Odum, Reathel M.

Reathel Odum at the World's Fair in New York City.

Portrait of Reathel Odum, Secretary to First Lady Bess W. Truman.

Reathel Odum on Seabrook Island, South Carolina.

Portrait of Reathel Odum, secretary to First Lady Bess W. Truman.

Guests at a birthday dinner for Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman at the Kelley Barracks Officers Club in Stuttgart, Germany. Pictured: Margaret (Mrs. Louis) Truman (second from left); Reathel Odum (fourth from left); and Lt. General Truman (fourth from right). All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to reporters assembled in the Oval Office. Seated on couch, left to right: Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Samuel Rosenman, Special Counsel; and John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Also pictured: Secretary of State James Byrnes (behind President Truman, right). Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress in the front row, center of the reporters. Signed by President Truman and John Snyder.

Reathel Odum (left) and Lieutenant General Louis Truman at a birthday dinner in honor of Lt. General Truman at the Kelley Barracks Officers Club in Stuttgart, Germany.

An unidentified man surrounded by a group of women holding coins. Pictured: Reathel Odum (standing, left). All others unidentified.

Reathel Odum (left) sits at a table with an unidentified woman feeding a guinea pig.

Reathel Odum (seated, right) sits with unidentified people at a table overlooking a beach in Europe. All others unidentified.