Cabinet officers

From left to right: Harry T. Thompson, National Capital Parks Associate Superintendent; Edward Kelly, National Capital Parks Superintendent; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Irving C. Root, Community Planner for the National Capital Parks after the ceremony swearing-in Kelly as National Capital Parks Superintendent. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Father Gargan gives a speech at the Brotherhood Week meeting in the Department of the Interior Auditorium. Also pictured, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated, left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Undersecretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and former Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan at a meeting of the National Conference of Christians and Jews at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) with a group of unidentified men at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Los Angeles, California. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center) in a crowd of unidentified men at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Los Angeles, California. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (third from right) with a group of unidentified men at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Los Angeles, California. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) speaks with three unidentified men at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Los Angeles, California. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (third from left) has lunch with unidentified men at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Los Angeles, California. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the Nebraska Reclamation Association dinner meeting at the Yancy Hotel in Grand Island, Nebraska. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and former Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan at a meeting of the National Conference of Christians and Jews at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook