Presidential advisors

Presidential Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (left) shakes hands with Frank E. McKinney (right), the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, volume 7.

In a joke being played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross upon their arrival at Key West, Florida, an African-American marching band lead them to the Little White House. They are in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman and his party on vacation. Mr. Ross is near the center, wearing a bow tie. Mr. Connelly is walking beside him, smoking a cigarette. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

All hands turn out to welcome Press Secretary Charles Ross and Matthew Connelly to Key West, Florida. From left to right: Donald Dawson, Wallace Graham, Charles Ross (back to camera), Harry Vaughan (wearing long-sleeved shirt, obscured by Connelly), Matthew Connelly (facing right), unidentified man in striped shirt, Margaret Truman, unidentified man, John Steelman (mostly obscured by Truman), President Harry S. Truman, General Robert Landry, Governor Mon Wallgren, and Admiral Robert Dennison. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (center) talks with his Appointment Secretary, Matthew Connelly (left) and his Press Secretary, Charles Ross (right) while on vacation in Key West, Florida. They are standing underneath a palm tree on the grounds of the "Little White House." From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (far right) chats with members of his staff at a baseball game in Griffith Stadium. Front row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William Leahy, and President Truman. Second row, left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, unidentified, General Robert Landry, Matthew Connelly, and unidentified. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's staff pose with the fish they caught while on vacation with the President in Key West, Florida. Captain Robert Dennison (center) holds up the 29 pound mackerel he caught. From left to right, General Wallace Graham, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy (wearing hat and glasses), Eben Ayers (partly obscured), Captain Dennison, unidentified reporter, Colonel Robert Landry (mostly obscured), and Special Counsel Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

James A. Farley (foreground), Ex-Postmaster General and former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, applauds the entrance of President Harry S. Truman (left, background) to the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in the Mayflower Hotel. Matthew Connelly greets President Truman in the center background. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Presidential Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly receives a report from the General Motors fact finding panel that resolved the General Motors and United Auto Workers dispute. From left to right, Milton Eisenhower, Lloyd Garrison, and Matthew Connelly. From the Scrapbook of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.

Matthew Connelly (left), Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, accepts a sack of potatoes from Senator Francis J. Myers (right), as Nina Herschner (center) looks on. Ms. Herschner is the Pennsylvania Potato Blossom Queen and from Felton, Pennsylvania.