J.W. Porter

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mayor William Sermon of Independence, Missouri (left) pose with a certificate of the Mayor's Traffic Safety Education Committee.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) talks with members of the cast of the television show "Let's Take a Trip" during a rehearsal at the Harry S. Truman Library. The host, Sonny Fox, holds a script while the two children, Jimmy Walsh and Joan Terrace, listen to Mr. Truman. Others in the background are unidentified. They are standing among crates and empty shelves, as the Truman Library prepares to open.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) accepts plaques, presented by Dr. Bert Maybee (right), for Honorary Membership for himself and his wife Bess Wallace Truman on the Civil War Centennial Commission.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) meets with a group of unidentified women of the Democratic Women's Club in his working office at the Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Jack Benny (right) rehearse their lines and look at an exhibit case for the filming of the "Jack Benny Program" television show at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

Four unidentified people walk on the grounds of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library as the building is undergoing construction.

An unidentified man (left) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) inspect a boiler during the construction process at the Harry S. Truman Library.

An unidentified man (left) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) examine a pillar during the construction process for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

Truman Library Archivist Philip Lagerquist (left) and Joan Allen (right) aid Gene Schmidtlein, the first researcher at the Truman Library in the Research Room.

An unidentified man (left) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) inspect a boiler during the construction process at the Harry S. Truman Library.