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Title
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Longtime Truman Library Chief Dies
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Description
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Benedict K. Zobrist, former director of the Truman Library, died April 19, 2007, at the age of 85. He was director from 1971 through 1994. The article states that "it was Zobrist's task to see that Truman's office papers, originally not part of the library's holdings, were acquired" and he "sought out hundreds of Truman administration officials scattered across the country, asking that their documents be made available." Zobrist also worked to reinvent the library for a new generation of Americans who had no personal memory of Truman. A renovation of the library began just as he was leaving as director. He very much wanted the library to be an educational facility and not a shrine to Truman. Includes his picture.
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Date
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2007-04-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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Architectural drawing of the front entrance side of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum located on 500 West Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri. View is looking toward the northeast. Lower left hand corner of the photograph contains the name: Egan Ray Gleason.
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Date
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1955-11
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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Architectural drawing of the entrance to the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum located on 500 West Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri. View is looking toward the northeast.
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Date
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1955-11
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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A Library Start
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Description
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Article concerning the groundbreaking of the Truman Library in Independence, includes photo of Harry S. Truman.
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Date
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1955-05-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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Full frontal, exterior view of the presidential library and museum for Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri, looking north.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Gravestone
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Description
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Grave marker for President Harry S. Truman at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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Exterior view of the presidential library and museum for Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri, looking northwest.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Bess Wallace Truman Gravestone
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Description
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Grave marker for Bess Wallace Truman, wife of President Harry S. Truman at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. No print image; negative and digital only.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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Frontal exterior view of the presidential library and museum for Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri, looking northwest.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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Exterior view of the presidential library and museum for Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri, looking northeast.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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Exterior view of the front entrance of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum taken during the dedication ceremony which was held for the Thomas Hart Benton mural located in the front lobby area of the library. View includes the front podium area. Thomas Hart Benton is seen speaking at the podium. Shown seated behind the podium are left to right: Harry Truman, David Lloyd, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Wayne Grover, and Bess Truman.
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Date
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1961-04-15
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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Exterior view of the front entrance of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum taken during the dedication ceremony which was held for the Thomas Hart Benton mural located in the front lobby area of the library. View includes those seated by the podium and those seated in chairs attending. The man speaking is identified as David D. Lloyd. Seated behind the podium between the columns are left to right: Harry Truman, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Thomas Hart Benton directly behind the speaker.
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Date
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1961-04-15
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Throng at Preview at Truman Library
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Description
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Announcement of the initial, temporary opening of the Truman Library with its 5,000-6,000 visitors.
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Date
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1957-07-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Truman: The People's Library
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Description
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Article describing in detail the Truman Library in Independence, including distinctions of this library from previous presidential libraries.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Benton Murals
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Description
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President Truman and Thomas Hart Benton look at mural designs for the Truman Library.
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Date
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1958~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Description
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View of the entrance to the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum located on 500 West Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri.
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Object Type
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Photograph
