Photographs, 1947 - 1979 - View Resource (original) (raw)

Abstract

The photographs in this series were sent or given to Mamie Doud Eisenhower over a wide span of time after World War II when she and her husband, Dwight D. Eisenhower, were already widely known. Much of the material that was sent to her involves private individuals, their children, their homes, and topics of interest to them that they wanted to share with Mamie Eisenhower. Other material features Mamie, Dwight D. Eisenhower, their relatives, and locations with connections to the Douds and Eisenhowers. These locations include the Eisenhower Farm at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Mamie Eisenhower’s birthplace in Boone, Iowa; and buildings at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where the Eisenhowers had lived. Notable are photographs of some locations, facilities, and things either dedicated to or named after the Eisenhowers, as well as photographs of artwork representing Dwight and/or Mamie Eisenhower. There are photographs, both amateur and professional, of Mamie and/or Dwight with various people and visiting various places. The series also includes some photographic portraits of Mamie and Dwight Eisenhower. A significant part of the series consists of photo albums presented to Mamie. These include an album of professional and press photos of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower; albums from the wedding of John S. D. Eisenhower and Barbara Thompson and the weddings and wedding receptions of some of the Eisenhower grandchildren; and photos from the dedication of the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas. One album contains photographs of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C, his casket lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda, its transport to Abilene, Kansas, for burial, and the ceremony that took place there. Another set of albums is entirely made up of photographs from state visits (mostly at the White House) occurring during the Eisenhower presidency, taken by Abbie Rowe for the National Park Service. Additional people appearing in photographs in this series include: David, Anne, Susan, and Mary Jean Eisenhower; Julie Nixon Eisenhower; Edgar Eisenhower; Earl Eisenhower; John Sheldon Doud; Elivera Doud; Frances “Mike” Doud Gill Moore and her husband Gordon Moore; Mamie Eisenhower’s uncle Joel Carlson; Richard, Pat, and Tricia Nixon; John and Dolores Moaney; John Foster Dulles; Melvin R. Laird; John Davis Lodge; Al Gruenther; Omar Bradley; Lauris Norstad; the Arnold Palmer family; Leonard K. Firestone; J. Willard Marriott; Henry Kissinger; Chiang Kai-shek; Juscelino Kubitschek; Konrad Adenauer; Louis St. Laurent; Sidney Holland; King Paul I of Greece; Celal Bayar; Sir Robert Gordon Menzies; Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia; Adnan Menderes; Sir Winston Churchill; Syngman Rhee; William V. S. Tubman; Shigeru Yoshida; Julius Raab; Oscar Torp; Tage Erlander; Hans Hedtoft; Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran; U Nu; Carlos Castillo Armas; Luis Batlle Beres; Sir Anthony Eden; Soekarno; Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco; Jawaharlal Nehru; King Saud of Saudi Arabia; Guy Mollet; Ngo Dinh Diem; Queen Elizabeth II of England and Prince Philip; Harold Macmillan; King Muhammad V of Morocco; Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes; Mario Echandi Jiménez; Theodor Heuss; Carlos P. Garcia; Amintore Fanfani; Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia; Arturo Frondizi; King Hussein of Jordan; Fidel Castro; King Baudouin I of Belgium; Nikita Khrushchev; Adolfo López Mateos; Nobusuke Kishi; David Ben-Gurion; Charles de Gaulle; John G. Diefenbaker; King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand; Alec Douglas-Home; King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark; José Antonio Remón Cantera; Malik Ghulam Muhammad; Vincent Massey; Mustafa Ben Halim; Mohammad Ali Bogra; Pierre Mendès-France; John Kotelawala; John A. Costello; Mahn Win Maung; Paul Magloire; Mario Scelba; Giovanni Gronchi; Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy; Kwame Nkrumah; Seán T. O'Kelly; José María Lemus; Manouchehr Eghbal; Ahmed Sékou Touré; Alberto Lleras Camargo; King Mahendra of Nepal; Tunku Abdul Rahman; Senator Harry Darby; Governor John Anderson, Jr., of Kansas; Lyndon B. Johnson; Norman Vincent Peale; Barbara Walters; and Perle Mesta.

Extent

5 linear feet, 7 linear inches