Youth

Former President Harry S. Truman and a group of Girl Scouts.

Tennis players on the Park Avenue tennis court belonging to the Southern (May Wallace's) family. L to R: Jack Montague, Alden Millard, George Wallace, Bess Wallace, Mrs. Emma P. Southern, Caroline Southern, Dorothy Patterson, Natalie Wallace, Helena Crow, Frank Wallace, Edwin Patterson. From an album in the Truman house entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

President Harry S. Truman (center) meets with U. S. Olympic champion, 17 year old decathlon winner Bob Mathias (left). The occasion is the celebration of Youth Month, the month of September. The young man at right is unidentified. From: Atlantic Press.

Kansas City, Missouri. John M. Haid, Jr., Siloam Springs, Arkansas, National President of the Future Farmers of America, presents former President Harry S. Truman an honorary America Farmer degree today at the FFA's convention. Mr. Truman lived on a farm in his youth. The former President addressed the FFA convention after receiving the award. From: Houston Post.

A group of leaders from the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) meet with former President Harry S. Truman outside his office at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. From left to right: Olin Traub; Robert Sears, Kansas; Jon Pearson, Colorado; Jeanne Brett, Vice President of Hi-Y Council of Kansas City; former President Truman; Jim Rogers, Missouri; David McMahill, Nebraska; and Syd Crane, Assistant General Secretary of the YMCA of Kansas City.

A group of leaders from the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) meet with former President Harry S. Truman outside his office at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. From left to right: Robert Sears, Kansas; Jon Pearson, Colorado; former President Truman; Jim Rogers, Missouri; and David McMahill, Nebraska.

A young African American student asks a question of former President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) who has addressed the audience in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

A student asks a question of former President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library. There are Caucasian and African American students in the audience. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Former President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) has addressed this audience of Caucasian and African American students at the Harry S. Truman Library auditorium. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

African American students in the audience at the Harry S. Truman Library auditorium. Former President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) addresses the group, then takes questions. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.