Artists

Artist Matthew Monks sketching the exterior of the Truman house at 219 N. Delaware, from the lawn inside the fence. Mr. Monks is Director of Graphics at Vile-Gollier, a Kansas City printing firm. See also 85-27, for black and white photograph of the watercolor he produced. Mr. Monks also donated a black and white transparency of 85-27 which is filed in the oversize negative file. From: Matthew Monks

Group of people at former President Harry S. Truman's birthday luncheon, with Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks (third from right), artist Thomas Hart Benton (second from the left), and Mr. George Docking (second from the right). Others are unidentified.

Martha Ellen Truman, former President Harry S. Truman's mother, sits in a chair outdoors, possibly at her home in Grandview, where she is having her portrait painted this date. Sitting at left is her daughter, Mary Jane Truman, and sitting at right is the unknown female artist. From: Truman Home.

Martha Ellen Truman, President Harry S. Truman's mother, sits in a chair outdoors, possibly at her Grandview home, while her portrait is being painted by an unknown woman artist. From: Truman Home.

Former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman speaking at the Harry S. Truman Library the day the bust of Dean Acheson was presented. Seated onstage behind Chapman: Executive Director of the Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., David D. Lloyd; Chief Justice Earl Warren; former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; sculptor Eleanor Platt.

The presentation of the Dean Acheson bust to the Harry S. Truman Library. From left: Chief Justice Earl Warren, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and sculptor Eleanor Platt.

The presentation of the Dean Acheson bust to the Harry S. Truman Library. From left: former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, sculptor Eleanor Platt, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, former President Harry S. Truman, and Chief Justice Earl Warren.

The presentation of the Dean Acheson bust to the Harry S. Truman Library. From left: former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, sculptor Eleanor Platt, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, former President Harry S. Truman, and Chief Justice Earl Warren.

From left: Harry S. Truman Library, Inc. Director David D. Lloyd, Chief Justice Earl Warren, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and sculptor Eleanor Platt at the Truman Library at the presentation of the bust of Dean Acheson.

The presentation of the Dean Acheson bust to the Harry S. Truman Library. From left: Oscar Chapman, sculptor Eleanor Platt, Dean Acheson, former President Harry S. Truman, and Chief Justice Earl Warren.