Kelly, Edward J., 1898-1958

President Harry S. Truman (right) speaks at the lighting of the National Community Christmas Tree on the South Lawn. Also present is Ed Kelly (left).

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right of horse) in a park with unidentified U.S. Park Police officers and others, examining a horse. Also pictured: Edward J. Kelly, Superintendent of Metropolitan Police (background, second from left) and Arthur Demaray, Associate Director of the National Park Service (background, left). Others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Guests at a dinner in honor of Secretary Chapman in the Department of the Interior cafeteria. Pictured: Ed Kelly, Superintendent, National Park Service (back side of table, fourth from left). All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Ed Kelly, Superintendent, National Park Service, turn on the lights of the National Christmas Tree during the lighting ceremony.

A large crowd gathered at the Jefferson Memorial to see the Cherry Blossom Queen pageant. Pictured, front row: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (third from left); Assistant Secretary of the Interior Dale Doty (sixth from left); Mary (Mrs. Dale) Doty (seventh from left); Edward J. Kelly, Superintendent of National Capital Parks (seventh from right). All others unidentified.

Floyd Dotson, Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior (left) swears-in Edward J. Kelly (center) as Superintendent of National Capital Parks. Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman looks on.

Department of the Interior staff and guests at a luncheon honoring retiring Congressman James Hardin Peterson. Pictured at the head table, facing camera: Assistant Secretary of the Interior Dale Doty (fourth from right); Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (fifth from right); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (sixth from right); Congressman Peterson (sixth from left); Assistant Secretary of the Interior William E. Warne (fifth from left); and Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop (fourth from left). Also pictured at head table, back to camera: Edward J.

From left to right: Mrs. Ann Chapman; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Thomas Sutton Jett, Special Assistant to the Superintendent of National Capital Parks; and Edward J. Kelly, Superintendent of National Capital Parks pose for a picture outside the entrance to the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park after attending a performance by the Army Band. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Conrad L. Wirth, Director, National Park Service; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Mrs. Ann Chapman; and Edward J. Kelly, Superintendent of National Capital Parks pose in front of the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands after the dedication ceremony in Washington's Meridian Hill Park. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman greets Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. They are at the park for a ceremonial presentation of a carillon to the people of the United States from the Netherlands. On the ground, from left to right: Edward J. Kelly, National Capital Parks Superintendent, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back to camera, in pinstriped suit), Prince Bernhard Leopold (wearing glasses), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (back to camera). All others are unidentified.