2010 Releases

• General Petraeus to Speak at Korean War Veterans Event in June
• 2010 Book Award Winner
• May 8 events for Truman's birthday
• Wild About Harry
• Korean War exhibit
• History Day 2010
• Leavenworth students
• White House Usher Files
• Presidents Day
• Third annual Independence Appreciation Days

2009 Releases

• Capture the Moment Exhibit
• Dear Harry Letters
• Bennett Forum
• Independence Days
• School House exhibit and programs
• History Day Contest
• Bess Wallace Papers
• President's Day 2009
• Truman's 125th birthday
• Wild About Harry!

December 2008

• Independence Appreciation Days

• Memories of World War II exhibit

October 2008

• John Geer program

November 2007

• Edwin Pauley Papers opened for research

October 2007

• Bill Moyers event
• New Board members join Truman Library Institute

September 2007

• Groundbreaking ceremony for Working Office
• George P. Shultz to Be Awarded Truman Medal

May/June 2007

• Bill Clinton event
• July 4th celebrations

April 2007

• May Events
• Treasures of the Presidents exhibit

March 2007

• Library Celebrates 50th Anniversary (pdf)

January 2007

• Helen Thomas
• President's Day
• American Treasures Grant

November 2006

• Kofi Annan visit

October 2006

• Veterans Day

September 2006

• Frank Rich program

August 2006

• Kennedy Dolls exhibit

July 2006

• Churchill exhibition opens in August
• 58th Anniversary of President Truman's Desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces

April 2006

• John Lewis Gaddis wins 2006 book award
• Truman Birthday week celebrations

March 2006

• Benjamin Hufbauer program

January 2006

• Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb Celebrate Bess Truman's 121st Birthday
• UN Anniversary marked by symposium

2005 News Releases

July 2005

• Library commemorates Medicare

June 2005

• Nuremberg Programs in July

May 2005

• Harry S. Truman Speaking Off the Script.

April 2005

• Truman week
• Local students succeed at State History Day
• April 12, 1945 commemorated

March 2005

• The War Crimes Trials at Nuremberg

January 2005

• Documents related to Bess Truman

November 2004

• Mitten Tree, Santa Claus, President Truman Highlight Holiday Season

September 2004

• Every Four Years Exhibit opens

July 2004

• Roger Wilkins to speak

May 2004

• Truman Week
• Truman Book Award

April 2004

• Truman Museum and the Jackson County Historical Society to sponsor Harry S. Truman Memories Project

January 2004

• Eisenhowers to visit the Truman Library

2003: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | September | December

December 2003

• Life and Times Exhibit sneak preview
• Screen Gems

September 2003

• Constitution Day

July 2003

• Truman 1947 Diary
• C-SPAN school bus to visit Truman Museum

June 2003

• Truman biographers presentation on Truman's presidency
• Korean War Exhibit opens

May 2003

• Truman Legacy events

April 2003

• Patriots of War speaker series
• Screen Gems Collection - Film & Sound clips featuring President Truman

March 2003

• Truman Music Series
• Hoover-Truman: A Presidential Friendship

February 2003

• Cold War program on February 27

January 2003

• Kansas City celebrates American Heritage
• Bess Truman's birthday program
• Kirkendall Lecture

2002 Releases
February | March | April | May | June | September | October | November | December

December 2002

• Kauffman Grant continues Education Outreach
• White house Decision Center First Anniversary

November 2002

• Steel Strike Conference
• Veterans Day activities

October 2002

• Richard Holbrooke presentation
• Kati Marton breakfast at the Truman Library

September 2002

• Smithsonian Exhibit to open at the Truman Presidential Museum

June 2002

• Gail Buckley at the Gem Theater, Thursday July 25
• AP Photographer presents program at Truman Library
• Harrisonville student places third at National History Day

May 2002

• Truman Museum & Library named tourism leader
• 2002 Truman Book Award Winner announced
• Flash: AP exhibit to open at the Truman Museum
• Truman Week -- events announced

April 2002

• Douglas Menarchik program
• Roger Daniels program

March 2002

• History Day students compete at the Truman Library
• Presidential Calendar added to web site

• Michael Gardner presentation
• Patriots of War series
• Milton Katz papers opened for research
• Allen Weinstein Lecture

• Ornament Making workshop set for December 1

• Cheryl Harness to speak at Library

• Truman Presidency Exhibit to open in November
• Grand Rededication planned for December 9
• Truman Chryslers Return
• Korean War conference sponsored by the Library and UMKC
• Jay Hakes to speak about U.S. energy policy
  

• Library Releases Tapes Containing Conversations Between Truman & His Advisors
• Richard Frank to speak at Truman Presidential Museum on August 4
• Truman Advisor and Chicago Sun-Times Columnist to Speak on July 26

June 2001

• New Library Director named - National Archives news release | Truman Library news release
• White House Renovation photos by Abbie Rowe on display
• David Gergen program continues presidential advisor series

• Memorial Day Weekend activities planned

• Roger Mudd Symposium
• Truman Week Festivities

• Museum to reopen March 1
• National Portrait Gallery's Portraits of the Presidents
• Mount Vernon in Miniature

• David Broder program -- cancelled

• Elie Wiesel Speaking in Kansas City, September 24

August 2000

• Museum closes for four months, renovation in full swing

July 2000

• Truman Places map now available
• Library Director steps down

• Volunteer Program wins award

May 2000

• Truman Book Award to Military Historian
• Truman's books from High School available for research

• New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli to speak at the Truman Library
• $7.9 Million Contract Awarded for Truman Library Renovation
• History Day students advance to state finals
• Mark Russell to perform at Truman fundraiser
• History Day students to compete at the Truman Library

• UMKC and Truman Library Establish Presidential Studies Collection for Kansas City
• First Families exhibit opens at the Truman Library

• Looking Back at the American Century exhibit opens February 5

• Truman Library gets into the holiday spirit

November 1999

• New board members added to the Truman Library Institute
• Seasons greetings exhibit opens at the Truman Library

October 1999

• Fair Deal series at the Truman Library
• Last Days Documentary to show at Truman Library
• Web site boost
• Gilbert lecture series

September 1999

• Private boost for Truman Library campaign
• Federal boost of $8 million for Truman Library campaign
• State appropriates $2 million for Truman Library renovation

August 1999

• Truman Library launches Capital Campaign
• How will the money be used? - Fact Sheet for Capital Campaign

July 1999

• 4th of July plans

June 1999

• George Marshall Exhibition opens July1

May 1999

• Truman Library to celebrate Truman's 115th birthday

April 1999

• Berlin airlift program

March 1999

• Local students advance in National History Day contest
• NATO media advisory
• NATO ceremony at the Truman Library
• National History Day at the Truman Library

February 1999

• TIME and the Presidency exhibit debuts at Truman Library
• Truman stamp to be unveiled
• Library celebrate's Bess' birthday

January 1999

• Gala event planned for Inauguration anniversary

1998 News releases

December 1998

• Project Whistlestop offers interactive learning about Truman Presidency
• Truman Tree Lighting Ceremony

November 1998

• Inaugurations Exhibit and fund raiser planned
• 1949 Inaugurations fact sheet
• Early Truman Letters Made Available for Research

September 1998

• Truman Library hosts National History Day workshop
• Chrysler's return - media advisory
• Whistlestop Program Series (October 8-22)
• After the Holocaust Program Series (September 3-17)

August 1998

• National History Day workshop set for October 3

July 1998

• Colin Powell speech available online

June 1998

• 4th of July event
• Colin Powell to speak in Independence

May 1998

April 1998

• 4/27/98 - Nazi Gold, Israel papers to be opened
• 4/20/98 - Truman Week Activities
• The Long Way Home show times

March 1998

• 3/18/98 - New staff join Library and Institute
• 3/14/98 - History Day students advance to State finals
• 3/12/98 - Abba Eban to speak at RLDS Temple
• 3/12/98 - Virtual Election exhibit to open at Library
• 3/12/98 - 1948 Exhibition to open at Library
• 3/5/98 - History Day competition, March 14

February 1998

• 2/9/98 - Letters From Bess to Harry Truman Released For First Time
• 2/9/98 - Blue River Community College plans "Dear Bess " events

January 1998

• 1/29/98 - Great American Love Story on display for the first time

December

• 12/23/97 - Library announces plans to commemorate Israel's 50th anniversary

November

• 11/5/97 - White House Christmas Exhibit Opens

October

• 10/30/97 - Four million dollars for the Library
• 10/30/97 - Students win Marshall Plan essay contest

September

• 9/30/97 - Tames Exhibit opens at the Truman Library
• 9/30/97 - Dear Bess exhibit planned for the Truman Library
• 9/9/97 - Academy Award-Winning Producer Creates Film for Harry S. Truman Library
• 9/9/97 - Harry S. Truman Library Celebrates 40th Birthday With Guggenheim Film Premiere
• 9/9/97 - National History Day workshop to be held at the Truman Library

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The Harry S. Truman Library is one of ten Presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration and houses more than 14 million pages of documents, including President Truman's own papers relating to his life and Presidency. Its research room is open from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The Truman Library is located at U.S. Highway 24 and Delaware in Independence, Mo. Regular museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, with extended hours Thursday evenings until 9 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $4.50 for seniors and $3 for children ages 6-18. Truman Library Institute members and children 5 and under are admitted free. For information on exhibits and displays 24 hours a day, call (816) 833-1225.

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