Photograph of Harry S. Truman's Visit to Wyoming

NCA 01.v.1998.01_President Harry S. Truman Visits Wyoming_28.jpg

Item Metadata

Title

Photograph of Harry S. Truman's Visit to Wyoming

Access Rights

The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source.

Date Created

1948-1950

Subject

Truman, Harry S., -- 1884-1972.

Description

Collection of 29 photographs taken during one of President Harry S. Truman's visit to Wyoming. He made three trips to Wyoming in total. Truman had made a speech in front of the governor's mansion in Cheyenne following a parade from the railroad depot on June 6th, 1948 . He visited again on May 9th, 1950, but this time started his visit in Casper and was met off the train with a brass band. During this visit, he went to the opening dedication of the completed Kortes Dam. He visited again in July of 1953 as a former president, meeting with Governor Clifford Joy Rogers. The visit included meeting with the 131st Light Bombardment Wing. Missouri Air National Guard during their summer encampment at Casper, Wyoming. Many of the photographs in this series are undated and/or unlabeled, but likely date to Truman's visits in either 1948 or 1950.

These photographs are found in the Charles "Chuck" Morrison Collection accessible through the Casper College Library. The Chuck Morrison Collection includes records from the Cole Creek Wreck including passenger lists, obituaries, and correspondence; records of New York Oil Company in Casper; District Court correspondence and files; Personal Correspondence between Wyoming State Representative Chuck Morrison and other Wyoming Representatives; Chuck Morrison writing to his family and friends, etc ; letters Chuck Morrison received and sent to various ski and outdoor clubs; ski and wildlife magazines; Chuck Morrison's historical stories and articles he wrote while working for the Casper Star-Tribune newspaper; photographs taken and collected by Chuck Morrison of Wyoming's historical sites, churches, neighborhoods, cemeteries, local flora and fauna, etc. ranging from the 1920s to the 1980s; personal photographs of Chuck Morrison's family, property, etc.; boxes of negatives related to the rest of the photos and photo rolls; Chuck Morrison's WWII credentials, awards, and photographs from his time in WWII; a special collection of letters of correspondence between Chuck Morrison, his mother, his father, and his friends, written during his time in World War II; and a special items box containing some of the plaques and awards Chuck Morrison earned over the years for writing, sportsmanship, photography, etc.

Type

Image

Creator

Charles "Chuck" Morrison

Language

ENG

Is Part Of

Charles "Chuck" Morrison Collection, NCA 01.v.1998.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.

Identifier

NCA 01.v.1998.01_President Harry S. Truman Visits Wyoming_28

Format

JPG

Publisher

Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center)

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

Charles "Chuck" Morrison, “Photograph of Harry S. Truman's Visit to Wyoming,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed June 4, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/5797.