Artists

Harry S. Truman poses with the artist of his bust, Electra Waggoner Biggs, in the Oval Office. The bust was created in 1945. From Electra Waggoner Biggs

William Green of the American Federation of Labor (left), James Connell, and Jo Davidson at a formal dinner.

Senator Claude D. Pepper (second from left), R. H. Bailey, Jr., Senator Joseph F. Guffey and Jo Davidson (right) at a formal dinner.

The sculptor Jo Davidson (center, with beard) and unidentified gentlemen.

Informal portrait of Thomas Hart Benton, in the north lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri.

General scene looking toward the Harry S. Truman Library, with guests in the foreground. Eugene Savage addressing the gathering at the Dedication of the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West," by Thomas Hart Benton.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Thomas Hart Benton pose for the press before the dedication of the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Artist Thomas Hart Benton attends former President Harry S. Truman's 80th birthday party at the Muehlebach Hotel. Others are unidentified.

Thomas Hart Benton smokes a pipe while seated in his studio in Kansas City, Missouri, with some of his paintings during an oral history interview with the Truman Library.

Truman Library Curator Milton Perry (left) conducts an oral history interview with artist Thomas Hart Benton (right).