Parties

Department of the Interior staff at a Department Christmas party. Pictured: Mrs. J. Atwood Maulding, Director of Personnel (left); Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (second from left); and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Rafael Pico, member of the Caribbean Commission; Mrs. Ann Chapman; Governor of Puerto Rico Jesus Pinero; and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at a cocktail party at the Carlton Hotel given by Charles W. and Ruth Taussig (not pictured) for representatives of the U.S. territorial governments and members of the Caribbean Commission. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Floyd Dotson (right), a Department of Interior official, at an unidentified party. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (second from left) talk with two unidentified men at an unknown party.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) with two unidentified people at a Bureau of Reclamation Christmas party.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (second from left) walk down the hallway during an unidentified event in the Interior building. All others unidentified.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left) and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (third from right) examine a large certificate at an unidentified event in the Interior building. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (second from right); and Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop (right). All others unidentified.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (right) at an unidentified party in the Interior building. All others unidentified.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) congratulates Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (third from right) at an unidentified event in the Interior building. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (second from right); and Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop (right). All others unidentified.

Department of the Interior staff at an unidentified event in the Interior Building. Left to right: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (dressed as Dean of the Electoral College); Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus; Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson; and Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop. All others unidentified.