Autographs

From left to right: Michael Straus, Assistant Secretary of the Interior; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Abe Fortas, Under Secretary of the Interior; and Oscar Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Interior pose for a picture after Straus' swearing in as Assistant Secretary. Photo is autographed at the bottom by Straus, Ickes, and Fortas. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Ruth M. Huffman; and Brigadier General Elbridge Gerry Chapman, Jr. at the Armistice Day services at Arlington National Cemetery. Photo is autographed by Ms. Huffman with her name and by General Chapman: "Gerry Chapman/Brig. Gen. Airborne Command." From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) with and unidentified man. Photo is autographed: "To the Hon. Oscar Chapman for continued success [signature illegible]."

Former Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan (right) with Emil Syftestad (left) at Syftestad's office. Photo is autographed: "To Chas. F. Brannan 'A Friend of the Farmers' Sincerely Emil A. Syftestad November 1953."

General Counsel for the National Farmers Union and former Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan (third from right) at the Denver airport arriving via Continental Airlines. Also pictured is Missouri Senator Stuart Symington (fourth from left). Others in the photo are holding "Symington for President" signs. All other individuals are unidentified. Photo is autographed by Stuart Symington.

Actress Vivian Blaine (left) and Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan. Photo is autographed: "To Robert E. Hannegan Best wishes for much success and happiness Sincerely Vivian Blaine."

From left to right, movie producer William Perlberg, actress Dorothy McGuire, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan on the set of the movie "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". Photo is autographed by both Perlberg and McGuire. First autograph: "To my Political Boss Bob - all the Best Bill Perlberg." Second autograph: "For Robert Hannegan Dorothy McGuire."

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (center) poses for a picture with alternate California delegate to the 1944 Democratic Convention Bryan Foy (left) and California Delegate to the 1944 Democratic Convention Bill Perlberg. Photo is autographed by Foy: "Best wishes from the alternate Bryan Foy." Photo is also autographed by Perlberg: "All the best from your Cal. Delegate Bill Perlberg."

Robert E. Hannegan (right) shakes hands with Dr. William K. Holt in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo is autographed: "Aloha [illegible] to a 'militant' fellow democrat and distinguished alumnus__Wm. K. Holt, S.L.U. Dent. '26"

Robert E. Hannegan (second from right) at the Stork Club in New York City. Pictured (l-r): Ernest Cuneo; Walter Winchell; George Killion; Edwin W. Pauley; Rich Bay; Hannegan; and Richard Nacy. Photo is autographed by all at the bottom.