Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) meeting with Senator Harley Kilgore of West Virginia (second from the right) and unidentified African American men. They are presenting an issue of "Color" magazine to President Truman.

Truman Senate defense investigating committee holds preliminary session immediately after arrival in Kansas City, Missouri, preparatory to open inquiry about fuel supply situation in the Midwest. Standing, left to right: Senator Harley Kilgore, Senator James Meade, general counsel Hugh S. Fulton. Seated, left to right: Mayor of Kansas City John B. Gage, Senator Carl Hatch, Senator Harry S. Truman, Senator Mon C. Wallgren, and Senator Harold Burton.

Senator Harry S. Truman and others inspecting Brewster plant for the Truman Committee. From left to right: G. F. Chapline, Vice President of Brewster Aircraft; Ralph O. Brewster, Senator from Maine; Harry S. Truman, Senator from Missouri; Harley M. Kilgore, Senator from West Virginia; Hugh Fulton, Counsel for the Truman Committee.

Senator Harry S. Truman and other members of the Truman Committee are on board a patrol craft to see the San Francisco Bay area in San Francisco, California. From left to right: Senator Homer Ferguson (back to camera); Senator Truman, three unidentified men, and Senator Harley Kilgore.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from the back of his special train today in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He is denouncing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican candidate for President, and John Foster Dulles, GOP Foreign Policy Advisor, accusing them of talking loosely about rolling back the iron curtain to liberate the enslaved peoples of Eastern Europe. This, the President said, increases the risk of atomic war with Russia. With the President (center) on the platform are: Sen. Harley M. Kilgore and Rep. M.G. Burnside, Democrats from West Virginia. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman meets with Democratic Party Senators in the Oval Office, shortly after becoming President. First row (seated): unidentified; Glen H. Taylor. Second row (kneeling): two unidentified men; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Dennis Chavez; Sheridan Downey; Warren Magnuson; and Claude Pepper. Third row: Carl Hatch; Joseph Guffey; unidentified; Allen Ellender; Kenneth McKellar; President Truman; Theodore Bilbo; Pat McCarran; Josiah Bailey; and Peter Gerry.

President Harry S. Truman meets with Democratic Party Senators in the Oval Office, shortly after becoming President. First row (seated): unidentified; Glen H. Taylor. Second row (kneeling): two unidentified men; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Dennis Chavez; Sheridan Downey; Warren Magnuson; and Claude Pepper. Third row: Carl Hatch; Joseph Guffey; unidentified; Allen Ellender; Kenneth McKellar; President Truman; Theodore Bilbo; Pat McCarran; Josiah Bailey; and Peter Gerry.

Portrait photograph of Senator Harley M. Kilgore. The photo is autographed: "To Mon Wallgren, friend, colleague, and co-worker whose departure from the Senate was a personal loss to Harley M. Kilgore."

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated) signs the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, West Virginia. Standing, left to right: Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey; Thomas Kennedy, Vice President, United Mine Workers; Senator Matthew M. Neely; Congressman Harley O. Staggers; Congressman Maurice G. Burnside; Senator Harley Kilgore; and Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee.

Senator Harry S. Truman and members of the Truman Committee at the airport after visiting the Ford Motor Company. Names of the individuals are hand written below the photo: Left to right, Senator Joseph Ball; Hugh Fulton (counsel, partially obscured); Senator Prentiss M. Brown; Senator Harry S. Truman; Paul Brown (child); Senator Owen Brewster; Senator James Mead; Senator Mon Wallgren; Senator Harold Burton; and Senator Harley Kilgore. Donor: Sam Rushay, who loaned us the original photograph to copy.