Simmons, William D., 1895-1970

President Harry S. Truman poses for a photograph with members of his staff and others on his birthday. Seated, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan, President Truman, and Commodore James Vardaman. Standing, left to right: unidentified. J. Leonard Reinsch, unidentified, John Snyder, Stephen Early, three unidentified men, Matthew Connelly, unidentified man, William Simmons, Edward McKim.

President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with Williams Simmons (left) during his birthday party at the White House. Others are unidentified.

At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with William Simmons (lower right) before flying to Key West, Florida. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman is sworn in as President of the United States. Standing in the foreground from left to right are: Mr. Truman, Bess W. Truman, and Margaret Truman. Standing in the background, from left to right are: Admiral William Leahy, unidentified (mostly obscured by Mrs. Truman's hat), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, and William D. Simmons. This photo is from the album "The President and his Cabinet," from John W. Snyder.

Stanley Andrews is sworn in as the head of the Technical Cooperation Administration. From left to right: Stanley Andrews; William Simmons, State Department Chief of Protocol; and Dean Acheson, Secretary of State.

President Harry S. Truman (left) boards a plane after his visit to the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He visited Guantanamo Bay during a vacation cruise of the area. He is boarding the plane in order to fly to Key West, Florida for the remainder of his vacation. He is shaking hands with White House staff member William Simmons.

President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd from the rear platform of a train in Santa Barbara, California, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. On his left are Margaret Truman and William Simmons. (See 74-839.) From: Naval Photo Center. Sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the left, back to camera) at his desk in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), discussing Acheson's meetings with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foreign and defense ministers in Brussels. Standing on the left near the lamp is White House Receptionist William Simmons. All the photographers gathered around the front of the desk are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (at microphone) greets crowd from the rear platform of his train. Also with him are William Simmons (right) and General Wallace Graham (second from right). Others are unidentified.