Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

Farewell to Averell Harriman leaving on Mission to Iran. From left to right, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman, President Harry S. Truman, and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall.

Portrait of Dean Acheson, from a series of color portraits of Truman cabinet members. Transferred from museum collection.

First meeting of the Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of Government, popularly known as the Hoover Commission. Front Row, left to right: George H. Mead, former President Herbert Hoover, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Senator John L. McClellan. Back Row, left to right: Clarence Brown, James V. Forrestal, Arthur Flemming, Dean Acheson, James Rowe, and Representative Carter Manasco. Same as 59-1365-1.

President Harry S. Truman and Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan are standing outside Blair House in Washington, D.C., during the Prime Minister's visit to the United States. Front row, left to right: President Truman, Margaret Truman, Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. In the background are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (second from left) and General Robert Landry (right). All others are unidentified.

This is a photograph of a group of attendees to the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) meeting held in Montreal, Canada. The only woman in view is Ellen S. Woodward, a member of the Social Security Board. Dean Acheson is seated on the far right and represented the United States State Department. Standing in the center, fifth from the right, is George L. Warren, a long time principal adviser on refugees and displaced persons for the Department of State. Others in view are not identified.

This is a view of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Standing in the center from left to right are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Seated on the right is Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson. All others are unidentified.

United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) and his wife, Alice (left), visit with Queen Juliana (center right) and Prince Bernhard (center left) of the Netherlands during a reception given in their honor at the Anderson House. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of the Queen of the Netherlands to the United States of America, April 2 to April 21, 1952."

Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson stops with Margaret Sanders at the sales desk of the Harry S. Truman Library.

In front of the Thomas Hart Benton mural in the lobby of the Truman Library, left to right, are: president of Union Finance Co. Charles W. Munkers, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, former President Harry S. Truman, and Lieutenant Paul "Mike" Westwood of the Independence Police force.

French President Vincent Auriol (center left) and Madame Michelle Auriol (far left) are the guests of honor at a dinner given by Mrs. Alice Acheson (center right) and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (far right) at Anderson House. Anderson House, the property of the Society of the Cincinnati, played an important role in official entertainment during the reconstruction of the White House. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic to the United States of America, March 28 to April 4, 1951"