SAA Leadership History

Appendix F

SAA leadership since its founding in 1936

Presidents

1936-39 Albert R. Newsome, University of North Carolina
1939-41 Waldo G. Leland, American Council of Learned Societies
1941-43 Robert D.W. Connor, National Archives
1943-45 Margaret C. Norton, Illinois State Library
1945-47 Solon J. Buck, National Archives
1947-49 Christopher Crittenden, North Carolina Department of Archives and History
1949-51 Philip C. Brooks, National Security Resources Board
1951-53 William D. McCain, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
1953-54 Wayne C. Grover, National Archives
1954-55 Morris L. Radoff, Maryland Hall of Records
1955-56 Ernst M. Posner, American University
1956-57 Lester J. Cappon, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
1957-58 William D. Overman, Firestone Library
1958-59 Oliver W. Holmes, National Archives
1959-60 Mary G. Bryan, Georgia State Archives
1960-61 Philip M. Hamer, National Archives
1961-62 Robert H. Bahmer, National Archives
1962-63 Leon deValinger, Jr., Delaware State Archives
1963-64 Everett O. Alldredge, National Archives
1964-65 W. Kaye Lamb, Public Archives of Canada
1965-66 Dolores C. Renze, Colorado State Archives
1966-67 Herbert E. Angel, National Archives
1967-68 Clifford K. Shipton, Harvard University
1968-69 H.G. Jones, North Carolina Department of Archives and History
1969-70 Herman Kahn, Yale University
1970-71 Philip P. Mason, Wayne State University
1971-72 Charles E. Lee, South Carolina Department of Archives and History
1972-73 Wilfred I. Smith, Public Archives of Canada
1973-74 F. Gerald Ham, State Historical Society of Wisconsin
1974-75 James B. Rhoads, National Archives
1975-76 Elizabeth Hamer Kegan, Library of Congress
1976-77 Robert M. Warner, University of Michigan
1977-78 Walter Rundell, Jr., University of Maryland
1978-79 Hugh A. Taylor, Public Archives of Canada
1979-80 Maynard J. Brichford, University of Illinois-Urbana
1980-81 Ruth W. Helmuth, Case Western Reserve University
1981-82 Edward Weldon, National Archives
1982-83 J. Frank Cook, University of Wisconsin
1983-84 David B. Gracy II, Texas State Archives
1984-85 Andrea Hinding, University of Minnesota
1985-86 Shonnie Finnegan, State University of New York at Buffalo
1986-87 William L. Joyce, Princeton University
1987-88 Sue E. Holbert, Minnesota Historical Society
1988-89 Frank B. Evans, National Archives and Records Administration
1989-90 John A. Fleckner, Smithsonian Institution
1990-91 Trudy H. Peterson, National Archives and Records Administration
1991-92 Frank G. Burke, University of Maryland
1992-93 Anne R. Kenney, Cornell University
1993-94 Edie Hedlin, Consultant
1994-95 Maygene Daniels, National Gallery of Art
1995-96 Brenda Banks, Georgia Department of Archives and History
1996-97 Nicholas C. Burckel, Marquette University
1997-98 William J. Maher, University of Illinois at Urbana
1998-99 Luciana Duranti, University of British Columbia
1999-00 H. Thomas Hickerson, Cornell University
2000-01 Lee J. Stout, Pennsylvania State University
2001-02 Steven L. Hensen, Duke University
2002-03 Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University
2003-04 Timothy L. Ericson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2004-05 Randall C. Jimerson, Western Washington University
2005-06 Richard Pearce-Moses, Arizona State Library Archives and Public Records
2006-07 Elizabeth W. Adkins, CA, Ford Motor Company Archives
2007-08 Mark A. Greene, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
2008-09 Frank J. Boles, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University
2009-10 Peter Gottlieb, Archives Division, Wisconsin Historical Society
2010-11 Helen R. Tibbo, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel

Vice Presidents

1936-37 Margaret C. Norton, Illinois State Library
1937-38 Luther H. Evans, Historical Records Survey
1938-39 James A. Robertson, Maryland Hall of Records
1939-40 Theodore C. Blegen, University of Minnesota
1940-41 Herbert A. Kellar, McCormick Historical Association
1941-42 Solon J. Buck, National Archives
1942-43 Harold S. Burt, Connecticut State Library
1943-44 Julian P. Boyd, Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1944-45 Christopher Crittenden, North Carolina Department of Archives and History
1945-46 Morris L. Radoff, Maryland Hall of Records
1946-47 William D. McCain, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
1947-48 Herbert O. Brayer, International Council on Archives
1948-49 Herbert A. Kellar, McCormick Historical Association
1949-50 William D. Overman, Firestone Library
1950-51 William J. VanSchreeven, Virginia State Library
1951-52 Wayne C. Grover, National Archives
1952-53 Theodore C. Schellenberg, National Archives
1953-54 Ernst M. Posner, American University
1954-55 Lester J. Cappon, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
1955-56 Henry E. Edmunds, Ford Motor Company
1956-57* Herbert E. Angel, National Archives
* From this time forward, the Vice President was elected as President Elect.

Secretaries

1936-42 Philip C. Brooks, National Archives
1942-50 Lester J. Cappon, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. and University of Virginia
1950-53 Roger Thomas, Maryland Hall of Records
1953-55 Henry E. Edmunds, Ford Motor Company
1955-56 Henry Browne, Catholic University of America
1956-63 Dolores C. Renze, Colorado State Archives
1963-68 Philip P. Mason, Wayne State University
1968-71 F. Gerald Ham, State Historical Society of Wisconsin
1971-72* Robert M. Warner, University of Michigan
* In 1973, Robert M. Warner resigned as Executive Director (Secretary) and Judith A. Koucky of the University of Michigan served as Acting Secretary until Ann Morgan Campbell became the first paid Executive Director of the Society in 1974. The SAA office was first located at the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle and then moved to other office space in Chicago, where it remains. The Executive Director of the Society serves as its Secretary.

Treasurers

1936-43 Julian P. Boyd, Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1943-52 Helen L. Chatfield, Bureau of the Budget
1952-57 William D. Overman, Firestone Library
1957-61 Leon deVallinger, Jr., Delaware State Archives
1961-67 H.G. Jones, North Carolina Department of Archives and History
1967-72 A.K. Johnson, National Archives
1972-76 Howard L. Applegate, Balch Institute
1976-81 Mary Lynn McCree, University of Illinois-Chicago Circle
1981-85 Paul H. McCarthy, Jr. University of Alaska
1985-88 Anne P. Diffendal, Nebraska State Historical Society
1988-91 Linda Henry, National Archives and Records Administration
1991-94 William J. Maher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1994-97 Leon Stout, Penn State University
1997-00 Bob Sink, New York Public Library
2000-03 Elizabeth W. Adkins, CA, Ford Motor Company
2003-06 Fynnette Eaton, National Archives & Records Administration
2006-09 Ann Russell, Northeast Document Conservation Center
2009-12 Aimee Felker, University of California, Los Angeles
In 1982, a new SAA Constitution provided a three-year term for the Society's Treasurer.

American Archivist Editors

Theodore Calvin Pease, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1938-1946 (vol. 1, no. 1 - vol. 9, no. 2)

Margaret Cross Norton, Illinois State Archives
1946-1949 (vol. 9, no. 3 - vol. 12, no. 2)

Karl L. Trever, National Archives
1949-1956 (vol. 12, no. 3 - vol. 19, no. 4)

G. Philip Bauer, National Archives
1957-1959 (vol. 20, no. 1 - vol. 22, no. 4)

Ken Munden, National Archives
1960-1968 (vol. 23, no. 1 - vol. 31, no. 2)

Harold T. Pinkett, National Archives
1968-1971 (vol. 31, no. 3 - vol. 34, no. 4)

Edward Weldon, National Archives
1972-1975 (vol. 35, no. 1 - vol. 38, no. 1)

C.F.W. Coker, National Archives
1975-1978 (vol. 38, no. 2 - vol. 41, no. 2)

Virginia C. Purdy, National Archives
1978-1981 (vol. 41, no. 3 - vol. 44, no. 4)

Frank H. Mackaman, Dirksen Congressional Research Center
1982 (vol. 45, no. 1)

Eva S. Moseley, Radcliffe College
1982 (vol. 45, no. 2)

Harold P. Anderson, Wells Fargo Bank 1982 (vol. 45, no. 3)

J.R.K. Kantor, University of California, Berkeley
1982 (vol. 45, no. 4)

Mary Elizabeth Ruwell, University of Pennsylvania
1983 (vol. 46, no. 1)

Charles R. Schultz, Texas A&M University
1983-1985 (vol. 46, no. 2 - vol. 48, no. 4)

Julia Marks Young, University of Southern Mississippi
1986-1988 (vol. 49, no. 1 - vol. 51, no. 4)

David Klaassen, University of Minnesota
1989-1991 (vol. 52, no. 1 - vol. 54, no. 3)

Richard J. Cox, University of Pittsburgh
1991-1995 (vol. 54, no. 4 - vol. 58, no. 4)

Philip B. Eppard, University at Albany, State University of New York
1996-2005 (vol. 59, no. 1 - vol. 60, no. 4, end of quarterly production. Semi-annual production begins: vol. 61, no. 1 - vol. 68, no. 2)

Mary Jo Pugh, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
2006-2011 (vol. 69, no. 1 - vol. 74, no. 2)

Gregory S. Hunter, Long Island University
2012-   (vol. 75, no. 1 -   )

 

Executive Directors

1974-86 Ann Morgan Campbell
1986-90 Donn C. Neal
1990-91 Timothy L. Ericson (Interim)
1991-94 Anne P. Diffendal
1994-2002 Susan E. Fox
2002-03 Carroll Dendler and Debra S. Nolan (Interim)
2003- Nancy Perkin Beaumont