Journalists

Journalists at work during a press conference. President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) is near the north garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From: The Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

Reporters scramble for the phones after White House Press Secretary Charles Ross (not pictured) announced that the Swiss had not as yet received a reply from the Japanese. During the rush, one of the first reporters to reach the door fell, and the others narrowly avoided piling up in the doorway. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (seated center in dark shirt with white collar) is shown during a press conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. Standing directly behind Truman in the bamboo print shirt is Charles S. Murphy, Administrative Assistant to President Truman and later Special Counsel to the President. To the left of Murphy wearing a long sleeve print shirt is John Steelman, Truman's Assistant to the President. To the right of Murphy is Joseph Feeney.

President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference on the lawn of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing from left to right: Mr. Phil Regan, Mr. David K. Niles, Mr. Stephen Spingarn, Mr. Stanley Woodward, Mr. Donald S. Dawson, Mr. Matthew J. Connelly, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Mr. William D. Hassett, unidentified, Major General Wallace H. Graham, and Mr. Charles G. Ross. The man writing on his knee next to Mr. Ross is Edwin W. Darby. Identifiable men sitting around President Harry S.

President Harry S. Truman greets news photographers upon their late arrival at the Boca Chica airport with an inquiry as to why they were late and "interviews" Robert G. Nixon, President of the White House Correspondents Association (in front of Truman). Standing behind President Truman, in uniform, is Admiral William Leahy. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

News correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance William Hillman (left) and Felix Belair (right) of the New York Times joined President Harry S. Truman's fishing expedition while covering the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album "Vacation cruise with the President" Volume 3 of 4.

Felix Belair of The New York Times joined a fishing excursion of President Harry S. Truman and other members of his vacation party in Bermuda. From the album "Vacation cruise with the President" Volume 3 of 4.

Press Secretary Charles Ross (left) and William Hillman, roving correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (right) relax during a fishing excursion while on vacation with President Harry S. Truman. From the album "Vacation cruise with the President" Volume 3 of 4.

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).

Seated, left to right: Governor W. Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman. former First Lady Bess Truman, and journalist Louis Lochner seated at the Sheraton Astor Hotel in New York City. They are at the Overseas Press Club of America banquet. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.