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In the 1970s, the SAA began to collaborate with the American Association of Museums and the Association for State and Local History to form a Joint Committee on Opportunities for Minorities in Museums, Archives, and Historical Agencies. [9] Phil Mason and Elsie Freivogel were appointed but outreach to minority members of the SAA was poor.
American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, ISBN 9780759100022 – via archive.org; 2022 National Census of History Organizations, American Association for State and Local History
Archivists with a PhD often work as teaching faculty, deans, or directors of archival programs. [54] In 2002, the Society of American Archivists published Guidelines for a Graduate Program in Archival Studies; [55] it also promotes and disseminates a code of ethics, [56] which has undergone several revisions since it was first adopted in 1980. [12]
The professional qualifications of archivists became an issue in the 1950s, when the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and the American Historical Association made the case that the archivist of the United States should be a professional, not political, appointee. The 1970s saw much internal SAA discussion of education and professional ...
American Association for the History of Medicine; ... Council of American Maritime Museums; Council of State Archivists; Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences; D.
An informal meeting was held at the National Museum in Washington, D.C., on December 21, 1905, for the "purpose of discussing the advisability of endeavoring to establish an association of the museums of America." [5] Major events in the history of the Alliance include: 1906: Founding; 1911: Directory of North and South American museums published
The museum opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology.It was one of the last structures designed by the renowned architectural firm McKim Mead & White.In 1980, the museum was renamed the National Museum of American History to represent its mission of the collection, care, study, and interpretation of objects that reflect the experience of the American people.
Executive officers of the American Historical Association at the time of the association's incorporation by the U.S. Congress photographed during their annual meeting on December 30, 1889, in Washington, D.C. Seated (left to right) are: William Poole, Justin Winsor, Charles Kendall Adams (President), George Bancroft, John Jay, and Andrew Dickson White, Standing (left to right) are: Herbert B ...