Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Audiovisual Department Adkins, Bertha S. Photographs

91-2: Photos from Bertha S. Adkins collection transferred from Museum and frames removed/destroyed. Three reels of motion picture film removed and transferred to Motion Picture Film Collection, EL-MP16-538—540.

91-2-1: Photo of Bertha Adkins with three men, receiving an award. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 color print.

91-2-2: Photo of DDE’s 1957 Inaugural Ceremony; color print in deteriorated condition. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ color print.

91-2-3: Photo of Bertha Adkins presenting a silver bowl to MDE and DDE. Bowl is engraved: “With gratitude from The Republican Women of the Nation, January 20th, 1956.” Credit: United Press Associations. One 8x10 b/w print.

91-2-4: Photo of DDE, waving and grinning, with Bertha Adkins and Oveta Culp Hobby at 1954 GOP National Women’s Conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wide World Photos, Inc. One 7x9 b/w print.

91-2-5: Portrait of Leonard Hall, inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins—My Right Arm during those wonderful “Ike” years—Leonard Hall.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

91-2-6: Photo of DDE covering a laugh with his hand at a news conference. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

91-2-7: Portrait of unidentified woman, probably Bertha Adkins’ mother (died 1946), in dress with beaded trim. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5: Two audio discs removed and transferred, one to 7-inch Discs (EL-D7-119) and one to 10-inch Discs (EL-D10-274).

2005-5-1: Bertha Adkins and Harriet Segal Cohn at Wellesley College Class of 1928 50th Reunion, May, 1978. Credit: Robert W. Chalue, Needham, MA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-2: Bertha Adkins and classmates at Wellesley College Class of 1928 50th Reunion, May, 1978. Credit: Robert W. Chalue, Needham, MA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-3: Snapshot of certificate accompanying 1985 Bertha S. Adkins Nautilus Award to Ronald Regan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-4: Snapshot of 1985 Bertha S. Adkins Nautilus Award. Inscription reads: “To President Ronald Reagan, Exemplar for Senior Americans, The 1985 Bertha S. Adkins Award, Federal Council on the Aging, May 16, 1985.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-5—7: Photos from PBS television show Over Easy, produced by KQED, San Francisco, 1981. Credit: PBS.

2005-5-5: Co-hosts of Over Easy, Mary Martin and Jim Hartz. One 7 x 7 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-6: Mary Martin and Jim Hartz with musical comedy star Joel Gray. One 8 ¼ x 6 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-7: Mary Martin and Jim Hartz with singer/entertainer Pearl Bailey. One 8 ½ x 7 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-8: DDE stands smiling at a podium in front of a billboard promoting the vote in Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 16, 1956. Credit: Don Berg, Minneapolis. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-9: Snapshot of the Anne and Tobin Armstrong family, inserted into a personalized Christmas card; Dec. 1972. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-10: Photo of Bertha Adkins and Margaret Arnold at the 1968 Republican National Convention. Credit: Toni Frissell, NYC. One 4 ½ x 6 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-11: Undated photo of Bertha Adkins as a child, with cousins on a front porch. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-12: Color print of an oil portrait of DDE that hangs at Culzean Castle in Scotland. Credit: unknown. One 4x5 color print.

2005-5-13: Photo of DDE, smiling and holding a paper, with the U.S. flag and the Presidential Seal in the background. Credit: unknown. One 5x6 b/w print.

2005-5-14: Bertha Adkins and other RNC officials, including Meade Alcorn, Eleanor Todd, and Leonard Hall, put hands together in front of a “Re-Elect Ike – Dick” banner, 1956. Credit: unknown (RNC?). One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-15: Family portrait of President Gerald Ford and family, probably taken at White House, 1976. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-16: Photo of Bertha Adkins, Mrs. Arthur Summerfield, and an unidentified child; March of Dimes meeting, no date. Credit: United Press International Newspictures. One 8x10 b/w print, one 2 ½ x 2 ½ b/w neg.

2005-5-17: Members of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1958. Identification sheet included with photo. Bertha Adkins is seated at far right. Credit: National Park Service. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-18: Conference on Inflation, Washington, D.C., September 27—28, 1974. Bertha Adkins and other delegates. Credit: unknown. One 7x10 b/w print.

2005-5-19: Conference on Inflation, Washington, D.C., September 27—28, 1974. Bertha Adkins and other delegates. Credit: unknown. One 7x10 b/w print.

2005-5-20: Snapshot of Anne Wheaton, date and location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 3 ½ color print.

2005-5-21: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins as a child, date and location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-22: Photo of Bertha Adkins, Nancy Gerry, and an unidentified man in a military tunic. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 4 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-23: Headshot of Bertha Adkins wearing pearls, date unknown. Credit: unknown. Two 3x3 b/w prints.

2005-5-24: Baby picture of Bertha Adkins (ca. 1907) with postcard back. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-25: Snapshot of Sage House, Bertha Adkins’ residence at Foxcroft School, Middleburg, VA. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-26—31: Photos taken at Foxcroft School while Bertha Adkins was Head there (1961-1967). Credit: unknown.

2005-5-26: “Drill at Foxcroft.” One 4 x 4 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-27: “Thanksgiving hunt – Foxcroft.” One 4 x 4 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-28: “Drill – Foxcroft.” One 4 x 4 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-29: “Bertha S. Adkins, Foxcroft Commencement.” One 3 ½ x 4 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-30: “Adkins – Vance – Helmes – Foxcroft.” One 3 ½ x 4 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-31: “Foxcroft – Cyrus Vance – Commencement Speaker – B. S. Adkins – Dean Winifred Helmes.” One 3 ½ x 4 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-32: “1970 Awards Banquet – Green Hill Country Club, Salisbury, Md. Miss Bertha Adkins presenting Anna W. Taylor Trophy to Mrs. Vaughn E. Richardson – 1970 Women’s Champion. Miss Adkins donated the trophy in 1949 – when she was a charter member of the club. Left – Mrs. Harry Clark – Chr. Women Golfers. Right – Joseph C. Schiller – Chr. Men Golfers.” Credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-33: “Bertha S. Adkins – 1950’s.” Portrait; credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-34: “Miss Bertha Adkins, Chairperson, Federal Council on the Aging.” Adkins is at right; two others, unidentified, in photo. Credit: unknown. One 7x10 b/w print.

2005-5-35: “Sage House – Foxcroft – Back View.” Reverse is inscribed, “To Miss Tad from the sophomores,” with signatures of sophomores. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-36: “Sage House – Miss Adkins’ home at Foxcroft – Front View.” Reverse is inscribed: “To Miss Tad from the sophomores,” with signatures of sophomores. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-37: “Bertha Adkins and Leonard Hall – Rep. Nat. Committee Chairmen.” Adkins and Hall lean together for a friendly kiss. Credit: United Press International, Inc. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-38: “Bertha S. Adkins – 1956 – Second Ike Campaign.” DDE and Bertha Adkins laugh behind DDE’s desk. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-39: Fred Scribner, Leonard Hall, and Bertha Adkins; inscribed on back: “Fred Scribner – you know. Now Under Sec. of Treasury. [Adkins is] About to get a big fat kiss from Len. This smooch was sent far and wide by AP who loved having two old political pros embracing!” Note possibly refers to #2005-5-37. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-40: “Elliot Richardson – Boston – Asst. Sec. HEW.” Adkins takes Richardson’s hand. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-41: “Inauguration 1953 – Bertha Adkins & Father Fredrick in center. Left – Ambassador & Mrs. Edw. T. Wailes; extreme right – Mr. and Mrs. John Sebastion.” Credit: Buckingham Studio, Inc. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-42: “Ambassador and Mrs. Edw. Thompson Wailes.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-43: “Catherine B. Cleary – asst. Treasurer of U.S. – Eisenhower.” Credit: Bradford Bachrach. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-44: “Eisenhower appointee Daphne Leeds – asst. Commissioner of Patents – Commerce.” Credit: Miller of Washington. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-45: “Anne Wheaton & Bertha Adkins when Wheaton became asst. Press Secy. – WH.” Adkins gives a grinning Wheaton a peck on the cheek. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-46: Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower, possibly on porch of White House. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-47: “Ike – Jim Hagerty – Anne Wheaton.” July 17, 1957. DDE and posse cross a parking lot in Washington, D.C. Credit: Unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-48: Dated Nov. 7, 1960. Anne Wheaton and others at an office celebration; an unidentified woman holds a piece of award silver. Credit: White House. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-49: DDE speaks to an unidentified woman in the White House; dated Nov. 19, 1956. Credit: White House. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-50: DDE and MDE at the President’s desk, no date. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-51: DDE and Richard Nixon shake hands in the White House, Aug. 5, 1959. Credit: White House. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-52: “Bertha Adkins – 1974 convention of National Council of Senior Citizens – 3000 delegates.” Dated June 13, 1974. Credit: Nate Fine Photo. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-53: “Bertha S. Adkins – Under Secretary of HEW.” With Adkins is an unidentified woman. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-54: “Bertha S. Adkins – ml. chairman – Republican National Committee.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-55: “Bertha S. Adkins – ml. chairman GOP National Committee (elephant lapel pin from Pompalonia’s).” Probably refers to Pampillonia Jewelers, Washington, D.C. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-56: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Salisbury Md., Assistant Chairman, Rep. Nat’l Committee.” Credit: Hessler, Washington, D. C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-57: “Women’s Republican Conference in Boston 1978 – BSA – Mary Crisp, Co- chairman of National Republican Committee – Hon. Shirley Temple Black.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-58: “Advisory Council re. Senior Citizens to Secretary of HEW Elliot Richardson.” Includes Bertha Adkins, Elliot Richardson, and John Martin. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-59: Group photo including many of the same people from the previous photo, 2005-5- 58. Bertha Adkins, seated, at center. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-60: “Four Views of the Adkins Plant” from 1908. E. S. Adkins & Co. Credit: unknown. One 5 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-61: “Snap Shots of Busy Portions of Salisbury. Showing the Large Manufacturing Plant of E. S. Adkins & Co, at N.Y.P.&N. Depot.” Date: 1899. Credit: unknown. One 5 ¼ x 7 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-62: Office, presumably of E. S. Adkins & Co (was on same page of album as previous photo, 2005-5-61), from 1908. Credit: unknown. One 4 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-63: “Eleanor Frances Adkins, age 4 yrs; Bertha Sheppard Adkins, age 2 yrs.” Postcard back; credit: unknown. One 3 ¼ x 5 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-64: “Mrs. Frederic Adkins and Baby Bertha.” Postcard back; credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-65: “Eleanor Frances Adkins, age 2 years and 6 months. Bertha Sheppard Adkins, age 7 months.” Photo mounted on 6x8 molded card; credit: Taylor, Salisbury, MD. One 4 x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-66: “Farewell Girls of 1922.” Bertha Adkins and classmates pose for a group photo in their gym uniforms. Credit: unknown. One 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-67: “Blue Team Basket Ball. Billie Marsh – Riz Reilly – Teena – Kitty Williams – Me [Bertha Adkins] – Mabelita Mead.” 1922 ladies’ high school basketball team, with mascot doll. Credit: unknown. One 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-68: Portrait of Bertha Adkins, dated 1940. Credit: unknown. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-69: “B. S. Adkins – inaugurating Chesapeake Airlines” (Adkins’ father Frederic was organizer of). Credit: unknown. One 4 ½ x 6 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-70: Head shot of Bertha Adkins, undated. Similar to 2005-5-74. Credit: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Two 3x3 b/w prints.

2005-5-71: Portrait of Bertha Adkins, undated. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-72: Portrait of Bertha Adkins, undated. Credit: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-73: Portrait of Bertha Adkins, undated. Credit: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-74: Portrait of Bertha Adkins, undated. Similar to 2005-5-70. Credit: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-75: Portrait of Bertha Adkins, undated. Credit: Chase News Photo, Washington, D. C. Three 5x7 b/w prints.

2005-5-76: Portrait of Bertha Adkins, undated. Credit: Chase Ltd., Washington, D. C. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-77: “Ivy Baker Priest – Mrs. Jones, W. Va. – 1956 Inauguration.” Photo of Bertha Adkins and two other women. Credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-78: Bertha Adkins and an unidentified man hold up a card printed with a pledge to vote on Nov. 6, 1956. Probably at RNC headquarters. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-79: Photo of Bertha Adkins in front of an enlarged photograph of President Eisenhower. Credit: Katherine Young, NYC. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-80: Bertha Adkins and Leonard Hall look at a poster for Poll Takers of America, Poll No. 1, Oct. 1955. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-81: Bertha Adkins, Leonard Hall, and an unidentified man work the telephones during the 1956 election. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-82: Bertha Adkins and an unidentified man hold up a long list of signatures pertaining to DDE’s birthday. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-83: “Clarksburg – W. Virginia – Nov. 13, 1957.” Bertha Adkins and GOP members are seated/standing behind a dinner table. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-84: Photo of Bertha Adkins in evening gown and coat. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-85: President Eisenhower gives the victory sign from the podium at the 1960 Republican National Convention. To his right is MDE, and to his left is Bertha Adkins. Credit: Chicago Tribune Photo. One 8x10 b/w print, one 8x10 b/w crop, one b/w neg.

2005-5-86: Bertha Adkins holds open a birthday card while, beside her, Mamie Eisenhower displays a starburst pendant in a box. Adkins wears “Ike” earrings and a party badge. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-87: Bertha Adkins with an unidentified man. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-88: Bertha Adkins with an unidentified man. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-89: Bertha Adkins with an unidentified man. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-90: Bertha Adkins with two unidentified men. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-91: Bertha Adkins with Robert Kean (right) and an unidentified man. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-92: Bertha Adkins with an unidentified woman. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-93: Bertha Adkins with two unidentified men. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-94: Bertha Adkins with three unidentified men. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-95: Bertha Adkins with three unidentified people. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-96: “Arthur Flemming, Robert Kean, Robert Grant, Bertha Adkins, James Watt.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-97: Arthur Flemming speaks; Bertha Adkins is seated to his right, Robert Kean to his left. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-98: “Frederic Paul Adkins – father of Bertha Adkins.” Portrait; credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-99: Snapshot of Meade Alcorn, with Julie K(illegible). Credit: unknown. One 3x4 color print.

2005-5-100: “Bertha Adkins’ home, 619 Park St. – Salisbury.” Snapshot dated Feb. 1967. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 3 ½ color print.

2005-5-101: “Horatio,” hound dog mascot from Foxcroft. Snapshot; developer’s stamp dated April 1973. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ color print.

2005-5-102: Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, ca. 1968; signed, “Best Wishes – Happy & Rocky”; signature is nearly faded away. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-103: “Foxcroft – Thanksgiving Day – BSA & Horatio.” Bertha Adkins leads hound dog mascot Horatio in front of the bleachers. Adkins’ back is turned so the hound dog appliqué on her shawl collar or caplet is visible. Credit: unknown. One 4x5 b/w print.

2005-5-104: Bertha S. Adkins gives an address at Foxcroft School, 1961. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-105: Bertha Adkins and Thomas McCabe on McCabe’s 80th birthday, 1973. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-106: Bertha Adkins with Mr. and Mrs. Avery Hall on Tom McCabe’s birthday, 1973. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-107: Bertha Adkins, seated next to Tom McCabe on McCabe’s birthday, 1973. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-108: Federal Council on the Aging – Bertha Adkins at right. Credit: unknown. Two 7x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-109: Federal Council on the Aging – Bertha Adkins shakes the hand of an unidentified man. Credit: unknown. One 7x10 b/w print.

2005-5-110: “Bertha Adkins – on left of Pres. Ford – amusing others.” White House, 16 May 1975. Credit: White House. One 7 ½ x 10 b/w print, one 7x9 b/w crop.

2005-5-111: “Bertha Adkins – left of Pres. Ford.” White House, 16 May 1975. Credit: White House. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-112: “Bertha S. Adkins – left; Frances Lee of New Mexico – center.” Premier of Lincoln play, Washington, D.C., 1971. Credit: Communications International, Inc., Washington, D.C. One 6 ¾ x 10 b/w print.

2005-5-113: “Bertha Adkins – John Martin – Elliot Richardson.” No date. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 color print.

2005-5-114: “Renaissance Cruise around South America.” Snapshot of Bertha Adkins with carry-on bag and coat, with tourist sites from Cuzco, Peru arranged as a partial frame. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-115: Bertha Adkins and a group of older ladies pose for a photo in front of the White House, 1 October 1975. Credit: White House. One 6 x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-116: Snapshot of Anne Wheaton, 1973. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 3 ½ color print.

2005-5-117: Photograph of Bertha Adkins shaking hands with Rosalynn Carter at the White House, 12 September, 1978. Photo is inscribed by Carter to Adkins on the front. Credit: White House. One 8x10 color print.

2005-5-118: Fabian Bachrach portrait of Herbert Hoover, inscribed on front, “To Bertha Adkins, with the good wishes of Herbert Hoover.” Portrait is 6x8 b/w print on 8x10 paper

2005-5-119: Van Durand portrait of Second Lady Patricia Nixon, 1956. Inscribed, “To Bertha Adkins, with great appreciation and deep affection, Patricia Nixon.” Portrait is 7x8 b/w print on 8x10 paper.

2005-5-120—140: Swearing-in ceremony for Bertha Adkins as Under Secretary of HEW, September 1958. Credit: unknown.

2005-5-120: Left to right: Arthur Flemming – Secretary of HEW; Vice President Nixon; Mrs. Nixon; Bertha Adkins. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-121: Left to right: Vice President Nixon, Mrs. Nixon, Bertha Adkins. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-122: Left to right: Arthur Flemming, Richard Nixon, Bertha Adkins. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-123: Left to right: Bertha Adkins, Arthur Flemming, Richard Nixon, Mrs. Nixon. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-124: Left to right: Bertha Adkins, Arthur Flemming, Richard Nixon, Mrs. Nixon. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-125: “At swearing-in ceremony in HEW Auditorium,” with list of people in first three rows of theater seats. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-126: Closer view of audience members. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-127: “Friends from Salisbury.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-128: “Friends from Salisbury.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-129: “Family Members,” including list of names. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-130: “Family Members.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-131: “Four-and-a-half-year-old Todd N. R. Williams, of Washington, is introduced to Vice President Nixon by Miss Bertha Adkins today. Miss Adkins, who had just been sworn in as Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, described the boy as a very dear friend.” Date: 8/19/1958. Credit: United Press International Photo. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-132: Vice President and Mrs. Nixon greet Bertha Adkins. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-133: “Leonard Hall, Cecil Harden, Bertha Adkins, Meade Alcorn, Clare Williams.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-134: “Elliot Richardson – Asst. Secretary of HEW greets Bertha Atkins.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-135: “Fred Scribner, Maine – Len Hall, NY – Bertha Adkins – Meade Alcorn.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-136: “Ellen Sheppard – daughter of B.S.A’s cousin, William Sheppard.” Ellen gives Adkins a kiss. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-137: “Ellen Sheppard – daughter of B.S.A’s cousin, William Sheppard.” Ellen gives Adkins a kiss. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-138: “Secretary Flemming, B.S.A., F.P. Adkins (father of B.S.A.).” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-139: “Ed Wilson – Asst. Secretary HEW, Mrs. Flemming, F.P. Adkins.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-140: “Congressman Edward T. Miller – Md.; Sen. J. Glenn Beall, Md.; F.P. Adkins.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-141—157: Party for Bertha Adkins at Republican National Committee Headquarters, Aug. 1958. Credit: unknown.

2005-5-141: Meade Alcorn, Bertha Adkins, Arthur Flemming, and others. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-142: Alcorn reads from a paper; others applaud. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-143: Bertha Adkins receives a wrapped gift. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-144: Bertha Adkins examines her gift, a fancy glass bowl. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-145: An unidentified woman speaks to the RNC employees. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-146: Arthur Flemming speaks. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-147: Those assembled share a laugh, including Alcorn, Adkins, Flemming. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-148: All gather for a group photo. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-149: An unidentified man plays accordion while some of the ladies sing. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-150: “Bob Humphreys, Chauncey Robbins, Meade Alcorn, Bertha Adkins – August 1958.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-151: “Party at headquarters August 1958. At extreme left – Mrs. Floyd Lee – New Mexico – Rep. Nat’l. Committeewoman.” People line up for a buffet meal. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-152: “Meade Alcorn – chairman RNC; Bob Humphreys – staff RNC.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-153: “Farewell Party at RNC headquarters, August 1958. Are they listening to me or Meade Alcorn?” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-154: “Peggy Burdick, Judge George Hart.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-155: “Jo Good; Julie Kerlin – extreme right.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-156: “Left to right: Catherine Gibson, Mrs. Louis Rothschild, Bertha Adkins, Mrs. Peggy Burdick, Skip Nelson, Bob Humphreys, Jo Good.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-157: “Dr. William Walsh; Anne Wheaton – Asst. Press Sec. to Pres. Eisenhower; Bertha Adkins; Meade Alcorn.” One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-158: Bertha Adkins wears a formal gown and fur coat. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-159: Portrait of Bertha Adkins in front of large photo of DDE. Credit: Katherine Young, NYC. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-160: Portrait of Bertha Adkins with floral backdrop. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-161: Head and shoulders portrait of Bertha Adkins, with small smile, against dark backdrop. Credit: Chase, Washington, D.C. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-162: Head and shoulders portrait of Bertha Adkins, with small smile, against light background. Credit: unknown. Two 5x7 b/w prints.

2005-5-163: Head and shoulders portrait of Bertha Adkins, with large smile, against dark backdrop. Credit: Chase, Washington, D.C. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-164: Photo of Bertha Adkins, holding a birthday card, with Mamie Eisenhower, holding a pendant in a box. Adkins is wearing “IKE” earrings. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-165: “1956 Election Night.” Bertha Adkins, Bob Humphreys, and Leonard Hall. Credit: United Press. One 7x9 b/w print, one 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-166: Bertha Adkins and an unidentified man hold a long list related to DDE’s birthday, probably at Republican National Committee Headquarters. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-167: Bertha Adkins and Leonard Hall look at a poster for Poll Takers of America, Poll No. 1, Oct. 1955. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-168: Bertha Adkins and an unidentified man hold up a card printed with a pledge to vote on Nov. 6, 1956. Probably at RNC headquarters. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-169: L to R: Doris Purchase, John J. Allen, Marjorie H. E. Benedict, Bertha Adkins, and Jess M. Ritchie. Date: Sep. 28, 1954. Credit: Commercial Studios, Oakland, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-170: “L to R, Front Row: Bertha Adkins, Asst. to Chairman Nat Rep. Committee; Marjorie H. E. Benedict, Rep. Nat. Central – committee – from Calif.; Doris Purchase, Chairman of Reception; Upper: John J. Allen, Rep. 7th Congressional Dist. Calif.; Jess M. Ritchie, running for U.S. Rep for 8th Dist. Calif.” Date: Sep. 28, 1954. Credit: Commercial Studios, Oakland, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-171: Bertha Adkins illustrates a point. Date: Sep. 28, 1954. Credit: Commercial Studios, Oakland, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-172: L to R: Doris Purchase, John J. Allen, Marjorie H. E. Benedict, Bertha Adkins, and Jess M. Ritchie, at Oakland conference. Date: Sep. 28, 1954. Credit: Robert Stinnett. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-173: “Pages for the Women’s Program, “The Women Speak,” at the Republican National Convention, shown with Miss Bertha S. Adkins.” The young women are wearing GOP elephant “poodle skirts.” Credit: George Shimmon, Palace Hotel, San Francisco. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-174: “Mrs. Marjorie Benedict of California, Miss Bertha S. Adkins.” The women are holding a gavel. Credit: Reni Photos. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-175: Bertha Adkins, laughing, shakes an unidentified woman’s hand—while her left hand, fingers crossed, is held behind her back. Date: March 25, 1952. Credit: Dallas Morning News. One 8 x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-176: Headshot of Bertha Adkins wearing a wide-brimmed hat with netting. Date: March 25, 1952. Credit: Dallas Morning News. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-177: “Women’s Division, Republican National Committee, Republican Women’s National Conference, Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-11, 1955.” Bertha Adkins in front of elephant symbol and American flags. Credit: Schutz, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-178: Dwight D. Eisenhower, waving, with Bertha Adkins, Oveta Culp Hobby, and others. Credit: Wide World Photos, Inc. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-179: Dwight D. Eisenhower stands with Bertha Adkins and two unidentified women. Credit: unknown. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-180: Bertha Adkins poses for a photo with Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty (who rides a Republican elephant). Credit: unknown. One 8x8 b/w print.

2005-5-181: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins and Mrs. Mildred Strohm, Little River, Kansas – (1954).” The ladies clasp hands in front of a photograph of President Eisenhower. Credit: Chase, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-182: Bertha Adkins, wearing a Hawaiian lei, shakes hands with Mamie Eisenhower; Barbara Eisenhower is in the background. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-183: “L-R: Miss Bertha S. Adkins of Salisbury, Maryland – Assistant to the Chairman, Rep. Nat’l. Comm.; Mrs. Wilma Bourgeois of Altadena, California.” The ladies are holding hand bells with Republican slogans on them and are standing in front of portraits of DDE and Richard Nixon. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-184 Bertha Adkins and five unidentified women display a birthday greeting for President Eisenhower, signed by the members of The League of Republican Women of the District of (Columbia). Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-185: “Gov. Goodwin J. Knight of California, Mrs. Goodwin J. Knight, Miss Bertha Adkins.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-186: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins and Mr. John Clifford Folger.” Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-187: “BA – MB.” Bertha Adkins speaks at a podium. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-188: Bertha Adkins makes a point. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-189: “BA, Mrs. MacFarland, CK.” Bertha Adkins in the company of two other ladies. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-190: “BA; Mrs. Parker, Laguna Club Pres.; H. Ferrell, V.P. So. Dir.; CK.” Bertha Adkins in the company of three other ladies. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-191: “BA – CK.” Bertha Adkins and another lady. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-192: “BA; Dor. Goodknight – Long Beach; Reese Hausen (Press chm.) – Long Beach; Gladys O’Donnell – Long Beach.” Bertha Adkins and three other ladies. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-193: “BA – CK – Mrs. T[illegible] (Pres. Burbank Women’s R. Club).” Bertha Adkins and two other ladies. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-194: “BA - Lois Farris, San Marino, VP-State – Dee Thackaberry, Pres. San Marino Club – C Kenym, San Marino.” Bertha Adkins and three other ladies. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-195: “BA – Martha Tanney, Co. Pres. – Mary Wovley, No. Hollyrood Club Ex-Pres. – CK.” Bertha Adkins and three other ladies. Credit: Larry Harmon, Altadena, CA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-196: DDE gives the victory sign at the 1960 Republican National Convention. Bertha Adkins is to his left, Mamie Eisenhower on his right. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-197: Photo of Clare Booth Luce, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, at her desk; inscribed: “To Bertha, with love and admiration, Clare Booth Luce.” Credit: unknown. One 7 x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-198: Photo of Miss Frances Willis, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, exiting a car with an unidentified dignitary; inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins my friend of many years with every good wish, Frances S. Willis.” Credit: Pressbild A.G. Bern. One 5x6 b/w print on 8x10” mat.

2005-5-199: Portrait of Mrs. Oswald B. Lord, U.S. Representative, Commission on Human Rights; inscribed: “With love and admiration to my good friend Bertha, Mary P. Lord.” Credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print on 5x8 paper.

2005-5-200: Portrait of Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of the United States, August 10, 1955. Inscribed: “To Bertha – My best wishes always, Ivy Baker Priest.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-201: Portrait of Katherine G. Howard, of the Federal Civil Defense Administration, National Civil Defense Advisory Council, and U.S. Delegate to the NATO Civil Defense Committee. Inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins, whose humor, intellect, tenacity, courage, and political ability have made her one of America’s top women. With love and admiration from Katherine Howard, August 24, 1955.” Credit: Bradford Bachrach. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-202: Portrait of Alice Leopold, inscribed: “To Bertha, one of America’s finest women and my girlhood friend – Alice.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-203: Portrait of Alice K. Leopold, Assistant to the Secretary of Labor for Women’s Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-204: Portrait of Dorothy McCullough Lee, member of United States Board of Parole. Inscribed: “To Bertha – With my love – and admiration for her great capabilities, her devotion to principle and loyalty to her friends – Dorothy McCullough Lee.” Credit: unknown. One 8x9 b/w print on 8x10 paper.

2005-5-205: Portrait of Frances Marron Lee, U.S. Delegate Inter-American Commission of Women, Member U.S. Delegation 10th Inter-American Conference, Caracas, Venezuela. Inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins – Who keeps her “fences mended” and is the envy of political leaders! With a great deal of love and affection, Florence M. Lee.” Credit: Hessler. One 5x7 b/w print on 8x10 embossed stock.

2005-5-206: Portrait of “Daphne Robert Leeds, appointed Assistant Commissioner of Patents by President Eisenhower on July 17, 1953; confirmed July 31, 1953; sworn in by Secretary Weeks August 11, 1953.” Inscribed: “For Bertha S. Adkins – The envy of the “professional politician”! With affection and respect – Daphne.” Credit: Phyfe, NYC. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-207: Photo of “Mrs. Dorothy D. Houghton, Deputy Director of the Office for Refugees, Migration and Voluntary Assistance of the International Cooperation Administration.” Inscribed on front: “To Bertha, A Happy Birthday and deep affection always, Dorothy Houghton.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-208: Photo of an unidentified woman at her desk, inscribed: “To BSA – Pride of the Adkins, Maryland’s Queen, and Tops with the gals of the GOP. MGM.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-209: Portrait of “Mrs. Lorena B. Hahn, United States Representative, Status of Women Commission, United Nations.” Inscribed: “With respect and devotion, Lorena Hahn.” Credit: Claude Constable Studios. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-210: Portrait of “Mrs. Pearl C. Pace, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.” Inscribed: “8/24/55 – For Bertha on her Birthday: To one I respect and love: Respect for the effective work she is doing for her party and country; and love for being the wonderful person that she is. Pearl Carter Pace.” Credit: Chase, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-211: Portrait of “Mrs. Charles W. Weis, Jr., Advisory Committee, Civil Defense.” Inscribed: “To Bertha with admiration and love, Judy Weis.” Credit: Chase, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-212: Portrait of “Miss Jane Todd, Consultant, Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor.” Inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins with sincere affection from Jane Todd.” Credit: G. Maillard Kesslere, B. P., NYC. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-213: Portrait of “Beatrice Aitchison, Director, Transportation Research, Post Office Department.” Inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins – with hopes of celebrating lots more of your birthdays here! Beatrice Aitchison, August 24, 1955.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-214: Portrait of “Julia B. Kirlin, Special Advisor, Office of International Trade Fairs, U.S. Department of Commerce.” Inscribed: “To Bertha – good friend and great leader. Affectionately, Julia K.” Credit: Bradford Bachrach. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-215: Portrait of Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, inscribed: “Happy Birthday Dear Bertha, Oveta Culp Hobby.” Credit: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-216: Portrait of “Miss Mary Donlon, Judge of the United States Customs Court.” Credit: G. Maillard Kesslere, B. P., NYC. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-217: Portrait of “Miss Catherine B. Cleary, Vice President, First Wisconsin Trust Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.” Credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print on 5x8” paper.

2005-5-218: Photo of Bertha Adkins kissing cheek of Anne Wheaton; inscribed: To Bertha – With deep affection and “more kisses” – Annie.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-219: Photo of President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, and others with children; Bertha Adkins is in the background. Dated: Sept. 18, 1956. Credit: Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-220: Photo of President Eisenhower and Bertha Adkins seated at the President’s desk, August 30, 1956. Credit: United Press Associations. One 6 ½ x 8 ½ b/w print, one 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-221: “August 30, 1956: Miss Bertha Adkins, asst. chair Republican National Committee, reports to Pres. Eisenhower on the campaign G.O.P women will wage to get voters registered for Nov. elections. A.P. photo.” Photo taken on same occasion as #2005-5-220. Credit: Associated Press. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-222: “Fed meet 9/56 Chicago.” Bertha Adkins and two other women with 1956 convention badges stand for a photo. Credit: Norwood Park Photo—J. E. Day, Chicago. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-223: “Fed meet 9/56 Chicago.” Bertha Adkins and two other women with 1956 convention badges stand for a photo. Credit: Norwood Park Photo—J. E. Day, Chicago. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-224: DDE grins, fist on hip, as he speaks to the press. Anne Wheaton is seated to the right in the photo. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-225: Photo of Bertha Adkins with unidentified others, some wearing “IKE and DICK” buttons. Adkins is also wearing an “I Like PAT” button. Dated: Nov. 4, 1956. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-226: DDE speaks at Commencement at the American University, Washington, D.C., June 9, 1957. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-227: DDE is awarded an honorary degree at Commencement at the American University, Washington, D.C., June 9, 1957. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-228: “Aug. 9, 1957 – Swearing in ceremonies at White House – Fred C. Scribner Jr. as Under Secretary of Treasury.” Credit: White House. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-229: 1956 Election Night; Bertha Adkins, Bob Humphreys, and Leonard Hall. Similar to 2005-5-165. Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-230: “TELE-FRIEND” – Republican ladies posing with their phone receivers up. Bertha Adkins is standing at right side of photo. List of names present included. 1956. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-231: “Tele-Friend” – Mrs. Arthur Summerfield, Mrs. Chas. Wilson, Mrs. George Humphries, Mrs. Herbert Brownell, Mrs. Fred Seaton, and Mrs. Sinclair Weeks. 1956. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-232: “Thursday – Oct. 4, 1956 – Greeting Edward Thompson Wailes when he was sworn in as Ambassador to Hungary.” Edward Thompson Wailes and Bertha Adkins. Credit: United Press Associations. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-233: “Election Night 1956 – Bertha Adkins; Bob Humphreys, Republican National Committee Staff; Leonard W. Hall, Chairman Republican National Committee.” Credit: unknown. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-234: “Nov. 5, 1956 – Vice President visits Republican national Committee Staff and thanks them for their work during campaign.” Richard Nixon, Bertha Adkins, and Leonard Hall. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-235: “Union County Federation of Republican Women’s Luncheon, January 3, 1957, Congressional Hotel, Washington, D.C.” Bertha Adkins seated at left. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-236: Portrait of DDE and MDE seated on a bench, smiling at each other, on the White House lawn. Credit: unknown. One 6 x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-237: “Leonard W. Hall, Vice President Nixon, Arthur Summerfield, Fred Seaton, Sherman Adams, Bertha Adkins.” Dated: Nov. 4, 1956. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-238: “Breakfast – Statler Hotel, Jan. 31st, 1958 – The President; Meade Alcorn, Chairman R.N.C.” DDE and Alcorn appear to have caught their cuff buttons together, while Bertha Adkins laughs behind them. Credit: United Press. One 6 ½ x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-239: “Dinner at Sheraton Park, Washington, D.C., 1956.” Henry Cabot Lodge, Bertha Adkins, Sen. Andrew Schoeppel, Kansas, and Mrs. Schoeppel. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-240: Portrait of Mamie Eisenhower in 1957 inaugural ball gown, in front of a bench and large window. Credit: unknown. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-241: Aerial photograph of the White House, taken from the south side. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-242: “At White House, Nov. 6 – 1957.” DDE and Bertha Adkins in conversation. Credit: White House. One 7 ½ x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-243: “Miss A. at Portland State Convention, June 25, 1958, 3:30 pm, giving opening address.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ¼ x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-244: “Left to Right: Helen Terrey, Bertha Adkins, Ed Mayer, Aleene Smith, Jeanne Overbough. La Villita – San Antonio, Texas.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-245: “Left to Right: Bette Jo Buhler, Joe Sheldon, Nan Bocheller, Ed Mayer, Jeanne Overbough, Bertha Adkins, Helen Terrey, Thelma Black, Aleene Smith, Helen Healey. La Villita – San Antonio, Texas.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-246: “Aleene Smith, Bertha Adkins, Kotsie Keith (orchestra leader); La Villita, San Antonio, Texas.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-247: “Bertha Adkins and friend (vocalist with Kotsie Kieth Orchestra), La Villita, San Antonio, Texas.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-248: Portrait of Katherine St. George by Harris & Ewing, inscribed: “For Bertha with every good wish, Affectionately, Katherine St. George.” Credit: Harris & Ewing. One 7 ¼ x 10 b/w print.

2005-5-249: Photograph of Florence P. Dryer, inscribed: “Dear Bertha, The women of the Sixth District, h. g. are proud of your leadership. Florence P. Dryer.” Credit: Republican National Committee. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-250: Photograph of Mamie Eisenhower and Bertha Adkins displaying a scrapbook with DDE’s inaugural prayer on it. Dated Jan. 20, 1954. Credit: Photo by Abbie Rowe—Courtesy National Park Service. One 6x8 b/w print on 8x10 paper.

2005-5-251: Portrait of Margaret Chase Smith, inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins with good wishes, Margaret Chase Smith, U. S. S, Maine.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-252: “IN A HUDDLE WITH THE PRESIDENT: Left to right: Mrs. Oswald Lord, New York City, U.S. Representative on United Nations’ Human Rights Commission; Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Assistant to the Chairman, Republican National Committee; the President; Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, U.S. Treasurer.” Credit: Wild World Photos, Inc. One 8 x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-253: Portrait of Frances P. Bolton seated on a sofa; inscribed: “July 1951 – To my good friend Bertha Adkins with affectionate regards and appreciation, Frances P. Bolton WC, 22nd District – Ohio.” Credit: Harris & Ewing.” One 7x9 b/w print on 8x10” paper.

2005-5-254: Portrait of Edith Nourse Rogers, signed: “Edith Nourse Rogers, 1951.” Credit: unknown. One 4 ½ x 6 ½ b/w print adhered to embossed 8x10 paper.

2005-5-255: Portrait of Eva K. Bowring, inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins with admiration and appreciation, Eva Bowring, U. S. S. Nebraska.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-256: Portrait of Cecil M. Harden, inscribed: “With Best Wishes to my “Good Friend” Bertha. Cecil M. Harden.” Credit: Hessler, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-257: “Social Security Advisory Board, 1974-5. Left to right – (standing): Joseph Tonelli, Charles Siegfried, Kermit Gordon, Walter Burke, Arthur Larson, Dwight Wilbur, Whitney Young, Gabriel Hauge, Bert Seidman, Robert Tyson; left to right (seated): Robert Ball, Arthur Flemming, Bertha Adkins, Douglas Brown.” Credit: Social Security Administration. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-258—279: Photos from Royal Viking Line cruise to Pacific Northwest, ca. 1978. Credit: unknown.

2005-5-258: Snapshot of Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska, showing Visitor Center and totem poles. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-259: Snapshot: view of hilly coast with ice floating in the foreground. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-260: Snapshot: coast and floating ice. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-261: Snapshot: coast and floating ice. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-262: Snapshot: friend of Bertha Adkins by ship’s rail, in front of a glacier. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-263: Snapshot: face of a glacier. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-264: Snapshot: ship’s launch among floating ice. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-265: Snapshot: floating ice with a glacier in the background. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-266: Snapshot: face of a glacier, shot through ship window. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-267: Snapshot: face of a glacier, shot through ship window. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-268: Snapshot: face of a glacier. One 3 ½ x 5 b/w print.

2005-5-269: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and a female friend at a party. Accompanied by note: “July 3, 1968 – Dear Bertha: Thought you might like to have this reminder of reunion. If your campaigning brings you to this neck of the woods, don’t forget to let me know! Fondly, Ethlyn.” Date on back of photo may be June 27, 1968. One 3 x 4 ¼ color print.

2005-5-270: Snapshot of cruise ship “Royal Viking Sky” out of Trondheim. One 4 ¾ x 6 ½ color print.

2005-5-271: Snapshot of the face of a glacier. One 4 ¾ x 6 ½ color print.

2005-5-272: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins, fellow passengers, and cruise line employees at the gangway to the “Royal Viking Sky” in San Francisco. One 4 ¾ x 6 ½ color print.

2005-5-273: Snapshot of cruise passengers (including Bertha Adkins, fourth from left) with a glacier in the background. One 4 ¾ x 6 ½ color print.

2005-5-274: Snapshot of the cruise ship “Royal Viking Sky” in an icy fjord. One 4 ¾ x 6 ½ color print.

2005-5-275: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and fellow passengers at dinner on the cruise. One 4 ¾ x 6 ½ color print.

2005-5-276: Postcard showing dome of Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Published by Natural Color Productions Ltd., Richmond, B.C., Canada. One 4x6 color print.

2005-5-277: Postcard showing inside of Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Published by Natural Color Productions Ltd., Richmond, B.C., Canada. One 4x6 color print.

2005-5-278: Postcard showing inside of Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Published by Natural Color Productions Ltd., Richmond, B.C., Canada. One 4x6 color print.

2005-5-279: Postcard showing entrance to Stanley Park (Causeway), Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Published by Natural Color Productions Ltd., Richmond, B.C., Canada. One 4x6 color print.

2005-5-280—324: Photos taken during Bertha Adkins’ July 1979 cruise on the Baltic Sea. Credit: unknown.

2005-5-280: Snapshot of bridge over the Neva River, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-281: Snapshot of Pavlovsk Palace, near Saint Petersburg. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-282: Snapshot of the base of one of the Rostral Columns in front of the Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange (Central Naval Museum), Saint Petersburg. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-283: Snapshot of the Dragon Cascade at Peterhof Palace, near Saint Petersburg. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-284: Snapshot of the Peter and Paul Fortress on the Neva River, Saint Petersburg. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-285: Snapshot of an elevated street or walkway, location unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-286: Snapshot of Smolny Cathedral, Saint Petersburg. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-287: Snapshot of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia, with the domes of the Palace Church visible over trees. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-288: Snapshot of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia, with the golden domes of the Palace Church visible. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-289: Snapshot of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-290: Snapshot of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-291: Snapshot of an ornate fireplace in the Pavlovsk Palace, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-292: Snapshot of the interior of the chapel at Pavlovsk Palace, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-293: Snapshot of exterior of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-294: Snapshot of the Grecian Room, Pavlovsk Palace, near Saint Petersburg. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-295: Snapshot of a street in Gdansk, Poland. One 5 x 6 ¾ color print.

2005-5-296: Snapshot of the Grotto Pavilion in Catherine Park, Pushkin, Russia. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-297: Snapshot of the Peterhof Grand Palace and Grand Cascade, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-298: Snapshot of the façade of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-299: Snapshot of Palace Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 5 x6 ¾ color print.

2005-5-300: Snapshot from above the Grand Cascade at Peterhof Palace, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-301: Snapshot of the façade of Oliwa Cathedral, Gdansk, Poland. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-302: Snapshot of the Jordan Staircase in the Winter Palace, the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-303: Snapshot looking down the Canal from above the Grand Cascade at Peterhof Palace, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-304: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins with a traveling companion and cruise staff at the cruise ship’s gangway. One 5 x 6 ¼ color print.

2005-5-305: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins on the gangway of the cruise ship Royal Viking Star. One 4 ¾ x 7 color print.

2005-5-306: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and a travelling companion filling their plates at a buffet table aboard the cruise ship. One 4 ¾ x 7 color print.

2005-5-307: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and fellow passengers having drinks aboard the cruise ship. One 4 ¾ x 6 ¼ color print.

2005-5-308: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and fellow passengers about to dine aboard the cruise ship. One 4 ½ x 6 ½ color print.

2005-5-309: Snapshot of a decorated building in Gdansk, Poland. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-310: Snapshot of a decorated building in Gdansk, Poland. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-311: Snapshot of the old town square, Gdansk, Poland. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-312: Snapshot of a flower-filled garden or park, location unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-313: Snapshot of a traveling companion of Bertha Adkins standing in a flower-filled garden or park, location unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-314: Snapshot of a flower-filled garden or park, location unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-315: Snapshot of a fountain in the Peterhof Park, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-316: Snapshot of some of Bertha Adkins’ fellow travelers in front of the Grand Hotel in Sopot, Poland. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-317: Snapshot of a child playing on a paved area at the Grand Hotel in Sopot, Poland. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-318: Snapshot of the State Hermitage Museum on the bank of the Neva River, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 2 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-319: Snapshot of the State Hermitage Museum on the bank of the Neva River, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 2 ¼ x 5 color print.

2005-5-320: Snapshot of the State Hermitage Museum on the bank of the Neva River, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 2 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-321: Snapshot of the Winter Palace, the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-322: Snapshot of Palace Square with the Alexander Column, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-323: Snapshot of the General Staff Building on Palace Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-324: Snapshot of Isaakievskaya Square with the Monument to Nicolas I, Saint Petersburg, Russia. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-325: Postcard with image of the Pałac Młodzieży (Youth Palace), Katowice, Poland. Reverse is inscribed by Bertha Adkins to Fred P. Adkins, her father. Image credit: unknown. One 4 ¼ x 6 b/w print.

2005-5-326: Photo of Bertha Adkins giving Anne Wheaton a kiss on the cheek; Washington, D.C., 3 September 1957. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-327: Passport-style photo of Bertha Adkins from the 1970’s. Credit: unknown. Two 2x2 color prints.

2005-5-328: “8/7/52 – Mamie Eisenhower entertains three Republican National Committeewomen during their visit to her husband’s campaign headquarters in Denver. Shown with Mrs. Eisenhower are (left to right) Bertha S. Adkins of Salisbury, MD, Alma Schneider of Morrison, Colorado, S.F. Peary Heffelfinger of Wayzata, Minn.” Credit: illegible. One 6 ¾ x 8 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-329: Snapshot of the Maryland float in the 1953 Inauguration Parade; Washington, D.C., January, 1953. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 4 ¾ color print.

2005-5-330: Photo of DDE, Bertha Adkins, and Leonard Hall at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., 4/24/1953. Credit: Washington Post. One 6 ¾ x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-331: “Mr. Wailes, Mrs. Wailes, Mr. Simmons. May 29, 1953.” Credit: Dept. of State. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-332: “Miss Adkins, Mr. J.E. Green, Mr. Wailes.” May 29, 1953. Credit: Dept. of State. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-333: “Mr. Edward T. Wailes, Assistant Secretary of State.” May 29, 1953. Credit: Dept. of State. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-334: Portrait of Fred P. Adkins (father of Bertha Adkins) and cut-out signature. Credit: Sklar Studio, Salisbury, MD. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-335: “Mr. Fred P. Adkins receives a Silver Bowl as the “Man of the Community,” from the President of the Middle Atlantic Lumber Association. 1951.” Credit: Russ Allen, Philadelphia, PA. One 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-336: “Mr. Fred P. Adkins speaking at the dinner of the Middle Atlantic Lumbermen’s Association. 1951.” Credit: Russ Allen, Philadelphia, PA. One 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-337: “Middle Atlantic Lumber Association, 1951: Presented to Hon. Robert A. Taft, Senator, Statesman, Humanitarian, for his dynamic personal advocacy of Freedom and the free enterprise system, his unqualified opposition to socialistic trends in Government, and his purposeful Leadership in safeguarding the Welfare of America.” Credit: unknown. 7 ½ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-338: “Miss Bertha Adkins presents to Senator Robert A. Taft the PLAQUE she accepted for him from the Middle Atlantic Lumbermen’s Assn. 1951.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-339: “President of Middle Atlantic Lumbermen’s Association presents PLAQUE to Miss Bertha Adkins who accepted it for Senator Robert Taft.” Credit: Russ Allen, Philadelphia, PA. One 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-340: “Cleveland, August 1952. Left to right – Mrs. Catherine Howard; Mr. Gilmore Flues, 9th District Ohio, Candidate for Congress; Miss Bertha Adkins; Mr. Sherman Adams.” Credit: Paul V. Beck. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-341: “Bertha Adkins, Baltimore, Maryland, October 1952.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-342: “Timonium Fair, Maryland, May 23, 1953; Hugh D. Scott, Jr., Bertha Adkins (far right).” Credit: unknown. One 3 x 4 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-343: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins, chairman of the Women’s Division of the Republican National Committee, shakes hands with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during a reception on June 4 [1953] in Washington.” Credit: Dept. of State. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-344: “Mrs. Eisenhower receives a “LEATHER SCRAP BOOK” from Republican Women, with the President’s Inaugural Prayer inscribed in gold letters on the front and the following inscription on the back: Mamie Doud Eisenhower, with Love and Affection From the Republican Women of the United States January 20, 1954. The presentation was made by Miss Bertha Adkins.” Credit: Republican National Committee. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-345: “Luncheon given by Mrs. Alexander Wiley, January 21, 1954, Senate Dining Room, in honor of Wisconsin Delegates to Board Meeting of National Federation of Republican Women held in Washington, D.C., January 18-20.” Left to right around table: Miss Catherine Cleary, Mrs. Carol Kohler, Mrs. Joseph McCarthy, Mrs. John Byrnes, Mrs. Gardner Withrow, Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Senator Wiley, Mrs. W.W. Fox, Mrs. Wiley, Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Mrs. Alvin O’Konski, and Mrs. Melvin Laird. Credit: F. Clyde Wilkinson, Arlington, VA. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-346: “National Committee Staff meeting. February 1954; L. to R.: Bertha Adkins, W.J. Donald, A.D. Baumhart Jr., Leonard Hall, Robert Humphreys.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ¼ x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-347: “Members of Republican Centennial Committee, March 20, 1954. Seated L. to R.: Miss Bertha Adkins, Mrs. D. Ray Murdock, Vice President Nixon, Mrs. Neal Tourtellotte. Standing L. to R.: Norris J. Nelson, David W. Kendall, Frank J. Sulloway, Robert L. Pierce.” Credit: Wide World Photos, Inc. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-348: “President greets the Delegates to the Centennial Conference of the Women’s Division of the Republican National Committee. April 8, 1954.” Credit: Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-349: Bertha Adkins votes in the general election at Salisbury, MD, on April 27, 1954. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 5 b/w print.

2005-5-350: “Monday A. M., Oct. 11, 1954. – Mrs. Theodore S. Chapman, President of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, informs Mrs. Katie Louchheim, Director of Women’s Activities of the Democratic National Committee, and Miss Bertha Adkins, Assistant to the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, that the 5,000,000 United States members of the Federation have been urged to “Get Out the Vote”. Leaders in 15,000 local clubs in the 48 states are at work to make this campaign effective.” Credit: Reni Newsphoto Service. One 6 ¾ x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-351: “Pictured above left to right are Mrs. Marjorie Tanner Maguire, Miss Sarah Adkins of Oxford, Maryland; William D. Fugazy, Vice President of Fugazy Travel Bureau; Miss Winifred Helmes of St. Paul, Minn.; who is Assistant Director of the Women’s bureau of the Department of Labor; and Miss Bertha Adkins of Salisbury, Maryland; Assistant to the Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Miss Helmes and the Misses Adkins sailed Friday, November 5th, on the S. S. Excalibur for a two month extended tour of Europe and the Middle East.” Credit: John Rogers and Associates, Steamship Photographers; NYC. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-352—359: Photos from the Women’s Division Conference, RNC, at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-11, 1955.

2005-5-352: “Hon. Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of the United States; The Vice President and Mrs. Nixon; Miss Bertha Adkins. Taken at Women’s Conference, May 10-11, 1955.” Credit: unknown. One 6 ½ x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-353: “Miss Bertha Adkins; The President; Mr. Mack, Manager Mayflower Hotel.” Credit: Reni Newsphoto Service. One 6 ¾ x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-354: “Women’s Division, Republican National Committee – Republican Women’s National Conference, Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-11, 1955.” Bertha Adkins stands in front of an elephant emblem and American flags. Credit: Schutz, Washington, D.C. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-355: “Women’s Division, Republican National Committee – Republican Women’s National Conference, Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-11, 1955.” Bertha Adkins speaks to the attendees while DDE sits in a chair on stage. Credit: Schutz, Washington, D.C. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-356: “Women’s Division, Republican National Committee – Republican Women’s National Conference, Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-11, 1955.” DDE speaks to the attendees, May 10. Credit: Abbie Rowe. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-357: “Women’s Division, Republican National Committee – Republican Women’s National Conference, Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-11, 1955.” DDE shakes hands among the crowd; Bertha Adkins is behind him and to the left of the center of the photo. Credit: Washington Post. One 6 ¾ x 8 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-358: “Women’s Division, Republican National Committee – Republican Women’s National Conference, Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-11, 1955.” Attendees are seated for dinner. Bertha Adkins is at center of photo. Credit: Schutz, Washington, D.C. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-359: “Women’s Division, Republican National Committee – Republican Women’s National Conference, Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-11, 1955.” DDE speaks to attendees. Credit: Schutz, Washington, D.C. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-360: “Orientation field trip of new members of DACOWITS to Bainbridge, Maryland, February 14, 1955. L to R – Mrs. Catherine Marshall; Lt. Commander Camille Houck, Regimental Commander, Third Regiment, Waves Recruit Center; Miss Bertha Adkins.” Credit: U.S. Navy. One 6 ¼ x 6 b/w print.

2005-5-361: “Republican Women’s Club, New Jersey, January 31, 1955.” Credit: Virginia, Joy, and Jack Lamping, Toms River, NJ. One 3 ½ x 4 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-362: DACOWITS (Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services) orientation field trip to Bainbridge, MD, Feb. 14, 1955. Committee members stand for photo on steps outside of an unidentified building. Credit: unknown. One 2 ¾ x 4 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-363: DACOWITS (Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services) orientation field trip to Bainbridge, MD, Feb. 14, 1955. Committee members are seated in an office reconfigured into a classroom. Credit: unknown. One 2 ½ x 4 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-364: Very faded Polaroid of Bertha Adkins at the Republican Women’s National Conference, Washington, D.C., May 9-11, 1955. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-365: Print of a pencil or ink portrait of Leonard Hall by Harry S. Moskovitz, Philadelphia. Lower margin is signed, “To Bertha Adkins—All best wishes, (Len) Hall.” Credit: unknown. One 8 ½ x 11 b/w print.

2005-5-366: “Rochester, New York, July 1955. Mrs. Charles W. [Judy] Weis, Jr., National Republican State Committee Woman; Miss Bertha Adkins , assistant to the Chairman of Republican National Committee.” Credit: unknown. One 2 ¼ x 3 ½ color print.

2005-5-367: “Miss Bertha Adkins, assistant to the Chairman of the National Republican Committee, being interviewed by a radio official, July 1955.” Credit: unknown. One 2 ¼ x 3 ½ color print.

2005-5-368: “Bertha S. Adkins’ office at National Headquarters, Republican National Committee. July 1955.” Bertha Adkins is seated at her desk. Credit: Mrs. Peter Gibson, Monroe, MI. One 3x3 color print.

2005-5-369: “Mrs. Anne Wheaton and Miss Bertha Adkins in Miss Adkins’ office at Republican National Committee’s Headquarters, D.C. July 1955.” Credit: Mrs. Peter Gibson, Monroe, MI. One 3x3 color print.

2005-5-370: “One behalf of the Republican Women, Miss Adkins presents a Gold Bowl to Mrs. Eisenhower honoring her third anniversary in the White House. L to R: The President; Secretary of State Dulles; Secretary of Defense Wilson; Attorney General Bronell. January 21, 1956.” Credit: White House. One 7 ½ x 8 b/w print.

2005-5-371: “Norman P. Mason, F.H.A. Commissioner, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Faye Hartman, San Diego, California, New Director San Diego Office of F.H.A.; Miss Bertha Adkins, Assistant to the Chairman of the Republican National Committee.” Credit: unknown. One 4 ½ x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-372: “Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall and Bertha Adkins, head of Republican women, smile their pleasure in Washington Feb. 29 after President Eisenhower’s announcement that he is available for a second term. 2/29/56.” Credit: Associated Press. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-373: “Republican Women’s National Conference. March 7, 1956. L to R: Mrs. Edna B. Donald, Nebraska; Mrs. Frances Lee, New Mexico; The President; Miss Adkins; Mrs. Stubblefield, West Virginia.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-374: “Republican Women’s National Conference, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., March 7, 1956. L to R: Mrs. Frances Lee, Albuquerque; The President; Miss Bertha Adkins.” Credit: Schutz, Washington, D.C. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-375: “Republican Women’s National Conference, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., March 7, 1956.” DDE Speaks. Credit: Schutz, Washington, D.C. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-376: “Republican Women’s National Conference, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., March 7, 1956. L to R: Mrs. Frances Lee; The President; Miss Bertha S. Adkins.” Credit: Schutz, Washington, D.C. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-377: “Banquet at Sheraton Park Hotel, concluding a two day meeting of Republican leaders. L. to R.: Senator Knowland; Mrs. Nixon; Vice President Nixon; Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Bertha Adkins. April 1956.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-378: “L to R: Mrs. Edward Anderson; Mr. Gabriel Hauge; Mrs. Stewart Alexander; Miss Bertha S. Adkins; Senator Clifford Case. March 10, 1956.” Inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins, with all good wishes, Helen Anderson.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-379: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins greets Mrs. Faye Hartman, newly-appointed director of the San Diego office of the Federal Housing Administration—and the first woman in FHA’s history to be named to such a post. Norman P. Mason, FHA Commissioner, watches the greeting. March 22, 1956.” Credit: unknown. One 4 ½ x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-380: “L to R: Mr. R. M. Simpson; Miss Adkins; Mrs. Eisenhower; The President; Mr. Hall; The Vice President; Mrs. Nixon; Mr. Joseph Martin; Senator Schoeppel; Mr. C. Folger. Campaign Conference Dinner, Sheraton Park Hotel, D.C., April 17, 1956.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-381: DDE, Leonard Hall, and Richard Nixon at Campaign Conference Dinner, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 17, 1956. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-382: “Bertha Adkins; John Clifford Folger, Chairman, Republican National Finance Committee. April 16, 1956.” Credit: unknown. One 7 ¾ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-383: Photo (halftone) of DDE and MDE on a bench on the White House lawn, 1956. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 b/w print.

2005-5-384: Portrait of Bertha S. Adkins in front of an enlarged photo of DDE; 1956. Credit: Katherine Young, NYC. One 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-385—387: Photos from shooting of an ABC television program, College Press Conference, on July 22, 1956, featuring Bertha Adkins, Katie Louchheim, and producer/moderator Ruth Geri Hagy. Credit: unknown.

2005-5-385: Katie Louchheim, with a donkey puppet, and Bertha Adkins, with an elephant puppet, flank Ruth Geri Hagy. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-386: Ruth Geri Hagy faces Bertha Adkins, with an elephant statuette, and Katie Louchheim, holding a carved donkey, in front of a College Press Conference sign. One 6 ½ x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-387: Four college-student panelists flank Katie Louchheim, Ruth Geri Hagy, and Bertha Adkins as Geri Hagy is handed the sign for College Press Conference. One 6 ¼ x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-388: “Bertha S. Adkins attends National Housing Council Meeting held in Normandy Building. May 6, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 6 ½ x10 b/w print.

2005-5-389: “Bertha S. Adkins speaks at Honor Awards Ceremony, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. May 6, 1959.” Credit: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-390: “Georgina de Young and Bertha S. Adkins, Panama, May 15, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-391: “Mme. Vinever Grinberg of United Nations staff; Dr. Schelb of United Nations staff; and Bertha S. Adkins, U.S.A. – as 2nd Vice President, I presided over the session on the afternoon of May 20, 1959. The background is a very colorful mural depicting Bolivar and others who liberated Colombia.” Credit: J. M. Guzman, Bogota, Columbia. One 5 x 7 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-392: “Opening Session of Seminar, Bogota, Colombia; Uruguay speaking. May 18, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 4 x 5 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-393: “Here I ask that my nomination as Vice President be withdrawn until we agree on election procedure. Bertha S. Adkins, Dr. Schwelb, and President Esmeralda di Uribe. Seminar, Bogota, Colombia, May 18, 1959. Credit: unknown. One 4 x 5 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-394: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins holding a camera in front of an arched doorway. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 5 b/w print.

2005-5-395: “This is Uruguay and me – she has been the trouble maker, but that is not necessarily why I look so sad. May 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 4 x 5 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-396: “President Esmeralda di Uribe of Colombia in chair as delegate of Costa Rica – Sra. Angela Acuna de Chacon nominates for honorary president, Mme Lleras, wife of President of Colombia. Bogota, Colombia, May 18, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 4 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-397: Bertha Adkins, holding a camera, stands outdoors with two unidentified women. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 5 b/w print.

2005-5-398: “Speaking at Seminar on first day, Bertha S. Adkins and Dr. Schwelb. May 18, 1959, Bogota, Colombia. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 4 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-399: “Guatemala, Francia, Estodas Unidas (me). Behind me is Minerva Bernardino of Dominican Republic – Opening Session of Seminar – Bogota, Colombia – May 18, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ¼ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-400: “Canada in white hat in front row – Chile next to her – I am helping El Salvador while Francia (Martinique) is on my right. Spanish speaking peoples were listening to translation of a speech in English. The delegates were seated alphabetically. Opening Session of Seminar – Bogota, Colombia, May 18, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 4 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-401: “Receiving certificate of City of Bogota from the wife of the Mayor. May 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-402: “United States and El Salvador; Bogota, Colombia, May 18, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-403: Bertha Adkins and an unidentified woman stand in a garden; Bogota, Colombia. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 4 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-404: Bertha Adkins walks across a yard, holding a camera, while unidentified others hold conversations in the background near a tile-roofed building; Bogota, Colombia. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 5 b/w print.

2005-5-405: Bertha Adkins and two other women pause near a display of photos in a landscaped area; Bogota, Colombia. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 4 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-406: Bertha Adkins and other women examine little faux birds, possibly souvenirs; Bogota, Colombia. Credit: unknown. One 3 ¾ x 4 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-407: “Bertha S. Adkins holds press conference on Bogota. June 3, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-408: “Wilson College Commencement, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Agnes Flack, Bertha S. Adkins, and Dr. Dora Mae Clark. Dr. Flack received honorary degree of Doctor of Science. Miss Adkins was presented for the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. June 8, 1959.” Credit: R. L. Glessner, Chambersburg, Penna. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-409: “Bertha S. Adkins presents sculpture of Abraham Lincoln to Graciela Quan. Dr. Quan was reelected as Chairman of the Inter-American Commission of Women. Frances Lee, U.S. Representative, Inter-American Commission of Women, looks on. (2 pictures) June 18, 1959.” Bogota, May 18, 1959. Credit: Al. Muto Photos, Alexandria, VA. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-410: “Bertha S. Adkins presents sculpture of Abraham Lincoln to Graciela Quan. Dr. Quan was reelected as Chairman of the Inter-American Commission of Women. Frances Lee, U.S. Representative, Inter-American Commission of Women, looks on. (2 pictures) June 18, 1959.” Bogota, May 18, 1959. Credit: Pan American Union. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-411: “Gerald Fink, Winner of State Spelling Bee, St. Petersburg, Florida, Mrs. Fink, and Bertha S. Adkins. June 10, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-412: “Bertha S. Adkins addresses the American Library Association, Shoreham Hotel. June 22, 1959.” Credit: Chase, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-413: “Mrs. Marian Ingersoll, Champaign News Gazette, Urbana, Illinois, and Bertha S. Adkins. June 23, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-414: “National Leadership Training Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Left to right: Ludwig Caminita, Public Relations Consultant, Washington, D.C.; Ralph McGill, Editor Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.; Bertha Adkins, Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Harold M. Dorr, Dean of Statewide Education, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan; Margaret Hickey, Editor, Public Affairs, Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.; Theodor Koop, Director, CBS News and Public Affairs; and William Fitch, Director, Special Staff on Aging. June 25, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-415: “Left to right: Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Harold M. Dorr, Dean of Statewide Education, Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Michigan.” National Leadership Training Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 25, 1959. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-416: “Left to right: Ludwig Caminita, Public Relations Consultant, Sessions & Caminita, Washington, D.C.; Theodor Koop, Director, CBS News and Public Affairs; Ralph McGill, Editor, Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia; Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Margaret Hickey, Editor, Public Affairs, Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-417: “Left to right: Margaret Hickey, Editor, Public Affairs, Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.; Theodore Koop, Director, CBS News and Public Affairs; Ralph McGill, Editor, Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia; Bertha Adkins, Under Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Ludwig Caminita, Public Relations Consultant, Sessions and Caminita, Washington, D.C.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-418: “Bertha S. Adkins at Chautauqua, New York. Miss Adkins addressed the Woman’s Club at Chautauqua. (3 pictures) July 10, 1959.” Credit: Josephine U. Herrick, NYC. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-419: “Bertha S. Adkins at Chautauqua, New York. Miss Adkins addressed the Woman’s Club at Chautauqua. (3 pictures) July 10, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-420: “Bertha S. Adkins at Chautauqua, New York. Miss Adkins addressed the Woman’s Club at Chautauqua. (3 pictures) July 10, 1959.” Credit: Josephine U. Herrick, NYC. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-421: “Mr. William Fitch, Director, Special Staff on Aging, DHEW, at Chautauqua. Miss Adkins in doorway. July 10, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-422: “Summer 1959, Chautauqua Lake, NY; Loomis.” Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and others on a boat on Chautauqua Lake, NY, July 1959. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 3 ½ color print.

2005-5-423: “Summer 1959, Chautauqua Lake, NY; Loomis.” Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and others on a boat on Chautauqua Lake, NY, July 1959. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 3 ½ color print.

2005-5-424: “Summer 1959, Chautauqua Lake, NY; Loomis.” Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and others on a boat on Chautauqua Lake, NY, July 1959. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 3 ½ color print.

2005-5-425: “Winifred Helmes, Bertha S. Adkins, and Sarah Adkins before boarding plane to Scandinavian countries. Miss Adkins to make speech in Helsinki at American Day Weekend Festival. August 7, 1959; New York (Idlewild). Credit: Scandinavian Airlines System. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-426: “Bertha S. Adkins – Kiwanis Club Luncheon: Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., October 1, 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 3 ¼ x 4 b/w print.

2005-5-427: “Georgetown University Forum; Bertha S. Adkins, October 14, 1959.” Credit: Georgetown University News Service. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-428: “Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel – Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Miss Emily Johnson, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Mrs. Rollin Brown. October 21, 1959.” Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-429: Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, October 21, 1959. Miss Emily Johnson, Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Mrs. Rollin Brown. Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-430: Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, October 21, 1959. Bertha Adkins stands with a group of men and Emily Johnson. Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-431 Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, October 21, 1959. Bertha Adkins and others at dinner. Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-432: Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, October 21, 1959. Bertha Adkins chats with unidentified others. Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-433: “Bertha S. Adkins speaks at dinner of Columbia University Club of D.C., at the Mayflower Hotel Ballroom. October 21, 1959.” Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-434: Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, October 21, 1959. Bertha Adkins shakes hands of unidentified men. Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-435: Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, October 21, 1959. Bertha Adkins stands with a group of men and Emily Johnson. Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-436: Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, October 21, 1959. Bertha Adkins shakes hands of unidentified men. Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-437: Columbia University Club of D.C. Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, October 21, 1959. Bertha Adkins chats with unidentified others. Credit: Ackad, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-438: “Bertha S. Adkins addressed Mental Health Institute in Tucson, Arizona. November 2, 1959. Credit: unknown. One 7 ¾ x 8 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-439: “Ruth Gaddis Jeffries, Beth Carmack, Bertha S. Adkins, Marion Sundt, and Ann Eve Johnson, Tucson, Arizona, November 1959.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-440: “Denver, Colorado, November 4, 1959: Mr. Cleon Morgan, Public Assistance; Miss Ruth Bartlett, Children’s Bureau-Welfare; Mr. John G. Detmer, Regional Attorney; Dr. Albert H. Rosenthal, Regional Director; Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of HEW; Mr. Hugh McKenna, Assistant Director, OASI, Baltimore; and Mr. Richard A. Toomey, OASI.” Credit: Unknown. One 6 ¾ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-441: “Mr. John G. Detmer, Regional Attorney; Dr. Albert H. Rosenthal, Regional Director; Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary, and Mr. Hugh F. McKenna, Assistant Director, OASI, Baltimore, Maryland; November 4, 1959, Denver, Colorado.” Credit: unknown. One 6 ¾ x 9 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-442: “Bertha S. Adkins in the Copernicus Planetarium at Katowice, Poland, November 20, 1959.” Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 5 ¼ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-443: “Bertha S. Adkins in the Youth Palace at Katowice, Poland. November 20, 1959.” Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 7x7 b/w print.

2005-5-444: “Bertha S. Adkins with Frank Thomas of CARE and Professor Dryjsk at the Kasprzak St. Hospital in Warsaw, Poland. November 23, 1959.” Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 6 ¼ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-445: “Bertha S. Adkins with Mr. John Edmondson of CARE and Professor Dryjsk, Warsaw, Poland. November 23, 1959.” Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 6 ½ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-446: “Bertha S. Adkins and Professor Dryjsk of the Kasprzak St. Hospital, Warsaw, Poland. November 23, 1959.” Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 8 x 7 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-447: Bertha Adkins in discussion with others around table; Warsaw, Poland, 1959. Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 7 x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-448: Bertha Adkins in discussion with others around table; Warsaw, Poland, 1959. Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 7 ¼ x 7 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-449: Bertha Adkins walks with others through a snowy courtyard; Warsaw, Poland, 1959. Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 7 ¼ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-450: Bertha Adkins in discussion with others around table; Warsaw, Poland, 1959. Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 7 x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-451: Bertha Adkins with unidentified men at the Poznan Center of Natural Medicine, November 14-25, 1959. Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 7 x 7 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-452: “Bertha S. Akdins at Koscian County Farm, Poznan, Poland. November 21, 1959.” Credit: R.S.W. PRASA, Warsaw, Poland. One 7 ¼ x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-453: “March of Dimes – Coffee Party at home of Mrs. Arthur Fleming. Bertha Adkins, Under Secretary, HEW, January 12, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-454: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins presents Congressman Schwengel with Lincoln medal at Lincoln Dinner. February 11, 1960.” Inscription by Schwengel is illegible. Credit: Capitol Photo Service, Inc, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-455: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins presents Carl Sandburg with Lincoln medal at the Lincoln Dinner. Feb 11, 1969.” Credit: Capitol Photo Service, Inc., Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-456: “Earl Schenck Miers, editor-in-chief of the chronology Lincoln Day By Day, presenting Volumes I and II to Bertha S. Adkins, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, at Lincoln Symposium in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress on “The Current State of Lincoln Scholarship.” February 11, 1960.” Credit: Library of Congress. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-457: “David C. Mearns, Assistant Librarian for the American Collections and Chief of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress; and Bertha S. Adkins, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, at Lincoln Symposium in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress on “The Current State of Lincoln Scholarship.” February 11, 1960.” Credit: Library of Congress. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-458: “On February 11, 1960, the Library of Congress and the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission joined in sponsoring a Lincoln Symposium in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress on “The Current State of Lincoln Scholarship.” Pictured here from left to right are Miss Bertha Adkins, Under Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, who is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission; Representative Schwengel of Indiana; Richard N. Current, Professor of History and Political Science at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina; and Earl Schenck Miers, editor-in-chief of the chronology Lincoln Day By Day.” Credit: Library of Congress. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-459: “On February 11, 1960, the Library of Congress and the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission joined in sponsoring a Lincoln Symposium in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress on “The Current State of Lincoln Scholarship.” Pictured here, presenting the main address “The Lincoln Theme—Unexhausted and Inexhaustible, is Richard N. Current, Professor of History and Political Science at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina; and Miss Bertha Adkins, who is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission and Under Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. ” Credit: Library of Congress. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-460: “On February 11, 1960, the Library of Congress and the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission joined in sponsoring a Lincoln Symposium in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress on “The Current State of Lincoln Scholarship.” Pictured here, presenting the main address “The Lincoln Theme—Unexhausted and Inexhaustible,” is Richard N. Current, Professor of History and Political Science at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina; and Miss Bertha Adkins, who is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission and Under Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. ” Credit: Library of Congress. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-461: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins and Carl Haverlin of Broadcast Music, Inc., at Lincoln Dinner. February 11, 1960. Credit: Capitol Photo Service, Inc., Washington, D.C. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-462: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins and Carl Haverlin of Broadcast Music, Inc., at Lincoln Dinner. February 11, 1960. Credit: Capitol Photo Service, Inc., Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-463: “Opening Session of White House Conference on Children and Youth at University of Maryland. President Eisenhower, Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of HEW, Mrs. Rollin Brown, National Chairman, White House Conference on Children and Youth, and James Hagerty, Press Secretary. March 27, 1960.” Credit: Capital Photo Service, Inc., Washington, D.C. One 8x10 color print.

2005-5-464: “Getting into musical campaign mood at Republican supper; Mrs. Peter Gibson, President of the National Federation of Republican Women; Mr. I. Lee Potter, Director of “Operation Dixie” for the Republican National Committee and Republican State Chairman from Virginia, and Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Republican congresswomen and presidential appointees honored at Sheraton-Park Hotel. March 31, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-465: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare at Honor Awards Ceremony, HEW auditorium, April 12, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 4 ¼ x 5 b/w print.

2005-5-466: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Ivy Baker Priest, and Clare B. Williams.” Credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-467: “Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Dr. Hurst R. Anderson, President, The American University, Chairman, Finance Committee, White House Conference on Children and Youth; Miss Catherine Stevens, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Mr. Maxwell Hahn, The Field Foundation; Miss Helen B. Hamer, Publications Consultant, White House Conference on Children and Youth; Mr. Stanton Belfour, Howard Heinz Foundation; Mr. Ephraim R. Gomberg, Executive Director, White House Conference on Children and Youth; Mr. Fred M. Lange, Dallas Community Chest Trust Fund; Mr. W. Hardin Goodman, Alfred I. DuPont Institute of the Nemours Foundation; Miss Doris Goss, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Mr. Laurence B. Moore, The Field Foundation; Dr. Fred Armstrong, U.S. Steel Foundation; Mrs. Cara Williams; Dr. Thomas Parran, Avalon Foundation; Dr. A.R. Shands, Jr., Alfred I. DuPont Institute of the Nemours Foundation.” Credit: unknown. One 7x9 b/w print.

2005-5-468: “Luncheon, Naval Weapons Plant, National Advisory Committee, White House Conference on Aging. Secretary of HEW, Arthur Flemming; Robert W. Kean, Chairman, Advisory Committee, WHCA; Robert H. Grant, Director, Special Staff on Aging; Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of HEW; and Dr. James Watt, Special Assistant to the Secretary for Aging. May 13, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-469: “Secretary Flemming speaks at Luncheon, National Advisory Committee, White House Conference on Aging. Seated, Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary, HEW, and Robert W. Kean, Chairman, Advisory Committee, White House Conference on Aging. May 13, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-470: “Bertha S. Adkins greets Council of Small Colleges. May 16, 1960.” Credit: Vincent A. Finnigan, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-471: “Lt. Colonel Lucile G. Odbert, Commandant of the U.S. Women’s Army Corps School, Fort McClellan, Alabama, greets guests at reception: Judge Edward G. McLaughlin, Anniston; Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; and Mrs. McLaughlin. Miss Adkins delivered the graduation address in the WAC Chapel. June 3, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-472: “Honored at the WAC Officer Advanced Class Dinner are: Colonel Lon H. Smith, Bertha S. Adkins, Lt. Colonel Lucile G. Odbert, and Colonel Mary Louise Milligan. U.S. WAC Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama. June 3, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-473: Bertha Adkins in line shaking hands; U.S. WAC Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama, June 3, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-474: Bertha Adkins in line shaking hands; U.S. WAC Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama, June 3, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-475: Bertha Adkins at reception; U.S. WAC Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama, June 3, 1960. Credit: U.S. Army. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-476: Reception, U.S. WAC Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama, June 3, 1960. Credit: U.S. Army. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-477: Bertha Adkins stands with officers, possibly faculty; U.S. WAC Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama, June 3, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-478: “Regimental Graduation Retreat Review held at the Women’s Army Corps Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama. In official reviewing party are: Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of HEW; Lt. Colonel Lucile G. Odbert, Commanding Officer of the U.S. WAC Center; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan, Director of the Women’s Army Corps; and Col. Lon H. Smith, Commanding Officer of Fort McClellan. June 3, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-479: “14 May 1960. The 18th Anniversary WAC Reception, Crystal Room, Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia. (L to R) Colonel Mary A. Hallaren; Colonel M. L. Milligan; Lt. Colonel Hoisington and Under Secretary for Health, Education & Welfare Bertha Adkins.” Credit: U.S. Army. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-480: “Governor Del Sesto and Mrs. Del Sesto, R.I., Governor Aronson, Mrs. Aronson and daughter, Montana; and Bertha S. Adkins – Governor’s Conference, Glacier National Park, Montana, June 27, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-481: “Governor Del Sesto and Mrs. Del Sesto, R.I., Governor Aronson, Mrs. Aronson and daughter, Montana; and Bertha S. Adkins – Governor’s Conference, Glacier National Park, Montana, June 27, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-482: Bertha Adkins sits with an unidentified group of 37 people in business attire for a photograph, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 7 ½ x 10 b/w print.

2005-5-483: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins disembarking from an American Airlines plane at Little Rock Airport, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 4x5 b/w print.

2005-5-484: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins being greeted by an unidentified man at Little Rock Airport, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 4x5 b/w print.

2005-5-485: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins standing with an unidentified man at Little Rock Airport, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 4x5 b/w print.

2005-5-486: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins shaking hands with Arkansas State Police officers at Little Rock Airport, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 4x5 b/w print.

2005-5-487: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins with unidentified others including Little Rock Police and Arkansas State Police officers at Little Rock Airport, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 4x5 b/w print.

2005-5-488: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins with two unidentified men and a woman at Little Rock Airport, 1960. Credit: unknown. One 4x5 b/w print.

2005-5-489: “Bertha S. Adkins receives Honorary Citizenship from John Christian, Mayor President, Municipal Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Miss Adkins spoke at Aging Conference in Baton Rouge. September 21, 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-490: “Opening rally of “PAT WEEK” at Butler Air Terminal, prior to departure of Nixon campaign plane. Bertha S. Adkins speaks at rally. Seated left to right: Mrs. Peter Gibson, President, National Federation of Republican women, Mrs. Nixon and the Vice President. (3 pictures) October 3, 1960, Washington, D.C.” Credit: Scot, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-491: Opening rally of “PAT WEEK” at Butler Air Terminal, prior to departure of Nixon campaign plane. Bertha S. Adkins, Mrs. Nixon and the Vice President. October 3, 1960, Washington, D.C. Credit: Scot, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-492: Opening rally of “PAT WEEK” at Butler Air Terminal, prior to departure of Nixon campaign plane. Bertha S. Adkins, (unidentified), Mrs. Peter Gibson. October 3, 1960, Washington, D.C. Credit: Scot, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-493: “White House Conference on Children and Youth, Executive Committee meet the President at the White House—Mrs. Rollin Brown, Mrs. Katherine Oettinger, Dr. Hurst Anderson, Miss Bertha S. Adkins and others, October 10, 1960.” Credit: United Press International. Two 8x10 b/w prints.

2005-5-494: White House Conference on Children and Youth, Executive Committee meet the President at the White House—Mrs. Rollin Brown, Mrs. Katherine Oettinger, Dr. Hurst Anderson, Miss Bertha S. Adkins and others, October 10, 1960. Credit: White House. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-495: “White House Conference on Children and Youth, Executive Committee meet the President at the White House—Mrs. Rollin Brown, Mrs. Katherine Oettinger, Dr. Hurst Anderson, Miss Bertha S. Adkins and others, October 10, 1960.” Credit: United Press International. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-496: “Queen of Denmark, Mrs. Ozbirn, GFWC, Bertha S. Adkins, and Perle Mesta at luncheon, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1960.” Credit: Chase Ltd., Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-497: “Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, discusses Nursing Home Research, Education and Service Center with ANHA President, Florence L. Baltz, during the recent annual convention of the American Nursing Home Association, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., October 17-21, 1960.” Credit: Ralph Pierce Studio, Dixon, IL. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-498: “Minister of Nigeria, Bertha S. Adkins, and Dr. Frederika Tandler at UNESCO meeting in Paris, November 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 7 x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-499: “Delegates from Nigeria and Liberia at opening in Paris of the 11th UNESCO general conference, November 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 7 x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-500: “Mr. and Mrs. S.F. Cheng, Dr. Frederika Tndler, Division of International Education, Office of Education, DHEW, and Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, at reception given by the Director General at UNESCO in Paris, December 1960.” Credit: unknown. Two 7 x 9 ¼ b/w prints.

2005-5-501: “Luncheon for delegates at the 11th UNESCO general conference, November 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 7 x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-502: “A delegate at the 11th UNESCO general conference, Paris, November 1960.” Credit: unknown. One 7 x 9 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-503—518: Photographs taken from an album given to Bertha Adkins on an official HEW trip to Poland in 1959. Tooled leather cover of album measures 8 x 13 ½ x 1 ½”; decorated with floral and geometric motifs and tassel. Album cover preserved with collection. Photograph credits unknown.

2005-5-503: Bertha Adkins and an unidentified man stand in front of a display case with a stuffed elephant toy on top. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-504: Bertha Adkins, holding a nosegay of flowers, visits with two children in dressing gowns. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-505: Bertha Adkins smiles at a toddler in a crib in what appears to be a hospital nursery. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-506: Bertha Adkins, holding carnations, visits a patient in a hospital bed. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-507: Bertha Adkins. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-508: Bertha Adkins, holding carnations, speaks with unidentified others in front of a set of double doors. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-509: Bertha Adkins speaks with unidentified others. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-510: Bertha Adkins speaks with unidentified others. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-511: Bertha Adkins is shown a steaming kettle by a man in a white doctor’s coat. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-512: Bertha Adkins is shown a chart by a man in a white doctor’s coat. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-513: Bertha Adkins is pictured with an unidentified man. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-514: Bertha Adkins is shown with a man in a white doctor’s coat and an unidentified woman. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-515: Bertha Adkins listens to a man in a white doctor’s coat as he gestures with his hands. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-516: Bertha Adkins and unidentified others are seated at a table with an American flag decoration. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-517: Bertha Adkins and unidentified others are seated at a table with an American flag decoration. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-518: Bertha Adkins signs an album. One 5x7 b/w print.

2005-5-519—561: Photos and postcards removed from an album given to Bertha Adkins by the Polish government on a goodwill delegation to Poland in 1959. Tooled leather album cover measures 11 x 15 ½ x 1 ¾” and is decorated with arms of Polish cities. All text in album is in Polish. Album is preserved with collection.

2005-5-519: Photograph of the exterior of a girl’s school in Poznan, Poland. Credit: unknown. One 6 ½ x 7 b/w print.

2005-5-520: Girl students read textbooks at double desks in a classroom. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-521: Girl students read textbooks at double desks in a classroom. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-522: Girl students, with their teacher, do schoolwork in a classroom. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-523: Students perform chemistry experiments, with their teacher in a white lab coat, in a classroom. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-524: Students do physics experiments in a classroom. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5x6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-525: Students use microscopes in a biology classroom. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-526: Students in gym uniforms drill with hula hoops in the schoolyard. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-527: A quartet of female students poses for a photo. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-528: Girl students in school uniforms use rakes and shovels to tidy the grounds. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-529: A group of students reads books in a library. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-530: A group of students sits around a table reading books and magazines. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-531: A classroom-full of students watches a television. Credit: Foto Angelo, Poznan. One 5 x 6 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-532: Postcard showing a statue of Frédéric Chopin located in Warsaw, Poland. Statue was designed by Wacław Szymanowski One 4 ¼ x 5 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-533: Postcard bearing a portrait of Frédéric Chopin by George Sand. One 4 ¼ x 5 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-534: Photo montage of Chopin’s birthplace in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. Credit: unknown. One 7 x 9 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-535: Photo of a road and trees with a title in Polish and the name of C. K. Norwid, a Polish poet. In lower right corner is image of an artwork with abstracted trees and piano keys. Credit: unknown. One 5 ½ x 7 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-536: Photo of Lew Obarin (Lev Oborin) of the USSR, a winner of the 1927 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Credit: unknown. One 3 x 3 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-537: Photo of Aleksander Uníński (Aleksander Uninski) of France, a winner of the 1932 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Credit: unknown. One 2 ¾ x 3 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-538: Photo of Jakub Zak (Jakov Zak) of the USSR, a winner of the 1937 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Credit: unknown. One 3 x 3 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-539: Photo of Halina Czerny-Stefańska (Halina Czerny-Stefanska) of Poland, a winner of the 1949 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Credit: unknown. One 3 x 3 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-540: Photo of Bella Dawidowicz (Bella Davidovich) of the USSR, a winner of the 1949 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Credit: unknown. One 3 x 3 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-541: Photo of Adam Harasiewicz of Poland, a winner of the 1955 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Credit: unknown. One 2 ¾ x 3 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-542: Photo montage of two pianists playing Chopin, and Chopin’s silhouette. Credit: unknown. One 5 ½ x 7 ¼ b/w print.

2005-5-543: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Poznan and a watercolor of Poznan City Hall. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-544: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Szczecin and a watercolor of the Chrobry Embankment (Waly Chrobrego) on the Oder River. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-545: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Sopot and a watercolor of boats on the bay in front of the Grand Hotel. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-546: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Giżycko and a watercolor of a pier and boat on a lake. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-547: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Gliwice and a watercolor of the Gliwice City Hall. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-548: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Katowice and a watercolor of a rail yard and industrial development. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-549: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Wieliczka with a watercolor of the salt sculpture of the legendary finding of Queen Kinga’s ring at the salt mine in Wieliczka. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-550: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Opole with a watercolor of part of the old city. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-551: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Wałbrzych with a watercolor of an industrial skyline. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-552: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Zielona Góra with a watercolor overview of the city. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-553: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Jelenia Góra with a watercolor of the market square in that city. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-554: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Kielce with a watercolor of the Kielce Bishops’ Palace. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-555: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Zakopane and a watercolor view of the town and mountains. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-556: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska with a watercolor view of the monastery there. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-557: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Tarnów and a watercolor of the Town Hall and Market Square. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-558: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Oświęcim (Auschwitz) and a watercolor of the fence of the nearby WWII concentration camp. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-559: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Łowicz and a watercolor of the marketplace and cathedral there. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-560: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Łodź and a watercolor of Liberty Square. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-561: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Radom and a watercolor of a city street. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-562: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Otwock and a watercolor of the sanatorium there. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-563: Color postcard bearing the city arms of Kalisz and a watercolor of the Wojciech Bogusławski Theater. Credit: A. B. and M. Wochna. One 4 ¼ x 6 color print.

2005-5-564—709: Photos and two slides removed from album titled “OUR TRIP TO CHINA 1977”. Commercially-made album cover of ivory-colored vinyl over cardboard with golden border and rub-on letters measured 12x13x1”. Cover destroyed 6/3/10 NRB.

2005-5-564: Snapshot of people sitting in a rail coach, including traveling companions of Bertha Adkins. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-565: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins, in coat and furry hat, standing with her camera in the aisle of a rail coach. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-566: Snapshot of Chinese children making a presentation. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-567: Snapshot of Chinese children performing a dance. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-568: Snapshot of Chinese children tucking dance wands into their belts. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-569: Snapshot of Chinese children performing a dance. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-570: Snapshot of Chinese children performing gymnastics. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-571: Snapshot of Chinese children performing a dance with flowers and tambourines. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-572: Snapshot of a large group of Chinese children performing stretches in a yard. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-573: Snapshot of Chinese children practicing dance moves in a studio. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-574: Snapshot of Chinese children practicing dance moves in a studio. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-575: Snapshot of a young Chinese girl playing a hammered dulcimer with portraits of Mao and Hua Guofeng hanging on the wall behind her. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-576: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins wearing a surgical mask and watching Chinese children dance from beneath a portrait of Karl Marx. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-577: Snapshot of Chinese children and an adult woman in a gateway. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-578: Snapshot of Chinese children seated in a classroom in front of a poster. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-579: Snapshot of one of Bertha Adkins’ travelling companions with two Chinese girls. Photo is very dark. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-580: Snapshot of Chinese musicians on traditional stringed instruments. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-581: Snapshot of Chinese musicians on traditional stringed instruments. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-582: Snapshot of Chinese musicians on traditional stringed instruments. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-583: Snapshot of Chinese students playing stringed instruments. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-584: Snapshot of Chinese students playing stringed instruments. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-585: Snapshot of Chinese students playing violins. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-586: Snapshot of a Chinese man playing a sheng (mouth organ). Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-587: Snapshot of people outside a temple, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-588: Snapshot of people walking through a building, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-589: Snapshot of an elaborately decorated ancestor altar, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-590: Snapshot of a warrior-like figure on a Chinese alter, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-591: Snapshot of an unidentified woman looking at a bird sculpture in front of a gateway, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-592: Snapshot of a garden area with trees and benches, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-593: Snapshot of a traveling companion of Bertha Adkins on a terrace with a table and benches, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-594: Snapshot of a traveling companion of Bertha Adkins standing in a courtyard in the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-595: Snapshot of people walking toward a building at the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-596: Snapshot of an unidentified woman standing in front of a bronze Quilin statue in the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-597: Snapshot of people walking through a gate, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-598: Snapshot of the Tower of Buddhist Incense at the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-599: Snapshot of model buildings in a museum, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-600: Snapshot of model buildings in a museum, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-601: Snapshot of the Nine Dragon Screen inside the Imperial Palace Museum (Forbidden City), Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-602: Snapshot of people walking through a pavilion, possibly in the Imperial Palace Museum, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-603: Snapshot of a passageway in the Imperial Palace Museum (Forbidden City), Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-604: Snapshot of a rockery in front of the Bower of Crimson Snow at the Imperial Palace Museum, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-605: Snapshot of an alleyway in the Imperial Palace Museum, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-606: Snapshot of a child placing his hand in the mouth of a bronze lioness at the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-607: Snapshot of a covered walkway, possibly at the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-608: Snapshot looking down the Long Corridor at the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-609: Snapshot of a painting of pandas in the Long Corridor at the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-610: Snapshot of the Marble Boat at the Summer Palace, Beijing. The lake is frozen and people are walking on the ice. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-611: Snapshot of two unidentified people and a bus in front of a Communist Government building. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-612: Snapshot of frozen Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-613: Snapshot of a sleeping woman in a twin bed; possibly Bertha Adkins’ hotel roommate. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-614: Snapshot of an unidentified Chinese man and woman. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-615: Snapshot of the inside of a tea house, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-616: Snapshot of the inside of a tea house, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-617: Snapshot of the inside of a tea house, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-618: Snapshot of an elderly Chinese woman in front of a display case of garments. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-619: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and unidentified others partaking in a meal of dumplings. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-620: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and an elderly Chinese woman in front of a display of photographs. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-621: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and an elderly Chinese woman in front of a display of photographs. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-622: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and an elderly Chinese woman laughing together. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-623: Snapshot of an unidentified man in front of a painting of young people in ethnic costumes with bicycles. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-624: Snapshot of artwork featuring Chinese ethnic groups. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-625: Snapshot of artwork featuring Chinese ethnic groups. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-626: Snapshot out of bus window showing the Great Wall of China winding over hills in the distance. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-627: Snapshot of the Great Wall beyond a small building and walls. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-628: Snapshot of the Great Wall of China. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-629: Snapshot of people walking atop the Great Wall. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-630: Snapshot of people in front of a gate and large rocks at the Ming Dynasty Tombs near Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-631: Snapshot up the walkway leading to one of the 13 Ming Dynasty Tombs. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-632: Snapshot of a glass case containing crowns and jewelry of a Ming empress excavated from one of the tombs. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-633: Snapshot of a statue of an official along the Ming Tombs Spirit Way. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-634: Snapshot of a statue of an elephant along the Ming Tombs Spirit Way. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-635: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins posing with an elephant statue along the Ming Tombs Spirit Way. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-636: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins waving from a limousine parked in a building with other vehicles. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-637: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins in a bus seat. She is wearing a coat and cap, and is looking down. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-638: Snapshot of a travelling companion of Bertha Adkins, wearing a coat and hat. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-639: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins, wearing a mask over mouth and nose, and two other women standing at the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City, Beijing. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-640: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins seated on a long bench in a waiting room, as in an airport or train station. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-641: Snapshot of a travelling companion of Bertha Adkins in a wooden room, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-642: Snapshot of the long stairway up to the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen at Nanjing, China. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-643: Snapshot of a pond and bridge in a Japanese garden, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-644: Snapshot of a pond and stone lantern in a Japanese garden, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-645: Snapshot of a travelling companion of Bertha Adkins in the garden at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-646: Snapshot of people walking towards the Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-647: Snapshot of a building at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-648: Snapshot of a roof gable at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-649: Snapshot at Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-650: Snapshot at Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-651: Snapshot of the gardens at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-652: Snapshot of a wooden Binzuru statue at Todai-ji Temple, Nara, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-653: Snapshot of a gate at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-654: Snapshot of the ornate roof of a gate at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-655: Snapshot of a travelling companion of Bertha Adkins in front of the Torii of Kasuga Shrine, Nara, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-656: Snapshot of stone lanterns at Kasuga Shrine in Nara, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-657: Snapshot at Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-658: Snapshot at Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-659: Snapshot of buildings, location unknown, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-660: Snapshot of a roof gable at Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-661: Snapshot of the roof of Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-662: Snapshot of the roof of Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-663: Snapshot of Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-664: Snapshot of the gardens at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-665: Snapshot of the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-666: Snapshot at Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-667: Snapshot of a Noh stage, location unknown, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-668: Snapshot at Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-669: Snapshot at Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-670: Snapshot of a travelling companion of Bertha Adkins beneath a torii at the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-671: Snapshot of a travelling companion of Bertha Adkins petting a deer at Todai-ji Temple and Deer Park in Nara, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-672: Snapshot of sake barrel offerings at a shrine, location unknown, Japan. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-673: Snapshot of buildings and topiaries at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-674: Snapshot of a roof at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-675: Snapshot of buildings at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-676: Snapshot of a travelling companion of Bertha Adkins in front of buildings at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-677: Snapshot of buildings and statues at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-678: Snapshot of buildings and statues at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-679: Snapshot of a building at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-680: Snapshot of the Phra Si Rattana Chedi at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-681: Snapshot of buildings at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-682: Snapshot of the wall at the base of the Phra Si Rattana Chedi at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-683: Snapshot of a hill-shaped rock garden at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-684: Snapshot of giant guardian statues at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-685: Snapshot of elaborately tiled architecture at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-686: Snapshot of the Golden Buddha at Wat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha), Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-687: Snapshot of candles and objects around the Golden Buddha at Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-688: Snapshot of two gold-leafed Buddha statues at Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-689: Snapshot of a colorful decoration next to a gold-leafed Buddha statue at Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-690: Snapshot of candles and objects around the Golden Buddha at Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-691: Snapshot across a body of water, taken from a balcony. Location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-692: Snapshot of a building with giant decorations for the Chinese New Year, taken from a balcony during the daytime. Location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-693: Snapshot of a building with giant decorations for the Chinese New Year, taken from a balcony at night. Location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-694: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins (right) and a travelling companion posed by a railing, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-695: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins (right) and a travelling companion indoors, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-696: Snapshot of a travelling companion of Bertha Adkins standing on barren, rocky ground overlooking a coastline; location unknown. Possibly in Hawaii. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-697: Snapshot of a rocky outcrop with clouds in background; location unknown. Possibly in Hawaii. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-698: Snapshot taken, through a window, of a tree and a large body of water; taken during daytime. Location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-699: Snapshot taken, through a window, of a tree and a large body of water; taken during sunset. Location unknown. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 color print.

2005-5-700: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins, dressed for winter, standing on top of the Great Wall of China. Credit: unknown. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-701: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins, dressed for winter, standing on top of the Great Wall of China. Credit: unknown. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-702: Snapshot of Bertha Adkins and a travelling companion at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: unknown. One 5x7 color print.

2005-5-703: Travelling companion of Bertha Adkins with unidentified others, location unknown. Credit: unknown. One color slide.

2005-5-704: Bertha Adkins, dressed for winter and with face partially covered, stands on a bus. Location unknown. Credit: unknown. One color slide.

2005-5-705: Souvenir photo of part of the Great Wall of China. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-706: Souvenir photo of part of the Great Wall of China. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-707: Souvenir photo of part of the Great Wall of China. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-708: Souvenir photo of part of the Great Wall of China. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-709: Souvenir photo of part of the Great Wall of China. Credit: unknown. One 3 ½ x 5 ½ b/w print.

2005-5-710: Portrait of Bertha Adkins as a child (left) with a female relative, taken ca. 1907- 1908. Credit: unknown. One convex oval-shaped 13 ½ x 10 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-711: Photo of Bertha Adkins, Chairman of the Federal Council on Aging, shaking hands with Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, ca. 1974-76. Credit: unknown. One 11 x 14 b/w print.

2005-5-712: Photo of Arthur Flemming, Secretary of HEW; Bertha S. Adkins, Undersecretary of HEW; and Frederick P. Adkins, father of Bertha Adkins; taken in 1958. Credit: unknown. Two 8 ½ x 10 ½ b/w prints on 10x13 and 11x14 paper.

2005-5-713: Photo of Bertha Adkins with Hurst Anderson and an unidentified man, all in academic robes, at America University; not dated. Mat inscribed by Hurst Anderson: “With appreciation for all you are doing for the University, Hurst R. Anderson.” Credit: Cameramen Incorporated, Washington, D.C. One 8x10 b/w print.

2005-5-714: Group portrait of the Class of 1922, Wicomico High School, Salisbury, MD; taken in 1922. Bertha Adkins is front and center. Credit: W. Coulbourn Brown, Philadelphia. One 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ b/w print adhered to 12x14 mat board.

2005-5-715: Portrait of Richard Nixon, undated, inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins with deep appreciation for her service to the Republican Party and with best wishes from Dick Nixon.” Credit: unknown. One 8x10 b/w print on 11x14 paper.

2005-5-716: Portrait of Thomas B. McCabe. Mat is inscribed: “To Bertha Adkins with gratitude admiration and affection. The most accomplished daughter of the Eastern Shore in public service and education. Thomas B. McCabe May 11, 1979.” Credit: unknown. One 8x19 color print.

2005-5-717: Portrait of Marguerite Stitt Church, undated, signed: “Marguerite Stitt Church, Thirteenth District, Illinois.” Credit: Eugene Le Ray. One 8x10 b/w print on 10 ¾ x 13 ¾ paper.

2005-5-718: Photo of assembled Republican National Committee and staff at RNC Headquarters, Washington, D.C., 1958. Credit: unknown. One 8 x 12 ¾ b/w print.

2005-5-719: Portrait of Bertha S. Adkins, undated. Credit: Hessler, Washington, D.C. One 10 ½ x 13 ½ b/w print.