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

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated) signs the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, West Virginia. Standing, left to right: Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey; Thomas Kennedy, Vice President, United Mine Workers; Senator Matthew M. Neely; Congressman Harley O. Staggers; Congressman Maurice G. Burnside; Senator Harley Kilgore; and Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee.

A dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Wo in Honolulu, Hawaii. Pictured: William J. Dougherty, Director of Information, Department of the Interior (background, left); Oren E. Long, Territorial Governor of Hawaii (foreground, second from left); Vice President Alben Barkley (seated, left); James Chapman (seated, second from left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (in front of couch); Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley (seated, second from right, partly obscured); and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (seated, right). All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right), standing in front of a Christmas tree, receives a fruit basket from an unidentified man dressed as a Hawaiian Santa at Washington Place, the Governor of Hawaii's residence. Women in background unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman is presented a framed record of "Spring is a Wonderful Thing" by The Four Aces. Left to right: Lou Silvestri; unidentified woman; Allan Zee; Secretary Chapman; Rosario "Sod" Vaccaro; Dave Mahoney; unidentified man; Al Alberts; and Herb Kessler.

The Four Aces sings to Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman and others. Left to right: Al Alberts; Lou Silvestri; Rosario "Sod" Vaccaro; Dave Mahoney; unidentified; Secretary Chapman; and unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman is presented a framed record of "Spring is a Wonderful Thing" by The Four Aces. Left to right: Lou Silvestri; unidentified woman; Allan Zee; Secretary Chapman; Rosario "Sod" Vaccaro; Dave Mahoney; unidentified man; Al Alberts; and Herb Kessler.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right), Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (left), and James Chapman (arm around Secretary Chapman's waist) have a group hug at an airport after arriving in Hawaii.

Left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, James Chapman, and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman next to an airplane after arriving in Hawaii.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman signs a contract between Arkansas Power & Light, Reynolds Metals Company and the Southwestern Power Pool. Standing, left to right: Senator John McClellan; Senator William Fulbright; and Under Secretary of the Interior Richard Searles. Seated, left to right: R. R. Ritchie, Arkansas Power & Light; Walter Rice, Reynolds Metals Company; and Secretary Chapman.

Left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; James Chapman; and William J. Dougherty, Director of Information, Department of the Interior, after arriving at the airport in Hawaii.