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A2245
Office of Price Administration.
Papers, 1945-1946. 1 folder (3 items)
The collection consists of correspondence to volunteers at the Office of Price Administration
thanking them for their service. Includes a letter from Mrs. Harry Hoffman to the volunteers at
Price Control Board No. 54115 in St. Louis, dated February 15, 1946; a letter from Harry
Truman, dated October 26, 1945; and a printed letter from Chester Bowles, dated January 1946.
Cite as: Office of Price Administration Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1816
O’Gorman, Paul J. (1893-1978).
Papers, 1918-1919. 1 folder
Paul J. “Budd” O’Gorman was born October 3, 1893, in St. Louis, Missouri. He enlisted in
the Missouri National Guard in 1917 and was placed in the 35th Division. The Division trained
at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, before being shipped to France in June 1918.
O’Gorman saw action at St. Mihiel and Argonne. The unit returned to St. Louis in April 1919.
He married Dorothy Hogan in 1926. O’Gorman was employed by the Shapleigh Hardware
Company in St. Louis until 1958. He later worked for the Health and Welfare Council in St.
Louis. He died in 1978.
The collection consists of a 32 page selection of O’Gorman’s wartime correspondence edited
by James F. O’Gorman.
Cite as: Paul J. O’Gorman Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1152
O'Hare, Frank P. (1877-1960).
Papers, 1850-1960. 44 boxes
Frank O'Hare (1877-1960) was brought from New Hampton, Iowa, to St. Louis by his
mother when he was six years old, where they resided in the Irish community called Kerry Patch.
In his early 20s his interests turned to social justice, and as a socialist organizer he frequently
traveled with Eugene V. Debs. He conceived of the idea of annual tent encampments for farmers
of the southwest under Socialist sponsorship. In 1912, O'Hare became editor of The Rip-Saw, a
socialist monthly issued from St. Louis. He was married to the prominent socialist Kate Richards
O'Hare, who was imprisoned during the World War I for opposing the draft, and whose
penitentiary experiences led her to work toward extensive reforms in women's prisons after her
release. They organized the Children's Crusade for Amnesty in 1922, which involved the
children of political prisoners and draft obstructers marching on Washington. Frank and Kate
O'Hare were divorced in 1927, and about the same time he went to work for a St. Louis hat
company where he became assistant and consultant to the president. He retired in 1947 after
suffering a heart attack. A member of the Public Question Club, he formed a Monday luncheon
group christened the Dunkers and launched a one-man weekly, Dundkerdoings, to report its
meetings and activities. O'Hare died July 16, 1960.
Collection contains correspondence, newsclippings, and published and unpublished writings
of Frank P. O'Hare, and his wife, Kate Richards O'Hare. O'Hare's letters and writings, dated
1895-1960, deal with local and national news, political trends, and social reform. A large number
of essays reflect his interest in mathematics and the ways it can be used to increase efficiency in
production and management. Also includes bound volume titled “Dear Sweethearts: Letters from
Kate Richards O’Hare to Her Family from April 20, 1919, to May 27, 1920.”