Fraternal organizations

Grandview Masonic Lodge, in Grandview, Missouri, where Harry S. Truman was a member. This photograph was taken for an article on Harry S. Truman in Modern Woodmen Magazine in 1945. See also photos 62-41 through 62-53. Donor: Robert E. Frank, Modern Woodmen of America.

Paul H. Griffith, National Commander of the American Legion, visits Lt. Gen. Willis Crittenberger, Commanding General Caribbean Defense Command and Panama Canal Department, at Quarry Heights, Canal Zone.

Paul Griffith (left), National Commander of the American Legion, shakes hands with unidentified man.

National Commander of the American Legion, Paul Griffith (third from right) and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (second from right) listen with others during a talk given at an unidentified event. All other persons are not identified.

Photo of a light spectrum from LIFE Space Tour of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California.

President Truman is presented a gavel by a 40 and 8 Commander of the American Legion. The gavel is a gift from Pearl Harbor Post #24, Voiture Locale 305, Honolulu, Hawaii by Voiture Locale 3, Kansas City, Missouri. The gavel was made from wood from the deck under the Treaty Table of the U.S.S. Missouri, Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945. The gavel is now in the museum collection of the Harry S. Truman Library. Left to right: unidentified man, Rufus B. Burrus, President Harry S. Truman. From: Rufus B. Burrus.

Two unidentified men, from photo found in the right hand drawer of Mr. Truman's office credenza. Could possibly be members of the 35th Division. One man is wearing what appears to be an American Legion hat. From: Unknown donor, Truman Wing. Found in the right hand drawer of credenza in HST office.

Last page from Modern Woodmen article about President Harry S. Truman, June 1945. From: Mrs. Roger Smith, Grandview, Missouri

Photostatic copies of reports to the Head Office from Camp 4311, Grandview, MO, made on February 11, 1913 and February 14, 1914, showing Harry S. Truman's signature as camp consul of Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal benefit society. From Modern Woodmen, June 1945. From: Mrs. Roger Smith, Grandview, Missouri.

Grandview Camp No. 4311 of the Modern Woodmen of America met on regular meeting and was opened in due form. Adviser and clerk being absent, neighbor Rutzell was appointed advisor pro tempore and neighbor McKaugham clerk pro tempore. Error investigated and report 13 white pebbles. Left to right: Bryan Fred; Jim Wyatt; William Duck; Harry Duck; Edd Wyatt; Sam Thornton; Vince Kurtzwell; Bob Jones; Captain Jim Jones, drill team. From: Mrs. Roger Smith, Grandview, Missouri.