This list was compiled for First Lady Bess Wallace Truman in 1946, to coordinate Christmas gifts presented to White House staff. It includes the names of White House butlers, kitchen staff, maids, housemen, and doormen. White House employees have long received tokens of appreciation from the president and first lady during the holidays. Gifts for staff members first became commonplace in the late 19th century, and over the proceeding decades included coins, turkeys, and personalized trinkets which varied by administration.

This photograph shows President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with a fan at a Washington Senators baseball game on September 8, 1945. The president threw the opening pitch at the match between the Senators and the St. Louis Browns, who hailed from his home state of Missouri. Naval officer and military adviser Admiral William D. Leahy is pictured seated near the president.

This engraving of President Harry S. Truman was produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Truman became president on April 12, 1945, following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Earlier in his career, he had served as a judge, United States Senator representing his home state of Missouri, and headed the headed the Senate War Investigating Committee during World War II. As president, he witnessed the creation of the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and oversaw United States involvement in the Korean War. Truman served as president until 1953.

This photograph shows President Lyndon B. Johnson and former president Harry S. Truman at the Kansas City Municipal Airport on July 30, 1965. President Johnson arrived in Kansas City en route to Independence, Missouri to sign the Social Security Act Amendments at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum. Johnson chose Independence as the location for the signing in order to include Truman, whose administration endeavored to provide national health insurance to Americans.

This photograph shows former president Harry S. Truman at the Kansas City Municipal Airport. Truman was at the airport with President Lyndon B. Johnson, who traveled to Independence, Missouri to sign the Social Security Act Amendments on July 30, 1965. Johnson chose Independence as the location for the signing in order to include Truman, whose administration endeavored to provide national health insurance to Americans. Air Force One, the president's plane, is seen in the background.

This photograph shows former president Harry S. Truman at the Kansas City Municipal Airport. Truman was at the airport with President Lyndon B. Johnson, who traveled to Independence, Missouri to sign the Social Security Act Amendments on July 30, 1965. Johnson chose Independence as the location for the signing in order to include Truman, whose administration endeavored to provide national health insurance to Americans. Air Force One, the president's plane, is seen in the background.

In this photograph President Harry Truman laughs as Col. Lewis Jackson and Sen. Olin Johnson of South Carolina present him with a turkey on a platter in the Oval Office. Presidents and their families have received turkeys for the holidays since the 1870s. The origin of the turkey pardon is said to have started with President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, after he offered a clemency to a turkey purchased for Christmas dinner at his son's request. However, the pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey became a formalized tradition during the Ronald Reagan administration.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office addressing a large group of reporters, announcing Japan's surrender to the press.

This photograph shows President Harry Truman greeting Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru; Ambassador Vijaya Pandit, his sister; and his daughter, Indira Gandhi, upon their arrival at Washington National Airport. Nehru was the first prime minister of India following the country's independence from Great Britain.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows President Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman the night they returned to the White House following the completion of its four-year renovation. Left to right: Charles K. Claunch, Usher; President Truman; Howell G. Crim, Chief Usher; Mrs. Truman; Alonzo Fields, Maître d'hôtel; and J. B. West, Usher. At far right, William Kelly, Project Manager, Public Buildings, and Jess Larson, General Services Administration, admire the ceremonial White House key they are about to present to the President.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows the Truman family standing in front of a Christmas tree on the North Portico of the White House. Left to right: First Lady Bess Truman, President Harry Truman, and their daughter, Margaret Truman.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows President Harry Truman, First Lady Bess Truman and daughter Margaret at Truman's second inaugural ball. Left to right: Unidentified man, Mrs. Bess Truman, Perle Mesta, President Truman, Margaret Truman, Arthur Bergman (Director of the National Guard Armory), unidentified man.