Presidential libraries

Library blueprint plans.

Library blueprint plans.

Library blueprint plans.

Library blueprint plans.

General scene from the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Cornerstone of the Harry S. Truman Library on the day of the Library dedication.

Crowds at the Harry S. Truman Library Dedication.

Front stage at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman at the Dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library. Left to right: former President Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Truman, Sam Rayburn, Charles Halleck, Wayne C. Grover, Robert Weatherford (mayor of Independence), and Ellis Mayerberg.

Former President Harry S. Truman, left, with Mr. and Mrs. J. Vivian Truman at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library.