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Averell Harriman Speaks at the Truman Library

W. Averell Harriman speaks about former President Harry S. Truman's decisive nature and international leadership in this speech given in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, April 19, 1969. During the Truman administration, Harriman served as Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Secretary of Commerce, US Coordinator of the Marshall Plan, Special Assistant to the President, and Director of the Mutual Security Agency.

Truman Library Institute Board Meeting

Intermittent video with sound (rough sync) featuring portions of the 12th Annual Institute Board Meeting in the research room at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO. Meeting attendees include Ambassador Averell Harriman, Professor Thomas Blaisdell, Richard Ruetten, Theodore Wilson, Director of the Library and Institute Secretary Philip Brooks, Institute President Elmer Ellis, Institute Vice President Francis Heller, Cyrus Eaton, and Institute Treasurer Tom Evans.

KCMO broadcast of the dedication of the Truman Library. Speeches by: Basil O'Connor, Charles Halleck, and Dr. Elmer Ellis

Remarks at the dedication ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman Library (full ceremony is 1 hr., 5 min. - HST speaks for 3 min.). SR72-4-1 is the beginning of the ceremony, which includes MC Basil O'Connor, an invocation by Archbishop of the Kansas City-Saint Joseph Diocese John P. Cody; the National Anthem sung by Phil Regan; welcoming remarks by Independence Mayor Robert P. Weatherford, Jr.; remarks by Governor of Missouri James T. Blair; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; Assistant Minority Leader of the House Charles Halleck; Minority Leader of the Senate William F.

Harry S. Truman Library Institute meeting

Second annual meeting of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute. From left to right: Andrew J. Eaton, Dr. Earl J. McGrath, Professor James L. Sellers, Professor Henry S. Commager, Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Dr. Boyd Shafer, Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Tom L. Evans, David D. Lloyd, former President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Elmer Ellis, Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Dr. Lyman H. Butterfield, Dr. G. L. Cross, Dr. Pete Kyle McCarter, Dr. Richard M. Drake, Dr. W. D. Aeschbacher, James V. Jones, Professor Samuel P. Hays, Rufus Burrus.

Harry S. Truman Library Institute Board

Meeting of the Board of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs. From left to right: Dean Acheson; Boyd Shafer; Pete Kyle McCarter; Robert Vosper; W. D. Aeschbacher; James V. Jones; Rufus Burrus; Lyman Butterfield; Jacob Potofsky; former President Harry S. Truman; Tom L. Evans; Philip C. Brooks; David Lloyd; Earl J. McGrath; Dr. Wayne C. Grover; Elmer Ellis; James Sellers; W. Averell Harriman; John Burnett.

Institute Board Members and Scholars Dine at the Old Plantation

This is a general view of a dinner for the combined scholars and Truman Library Institute board members at the Old Plantation Restaurant. At the head table, from left to right: Wayne C. Grover, Elmer Ellis, Donald C. Watt, Earl J. McGrath, W. A. Holloway. At the extreme left of head table: Thomas Blaisdell. At the table to the right of the photo, from left to right: Tom Evans, Mrs. Philip C. Brooks, Dexter Perkins. At the center table, from left to right: Mr. Farrell, James Jones, J. R. Fuchs, James L. Sellers. All others are unidentified.

Meeting of Harry S. Truman Library Institute Board of Directors

Members of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute Board of Directors are gathered in the Research Room of the Truman Library for the seventh annual meeting. From left to right: David M. Noyes, W.D. Aeschbacher, G. L. Cross, Thomas H. Eliot, Dexter Perkins, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, Tom L. Evans, Francis H. Heller, Elmer Ellis, Truman Library Director Philip C. Brooks, Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr., Earl J. McGrath, James V. Jones, Carelton F. Scofield, James L. Sellers.