Federal Records

The Truman Library has in its holdings several groups of federal records. These are official records of the U.S. government. Most of the Truman Library's holdings of federal records are from three record groups: Record Group 87, Records of the U.S. Secret Service; Record Group 130, Records of the White House Office; and Record Group 220, Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions and Boards. All of the library's federal records are open, with the exception of 12 linear feet of U.S. Secret Service records concerning the protection of the President.

The records of such components of the Executive Office of the President as the Bureau of the Budget (Record Group 51) and the National Security Council (Record Group 273) are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.

The list below includes the parent record group; brief description of the material in the Truman Library's holdings, with date span and size; and indication whenever the material is composed of either duplicates or copies of documents in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

• RECORD GROUP 11, GENERAL RECORDS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
  • Electors' certificates for the 1948 presidential election. 5 linear inches.
  • Executive orders, unpublished, 1945-48. 1 linear foot.
• RECORD GROUP 15, RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
  • Benefits claim folder of Harry S. Truman, 1927-73. About 150 pages.
• RECORD GROUP 21, RECORDS OF DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
  • Transcript Trial in the Case of United States vs. Oscar Collazo, 1951. About 900 pages.
• RECORD GROUP 46, RECORDS OF THE U.S. SENATE
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1947-50. 3 linear feet, 11 linear inches.
  • Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, 1941-1946. 5 linear feet, 8 linear inches.
  • Bills Introduced by Senator Harry S. Truman, 1935-1938. About 400 pages.
• RECORD GROUP 51, RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
  • Bureau of the Budget, daily record of Presidential activities, 1947-51. 10 linear inches.
• RECORD GROUP 59, GENERAL RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
  • Office files of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, 1944-50, and the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 1946-47. 6 linear feet.
  • Selected records pertaining to the Truman administration (principally telegrams congratulating Truman on winning the 1948 election). 2 linear feet.
  • Condolence books opened at foreign service posts on the occasion of the death of former President Harry S. Truman, 1972. 2 linear feet, 2 linear inches.
  • Supplementary documents from the Foreign Relations series relating to the U.S. intelligence community, 1945-1950, 1997. 1.1 linear feet.
• RECORD GROUP 64, RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION: RECORDS OF THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY.
  • Atomic Bomb Gallery Visitor Comment Books, 2001-2019. 8 linear feet, 4 linear inches.
  • Director's Reading Files, 1957-2000. 32 linear feet, 10 linear inches.
  • Director's Trip and Speech Files, 1959-1994. 13 linear feet, 7 linear inches.
  • Funeral of Harry S. Truman Files, 1963-1972. 10 linear inches.
  • Library Visitor Registers, 1957-1982. 1 linear foot, 9 linear inches.
  • Living Legacy Gallery Comment Books, 2001-2019. 7 linear feet, 5 linear inches.
  • Museum Exhibit Case Files, 1957-2003. 16 linear feet, 2 linear inches.
  • Public Programs Files, 1959-2018. 3 linear feet, 1 linear inch.
  • Truman Home Inventory Files, 1959-1988. 10 linear inches.
• RECORD GROUP 80, GENERAL RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, 1798-1947
  • Secretary of the Navy, public statements, 1945-47. About 600 pages.

• RECORD GROUP 87, RECORDS OF THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE
  • Presidential Movement Logs, 1945-53, 1963. 1 linear foot, 4 linear inches.
  • Personnel Investigation Files, 1938-1965. 15 linear feet, 4 linear inches.
  • Protective Survey Reports and Trip Files, 1945-1953. 16 linear feet, 7 linear inches.
• RECORD GROUP 107, RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR
  • Secretary of War, Public Statements, 1945-1947. 10 linear inches.
• RECORD GROUP 120, RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES (WORLD WAR I)
  • Records of the American Expeditionary Forces General Headquarters, 1917-19. 2.5 linear inches.
  • Records of the 35th Division, U.S. Army, 1918-1919. 5 linear inches.

• RECORD GROUP 130, RECORDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
  • Records relating to accounts, purchases and personnel, 1945-53. 39 linear feet.
  • Records relating to the redesigning of the Presidential Seal, 1916-60. About 300 pages.
• RECORD GROUP 147, RECORDS OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
  • Issuances, 1948-72. 3 linear feet.
• RECORD GROUP 165, RECORDS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT GENERAL AND SPECIAL STAFFS
  • Records of the Military Intelligence Service Language School: Heigo Textbook, 1943. About 500 pages.
• RECORD GROUP 220, RECORDS OF TEMPORARY COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARDS
  • Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion. Selected records, 1949-62. About 800 pages.
  • Missouri Basin Survey Commission. Records, 1952-53. 10 linear feet, 1 linear inch.
  • President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training. Records, 1946-47. 6 linear feet.
  • President's Advisory Committee on Management Improvement. Records, 1949-53. 1 linear foot.
  • President's Advisory Committee on the Merchant Marine. Records, 1947. 6 linear feet.
  • President's Air Policy Commission. Records, 1947-48. 16 linear feet.
  • President's Airport Commission. Records, 1952. 5 linear feet, 8 linear inches.
  • President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation. Records, 1951-52. 27 linear feet.
  • President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization. Records, 1952-53. 6 linear feet.
  • President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights. Records, 1951. 3 linear feet.
  • President's Commission on Migratory Labor. Records, 1950-51. 3 linear feet, 11 linear inches.
  • President's Committee on Civil Rights. Records, 1946-47. 11 linear feet.