Artists

Copy of a page from the Thomas Hart Benton papers on the proposed mural for the Harry S. Truman Library. This page includes a list of technical problems, a study of the mural themes, and consideration of technical conditions with conclusions.

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

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

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

Harry S. Truman poses with the artist of his bust, Electra Waggoner Biggs, in the Oval Office. The bust was created in 1945. From Electra Waggoner Biggs

William Green of the American Federation of Labor (left), James Connell, and Jo Davidson at a formal dinner.

Senator Claude D. Pepper (second from left), R. H. Bailey, Jr., Senator Joseph F. Guffey and Jo Davidson (right) at a formal dinner.

The sculptor Jo Davidson (center, with beard) and unidentified gentlemen.

Informal portrait of Thomas Hart Benton, in the north lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri.

General scene looking toward the Harry S. Truman Library, with guests in the foreground. Eugene Savage addressing the gathering at the Dedication of the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West," by Thomas Hart Benton.