Papers, 1930-1991 (bulk 1946-1991).

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Papers, 1930-1991 (bulk 1946-1991).

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Subject file contains extensive personal correspondence from Kempton's friends, along with material documenting her career as an artist, her social life, and her financial affairs, including files on several of the people who posed for Kempton's best-known portraits: John Snyder and his family, especially his daughter, Drucie Snyder; Sen. Carter Glass and his family; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington; and His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch of Chicago, containing a substantial body of correspondence, particularly with John and Drucie Snyder. Also included is information concerning exhibitions of Kempton's work and her memberships in a variety of organizations; two folders containing contracts for portraits painted by Kempton during the early stages of her career; and folders entitled "Sketch books" and "Sketches" containing some of her original drawings. Family correspondence file mostly consists of letters and postcards to Kempton from her daughter Daisy Dickson and her grandson Albert d'Ossche, with related materials, and is restricted. Harry S. Truman file contains correspondence, printed materials, and other items documenting Kempton's relations with President Truman and the Harry S. Truman Library, much of this material concerns a 1987 exhibition of Kempton's work at the library including a folder entitled "Oral History Interview" containing the transcript of an interview which Kempton gave in conjunction with the exhibition, along with related correspondence; together with a small amount of correspondence with President and Mrs. Truman, Margaret Truman, and Truman administration officials. Financial and legal affairs file contains a variety of material relating to her career as an artist and to her investments including appraisals of the monetary value of her painting performed by the Equitable Appraisal Company along with related correspondence, checkbooks (Oct. 1971-Sept. 1991), and material relating to her apartment in Manhattan. Printed materials file features a large collection of newspaper clippings, exhibit brochures, periodicals, and other publications reflecting the development of her career and interest in the work of other artists; materials featuring her most famous Truman portraits; and items relating to Truman and the 1948 election, including campaign literature, Democratic party materials, and 1949 inaugural program. Oversize file includes certificates, reproductions of paintings, and a collection of scrapbooks.

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008

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Margaret Truman Daniel (1924-2008) was born in Independence, Missouri. She is the daughter of President Harry S. and Elizabeth Virginia (Bess) Truman. She married E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. (a newspaper editor), on April 21, 1956. After graduating from George Washington University in 1946, she embarked on a career as a coloratura soprano. She was also a successful radio personality as co-host of the program Weekday with Mike Wallace. Later, Truman became the successful author of a series of murde...

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...

Harry S. Truman Library

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Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970

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Julius A. Krug (b. Nov. 23, 1907-d. Mar. 26, 1970), U.S. Navy veteran, served as Secretary of the Interior from 1946 to 1949. From the description of Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10573193 Director, Office of War Utilities, 1943; acting chairman, War Production Board, 1944-45; Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49; also, United States coal mines administrator, 1946-47. Died in Knoxville, Tenn., March 26, 19...

Glass family.

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Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

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Elizabeth Virginia “Bess” Truman was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She served as her husband’s secretary and was known for often voicing her opinions. Whistle-stopping in 1948, President Harry Truman often ended his campaign talk by introducing his wife as “the Boss” and his daughter, Margaret, as “the Boss’s Boss,” and they smiled and waved as the train picked up steam. The sight of that close-knit family gallantly fighting against such lo...

Dickson, Daisy

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Donaldson, Jesse M. (Jesse Monroe), 1885-1970

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Jesse Monroe Donaldson (1885-1970), Postmaster General of the United States from 1947 to 1953. From the description of Donaldson, Jesse M. (Jesse Monroe), 1885-1970 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10573256 U.S. postmaster general. From the description of Papers, 1947-1952. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70958947 ...

D'Ossché, Albert

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Snyder, Drucie

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Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus, 1887-1958

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Bishop of Toledo, 1921-1930; Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1930-1939; and Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, 1946-1958. From the description of Scrapbook, 1946-1958. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 25172573 ...

Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

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Democratic Party (U.S.)

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United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman)

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Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985

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Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949

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Robert E. Hannegan was born June 30, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his LL.B. degree in 1925 from St. Louis University. From 1925 to 1942 he practiced law in St. Louis. From 1933 1942 he served as Chairman of the Democratic City Committee of St. Louis and during this time became the chief aid to Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann, and the boss of the twenty-first ward in St. Louis. From 1942 to 1943 he was Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eastern District of Missouri, and from 1943 to 1945...

Equitable Appraisal Company (New York, N.Y.)

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The Equitable Appraisal Company, founded in 1904 in New York City, provided asset evaluation services. In the 1920s-1940s the company engaged in the valuation of property for insurance, estate and tax purposes. Officers were William G. Pilgrim, president, and Michael J. O'Haren, secretary-treasurer. Between 1920 and 1943 the company offices were located at 145 Nassau Street in New York City. From the guide to the Equitable Appraisal Company records, ca. 1918-ca. 1943, 1922-1939, (The...

Kempton, Greta, 1903-1991

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Greta Kempton (Martha Greta) was born on March 22, 1903, in Vienna, Austria. In about 1926 she immigrated to the United States, and in about 1930 she became a student at the National Academy of Design and Art Students League in New York City. From 1946 to 1947 she was commissioned to paint portraits of Drucie Snyder, Treasury Secretary John Snyder, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman (the official White House portrait). In 1948 the Democratic National Committee distributed prints of t...

Snyder family.

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Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

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Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on 4 January 1858. Member of Virginia State Senate, 1898-1906; member of U.S. House of Representatives. 1902-1918; Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-1920, Member of U.S. Senate, 1920-1946. Died in Washington, D.C. on 28 May 1946. From the description of Letter : from Horace Mann Towner, 1925 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122701025 Virginia statesman; Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1933 February, Uni...