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Safly, Elizabeth "Liz"
Interviewed August 15-16, 1990

Elizabeth Safly began working at the Harry S. Truman Library in 1962. In her position as research room librarian, she witnessed the development of the Truman Library and Museum. In this interview she discusses the Truman library and focuses particularly on the inventory of the Truman home that she helped compile in 1981-1982.

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Sapper, Carl
Interviewed July 19, 2003

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Elizabeth Sapper

Sapper, Elizabeth
Interviewed July 22, 1991

Elizabeth Sapper grew up on North Delaware Street in Independence as a contemporary of Margaret Truman. Sapper relates several stories about plays and other activities which filled the days of Truman neighborhood children.

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Thomas Saulter

Saulter, Thomas
Interviewed December 12, 1985

Thomas B. Saulter owned T.B. Saulter Tree Service and was hired by the Trumans to remove over ten trees after their return to Independence in the 1950s. Saulter also painted stumps, sprayed for weeds, and cleaned the gutter. Saulter discusses his first meetings with Harry S Truman, judge, in downtown Kansas City during the 1930s.

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Schlichenmaier, Francess Myers
Interviewed August 28, 1989

Frances M. Schlichenmaier was hired by Rose Conway in 1951 to serve as an assistant in President Truman's White House office. Schlichenmaier worked for Truman until shortly after his death in 1972. She describes the development of the downtown Kansas City office and then the transfer to the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

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Walt Schneider

Schneider, Walt
Interviewed July 11, 2003

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Sermon, Roger T.
Interviewed August 30, 1991

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Robert Shemwell

Shemwell, Robert R.
Interviewed August 3, 1991

Robert R. Shemwell, podiatrist, served the Trumans from 1954 until Harry S Truman's death in 1972 and Bess W. Truman's death in 1982.

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Velma Simmons

Simmons, Velma James
Interviewed November 3, 1985

Velma James Simmons was a companion/nurse for Bess W. Truman for sixteen months. Simmons discusses the meals she prepared for Mrs. Truman, other nurses also employed in the Truman home, and visits by Margaret and Clifton Daniel.

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Stewart, Larry
Interviewed August 29, 1989

Larry Stewart, member of the Secret Service's Truman detail, describes the procedures and persons utilized to protect the Trumans. The majority of Stewart's information explains the period from 1977-1981 when he served Bess W. Truman.

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Sol Stolowy

Stolowy, Sol
Interviewed August 22, 1989

Sol Stolowy a Kansas City tailor, made several suits for Harry S Truman from the time Truman was president until his death. Truman was buried in a summer suit made by Stolowy shortly before Truman's death.

Interview (pdf - 145KB)

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Stone, James and Clare
Interviewed July 18, 1991

When James and Clare Stone were in the market to rent a house in 1962, they chose one with a unique characteristic. It was owned by former president and Mrs. Harry S Truman, and situated two doors east of their Independence home. For five years the Stones rented the house that was built for Bess's brother Frank, and his wife, Natalie.

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Martha Ann Swoyer

Swoyer, Martha Ann
Interviewed July 9, 1991 and November 29, 1995

Martha Ann Swoyer, daughter of J. Vivian and Luella Truman and niece of Harry S Truman, was raised on the family farm in Grandview, Missouri. Swoyer discusses the many relationships within the Truman family spanning four generations.

Interview 7-9-1991 (pdf - 241KB)
Interview 11-29-1995

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Symington, James W.
Interviewed March 18, 1992

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