Naval History and Heritage Command

Harry S Truman Library & Museum 
500 W. U.S. Highway 24
Independence, MO 64050

Andrews, Mark E.
Papers, 1942-1946

Chief of Procurement, Department of the Navy, 1945-1946.

5 feet

Clifford, Clark M.
Papers, 1946-1952

Assistant to White House Naval Aide, 1945-1946 and Special Counsel to the President, 1946-1950.

19 feet

Dennison, Robert L.
Papers, 1946-1972

Naval Aide to the President, 1948-1953.

1 foot

Elsey, George M.
Papers, 1941-1953

Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve, and duty officer, White House Map Room, 1941-1946; Assistant to the Special Counsel to the President, 1947-1949; Administrative Assistant to the President, 1949-1951; Assistant to the Director, Mutual Security Agency, 1951-1953.

42 feet

Foskett, James H.
Papers, 1919-1954

Naval Aide to the President, 1946-1948.

1 foot

Kenney, W. John
Papers, 1946-1949

Under Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949.

3 feet

Kimball, Dan A.
Papers, 1949-1953

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, 1949; Under Secretary of the Navy, 1949-1951; Secretary of the Navy, 1951-1953.

3 feet

Koehler, John T.
Papers, 1949-1951

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1949-51.

300 pages

Map Room
Records, 1945

1 foot

Matthews, Francis P.
Papers, 1932-1952

Secretary of the Navy, 1949-1951; Ambassador to Ireland, 1951-1952.

29 feet

Naval Aide to the President
Records, 1945-1952

13 feet

Naval Aide to the President
Records, 1945-1953

1,032 feet

Parks, Lewis S.
Papers, 1944-1980

U.S. Navy officer; executive aide to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1947, and to the Under Secretary of the Navy, 1948-1949; Commanding Officer, USS Manchester, 1950-1951.

1 foot

President's Secretary
Records, 1945-1953

136 feet

Rigdon, William M.
Papers, 1945-1953

Assistant Naval Aide to the President, 1945-1953.

1 foot

Roberts, Leo W.
Papers, 1916-1996

U.S. Naval Officer with supply and commissary duties in the White House and on board USS Williamsburg, 1950-1952.

300 pages

Sullivan, John L.
Papers, 1940-1949

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1940-1944; Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, 1945-1946; Under Secretary of the Navy, 1946-1947; Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949. 

7 feet

Truman, Harry S
Papers, 1938-1953

Confidential File.

28.7 feet

Whitehair, Francis P.
Papers, 1945-1948

General counsel, Economic Stabilization Agency, 1950-1951; Under Secretary of the Navy, 1951-1953.

7 feet

Oral Histories

Abbott, John

Navy liaison to the Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate the National Defense Program (Truman Committee), 1942-1946.

Bendetsen, Karl R.

General Counsel, Department of the Army, 1949; Assistant Secretary of the Army, 1950-1952; Under Secretary of the Army, 1952.

Clifford, Clark M.

Assistant to White House Naval Aide, 1945-1946; Special Counsel to the President, 1946-1950.

Dennison, Robert L.

Naval Aide to the President, 1948-1953.

Elsey, George M.

Naval officer assigned to the White House Map Room, 1942-1947; Special Assistant in the White House Office, 1947-1949; Administrative Assistant to the President, 1949-1951; Assistant to the Director, Mutual Security Agency, 1951-1953,

Gilpatric, Roswell L.

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, 1951; Under Secretary of the Air Force, 1951-1953.

Kennedy, John A.

Naval liaison officer with the Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate the National Defense Program (Truman Committee).

Kenney, W. John

Under Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949; Chief of Mission, Economic Cooperation Administration, United Kingdom, 1949-1950; Deputy Director, Mutual Security Agency, 1952.

MacDonald, Donald J.

Naval officer; commander of the presidential yacht, USS Williamsburg, 1948-1951.

McColm, George L.

Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, 1944; Chief Agriculture, Joint Army-Navy Planning and Training Staff, The Presidio, Monterey, California, 1945, War Department; in charge of Military Government, Ponape Island, 1945-1946; Soil Conservation Officer, Navajo Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1946-1952; Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs Nursery, 1952-1957.

McFall, John K.

Foreign Service officer, 1947-1955.

Pulley, Gerald Paul

Commander, U.S. Navy; crewman of the USS Williamsburg.

Rigdon, William M.

Assistant Naval Aide to the President, 1942-1953.

Service, John Stewart

Political adviser to the Commander in Chief of American Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater, 1943-1945; executive officer to the political adviser to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in the Far East, 1945-1946; First Secretary of the American Legation, Wellington, New Zealand, 1946-1948.

Stuart, Harold C.

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Civil Affairs, 1949-1951.

Sullivan, John L.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, 1945-1946; Under Secretary of the Navy, 1946-1947; Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949.

Sundquist, James L.

Administrative analyst, Bureau of the Budget, 1941-1947, 1949-1951.

Symington, Stuart

Assistant Secretary of War for Air, 1946-1947; Secretary of the Air Force, 1947-1950; Chairman, National Security Resources Board, 1950-1951; Administrator, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1951-1952; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1953-1977.

Tolan Jr., John H.

Naval liaison officer with the Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate the National Defense Program (Truman Committee), 1943-1945.