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Terence M. Eastwood (born 1943) is best known for his pioneering roles in archival education internationally and the creation of archival descriptive standards in Canada. . He has published widely on a number of topics of importance to the development of archival theory and has lectured and presented throughout the wo
In France, the oldest Archivist School is the École des chartes, founded in 1821. [36] This prestigious grande école (literally, "grand schools) offers a diploma in "Archivist-Paleography", created in 1849, after a three-year curriculum. [37] [38] Many graduates become curators in archives, museums, and libraries or become researchers in ...
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 ...
Taylor's essays and ideas exploring the nature of archives were possibly the most influential aspect of his career. As Terry Cook noted in his 2005 obituary, Taylor "was intent on constructing archives anew, imagining them as places where archivists connect their records with social issues, with new media and recording technologies, with the historical traditions of archives, with the earth ...
Advance the professional education and training of Archivists, Archive Conservators and Records Managers and those engaged in related activities; Commission and support research into the creation, use, administration and conservation of archives and the development of new techniques and the publication of the useful results of such research.
In 1972, Ham began work as an archivist and Black History Specialist at the National Archives. While there, she helped co-found the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society in 1977. [5] She also compiled and prepared finding aids for the Social Security Administration, the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Labor. [5]
After writing her influential article, Voss-Hubbard went on to become a digital collections specialist. She was an assistant editor on the Margaret Sanger Papers Project at Smith College , being instrumental in making the Sanger papers accessible, as well as other documents regarding birth control and other subjects from the Sophia Smith ...
Wilda D. Logan is an American archivist who is most well-known as her work of almost 40 years in the archival profession including 33 years of federal service with the Records Management Training Program of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).