Memorandum, Inventory of Arabian Trip Slides

March 9, 2016 Mr. Randy Sowell Archivist Harry S. Truman Library 500 West U.S. Highway 24 Independence, MO 64050 Dear Mr. Sowell: Thank you for your interest in the photographs taken by my grandfather, Dr. Darrell Clayton Crain Jr., during the Truman administration's 1950 mission to Saudi Arabia. Dr. Crain (1910-1995) was a rheumatologist and one of several American physicians sent to treat King Ibn Saud in April 1950. As an amateur photographer, Dr. Crain documented the 1950 trip using a Leica camera. The resulting Kodachrome slides were stored in his home and, after his death, in my uncle's home, until January 2015 when I learned of the existence of my grandfather's slides and asked to scan them. I created digital copies of the images using an Epson Perfection V500 scanner. The attached "Inventory of Dr. Crain's 1950 Trip Slides" provides further details on the items in this collection. My mother, Barbara Crain Rollinson, and I are pleased to donate the entire collection to the Harry S. Truman Library, including 184 original physical slides in two slide cases, digital copies of the same on a USB flash drive, and associated copyrights. Please find the slides and flash drive enclosed with this memo. We look forward to signing a deed of gifts to confirm donation of these materials. As requested, I have canvassed family members to uncover any surviving documents relating to the trip. The result is an orange binder enclosed herein, containing photocopies of various documents of interest. Finally, please recall that I have posted all of the images referenced here to a public Flickr account under the name: "Posthumous DCC." My preference is to keep the images on that account, along with a statement noting the donation to the Truman Library. However, if this would not be acceptable to you, please let me know and I will remove the 1950 trip images from that site promptly. Sincerely, Alice R.Makl Alice Rollinson Makl