President Harry S. Truman at Beech Grove Lodge in Indiana
President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Beech Grove Lodge #694 in Beech Grove, Indiana
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Senator Harry S. Truman Presents Honorary Membership in Missouri Grand Lodge to General John J. Pershing
Senator Harry S. Truman reads from a scroll while presenting General John J. Pershing with an honorary membership in the Missouri Grand Lodge of the Masonic Order. Harris G. Johnson, Grand Master of the Missouri Lodge, is at left.
President Harry S. Truman Speaks in Chicago
President Harry S. Truman speaks from the stage at the Chicago Stadium. From an album titled, "Victory Visit: The Picture Story of President Truman's Chicago Reception."
President Harry S. Truman with His Bronze Bust
President Harry S. Truman visits Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22, A.F. & A.M. for the unveiling of a bronze bust of him, sculpted by Felix de Weldon. From an album titled, "Most Worshipful Harry S. Truman, June 6, 1951."
President Harry S. Truman with 1949 4-H Club Camp Delegates
President Harry S. Truman visits with 1949 4-H Club Camp delegates in the Rose Garden of the White House.
President Harry S. Truman Attends Ceremony of Interdenominational Ministers Alliance in Harlem
Dr. C. Asapansa-Johnson, president of the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance, delivers remarks during a ceremony of the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance in Dorrance Brooks Square in Harlem, New York. President Harry S. Truman received the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Brotherhood Medal as part of the occasion. New York Mayor William O'Dwyer stands left of President Truman in the front row. Others are unidentified.
President Truman's Radio Address Opening the Nationwide Community Chest Campaigns
President Harry S. Truman's address opening the Community Chest Drive, delivered in Louisville, KY, at 9:55 p.m. President Truman spoke as part of a special radio broadcast to raise money for the Community Chest.
President Truman's St. Patrick's Day Address in New York City
President Harry S. Truman's St. Patrick's Day address in New York, NY. The President spoke at 10:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Astor. He was introduced by John A. Coleman, president of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York and chairman of the dinner. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. After the president's speech comes the music of Henry Russell and his Orchestra, playing Jerome Kern's "Yesterday."
1948 Democratic National Convention
Radio coverage of the Democratic National Convention as recorded by KMBC radio, Kansas City, MO. Recording includes master of ceremonies House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn; Pennsylvania delegate Emma Guffey Miller's presentation of a floral Liberty Bell wherein pigeons are released into the convention hall; the CBS radio host's commentary at the pigeon spectacle; and Senator Alben Barkley's acceptance speech for the Vice Presidential nomination. It also includes President Harry S. Truman's acceptance speech for the Presidential nomination. The President spoke at 2 a.m.
Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth
Seven 16-inch phonograph albums, Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth, with highlights from the speeches of featured speakers:
President Harry S. Truman;
Federal Security Agency Administrator, Oscar Ewing;
Executive Secretary of the Association for Aid of Crippled Children, Leonard W. Mayo, "Putting our Present Knowledge to Work;"
Professor of Education at the University of Chicago, Allison Davis, "Social and Economic Factors in Personality Development;"