Dates: 1945-1946
The papers of Jere A. Nichols consist of the contents of two scrapbooks containing press clippings related to President Harry S. Truman.
Size: Less than one-half of one linear foot (about 300 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: No donation of copyright was received with this collection.
Processed by: Valerie Lazalier (2010) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.
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Jere A. Nichols, a resident of the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base in South Carolina, compiled two scrapbooks of press clippings relating to President Truman’s first eighteen months in office, which he subsequently donated to the Truman Library.
The Papers of Jere A. Nichols consist of the contents of two scrapbooks containing various newspaper and magazine clippings related to Harry S. Truman’s life and Presidency from April 1945 to October 1946. The clippings from Time, the United States News, the Memphis Press-Scimitar, and other publications include articles pertaining to President Truman taking office, the Potsdam Conference, the atomic bomb, the end of World War II, President Truman’s support for Jewish immigration to Palestine, and labor issues. Many of the articles also include information about President Truman’s family and life before he became President.
In addition to news articles, the clippings in the collection contain numerous political cartoons featuring President Truman, and reproductions of photographs of his family and members of his Cabinet.
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SCRAPBOOK FILE, 1945-1946 Contents of two scrapbooks containing press clippings of articles, political cartoons, and photographs relating to President Truman’s first eighteen months in office. Arranged numerically and thereunder chronologically. |
Box 1
- Volume 1
- Volume 2