Administrative agencies

In the presence of the Atomic Energy Commission, President Harry S. Truman signs an Executive Order that ended the wartime Manhattan Project and transferred its responsibilities to civilian authority. From left to right, Carroll Wilson, President Harry S. Truman, David Lilienthal, Sumner Pike, Colonel K.D. Nichols, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, General Leslie Groves, Lewis L. Strauss, and William W. Waymack. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 2.

Robert C. Goodwin, U.S. Labor Department, Bureau of Employment Security official, is standing behind a podium and speaking at a Defense Mobilization Conference held in Richmond, Virginia. At the time Goodwin was Executive Director of the Office of Defense Manpower.

Interior view of a group of 15 men at an unidentified location/event. Robert C. Goodwin is standing on the back row, first on the left. The group may have been associated with the War Manpower Commission. Robert Goodwin was executive director of the War Manpower Commission in 1945.

Portrait of U.S. Labor Department official Robert C. Goodwin seated at his desk and using the telephone. At the time Goodwin was the director of the Labor Department's U.S. Employment Service.

Interior view of a group of 15 men at an unidentified location/event. Robert C. Goodwin is standing on the back row, first on the left. The group may have been associated with the War Manpower Commission. Robert Goodwin was executive director of the War Manpower Commission in 1945.

Exterior group portrait identified as Conference of State Employment Security, Executive Directors, Employment Service Directors, and Representatives of the Social Security Board, Washington, D.C., July 23-27, 1940. Robert C. Goodwin, wearing a dark suit, is standing on the back row near the center of the photo and just to the right of the center door.

The files of all social security account holders. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial exhibit. Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photo Number: NPX-53-227.

Charles S. Murphy, Undersecretary of Agriculture (1961-1965), is standing on the left next to an unidentified male actor in costume. The location is believed to be Manteo, North Carolina. Mr. Murphy made a guest appearance at "The Lost Colony" production where he spoke. Both appear to be standing perhaps on the stage.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, left, with Mr. Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board, at the Generalissimo's country place in China.

Clarence Osthagen, Assistant Secretary for Administration with the Department of Commerce, with unidentified men and location.