General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. Photographic Portraits and Events Coverages Relating to Secretaries of State

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (b. May 27, 1923, Furth, Bavaria, Germany - November 29, 2023, Kent, Connecticut) served as Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 under both President Nixon and President Carter. He also served as National Security Advisor from 1968 to 1975 under President Nixon. He was the first person to hold both positions as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor at the same time. He was born as Heinz Alfred Kissinger but changed his name to Henry after immigrating to the U.S....

Baker, James, 1930-

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James Addison Baker III was a central figure in the presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Baker served as Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1980 to 1985 and Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988, and as Bush's Secretary of State from 1989-1992. Baker also led presidential campaigns for both Bush and Reagan, as well as Gerald Ford, over the course of five consecutive presidential elections from 1976 to 1992. Along with Bush, he was one o...

Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959

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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), was the fifty-third Secretary of State of the United States for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He had a long and distinguished public career with significant impact upon the formulation of United States foreign policies. He was especially involved with efforts to establish world peace after World War I, the role of the United States in world governance, and Cold War relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Dulles was born on February 25, 1888 ...

Wright, James S. (James Stephen), 1914-

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James S. Wright was born on April 7, 1914 in Washington, D.C. He was a photography assistant for the Public Works Administration, 1934 to 1936; photographer at the Department of the Interior, 1936 to 1939; chief of the photography section for the Federal Works Agency, 1939 to 1945; and he was with the Office of Strategic Services in 1945. From October 1945 to about 1957 he was a photographer for the State Department, and beginning in January 1957 he was a supervisory photographer for the State D...

Hall, Glenn E.

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McNeill, Robert H., 1917-

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Robert H. McNeill was born on December 19, 1917. He was a State Department photographer since June 1970, and a supervisory photographer since October 1972. From the description of McNeill, Robert H., 1917- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10611357 ...

Haig, Alexander Meigs, 1924-2010

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Alexander Meigs Haig (b. 1924) was an army officer, politician, diplomat, and Secretary of State. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and entered the U.S. Army, advancing through grades to the rank of general. He served as military assistant to the Secretary of the Army in 1964, and was deputy special assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1964 to 1965. From 1969 to 1970, Haig was chief military assistant to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, and from 1970 to 1973 he w...

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-

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General secretary, Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za, 1985-1991; president of the Soviet Union, 1990-1991. From the description of Dialog o perestroĭke, "prazhskoĭ vesne" i sot︠s︡ializme : typescript, 1994 / Mikhail Gorbachev, Zdenek Mlynarzh. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500680 Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931-) was leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1985 to 1991. Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931, in Privolnoe, Russia,...

Eagleburger, Lawrence S.

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Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (b. August 1, 1930, Milwakee, Wis.), American statesman and former career diplomat, served briefly as Secretary of State during President George H. W. Bush administration. From the description of Eagleburger, Lawrence S., 1930- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10568405 ...

Richards, John N.

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Rogers, William P. (William Pierce), 1913-2001

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Deputy Attorney General. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1955-1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243780768 William Pierce Rogers was born on June 23, 1913 in Norfolk, New York. He received an A.B. from Colgate University in 1934, and an LL.B. from Cornell University in 1937. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1937 and the District of Columbia bar in 1950. He was the assistant district attorney for New York C...

Vance, Cyrus R. (Cyrus Roberts), 1917-2002

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Cyrus R. Vance was born on March 27, 1917, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He attended Yale University and earned his B.A. in 1939 and his LL.B. in 1942. He began governmental work in 1957 by helping to draft the National Space Act of 1958. In 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed him general counsel and, in 1962, promoted him to secretary of the army. In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Vance deputy secretary of defense. After resigning in 1967, Vance was asked by Johnson to ensure federa...

Meyle, Herbert J., 1919-

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Herbert J. Meyle was born on August 12, 1919 in New York. He was a supervisory photographer for the State Department since July 1958. From the description of Meyle, Herbert J., 1919- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10611356 ...

Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966

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American statesman; assistant to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, 1919-1924; secretary of state, 1959-1961. From the description of Christian Archibald Herter miscellaneous papers, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123458502 Christian Archibald Herter (1895-1966) was born in Paris, France. He was a diplomat, politician, publisher, editor, and author. In 1959 Herter, who served as governor of Massachusetts during the mid-1950's, was appointed by President Dwight Eisen...

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b. July 18, 1918, Umtata, South Africa–d. Dec. 5, 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconc...

Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 1931-2007

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Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (b. Feb. 1, 1931-d. Apr. 23, 2007), first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. From the description of Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 1931-2007 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10567938 ...

Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996

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Governor of Maine, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of state, of Waterville, Me.; d. 1996. From the description of Christmas card, 1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926049 United States senator from Maine. From the description of Address : at water symposium, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1966 June 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33841361 Politician, governor of Maine, U.S. senator from Maine, and U.S. Secretary of State; d....

Booze, Walter J., 1933-

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Anderson, Ed

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