Universities and colleges

A group photo of students and instructors at Stephens College, a women's college, in Columbia, Missouri. Among those pictures are Nancy Bentley (third row from the top, third from the right); Lutie Major (third row from the top, fourth from the right); Mary Pace (third row from the top, left); and Mary Martha Truman (fourth row from the top, second from left). Mary Martha Truman is Harry S. Truman's aunt.

Exterior view of what is believed to be the Al-Azhar Mosque which is associated with Al-Azhar University and located in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Lafayette College conferred honorary degrees at commencement exercises. Recipients included: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (third from left), Miss Dorothy Shaver (second from left), and Henry Luce (far right). Gentleman on left is unidentified.

Lafayette College conferred six honorary degrees at commencement exercises. Recipients were: Norman Peale (third from right), Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (third from left), Miss Dorothy Shaver (middle), Thomas R. Jones, Rev. W.H. Galbreath, and Henry Luce (far right).

Lafayette College conferred six honorary degrees at commencement exercises. Recipients were: Norman Peale (third from right), Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (third from left), Miss Dorothy Shaver (middle), Thomas R. Jones, Rev. W.H. Galbreath, and Henry Luce (far right).

Former President Harry S. Truman walking in the morning followed by the press. The Former President is in Buffalo, New York to receive an Honorary Doctor of Law at Canisius College.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) and Professor Frederick C. Lindvall (right) of California Technical University tour the campus in Pasadena, California.

Interior view with a group of men and students taken at Moscow University. W. Averell Harriman is standing, third from the right. Ivan Petrovsky, Rector of Moscow University, is second from the right. The students gathered around are Americans studying at Moscow University. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Interior view with a group of men and students seated around a circular table. W. Averell Harriman is seated just to the left of the vase on the table. Ivan Petrovsky, Rector of Moscow University, is to the right of Harriman and Charles Thayer is on the left. Inscription of back of photograph reads: "Gov. Harriman, Rector Petrovski and other members of university faculty talking to U.S. students currently studying at Moscow University." Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W.

Interior view with a group of men and students seated around a circular table. Bust of Vladimir Lenin is behind them. W. Averell Harriman is seated just to the right of the vase on the table. Ivan Petrovsky, Rector of Moscow University, is to the right of Harriman and Charles Thayer is to the left just in front of the bust. The students are Americans studying at Moscow University. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.