Papers, 1898-1978 (bulk 1945-1953).

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Papers, 1898-1978 (bulk 1945-1953).

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Correspondence, memornda, notes, appointment lists, press releases, newspaper clippings, and publications, relating to Ayers's career as assistnat press secretary (1944-1951) and special assistant (1951-1953) to Pres. Harry S. Truman. Includes transcripts of press conferences held by press secretary Charles G. Ross and by Ayers, subject files containing memoranda, notes and other papers, documenting the history of the Truman administration, and scrapbook of clippings and other material relating to Ayers's years as a journalist (1908-1941) and government official (1941-1950).

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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...

Ayers, Eben A., 1890-1977

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Eben A. Ayers was born October 4, 1890, in Watertown, New York. From 1908 to 1918 he worked as a journalist in Watertown, New York, and Elizabeth, New Jersey. From 1918 to 1919 he was a field clerk in the U.S. Army. From 1920 to 1936 he worked as a journalist with the Associated Press in New York City, and was the Associated Press bureau chief in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Boston, Massachusetts. From 1936 to 1939 Ayers was the news editor for the Providence Journal in Providence, Rhode Island....

United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman)

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Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950

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Charles G. Ross was born on November 9, 1885 in Independence, Missouri. He graduated in 1901 from Independence High School with classmates Harry S. Truman and Bess Wallace, and he received an A.B. in 1905 from the University of Missouri. From 1908 to 1918 he was a member of the faculty of the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. On August 20, 1913, Ross married Florence Griffin. From 1918 to 1943, Ross served as Chief Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He al...