White House staff

Conference of White House staff. From left to right: Donald Dawson, Matthew J. Connelly, William Hopkins, Charles S. Murphy, John R. Steelman, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Harry Vaughan, and Joseph Short. Similar to photograph on page 15 of the book "Mr. President"

Portrait of Colonel Cornelius J. Mara, assistant military aide to the President.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman at a birthday luncheon. L to R: Two unidentified women; unidentified man in glasses; George Elsey (top of eyes visible); three unidentified people; William Hopkins; unidentified woman; William Hassett; unidentified woman; President Harry S. Truman; unidentified woman; Matthew Connelly; unidentified woman.

Admiral William D. Leahy (left) and President Harry S. Truman (center) seated in the courtyard at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, off the coast of Key West, Florida. Correspondence Secretary William D. Hassett at far right.

Presidential staff photograph, from President Truman's sixth trip to Key West. Front row, left to right: John Steelman, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and William Hassett. Back row, left to right: William Bray, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charlie Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, and Eben Ayers.

Special Assistant to President Truman (1950-51) Averell Harriman at his desk working. Transferred from the Museum collection.

President Harry S. Truman has a staff meeting with, from left to right, Admiral Robert Dennison, William Hassett, John Steelman, Joseph Short, and Irving Perlmeter while on vacation in Key West, Florida.

Reathel Odum, Secretary in the office of Senator Harry S. Truman, 1936-45; personal secretary to Mrs. Harry S. Truman, 1945-53, including correspondence and other duties for Margaret Truman during concert tours, 1947-49.

Matthew J. Connelly, Chief investigator for the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (the Truman Committee), 1941-44, Executive Assistant to Senator and Vice President Truman, July 1944-April 1945; and Appointments Secretary to the President, 1945-53.

President Harry S. Truman in the food line for lunch in the garden of the Little White House, while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Pictured with (from left to right) George M. Elsey, unidentified steward (on near side of table), Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Legislative Assistant to the President Joseph Feeney, Admiral William D. Leahy, and President Truman.