Libraries

Photo of a classroom or library, possibly in Spain, which has a framed portrait of a painting of Ambassador Stanton Griffis hanging on the wall. Students in the photo are unidentified.

One of the cases housing the Presidential Coin Collection at the Toledo Public Library. (A presidential coin collection was given to the Harry S. Truman Library by former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder).

Aerial photograph taken over Washington, D.C., showing the Library of Congress and the United States Capitol building in the right foreground and the long mall leading to the Washington Monument.

Mrs. Fred Vinson, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Fred Vinson, at Bonham, Texas, where he will be a speaker at the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library. From: Sam Rayburn.

Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, in front of a house in Bonham, Texas, where he will be appearing at the dedication of a library in his name. From: Sam Rayburn.

Former President Harry S. Truman stands on the speaker's platform and addresses the crowd gathered for the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. From: Sam Rayburn.

Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman and others sit and await the start of the ceremonies dedicating the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. Of those who can be identified (right to left) are unknown, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Ladybird Johnson. From: Sam Rayburn.

Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman and others stand before their chairs at the beginning of the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. Of those who can be identified are several unidentified people, Lady Bird Johnson, Senator Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, and two unidentified people. From: Sam Rayburn.

New Library of Independence (Missouri) High School. From "The Gleam", Independence High School annual.

High School Library. Carrie Wallace, first cousin of Mrs. Bess Truman is seated in the library of Independence High School. She was the librarian. From "The Gleam", Independence High School annual, 1904.