Presidential libraries

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle and Col. John A. Riffle (center) during a visit to the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, after pinning the Colonels emblem on new Col. Riffle. (See also 64-595-1 thru 8.) Donor: Col. John A. Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks to a group of unidentified Air Force officers and civilians in the parking lot of the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, awaiting the release of several thousand balloons advertising the 10th anniversary celebration of the founding of Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base. (See also 2007-96, 97 and 98.) From: Col. John A. Riffle.

Airman First Class Gerald L. Ingram (center) and his wife, Beverly, speak with an unidentified man during a visit to the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. The Ingram's and their party met with former President Harry S. Truman and were taken on a tour of the Library. Others in the photo are unidentified. (See also 2007-100 thru 102.) From: Col. John A. Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Airman First Class Gerald L. Ingram hold on to a Certificate naming Ingram as Airman of the Year for 1963 at Richards-Gebaur Air Base, during a visit to the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence. Ingram and his party met with the former President and were taken on a tour by Milton Perry, Curator. Donor: Col. John A. Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) shakes hands with Airman First Class Gerald L. Ingram, each holding on to the Certificate naming Ingram as Airman of the Year for 1963 at Richards-Gebaur Air Base (Belton, Missouri), as Mrs. Beverly Ingram and an unidentified man look on. The Ingram's and their party met with the former President at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and were taken on a tour by Milton Perry, Curator (not pictured). From: Col. John A. Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) shakes hands with Airman First Class Gerald L. Ingram, each holding on to the Certificate naming Ingram as Airman of the Year for 1963 at Richards-Gebaur Air Base (in Belton, Missouri), as Mrs. Beverly Ingram and an unidentified man look on. The Ingram's and their party met with the former President at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and were taken on a tour by Milton Perry, Curator. From: Col. John A. Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman standing beside the Liberty Bell replica on the grounds of the Truman Library.

Color photograph of Sergeant William Story, guard at the Harry S. Truman Library, sitting at the grand piano that was in the White House during the Truman administration. The picture was taken at the Library the morning of November 12, 1959. From: Rolfe B. Dean.

Color photograph of former President Harry S. Truman sitting at his private secretary's (Rose Conway) desk at the Harry S. Truman Library, doing a requested signing of a Scottish Rite Patent. The picture was taken the morning of November 12, 1959. From: Rolfe B. Dean.

Color photograph of the front view of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, taken the morning of November 12, 1959. From: Rolfe B. Dean.