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SUBJECT FILE, 1945-1953

• Announcements, calling cards and tickets - miscellaneous
• Appointment books (Reathel Odum) - 1945
• Appointment books (Reathel Odum) - 1946 (2 folders)
• Appointment books (Reathel Odum) - 1947

• Appointment books (Reathel Odum) - 1948
• Appointment books (Reathel Odum) - 1949
• Appointment books (Reathel Odum) - 1951
• Appointment books (Reathel Odum) - 1952
• Appointment books (Reathel Odum) - 1953

• Ayers, Eben
• Baseball - American League passes 1950 amd 1951
• Baxter, Diane Hopkins (daughter of Harry Hopkins) - newspaper clippings
• Bridge Club, Mrs. Truman's - visit to Washington
• Brink, Wellington
• Bruce, Evangeline (Mrs. David)
• Calendar appointments - 1945
• Calendar appointments - 1947
• Calendar appointments - 1948
• Calendar appointments - 1950
• The Capitol, pictorial stamp of
• DeGaulle, President Charles of France, visit of - August 22. 1945
• Edwards, India - newspaper clipping
• Eisenhower, Mrs. Dwight D. - newspaper clipping
• European trip, 1951 - itinerary
• Fleming, Thomas - materials sent to
• Food package sent to England, 1949
• Form letters
• Frazer, Mrs. James Carroll
• Furman, Bess
• Gallo, Ruth
• Goodwin, Augusta McDonald
• Guest List - religious service, VJ Day - 1945
• Hachmeister, Louise - newspaper clipping
• Harry S. Truman Library
• Hehmeyer, Walter
• Helm, Elizabeth
• Herrick, Genevieve Forbes
• Inaugural dress, Mrs. Truman's

• Invitations (2 folders)
• Iraq - visit of the Regent of Iraq, Prince Abdul Ilah, May 26, 1945
• Kaplan, Sam
• Kennedy, John F. - Memorials - Congressional Record, 1963
• Martin, Jackie - photographer
• Newspaper clippings - miscellaneous
• Odum, Reathel, duties of
• Odum, Reathel, questions for
• Odum, Reathel, miscellaneous
• Pearson, Drew, ""Confessions of an S.O.B.'" Saturday Evening Post, November 1956
• Programs - miscellaneous
• Roosevelt, Mrs. F.D. - newspaper clippings
• Snyder, John W. - newspaper clippings
• Spanish songs
• State dinners under Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman
• Talbert, George - White House floral decorator - newspaper clippings
• Thompson, Melvina C. - Secretary to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Truman, President, Harry S. - correspondence, 1945
• Truman, President, Harry S. - trip to Philadelphia, July 14, 1948
• Truman, Mrs. Harry S. - correspondence, 1945
• Truman, Mrs. Harry S. - correspondence, undated
• Truman, Mrs. Harry S. - engagements, 1945
• Truman, Mrs. Harry S. - miscellaneous - 1945-1947
• Truman, Mrs. Harry S. - miscellaneous - 1948-1949
• Truman, Mrs. Harry S. - miscellaneous - 1950-1952
• Truman, Mrs. Harry S. - article in Collier's, February 9, 1953
• Truman, Margaret
• Truman, Mary Jane
• Unidentified correspondence
• Newspaper clippings - miscellaneous
• Cross reference sheets
• Scrapbooks (4) - containing newspaper clippings, programs, itineraries, greeting cards relating to Margaret Truman mainly.

• Diary of Trip - 1951, with Margaret Truman and Annette Wright
• Truman, Mrs. Harry S. - correspondence, 1953-1975
• Truman, Margaret - Concert tour, 1949-1951 [diary and correspondence and clippings re]

SUBJECT FILE, 1937-1995 (2002 ACCRETION)

• Aleman, Miguel - Visit of Mexican President, 1947
• American Embassy, London - Correspondence, 1952
• American League Baseball Passes
• American Newspaper Women's Club
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command
• Armstrong, Bess F.
• Army-Navy Country Club - Membership Card, 1948
• Army-Navy Footbal Game Ticket - November 29, 1941
• Atcheson, Mrs. - London
• Author Unknown - Poem
• Barker, John T.
• Barringer, Lewis
• Barron, Carter
• Baumgartner, Thelma - Obituary, 1956
• Beach, Mrs. Fred
• Benton, Illinois
• Benton, Illinois - Public Library
• Birdzell, Donald T. - White House Policeman
• Blair House Napkin
• Blake, Thomas D.
• Boutell, Richard S. - Calling Card
• Bowman, F.J.
• Brand, Lester W.
• Brazilian Ambassador - Telegram from Ambassador and Mrs. Carlos Martins, October 16, 1945
• Brinkerhoff, Kathryn Shepard
• Brisson, Lt. Col. Frederick - Husband of Rosalind Russell
• Bruce, Evangeline - Wife of Ambassador David Bruce
• Burke, James - Secret Service Agent
• Burt, William
• Burton, Mrs. Harold H.
• Carr, Edward F. - State Department
• Chemical Warfare Service - Graduation Exercises, 1943
• Christmas Cards, B-E
• Christmas Cards, F-K
• Christmas Cards, M-P
• Christmas Cards, S-W [and Christmas tags]
• Clay, Vera Newsweek
• Conway, Rose A.
• Craig, May
• Crawford, Ruth
• Daigle, Andrew - Secret Service Agent
• Daniel, Margaret Truman
• Daniels, Jonathan - Transcript of Press Conference Introducing Reathel Odum to the Ladies of the Press, April 27, 1945
• Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E.
• Davis, Blevins
• Davis, Hal - Radio Publicity

• Democratic National Committee
• Dunne, Mrs. James - The American Hostess
• Eccles, Marriner S.
• Elsey, George M. - Newspaper article, "Truman's White House"
• Evans, Mrs. Joshua, Jr.
• Eykmanns, Luise
• Fender, Fred
• Ferrell, Robert H. - Newspaper article
• Ficklin, John - Obituary of White House Maitre d'Hotel
• Forsyth, Bruce - White House Dentist
• Forster, R.P. - British Embassy, Washington
• Fox, Sanford L. - Newspaper article on What House Chief Calligrapher
• Franklin, John W.
• Fretwell, Eric - American Embassy, London
• Furman, Bess
• Geaney, Virginia
• Georgetown University - Trainor Award Ceremony program, 1979
• Goyer, Richard E.
• Gray, Georgia Neese
• Greatest Story Ever Told - Invitation to Washington Premiere, 1965
• Hager, Alice R. - U.S. Foreign Service, Belgium
• Hamilton National Bank of Washington
• Harty, T.E. - Obituary of Truman Chauffeur
• Harveson, Carlton
• Hassett, William D.
• Hatton, Mary Jane - Correspondence Regarding German War Bride
• Hehmeyer, Walter
• Helm, Mrs. Edith - White House Social Secretary
• Hildegarde - Autographed Sheet Music for "Peace and Harmony"
• Hitt, F. Guy
• Hjorth, Sigrid
• Holton, Tess
• Humphrey, Muriel
• Hutchison, Edna - Member of Mrs. Truman's Bridge Club
• Huyot, Robert - Calling Card
• Inaugural, 1949
• Inaugural, 1961
• Inaugural, 1965
• Inaugural, 1973
• Inaugural, 1977
• Invitations - Miscellaneous
• Invitations - White House and Mr. and Mrs. Truman

• Jefferson-Jackson Dinner - February 19, 1948
• Johnson, Lyndon B. - Newspaper clippings
• Jones, Mrs. R.W.
• Kennedy, John F. - Program for Birthday Dinner, May 27, 1961
• Kennedy, John F. - Programs for Inaugural Anniversary Dinner, January 20, 1962
• Korean Cultural and Freedon Foundation - Program for Dinner, September 20, 1965
• Koteen, Lisa
• Kramer, Annando - From Now to Eternity
• Kraus, Betty
• Little Brown Church, The - Round Pond, Maine
• Louchheim, Katie - Inaugural Committee, 1961
• Lowry, Colonel Don - Senior White House Aide
• MacDonald, Jeanette - Letter from Secretary
• McEvoy, William Jr.
• McGowan, Lt. Col. G.J.
• McKee, Mr. and Mrs. John K.
• McKenna, Sister Jeanne
• McLean, Evalyn Walsh
• McLintock, Rear Admiral Gordon - Superintendent, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
• McNeese, Mrs. O.W.
• Markel, Hazel
• Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
• Mesta, Perle
• Miscellaneous Correspondence
• Missouri Historical Review - Letter from Associate Editor, April 26, 1973
• Monroney, A.S. Mike - Program for Memorial Service, February 16, 1980
• Montague, Harriet G.
• Montgomery, Ruth - Mrs. Roosevelt's Press Conference Association
• National City Christian Church, The - Program for Service of Tribute to Lyndon B. Johnson, January 25, 1973
• National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
• National Young Democratic Dinner, 1948 - Program
• Newspaper Clippinsg, miscellaneous
• Nielson, Irene
• Noel, Mag Barkley
• Nolen, Dick - Obituary
• Odum, Reathel - Address Book while living at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City with Margaret Truman, and Newspaper Clipping, 1952
• Odum, Reathel - General
• Odum, Reathel - Letters of Congratulation Upon Becoming Secretary to Mrs. Truman, 1945
• Odum, Reathel - War Ration Book
• Owen, Mrs. W.H., Jr.

• Pallette, Thelma
• Pardue, Jesse A.
• Parks, Lillian Rogers
• Peterson, May
• Phillips, E. - Warner Brothers
• Photographs
• Political Memorabilia
• Quinn, Ensign Edward David
• Ramos, Ramon - Teacher of Mrs. Truman's White House Spanish Class
• Red Cross, The American - Invitation to Program
• Renfrow, Colonel and Mrs. Louis H.
• Roberts, Emory P. - Obituary of Secret Service Agent
• Robinson, Orris G. - Minister, Calvary Methodist Church, Washington, D.C.
• Roosevelt, Eleanor - Memorial Foundation
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Library and Home
• Rusk, Dr. Howard A.
• Rust, Walter
• Salsbury, Lt. Harry J.
• Scheele, Frances
• Schiffeler, Mr. and Mrs. Curt Conrad - Invitation
• Schram, Emil
• Shackleton, Robert
• Sharpe, Mary E. - Obiturary of White House Housekeeper
• Shaw, Mary Gentry - Member of Mrs. Truman's Bridge Club
• Sherwod, Robert E. - Magazine Article on Abraham Lincoln
• Short, Mrs. Earl
• Simmons, John F. - Chief of Protocol, State Department
• Simmons, William Louis
• Skinitzero, Mr. and Mrs. Louis J.
• Snyder, John W.
• Sosenko, Anna - Note from Margaret Truman
• Souter, Mrs. Eugene H.
• Southern Diaries
• Steelman, John R.
• Steuart, Robert E. - U.S. Secret Service
• Stevenson, Adlai - Pictorial Biography, 1952
• Stewart, Mrs. Earle
• Stewart, Robert B. Newspaper Article on Funeral
• Stowe, David H.
• Supreme Court of the U.S. - Members as of October 5, 1953
• Symington, Stuart
• Time, Inc. - Invitation to Cocktail Party
• Truman, Bess W. - Correspondence, Printed Material, Etc.
• Truman, Harry S. - Birthplace
• Truman, Harry S. - Cabinet Members
• Truman, Harry S. - Centennial Invitation
• Truman, Harry S. - Correspondence, Printed Material, Etc.
  
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• Truman, Harry S. - Diamond Jubilee, 1959
• Truman, Harry S. - Give 'Em Hell Harry by Samuel Gallu
• Truman, Harry S. - Greta Kempton Portrait
• Truman, Harry S. - Letter Regarding Pictorial Biography
• Truman, Harry S. - Masonic Publications
• Truman, Harry S. - Program for Lotos Club Dinner, November 14, 1957
• Truman, Harry S. - Seventy-fifth Birthday Medal, 1959
• Truman, Harry S. - Truman Library
• Truman, Harry S. - Truman Scholarship Program
• Truman, Martha E. - Acknowledgement of Sympathy Message
• Truman, President and Mrs. - Christmas Greetings
• Tully, Grace - Obituary of President Rosevelt's Secretary
• United States Secret Service - Season's Greetings Card
• USO Club
• Van Sant, Mary Katherine
• Vardaman, Mr. and Mrs. James K., Jr.
• Vaughan, Harry H.
• Veiled Prophet's Ball
• Vogel, Mrs. Martin - Calling Card
• Votaw, William I. - Calling Card
• Waldorf-Astoria Hotel - Mother's Day Menu, May 13, 1962
• Walker, Greta Kempton
• Wallace, Christine - Mrs. Truman's Sister-in-Law
• Wallace, Madge Gates - Mrs. Truman's Mother
• Wallace, Marian - Mrs. Truman's Niece
• Wallace, May and Natalie - Mrs. Truman's Sisters-in-Law
• Walsh, Lee - Washington Daily News
• Washington - Information about the Capitol
• Washington, George - Brochure about Letter at Georgetown University Library
• Washington Grand Opera Company - Invitation
• Washington Star - Cartoons form the 1948 Campaign
• Watson, William Henry - Invitation
• Welsh, Estelle - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• West, J.B. - White House Chief Usher
• Whaley, Rachel - Member of Mrs. Truman's Bridge Club
• Wheeler, Clara Boyd
• White House - Miscellaneous
• White House Invitations to Reathel Odum, 1947-1948
• Williams, Walter W.
• Women's National Press Club
• Wood, Leonora Jane - Wedding Invitation
• Young, J. Russell - School of Expression

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