Papers, 1939-1946.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

United States. Bureau of the Budget

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The records were created and accumulated in 1941 by Eric H. Biddle on behalf of his mission, sponsored by the American Public Welfare Association, to study public welfare conditions and activities in Great Britain under the heavy aerial bombardment of that country. During the mission Mr. Biddle was appointed as Foreign Observer for the Bureau of the Budget, attached to the United States Embassy in London. In this capacity he brought the records of his mission to the Bureau, where they were offic...

Blandford, John

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Coy, Wayne, 1903-1957

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Albert Wayne Coy (1903-1957) was born in Shelby County, Indiana. He began his career as a newspaper reporter in 1919, receiving his A.B. from Franklin College in Indiana in 1926. After graduation, he worked as the city editor of the Franklin, Indiana, Star from 1926 to 1930, and was editor and publisher of the Delphi, Indiana, Citizen from 1930 to 1933. Coy was appointed undersecretary to the Governor of Indiana and secretary to the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief in 1933, and in 19...

Appleby, Paul H. (Paul Henson), 1891-1963

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Political scientist. From the description of Reminiscsences of Paul Henson Appleby : oral history, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722781 Paul H. Appleby was born in Greene County, Missouri on September 13, 1891, to Andrew B. and Mary (Johnson) Appleby. He earned his A.B. from Grinnell College in 1913. He married Ruth Meyer on October 4, 1916. The couple had three children, Margaret Finley, Mary Ellen Sarbaugh, and L. Tom. Appleby ...

Smith, Harold D., 1898-1947

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Harold D. Smith (1898-1947) came to the Federal government from Michigan, where he had been State Budget Director under Governor Frank Murphy. His fiscal reforms in Michigan attracted the attention of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who in April 1939 appointed Smith Director of the Bureau of the Budget. This coincided with the transfer of the Budget Bureau to the Executive Office of the President, authorized by the President's Reorganization Plan No. 1 in July 1939. In June 1946, Smith resigned to become...