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

Margaret Truman and her friend Mary Shaw Branton and others in the audience for the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" at the Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre. Front row, left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton, and Margaret Truman. Press Secretary Charles Ross is also present (second row, fourth from right). All others are unidentified.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman (seated), Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, and former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. This ceremony marked Mr. Chapman's official gift of his papers to the Library.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, and former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. This ceremony marked Mr. Chapman's official gift of his papers to the Library.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, and former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. This ceremony marked Mr. Chapman's official gift of his papers to the Library.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks. This ceremony marked Mr. Chapman's official gift of his papers to the Library.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, and former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. This ceremony marked Mr. Chapman's official gift of his papers to the Library.

President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress. Prime Minister Winston Churchill (upper left-center) holds a text of the speech as he sits in the front row of the balcony. Seated directly in front of the President are members of his cabinet. From left: Labor Secretary Maurice J. Tobin, Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer, Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Defense Secretary Robert Lovett, Treasury Secretary John W.

A portrait of Oscar L. Chapman, the present Undersecretary of the Interior, who has been named by President Truman to succeed J. A. Krug as Secretary of Interior. Krug resigned.

Acting Secretary of Interior Oscar Chapman shown at the White House where he was in conference with the President.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman urged the Congress to grant statehood to Alaska to make her ties with the union stronger "in this period of the Cold War".