Connelly, Matthew J., 1907-1976

Maurice Latta (left) points at President Harry Truman's signature as Matthew Connelly (right) holds the bill that authorized emergency relief to France, Italy, and Austria.

Matthew Connelly receives a report from the General Motors fact finding panel, tasked with resolving the dispute between the company and the United Auto Workers. From left to right, Milton Eisenhower, Lloyd Garrison, and Matthew Connelly, Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party at a picnic during a visit to Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida. Pictured from left: Admiral Robert Dennison, Matthew Connelly, Joseph Short, William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy, Lieutenant Commander Leo Roberts, and General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman visits the Hotel Lowry in St. Paul, Minnesota for the Truman Day Dinner. From left: General Robert Landry, Secret Service Agent James Rowley, President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Wallace Graham. Behind General Vaughan is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Behind Ross and General Graham is Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman is seated with his vacation party that went to the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Philleo Nash and Russell Andrews. Middle row, left to right: Matthew Connelly, John Steelman, President Harry S. Truman, William Hassett, Charles Ross. Back row, left to right: William Hopkins, David Stowe, General Wallace Graham, General Harry Vaughan, Clark Clifford, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, and George Elsey.

President Harry S. Truman stands with others near the rear of a train in Los Angeles, California on his western trip to the West Coast. Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron is left of the president. Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly stands at right.

Matthew Connelly, Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, is posing for a photograph.

White House Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (center) reads a book with his wife and son.

President Harry S. Truman and some of his advisors and friends are on board the USS Williamsburg for a vacation cruise. From left to right: Ted Marks, President Truman, Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing), General Harry Vaughan, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Others in the background are unidentified.

White House Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly oils his lawn mower.