Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

Exterior view which includes W. Averell Harriman in overcoat seventh from the left. May have been taken on May 18 in the afternoon when Harriman visited the Lyukovo prison colony about 40 miles north of Moscow. Exact location not given nor identification of others in view. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Interior view of diplomat and former New York governor, W. Averell Harriman, seen with a group of children. Photograph was taken during Harriman's trip to Russian in 1959. Exact location not given. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Mr. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

Interior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman (right) shown visiting with unidentified industrial workers taken while on a 1959 Russian trip. Exact location not identified. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

View of businessman and diplomat W. Averell Harriman standing by a wall sculpture while on a 1959 Russian trip, exact location of photograph not given. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

President Harry S. Truman with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Clockwise, from left: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of War Robert Patterson; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark; and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.

A group of men attend a formal dinner for a reunion of the Truman Committee at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Right table: Oscar Chapman (right side, sixth from right). Head table: former President Harry S. Truman (seventh from right); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (eighth from right); Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark (ninth from right). Left table: General Harry Vaughan (left side, fourth form left); W. Averell Harriman (left side, eighth from left); and Congressman Michael J. Kirwan (left side, tenth from left). All others unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman poses for a picture with his former Cabinet members during a dinner given in their honor in Washington, D.C. Seated, left to right: John W. Snyder; Dean Acheson; Harry S. Truman; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; and James P. McGranery. Standing, left to right: Senator Clinton P. Anderson; Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark; Charles F. Brannan; Louis Johnson; General George C. Marshall; W. Averell Harriman; Maurice J. Tobin; J. Howard McGrath; and Oscar Chapman.

President Vincent Auriol of France examines an album of color photographs depicting scenes of National Parks given to him by President Harry S. Truman. Pictured, left to right: President Truman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; President Auriol; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Special Assistant to the President W. Averell Harriman standing at left. All others unidentified.

President of France Vincent Auriol (seated, right) looks at an album of National Parks photographs that President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) presented to him. Also pictured, standing left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Foreign Minister of France Robert Schuman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; Special Assistant to the President W. Averell Harriman; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Members of the Cabinet and others present a chair to President Harry S. Truman as a gift. Pictured, foreground, left to right: Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President Truman; and Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer. Back row, left to right: unidentified; Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson; W. Averell Harriman, Director of Mutual Security Administration; Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman.