Forrest C. Pogue Receiving Oral History Award from Benis M. Frank

Summary

In its continuing efforts to recognize and promote high standards in the field of oral history, Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR) created an annual award for outstanding and continuing contributions to oral history. The award, named for Forrest C. Pogue, who pioneered oral history in combat during World War II, and who served as an early president of the Oral History Association, was presented to Forrest C. Pogue (1912-1996), the first recipient of the award, by Benis M. Frank, president of OHMAR. Pogue was director of The Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Historical Research at the Smithsonian.

Subject

• Pogue, Forrest C
• Frank, Benis M
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Historical Research
• Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR)

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

1979

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Awards and Honors
• Awards
• New Programs
• Military historians
• Directors
• Historians
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Research institutes
• Oral histories
• Oral history
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

79-13443-12A

Physical description

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

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