Governors

From left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Dr. Paul Martin Pearson, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands; Robert Welsh Herrick, Secretary to the United States Virgin Islands; and Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

From left to right: Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Dr. Paul M. Pearson, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) meets with Blanton Winship, Governor of Puerto Rico, in Chapman's office in the Department of the Interior.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) and Ingram Stainback, Territorial Governor of Hawaii, at the White House to see President Harry S. Truman. Man behind door unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Mayor of Philadelphia Bernard Samuel; James H. Duff, Governor of Pennsylvania; President Harry S. Truman; unidentified; and Pennsylvania Senator Francis J. Myers on the platform of President Truman's train during his trip to Philadelphia for the Army-Navy football game. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (foreground, second from left) and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (with flowers) outside the airplane as they arrive on St. Thomas in the U. S. Virgin Islands. Also pictured: Governor Morris Fidanque de Castro (behind Mrs. Chapman). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated) with members of the Virgin Islands Corporation, including Governor of St. Thomas Morris Fiandque de Castro (third from left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (second from right) pose for a picture with Governor Morris Fidanque de Castro (left) and other unidentified people upon their arrival on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (second from left) has lunch with Governor Morris Fidanque de Castro (third from left) and other unidentified people in the U.S. Virgin Islands. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center) makes a radio broadcast upon his arrival on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Also pictured: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (left); and Governor Morris Fidanque de Castro (second from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook