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TRUMAN, HARRY S. Archive of 19 Typed Letter Signed, "HarrySTruman" or "H.S.T.," to his former Chief of Staff John Roy Steelman, mostly on personal topics. Together 19 pages. 4to, "Federal Reserve Bank Building" or personal stationery; few with paper clip stain at upper edge, many with Steelman's initials or brief notes. Kansas City or Independence, 1954-72
25 February 1954: "I certainly appreciated the clipping with the picture of Jimmy Durante and [daughter] Margaret at the head of it. . . ." 31 March 1954: "Thanks a lot for your letter about Joe Carson. I . . . hope that Joe makes the grade [Joseph K. Carson lost the 1954 Oregon gubernatorial election to Paul L. Patterson]. . . ." 22 November 1954: ". . . I've been talking with Dave Noyes and Bill Hillman and we would like very much to arrange for a conversation with you on some of the things that took place in the White House while you were Assistant to the President. . . ." 4 August 1956: ". . . I am very much interested in the [Harold E.] Stassen affair [likely Stassen's effort to derail Nixon's vice-presidential campaign], and I hope the situation continues right along the lines given in your letter. . . ." 14 January 1957: ". . . Mrs. Truman is getting along all right. My main difficulty is keeping her from doing everything she would do normally. Deep in a cast and on crutches, she still insists on getting around as always. . . ."
