Jerry N. Hess (1931–2017) was a 20th-Century American oral historian of U.S. presidential libraries, particularly the Harry S. Truman Library: his name appears in numerous books which include research into major personalities related to mid-20th-Century American national politics and draw upon the more than 500 oral histories available at the Truman Library alone.[1][2][3]
Hess was born on September 24, 1931, in Cedar Vale, Kansas. His parents were James Nelson and Mary Elixabeth Burge. He had one older brother, Norman Burge Hess. He obtained a BA from Kansas State University of Lawrence and MA from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.[1]
CareerEdit
In 1951, Hess entered the U.S. Navy, where he served until 1955.[1]
Hess served as an oral historian for President Harry S. Truman Library as well as the National Archives in Washington, DC. He helped develop other presidential libraries.[1]
After retirement, he volunteered as an oral archivist for the Ringling Circus.[1]
On June 4, 1960, Hess married Barbara H. Neubauer; she died in 1994. In 1998, he married Bertie Lee Ruth; she died in 2016. In 2006, he and Bertie moved to Sunnyside, Florida.[1]
Hess died age 85 on June 23, 2017, at Doctor’s Hospital in Sarasota, Florida.[1]
ReferencesEdit
^ abcdefgh "Jerry Nelson Hess of Sarasota, Florida (1931 - 2017)". Toale Brothers. 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "Note: Jerry Hess". Washington Post. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^"Note: Oral Histories". Harry S. Truman Library. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
External sources-Edit
Truman Library: Oral History Interviews (more than 500)
Truman Library: Photo of Hess et al. (1958)
October 15, 2023
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