President Harry S. Truman (far left) receives bust of Abraham Lincoln from cartoonists (L to R) Milton Caniff, Russell Patterson, and Harry Hershfield during a White House Rose Garden ceremony. The bust was made by sculptor Leonard Volk and presented in the name of the National Cartoonist Society, and is the Truman Library's artifact collection (item 741). See also photo 63-1421-01. Photo donated by Brian Merlis.
Merle Miller interviews former president Harry S. Truman. He asks several questions and there is discussion on a number of topics. Sound only.
Merle Miler interviews former president Harry S. Truman. They discuss the 1948 campaign, Margaret and Bess's involvement in it, the whistle stop tour, inaccurate press coverage of it, watching the 1948 RNC, and the inaccurate polling. He also reviews the campaigns of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, and Andrew Jackson. Sound and picture.
Former president Harry S. Truman says he's not ready to be considered with the likes of Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, or Weizmann. Presumably he is talking about having a statue made in his likeness. Segment repeats with different camera angle.
Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 1, 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: decision to drop the atomic bomb; Mr. Truman's childhood and school days; Mr. Truman's parents; reading; his entry into politics; county judge; other presidents.
Representative Mary Norton (D-NJ) appears as a guest on the Democratic National Committee's political program, discussing inflation and the high costs of living, which are the result of the Republican 80th Congress. Actor Melvyn Douglas also makes remarks encouraging listeners to vote for Harry Truman on election day. This was the last of the Democratic Record Show series leading up to the 1948 election. Originally two discs, 12 inches, in three parts.
This is number 13 of a series of tapes made at the Harry S. Truman Library in preparation for the book "Mr. Citizen." William Hillman and David Noyes interview former President Harry S. Truman on various topics. Mr. Truman comments on the development of the atomic bomb and surrounding events at the Potsdam Conference; former presidents of the U.S. (Lincoln, Madison, Monroe, Theodore Roosevelt) and the burdens of children and descendants of the president; the type of education and moral code that will prepare the young people of the U.S. for the future. Mr.
President Harry S. Truman's address to the Armed Forces of the United States throughout the world, as broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System. President Truman spoke at 10 p.m. from the White House. His address was broadcast over the Armed Forces Radio Service and was carried over the major networks. He spoke of the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the nation's gratitude to the Armed Forces during this war time.