Forrest C. Pogue

Summary

Forrest C. Pogue (1912-1996), military historian, taught for several years before joining the historical section of the United States Army during World War II. He pioneered the use of oral history interviews to compile battlefield histories. He was appointed Director of the George C. Marshall Research Center in 1956 and later directed the Marshall Library and Marshall Research Foundation until 1974. During this time, he began a four volume biography of General George C. Marshall. In 1974, Pogue was named Director of the newly established Eisenhower Institute for Military Research at the Smithsonian and continued in that position until his retirement in 1986.

Subject

• Pogue, Forrest C
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Historical Research
• National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
• National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of the Forrest C. Pogue Oral History Interviews by James C. Tapley, December 19, 1986, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9589, Box 1, Forrest C. Pogue Oral History Interview

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1960

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Military historians
• Directors
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Research institutes
• Oral histories
• Oral history
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Portraits

ID Number

92-3526

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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