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Papers of Harry S. TrumanStaff Member and Office Files:David D. Lloyd Files

Dates: 1945-1953

Administrative Assistant to the President, 1951-1953

The David D. Lloyd Files consist of correspondence, printed materials, speech drafts, and other items relating to Lloyd's service on the White House staff during President Harry S. Truman's administration.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 12 linear feet, 8 linear inches (about 23,200 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: Harry S. Truman donated his copyright interest in writings in these files to the United States government. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are likewise in the public domain. Copyright interest in any other writings in these files is assumed to remain with the authors of the documents.
Processed by: Philip D. Lagerquist (1966), Jim Armistead (2012).


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1911 (June 6)

 

Born, New York City

1931

 

A.B., Harvard University

1935

 

LL.B., Harvard Law School

1935-1936

 

Attorney, Resettlement Administration

1936-1940

 

Assistant Chief Counsel, Civil Liberties Subcommittee, U.S. Senate

1940 (October 19)

 

Married Charlotte Tuttle

1940-1945

 

Attorney with the Federal Communications Commission, the Office of Price Administration, and the Foreign Economic Administration

1945-1946

 

Legal Adviser, Mission for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy, London

1947-1948

 

Director of Research and Legislation, Americans for Democratic Action

1948-1951

 

Member of the White House Staff

1951-1953

 

Administrative Assistant to the President

1953-1962

 

Executive Director, Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., and Assistant to Former President Truman

1957-1962

 

Vice President, Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs

1960

 

Published Spend and Survive: The Intelligent Citizen's Guide to Public Spending

1962 (December 11)

 

Died, Alexandria, Virginia

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Files of David D. Lloyd relate to his service on the White House staff during the Harry S. Truman administration. The documents in the Lloyd Files are dated from 1945 to 1953. The folders in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title within two series, the Subject File and the Presidential Speech and Message File.

The first series, the Subject File, is largely comprised of letters and memoranda written by Lloyd from 1949 through 1952. The correspondence included relates to Lloyd's duties as a member of the White House staff, and includes references to President Truman's Point Four program, the Cold War, housing, immigration, rent control, and pending legislation in Congress. There are two signed thank-you letters addressed to Mr. Lloyd from President Harry S. Truman included in this series. One folder, "Korean Children's Choir," contains a booklet of photographs.

The second series, the Presidential Speech and Message File, is the larger of the two. This series includes press releases, handwritten notes, speech drafts written by Lloyd and others, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other items relating to Lloyd's service as a speechwriter on President Truman's White House staff. Some of the speech drafts include a wide array of doodles drawn by Lloyd on various subjects, both abstract and representational, as well as both handwritten and typed changes in many of the speech drafts. Several of these documents concern the 1948 and the 1952 election campaigns. Other documents in the series refer to immigration, General Douglas MacArthur, the Korean crisis, President Truman's Point Four Program, and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Some of the speeches were written for particular events such as Fourth of July celebrations and cornerstone layings. Also included are multiple Presidential State of the Union addresses, as well as President Truman's 1949 Inaugural Address.

Related collections at the Truman Library include the David D. Lloyd Papers which include information on Lloyd's work as an assistant to former President Truman from 1953 to 1962, as well as other aspects of his life and career.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

 

Series

1-7

  SUBJECT FILE, 1945 - 1953
Letters and memoranda written by Lloyd from 1949 through 1952. Arranged alphabetically.

8-29

  PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH AND MESSAGE FILE, 1945 - 1953
Press releases, handwritten notes, speech drafts written by Lloyd and others, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other items relating to Lloyd's service on President Harry S. Truman's White House staff. Arranged alphabetically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

SUBJECT FILE, 1945 - 1953

Box 1

  • Agriculture
  • Atomic Energy Program
  • Big Four Meetings with the President
  • Children's Fund
  • China Lobby [1 of 2]
  • China Lobby [2 of 2]
  • Church and State
  • CIO, Draft of President's Message to Declaration of Independence etc. (re: removal of from Library of Congress to National Archives)
  • Conflict of Interest Statute
  • Declaration of Independence, etc. (Re: Removal from the Library of Congress to National Archives)
  • Defense Mobilization
  • Disarmament (letter to Senator Flanders March 14, 1952)
  • Education
  • Electric Power
  • Franco Letter (letter to Franco from President, July 23, 1952)
  • General Welfare Clause
  • German Contractual Agreements
  • German Hostilities Terminated
  • Governor's Conference
  • The Great Seal (suggestion by Maury Maverick for Great Seal Day Proclamation)

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

  • McCarthy, Senator Joseph
  • Mutual Security Program
  • National Council of Churches
  • National Monetary Commission
  • Passport Division
  • Personal - Congratulatory Letters
  • Personal Correspondence
  • Powers of the President with Respect to the Disposition of the Armed Forces Overseas
  • Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe