Oaths

Floyd Dotson (center), Chief Clerk, Department of the Interior, swears in Dale Doty (right) as Assistant Secretary of the Interior while Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Floyd Dotson (left), Director of Administrative Services, Department of the Interior, swears-in Ronald F. Lee (center) as Assistant Director of the National Park Service while Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Floyd Dotson (left), Director of Administrative Services, Department of the Interior, swears-in Arthur E. Demaray (center) as Director of the National Park Service while Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

John L. Sullivan being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Shangri-La. The Naval officer is unidentified.

Oscar Chapman being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. Pictured, left to right: Julius A. Krug, former Secretary of the Interior; Oscar Chapman; Mrs. Ann Chapman; Chief Justice Fred Vinson. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Oscar Chapman (left) is sworn in as Secretary of the Interior by Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) while Mrs. Ann Chapman looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne; Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson; Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Mrs. Ann Chapman; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman in the Secretary's office after Chapman's swearing in ceremony. People in background unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (third from right) congratulates Oscar Chapman (right) after being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (left); Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (second from left); and Mrs. Ann Chapman (second from right). Woman in background is unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) swears in Tom C. Clark (left) as Associate Supreme Court Justice as President Harry S. Truman (center) looks on. Also pictured: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (behind Truman, left); and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (behind Truman, right, mostly obscured). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (center) and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) congratulate Oscar Chapman after being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook