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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Truman Meets with the Home Owners' Loan Corporation Officials

President Harry S. Truman (seated) receives check from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) representing the remaining funds of the HOLC after all obligations have been paid and doors have been closed. Standing (L to R): J. Stanley Baughman, Manager HOLC; J. Alston Adams, Republican Member Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB); Raymond Foley, Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency; John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; Oscar Kent LaRoque, Democratic Member FHLBB; William Divers, Chairman of the FHLBB; John Fahey, Chairman of the HOLC.

President Truman Receives Lincoln Bust from Cartoonists

President Harry S. Truman (far left) receives bust of Abraham Lincoln from cartoonists (L to R) Milton Caniff, Russell Patterson, and Harry Hershfield during a White House Rose Garden ceremony. The bust was made by sculptor Leonard Volk and presented in the name of the National Cartoonist Society, and is the Truman Library's artifact collection (item 741). See also photo 63-1421-01. Photo donated by Brian Merlis.

President Truman and General Eisenhower Talk in Frankfort, Germany

In the foreground facing the camera are Lieutenant Kay Summersby, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President Harry S. Truman. In the background, to the right of Truman is General Harry Vaughan. All other military personnel at the airfield are unidentified. The President is in Frankfort, Germany traveling during a break in the Potsdam Conference. Donated in the name of Don Costello.

Meeting of Reserve Officers Association at the Truman Library

Past Presidents of the Kansas City Chapter #1, Reserve Officers Association Meeting gathered in former president Harry S. Truman's office at the Truman Library shown left to right are: James G. Harper, John Gaylord, James Moore, Edward G. Otto, Dinwiddie Groves, John Lee, Milton Leith, Sidney Newburger, Russell Knight, Jo Zach Miller III, former president Truman, Joe Crawford, Kenneth Fox, Rufus Burrus, Fred Whitten, Meyer Goldman, Bob Kernodle, and Ted Bland. Image sent to Truman Presidential Library by Graham Campbell II.

President Truman at United Nations Conference

President Harry S. Truman (behind the lectern) addresses the closing session of the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California. Seated on the right is Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (closest to lectern) and Secretary-General of the Conference Alger Hiss. Seated behind President Truman is Military Aide Major General Harry Vaughan (left) and Naval Aide Captain James Vardaman (right). All others are unidentified. Donor: Margaret Poore.