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

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Columbus Citizens Committee Dinner in New York. Left to right are New York Senator Herbert Lehman; Fortune Pope, Chairman of the Columbus Citizens Committee; and President Harry S. Truman. Mutual Security Administrator Averell Harriman is at far right. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) welcomes newly-appointed U. S. Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman to Paris on September 26. Harriman went to Paris from London where he previously acted as U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. From: Beth Gore

David K.E. Bruce, left, is shown being sworn in today as Assistant Secretary of Commerce by Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman. From: Beth Gore

Visiting the White House, President Vincent Auriol of France receives a gift from President Harry S. Truman, a leather-bound volume of color photographs depicting scenes of America. In the Oval Office are (left to right) President Truman and President Auriol (sitting); and (standing) W. Special Assistant to the President W. Averill Harriman, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Schuman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and two unidentified men. (See 77-1600 and 2006-177.)

Visiting the White House, President Vincent Auriol of France receives a gift from President Harry S. Truman, a handsome leather-bound volume of color photographs depicting scenes of America. In the Oval Office are (left to right): President Truman and President Auriol (sitting); and (standing) Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Schuman, French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, Special Assistant to the President W. Averill Harriman, and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. (Similar to 77-1600; also see 2006-178.)

Averell Harriman (right) exiting a car with Tom Evans. They are at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri and will be attending a Democratic dinner.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) with New York Governor Averell Harriman (left) and New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner (center), winding up his one-day campaign swing, on behalf of Democratic Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson and Senatorial candidate Robert F. Wagner, at New York's Manhattan Center. From: Maxwell C. Ross, Old American Insurance Company, Kansas City, Missouri

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) with Averell Harriman (left) and Paul M. Butler (right). This was taken at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. They are going to attend a Democratic dinner.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from right) greets New York Governor Averell Harriman (right) at Municipal Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. Former Wichita Mayor and Harriman's Kansas campaign manager William C. Salome (left), and former Treasurer of the United States Georgia Neese Clark Gray (second from left) also met Governor Harriman on the tarmac. Harriman was starting a four-day tour of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, and South Dakota seeking votes for the Democratic Presidential nomination. See also 69-517.

Former President Harry S. Truman (front left) walks with Averell Harriman (second from the left) down a hallway in Kansas City, Missouri. Others in the photograph are unidentified. See also 69-517.