

WILLIAMS: And you were about sixteen then? WARR: To the house at 318 North Delaware, yes. The east side of town, moving to the Truman neighborhood in early 1940. Missouri, except for brief times away at college and such, and grew up on I have lived all my life in Independence, When you were born and a little bit about where you grew up. The interviewer is Jim Williams, from the National Park Service,Īnd Scott Stone from the park service is running the recording equipment. WILLIAMS: Warr, okay, I thought so, and we’re at the Truman Library on July 17,ġ991. Do youĭORSY LOU WARR: That’s right, Warr. JIM WILLIAMS: This is an oral history interview with Dorsy Warr. ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW WITH DORSY LOU WARR Luke Choplin, Josephine Choplin, Rodney Choplin, Mary Ruth Choplin, Dororthy Choplin, Karen Tinnin, Stephen Dice, Karen Johnson, Carol Dage, Delbert Johnson, Brian Hoduski, Jeff Wade, Scott Stone, and Regina Underwood. Hunt, Sue Lindsey, Elizabeth Gentry, Garvin Dyer, Elizabeth Rees, Bill Duke, George Carson, Elizabeth Bush, Virginia Bush, Alex Klein, Virginia Rucker, Jean Rucker Bunyar, Hazel Graham, Kenneth Graham, Margaret Meredith Twachtman, Jessie Page, Byron Stewart, Byron Stewart, Jr., R. Palmer, Raymond Necessary, Gladys Thomason, Mize Peters, Madeline Etzenhouser, Mary A. Snyder, Grace Carvin, Rose Conway, Helen Lucky, Ardis Haukenberry, George Porterfield Wallace, May Wallace, Frank Gates Wallace, Natalie Ott Wallace, Ellen Bundschu, Amy Hatten, Mary Bostian, Sue Gentry, Harriet Allen Kellogg, Mona Allen, Marie Allen Blank, Barbara Allen Gard, Betty Ogden Flora, Henry Bundschu, Charles C. Johnson, Floyd Warr, Brian Warr, Roxie Brennan, Jane Barridge, Sue Ogden Bailey, Vietta Garr, Madge Gates Wallace, Edward Gregg, Mary Sue Luff, Jeanne Miller, Dick Miller, Sam Wilson, E. “Polly” Compton, Dorthea Givan Compton, George Compton, Lyndon B. Persons mentioned: Margaret Truman Daniel, Harry S Truman, Bess W. A contemporary of Margaret Truman, Warr has some stories of Margaret’s early visits to Independence as a young mother, then as a daughter of two elderly parents. Her recollections describe the manner in which Truman neighbors dealt with their famous resident.

Warr relates many stories about growing up in the same neighborhood as a president. Her father, a prominent Independence businessman, was a member of Harry S Truman’s poker circle and often provided the Trumans with pop and ice cream. Publication is prohibited, however, without permission from the Superintendent, Harry S Truman National Historic Site.ĭorsy Lou Warr, nee Compton, grew up down the street from the Trumans. Researchers may read, quote from, cite, and photocopy this transcript without permission for purposes of research only. A grant from Eastern National Park and Monument Association funded the transcription and final editing of this interview. Their corrections were incorporated into this final transcript by Perky Beisel in summer 2000. The transcript includes bracketed notices at the end of one tape and the beginning of the next so that, if desired, the reader can find a section of tape more easily by using this transcript.ĭorsy Lou Warr and Jim Williams reviewed the draft of this transcript.
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The transcript follows as closely as possible the recorded interview, including the usual starts, stops, and other rough spots in typical conversation. The corrections and other changes suggested by the interviewee and interviewer have been incorporated into this final transcript. The interviewer, or in some cases another qualified staff member, also reviewed the draft and compared it to the tape recordings. After a draft of this transcript was made, the park provided a copy to the interviewee and requested that he or she return the transcript with any corrections or modifications that he or she wished to be included in the final transcript. This is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for Harry S Truman National Historic Site. This transcript corresponds to audiotapes DAV-AR #4328-4333 NPS ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW WITH DORSY LOU WARR
