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| 10-Foot Tree Ready for Truman’s Home | | 1947 | New York Times 22 December 1947 | |
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| 1,300 Letters of Truman’s Made Public | McDowell, Edwin | 1983 | New York Times 14 March 1983 | |
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| 24,000 Pages of Bess Truman's Family Papers Are Released | | 2009 | New York Times 15 February 2009 | In honor of the 124th anniversary of Bess Truman's birth, the Harry S Truman Library and Museum opened a vast number of documents pertaining to the life of the First Lady. |
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| 3 Trumans Go to Polls | | 1948 | New York Times 3 November 1948 | |
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| All The President’s Women | Robertson, Rebecca | 2005 | ARTnews December 2005 | Coverage of a photography exhibition called “First Ladies” by Jean-Pierre Khazem at Sperone Westwater in New York. |
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| American First Ladies | Watson, Robert P., ed. | 2006 | Pasadena, CA: Salem Press | |
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| America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 2000 | New York: Touchstone | |
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| America’s First Ladies | Healy, Diana Dixon | 1988 | New York: Atheneum | |
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| America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their Honor | Wadley, Carma | 2007 | Deseret Morning News 19 February 2007 | Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
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| America’s First Ladies: Their Uncommon Wisdom, from Martha Washington to Laura Bush | Adler, Bill | 2002 | Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishers | |
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| America’s Most Influential First Ladies | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 1992 | Minneapolis: Oliver Press | For readers grades 5-7. |
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| Athletics Win in 11th | | 1947 | New York Times 11 March 1947 | The First Lady attended the baseball game. |
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| Behind Mrs. Truman’s Social Curtain: No Comment | | 1947 | Newsweek 10 November 1947 | |
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| Bess and Harry: An American Love Story | Robbins, Jhan | 1980 | New York: Putnam’s | An excellent and detailed overview of Mrs. Truman’s public activities written by a journalist. |
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| Bess and Julia: Ladies from Missouri | Clancy, Jane | 2000 | Classic American Homes October/November 2000 | |
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| The Bess Collection | Missouri The Junior Service League of Independence | 1995 | Memphis: Wimmer Cookbooks | A cookbook with information and photographs about the First Lady. |
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| Bess, Mamie and Lady Bird: The Story of Three Former First Ladies, Now Widows | Schreiber, Flora R., and Stuart Long | 1974 | Modern Maturity February-March 1974 | |
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| Bess Truman | Frey, Raymond | 2002 | The Presidential Companion 2002 | Raymond Frey's article can be found in The Presidential Companion: Readings on the First Ladies, Robert P. Watson and Anthony J. Eksterowicz, eds. |
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| Bess Truman | Truman, Margaret | 1986 | New York: Macmillan | |
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| Bess Truman: The Woman Behind the President | Mattson, Jennifer | 2000 | Northwest Missouri State University: | |
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| Bess Truman Called Seriously Ill, With Pneumonia In Both Lungs | | 1981 | New York Times 13 May 1981 | |
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| Bess Truman Celebrates 97th Birthday | | 1982 | New York Times 14 February 1982 | |
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| Bess Truman Enters Hospital | | 1980 | New York Times 31 December 1980 | |
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| Bess Truman Enters Hospital After Stroke | | 1981 | New York Times 28 September 1981 | |
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| Bess Truman Fights Fever | | 1981 | New York Times 4 October 1981 | |
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| Bess Truman Has Hip Fracture And Is Hospitalized in Missouri | | 1981 | New York Times 7 May 1981 | |
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| Bess Truman Home | | 1981 | New York Times 10 October 1981 | |
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| Bess Truman Hospitalized | | 1982 | New York Times 2 August 1982 | |
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| Bess Truman Is 92 Today | | 1977 | New York Times 13 February 1977 | |
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| Bess Truman is 97 | Krebs, Alibin, and Robert McG. Thomas, Jr. | 1982 | New York Times 13 February 1982 | |
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