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The American Archivist is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal and the official publication of the Society of American Archivists. It covers theoretical and practical developments in archival science, particularly in North America. The journal contains essays, case studies, perspectives, and reviews of recent books and web resources.
An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. Some of the people listed here were not professional but amateur archivists, although their archivist activities preserved large amounts or important data.
The Society of American Archivists is the oldest and largest archivist association in North America, serving the educational and informational needs of more than 5,000 individual archivist and institutional members. Established in 1936, the organization serves upwards of 6,200 individual and member institutions.
Fellows of the Society of American Archivists (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "American archivists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 227 total.
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 first Archivist, R. D. W. Connor, began serving in 1934, when the National Archives was established as an independent federal agency by Congress. The Archivists served as subordinate officials of the General Services Administration from 1949 until the National Archives and Records Administration became an independent agency again on April 1 ...
Grover was a founding member of the Society of American Archivists and served as its president from 1953 to 1954. He also served as the Western Hemisphere vice president of the International Council on Archives. He died of cancer at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland. [5] [6]
Australian archivist Trudy Huskamp Peterson: American archivist 1945-01-25 Virginia C. Purdy: American archivist and historian 1922 2015 Gladys Hansen: American archivist, expert on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: 1925 2017-03-05 Meredith Evans: American archivist, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum director 1926 Simone Berbain