On Monday, February 13, 2012, the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum will open approximately 3,200 pages of additional Bess Wallace Truman Papers. This latest batch of material contains letters written by the families of Harry and Bess Truman.
Included in this opening are letters that Harry received from his cousins, Mary Ethel and Nellie Noland; his sister, Mary Jane Truman; and his mother, Martha Ellen Truman. This new material also contains extensive correspondence between Bess and her mother, Madge Gates Wallace. Among the topics mentioned in these letters are updates about all the family members; Missouri and national politics; Margaret Truman; the Truman farm; the Wallace home at 219 North Delaware; the elections of 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952; the 1949 Inaugural; and the Korean War and Douglas MacArthur.
According to Truman Library Director Michael Devine, this will be the last significant addition of Truman material to the Library’s holdings.
Those interested in viewing these materials and other historical resources at the Truman Library, can visit the research room Monday through Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The research room is also open Saturday, 8:45 a.m. until 12:45 p.m., by appointment only.
