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        "Bess W. Truman Papers",
        "Harry S. Truman Correspondence Files"
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        "Wallace, May (Mary Frances), 1894-",
        "Pendergast, Tom, 1870-1945",
        "Truman, Luella, 1887-1978",
        "Truman, Martha Ellen, 1852-1947",
        "Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008",
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