Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) enjoying a chat with New York Governor Averell Harriman. They are at the Overseas Press Club of America Banquet at the Sheraton Astor Hotel in New York City. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

New York Governor Averell Harriman visits with former President Harry S. Truman. They are at the Sheraton Astor Hotel in New York, New York for an Overseas Press Club of America banquet. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess Truman, Governor Averell Harriman, and journalist Louis Lochner visit at the Overseas Press Club Dinner. The event was held at the Sheraton Astor Hotel in New York City. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Former President Harry S. Truman is speaking to New York Governor Averell Harriman. They are at the Sheraton Astor in New York, New York for the Overseas Press Club of America's dinner. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Left to right: New York Governor Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess Truman, and journalist Louis Lochner. The former President and First Lady are in New York, New York at the Sheraton Astor Hotel for the Overseas Press Club of America dinner. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Exterior view with diplomat and journalist W. Averell Harriman and wife Marie posed next to a group of four children and an adult. Thought to have been taken while W. Averell Harriman and party were touring in Uzbekistan. Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

A group of economic advisors meet in the office of John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President. From left to right: James Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors; and John R. Steelman.

A group of economic advisors meet in the office of John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President. From left to right: James Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; John R. Steelman; and Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff are gathered in the living room of the Little White House during President Truman's vacation trip to Key West, Florida. Front row left to right: Richard Neustadt, Cornelius Mara, Joseph Feeney, Philleo Nash, Irving Perlmeter. Center row, left to right: John R. Steelman, Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, Averell Harriman, Charles Murphy.

Participants in the television program "Battle Report - Washington" are gathered around John Steelman, Assistant to President Harry S. Truman, seated at the desk. Standin, from left to right are: Major General Thomas White, Major General Lawrence C. Jaynes, Dean Rusk, W. Averell Harriman, and John C. Green. Robert McCormick, NBC's Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events leans on the desk.