Dates: 1944-1954
The papers of Dillard B. Lasseter include newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, speeches, and other items mostly pertaining to his service as Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration under President Harry S. Truman.
Size: 2.5 linear inches (about 400 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave her copyrights in this collection to the United States of America. Documents created by U.S government employees in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyrights in other documents in this collection presumably belong to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Erwin Mueller (1978).
Updated by: Marya Shotkoski (2012) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.
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1894 (July 23) |
Born Dillard Brown Lasseter in Vienna, Georgia. |
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1913 |
Earned Bachelor's Degree at Emory College. |
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1914 |
Earned Master's Degree at New York University. |
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1916-1917 |
Language Officer, U.S. Legation, Peking, China. |
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1917-1919 |
Liaison officer and captain in the British Army. |
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1919-1924 |
U.S. Vice Consul and Consul in Tientsin, China; Antung, Manchuria; and Hankow, China. |
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1924-1933 |
Worked in the cotton manufacturing business. |
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1933-1935 |
Compliance Director; Atlanta, Georgia; National Recovery Administration. |
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1935-1939 |
State Director for Georgia, National Youth Administration. |
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1939-1942 |
Deputy Administrator, National Youth Administration. |
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1942-1943 |
Regional Director for the Middle Atlantic States, War Manpower Commission. |
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1943 |
Counsel, House Civil Service Investigating Committee, U.S. House of Representatives. |
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1943-1946 |
Regional Director for the Southeastern States, War Manpower Commission. |
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1946 |
Administrator, Farm Security Administration. |
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1946-1953 |
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration. |
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1953-1973 |
Congressional Representative, American Trucking Association. |
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1973 (November 2) |
Died, Bladensburg, Maryland. |
The Dillard B. Lasseter Papers consist of materials that pertain especially to his service as Administrator of the Farm Security Administration and the Farmers Home Administration in the Department of Agriculture during the Presidency of Harry S. Truman. The papers are arranged alphabetically in a single series.
The collection includes newspaper clippings that focus mainly on Lasseter's career with the Farmers Home Administration. The correspondence in the collection mostly consists of letters to Lasseter relating to his government service. Included are copies of thank-you letters from farmers who received loans from the government.
Also included in the papers are certificates received by Lasseter, photographs, printed materials, and speeches. These materials also document Lasseter's involvement in government programs that provided assistance to farmers.
Related collections at the Truman Library include the papers of Clinton P. Anderson and Charles F. Brannan, each of whom served as Secretary of Agriculture during Lasseter's career in the Department of Agriculture.
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SUBJECT FILE, 1944-1954 Newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, speeches, and other items. Arranged alphabetically |
Box 1
- Correspondence
- Newspaper Clippings
- Personal
- Photos
- Printed Materials
- Speeches