Brooks, Philip Coolidge, 1906-1977

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Jose Figueres Ferrer, former President of Costa Rica (right), at the Harry S. Truman Library. Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library, is in the center.

Mr. S. Martini (left), Dr. Philip C. Brooks (center), and former President Harry S. Truman (right) shaking hands in front of birthday case at the Harry S. Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Dr. Philip C. Brooks (left) looking up at the blank wall of the lobby of the Truman Library. The wall is to be painted with a mural, entitled "Independence and the Opening of the West," by the artists Thomas Hart Benton. Scaffolding can be seen on the right.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Dr. Philip C. Brooks, director of the Harry S. Truman Library, hold a framed picture of Winston Churchill and Truman taken aboard the USS Williamsburg during Truman's presidency. This photograph was taken for a feature article about the Truman Library by Arthur Whitman.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Dr. Philip C. Brooks (right) sitting in the replica of Truman's Oval Office at the Truman Library. The Buck Stops Here sign is visible on the desk. The photograph was taken for a feature article about the Truman Library by Arthur Whitman.

Thomas Hart Benton (left) holds his sketch of the mural he will paint on the wall of the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library. Behind Benton are Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Director of the Library, (center) and Sidney Larson, Mr. Benton's assistant (on scaffolding).

Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library, (right) receives an autograph from Jack Benny (left). The other man in the background is unidentified. Benny is at the Truman Library to tape an episode of his television show, "The Jack Benny Program."

The Harry S. Truman Library staff pose for a picture with Jack Benny. Pictured left to right are: Cecil Schrepfer, Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Margaret Sanders, Wayne Fellows, Judy Klein, J. R. Fuchs, Jack Benny, and Milton F. Perry.

Dr. Philip C. Brooks, first Director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, sits in his office at the Library.

Dr. Philip C. Brooks (standing center), Director of the Harry S. Truman Library, in the research room of the Library with numerous researchers.