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See also David H. Stowe Files finding aid,
David H. Stowe oral history and David
H. Stowe and William J. Bray oral history.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Size: 7.2 linear feet (about 14,400 pages)
Access: Open
Copyright: David H. Stowe donated his copyright interest in any
of his writings in this collection to the Government of the United States.
Documents prepared by U.S. Government employees in the course of their
official duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interest in documents
which do not fall in these two categories is presumed to remain with the
writers of the documents.
Processed by: Willie L. Harriford, Jr. (1963). First accretion processed by Erwin J. Mueller (1982). Second accretion processed and collection reprocessed by Anita M. Heavener and Dennis Bilger (1992). Third accretion processed and finding aid revised by Randy Sowell and Sharie Simon (2002).
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
| 1910,
Sept. 10 |
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Born,
New Canaan, Connecticut |
| 1931 |
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Bachelor of Arts, Duke University |
| 1934 |
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Master
of Education, Duke University |
| 1931-37 |
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History
and economics teacher in junior colleges in North Carolina |
| 1937-41 |
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Assistant
State Director, North Carolina State Employment Service |
| 1941-47 |
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Official
in the Bureau of the Budget |
| 1943-47 |
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Chief
Examiner, U.S. Bureau of the Budget |
| 1947-49 |
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Deputy
to the Assistant to the President of the United States |
| 1949-53 |
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Administrative
Assistant to the President of the United States |
| 1952 |
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Member
of President Truman's staff aboard his campaign train |
| 1953-70 |
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Labor
arbitrator and member, four presidential emergency boards appointed
under the Railway Labor Act |
| 1955-70 |
|
Organizational
Disputes Arbitrator, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO |
| 1960 |
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Member
of President Truman's staff during the 1960 campaign |
| 1961-67 |
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Public
member of the President's Missile Sites Labor Commission |
| 1962-1978 |
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Member,
Atomic Energy Labor-Management Relations Panel |
| 1970-80 |
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Member,
National Mediation Board |
| 1997, Nov. 10 |
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Died, Baltimore, Maryland |
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The papers of David
H. Stowe document primarily his work from 1947 to 1953 as Deputy to the
Assistant to the President and Administrative Assistant to the President
specializing in government operations and labor issues. Stowe came to
the White House staff in 1947 at the invitation of presidential assistant
John R. Steelman. His assignment was initially regarded as a one year
detail from the Bureau of the Budget, where he was chief examiner. One
of Stowe's responsibilities was to improve the working relationship between
the Bureau of the Budget and the White House staff. In addition, he was
assigned to government operations and labor relations issues, and specifically
to problems relating to migratory labor. When his year's assignment was
ending, President Truman asked him to stay. In early 1949, Truman appointed
Stowe one of his Administrative Assistants. During the 1952 campaign, Stowe was
a member of the staff that went with Truman on his campaign train as he
traveled through the country speaking in support of Adlai Stevenson.
Stowe's major responsibility was to manage access to Truman's car, to
assure that the rear platform speeches began on time, and to close the
car and move the train out on time. Stowe also traveled with President
Truman during a six-week speechmaking tour through the country during
the 1960 campaign.
The collection is
divided into nine series: an Appointment Calendar File, a Telephone Memorandums
File, a Subject File, a Correspondence File, a file entitled Press Releases-Presidential
Statements and Messages to Congress, a Harry S. Truman 1952 Presidential
Campaign Speech File, a 1960 Presidential Campaign File, a Harry S.
Truman Centennial File, and a Memorabilia File.
The Appointment
Calendars File contains two bound volumes listing Stowe's appointments
for 1950 and 1951, and unbound appointment lists of his appointments from
1950 to 1953. The unbound lists occasionally give some brief description
of Stowe's meetings.
The Telephone
Memorandums File contains White House telephone memorandum forms that
list the dates and times of incoming calls, the names of the persons calling,
and brief descriptions of the purport of the calls. The calls listed were
apparently received when Stowe was not available to take them. The listings
are in different handwritings - presumably those of White House secretaries
- and often indicate whether Stowe was expected to return the call or
whether it was referred to someone else. Most of the listings are crossed
out in red pencil; Stowe presumably did this when he felt the business
of the call had been taken care of.
The Subject
File covers such topics as migratory labor, the National Labor-Management
Conference held in Washington, D.C. in November 1945, the President's
National Labor-Management Conference held in September 1950, the 1952
steel strike, and President Truman's message to Congress accompanying
his veto of the Taft-Hartley bill.
The Correspondence
File contains copies of Stowe's outgoing correspondence for the entire
period of his service on Truman's White House staff. Topics covered include
science policy, the maritime industry, public housing, labor relations
at atomic energy installations, Mexican labor, the establishment of the
National Science Foundation, the President's Committee on Religion and
Welfare in the Armed Forces, programs for the handicapped, civil defense,
the Panama Canal, the European Recovery Program, the National Security
Resources Board, and the ceremonial details relating to Stowe's position
(thank you notes, requests for autographs, condolences, and the like).
The file entitled
Press Releases-Presidential Statements and Messages
to Congress contains selected press releases of Presidential statements
and messages - presumably those Stowe felt to be important and related
to his responsibilities.
The Harry
S. Truman 1952 Campaign Speech File contains mimeographed copies of
President Truman's speeches made during the 1952 campaign and press releases
for some of the speeches. The speeches are sequentially numbered on the
mimeographed copies, no. 1 being Truman's remarks made in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, on September 1, 1952, and no. 210 his remarks made at Granite
City, Illinois, on November 1, 1952.
The 1960
Presidential Campaign File contains a small amount of correspondence
with Democratic Party and state and local officials regarding Truman's
appearances during the 1960 campaign, background information about their
locations, issue papers, public opinion mail, financial information, and
press releases and copies of the reading copies of Truman's speeches.
The Harry
S. Truman Centennial File contains primarily printed material and
memorabilia relating to the celebration of the centennial of President
Truman's birth. There is also a small amount of correspondence.
The Memorabilia
File contains a couple of items that were added to the collection in 2002.
The Subject File of the Stowe Papers
was opened for research in 1963. The 1960 Presidential Campaign File was opened in
1982. The remainder of the collection was opened in 1992, with the exception of the
Memorabilia File, which was opened in 2002.
Material relating
to Stowe's areas of responsibility can be found in many of the Library's
collections. President Truman's papers include a small group of files
from David Stowe's office in the
White House, and the Oral History Collection includes several
interviews with him.
Documents concerning
migratory farm labor are included in the:
Documents concerning
housing are included in the:
Documents concerning
the Taft-Hartley Act are included in the:
Documents concerning
civil defense are included in the:
Documents concerning
universal military training are included in the:
Documents concerning
the Steel Strike of 1952 are included in the:
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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
| Container Nos. |
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Series |
| 1 |
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APPOINTMENT
CALENDARS, 1950-53 |
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Copies of appointment
diaries, calendar pages and daily appointment ledger pages covering
the period January 1, 1950 through January 14, 1953. The appointment
listings occasionally give brief descriptions of Stowe's meetings.
The lists for January 1951 through January 1953 are more complete
and more likely to include some description beyond a simple listing.
Arranged chronologically. |
| 1-4 |
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TELEPHONE
MEMORANDUMS, 1950-53 |
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White House telephone
memorandum forms listing the dates and times of incoming calls, the
names of the persons calling, and brief descriptions of the purport
of the calls. Arranged chronologically. |
| 5-11 |
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SUBJECT
FILE, 1945-53 |
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Correspondence,
memoranda, press releases, reports, speeches, and printed material.
Topics as: migratory labor, the National Labor-Management Conference
held in Washington, D.C. in November 1945, the President's National
Labor-Management Conference held in September 1950, the 1952 steel
strike, and President Truman's message to Congress accompanying his
veto of the Taft-Hartley bill. Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
| 12-13 |
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CORRESPONDENCE
FILE, 1947-53 |
|
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Copies of outgoing
correspondence relating to Stowe's work as Deputy to the Assistant
to the President and Administrative Assistant to the President. Topics
covered include science policy, the maritime industry, public housing,
labor relations at atomic energy installations, Mexican labor, the
establishment of the National Science Foundation, the President's
Committee on Religion and Welfare in the Armed Forces, programs for
the handicapped, civil defense, the Panama Canal, the European Recovery
Program, and the National Security Resources Board. Arranged chronologically. |
| 14-15 |
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PRESS
RELEASES--PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS AND MESSAGES TO CONGRESS, 1947-53 |
|
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Press releases
of some of President Truman's speeches, statements and messages. Arranged
chronologically. |
| 16 |
|
HARRY
S. TRUMAN 1952 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SPEECH FILE, 1952 |
|
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Mimeographed
copies of President Truman's campaign speeches during the 1952 campaign,
together with press releases for some of the speeches. The speeches
are sequentially numbered. Arranged chronologically. |
| 17 |
|
1960
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FILE, 1960 |
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Correspondence,
background information sheets, issue papers, press releases, speeches
and printed material relating to former President Truman's participation
in the 1960 campaign. Arranged alphabetically by subject and document
type. |
| 18 |
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HARRY
S. TRUMAN CENTENNIAL FILE, 1984 |
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Correspondence,
memoranda, newspaper and magazine articles, reports, invitations,
programs, guests lists and newsletters relating to the centennial
celebration of Harry S. Truman's birthday. Arranged alphabetically. |
| 18 |
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MEMORABILIA
FILE, 1945-78 |
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A photograph of the Labor-Management Conference
and a needlepoint commemorating Truman's 1948 campaign. Arranged alphabetically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST
Box 1
- Appointment Diary, 1950
- Appointment Diary, 1951
- Daily Calendar Entries, January 4, 1950 - August 16, 1950
- Daily Appointment Ledger Pages, August 1950 - November 1951
- Daily Appointment Ledger Pages, January 1952 - January 1953
- Telephone Memorandums, 1950
[1 of 10, January, 1950]
[2 of 10, February, 1950]
[3 of 10, March - April, 1950]
[4 of 10, May, 1950]
Box 2
[5 of 10, June, 1950]
[6 of 10, July, 1950]
[7 of 10, August, 1950]
[8 of 10, September, 1950]
[9 of 10, October - November, 1950]
[10 of 10, December, 1950]
- Telphone Memorandums, 1951
[1 of 11, January, 1951]
[2 of 11, February - March, 1951]
Box 3
[3 of 11, April, 1951]
[4 of 11, May, 1951]
[5 of 11, June, 1951]
[6 of 11, July, 1951]
[7 of 11, August, 1951]
[8 of 11, September, 1951]
[9 of 11, October, 1951]
[10 of 11, November, 1951]
[11 of 11, December, 1951]
- Telephone Memorandums, 1952
Box 4
[2 of 7, February, 1952]
[3 of 7, March - April, 1952]
[4 of 7, May - June, 1952]
[5 of 7, July - August, 1952]
[6 of 7, September - October, 1952]
[7 of 7, November - December, 1952]
- Telephone Memorandums, 1953
Box 5
- Administrative Assistant to the President [a list of Administrative Assistants
to the President from 1939 to 1950]
- Blair House Meetings, 1951 [lists of attendees]
- Chaachou, Khadouri -- Correspondence
[personal letters regarding gifts; immigration visas; railroad reservation
problems; discussion of a bill before the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce]
- Civil Defense -- Exchange of Correspondence with Secretary of Defense
Re Lack of Coordination in Joint Planning
- Democratic Committee,
Political Documents [education issues; statements about Soviet Union,
1942-48; a summary of statements by Dwight D. Eisenhower; demobilization;
the Republican 1952 Platform; "Harry S. Truman, The Missourian" by Henry
A. Bundschu; a campaign speech by Thomas E. Dewey on demobilization;
issue papers; Harold Smith notes regarding organizing a Council of National
Defense; Industrial Mobilization Plan; The Record of Democratic Progress,
an address by President Harry S. Truman, March 29, 1952]
- England -- Correspondence Concerning Trip to
- Freight and Tank Cars
- Great Lakes Shipping
- Housing
- Housing, Prefabricated -- Miscellaneous Papers and Correspondence
- Lyu, Kingsley K. -- Correspondence
[personal visa problems; deportation action; confirmation as member
of the Korean Delegation to United Nations Conference on International
Organization, April 25, 1945]
Box 6
- Labor Department Manpower Organization
- Labor Legislation -- Statement By Paul Herzog Before Senate Committee
on Labor and Public Welfare
- Maritime -- Tax Benefits -- Scope and Effect
- Mexican Air Agreement
- Mexican Farm Labor, 1949-50
- Mexican Labor, 1951
Box 7
[2 of 4]
[3 of 4]
[4 of 4]
- Mexican Labor, 1952
[1 of 3]
[2 of 3]
[3 of 3]
- Mexican Labor, 1952, Immigration Legislation
- Migratory Labor
Box 8
- National Advisory
Board of Mobilization -- Formation of -- Policy and Relationship to Labor's
Participation in Mobilization Efforts [Washington, D.C., November 1945]
- National Labor-Management
Conference, Volume I [Washington, D.C., November 1945]
- National Labor-Management
Conference, Volume II [Washington, D.C., November 1945]
- National Labor-Management
Conference, Volume III [Washington, D.C., November 1945]
Box 9
- National Labor-Management
Conference, Volume IV [Washington, D.C., November 1945]
[1 of 3]
[2 of 3]
[3 of 3]
- National Labor-Management
Conference, Volume V [Washington, D.C., November 1945]
- National Labor-Management
Conference, Volume VI [Washington, D.C., November 1945]
- National Strategic
Planning, by George S. Pettee
- Organization Study -- ODM
[Office of Defense Mobilization], NSRB [National Security Resources
Board], NPA [National Production Authority], ESA [Economic Stabilization
Agency] -- 1952
Box 10
- President's National
Labor-Management Conference [September 1950]
- Receipts for Classified Documents
- RFC [Reconstruction Finance Corporation] -- Housing
- RFC -- Individual Companies
- St. Lawrence Seaway Project
- Shangri-La [Camp David]
- Speech -- Role of NSRB [National Security Resources Board] in National Security Industrial
College
- Steel Strike, 1952
Box 11
- Stowe, David H., Articles by
- Strand, K.I. -- Correspondence (Perfection Mop Co.)
- Taft-Hartley, 1952
- Taft-Hartley -- Veto Message, 1947
- Travel Vouchers
- Universal Military Training
- Vocational Rehabilitations -- Summary of Current Programs and Proposed Programs
- Wipperman, H.P. -- Correspondence
- [Cross references to photographs transferred to the Audio-Visual collection]
- [Cross references to books, magazines and newspapers transferred to the Printed Materials collection]
Box 12
- Correspondence, November 1947 - September 1949
[1 of 14, November - December, 1947]
[2 of 14, January, 1948]
[3 of 14, February, 1948]
[4 of 14, March, 1948]
[5 of 14, April - May, 1948]
[6 of 14, June, 1948]
[7 of 14, July - August, 1948]
[8 of 14, September - October, 1948]
[9 of 14, November - December, 1948]
[10 of 14, January - February, 1949]
[11 of 14, March, 1949]
[12 of 14, April - May, 1949]
[13 of 14, June, 1949]
[14 of 14, July - September, 1949]
- Correspondence, October 1949 - December 1951
[1 of 12, October - December, 1949]
[2 of 12, January - February, 1950]
[3 of 12, March - May, 1950]
[4 of 12, June - July, 1950]
Box 13
[5 of 12, August - October, 1950]
[6 of 12, November - December, 1950]
[7 of 12, January - March, 1951]
[8 of 12, April, 1951]
[9 of 12, May - June, 1951]
[10 of 12, July - August, 1951]
[11 of 12, September - October, 1951]
[12 of 12, November - December, 1951]
- Correspondence, 1952
[1 of 3, January - April, 1952]
[2 of 3, May - August, 1952]
[3 of 3, September - December, 1952]
- Personal Correspondence, March 1949 - January 1953
[1 of 4, March - November, 1949]
[2 of 4, January - December, 1950]
[3 of 4, January - December, 1951]
[4 of 4, January, 1952 - January, 1953]
Box 14
- Messages and Statements, 1947 [October - December, 1947]
- Messages and Statements, 1948
[1 of 4, January - February, 1948]
[2 of 4, March - May, 1948]
[3 of 4, June - July, 1948]
[4 of 4, August - October, 1948]
- Messages and Statements, 1949
[1 of 4, January - May, 1949]
[2 of 4, June, 1949]
[3 of 4, July - August, 1949]
[4 of 4, September - December, 1949]
- Messages and Statements, 1950
[1 of 6, January - February, 1950]
[2 of 6, March 3 - 13, 1950]
[3 of 6, March 13 - 15, 1950]
[4 of 6, April - May, 1950]
[5 of 6, June - August, 1950]
[6 of 6, September - December, 1950]
Box 15
- Messages and Statements, 1951
[1 of 7, January, 1951]
[2 of 7, February - March, 1951]
[3 of 7, April - May, 1951]
[4 of 7, June - July, 1951]
[5 of 7, August, 1951]
[6 of 7, September - October, 1951]
[7 of 7, November - December, 1951]
- Messages and Statements, 1952
[1 of 5, January, 1952]
[2 of 5, February - March, 1952]
[3 of 5, April - May, 1952]
[4 of 5, June - July, 1952]
[5 of 5, September - December, 1952]
- Messages and Statements, 1953 [January, 1953]
Box 16
- Harry S. Truman Speeches, 1952 Campaign
[1 of 14, September 1 - 29, 1952]
[2 of 14, September 29 (cont.) - 30, 1952]
[3 of 14, September 30 (cont.) - October 2, 1952]
[4 of 14, October 2, (cont.) - 4, 1952]
[5 of 14, October 6 - 8, 1952]
[6 of 14, October 8 (cont.) - 10, 1952]
[7 of 14, October 10 (cont.) - 16, 1952]
[8 of 14, October 16 (cont.) - 17, 1952]
[9 of 14, October 17 (cont.) - 18, 1952]
[10 of 14, October 18 (cont.) - 22, 1952]
[11 of 14, October 22 (cont.) - 27, 1952]
[12 of 14, October 27 (cont.) - 29, 1952]
[13 of 14, October 29 (cont.) - 30, 1952]
[14 of 14, October 31, 1952 - November 1, 1952]
Box 17
- Correspondence/Itinerary Re Campaign Trips of President Harry S. Truman,
September - November, 1960
- Presidential Campaign, 1960 -- Issues
- Presidential Campaign, 1960 -- Miscellaneous Documents
- Presidential Campaign, 1960 -- Newspaper and Press Releases
- Statue of Liberty Dedication -- 74th Anniversary -- Speech -- Herbert H. Lehman -- New York,
October 29, 1960
- Harry S. Truman -- Presidential Campaign Speeches Given by, 1960
[1 of 3]
[2 of 3]
[3 of 3]
Box 18
- A Conversation with Clark Clifford, Bill Moyers' Journal
- American Association of Community and Junior Colleges Newsletter
- Carlin, John -- Address for the 1984 Truman Scholars, May 11, 1984
- Congressional Record, Volume 130, Number 58, May 8, 1984
- Correspondence, Personal -- Re Truman Centennial Celebration
- Guest List -- Dinner for Clark Clifford, in Observance of the Truman Centennial
- Guest List, Unidentified
- "Harry Truman Brought U.S. Into the 20th Century," U.S. News & World Report, May 14, 1984
- "Harry S. Truman, the Mason," Masonic Digest, June 1984
- Harry S. Truman Library -- Report of Examination, March 1984
- Harry S. Truman Library Institute -- Annual Board Meeting -- Correspondence
- Harry S. Truman Library Institute -- Correspondence with David H. Stowe
- Harry S. Truman Library Institute -- Packet, Annual Meeting, 1984
- Hofstra University Pamphlet
- Independence Truman Centennial Commission -- Correspondence
- Indiana University -- Correspondence with David H. Stowe
- Invitation -- to David H. Stowe -- from Librarian of Congress
- Invitation -- National Park Service -- Dedication of Truman Home
- "Masonic Ambassador In The White House," The Northern Light, April 1984
- National Guard Magazine, May 1984
- "NATO: A Landmark of the Truman Presidency," NATO Review, April 1984
- The Oak Leaf and Acorn, Volume 2, Number 3, May 1984
- The Officer, May 1984
- Participation of Truman Scholars in Truman Centennial Events
- Program -- Special Joint Meeting of the Ninety-Eighth Congress of the U.S.-- in Commemoration
of the Centennial of President Harry S. Truman, 1884-1984
- Program -- Truman Week, Independence, Missouri
- "Remembering Harry Truman," The Rotarian, November 1984
- Smithsonian Institution
- Truman Centennial Committee
- Truman Centennial Committee -- Letterhead
- Truman Centennial Committee -- Personal Correspondence Re
- Truman Centennial Committee, Washington, D.C. -- Packet
- "Unadorned, But Proud," Time, May 14, 1984
- "When Harry Truman Surprised the World," Parade Magazine, The Washington Post,
May 6, 1984 (2 copies)
- The Wilson Center -- Correspondence with David H. Stowe
- Needlepoint -- "Forward with President Truman"
- Photograph -- Labor-Management Conference
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