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John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, April 9, 1969
… into shortly. following that inspection we took a tour of the city and at 7 o'clock we went to the governor's mansion for dinner, black tie official dinner at which the governor had invited quite a number of the important people in public life in … what the bankers were concerned about was how they were going to get sufficient funds to make loans and, under a state operation, whether there would be any curtailment of their operations, and i assured them that from my banking … we had a very delightful cocktail party and then from there were went to dinner at the presidents. the president gave a state dinner that night which was very formal and large and long and drawn out. and so i say that, too, was largely a formal, …
Ted Marks Oral History Interview
… b in kansas city; and battery c in independence. [12] fuchs: was that all the national guard that there was in the state? marks: yes. fuchs: as you say, mr. truman spent most of his time in the orderly room, so you didn't really have much … yes. fuchs: how long has that been since...? marks: oh, quite a number of years now -- once a year battery d has a dinner. fuchs: do you recall being around the store when the legion was meeting in kansas city in 1921 -- any of the … conference there once a year and i represented missouri. see you were a federal man and the local office in missouri were state men. we'd [52] go into these offices and check with them on the percentage of veterans getting jobs against the …
J. Wesley Adams Oral History Interview
… j. wesley adams oral history interview oral history interview with j. wesley adams service in the u.s. dept. of state, 1941-73 (foreign service officer, 1949-73). technical adviser, u.s. delegation to united nations conference on … recollection of president truman's coming to office at the time of the death of franklin roosevelt? adams: i was in the state department, and in those years the department was right next to the white house -- occupied what was the state, army, … 20 hours to get across the country, with stops at military bases in des moines and salt lake city (or ogden), where we had dinner. taking off at nightfall, we arrived over san francisco about two in the morning, maybe a little earlier. it was a …
Reathel Odum Oral History Interview
… with us." i said, "well, i'll be happy to," because i was so lonesome. and i went to church with them, and to sunday dinner in their home. johnson: this was mrs. france? what was her first name? odum: sadie france and her sister, miss laura … let the person add cream or sugar. johnson: whereabouts would this be? odum: in the big formal dining room where they held state dinners, etc. johnson: the state dining room? odum: the state dining room. if there was a small group, or one or two friends, mrs. truman could meet …