Jackson County, Missouri courthouse building as it looked in Kansas City about 1936. Harry S. Truman, as Presiding Judge of Jackson County, was instrumental in the building of the courthouse.
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Letter from Senator Harry S. Truman to William A. Kitchen in which Truman responds to Kitchen's suggestion of a way for Truman to put in a replacement for Maurice M. Milligan as U.S. attorney at Kansas City.
Letter from P. C. Carlock to William A. Kitchen in which Carlock informs Kitchen of his desire to be the sub-carrier in Greenfield, Missouri. Carlock asks him if he may be able to help him procure the position.
Letter from T. B. Good to Senator Harry S. Truman. Good, secretary of the Missouri Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, recommends Judge Jacob E. Smith of Sedalia, Missouri to be the a commissioner appointed to the Kansas City Court of Appeals. Good then provides a brief endorsement of Smith.
Letter from Joseph F. Keirnan, Director of the Department of Liquor Control of Kansas City to attorney Jerome K. Walsh. Keirnan talks of his meeting with former North Side [Columbus Park] precinct captain Johnnie Cozzi.
Letter from Senator Harry S. Truman to William A. Kitchen in which Truman encloses a letter he had just written to Robert Walton of the Armstrong Herald in Armstrong, Missouri. In this letter, Truman thanks Walton for a favorable article Walton wrote about Truman.
Letter from Harry S. Truman in Washington D.C. to his wife Bess in Independence, Missouri. In this candid letter, Truman informs Bess that he intends to travel in secret to New York to meet with Tom Pendergast.
Photograph showing Tom Pendergast and his nephew James Pendergast. Tom Pendergast is seated, and his nephew standing.
Letter from Ralph Emerson Truman to his cousin Harry S. Truman in which Ralph expresses his condolences for Harry's loss in re-election as judge of Jackson County. Ralph reminds Harry of his accomplishments while in office and mentions that after the upcoming administration, he could easily win re-election in two years.
Photocopy of a military circular letter that calls fourteen officers of the 130th Field Artillery to be present at a general court-martial for persons unnamed in the letter. Among these officers are 1st Lieutenant James M. Pendergast, who had previously served with Harry S. Truman in the 129th Field Artillery. The Harry S.
Letter from Harry S. Truman at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to his wife Bess in Independence, Missouri. Truman describes his attraction to the military, then says, "You be a good girl and I'll be a good boy. I have been. I haven't had a thing to drink nor have I drawn a single card."
Letter from William T. Kemper, Sr. of the Commerce Trust Company to Harry S. Truman congratulating him on his Democratic nomination for Judge of Jackson County, Missouri.