White House staff

Miss America 1951, Yolanda Betbeze (center), talks with Matt Connelly (right) and Representative Frank Boykin of Alabama. From the Matthew Connelly scrapbooks, Volume 6.

President Harry S. Truman and members of staff gather to pose for a picture while on vacation in Key West, Florida. The party is shown on the lawn at Truman's vacation residence, the Little White House, on the naval base. Front row is Miss Margaret Truman. Seated in the second row from left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, First Lady Bess Truman, President Truman, John Steelman, and William Hassett. Standing in the back row from left to right: Colonel Cornelius J. Mara, General Harry Vaughan, Matt Connelly, Stanley Woodward, and Admiral Robert Dennison.

Miss America of 1951, Yolande Betbeze (center), meets with Presidential Appointment Secretary Matt Connelly (right). Her Congressional Representative, Frank Boykin (left), brought her to the White House. The photo is autographed by Mr. Boykin: "For Hon. Matt Connelly Sec. to Pres., Sincerely, your friend, Frank W. Boykin, M.C. Ala."

President Harry S. Truman (center foreground) visited St. Paul, Minnesota to help celebrate "Truman Day." Standing in the first row behind him are General Robert Landry and Admiral Robert Dennison. In the second row are an unidentified man (probably a Secret Service agent), General Harry Vaughan, and General Wallace Graham. Behind Vaughan and Graham are Press Secretary Charles Ross and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (right) bends to hear a question from the audience while Matthew Connelly stands on the left. Both are on the back of a train as Truman tours the country. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman and his family host members of his staff for a picnic lunch on the grounds of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Seated in the circle from left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Press Secretary Charles Ross (mostly obscured), President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Stanley Woodward, Margaret Truman, William Hassett, Matthew Connelly, and two unidentified men. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

Presidential Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (left) shakes hands with Frank E. McKinney (right), the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, volume 7.

President Harry S. Truman prepares to throw the first ball at the 1951 opening game at Griffith Stadium in Washington. In the first row are, from left to right: two unidentified men, Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley, Vice President Alben Barkley, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, Washington Senators manager Bucky Harris, Senators President Clark Griffith, and New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel. Standing behind and between Griffith and Stengel is United States Supreme Court Justice Fred Vinson. In the second row are Admiral Robert Dennison and General Harry Vaughan (behind Mrs.

At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with William Simmons (lower right) before flying to Key West, Florida. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (far right) chats with members of his staff at a baseball game in Griffith Stadium. Front row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William Leahy, and President Truman. Second row, left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, unidentified, General Robert Landry, Matthew Connelly, and unidentified. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.