Dinners and dining

Dinner in honor of Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left) given by the Oil and Coal Division of the United Jewish Appeal at the Hotel Pierre in New York City. At table, left to right: Monroe Goldwater, President of United Jewish Appeal; Secretary Chapman; Mr. Schwartz; Charles Alldredge; Joel Wolfsohn, Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Joseph Donnenfeld; and Henry C. Bernstein. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) speaks at a dinner in Howard University's Frazier Hall for the honorary degree recipients from the 1949 Commencement. Also pictured: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian Ambassador to the United States and Mexico (fourth from left); and Dr. Mordecai Johnson, President, Howard University (fourth from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right) at a table with unidentified guests at the Truman-Barkley Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (center), Vice President Alben Barkley (right), and an unidentified man pose for a picture at the Truman-Barkley Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Guest table with Cabinet members at the Truman-Barkley Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Pictured: Mrs. Margaret Krug (second from left); Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (center); Mrs. Evlyn Snyder (second from right); and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (standing, head table) speaks to guests at the Truman-Barkley Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Jean (Mrs. Arthur) Henning; and Arthur L. Henning, Wisconsin Democratic Elector at the Inaugural Dinner by the Presidential Electors at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Guest tables at the Touchdown Club Dinner. Pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (table 12, fifth from right, football lapel pin). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

A table of guests at the Texas State Society dinner honoring Attorney General Tom C. Clark (not pictured) at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. Pictured: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

A table of guests at the Texas State Society dinner honoring Attorney General Tom C. Clark (not pictured) at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. Pictured: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (fourth from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook