Steelman, John Roy, 1900-1999

Courier with mail pouch stops by during President Harry S. Truman's vacation at the Little White House in Key West, Florida, as staff members look on. From left to right: Administrative Assistant David Stowe, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Assistant to the President John Steelman and Special Counsel Charles Murphy. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman's staff at work in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Special Counsel Charles Murphy, Assistant to the President John R. Steelman, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Administrative Assistant David Stowe and an unidentified officer.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party on their way to the Little White House in Key West, Florida. In the back seat, from left to right: President Truman, Administrative Assistant David Stowe, and Economic Stabilization Administrator Eric Johnston. In the front seat, from left to right: Special Counsel to the President Charles Murphy, Assistant to the President John Steelman, and Secret Service Agent D. B. Flohr. Unidentified officer on motorcycle.

President Harry S. Truman's staff at work in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: unidentified photographer, Administrative Assistant David Stowe, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, unidentified courier, and Assistant to the President John Steelman.

Standing in front of airplanes, from left to right: Captain Taylor, unidentified, Captain Clark Clifford, Admiral William Leahy, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Wallace Graham, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, William Hassett, President Harry S. Truman, Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke (partly obscured), John Steelman, Brigadier General Harry Vaughan, and unidentified. They are aboard the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, during fleet maneuvers off the Virginia Capes.

Meeting of the National Security Resources Board. Seated, from left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; National Security Resources Board Chairman Stuart Symington; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; and Presidential advisor Averell Harriman.

President Harry S. Truman and select members of his staff sitting on Truman Beach while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing in the background, nearest the group, is George Elsey. Seated in the foreground are, from left to right: President Truman (wearing white hat, towel around his neck), General Harry Vaughan (laying back in chair), Correspondence Secretary William Hassett (in sunglasses), Admiral William Leahy, Sidney Souers, Admiral Robert Dennison, and John Steelman. All others are unidentified.

Dr. Emerson dresses a bruise on John Steelman's leg while on vacation with President Harry S. Truman in Key West, Florida. Standing in the background behind the bench are, from left to right: William Hassett, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and General Harry Vaughan. Seated on the right is President Truman (foreground, back to camera). All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

Special Assistant to the President John Steelman sits after having his bruised leg seen by Dr. Emerson while on vacation with President Harry S. Truman in Key West, Florida. Standing behind Mr. Steelman are Press Secretary Charles Ross (left) and Correspondence Secretary William Hassett (right). From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

President Harry S. Truman sits on the ground nearby as Dr. Emerson patches up John Steelman's (seated on bench) bruised leg in the background while on a vacation trip to Key West, Florida. Standing behind the bench are Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.