Clergy

Head table at the Laurel Club luncheon attended by members of the Society of American Archivists and others at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints building. From left to right: Sue Gentry, Richard S. Kirkendall, Viva (Mrs. P.H.) Bahmer, W. Howard Adams, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, W. Wallace Smith (speaking), former President Harry S. Truman, Mary (Mrs. J. Roger) De Witt, and Robert H. Bahmer.

Head table at the Laurel Club luncheon attended by members of the Society of American Archivists and others at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints building. From Left to right: Sue Gentry, Richard S. Kirkendall, Viva (Mrs. P.H.) Bahmer, W. Howard Adams, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, W. Wallace Smith (speaking), former President Harry S. Truman, Mary (Mrs. J. Roger) De Witt, and Robert H. Bahmer.

W. Wallace Smith (center) speaking at the Laurel Club luncheon in the Auditorium of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Independence, Missouri. The luncheon was held for members of the Society of American Archivists annual meeting. Others in photo are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers (on podium), shakes hands with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who laid the cornerstone for the CIA's new 5 million dollar building. The present director, Allen Dulles, is on the right of the President, while Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, chaplain of the Senate, is on the platform behind Adm. Souers.

Dedication of New Baptist Church at Grandview, Missouri. President Harry S. Truman in pulpit. President Truman led the capacity crowd of more than 400 persons in the formal Act of Dedication, after speaking briefly on the 102-year history of the church and his family's association with it. Sitting on the platform from left to right are: Reverend I.F. Whitcomb, a Baptist associational pastor, Revered Welbern Bowman, pastor of the church; Dr. T.W.

From left to right, Harry S. Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, artist Thomas Hart Benton, Father Dawes of Rockhurst College, and Allen Nevins in the lobby of the Truman Library.

A group of men comprising (from left to right) Harry S. Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Thomas Hart Benton, Father Dawes of Rockhurst University, Allen Nevins, and Truman Library Curator Milton Perry in the lobby of the Truman Library.

Seated at the dinner table are, left to right: Father John La Farge, Arthur Compton, James F. Twohy (Co-Chairman), Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and Chief Justice Earl Warren. The event was a National Conference of Christians and Jews banquet in New York City at which a portrait of Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes was unveiled.

President Harry S. Truman (center, holding book), Independence, Missouri Mayor Robert Weatherford (second from right, in bowtie), and others at the Jackson County Library, Missouri. Left, Rev. Herbert E. Duncan, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge, Pastor of First Congregational Church, Kansas City.

President Harry S. Truman (center, holding book), Independence, Missouri Mayor Robert Weatherford (in bowtie), and others at the Jackson County Library. At left is Rev. Herbert E. Duncan, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge, Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Kansas City. Others are unidentified.