Harry S. Truman
Resources on the Web*

Compiled by Peter Y. Chou
Instructor for “Navigating the Internet”
CTIS Division, Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, California

Bio Sketches:
Biography Find (Paragraphy summary)— http://www.biography.com/ (Type in Find Box: Harry S Truman)
(20,000 biographies from Cambridge Encyclopedia & Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography)
Electric Library: Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)— http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/13081.html
(Paragraph biography with links to Hiroshima, Cold War, Marshall Plan, NATO, Korean War)
Encarta Online: Harry S. Truman— http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise/default.asp?vs=x97&la=na&ty=1&vo=0C&ti=01598000&pq=inTruman
(3-page biography of Truman with hyperlinks from Microsoft's Encarta Concise Encyclopedia)
Harry S. Truman: A Short Biography— http://www.wisdomportal.com/Truman/TrumanBio.html
(One page bio sketch for students on using Internet resources in writing a biography)
Biographies:
Harry S Truman: 33rd U.S. President (1945-1953)— http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/harrystruman
(Biography of Harry S Truman from the White House Presidents Archive)
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (1885-1982)— http://www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/et33.html
(Biography of Bess Truman from the White House First Ladies Archive)
Truman Fact Sheet from Internet Public Library— http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/hstruman.html
(1948 Election results, Cabinet members, Links to Internet biographies)
Truman Biography from Encyclopedia Americana— http://www.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/33ptrum.html
(by Richard S. Kirkendall, editor of The Truman Period as a Research Field)
Biographical Sketch: Harry S. Truman— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hst-bio.htm
(Biography with 12 books for further reading from the Truman Library)
Biography of President Harry S. Truman— http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cvn75/bio.htm
(Biography with five photos from the U.S. Navy web site)
Harry S. Truman: Decisive President: 'The Lightning' Strikes in War— http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0508.html
(Truman Obituary by Alden Whitman, New York Times, December 27, 1972)
Harry S. Truman— http://www.cr.k12.ia.us/Trum/trumanbio.html
(Biography from Truman Elementary School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Chronology of Truman's Life— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/chron/index.html
(Pre-Presidential Years, First Term & Second Term as President, Post-Presidential Years)
Quotes:
Truman Quotes— http://cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/authors/quotes_truman_harrys.html
(Art, Choice, Decisions, Greatness, Longevity, New World, Truth)
Creative Quotes from Truman— http://www.bemorecreative.com/one/226.htm
(Historians, Truth, Plans Accomplishments, Confuse Them)
Truman Aphorisms— http://www.aphorismsgalore.com/author/Harry_S_Truman.html
(Advice to your children, Recession & Depression, History, Efficient government)
Truman Diary: July 25, 1945— http://www.dannen.com/decision/hst-jl25.html
(Ordering the atom bomb drop against Japan)
Letters & Speeches:
Dear Bess: Love Letters from the President— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/bessltr.htm
(Truman's letters to his wife Bess from 1910-1957)
Letter to Bess: June 12, 1945— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/letters/ju1245p1.jpg
(Truman's two months as President & listening to ghosts in the White House)
Letter to Bess: July 29, 1945— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/july2945.htm
(Truman is homesick, likes Stalin, distrusts Molotov)
Truman's Inaugural Address (January 20, 1949)— http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres53.html
(Columbia's Project Bartleby's electronic texts of U.S. Presidents' Inaugural Addresses)
Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947)— gopher://wiretap.spies.com:70/00/Gov/US-Speech/truman.47
(Address before Joint Session of Congress on foreign aid to Greece & Turkey to fight Communism)
Essays:
Character Above All: Truman Essay by David McCullough— http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/essays/truman.html
(McCullough's Trumanwon the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1993)
50th Anniversary of Truman's Presidency— http://mosl.sos.state.mo.us/ofman/truman.html
(Essay with 7 photos by Robert H. Ferrell, author of three Truman books)
Recollections of Harry S. Truman and the Navy— http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cvn75/cdrelsey.html
(by George M. Elsey, Cmdr., USN, retired)
Books:
Bibliography of Truman Books— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/biblio-b.htm
(32 Truman books compiled by the Truman Library)
Truman Bibliography for Young Readers— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/biblio-y.htm
(7 Truman books compiled by the Truman Library)
Truman Books at Amazon.com— http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/Subject=Truman%2C%20Harry%20S.%2C/002-0726302-0535243
(167 Harry S. Truman books by subject available for online ordering)
Truman Books at Santa Clara Country Library— telnet://146.74.92.1
(116 Harry Truman books at Santa Clara County Library)
Truman Books at Foothill College Library— http://fhlib.fhda.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/5/5
(37 Truman books available for checkout to Foothill College students)
Photos:
Truman Library: Digital Archives & Photographs— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photos/av-photo.htm
(Digital Photos & Documents from the Truman Library)
Truman Sampler— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photos/sample-1.htm
(Most often requested photos from theTruman Library)
Truman Photograph Collection (100 photos)— http://www.whistlestop.org/archive/photos/photos.htm
(Early Life, Senator, VP, Presidency, Post Presidential, Famous People, Portraits)
President Truman at Potsdam Conference (July 18, 1945)— http://www.whistlestop.org/archive/photos/images/58-574.jpg
(Stalin, Truman, Gromyko, Stettinius, Molotov)
President Truman & General George Marshall (October 16, 1945)— http://www.whistlestop.org/archive/photos/images/78-694.jpg
(Truman presents Marshall with permanent membership in the Reserve Officers Association)
President Truman with General Eisenhower & Herbert Hoover (1950)— http://www.whistlestop.org/archive/photos/images/64-545.jpg
(Three Presidents: Past, Present, Future— Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower)
Truman & Jack Benny (September 3, 1959)— http://www.whistlestop.org/archive/photos/images/60-28.jpg
(Truman at the piano with Jack Benny playing the violin at the Truman Library)
Truman's Father & Mother— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/family/couple.htm
(Photo of John Anderson Truman & Martha Ellen Young)
Resources:
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/
(Truman Library Institute, Truman Trivia, Love Letters Exhibit)
President Truman's Office Files— http://www.upapubs.com/guides/hst1.htm
(Political files, Subject files, Correspondences, Diaries & Notes)
Harry S Truman National Historical Site— http://www.nps.gov/hstr/
(Truman Home & Truman Farm Home in Missouri with visiting hours)
President Harry S. Truman— http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cvn75/truman.html
(Biography, Reflections, Punctuation Debate, Naval Aide Recollections, Trusty Shellback, Margaret Truman)
Related Links & Institutions— http://www.trumanlibrary.org/links.htm
(30 links compiled by the Truman Library)

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* Compiled for 3rd-5th grade students on using Internet resources in writing a biography
(Foothill College Children's Computer Activities Workshops, June 29 - August 7, 1998).

Harry S. TrumanResources on the Web*

Harry S. Truman
Resources on the Web*