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Congress has restored funding of appropriated activities, and the National Archives has begun to restore normal operations. We are working to open to the public as soon as possible. Please check our website for updates.
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We’re sorry, but we will not be able to post updates to our social media channels during the government shutdown. All National Archives events– virtual or in person– are canceled until further notice. We will be unable to reply to messages or emails until the government reopens.
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Congress has restored funding of appropriated activities, and the National Archives has begun to restore normal operations. We are working to open to the public as soon as possible. Please check archives.gov for updates.
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We’re sorry, but we will not be able to post updates to our social media channels during the government shutdown. All National Archives events–virtual or in person–are canceled until further notice. We will be unable to reply to messages or emails until the government reopens.
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This week, we’re combining our #Harry140 commemoration & the anniversary of the surrender of Japan, ending World War II. This photo is from a different angle than our other photos of this event. catalog.archives.gov/id/3503…
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#OTD in 1945, the U. S. released an atomic bomb above Hiroshima, Japan in an effort to end World War II. Here, an injured policeman writes relief certificates for rice rations to survivors. The photographer was the only person to capture images of the destruction on this day.
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One of the most important things to remember about your #ArchivesCampfire is to remember to put it out, & Smokey Bear helps us to do that! A baby Smokey Bear from New Mexico is presented to the National Zoo, Washington, D. C. in 1950. #ArchivesHashtagParty catalog.archives.gov/id/3485…
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While this looks like a familiar photo, this particular #Harry140 photo has an interesting story. This was the first ever color news photograph to be transmitted & received by radio waves & published. See the original photo here: catalog.archives.gov/id/3452…
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#Harry140 photo this week shows former President Truman on vacation! In 1958, Harry & Bess went to Europe aboard the SS Constitution (Bess didn't like to fly). This photo shows HST chatting with an unidentified man, possibly a cameraman, on board the ship. catalog.archives.gov/id/3487…
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This week’s #Harry140 photo shows a different angle of a familiar event – HST speaking at the closing session of the United Nations Conference. We don't always have motion picture footage of events, so having multiple photos can help reconstruct it. catalog.archives.gov/id/3503…
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As with another photo from earlier this year, this #Harry140 photo shows HST greeting visitors to the Truman Library! This young man in cowboy gear had his picture taken with HST & then sent this copy of the photo to Mr. Truman after his visit. catalog.archives.gov/id/3503…
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It's time to #ArchivesHashtagParty with #ArchivesPets! The Trumans weren't really pet people, but for a short time after they came to the White House, they had an Irish Setter named Mike that was gifted to them. Here is "Mike's Menu." catalog.archives.gov/id/2411…
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The Truman Library is hiring! We are hiring an Education Specialist for our flagship education program, the White House Decision Center. Learn more & apply here: usajobs.gov/job/794058500 (public applicants); current Federal employees: usajobs.gov/job/794052900
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Important question for #MenuMonday: what's your preferred format for eating potatoes? On this menu, Mrs. Truman crossed out the baked potatoes served with filet mignon & requested french fries instead. What would you rather eat with filet mignon? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583…
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In the early days of the Library, visitors might get the chance to meet Mr. Truman if they arrived or left at the same time as him. The Cropper family did that & took a picture with HST at the administrative entrance to the Library in 1960 for this week’s #Harry140 photo.
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It's time for a #FileUnitFriday! We recently digitized all the National Security Council Meetings from the President's Secretary's Files. Report from May 1951 regards issues in Asia. Item: catalog.archives.gov/id/3343…; File Unit: catalog.archives.gov/id/7506…
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HST often received gifts & tokens of appreciation from groups that came to see him at the White House. In this 1952 #Harry140 photo, the National Cartoonist’s Society gives HST this bust of Abraham Lincoln. This bust is part of our Museum collection! catalog.archives.gov/id/3503…
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Happy birthday, Harry S. Truman! Today we commemorate the 140th anniversary of Mr. Truman's birth. This morning we had our official wreath-laying ceremony. #Harry140
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Our #Harry140 photo this week shows HST at the Truman Library groundbreaking ceremony in May 1955, ready to put his shovel in the ground. With him are members of the Truman Library Foundation, which organized the fundraising drive to construct the Library. catalog.archives.gov/id/3487…
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Our question this #MenuMonday: can you eat pumpkin pie any time of year, or only at Thanksgiving? #OTD in 1949, the Truman family had pumpkin pie for dessert after dinner. catalog.archives.gov/id/7583…
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It's time for #ArchivesGames at the #ArchivesHashtagParty! Bess loved to play bridge with both her family members & ladies in her neighborhood Bridge Club. Here, Bess (left) is playing bridge at the White House with her sisters-in-law Natalie & May (right) & her brother Frank.
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This #Harry140 photograph of the Truman Library groundbreaking in 1955 came to us from Eliot Berkley, a history professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. It shows HST speaking to the assembled crowd gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony. catalog.archives.gov/id/3487…
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The Truman Library is hiring a new Education Specialist! Learn more and apply here: usajobs.gov/job/788368700
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Today's #Harry140 post features the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library! The ceremony took place as part of Mr. Truman’s birthday celebration in 1955. In this photo, HST is holding a shovel-full of dirt while others in the background look on. catalog.archives.gov/id/3503…
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For #Harry140 this week, we have a wedding! Harry & Bess’s only child, Margaret, married Clifton Daniel on April 21, 1956. Many of the photos we have of Margaret’s wedding are copyrighted, as Life magazine covered her wedding & published many photos. catalog.archives.gov/id/3487…
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#OTD in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died and Harry S. Truman was sworn in as President at 7:09 p.m. This photo shows the swearing-in ceremony and many of the Cabinet officers and others present. catalog.archives.gov/id/3389…
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This #MenuMonday, we're featuring a menu for which we also have a recipe! #OTD in 1948, the Trumans had scalloped eggplant with dinner. You can try it yourself! The link includes both the handwritten & typed version. Menu: catalog.archives.gov/id/7583…; recipe: catalog.archives.gov/id/1393…
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This week’s #Harry140 photo is a post-Presidential one! People would often drive by the Truman Home, hoping to see a glimpse of Mr. Truman. They would catch him while he was outside & he would speak with visitors. trumanlibrary.gov/photograph…
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This week's #MenuMonday has another potentially controversial ingredient - coconut! You either love it or you hate it. #OTD in 1948, the Trumans has coconut cream pie for dessert after dinner. What's your opinion on coconut? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583…
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This week's #MoreThanFirstLadies theme for #WomensHistoryMonth is Bess's time as First Lady! This YouTube clip shows footage from one of Bess's first official appearances as First Lady: piped.video/watch?v=ZlFG0iO9…
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On this #MenuMonday, who has heard of blancmange? It's a dessert consisting of milk or cream, sugar, ground almonds, and (....wait for it....) gelatin!
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The Truman Library is hiring a Museum Technician! Learn more and apply here: usajobs.gov/job/779962600
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For #WomensHistoryMonth, we will be talking about Bess all month! This week's theme is "Before They Were First Ladies." We recently digitized this letter that Bess wrote to her grandfather, George P. Gates, around 1890 at the age of 5. #MoreThanFirstLadies catalog.archives.gov/id/3512…
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This #MenuMonday in the category of unusual food combinations, what do we think of the first course with dinner, apricot juice and oysters on the half-shell? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583…
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Our #Harry140 photo this week shows HST as an Army Reservist! This is from 1930 & shows HST (left) with John W. Snyder (center) & Harry Vaughan at camp in Fort Riley, Kansas. Snyder would go on to serve as Truman’s Secretary of the Treasury & Vaughan served as HST's military aide
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The #MenuMonday is another culinary mystery! Does anyone know what Virginia Pudding is? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583…
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#Harry140 this week is from one of HST's vacation trips! In February 1948, he visited Puerto Rico & Cuba in addition to Key West, Florida. This new photo to our collection shows him saluting unidentified servicemen before leaving the U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Today is the 139th anniversary of the birth of First Lady Bess W. Truman! We recently digitized this letter that she wrote to her mother, Madge, in 1942, in which she writes about going to her favorite fish place for dinner on her birthday. catalog.archives.gov/id/3492…
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The Truman Library is hiring! We are hiring a Supervisory Museum Curator. Learn more and apply here: usajobs.gov/job/775886600
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This week's #MenuMonday is for an official luncheon with the Prime Minister of Canada #OTD in 1949. Is it just us, or do "brown potato balls" sound an awful lot like tater tots?
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#Harry140 photo this week is from the Greta Kempton Papers. It shows HST participating in a Masonic ceremony. Ms. Kempton painted a portrait of HST in his Masonic regalia as Grand Master of Missouri. Ms. Kempton used this for reference for her portrait. catalog.archives.gov/id/3503…
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This #MenuMonday, it's time for another lesson in types of fruit desserts! #OTD in 1950, the Trumans enjoyed an apple crisp for dessert after supper. Crisps are a type of fruit dessert covered with a streusel-like topping that contains oats. catalog.archives.gov/id/7583…
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This #Harry140 photo is one of few of HST during his short time as Vice President. This was taken on January 29, 1945 at the National Press Club. HST is playing piano & comedian Jack Benny is playing the violin. trumanlibrary.gov/photograph…
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This #MenuMonday, who else is wondering what "Egg Surprise" is? We also love the combination of burgers, fries, and spinach! catalog.archives.gov/id/7583…
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In this #Harry140 photo, former President Harry S. Truman is at an event at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City! This event in 1955 honored Senator Clinton Anderson of Arizona, who served as Secretary of Agriculture during HST's first term. trumanlibrary.gov/photograph…
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#Harry140 photo this week is from the papers of William Boyle, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee during part of the years HST served as President. This photo shows HST enjoying the floats in the Inaugural Parade as they went by the reviewing stand.
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This week’s #Harry140 photo came to us from the papers of Greta Kempton, the artist who painted the official portraits of both Harry & Bess Truman. This is a three-quarter profile portrait of HST that Ms. Kempton used for reference for her paintings. trumanlibrary.gov/photograph…
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WEATHER UPDATE: the Truman Library Museum will close today at 2:00 pm & will be closed tomorrow due to the inclement weather. Stay safe out there, folks! (HST's Senate secretaries, Catherine Bixler, Mildred Dryden, & Reathel Odum stand outside the Supreme Court in the snow, 1937)
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This #MenuMonday, it's time for a culinary terms lesson! Supper menu features a Blueberry Betty. What is that? It's a dessert consisting of fruit layered with buttered bread crumbs. "Hard sauce" that is included with it just means it's a sauce that contains alcohol or a liqueur.
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Happy 2024! This year is the 140th anniversary of the birth of Harry S. Truman, & every week, we will be featuring a newly available photograph of HST from our collection! This week’s photo shows HST in a place very familiar to him – standing on the back of a train. #Harry140
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