WAUKirkendallRichardUA5720.xml Guide to the Richard Kirkendall Papers approximately 1945-2015 Kirkendall (Richard) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2013 (Last modified: 5/30/2024)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5720 Kirkendall, Richard Stewart, 1928- Richard Kirkendall papers approximately 1945-2015 78.64 cubic feet (59 boxes, including 5 3.5 in. floppy disks, 1 5.25 in. floppy disk, 40 audio cassettes, and 8 CDs) Collection materials are in English. Papers of a Professor Emeritus, U.S. History, University of Washington

Professor Emeritus Richard Kirkendall occupied the Bullitt Chair in American History from 1988-1998. Kirkendall has also held faculty positions at Wesleyan (1955-1958), the University of Missouri, Columbia (1958-1973), Indiana University, and Iowa State University (1981-1988), where he was the Henry A. Wallace Professor of History. He retired from teaching in 1998. Born in Spokane, Washington on April 11, 1928 Kirkendall received his B.A. from Gonzaga University in 1950 and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1958. Between college and graduate school he served in the United States Navy in North Korean waters.

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 5720-001, Richard Kirkendall papers, 1945-1997 Accession No. 5720-002, Richard Kirkendall papers, approximately 1960-2015

Collection includes correspondence, teaching files, subject series (1950s-1980s), personal papers, writings, publications, research files, conference files, lectures and talks, photographs, grant materials, administrative documents, awards, certificates, oral history transcripts, oral history recordings, and other audiovisual recordings. Also includes records from Kirkendall's work as member, executive secretary, and ad hoc committee chair of the Organization of American Historians. Much of the collection is focused on Kirkendall's research and writings on Henry A. Wallace, Henry C. Wallace ("Uncle Henry"), and Harry S. Truman.

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Accession No. 5720-001: Richard Kirkendall papers, 1945-1997 58.88 cubic feet (46 boxes)

Scope and Content: Includes correspondence and teaching files (1950's-1980's)

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

 18 5720-001 Book reviews/policy papers 1 5720-001 Course papers 2 5720-001 AHA/Abraham case 3 5720-001 AHA 42-43 5720-001 Boeing, misc. 33 5720-001 Columbus/New Deal research 44 5720-001 Cornwall/Truman/course files 35 5720-001 Farm crisis 4-5, 46 5720-001 Misc. files 37-38 5720-001 Notes 45 5720-001 Research files 6 5720-001 Subject Files - A 7 5720-001 Subject Files - A-B 8 5720-001 Subject Files - B-C 9-10 5720-001 Subject Files - D 11 5720-001 Subject Files - D-E 12 5720-001 Subject Files - F 13 5720-001 Subject Files - F-H 14 5720-001 Subject Files - H 15 5720-001 Subject Files - H-I 16 5720-001 Subject Files - J 17 5720-001 Subject Files - K-L 19 5720-001 Subject Files - M 20 5720-001 Subject Files - M-N 21 5720-001 Subject Files - N 22 5720-001 Subject Files - O 23 5720-001 Subject Files - O-P 24 5720-001 Subject Files - P 41 5720-001 Subject Files - R 39-40 5720-001 R/course files 25 5720-001 Subject Files - R-S 26-29 5720-001 Subject Files - S 32 5720-001 Subject Files - S-U 34 5720-001 Subject Files - S-T 36 5720-001 Subject Files - T 30 5720-001 Subject Files - W 31 5720-001 Subject Files - W-Y Accession No. 5720-002: Richard Kirkendall papers, approximately 1960-2015 19.76 cubic feet (17 boxes, including 5 3.5 in. floppy disks, 1 5.25 in. floppy disk, 40 audio cassettes, and 8 CDs)

Scope and Content: Primarily materials related to Kirkendall's research on Henry A. Wallace, Henry C. Wallace ("Uncle Henry"), and Harry S. Truman. Also includes personal papers as well as records from Kirkendall's work as member, executive secretary, and ad hoc committee chair of the Organization of American Historians. Materials include correspondence, writings, publications, research files, conference files, lectures and talks, photographs, grant applications, administrative documents, awards, certificates, oral history transcripts, oral history recordings, and other audiovisual recordings.

Restrictions on Access: Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

Analog and digital media is closed until evaluated.

Restrictions on Use: To the extent that they own the copyright, the donor has transferred the copyright of the materials to the University of Washington; however, copyright in some items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Richard Kirkendall, 2023-07-10

Arrangement: Arranged in 4 series.

Series 1, Henry A. Wallace Research Files Subseries 1, Writings Subseries 2, Writings by Others Subseries 3, Talks, Lectures, Conferences Subseries 4, Research Subseries 5, Uncle Henry Wallace and the Wallace House Foundation Subseries 6, Other Wallace Family Members Subseries 7, Miscellaneous Series 2, Harry S. Truman Research Files Subseries 1, Writings Subseries 2, Harry's Farewell: Interpreting and Teaching the Truman Presidency Subseries 3, Writings by Others Subseries 4, Talks, Lectures, Conferences Subseries 5, Correspondence Subseries 6, Research Subseries 7, Miscellaneous Series 3, Organization of American Historians (OAH) Files Subseries 1, Centennial Files Subseries 2, Publications and Writings Subseries 3, Organizational Series 4, Personal Papers Subseries 1, Teaching Subseries 2, Correspondence Subseries 3, Miscellaneous Research and Writings Subseries 4, Miscellaneous

Series 1 Henry A. Wallace Research Files Subseries 1 Writings

Scope and Content: Kirkendall's general writings on Henry A. Wallace. Files may include paper drafts and attendant publications, correspondence, background readings, and notes.

 1/20 5720-002 Henry A. Wallace at Iowa State 1995 1 5.25 in. floppy disk 1/22 5720-002 "Reflections of a Revolutionary on a Revolution" 1989-1993 1/24 5720-002 Annals of Iowa 1986-1988 1/26 5720-002 "Henry A. Wallace and the Mystique of the Farm Male, 1921-1933" 1985 13/1 5720-002 Becoming an Intellectual undated 13/10 5720-002 American National Biography 1990 13/11 5720-002 Intellectual Journey undated 14/1 5720-002 Wallace's Thought 1966-1981 14/2 5720-002 The Second Secretary Wallace 1989 14/4 5720-002 Chapter Outlines and Notes undated 14/11 5720-002 "The Wallaces and the Country Life Movement" undated 14/12 5720-002 Miscellaneous undated 15/28 5720-002 "Organizing for Economic Defense: Henry Wallace and the Board of Economic Warfare's Foreign Policy Initiatives, 1942" undated 16/1 5720-002 "In the Shadow of FDR: The Vice Presidency of Henry A. Wallace 1941-1945" 1995 16/9 5720-002 Wallace and the Cold War - Writings and Correspondence, 1 of 2 undated 16/10 5720-002 Wallace and the Cold War - Writings and Correspondence, 2 of 2 undated 12 5720-002 Henry Wallace Chapter Drafts undated

Scope and Content: Subdivided by chapter.

13 5720-002 Henry Wallace Chapter Drafts undated

Scope and Content: Subdivided by chapter.

Subseries 2 Writings by Others

Scope and Content: Writings on Henry A. Wallace by other researchers. Includes papers with Kirkendall's annotations. Also includes paper sharing and reviews.

1/18 5720-002 Wallace Research 1998 1/23 5720-002 Review of White and Maze's "Henry A. Wallace: His Search for a New World Order." 1995 1/31 5720-002 Evaluation of "Henry A. Wallace's Search for the 'Inner Light': The Experimental Spiritualism Behind One Midwestern Critique of Modern America." 1993 1/46 5720-002 Annotated Copy of "Henry A. Wallace's Search for the 'Inner Light': The Experimental Spiritualism Behind One Midwestern Critique of Modern America." undated 1/34 5720-002 Wallace Series 1991-1992 1/51 5720-002 "The New Deal, the Guru, and Grass: The Roerich Expedition to Asia, 1934-1936" with Kirkendall's Notes undated 1/52 5720-002 "Alternative Land Reform Proposals in the 1930s: The Nashville Agrarians and the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union" with Kirkendall's Notes undated 1/54 5720-002 "Mongolia, Tibet, and Buddhism or, A Tale of Two Roerichs" with Kirkendall's Notes undated 2/1 5720-002 Carl Hamilton - Correspondence 1983

Scope and Content: Also includes copy of essays on Wallace by Alfred D. Stedman; correspondence is concerning that material.

2/3 5720-002 "Autonomous Policy Expert or 'Power Elite' Member?: Rexford G. Tugwell and the Creation of the U.S. Resettlement Administration in 1935" with Kirkendall's Notes 1992 13/6 5720-002 New Interpretations of Henry A Wallace 1989 13/8 5720-002 Morain, Religious Thought 1987 15/30 5720-002 Paper Sharing 1982-1983 1/48 5720-002 "Thornstein Veblen and His Critics, 1891-1963" with Kirkendall's Notes approximately 1992 5/11 5720-002 "The Emergence of an Iowa Intellectual" 1988 Subseries 3 Talks, Lectures, Conferences

Scope and Content: Talks and presentations with supplementary materials including photographs, notes, and transparencies. Includes related materials like correspondence, brochures, and clippings.

 1/19 5720-002 Henry A. Wallace Annual Lecture 1997-1999

Scope and Content: Materials related to talks given at the Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Includes correspondence and drafts of Kirkendall's talk "Second Thoughts on the Agricultural Revolution: Henry A. Wallace in his Last Years."

1/33 5720-002 1988 Workshop Correspondence 1988-1989

Scope and Content: Correspondence regarding a canceled workshop on Wallace organized by Kirkendall.

 14/19 5720-002 Talks 1985 15/31 5720-002 Hoover Library Conference 1995-1997 9/22 5720-002 Henry Wallace Institute Annual Lecture 1997 9/18 5720-002 Henry Wallace Institute Annual Lecture 1998 9/19 5720-002 Wallace and Sustainable Agriculture 2000 Subseries 4 Research

Scope and Content: Research materials on Henry A. Wallace. Includes materials related to research trips to various archives, including correspondence, notes, and descriptions of archival holdings. Also includes oral history recordings and transcripts, and other miscellaneous research materials.

1/21 5720-002 Proposals 1986-1988

Restrictions on Access: Restricted.

 1/29 5720-002 Theodore Wilson Correspondence 1983-1986 1/35 5720-002 FDR Library, 1 of 2 approximately 1995 1/36 5720-002 FDR Library, 2 of 2 approximately 1995 1/37 5720-002 Southern Historical Collection - UNC Chapel Hill approximately 1991 1/38 5720-002 Talbott Family Papers 1994-1995 1/39 5720-002 Truman Library approximately 1995-1999 1/40 5720-002 Notes on Wallace Holdings 1990 1/41 5720-002 University of Montana - Bozeman 1993-1995 1/42 5720-002 State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1991-1995 1/43 5720-002 American Heritage Center - University of Wyoming 1994-1995 1/44 5720-002 Yale University 1995 2/4 5720-002 Transcript from Wallace Workshop, 4/30/88 1988 2/9 5720-002 Oral History Transcripts undated 2/10 5720-002 Microform Orders 1988 2/11 5720-002 Note on Vice Provost / Wallace undated 2/12 5720-002 Research Questions and Hypotheses undated 2/13 5720-002 Note on Wallace / Farmers Union in 1940 undated 2/14 5720-002 Note on Relations with FB and FY (?) Late 1930s undated 4/9 5720-002 Oral History Transcripts 1982

Scope and Content: Includes interview with Earl Bressman, 12/7/82 (Tape 1, Side A).

 9/3 5720-002 Mention of Relatives of Henry A. Wallace in Des Moines Register, 1910-1919 undated 9/25 5720-002 Wallace and FBI 1991 9/28 5720-002 Ancil Payne - Correspondence 1996 9 5720-002 Oral History Audio Tapes with Accompanying Notes approximately 1982-1987 31 audio cassettes 10 5720-002 Oral History Audio Tapes with Accompanying Notes approximately 1982-1987 10 5720-002 Research Scrapbook undated

Scope and Content: Pages of Kirkendall's book on Uncle Henry cut and pasted together with notes and pages of sources Kirkendall used in research. May be a writing aid used to corroborate sources to portions of written text.

 13 5720-002 Archives Correspondence Regarding Wallace Research 1987-1996 13/2 5720-002 New York Times Index 1944 undated 13/3 5720-002 Note undated 13/4 5720-002 Note - Agricultural Policy undated 13/5 5720-002 Reference Files undated 13/7 5720-002 Wallace and American Agriculture undated 13/8 5720-002 Miscellaneous undated 14/3 5720-002 Correspondence 1988 14/5 5720-002 Research undated 14/13 5720-002 Notes undated 14/15 5720-002 H. B. Wallace Oral History Transcripts 1988 14/16 5720-002 Stackpole, Brown Oral History Transcripts 1987-1988 14/17 5720-002 James W. Wallace Oral History Transcripts 1982 1/47 5720-002 Oral History Transcripts approximately 1982-1987 16/4 5720-002 Correspondence 1987 16/11 5720-002 Interview Transcript undated 17/1 5720-002 James W. Wallace Correspondence 1987-1988 17/2 5720-002 Correspondence 1983-1997 17/3 5720-002 Robert B. Wallace Correspondence 1970-1989 17/4 5720-002 Correspondence 1988

Restrictions on Access: Restricted.

 17/5 5720-002 Financials for Archive Visits and Correspondence 1987-1988

Restrictions on Access: Restricted.

 17/6 5720-002 Henry Wallace and Religion Tapes undated 4 audio cassettes 16/13 5720-002 Henry Wallace and Religion Materials 1987 Subseries 5 Uncle Henry Wallace and the Wallace House Foundation

Scope and Content: Kirkendall's research and writings on Henry A. Wallace's grandfather, "Uncle Henry" Wallace. Also includes materials related to the preservation of the Des Moines' home of "Uncle Henry" Wallace.

 1/1 5720-002 Wallace House Foundation 1991-1995 1/2 5720-002 Correspondence 1993

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

 1/3 5720-002 Iowa Heritage Expo Trip 1993-1994

Scope and Content: Materials related to an event hosted by the State Historical Society of Iowa, to which Kirkendall was invited to speak about "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

1/4 5720-002 Uncle Henry Photographic Prints and Negatives undated

Scope and Content: Also includes group portraits of the Wallace family.

 1/5 5720-002 Correspondence 1993-1994

Scope and Content: Materials mostly consist of congratulatory notes regarding the publishing of "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace." Includes letters from friends and colleagues as well as some related clippings and correspondence with Iowa State University Press regarding official matters.

 1/6 5720-002 Correspondence - Permissions 1992-1994

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

 1/7 5720-002 Correspondence - Editing 1992-1993

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

 1/8 5720-002 Correspondence - Revisions 1991

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

 1/9 5720-002 Correspondence - Manuscript Acceptance 1991-1992

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

 1/10 5720-002 Notes and Beginnings of "Uncle Henry" Draft 1986-1987 1/11 5720-002 Correspondence - Reviews 1995-1996

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

 1/12 5720-002 "Plain People," by E. W. Howe (1929) undated

Scope and Content: Photocopies of book pages that include Kirkendall's annotations.

 1/13 5720-002 Miscellaneous Writings undated

Scope and Content: Reprinted writings of "Uncle Henry" Wallace. These may have been incorporated into Kirkendall's book.

 1/14 5720-002 "Uncle Henry" Biographical Note 1992-1994

Scope and Content: Also includes publishing-related correspondence.

1/15 5720-002 Wallace House Foundation Events 1994

Scope and Content: Correspondence related to Wallace House Foundation events. Also includes speaking notes and correspondence related to presentations Kirkendall gave on agricultural history.

1/16 5720-002 "Uncle Henry" Manuscript undated 1/17 5720-002 Wallace Family Research 1987-1991

Scope and Content: Includes article lists and research notes about the Wallace family in Iowa.

5/19 5720-002 Preservation Note undated Subseries 6 Other Wallace Family Members 1/25 5720-002 Virginia Wadsley Correspondence 1994

Scope and Content: Correspondence between Kirkendall and Wadsley regarding women in the Wallace family. Also includes proposed manuscript for work on Nancy Cantwell Wallace.

9/30 5720-002 Letter to Wallace Grandchildren 1988 5/10 5720-002 Wallace House Photographs 1962-1974

Scope and Content: Correspondence and photos of Kirkendall's involvement with getting Wallace houses put on the historic register.

 Subseries 7 Miscellaneous 1/27 5720-002 WGBH Correspondence 1983-1984 1/28 5720-002 Correspondence 1988-1995

Scope and Content: Correspondence regarding the John Culver and John Hyde biography of Henry A. Wallace.

 1/30 5720-002 Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center and Country Life Folk Festival 1996 1/32 5720-002 TV Biography on Wallace 1989

Scope and Content: Includes correspondence confirming Kirkendall's role on an advisory committee as well as a treatment for a TV program that Kirkendall appears to have annotated.

13/9 5720-002 Correspondence 1989-1997 1/50 5720-002 Note on Farmers Union and Agricultural Politics undated

Scope and Content: Notes kept in Kirkendall's original folders.

1/45 5720-002 Article Reprint Requests undated 2/2 5720-002 John Pesek - Correspondence 1988

Scope and Content: Correspondence concerning 'Adoption of Hybrid Corn' and Wallace Workshop.

 2/8 5720-002 Greg Field and David Hamilton - Correspondence 2000 2/15 5720-002 Briel Laudgren - Correspondence 1988 15/27 5720-002 Country Life Center / Wallace House Foundation 1988-2003 1 CD Series 2 Harry S. Truman Research Files Subseries 1 Writings

Scope and Content: Kirkendall's general writings on Harry S. Truman. Files may include paper drafts and attendant publications, correspondence, background readings, and notes.

 2/18 5720-002 Manuscript Pages undated

Scope and Content: From folder labeled "Work for UNO as VP" and "Church membership and attendance 1944."

 2/19 5720-002 "Faith and Foreign Policy: An Exploration into the Mind of Harry Truman" undated 2/20 5720-002 "Harry Truman's Quest for Peace" with Suggestions for Further Reading approximately 2008 1 3.5 in. floppy disk 2/28 5720-002 "Preparations for Politics" undated 2/29 5720-002 "Political Apprenticeship" undated 2/30 5720-002 "Years of Accomplishment" undated 2/31 5720-002 "Moving Up" undated 2/32 5720-002 "Success in the Senate" undated

Scope and Content: Drafts of paper with annotations. Also includes pages of notes, which may be related to a speaking engagement on Truman in the Senate.

2/34 5720-002 "Struggle for Survival" undated 2/37 5720-002 "Truman's Quest for Peace" Outline with Notes undated

Scope and Content: Original folder labeled "Truman's Quest for Peace Part 1 Saturday After Shopping -- Years of Preparation."

2/47 5720-002 Truman Committee undated 2/7 5720-002 "President Shaped by War / Learning War" Drafts, Folder 1 of 2 2005 3/1 5720-002 "President Shaped by War / Learning War" Drafts, Folder 2 of 2 2005 3/3 5720-002 "Truman's Bipartisan Foreign Policy" 2011 3/4 5720-002 "Harry Truman's Quest for Peace" 2009 3/5 5720-002 "Faith and Foreign Policy: An Exploration into the Mind of Harry Truman" 2008 3/6 5720-002 Salem Press - Biographical Sketch on Truman 1985-1986 3/10 5720-002 Truman / Peace First Draft undated 3/8 5720-002 "Harry S. Truman and the Creation of the Air Force" undated 3/15 5720-002 Kirkendall and Peter Kelley Paper Draft 2013 3/32 5720-002 Columbia Special Products - Kirkendall's Liner Notes 1974

Scope and Content: Kirkendall's liner notes for an educational record about Truman. Includes correspondence with Columbia.

 3/33 5720-002 "Harry Truman : One Man's Experience in the Great War and How They Shaped Him" and "A Veteran in the White House" 2008 4/4 5720-002 Chapter Drafts undated

Scope and Content: Chapters of biography on Truman, presumably by Kirkendall. Focus on the World Wars.

4/5 5720-002 Miscellaneous Writings undated

Scope and Content: Includes "Harry Truman and the Creation of the Air Force."

 4/31 5720-002 Miscellaneous Writings undated 6/2 5720-002 "Truman and the End of the Cold War" (Revision) undated 5/20 5720-002 Truman Essay undated 5/21 5720-002 "President Shaped by War" Introduction undated 5/22 5720-002 "Faith and Foreign Policy" Short Version and Long Version undated 6/9 5720-002 Drafts of "Harry Truman's Faith" undated 6/23 5720-002 "A Piano Player in the White House: Music in the Life of Harry Truman" with Correspondence 1979 6/28 5720-002 Miscellaneous undated 9/4 5720-002 "Faith and Foreign Policy: An Exploration into the Mind of Harry Truman" Drafts with Annotations undated 9/5 5720-002 "Oxford Companion to Politics of the World" Contribution 1996-2000 9/6 5720-002 "Encyclopedia of the American West" Contribution 1993 9/7 5720-002 "Truman and the Veterans" undated 9/10 5720-002 "Harry S. Truman: A 'Near Great' American President" undated 9/12 5720-002 Book Chapters undated 12/3 5720-002 "Truman's Path to Power" 1992 12 5720-002 "Truman: An Unlikely National Hero" Notes, Drafts, Correspondence 1995-1999 5/3 5720-002 "National Public Health Insurance and the Politics of Race in the Truman Era, 1945-1952" undated 5/4 5720-002 Essay on the Truman Library and the Research Process 1975 5/5 5720-002 Miscellaneous Writings undated 5/6 5720-002 "The Last Steps" undated 6/7 5720-002 "Harry S Truman: A President Shaped by War" (8/14/03 Version) 2003 Subseries 2 Harry's Farewell: Interpreting and Teaching the Truman Presidency

Scope and Content: Book on Truman's presidency, Truman's farewell address, and Truman historiography more broadly, which Kirkendall edited. Includes various drafts of the book and related materials from the "Harry's Farewell" conference at the Truman Library. Papers presented at this conference would later be compiled into the book.

 5/14 5720-002 "Harry's Farewell" Revision with Abstract 5/15 5720-002 "Harry's Farewell" with Footnotes, Final Draft undated 5/16 5720-002 "Harry's Farewell" 3rd Draft undated 5/17 5720-002 "Harry's Farewell" 2nd Draft undated 5/18 5720-002 "Harry's Farewell" Early Drafts undated 5/29 5720-002 Day 4 - Harry's Farewell Conference Presentations, Truman Library 2003 5/30 5720-002 Day 2 - Harry's Farewell Conference Presentations, Truman Library 2003 5/31 5720-002 Day 3 - Harry's Farewell Conference Presentations, Truman Library 2003 5/32 5720-002 Day 1 - Harry's Farewell Conference Presentations, Truman Library 2003 5/33 5720-002 Notes undated 5/34 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Conference Correspondence 2003 5/35 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Flights, Rental Car, Transportation, Hotel 2003 5/36 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Dinners 2003 5/37 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Other Activities at Truman Library 2003 5/38 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Conference Scheduling 2003 5/39 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Miscellaneous, 1 of 3 2003 1 3.5 in floppy 5/40 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Miscellaneous, 2 of 3 2003 5/41 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Miscellaneous, 3 of 3 2003 6/5 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Planning 2001-2002 6/1 5720-002 Harry's Farewell - Conference Authorization 2001 8 5720-002 Harry's Farewell approximately 2002

Scope and Content: Annotated photocopies of primary sources (e.g. Truman's speeches and fireside chats) and other materials that constitute background research Kirkendall did for Harry's Farwell.

8 5720-002 Harry's Farwell Correspondence approximately 1998-2005 9/1 5720-002 Harry's Farewell Correspondence approximately 2003 9/8 5720-002 Revision of 2/04 2004 1 3.5 in floppy 9/9 5720-002 Revision with Correspondence 2004 15/1 5720-002 Publishing Agreement 2002 9/17 5720-002 Harry's Farewell Book Signing 2005 Subseries 3 Writings by Others

Scope and Content: Writings on Harry S. Truman by other researchers. Includes papers with Kirkendall's annotations. Also includes paper sharing and reviews.

2/16 5720-002 "Tall Stalks and Plain Talk - Truman's 1948 Whistle-Stop Campaign Through Iowa" 2008

Scope and Content: Includes critical annotations and correspondence with the publisher.

 2/17 5720-002 "History of the Mid-America Conference on History" 2014

Scope and Content: Includes critical annotations and correspondence.

 3/43 5720-002 Veteran's Benefits 1946 Printout 2010 4/8 5720-002 "Harry S. Truman: The Senatorial Record" undated 6/6 5720-002 "Harry Truman's Time and Our Time" undated 1 3.5 in floppy 14/10 5720-002 Grant Applications, Reports, Writings 1994-2000

Restrictions on Access: Restricted.

 15/19 5720-002 Tom Soapes Chapter with Notes undated 4/6 5720-002 Background Reading and Notes undated 3/41 5720-002 "Needing 'Visceral Instincts': Truman's Views on Indians and Federal Indian Policy, 1945-1953" 2009 Subseries 4 Talks, Lectures, Conferences

Scope and Content: Talks and presentations with supplementary materials including photographs, notes, and transparencies. Includes related materials like correspondence, brochures, and clippings.

 2/21 5720-002 "Harry Truman's First War" for Civil War Roundtable approximately 2002-2003 2/33 5720-002 "Captain Truman's Plan for a Lasting Peace" undated 2/35 5720-002 "The Genesis of Harry Truman's Idea on Foreign Policy" 1965 2/36 5720-002 "Truman, Wallace, and the Beginnings of the Cold War" undated 2/38 5720-002 Mid-America History Conference 1981 2/40 5720-002 Mid-America History Conference 1984 2/41 5720-002 Western Illinois and Missouri History Conferences 1974-1977 2/43 5720-002 "Harry Truman's Quest for Peace: The Religion Component" approximately 2010 2/45 5720-002 "Truman and the Military-Industrial Complex" undated 2/46 5720-002 Truman Centennial Symposium 1983-1984 2/53 5720-002 "Harry Truman and the Reform of the Military" undated 2/54 5720-002 University House Talk, Wallingford 2012 2/56 5720-002 "Truman and Missouri" 1986 2/57 5720-002 "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb" approximately 1987 2/58 5720-002 "Truman and the Establishment of NATO" undated 2/6 5720-002 Miscellaneous Talks approximately 1973-1979

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous talks organized by title.

3/2 5720-002 "Truman's Path to Power" undated 3/36 5720-002 Atlantic Economic Conference - Talk on Keyserling 1977 3/37 5720-002 "Truman and the Democratic Coalition" 1978 3/38 5720-002 Miscellaneous Talks 1974-1976 3/39 5720-002 Truman and the Great War 2007 3/40 5720-002 "Harry Truman's Quest for Peace" undated 4/1 5720-002 Miscellaneous Talks undated

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous talks organized by title.

4/2 5720-002 Miscellaneous Talks 2008

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous talks organized by title.

5/7 5720-002 Talks, Folder 1 of 3 1977-1995 5/8 5720-002 Talks, Folder 2 of 3 1973-1979 5/9 5720-002 Talks, Folder 3 of 3 1978-1979 5/24 5720-002 Drafts of Key Note Address - Missouri Conference on History undated 5/28 5720-002 Reactions to Harry S. Truman Institute Conference 2003 6/8 5720-002 Skymasters 2006 6/29 5720-002 WWII Lectures approximately 2013 6/30 5720-002 Miscellaneous Lectures undated 6/31 5720-002 Miscellaneous Writings undated 9/14 5720-002 Harry Truman: An Unlikely National Hero undated 9/15 5720-002 The Sunday Exchange 1999 9/16 5720-002 History Access Reading Group 2004 9/20 5720-002 Current Trends in American Historical Writing Conference 1971 9/21 5720-002 Truman in the Senate undated 12 5720-002 Lectures and Related Correspondence 1996-2007 14/18 5720-002 Talks 1988-2000 15/2 5720-002 Missouri History Conference 2016 2/5 5720-002 "Truman and the Transformation of East Asia" undated Subseries 5 Correspondence 2/22 5720-002 Truman Library - Lisa Sullivan 2014 2/23 5720-002 Truman Family Papers - Randy Sowell 2011 2/24 5720-002 Truman's Faith - Tracy McKenzie 2013 2/26 5720-002 Truman and National Guard - Richard Sowell 2013 2/27 5720-002 MacArthur, Eisenhower, Truman - Randy Sowell and George Purdy 2011 2/42 5720-002 As Film Advisor, OAH, and "A Hero for Our Times" 1977 3/45 5720-002 Truman Biography approximately 1960-1973

Scope and Content: Correspondence and notes with publishers related to both a contract for a Truman biography that Kirkendall was set to write and its eventual cancellation in the early 1970s.

 4/3 5720-002 Truman and WWII / WW1 approximately 1971-2005 5/12 5720-002 Correspondence 1987-2007

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous correspondence organized by topic.

5/13 5720-002 Correspondence 1992-2008

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous correspondence organized by topic.

6/3 5720-002 Truman Library 2001-2003 9/26 5720-002 Truman and Civil War 1987-2008 11/3 5720-002 Truman Encyclopedia, Publisher Correspondence 1989-1999 12/5 5720-002 Correspondence 2005-2011 12/8 5720-002 Correspondence approximately 1964-2010 14/14 5720-002 Correspondence 1972-2005 15/4 5720-002 Regarding Churchill Quotation undated 2/55 5720-002 Theme of Imperial Presidency - with Various Correspondents 1974-1980 Subseries 6 Research 2/25 5720-002 Faith and Foreign Policy 2008-2013

Scope and Content: File name given by Kirkendall has been retained. includes clippings, correspondence, agenda for symposium at the Truman Library titled ""U.S. Presidents and the Middle East: Truman to Obama," publications, and a file titled "Truman at Gonzaga." File included a note, "Bibliography in religion, See letters from ----- and Dorsett." Correspondence with a Lyle Dorsett is included.

2/39 5720-002 Music at the White House undated

Scope and Content: Publications, notes, drafts of papers by Kirkendall, clippings, and brochures related to Truman's accomplishments as a musician.

2/44 5720-002 Truman on the Family Farm - Notes undated 2/48 5720-002 Notes undated

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous notes, including annotated church programs.

2/51 5720-002 Truman Inventory, UW Special Collections 2016 3/7 5720-002 Course, The Great Exception (Princeton: 2016) approximately 2016 3/9 5720-002 Support for the Jews during War - Notes 1979 4/7 5720-002 Diary Discovery approximately 2003

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous notes and correspondence related to Kirkendall's thoughts on a discovered Truman diary.

4/27 5720-002 Notes undated 4/28 5720-002 Notes approximately 1985-2006 4/29 5720-002 Notes approximately 2006 5/23 5720-002 Cold War and Health Care Notecard undated 15/3 5720-002 Senate Memoranda 1972 15/20 5720-002 Truman and Cold War Notes undated 15/21 5720-002 Screen Gems - TV Outtakes approximately 2003 2 CDs

Scope and Content: Excerpts from a TV series on the Korean War, shared with Kirkendall by the Truman Film Archive's Screen Gems Collection. Materials are not in the public domain.

 15/22 5720-002 George Elsey Tape 1977 1 audio cassette 15/23 5720-002 Truman Playing Piano and Other Recordings 1952-1957 1 audio cassette 15/25 5720-002 Wallace Interviews 1989-1992 1 audio cassette 15/26 5720-002 Truman Photographs undated 2 CDs 16/2 5720-002 Miscellaneous 1983-1995 1 audio cassette 3/42 5720-002 Truman and Religion approximately 2009-2010

Scope and Content: Primarily research and writings on Truman and his faith. Also includes book talk on civil liberties and talk for Truman University.

15/17 5720-002 Truman Histography Notes undated Subseries 7 Miscellaneous 3/34 5720-002 Photographs 2008

Scope and Content: Photographs of Truman at different points of his life. At least some were used for talks. Includes correspondence.

 3/35 5720-002 Guide to Photographs in "Harry Truman: A Veteran in the White House" undated 3/42 5720-002 Korean War Documents and Pictures undated 6/10 5720-002 Truman Encyclopedia, Folder 1 of 3 1987

Scope and Content: These records are divided into writings, notes, correspondence, and Truman encyclopedia miscellany. The writing are primarily for lectures and talks that Kirkendall gave, and the notes section is a collection of Kirkendall's research notes. The Truman encyclopedia folder contains records related to materials that Kirkendall was the editor of; these records were all grouped together by Kirkendall in one large master folder.

 6/11 5720-002 Truman Encyclopedia, Folder 2 of 3 1987 6/12 5720-002 Truman Encyclopedia, Folder 3 of 3 1987 15/24 5720-002 A President Shaped by War undated 1 3.5 in. floppy disk 15/29 5720-002 Iowa Clippings and Correspondence 1983 12/9 5720-002 Playbill undated Series 3 Organization of American Historians (OAH) Files

Scope and Content: Materials related to Kirkendall's time with the OAH. Includes centennial records, writings, and organizational documents. Kirkendall was Executive Secretary of the OAH from 1973-1981.

 Subseries 1 Centennial Files

Scope and Content: Kirkendall played a significant role in organizing the Organization of American Historians centennial. Includes programs, planning correspondence, correspondence with participants about submitting papers for the event, submitted papers, and a paper Kirkendall wrote for the event with attached statistics.

 3/17 5720-002 Program Committee 2005 3/19 5720-002 Correspondence 2005-2007 3/20 5720-002 Correspondence 2006-2007 3/21 5720-002 2007 Centennial Meeting Supplement and Advertising 2007 3/22 5720-002 Printed Program 2006 3/23 5720-002 Preregistration 2007 3/24 5720-002 Printouts of Convention Reportage 2007 3/25 5720-002 Worksheets 2007 3/26 5720-002 Centennial Program 2007 3/27 5720-002 Kirkendall's Paper on the History of the OAH 2007 3/28 5720-002 Presentations 2007 3/29 5720-002 Thank You Letter 2007

Scope and Content: Letter thanking Kirkendall for serving as Ad Hoc chair for the Centennial Committee.

 3/30 5720-002 Transparencies 2007

Scope and Content: Presentation transparencies displaying statistics related to Kirkendall's "From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951 to 1981."

 3/31 5720-002 Notes and Correspondence 2007 14/6 5720-002 Correspondence 2004-2006 3/18 5720-002 Memoranda 2005-2006 Subseries 2 Publications and Writings

Scope and Content: Organizational publications. Also includes Kirkendall's OAH related writings, including "From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951-1981."

 4//14 5720-002 Lemisch at Yale 1977-2007 4/15 5720-002 Newsletters 1980-1981 4/16 5720-002 Newsletters 1979-1980 4/17 5720-002 Newsletters and Reports 1978-1979 4/18 5720-002 Newsletters 1977-1978 4/19 5720-002 Newsletters 1976-1977 4/20 5720-002 Newsletters 1975-1976 4/25 5720-002 "Remaking American History" undated 4/26 5720-002 MVHA to OAH Paper Notes undated 4/32 5720-002 "From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951-1981" Drafts undated 4/33 5720-002 "From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951-1981" 2nd Draft undated 4/34 5720-002 "From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951-1981" Reading Copy - 4th Draft 2007 5/1 5720-002 "From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951-1981" Reading Copy - 3rd Draft 2007 5/2 5720-002 "From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951-1981" Reading Copy - 1st Draft undated 10 5720-002 MVHA to OAH Materials approximately 2007-2012 2 CDs 11 5720-002 MVHA to OAH Materials approximately 2007-2012 Subseries 3 Organizational 4/21 5720-002 1970 Business Meeting Minutes 1970 4/22 5720-002 1970 Constitution 1970 4/23 5720-002 Executive Report 1974-1975 4/24 5720-002 Executive Report 1973-1974 Series 4 Personal Papers Subseries 1 Teaching 3/11 5720-002 Student Papers 1963-1967 14/8 5720-002 Student Papers 1964 14/9 5720-002 Student Papers 1968-2000 16/8 5720-002 Student Paper 1983 4/12 5720-002 Student Paper 2002 11/10 5720-002 Student Papers 1963-1966 12/1 5720-002 Student Papers 1967-1968 9 5720-002 Student Papers, Iowa State 1963-1988 Subseries 2 Correspondence 3/14 5720-002 Summary of Telegrams between Truman and MacArthur - Various Correspondents 2015

Scope and Content: Includes neologism. Likely a joke message circulated on the topic of "Political Correctness."

3/16 5720-002 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1978-2014 3/44 5720-002 Correspondence

Scope and Content: Subdivided by topic or correspondent. Includes photographs. A few items are not correspondence but rather printouts of letters related to research topics.

 4/30 5720-002 Correspondence 1966-2006 6/13 5720-002 Regarding Japanese Plans for Panama and Miscellaneous 2013-2014 6/14 5720-002 Regarding Lew Saum undated 6/16 5720-002 Miscellaneous 2004-2015 6/17 5720-002 University of Akron 1995 6/18 5720-002 Regarding Library Study and Construction 2004 6/19 5720-002 Regarding Woodrow Wilson and Korean War 2010-2016 6/21 5720-002 From Del Sutton undated 6/22 5720-002 Regarding War in the Bible 2009 6/24 5720-002 Regarding Richard Crouter 2007 7 5720-002 Miscellaneous Correspondence approximately 2012-2014

Scope and Content: From a box labeled "My Recent Correspondence" by Kirkendall. This is an unorganized box of correspondence contained in their original folders. Kirkendall labeled and organized his materials by subject matter in manila folders, so each labeled folder gives the subject of the correspondence on its label. Folders may also include clippings, photographs, and writings.

9/31 5720-002 Miscellaneous 1971-1988 9/27 5720-002 The Left in Washington State undated 12/4 5720-002 Correspondence regarding Pressly 2014 12/6 5720-002 Correspondence 1962-2014 12/7 5720-002 Correspondence 1987-2006 1 audio cassette Subseries 3 Miscellaneous Research and Writings 2/49 5720-002 Alonzo L. Hamby 2003 2/50 5720-002 Henry M. Jackson undated 2/52 5720-002 Henry M. Jackson undated 2/59 5720-002 Tom Pressly Biographic Note undated 3/12 5720-002 Printouts on Various Topics 2013 3/13 5720-002 Grant Application for "A History of Indiana Since 1920" Project 1973 4/10 5720-002 "Agricultural Economics" and "Some Contributions of Agricultural Economics to Statistics and Econometrics, 1917-1933" 1985 6/25 5720-002 Research Notes undated 6/26 5720-002 Research Notes 1980-2017 6/27 5720-002 Research Notes undated 7 5720-002 Polling Data undated

Scope and Content: Polling data from the late 40s to early 50s written on notepads that Kirkendall pulled from various sources. There is also a piece of writing commenting on this polling data from 68 that is from a different author. There are some chapter designations, which may indicate where Kirkendall used this polling data in research and writings.

 8 5720-002 Polling Data undated

Scope and Content: Polling data from the late 40s to early 50s written on notepads that Kirkendall pulled from various sources. There is also a piece of writing commenting on this polling data from 68 that is from a different author. There are some chapter designations, which may indicate where Kirkendall used this polling data in research and writings.

 8 5720-002 Tom Pressly approximately 1964-2015 1 CD

Scope and Content: Material related to Tom Pressly, including Kirkendall's work on Pressly's obituary and a paper he wrote on Pressly. Kirkendall pulled this material from the Stull Holt papers and the Pressly papers. Also includes personal correspondence and planning correspondence regarding Pressly, the paper, and obituary.

 9/23 5720-002 Publications 1961-1979 11/2 5720-002 Writings undated 11/4 5720-002 Tom Pressly Essay Drafts and Correspondence 2011 11/5 5720-002 Tom Pressly Essay Drafts, Correspondence, and Notes 2011 11/6 5720-002 Tom Pressly Essay Drafts and Correspondence 2011 11/7 5720-002 Tom Pressly Essay Correspondence 2013

Restrictions on Access: Restricted.

 11//8 5720-002 Tom Pressly Essay Correspondence 2011-2012 11/9 5720-002 Tom Pressly Essay Correspondence 2011-2012 12/11 5720-002 Pressly Essay Drafts undated 12/12 5720-002 Pressly Essay Drafts undated 15/5 5720-002 Manuscript (approximately 100 pages) undated 15/6 5720-002 Manuscript (approximately 50 pages) undated 15/7 5720-002 Manuscript (approximately 400 pages), 1 of 4 undated 15/8 5720-002 Manuscript (approximately 400 pages), 2 of 4 undated 15/9 5720-002 Manuscript (approximately 400 pages), 3 of 4 undated 15/10 5720-002 Manuscript (approximately 400 pages), 4 of 4 undated 15/11 5720-002 "The Early Life of a Global Power: The United States in the Truman Period" Manuscript, 1 of 4 undated 15/12 5720-002 "The Early Life of a Global Power: The United States in the Truman Period" Manuscript, 2 of 4 undated 15/13 5720-002 "The Early Life of a Global Power: The United States in the Truman Period" Manuscript, 3 of 4 undated 15/14 5720-002 "The Early Life of a Global Power: The United States in the Truman Period" Manuscript, 4 of 4 undated 15/15 5720-002 Miscellaneous undated 15/16 5720-002 Patton undated 15/18 5720-002 Note Cards undated 16/3 5720-002 Interview Transcript undated 16/5 5720-002 Interview Transcript undated 16/7 5720-002 Notes undated Subseries 4 Miscellaneous 4/11 5720-002 B-17 Flight Photographs undated 5/25 5720-002 Contributor's List 2003 5/26 5720-002 C-SPAN Appearance 2003 5/27 5720-002 Reimbursement for Conference 2003 6/4 5720-002 Publicity 2002 6/15 5720-002 Monthly Payments MG 2004-2015 6/20 5720-002 Korean War Veteran Appreciation Ceremony at Truman Library 2010 9/2 5720-002 Contributors Email Addresses 2010

Scope and Content: Contributor email addresses for a book on the OAH.

 9/11 5720-002 Our America: Discussion Group undated 9/13 5720-002 Paper Sharing - Horticulture/UC Press/Steven Stoll 1996 9/24 5720-002 Paper Sharing -The Cold War's "Voice in the Wilderness" 1990 9/29 5720-002 Invitations undated 11/1 5720-002 Library Reading List 2010 12/2 5720-002 Interfaculty Correspondence and Paper Sharing 1964-2003 OS Folder 1 5720-002 Certificate for the American Antiquarian Society 1978 12/10 5720-002 Correspondence 1979-2013 14/7 5720-002 Paper Sharing 1965-2008 16/6 5720-002 Miscellaneous 1983-1998 16/12 5720-002 UW Pin undated OS Folder 1 5720-002 Creative Programming Award undated