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Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, December 19, 1963
… businessman; friend of harry s. truman since the early twenties; formerly secretary of the harry s. truman library, inc.; and treasurer of the harry s. truman library institute for national and international affairs. kansas city, missouri december … the statler hotel in washington when matt connelly said to me, "tom, what about this oil stock that schwimmer wants me to buy?" and i said, "well, matt, i don't know anything about it. what is it?" he said, "he's got a client that's in the oil … once. mrs. evans and i, many years after that, were down in hollywood, florida, and we had gone with some friends to the dog races, and lo and behold, here was harry schwimmer, who apparently was half paralyzed, at the dog races. he was able to …
Mrs. Stuart A. Rice Oral History Interview
… a. rice, sociologist, statistician; assistant director for statistical standards of the bureau of the budget, 1940-55, and a member of the executive committee for the establishment of the franklin d. roosevelt library, 1938-39. washington, d.c. … compartment alright and by the time they would get north, it wouldn't make any difference. at that time no negro could buy a first class pullman ticket in the south. it was unheard of. it went off just as we thought it would. [14] we got … and my husband was up for a week or two that summer and we had been having trouble with a woodchuck, and he scared the dog, and was making all of this noise. and so my husband and son fixed up a little wire trap and we caught the thing. and we …
Richard Cull Jr. Oral History Interview
… richard cull jr. oral history interview oral history interview with richard cull jr. reporter and correspondent, dayton (ohio) daily news , 1937-41, 1946-62; assigned to washington, d.c. bureau of the daily news , … before the advent of tv. competition was red-hot but i think [7] the public benefited. today in the 1980s, mergers and buy-outs have killed daily papers everywhere. when the mergers came in, the competition went out. johnson: do you think those … ross? cull: no, i knew charlie barely. he was mostly before my time. i knew him as a nice guy. yes, he had kind of a "hang-dog" look, but i think he was well-liked. he was around a while and then joe short was there. johnson: was that the only call …
Mary Jane Truman Oral History Interview
… jane truman oral history interview oral history interview with mary jane truman sister of harry s. truman 1975 stephen and cathy doyal and fred and audrey truman [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | list of subjects discussed ] … down on the farm. steve: that was that big one with the long hubcaps on it. mary jane: i don't remember. steve: that bird dog was the best dog you ever had. [4] mary jane: oh yes, that bird dog was a dandy. one of the neighbors killed him. steve: … just the amount of food amazes me. and right now, if you wanted to feed 24 people, you would go to the grocery store to buy enough for 24 people. but you couldn't do that then really. you just had to open the cupboard . mary jane: no, you see …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, December 10, 1963
… businessman; friend of harry s. truman since the early twenties; formerly secretary of the harry s. truman library, inc.; and treasurer of the harry s. truman library institute for national and international affairs. kansas city, missouri december … what year would this have been? evans: about three years ago, taking pictures of my home, mrs. evans and i, our little dog, and ran [585] cables in, all having to do with various episodes that happened with myself and mr. truman. fuchs: you … tried, i think, hillman did, to sell to the networks and gave mr. truman the wrong impression that they didn't want to buy it. the whole trouble was it should never have been made in the first place with a former president of the united states …
Liberty L. (Bennett) Preston, Mary L. (Bennett) Delozier and Mary B. (Delozier) Harris Oral History Interview
… liberty l. (bennett) preston, mary l. (bennett) delozier and mary b. (delozier) harris oral history interview oral history interview with liberty l. (bennett) preston, mary l. … to dig out. [13] delozier: it was all in this little set of books that we had. mckinzie: how did he get around? did he buy a car? preston: walked most of the time. delozier: he walked and sold them door to door at times. preston: frequently, he … delozier: yes, that summer. preston: and we had to move. [49] delozier: we thought that henry was going to send the dog. preston: no, we didn't, not until aunt trula felt that the dog was dying. delozier: but tom and i really thought that …