O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972

Basil O'Connor stands at the podium. Former President Harry S. Truman stands to his right. Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman is at the very left of the photo and former President Herbert Hoover stands to Mrs. Truman's left. An unidentified crowd observes.

Former President Harry S. Truman seated with Basil O'Connor (at left), Bess Truman, Margaret Truman and Mary Jane Truman at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. They are at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.

Basil O'Connor at the podium during the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking ceremony at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.

Harry S. Truman seated with Basil O'Connor and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pauley at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Library. They are in Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Left to right: Harry Jobes, Basil O'Connor, former President Harry S. Truman, Tom Evans and Paul M. Butler at Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. They are in Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.

Unidentified speaker at lectern during Four Freedoms Foundation Awards dinner, with Basil O'Conner (far left) and former President Harry S. Truman seated. They are in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Judge Ferdinand Pecora, President of the Four Freedoms Foundation, at the lectern addressing the awards dinner. Seated around him (Left to Right) are Basil O'Connor, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and diplomat Averell Harriman. They are at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

Basil O'Connor (in dark suit with flower on his jacket at the podium) turns over the deed to the Harry S. Truman Library to Franklin G. Floete of the General Services Administration. They are standing before the crowd of people at the dedication ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. All others are unidentified.

Basil O'Connor (standing at the podium on the right) is speaking at the Harry S. Truman Library dedication in Independence, Missouri. All other people are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center, on right side of podium) with his wife Bess (second from center) and daughter Margaret (third from center) and his sister Mary Jane Truman (second from right) are seated on the stage at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Sitting around them are also University of Missouri President Elmer Ellis (second from right), Basil O'Connor (behind Margaret, partly obscured), and unidentified other people.