O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972

President Harry S. Truman (right) with Basil O'Connor, Chairman of the American Red Cross, during a radio broadcast on behalf of the Red Cross Fund Campaign.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Basil O'Connor, chairman of the American Red Cross, giving a radio broadcast on behalf of the American Red Cross.

President Harry S. Truman (right) with Basil O'Connor, chairman of the American Red Cross, during a radio broadcast on behalf of the Red Cross Fund Campaign.

President Harry S. Truman (left) signs S. 591, the Red Cross Reorganization Bill, at his desk in the Oval Office as Basil O'Connor (center), Chairman of the American Red Cross, and Howard Bonham (right), American Red Cross public relations director, look on.

President Harry S. Truman (left) signs S. 591, the Red Cross Reorganization Bill, at his desk in the Oval Office as Basil O'Connor (center), Chairman of the American Red Cross, and Howard Bonham (right), American Red Cross public relations director, look on.

Left to right: Harry Jobes, Basil O'Connor, former President Harry S. Truman, Tom Evans, and Paul Butler at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Library at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Dedication ceremony of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence. Pictured left to right in front row: unidentified, Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, former President Herbert Hoover, former President Truman and Basil O\'Connor at Podium, and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. From: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Dedication ceremony of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence. Pictured left to right in front row: unidentified, Independence Mayor Robert P. Weatherford, unidentified, Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, former President Herbert Hoover, former President Truman, Basil O'Connor, unidentified at podium. from: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) speaking with Basil O'Connor (right) at the construction site of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. Unidentified men stand in the background.

Former President Harry S. Truman at the site of the future Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. From left to right, Dean Acheson, David Lloyd, Basil O'Connor, former President Truman, along with three unidentified men in the background.