Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978

President of France Vincent Auriol (seated, right) looks at an album of National Parks photographs that President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) presented to him. Also pictured, standing left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Foreign Minister of France Robert Schuman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; Special Assistant to the President W. Averell Harriman; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan; Elinor Raas Heller, Democratic National Committeewoman for California; James Roosevelt, Democratic National Committeeman for California; and Mrs. Esther Murray, Vice Chairman, Democratic State Central Committee of California at the Jackson Day Dinner in Los Angeles, California. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Edgar Morris, President of the Washington Board of Trade (at podium) gives a welcoming address for President Auriol of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, President Harry S. Truman, French President Vincent Auriol, District Commissioner John R. Young, unidentified (behind Morris), First Lady Bess W.

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John R. Murdock; Senator Joseph O'Mahoney; and Senator Zales Ecton attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior for members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Members of the Cabinet and others attend President Truman's Address to the Nation on the Korean situation in the White House. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. Second row, left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Vice President Alben Barkley, Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Senator Hubert Humphrey at the Midwest Farm Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (back of table, fourth from right) and members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back of table, fifth from right); Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (back of table, third from right); Senator Zales Ecton (back of table, second from right); Congressman John R. Murdock (back of table, standing); and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (back of table, left).

Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (center) and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) congratulate Oscar Chapman after being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Dinner in honor of Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left) given by the Oil and Coal Division of the United Jewish Appeal at the Hotel Pierre in New York City. At table, left to right: Monroe Goldwater, President of United Jewish Appeal; Secretary Chapman; Mr. Schwartz; Charles Alldredge; Joel Wolfsohn, Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Joseph Donnenfeld; and Henry C. Bernstein. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (center) and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) meet with President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook