Luncheons

The head table at annual dinner of the Society of American Archivists, held at the Hotel Continental in Kansas City, Missouri. From left: Elizabeth (Mrs. P.M.) Hamer, P.M. Hamer, Dorothy (Mrs. Philip C.) Brooks, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, Mrs. G. Philip Bauer, and Lyman H. Butterfield.

The head table at the Society of American Archivists luncheon at the Hotel Continental, Kansas City, Missouri. From left: William D. McCain, W.L. Harriford, Truman Library Director Philip C. Brooks, Lester Cappon, Dorothy (Mrs. Philip C.) Brooks, O.W. Holmes, Elizabeth (Mrs. P.M.) Hamer, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, P.M. Hamer, and Mary G. Bryan. Others are unidentified.

The head table at the Society of American Archivists luncheon at the Hotel Continental, Kansas City, Missouri. From left: Dorothy (Mrs. Philip C.) Brooks, O.W. Holmes, Elizabeth (Mrs. P.M.) Hamer, Wayne C. Grover, Philip M. Hamer, Mary G. Bryan, Ernst Posner, Dolores Renze, and Henry Edmunds.

The head table at the Society of American Archivists luncheon held at the Hotel Continental in Kansas City, Missouri. From left: William D. McCain, Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Lester Cappon, Dorothy (Mrs. Philip C.) Brooks, O.W. Holmes, Elizabeth (Mrs. P.M.) Hamer, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, Mary G. Bryan, Ernst Posner, Dolores Renze, and Henry Edmunds.

Luncheon of the Society of American Archivists at the Hotel Continental, Kansas City, Missouri. From left: Elizabeth (Mrs. P.M.) Hamer, Wayne C. Grover, William D. McCain (speaking), an unidentified person, Dolores Renze, and Henry Edmunds.

Bess Truman (center) at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club Luncheon given at the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Journalist Joseph Short sits at left and Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron sits at right. From: The Album The President's Trip to the West Coast of the United States, Captain Robert Dennison, United States Navy donor.

Members of the Democratic Women's National Council meet for a spring luncheon in the Grand Ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel. This photograph is of Table No. 27, and only Mrs. Fred D. Wright (3rd from right) can be identified. From: Fred D. Wright.

Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (left) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (right) at a luncheon on the White House lawn prior to the election. From: The Pictorial Biography of Harry S. Truman by John de Murinelly Cirne Crane.

President Harry S. Truman responds to questions at a luncheon at the Pearl Harbor Officers' Club, Hawaii. Others at the table are unidentified. On his way to meet with General MacArthur at Wake Island, the President made a stopover at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, for a tour of the Pearl Harbor Naval Station. (Same as 98-1164 - Album - Oct. 11-18, 1950; also see 67-151 for uncropped photo of same) From: The Album - A Memento of the Visit of the President of the United States - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 13 October to 16 October, 1950

A color snapshot of former President Harry S. Truman (left) speaking to an unidentified man at a table. The setting appears to be a luncheon. This was found in the right hand drawer of the credenza in the former President's office at the Harry S. Truman Library.