Read speeches, letters and official documents from the Truman era.

Documents:

• Agreements of the Berlin Potsdam Conference, 1945
• Leaflets Dropped on Cities in Japan Warning Civilians of Atomic Bomb, 1945
• White House Press Release Anouncing the Bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
• United Nations Charter, 1945
• Truman Doctrine, 1947
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
• Declaration of Israel's Independence, 1948
• Executive Order, Desegregation of the Armed Forces, 1948
• North Atlantic Treaty, 1949

Letters:

• Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR About Nuclear Bombs, 1939
• Letter from Henry Stimson, Secretary of War to President Truman, 1945
• Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR about Dr. Leo Szilard, 1945
• Entries from President Truman's Diary, 1945
• Letter about Atomic Bomb Testing 1945

Speeches:

• U.S. Warning to Japan Urging Surrender, 1945
• Truman's Address to NAACP, 1947
• Presidential Civil Rights Message, February 2, 1948
• Southern Response to Civil Rights Speech, 1948
• Excerpts from Truman's address to Democratic Convention Accepting Nomination for Presidency, 1948
• Inaugural Address, 1949
• Statement by Truman about the Situation in Korea, 1950