Artists

President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a bust from the American Legion. Presenting the bust to President Truman is Paul H. Griffith (center), the National Commander of the American Legion and the sculptor Charles Keck (right).

Sculptor Felix De Weldon standing next to the Iwo Jima statue in the Garden Room of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

From left to right, Milton Perry, James R. Fuchs, and Felix De Weldon in the Garden Room of the Harry S. Truman Library near the Iwo Jima statue.

A likeness of the Robert Berks bust of John F. Kennedy is shown as it will stand in the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, which is under construction. The bust will measure 5 feet and will stand on a marble pedestal approximately 8 feet high.

Copies of Thomas Hart Benton papers on proposed mural for the Harry S. Truman Library.

The medallion of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, created by Wayne MacVeagh, is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Copies of Thomas Hart Benton papers on the proposed mural for the Harry S. Truman Library.

Copy of page from the Thomas Hart Benton papers on the proposed mural for the Harry S. Truman Library.

Copy of page from the Thomas Hart Benton papers on the proposed mural for the Harry S. Truman Library. This page discusses the historical justification of the mural.

Copy of a page from the Thomas Hart Benton papers on the proposed mural for the Harry S. Truman Library. This page is a description of the mural by section.