John E. O'Gara Papers
Dates: 1894-1973.
Vice President, R. H. Macy and Co., 1936-1949; Colonel, U.S. Army, 1943-1944; Official, U.S. State Department and Central Intelligence Agency, 1949-1961.
The John E. O’Gara papers include correspondence, handwritten notes, applications, newspaper articles, photographs and other documents related to his service in the military, and to his work in the private sector and for the U. S. government.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Size: Less than one-half of one linear foot (about 300 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave to the United States of America all literary property rights in all writings of the late John E. O’Gara in this collection and in other collections of papers deposited in the Harry S. Truman Library.
Processed by: Philip D. Lagerquist (1973)
Updated by: Joel Burzinski (2010) as part of the Truman Library Internship
Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
| 1895 (July 8) | | Born John Edward O’Gara in Hanover, New Hampshire |
| 1918 | | B.S. Degree, Dartmouth College; Ensign, U.S. Navy |
| 1920 | | M.C.S. Degree, Amos Tuck School of Business and Administration, Dartmouth College |
| 1920-1922 | | Production Planning, Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Co., Nashua, N.H. |
| 1922-1926 | | Associate, Management Methods Department, R.H. Macy and Co., New York |
| 1926-1929 | | Delivery Superintendent, Macy’s, New York |
| 1929-1932 | | Assistant Personnel Director, Macy’s, New York |
| 1932-1935 | | Assistant General Manager, Macy’s, New York |
| 1935-1943 | | Executive Vice President and General Manager, Macy’s, New York |
| 1943-1944 | | Colonel U.S. Army |
| 1944-1945 | | Deputy Director, Office of Strategic Services |
| 1945-1949 | | Vice President and General Manager, Macy’s, New York |
| 1949-1950 | | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State |
| c. 1950-1961 | | Official, Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1973 (March 1) | | Died, West Palm Beach, Florida |
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The papers of John E. O’Gara date from 1894 to 1973, but mostly focus on the time span from 1942 to 1961. The papers include correspondence, photographs, handwritten notes, newspaper articles, memoranda, applications, and other documents.
The O’Gara Papers are organized in a Subject File and focus on his military career, his transition from the private to the public sector, and his work in the Central Intelligence Agency.
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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
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SUBJECT FILE, 1894-1973 |
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Correspondence, photographs, notes, memoranda, newspaper articles and other documents. Arranged alphabetically. |
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FOLDER TITLE LIST
Box 1
- Chronological, 1919-1973
- Miscellaneous Notes
- Photographs
- Scrapbook, 1894, 1942-1944
- “Supervision Lecture”
- World War I, Navy Personnel Records
- World War II, Army Personnel Records
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