Truman with the Library Institute Board

The First annual meeting of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute with the following seated around the table, starting on the left: Andrew J. Eaton, Librarian, Washington University of St. Louis, Missouri; Dr. Earl J. McGrath, Columbia University, New York; Professor James L. Sellers, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Professor Henry S. Commager, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts; Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, President, University of Kansas, Lawrence; Dr. Boyd Shafer, Executive Secretary, American History Association, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States, Washington, D. C.; Tom L. Evans, Chairman of the Board, Kansas City, MO; David D. Lloyd, Executive Director, Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., Washington, D. C.; former President Harry S. Truman; Dr. Elmer Ellis, President, University of Missouri, Columbia; Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Director, Harry S. Truman Library; Dr. Lyman H. Butterfield, Editor, The Adams Papers, Boston, Massachusetts; Dr. G. L. Gross, President, University of Oklahoma, Norman; Dr. Pete Kyle McCarter, Executive Vice-President, University of Oklahoma, Norman; Dr. Richard M. Drake, Chancellor, University of Kansas City; Dr. W. D. Aeschbacher, Secretary, Missouri Valley Historical Association, Lincoln, Nebraska; James V. Jones, Librarian, St. Louis University; Professor Samuel P. Hays, University of Iowa, Iowa City; Rufus Burrus, Attorney, Independence, Missouri.