Connelly, Matthew J., 1907-1976

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) shakes hands with a player during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left); Admiral William Leahy (first row, right); and Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (second row, between Mrs. and President Truman). All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground) prepares to give a news conference in Olympia, Washington. Standing on the far left is President Truman's Appointment Secretary, Matthew Connelly. All others unidentified.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party enjoy a buffet lunch while touring the Fort Jefferson National Monument at Dry Tortugas, Florida. On the far side of the table, from left to right: Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly, Press Secretary Joseph Short, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, and Admiral William Leahy. All others are unidentified.

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).

From left to right, Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Harry Vaughan in Key West, Florida, as members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party.

President Harry S. Truman, his staff, and members of the Interior Insular and Public Lands Committees at a luncheon in Truman's honor at the Department of the Interior. Back side, left to right: Matthew J. Connelly, Appointments Secretary to President Truman; Senator Arthur V. Watkins; Senator Carl Hayden; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Truman; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Congressman John R. Murdock (standing); Senator Zales Ecton; and unidentified. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman holding a press conference on the lawn of the Little White House. Standing from left to right: Mr. Phil Regan, Mr. David K. Niles, Mr. Stephen Spingarn, Mr. Stanley Woodward, Mr. Donald S. Dawson, Mr. Matthew J. Connelly, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Mr. William D. Hassett, unidentified, Major General Wallace H. Graham, and Mr. Charles G. Ross. The man writing on his knee next to Mr. Ross is Edwin W. Darby. Identifiable men sitting around President Harry S. Truman (center, in white chair) are Mr.

White House staff members during President Harry S. Truman's vacation at Key West, Florida. From left to right: Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford; Correspondence Secretary William Hassett; Assistant to the President John Steelman; and Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly on the lawn of the Little White House.

Unidentified reporters and photographers at a press conference held in garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida, during President Harry S. Truman's ninth vacation visit. Standing in the background are Administrative Assistant to the President David Niles (far left, behind photographer), and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (seventh from left).

Group photograph of President Harry S. Truman and his staff while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Richard Neustadt, Cornelius Mara, Joseph Feeney, Philleo Nash, Irving Perlmeter. Center row, left to right: John Steelman, Admiral William Leahy, President Truman, Averell Harriman, Charles Murphy. Back row, left to right: Robert Landry, Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Matthew Connelly, William Hassett, Joseph Short, Harry Vaughan, and Wallace Graham.