Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978

Edgar Morris, President of the Washington Board of Trade (at podium) gives a welcoming address for President Auriol of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, President Harry S. Truman, French President Vincent Auriol, District Commissioner John R. Young, unidentified (behind Morris), First Lady Bess W.

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John R. Murdock; Senator Joseph O'Mahoney; and Senator Zales Ecton attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior for members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Members of the Cabinet and others attend President Truman's Address to the Nation on the Korean situation in the White House. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. Second row, left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Vice President Alben Barkley, Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Senator Hubert Humphrey at the Midwest Farm Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (back of table, fourth from right) and members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back of table, fifth from right); Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (back of table, third from right); Senator Zales Ecton (back of table, second from right); Congressman John R. Murdock (back of table, standing); and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (back of table, left).

Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (center) and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) congratulate Oscar Chapman after being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Dinner in honor of Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left) given by the Oil and Coal Division of the United Jewish Appeal at the Hotel Pierre in New York City. At table, left to right: Monroe Goldwater, President of United Jewish Appeal; Secretary Chapman; Mr. Schwartz; Charles Alldredge; Joel Wolfsohn, Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Joseph Donnenfeld; and Henry C. Bernstein. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (center) and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) meet with President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman speaks to the Washington Chapter of the American Friends of the Hebrew University at the home of Colonel M. Robert and Rebecca "Polly" Guggenheim. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Department of the Interior staff pose for a picture during the Christmas Party in the office of Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (second from right). Also pictured: Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop (left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (fourth from right); and Mrs. Ann Chapman (third from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook