Dates: 1945-52
The Matthew J. Connelly Files include record of President Harry S. Truman's daily appointments for almost the entire period of his presidency. The individual appointment listings are selectively annotated to describe the circumstance of the appointments or the contents of the conversations. The collection also contains small correspondence and subject files.
See also: Matthew J. Connelly Oral History
Size: 4 linear feet, 5 linear inches.
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 into these two categories is presumed to remain with the authors of the documents.
Processed by: Jerry N. Hess (1963); revised by Dennis E. Bilger (1977); reprocessed by Anita M. Smith (1992); David Clark (2022).
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1907, Nov. 19 |
Born, Clinton, Massachusetts |
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1930 |
Graduated from Fordham University |
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1930-33 |
Worked as a stock broker in New York City |
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1933-38 |
Worked with federal relief agencies in Boston and Washington, D.C. |
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1939 |
Member of the staff of the Appropriations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives |
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1940 |
Member of the staff of the Special Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures, U.S. Senate |
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1941-44 |
Member of the staff of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate National Defense Program, (Truman Committee) |
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1945, January-April |
Executive Secretary to the Vice President |
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1945-53 |
Appointments secretary to the President |
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1955 |
Indicted for accepting a bribe and conspiring to defraud the government. He was convicted in 1956 and served six months in prison in 1960. |
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1962 |
Granted a full and unconditional pardon by President John F. Kennedy. |
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1976, July 10 |
Died, Oak Park, Illinois |
The file consists of four series: the Matthew J. Connelly Appointment Diaries File, the Presidential Appointments File, the Correspondence File, and the Subject File. The Matthew J. Connelly Appointment Diaries File contains bound "diary" volumes that list Connelly's appointments. The Presidential Appointments File contains the originals of the list that Connelly made during his tenure as appointments secretary of apparently all of President Truman's daily appointments from 1945 through the end of 1952. The appointment lists, which were apparently made after the day's events were over, are selectively annotated to describe the circumstances of the appointments or the contents of the conversations.
The material in the Correspondence File relates primarily to requests for autographed photographs of President Truman and of Connelly, and congratulatory and other personal correspondence sent to Connelly. The Subject File includes such disparate materials as a list of State Department documents relating to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, a Secret Service report on White House activities for the second half of 1948, clippings from the Houston Chronicle concerning Jesse Jones, and a briefing book relating to President Truman's 1948 trip to the West Indies.
Copies of the lists of daily presidential appointments are included in the President's Secretary's Files. Connelly's collection of personal papers contains his notes of Cabinet meetings, 1945-53.
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1 |
MATTHEW J. CONNELLY APPOINTMENTS DIARIES, 1946-1952 and Undated. Bound appointment books listing Connelly's appointments. |
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2-7 |
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS FILE, 1945-1952 Lists including almost all of President Truman's appointments from 1945 through the end of 1952. They are selectively annotated to describe the circumstances of the appointments or the contents of the conversations. |
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8-9 |
CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1945-1952 Correspondence and cross reference sheets relating to requests for autographed photographs, Connelly's personal memberships, and the death of his mother, and congratulating him on his appointment as presidential assistant. |
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SUBJECT FILE, 1946-1952 Correspondence, a report, a briefing book, a notebook, newspaper clippings and cross reference sheets relating to such unrelated subjects as Jesse Jones, Truman's 1948 trip to the Virgin Islands, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, people living in Missouri, and Connelly's expenses incurred while traveling with the President. |
MATTHEW J. CONNELLY APPOINTMENTS DIARIES, 1946-1952 and Undated.
Box 1
- Appointment Diaries [1 of 8]
- Appointment Diaries [2 of 8]
- Appointment Diaries [3 of 8]
- Appointment Diaries [4 of 8]
- Appointment Diaries [5 of 8]
- Appointment Diaries [6 of 8]
- Appointment Diaries [7 of 8]
- Appointment Diaries [8 of 8]
DAILY PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS FILE, 1945-1952
Box 2
- Daily Appointments, April-December, 1945 [1 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, April-December, 1945 [2 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, April-December 1945 [3 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, April-December, 1945 [4 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, April-December, 1945 [5 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, April-December, 1945 [6 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, April-December, 1945 [7 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, April-December, 1945 [8 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, April-December, 1945 [9 of 9]
- Daily Appointments, January-August, 1946 [1 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-August, 1946 [2 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-August, 1946 [3 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-August, 1946 [4 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-August, 1946 [5 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-August, 1946 [6 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-August, 1946 [7 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-August, 1946 [8 of 12]
Box 3
- Daily Appointments, September-December, 1946 [9 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, September-December, 1946 [10 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, September-December, 1946 [11 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, September-December, 1946 [12 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [1 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [2 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [3 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [4 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [5 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [6 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [7 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [8 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-September, 1947 [9 of 12]
Box 4
- Daily Appointments, October-December, 1947 [10 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, October-December, 1947 [11 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, October-December, 1947 [12 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [1 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [2 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [3 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [4 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [5 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [6 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [7 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [8 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [9 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [10 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [11 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1948 [12 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-February, 1949 [1 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-February, 1949 [2 of 12]
Box 5
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [3 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [4 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [5 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [6 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [7 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [8 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [9 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [10 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [11 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, March-December, 1949 [12 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-June, 1950 [1 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-June, 1950 [2 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-June, 1950 [3 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-June, 1950 [4 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-June, 1950 [5 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-June, 1950 [6 of 12]
Box 6
- Daily Appointments, July-December, 1950 [7 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, July-December, 1950 [8 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, July-December, 1950 [9 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, July-December, 1950 [10 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, July-December, 1950 [11 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, July-December, 1950 [12 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [1 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [2 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [3 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [4 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [5 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [6 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [7 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [8 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [9 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-October, 1951 [10 of 12]
Box 7
- Daily Appointments, November-December, 1951 [11 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, November-December, 1951 [12 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [1 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [2 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [3 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [4 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [5 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [6 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [7 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [8 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [9 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [10 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [11 of 12]
- Daily Appointments, January-December, 1952 [12 of 12]
CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1945-1952
Box 8
- Alphabetical [C-E, 1 of 2]
- Alphabetical [Mc-T, 2 of 2]
- Autographs [1 of 4]
- Autographs [2 of 4]
- Autographs [3 of 4]
- Autographs [4 of 4]
- Congratulatory Messages on Mr. Connelly's Appointment as Secretary to the President [1 of 6]
- Congratulatory Messages on Mr. Connelly's Appointment as Secretary to the President [2 of 6]
- Congratulatory Messages on Mr. Connelly's Appointment as Secretary to the President [3 of 6]
Box 9
- Congratulatory Messages on Mr. Connelly's Appointment as Secretary to the President [4 of 6]
- Congratulatory Messages on Mr. Connelly's Appointment as Secretary to the President [5 of 6]
- Congratulatory Messages on Mr. Connelly's Appointment as Secretary to the President [6 of 6]
- Correspondence Re Death of Mr. Connelly's Mother [1 of 3]
- Correspondence Re Death of Mr. Connelly's Mother [2 of 3]
- Correspondence Re Death of Mr. Connelly's Mother [3 of 3]
- Memberships - Correspondence Re
Box 10
- Foreign Policy-Public Reaction Study-August 31, 1950
- Jerusalem, Grand Mufti-Index to Miscellaneous Materials Re, 1940-1945
- Certain Citizens of Missouri-Notebook Listings-by County of Residence [1 of 2, A-Mc]
- Certain Citizens of Missouri-Notebook Listings-by County of Residence [2 of 2, M-Z]
- Semi-Annual Report of the Activities of the White House
- Detail of the U.S. Secret Service, July 1948-December 1948 [empty]
- Top Turncoat 1948 - Clippings from Houston Chronicle and Notations Concerning Jesse H. Jones
- Trips-Expense Accounts
- President Truman's Cruise to West Indies--February-March 1948
- USS Missouri - Stationery
- Flying White House - Stationery [empty]
- World Mercantile Shipbuilding, Chart of, 1914-1946
- [Cross references for photographs transferred to the audiovisual collection]
- [Cross reference for books transferred to the printed materials collection]