Clergy

Francis Cardinal Spellman dining at an unknown event with several dignitaries. From left to right: unidentified, New York Governor Thomas Dewey, unidentified, Cardinal Spellman, Dean Acheson, and Postmaster General Robert Hannegan.

Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (front row, right) attending a reception for Francis Cardinal Spellman (front row, second from left) at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York. Also present is New York Governor Thomas Dewey (left). The speaker and all others are unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (foreground, right) kisses the ring of Francis Cardinal Spellman (left) during a formal reception welcoming the Cardinal that took place in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Others are unidentified.

From left to right: Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Francis Cardinal Spellman, and New York Governor Thomas Dewey at an unidentified event.

Francis Cardinal Spellman meeting with various dignitaries at an unidentified event. From left to right: unidentified clergyman, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Cardinal Spellman, New York Governor Thomas Dewey, and three unidentified men.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (right) poses with (from left to right) Joseph Nunan, unidentified clergyman, and Assistant Postmaster General Gael Sullivan during a Post Office trip to Ireland.

View of a Greek Orthodox religious figure at St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Identified by Thayer as "Father Nikoforus who looks after visitors, striking the wooden gong which was used before chimes were introduced to the Monastery." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of a Greek Orthodox religious figure at St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Identified by Thayer as "Father Nikoforus who looks after visitors, striking the wooden gong which was used before chimes were introduced to the Monastery." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: Miss Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (administering the oath); Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.