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

Exterior view which includes diplomat W. Averell Harriman walking with two other men. They are seen walking by what appears to be a white fence. Exact location not given but taken during Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. 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.

Exterior view showing diplomat W. Averell Harriman (right) talking to a group of unidentified Russian farm workers. Believed to have been taken at a collective farm not far from Kiev in the Ukraine. 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.

Exterior view showing diplomat W. Averell Harriman talking to a group of unidentified Russian farm workers. Believed to have been taken at a collective farm not far from Kiev in the Ukraine. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior full body view of Marie Norton Whitney Harriman, wife of W. Averell Harriman, taken during their 1959 Russian trip. W. Averell Harriman appears to be just behind her in this view. Exact location not given but believed in Kiev. 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 taken in a cow barn or agricultural facility. Diplomat W. Averell Harriman is standing next to an unidentified woman on the left with a partial view of a cow on the right. This may have been taken when Harriman visited the Ukrainian National Exhibition of Industrial and Agricultural Progress in Kiev. 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).

Exterior view showing diplomat W. Averell Harriman talking to a group of unidentified Russian farm workers. Believed to have been taken at a collective farm not far from Kiev in the Ukraine. 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. Original negative.

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman standing on the left next to a Russian monk. The location is believed to be the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kiev, Russia. Thayer's account reads: "After luncheon at the hotel, we went to the Pecherski Lavra, the famous monastery of Kiev on a hillside on the south of town....An old monk allowed himself to be photographed with Governor Harriman." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.

Exterior view which shows diplomat W. Averell Harriman in hat with others walking on the street past an unidentified structure. Believed to have been taken in the Ukrainian capitol of Kiev. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Interior view taken in a cow barn or agricultural facility. Diplomat W. Averell Harriman is standing next to an unidentified woman on the left with a partial view of a cow on the right. This may have been taken when Harriman visited the Ukrainian National Exhibition of Industrial and Agricultural Progress in Kiev. 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).