Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney, 1903-1970

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right holding floral bouquets and receiving greetings from Young Pioneers. Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

View of W. Averell and Marie Harriman visiting the palace in Yalta which was at the time of the visit a sanitarium. The man on right may be Dr. Dadoyan, director. Thayer relates in his account that they "were greeted by the Director, Dr. Dadoyan...the palace...is now a sanatorium where about 900 working people come for rest cures from all over the Soviet Union." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right holding floral bouquets and receiving greetings from Young Pioneers. Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

Entrance or doorway view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right visiting with an older unidentified Russian woman. Woman on the left may be the interpreter. Believed to have been taken at the Kiev Perchersk Lavra monastery. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Exterior full body view of Marie Norton Whitney Harriman, wife of W. Averell Harriman, taken during their 1959 Russian trip. W. Averell Harriman appears to be just behind her in this view. Exact location not given but believed in Kiev. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Governor of New York Averell Harriman and his wife Marie Harriman pose with their dog in their annual holiday card.

Photo of Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. W. Averill Harriman, following the swearing in ceremonies at the Department of Commerce this morning. From: Beth Gore

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from right) in a photograph with Averell Harriman (right) at an airport in Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. Averell Harriman is next to former President Truman. Others in the photograph are unidentified. See also 69-517.