TRUMAN, Harry S. (1884-1972). An archive of materials relating to his presidency and legacy, comprising:
TRUMAN. Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955. 1 (of 2 volumes) only, 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY HARRY TRUMAN. -- TRUMAN. Mr. Citizen. New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960. 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY TRUMAN. -- TRUMAN. Invitation to the 1949 presidential inauguration of Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley issued to Joseph Mailman of New York City. -- BENTON, Thomas Hart (1889-1975). Independence and the Opening of the West. Independence, MO: Harry S. Truman Library, 1961. 4to. Original wrappers. INSCRIBED BY HARRY TRUMAN TO HELEN RACY, "With kind regards."
[With]: A binder of materials relating Truman which includes: 5 TLS from Truman to various persons including former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder in response to Snyder's telegram of congratulations upon the birth of Truman's first grandchild; historian David Lowenthal in response to his gift of a facsimile Gettysburg Address to Truman's presidential library; and to Barbara Huber of Princeton University Press in thanks for a book about the Potsdam Conference. Additionally, there are three tickets to the 1948 Democratic National Convention, a letter from Lyndon Johnson as senator dated 20 January 1960 (likely secretarial signature); and a ticket to a Kennedy for President Rally dated 22 October 1960 at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
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