmore D. Clarke papers

 Collection
Identifier: 15-1-808
Abstract Collection consists primarily of correspondence documenting Clarke's unsuccessful campaign to prevent the demolition of Cornell University's Boardman Hall and its replacement by Olin Library. Also included are addresses, published Christmas sonnets by Clarke, 1968-1980, 1982, clippings, articles, letters to the editor (Ithaca Journal and the New York Times), photographs, campus maps, and photocopies of letters, including two from Harry S. Truman concerning Clarke's opinion on remodelling...
Dates: 1927-1982,-1937-1974 (bulk)

Harry S. Truman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4655
Scope and content Letters, clippings, photographs, slides, film reels, television scripts, and sound recordings by, to, or about Harry S. Truman, focussing on his experiences as an artillery captain in World War I and his years as President. Letters, chiefly between Truman and Arthur W. Wilson, include a substantial letter Truman wrote from Verdun in January 1919, detailing his artillery unit's movements and experiences in combat in the fall of 1918. Subsequent letters are mainly social in nature, but include...
Dates: 1918-1981.

James M. McHugh papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2770
Abstract

Included are military correspondence and intelligence reports, personal correspondence, diaries, including a journal McHugh kept on his trip over the Burma Road (Dec. 1938-Jan. 1939), photographs (ca. 1300 items, many not precisely identified, of wartime figures, and colleagues and friends), manuscripts of articles and books, and printed items.

Dates: 1930-1965.

Myron Taylor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3308
Abstract

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, statements, and clippings relating to Taylor's service as personal representative of President Truman to Pope Pius XII and U.S. Ambassador on Special Missions.

Dates: 1938-1952.

Paul W. Gates collection of American political materials

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064937695]
Identifier: 1208
Scope and content

Printed and typescript materials issued by the national Democratic and Republican parties in connection with the presidential elections of 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952, focusing especially on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and issues of corruption in the federal government. Includes the official proceedings of the Democratic National Convention of 1944.

Dates: 1940-1952.

Statler Hotel records

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31924102754714]
Identifier: 28-3-1801
Abstract

Includes correspondence, files concerning Statler's new wing; construction and engineering publications; other records of Cornell's Statler Inn; financial statements; photograph; and Statler Inn registration cards for Harry Truman, Barry Goldwater, and Robert Kennedy.

Dates: 1928-1988.

William Reginald Wheeler papers

 Collection
Identifier: 4284
Abstract

Personal correspondence, 1927-1957; documentation on agricultural work in China, 1927; athletics, 1933; Chinese women, 1935; foreign missionaries in China, 1934-1935; observations and eyewitness accounts by missionaries and teachers at Nanking ("The Nanking Incident of March 24-25, 1927").

Dates: 1927-1957.

Additional filters:

Subject
Photographs 3
China -- History -- 20th century. 2
College teachers 2
Diaries 2
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 2
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United States -- Officials and employees. 2
Atrocities -- China. 1
Burma Road. 1
Campus planning. 1
China -- Foreign relations -- Japan. 1
China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. 1
China -- Foreign relations -- United States. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Personal narratives. 1
China -- Politics and government -- 20th century. 1
China -- Politics and government. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Christmas poetry 1
Clinical psychology. 1
College student development programs. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Diplomatic and consular service 1
Diplomatic and consular service, American 1
Economics. 1
Economists. 1
Education -- China. 1
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. 1
Educational psychology. 1
Express highways -- New York (State) -- Westchester County. 1
Gestalt psychology. 1
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration. 1
Hotel management schools. 1
Hotels -- Furniture, equipment, etc. 1
Indochinese War, 1946-1954. 1
Intelligence service. 1
Interviews. 1
Japan. 1
Landscape architecture -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
Landscape architecture -- New York (State) -- Westchester County. 1
Landscape architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans. 1
Learning, Psychology of. 1
Lend-Lease operations (1941-1945). 1
Military intelligence. 1
Missionaries -- China. 1
Missions -- China -- Agricultural work. 1
Missions -- China -- Educational work. 1
Papacy -- History -- 20th century. 1
Parks -- New York (State) -- Westchester County. 1
Planners. 1
Politicians -- United States. 1
Portraits. 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 20th century. 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election. 1
Presidents -- United States. 1
Press and politics. 1
Psychologists. 1
Psychology -- Study and teaching. 1
Refugees -- Europe -- 1938-1947. 1
Shanghai. 1
Sociology. 1
Speeches 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. 1
United States -- Pearl Harbor -- Bombing, 1941. 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953. 1
United States -- Politics and government. 1
Universities and colleges -- Curricula. 1
Urban parks. 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
Zoos. 1
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