Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure - Matthew Algeo [103]
Allyson, grazie amore mio.
Lastly, thank you Harry and Bess Truman. You have been wonderful traveling companions.
Sources
My account of Harry and Bess Truman’s 1953 road trip is based on contemporaneous newspaper reports, interviews with surviving witnesses, previously published accounts, and material on file at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, particularly the post-presidential papers and oral history interviews.
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Eyewitness Interviews
Most eyewitnesses were interviewed multiple times. Interviews were conducted in person, over the phone, and by e-mail.
Claire McKinney Clark (saw the Trumans in Indianapolis)
Mary Griffin (Hannibal, Missouri)
Bill Herman (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Carroll Kehne Jr. (Frederick, Maryland)
George Pappas Jr. (Frostburg, Maryland)
Martin “Doc” Rothstein (Frostburg, Maryland)
Manley Stampler (near Bedford, Pennsylvania)
Harvey Sunday (New Kingstown, Pennsylvania)
Toni Walker (Hannibal, Missouri)
Randall Wight (Bethesda, Maryland)
Lowell Wilson (Richmond, Indiana)
Floyd Zerfowski (Decatur, Illinois)
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Newspapers
Bedford (Pennsylvania) Gazette
Columbus (Ohio) Citizen-Journal
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times
Decatur (Illinois) Herald
Decatur (Illinois) Review
Frederick (Maryland) News
Frederick (Maryland) Post
Hannibal (Missouri) Courier-Post
Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Evening News
Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Patriot
Independence (Missouri) Examiner
Indianapolis News
Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis Times
New York Daily Mirror
New York Herald Tribune
New York Journal-American
New York Post
New York Times
New York World-Telegram and Sun
Ohio State Journal (Columbus, Ohio)
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Press
Richmond (Indiana) Palladium-Item
Richmond (Indiana) Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Washington Daily News
Washington Evening Star
Washington Post
Washington Times-Herald
Washington (Pennsylvania) Observer
Washington (Pennsylvania) Reporter
Wheeling (West Virginia) Intelligencer
Wheeling (West Virginia) News-Register
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Oral History Interviews
Almost since its inception, the Truman Library has been recording and transcribing interviews with people associated with Harry and Bess Truman. Now numbering around five hundred, these interviews are a priceless resource for researchers.
Floyd M. Boring
William J. Bray
Matthew Connelly
E. Clifton Daniel
Mildred Lee Dryden
Stanley R. Fike
Edgar G. Hinde
Frank Holeman
Robert B. Landry
Charles S. Murphy
Robert G. Nixon
Mize Peters
Harold M. Slater
Isaac N. P. Stokes
James L. Sundquist
Harry H. Vaughan
Nathan Thomas (Tom) Veatch
Paul Mike Westwood
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Arnold, John Patton. Motor Tourist’s Guide. Chicago: Popular Mechanics Press, 1953.
Arter, Bill. “The Death of the Deshler.” Columbus Dispatch Magazine, October 5, 1969. Auto editors of Consumer Guide. History of the American Auto. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 2004.
“Back Home with the Neighbors: Quiet Life for Harry and Bess.” Newsweek, February 2, 1953.
Bailey, Diana L. The Mayflower: Washington’s Second Best Address. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 2001.
Baker, Peter. “Disfavor for Bush Hits Rare Heights.” Washington Post, July 25, 2007. (Retrieved from www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/24/AR2007072402263.html?nav=hcmodule.)
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