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Truman With Students in His Office

Former President Harry S. Truman (in light suit, center) with a group of unidentified students from the Greater Kansas City Tennis Patrons, standing around the globe in Mr. Truman's office at the Truman Library. The man on the far left is Richard Berkley (later Mayor of Kansas City). Man on the far right is George Michalson (later a lawyer for Middle West Motor Freight Bureau). All others are unidentified.

President Truman at podium, addressing the Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention

President Harry S. Truman at podium addressing 3,000 student editors at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The Chief Executive interrupted his Key West, Florida vacation to deliver the special 15-minute speech to the young people. The brief address was broadcast and televised. Donor: Gordon H. Cole, THE MACHINIST

Truman with the Youth Safety Patrol

President Harry S. Truman (back row, fourth from the left) and Kansas City friend Lou Holland (back row, third from the left) in the Oval Office with the boys and girls of the Youth Safety Patrol from all over the United States. All others are unidentified. Lennox Bundy is the African American student who is kneeling in the first row, at left.