Shafer, Boyd C., 1907-1992
Truman Institute Board Meeting
Meeting of the Harry S. Truman Institute
Truman with the Library Institute Board
The First annual meeting of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute with the following seated around the table, starting on the left: Andrew J. Eaton, Librarian, Washington University of St. Louis, Missouri; Dr. Earl J. McGrath, Columbia University, New York; Professor James L. Sellers, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Professor Henry S. Commager, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts; Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, President, University of Kansas, Lawrence; Dr. Boyd Shafer, Executive Secretary, American History Association, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Wayne C.
Truman Library Institute Conference of Researchers
Truman Library Institute Conference of Researchers, held in the Research Room of the Library. From the tape recorder forward (clockwise): Charles Morrissey, Monroe Billington, Oscar Anderson, J. R. Fuchs, David McLellan, R. Alton Lee, Richard Longaker, Gene Schmidtlein, Alan Harper, Boyd Shafer, Louis Gerson, Richard Kirkendall (standing far left), former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ms. Elizabeth Drewry, Tom L. Evans, Truman Library Director Philip C.