The first Archivist, R.D.W. Connor, began serving in 1934, when the National Archives was established by Congress. As a result of a first Hoover Commission recommendation, in 1949 the National Archives was placed within the newly formed General Services Administration (GSA). The Archivist served as a subordinate official to the GSA Administrator until the National Archives and Records Administration became an independent agency on April 1, 1985.
Who was the first Archivist at the National Archives?
R.D.W. Connor
The first Archivist, R.D.W. Connor, began serving in 1934, when the National Archives was established by Congress.
The first Archivist, R.D.W. Connor, began serving in nineteen thirty-four, when the National Archives was established by Congress.
Who was the first Archivist at the National Archives?