Dates: 1916-1992
The Papers of Ted Marks consist of photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, and other documents mostly dealing with his military service and relationship with President Truman.
Size: 2.5 linear inches (about 100 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: No donation of copyright was received with this collection. Documents created by U.S. government employees in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
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Updated by: Eric Vaughan (2012) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.
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1882 (November 7) |
Born Theodore Marks, Liverpool, England |
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1909-1917 |
Associate of Harry S. Truman in the Missouri National Guard |
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1916 |
Mustered into Federal Service on the Mexican Border |
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1917 |
Mustered into Federal Service during World War I |
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1918 |
Captain of "C" Battery, 129th Field Artillery Regiment |
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1919 (June 28) |
Served as Truman's best man at his wedding |
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1938 |
Appointed Veterans Placement Officer for Missouri, Veterans Employment Service |
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1947 |
Appointed Staff Field Officer, Veterans Employment Service |
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1950 |
Appointed Associate Chief, Veterans Employment Service |
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1958 |
Retired |
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1965 (July 7) |
Died, Kansas City, Missouri |
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The Papers of Ted Marks consist of the contents of a scrapbook of photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, and other documents that mostly pertain to his military service and his friendship with President Harry S. Truman.
Included in the collection are photographs of Marks in uniform during his military career, and in civilian life as an official with the Veterans Employment Service. Mr. Truman also appears in several of these photographs. Most of the postcards in the collection depict various tourist attractions in Europe. The newspaper clippings relate to Marks' friendship with Truman, his career with the Veterans Employment Service, and other aspects of his life. A newspaper article dating from 1992 was added to the collection by the donor some years after Marks' death.
The collection also contains a small amount of correspondence, as well as explanatory notes provided by the donor, invitations, travel records, printed items, and assorted memorabilia.
Correspondence between Harry S. Truman and Ted Marks, along with related information, can be found in the President's Personal File (PPF 1442), the President's Secretary's Files, and the Post-Presidential Papers.
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1 |
SCRAPBOOK FILE, 1916-1992 Photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, and other items. Arranged alphabetically. |
Box 1
- Scrapbook