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] Hess served as an oral historian for President Harry S. Truman Library as well as the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
[1] After retirement, he volunteered as an oral archivist for the Ringling Circus.
He was also a member of: the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Missouri, the Sons of the American Revolution, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Shriners International.
[1] Hess died age 85 on June 23, 2017, at Doctor’s Hospital in Sarasota, Florida.