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White House Central Files: President's Personal File

Dates: 1945-53

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 335 linear feet.
Access: Open.
Copyright: President Truman donated his copyright interest in any of his writings in this collection to the people of the United States. In addition, documents prepared by United States Government employees in the course of their official duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interest in documents which do not fall in these two categories is presumed to remain with the writers of the documents.
Updated by: David Clark (2001).

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The President’s Personal File (PPF) is one of the four principal series within the White House Central Files, the other three being the Official File, the General File, and the Confidential File. The President’s Personal File contains materials interpreted by the White House Central Files unit as being primarily political, social or ceremonial in character. The companion Official File (OF), in contrast, contains materials interpreted as being primarily official or semi-official in nature.

Since documents received by the White House often contained a mixture of personal and official information, the distinction between the two series is very imprecise. A third series within the White House Central Files, the General File, acts as an index, primarily by name, to both the Official File and the President's Personal File.

President Truman's President’s Personal File contains 6,249 numbered files pertaining to broad subject areas, organizations and individuals having business with the President. The files are elaborately cross-referenced both among other files in the President’s Personal File, and among the files of the Official File and the General File. A single original document may be represented by five or six cross-references distributed under file headings devoted to agencies, individuals, countries and subjects. The cross-references typically give a document's correspondents, date and purpose, as well as other appropriate information. A researcher may follow these cross-reference trails through the three linked file series in search of related documents.

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FOLDER TITLE LIST

Box 1

  • PPF 1 President, The
  • PPF 1 President, The (1945-1946)
  • PPF 1 President, The (1947-1948)
  • PPF 1 President, The (1949-1950)
  • PPF 1 President, The (1951-1953)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (April-May 1945)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (June-July 1945)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (August-October 1945)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (November-December 1945)

Box 2

  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-April 1946) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-April 1946) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (May-July 1946) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (May-July 1946) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (August-December 1946)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-April 1947)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (May-July 1947)

Box 3

  • PPF 1-A President, The (August-December 1947)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-June 1948) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-June 1948) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (July-December 1948) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (July-December 1948) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-March 1949)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (April-June 1949)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (July-December 1949) [1 of 2]

Box 4

  • PPF 1-A President, The (July-December 1949) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-June 1950)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (July-December 1950)
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-June 1951) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-June 1951) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (July-December 1951) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (July-December 1951) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-June 1952) [1 of 2]

Box 5

  • PPF 1-A President, The (January-June 1952) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (July 1952-1953) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-A President, The (July 1952-1953) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-B President, The - Requests to Dedicate Books, Musical Compositions, etc. to the President (1945-1949)
  • PPF 1-B President, The (1950-June 1952)
  • PPF 1-B President, The (July 1952-1953)
  • PPF 1-C President, The - Towns, Clubs, etc., named for the President (1945-1948)

Box 6

  • PPF 1-C President, The - Towns, Clubs, etc., named for the President (1949-1953)
  • PPF 1-C President, The - Kfar Truman Project
  • PPF 1-D President, The - Requests to use excerpts, etc. from letters and addresses of the President (1945-1947)
  • PPF 1-D President, The - Requests to use excerpts, etc. from letters and addresses of the President (1948-1953)
  • PPF 1-E President, The - Engagements of the President [folder empty]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (April-June 1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (July-August 1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (September 1945) [1 of 2]

Box 7

  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (September 1945) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (October-December 1945) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (October-December 1945) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January-April 1946) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January-April 1946) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (May-June 1946)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (July 1946) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (July 1946) [2 of 2]

Box 8

  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (August-October 1946)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (November-December 1946)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January-March 1947)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (April-June 1947)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (July-September 1947)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (October-December 1947)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January 1948)

Box 9

  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (February 1948)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (March-April 1948)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (May 1948)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (June-December 1948)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January-March 1949)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (April-May 1949)

Box 10

  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (June 1-19, 1949)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (June 20-30, 1949)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (July 1949)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (August-December 1949)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January-March 1950)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (April 1950)

Box 11

  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (May 1950)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (June-July 1950)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (August-October 1950)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (November-December 1950)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January 1951)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (February 1951)

Box 12

  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (March 1951)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (April 1951)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (May 1951)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (June-September 1951)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (October-December 1951)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January-February 1952) [1 of 2]

Box 13

  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (January-February 1952) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (March-April 1952)
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (May-June 1952) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (May-June 1952) [2 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (July 1952-1953) [1 of 2]
  • PPF 1-F President, The - Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc. (July 1952-1953) [2 of 2]

Box 14

  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Address to the Joint Session of Congress in the House of Representatives (4/16/1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Broadcast to the Armed Forces at Home and Abroad (4/17/1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Address in Connection with the Opening of the San Francisco Conference (4/25/1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Address and Proclamation in Connection with the Surrender of Germany (5/8/1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Address to Congress after conf. Cong. Medal of Honor on Tech. Sgt. Jake W. Lindsey (5/21/1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Address delivered at the closing session of the United Nations Conf. on International Org. (6/26/1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Address in the Senate Chamber on ratification of the United Nations Charter (7/2/1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Address of the President reporting to the Nation on the Berlin Conference (8/9/1945)
  • PPF 1-F President, The (Personal Memoranda, Drafts of Messages and Speeches, etc.) - Address after the signing of the Japanese Surrender