Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 4, Side B. These tapes were the basis of the book "Plain Speaking." See finding aid for Merle Miller tapes for detailed information and description. This recording deals with such subjects as: Father Tiernan (chaplain for Battery D); New York City; witch hunting and hysteria in the United States; Mormons; Ku Klux Klan in Jackson County, Missouri.
Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 3. These tapes were the basis of the book "Plain Speaking." See finding aid for Merle Miller tapes for detailed information and description. This recording deals with such subjects as: the 1948 campaign; how he was helped by his Battery D boys.
Standing on the steps of the Harry S. Truman Library while being filmed for WDAF are (left to right): Mary Jane Truman, unidentified, Randall Jessee, Tom Evans, and Father Curtis Tiernan. This includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.
Standing on the steps of the Harry S. Truman Library while being filmed for WDAF are (left to right): Mary Jane Truman, unidentified, Randall Jessee, Tom Evans, and Father Curtis Tiernan. This includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.
Standing on the steps of the Harry S. Truman Library while being filmed by WDAF are Randall Jessee in dark suit and Father Curtis Tiernan. Tom Evans is barely visible and the other man is unidentified. This includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.
Former President Harry S. Truman clasps the arms of Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan, far right, and an unidentified young man on far left, during the get-together of Battery D, 138th Field Artillery, 35th Division in Kansas City. See 97-64,65, 66 and 68. This includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.