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13 May 2022
#FileUnitFriday contains correspondence leading up to HST's decision to recognize the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. Included is this letter from Chaim Weizmann, later first President of Israel. Full document: go.usa.gov/xuFqQ; browse File Unit: go.usa.gov/xuFqm
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17 May 2024
It's time for a #FileUnitFriday! We recently digitized all the National Security Council Meetings from the President's Secretary's Files. Report from May 1951 regards issues in Asia. Item: catalog.archives.gov/id/3343…; File Unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/7506…
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20 Oct 2023
#FileUnitFriday features reading copies of HST's speeches from the 1948 campaign! This speech is from Johnstown, Pennsylvania on October 23, 1948. See the full speech here: catalog.archives.gov/id/3214…; browse HST's other speeches from that day here: catalog.archives.gov/id/7347… #Truman75
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4 Aug 2023
It's #ArchivesHashtagParty & #FileUnitFriday! For all you #Oppenheimer fans, this is a memo from HST to Dean Acheson in which HST calls Oppenheimer a "cry-baby scientist." #ArchivesScience catalog.archives.gov/id/3109…
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26 May 2023
Our #FileUnitFriday this week is material related to George Marshall's mission to China to negotiate an end to the Chinese civil war. Browse File Unit here: catalog.archives.gov/id/7503…
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19 May 2023
Our #FileUnitFriday this week features newly digitized materials related to immigration! During the spring & summer of 1952, Congress & HST were at odds over the McCarran-Walter Act, which Truman opposed. Item: catalog.archives.gov/id/2950…; browse File Unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/6655…
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28 Apr 2023
Our #FileUnitFriday this week features Poland! This item relates to issues around Poland & the end of World War II. Full item: catalog.archives.gov/id/2900…; browse this newly digitized File Unit here: catalog.archives.gov/id/7503…
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21 Apr 2023
#FileUnitFriday features the Edgar Hinde Papers! Hinde was a WWI comrade of HST's as well as Postmaster of Independence. This April 1951 letter from HST mentions a not-entirely-accurate profile article by journalist Wm. Bradford Huie. Browse File Unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/2866…
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31 Mar 2023
We're also back this week with a #FileUnitFriday! We recently digitized this item about Vieques Island from April 1948. Item: catalog.archives.gov/id/2900…; browse File Unit on Puerto Rico: catalog.archives.gov/id/7503…
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24 Feb 2023
#FileUnitFriday features a newly acquired collection from Edgar Hinde! He served in World War I with HST & HST got Hinde appointed Postmaster of Independence. This letter from 1939 makes reference to HST's enjoyment of playing poker. Browse File Unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/2866…
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10 Feb 2023
We're back with #FileUnitFriday! This letter from HST to his cousins Ethel & Nellie Noland is from February 1904, making it one of the oldest handwritten letters by HST in our holdings. Full letter w/ transcript: catalog.archives.gov/id/2853…; browse File Unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/2805…
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13 Jan 2023
We're back for a new year of #FileUnitFriday! As we can, we will share material from our holdings that's newly digitized & available in the National Archives Catalog. This week: HST's appointment book from 1928 when he was Presiding County Administrator. catalog.archives.gov/id/9617…
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14 Oct 2022
Our #FileUnitFriday this week is new material in the National Archives Catalog related to Italy! See this full document here: catalog.archives.gov/id/2697…; browse File Unit here: catalog.archives.gov/id/7503…
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16 Sep 2022
#FileUnitFriday honors #HispanicHeritage Month! This report on civil rights issues facing Mexican Americans comes from the records of the President's Commission on Civil Rights. See full doc: catalog.archives.gov/id/2397…; File Unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/2788…
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9 Sep 2022
#FileUnitFriday is Luxembourg! US Envoy Perle Mesta had issues w/ State Dept. Foreign Service staff there, but didn't want to bother HST with it. He finally got her report to him about it in this letter. Full letter: catalog.archives.gov/id/2697… File Unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/7503…
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22 Jul 2022
#FileUnitFriday relates to the President's Committee on Civil Rights & the issue of housing discrimination. They produced this report as part of their work creating the final report, 75 years ago. Full report: catalog.archives.gov/id/2397…
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8 Jul 2022
It's been a while since we've had a #FileUnitFriday! Recently added a File Unit of memos from early days of @CIA. Memo from 1947 about the possibility that Soviet Union would leave the United Nations. Full memo: catalog.archives.gov/id/2452…; browse file unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/8754…
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20 May 2022
#FileUnitFriday honors #AAPIHeritageMonth with a report from President's Committee on Civil Rights on Japanese Americans. "Wrongs stemming from their wartime treatment and from the naturalization laws discriminating against Japanese present serious civil rights problems today."
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22 Apr 2022
Our #FileUnitFriday this week features more reports from the Central Intelligence Agency. This short report from April 1948 is about possible Soviet moves in Germany. Full report: go.usa.gov/xu8KW; browse File Unit: go.usa.gov/xu8KB
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