Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree), 1889-1951

Portrait of Stephen T. Early, Under Secretary of Defense.

A portrait photo of Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen T. Early, signed on the photo, "To Ralph Stohl from his friend and co-worker with warm regard Stephen T. Early"

President Harry S. Truman signing the Armed Forces Unification Bill with guests. From left to right, Senator Richard B. Russell, unidentified admiral, General Omar Nelson Bradley, Louis A. Johnson, General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, Senator Styles Bridges, unidentified male, unidentified male, Fred M. Vinson, Stuart Symington, Stephen T. Early, and John W. Snyder.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) is signing the National Security Act Amendment of 1949 with guests in the Oval Office. Standing, from left to right: unidentified; Senator Styles Bridges; Congressman Overton Brooks; Congressman Carl T.

President Harry S. Truman poses for a photograph with members of his staff and others on his birthday. Seated, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan, President Truman, and Commodore James Vardaman. Standing, left to right: unidentified. J. Leonard Reinsch, unidentified, John Snyder, Stephen Early, three unidentified men, Matthew Connelly, unidentified man, William Simmons, Edward McKim.

Edward McKim (left), Administrative Assistant to President Harry S. Truman, talks with Press Secretary Stephen Early (right).

Under Secretary of Defense, Stephen Early, on the right being greeted by Major General Withers A. Burress, Commanding General of the Infantry Center at Lawson Air Force Base. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."

Stephen Early (foreground left) is sworn in as Special Assistant to the President by Administrative Officer Frank K. Sanderson (foreground right) as President Harry S. Truman (sitting) and other members of his Secretarial staff look on. Standing next to President Truman, with a large handkerchief in her pocket, is his personal secretary Rose Conway. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

The Press Secretary to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Stephen Early (left), and President Harry S. Truman's Appointment Secretary, Matt Connelly (right), shake hands. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman poses with his Secretaries. From left to right: Matthew Connelly, Steve Early, President Harry S. Truman, Charles Ross, Jonathan Daniels, and William D. Hassett. They are standing in the Oval Office of the White House. From the scrapbook of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.