Truman, Martha Ellen, 1852-1947

President Harry S. Truman (right), accepts a farewell kiss from his mother, Mrs. Martha E. Truman (92) as he prepares to leave Grandview, Missouri for Washington, D.C. Donor: Clinton A. Brown

House Party at the Truman farm home, Christmas 1911. Front row: Robert Truman Ragland; Mary Ethel Noland; Second row: Luella Campbell Truman; Homer Pittinger; Nellie Noland; Mary Colgan; Callie Campbell; Back row: Mary Jane Truman. Man standing next to window is unidentified. Martha Ellen Truman can be seen inside the house, looking out the window.

Color transparency of a painting of Mrs. Martha Ellen Truman by Jerry Farnsworth. Martha E. Truman is Harry S. Truman's mother.

Early photo of the Grandview farmhouse of the Truman family. In front of the house, left to right: Martha Ellen Truman, Harry Truman's mother; Harriet Louisa Gregg Young, Truman's grandmother; and a young Harry S. Truman in farm clothes. Same as 83-126, but better image. From: Copy of original photo lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, daughter of Vivian Truman.

Photo of Boris B. Gordon's portrait painting of Martha Ellen Truman.

Snapshot of Martha Ellen Truman, mother of Harry S. Truman, standing in front of the Grandview bungalow. Same as 2005-52. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Mr. Truman's working office at Truman Library).

Portrait of Martha Ellen Truman sitting in a chair in front of her fireplace (see also photo 84-67). Pictures of J. Vivian Truman, Mary Jane Truman and Harry Truman adorn the mantel. The painting of Martha Truman by Jerry Farnsworth appears to be based on this photograph. From: Truman Home.

Martha Ellen Truman, former President Harry S. Truman's mother, sits in a chair outdoors, possibly at her home in Grandview, where she is having her portrait painted this date. Sitting at left is her daughter, Mary Jane Truman, and sitting at right is the unknown female artist. From: Truman Home.

Martha Ellen Truman, President Harry S. Truman's mother, sits in a chair outdoors, possibly at her Grandview home, while her portrait is being painted by an unknown woman artist. From: Truman Home.

Full-length portrait of former President Harry S. Truman's mother, Martha Ellen Truman, as an older lady, taken outdoors, possibly at her home in Grandview, Missouri. (See also 84-66, 60-254, and 62-462.) From: Truman Home.