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        "Bess W. Truman Papers",
        "Harry S. Truman Correspondence Files"
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        "Truman, Mary Jane, 1889-1978",
        "Strickler, Thomas J., 1883-1958",
        "Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981",
        "Truman, Martha Ellen, 1852-1947",
        "Peters, Lucy, 1887-1989",
        "Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008",
        "Legislative hearings",
        "Children of presidents",
        "World War, 1939-1945"
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