Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman. 1957 - 2004. President Harry S. Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979

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Anna Lord Strauss, civic worker, was born in New York City on September 20, 1899, the daughter of Albert and Lucretia Mott (Lord) Strauss and the maternal great-granddaughter of the abolitionist and woman suffrage leader Lucretia Mott. She was educated in New York City and attended the New York School of Secretaries. In 1918 she became a secretary in the New York office of the Federal Reserve Board. She held several similar positions in state and federal government before joining t...

Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

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Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propu...

Walsh, Emmet M. (Emmet Michael), 1892-1968

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Emmet Michael Walsh (b. Mar. 6, 1892, Beaufort, S.C.-d. Mar. 9, 1968), Roman Catholic priest, was ordained in 1916. He was consecrated as Bishop of Charleston, S.C. in 1927. He transferred to the post of Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown in 1949 and then succeeded as Bishop of Youngstown in 1952. From the description of Walsh, Emmet M. (Emmet Michael), 1892-1968 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597150 ...

Rowe, Abbie, 1905-1967

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Abbie Rowe was a photographer for the National Park Service in Washington D.C., and had unprecedented access to the official activities of five Presidents from 1941 through 1967. He was born on August 23, 1905 in Strasburg, Virginia. He was first hired in 1930 with the Bureau of Public Roads, and went on to become a noted photographer for the National Capital Parks of the National Park Service. Many of his photographs documented public buildings and roads in and around the nation's capital. In D...

Laws, Bolitha (Bolitha James), 1891-1958

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Bolitha James Laws (b. Aug. 22, 1891, Washington, D.C.-d. Nov. 1958), Chief Justice, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. From the description of Laws, Bolitha (Bolitha James), 1891-1958 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10596949 ...

Block, Karl Morgan, 1886-1958

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Karl Morgan Block (b. Sept. 27, 1886, Washington, D.C.-d. Sept. 20, 1958), Episcopal clergyman, was Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor of California beginning in 1938, then Bishop beginning in 1941. From the description of Block, Karl Morgan, 1886-1958 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10596950 ...

Firestone, Harvey S., 1898-1973

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