Post-presidential papers, 1953-1972.

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Post-presidential papers, 1953-1972.

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About two-thirds of the collection is composed of several correspondence files, among them the Rose Conway office file, which holds material that Truman's personal secretary felt was sensitive and decided to file in her own office rather than in the main file room; the name file, which, together with the Rose Conway office file, holds most of Truman's exchanges with his more important correspondents; and the very large general file, which holds correspondence judged to be less important than material kept in the other two files.

364 linear ft.

Harry S. Truman Library

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Harry S. Truman Library

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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...

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Conway, Rose A., -1980

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Rose A. Conway was born ca. 1900 in Emporia, Kansas. She worked as a secretary under J. Vivian Truman at the Federal Housing Administration in Kansas City, Missouri in 1935, and was the administrative assistant in President Harry S. Truman's office (personal secretary to the President) from 1945 to 1972. Conway died on March 17, 1980, in Kansas City, Missouri. From the description of Conway, Rose A., 1900?-1980 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571949 ...