Steelman, John Roy, 1900-1999

President Harry S. Truman, his family, and his staff on vacation in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Harold Enarson; John Steelman; Bess Wallace Truman; President Truman; Margaret Truman; William Hassett; Irving Perlmeter. Back row, left to right: Eben Ayers; David Stowe; Wallace Graham; Harry Vaughan; Joseph Short; Robert Dennison; Robert Landry; Philleo Nash; Charles Jackson. Original is in color and oversized. This image is available to be ordered in color.

Studio portrait of President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet seated around a table. Left to right around table: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming, Assistant to the President John Steelman, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and Attorney General Tom Clark.

Admiral James Foskett, Presidential Aide John Steelman, Mr. Neal Helm, President Harry S. Truman, Military Aide General Harry Vaughan, and Press Secretary Charles Ross relaxing under the palms in the Little White House garden in Key West, Florida. Similar to 66-1352.

Color mounted photo showing the President, seated, during a 3:30 press conference on the north lawn of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. The press are shown surrounding the President with members of his staff behind him including, John Steelman in light blue shirt beside military person, Joseph Feeney, just behind the President with cigarette in hand, William D. Hassett, next to Feeney, Joseph Short, next to Hassett, and Robert Dennison next to Short. From: HST estate 12/3/1974; transferred from Museum Collection 5/28/1975.

President Truman drives his friends around Key West, Florida. Shown are General Harry Vaughan, Judge John Collet, John Steelman, and Admiral William D. Leahy. This is similar to 66-1396 but is a better and closer shot.

Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman talking to newsmen as he leaves a meeting at the Statler Hotel held with leaders of the striking railroad unions in an effort to settle the wage dispute. From: Beth Gore

Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman giving newsmen an account of his meeting with striking railroad leaders in an effort to settle a wage dispute. They are at the Statler Hotel. From: Beth Gore

Wage Stabilization Director John R. Steelman is shown signing the government wage policy to pave the way for payment to striking American Federation of Labor seamen of wage increases twice disapproved by the Wage Stabilization Board. He said he amended the existing wage regulations to provide that government agencies may pay wages and salaries "comparable to the wages and salaries paid for the same or comparable services by other operators". From: Beth Gore

Photo shows swearing-in of John R. Steelman (right) as Special Assistant to the President at the White House. Left to right, Frank K. Sanderson, Administrative Officer of the Executive Office, and John R. Steelman. From: Beth Gore.

Reconversion Director John Steelman at the wheel of a yacht at a yachting party in Washington. The yacht was the "Colleen," owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wallace of Washington. From: Beth Gore