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Vice President Truman Resides in the Senate

January 22, 1945

Associated Press

One image of Harry S. Truman with Margaret Truman pointing to his new office in the Senate.

GLC08878.1400

Vice President Truman Resides in the Senate

January 22, 1945

Associated Press

One image of Harry S. Truman calling in the Senate.

GLC08878.1399

[President Harry S. Truman at a press conference]

12 April 1945

International News Photo

One image of Harry S. Truman dated April 12, 1945 speaking into microphones related to memorial services for President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park.

GLC08878.1401

White House Huddle

13 June 1945

Associated Press

One image of Harry S. Truman dated June 13, 1945 with Joseph E. Davies, William D. Leahy and Harry Hopkins. Wire transfer text details that the meeting likely was related to Russia.

GLC08878.1402

Document signed

As Arkansas Governor, commutes first degree murder term of J.W. Taylor from life to 61 years, 7 months.

12 July 1979

Clinton, William J., 1946-?

GLC08344

Typed letter signed

to Victor Emanuel

March 29, 1952

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

As NATO Supreme Commander, affirms idea of a spiritual awakening in the US: "One part of your letter that impresses me very much is your realization that there must be a definite appeal to the spiritual if we in the United States and what is left of...

GLC08345

[Image of children holding "I am somebody" posters]

4 April 1998

Thomas, Azim M., fl. 1998

"I am somebody." Image from Martin Luther King Memorial March, April 4, 1998, showing children carrying placards paraphrasing those carried by Memphis Sanitation Workers on the day King was assassinated.

GLC08359

Book signed

Crusade in Europe.

1948

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

1304 of 1426 numbered copies. Signed on printed facsimile of D-Day message. Illustrated with photographs. Published by Doubleday & Company. Discusses World War II, including the prelude and aftermath.

GLC00471

Signature

[Signature of Truman and his wife Bess]

18 September 1961

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Signatures and date are contained on a small card. A typed line underneath the signatures states "Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman."

GLC00477.02

Autograph manuscript

[Portion of an address on the containment of Communism]

1952/08/12

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Incomplete draft of a speech Kennedy delivered 12 August 1952 to the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Federation of Labor. Reflects on Communist expansion and America's need to contain it. Working manuscript with many insertions and deletions...

GLC02313

Document signed

Pardon of J. Dvorak (c/s Robert Kennedy [AG])

December 22, 1963

Johnson, Lyndon B., 1908-1973

Convicted of violation of US Code; pardoned as finished prison term and probation

GLC00301

Typed letter signed

to Ms. Martin

April 14, 1964

Wallace, George, 1919-1998

Wallace, Governor of Alabama, replies to Martin's request for literature on the subject of segregation in the South. He informs Martin that the Governor's office does not have any material on the subject of segregation, stating "we have never had a...

GLC00295

Confederate Imprints: A bibliography

1987

Parrish, T. Michael, 1953-?

The first definitive bibliography of Confederate imprints, this formidable reference work will prove indispensable to scholars, libraries, collectors, and bookmen interested in the Civil War era. Completely revising, correcting, and extending the...

GLC00350

One hundred influential American books printed before 1900...

1947

Grolier Club

(title continues)... Catalogue and addresses. Exhibition at The Grolier Club, April eighteenth-June sixteenth, MCMXLVI. Published by the Grolier Club. Contents include the committee's selections, "America as Frontier," a catalogue of the...

GLC00352

Collected catalogues of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach

1967

Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952

GLC00354