Diplomats

Vu Van Mau (left) shaking hands with United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner (right) with a man identified as "Pippin" looking on from the background.

United States Economic Counselor Arthur Z. Gardiner talking to South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem at a dinner party at the Presidential Palace in Saigon, South Vietnam. Also at the table are men identified as (left to right) Vu Van Mau, Mr. Gardiner, President Diem, unidentified man, Mr. Micklen, and unidentified man.

Exterior view of a group of men standing with W. Averell Harriman located in the center of the front row. Taken on Harriman's 1959 trip to Russia and the Soviet Union, location not given and others in view unidentified. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

Exterior view of a group of men and women standing with W. Averell Harriman in the center of the front row and Charles W. Thayer on the left behind Harriman. Taken on Harriman's 1959 trip to Russia and the Soviet Union, exact location not given and others in view unidentified. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Interior view of author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer wearing a suit and tie and seated in a chair near a door in an unknown location. Scanned image from negative held by Library.

Exterior view with diplomat and journalist W. Averell Harriman and wife Marie posed next to a group of four children and an adult. Thought to have been taken while W. Averell Harriman and party were touring in Uzbekistan. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

Interior view of author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer wearing a suit and tie and seated in a chair near a door in an unknown location. Scanned image from negative held by Library.

Stanley Andrews (foreground, right), head of the Technical Cooperation Administration, is escorted from an airplane to a car upon his arrival in Tehran, Iran. Walking with him is William Warne, the head of the Technical Cooperation Administration in Iran. Others in the background are unidentified.

William E. Warne, head of the Technical Cooperation for Iran (right), examines baby chicks imported from the United States through the Point Four Program in cooperation with the Government of Iran for its livestock improvement program. All other men in the photo are unidentified.

Arthur Z. Gardiner in the passenger seat of a car and a man identified as Mr. Lewis in the driver seat. The exact location is unknown.