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

Floyd Dotson, Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior (left), swears in Arthur E. Demaray (center) as Director of the National Park Service. Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman looks on.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right), Cherry Blossom Queen Maldi Tarris (center), and her unidentified escort after the Cherry Blossom Queen pageant at the Jefferson Memorial. All others unidentified.

Attendees at the welcoming ceremony for President Auriol of France stand for the playing of the National Anthem. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet; President Harry S. Truman; President of France Vincent Auriol; District Commissioner John R. Young, and unidentified man. Front row, right of podium, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol; Jane (Mrs.

President of France Vincent Auriol (at podium) speaks at a welcoming ceremony in his honor outside the District Building. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet (leaning behind Barkley); Vice President Alben Barkley; French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; President Harry S. Truman; District Commissioner John R. Young; and an unidentified man.

From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; President of France Vincent Auriol; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman look at an album of National Park pictures that President Truman gave to President Auriol. W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President (standing, left), looks on. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left) watches as James F. Fairman (second from right) and Ken Whitaker (right) are sworn in as Deputy Administrators for the Defense Electric Power Administration. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) and Senator Owen Brewster (second from right) hold a cake for the Maine State Society lobster dinner in the Interior cafeteria. Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman pictured at right. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) and Conrad Wirth, Associate Director of the National Park Service, with an album of National Park pictures and bookends to be presented to President Vincent Auriol of France during his visit to the United States.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) with two unidentified men at the Minnesota Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Minneapolis.

President Harry S. Truman, his staff, and members of the Interior Insular and Public Lands Committees at a luncheon in Truman's honor at the Department of the Interior. Back side, left to right: Matthew J. Connelly, Appointments Secretary to President Truman; Senator Arthur V. Watkins; Senator Carl Hayden; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Truman; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Congressman John R. Murdock (standing); Senator Zales Ecton; and unidentified. All others unidentified.