Branton, Mary Shaw, 1920-2016

Mary Shaw Branton with actor James Whitmore as he signs her program from the production of "Give 'Em Hell, Harry." Others in background are unidentified. From: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Margaret Truman and her friend Mary Shaw Branton and others in the audience for the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" at the Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre. Front row, left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton, and Margaret Truman. Press Secretary Charles Ross is also present (second row, fourth from right). All others are unidentified.

Portrait of Mary Shaw Branton. From: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Bridge Club members at Carolyn Lapp's luncheon, pictured left to right: Natalie Wallace, Edna Hutchison, Mag Noel, Mary Shaw Branton, Lucy Peters, Bess Truman, Thelma Pollette, May Wallace, and Adelaide Twyman (obscured). From: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Harry S. Truman Statue Committee. Seated on the left side of the table and moving clockwise are: Mary Shaw Branton, Hazel Graham, Sue Gentry, Gilbert Franklin (sculptor), Harry Jonas, Randall Jessee, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Dr. Benedict Zobrist, and unidentified. from: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Wedding of Clifton Daniel and Margaret Truman at Independence, Missouri. They are posing in the Truman home in Independence. Left to right: George Backer, Turner Catledge, John Barrow, Clifton Daniel, Margaret Truman, Drucie Snyder, and Mary Shaw Branton.

Margaret Truman and Clifton Daniel wedding party getting into a car. The first couple is Drucie Snyder Horton and John Barrow. Behind them are Mary Shaw Branton and Turner Catledge. A crowd of unidentified people watch from the right side of the photo.

Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton (third from left) and Mrs. Drucie Snyder Horton (second from left), Margaret Truman's two attendants, enter the church for Margaret Truman's wedding. An unidentified man stands at the door and a crowd of unidentified individuals watches.