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The Archivist of the United States is the head and chief administrator of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) of the United States. The Archivist is responsible for the supervision and direction of the National Archives. [1] The first Archivist, R. D. W. Connor, began serving in 1934, when the National Archives was ...
Robert Digges Wimberly Connor (September 26, 1878 – February 25, 1950) was an American historian who served as the first state archivist of North Carolina from 1907 to 1921, and later as the first Archivist of the United States from 1934 to 1941.
Also during this period, the National Archives produced the first code of ethics for the archival profession, prepared as part of its inservice training program and published under the title "The Archivist's Code"; [1] [2] Grover was known to be the author, although his name did not appear in the 1955 publication. [3] [4]
United States: First State Archivist of New York State Archives (1974–1980), Deputy Archivist of the United States National Archives and Records Administration (1980–1982), State Archivist of Georgia Archives (1982–2000) Anita Wilson: 1943 2006 United Kingdom: Established Tuvalu's archive in 1978.
Theodore Roosevelt Schellenberg (24 February 1903 – 14 January 1970) was an American archivist and archival theorist. Schellenberg's publications and ideas are part of the foundation for archival theory and practice in the United States. In particular, Schellenberg is known for pioneering American archival ideas about appraisal.
Said Robert D.W. Connor, the first Archivist of the United States, of the President making his papers openly available to scholars, "Franklin D. Roosevelt is the nation's answer to the historian's prayer." The facility was already overcrowded when completed in 1940, because Roosevelt did not expect to serve as president for more than two terms.
Acting Archivist Trudy Peterson (on stage, third from left) presiding over dedication of NARA's building in College Park, Maryland on May 12, 1994. October 15, 2015. Trudy Huskamp Peterson (born January 25, 1945) is the first woman to hold the position of Archivist of the United States. [2]
David B. Gracy II (born 25 October 1941 – 26 September 2020) was an American archivist and archival educator. He developed the Southern Labor Archives, was a founding member of the Society of Georgia Archivists, and authored the first American manual on arrangement and description for the Society of American Archivists.