Background
McCartney, David Farnham was born on May 29, 1956 in Charles City, Iowa, United States. Son of Ralph Farnham and Rhoda Mae Huxsol McCartney.
McCartney, David Farnham was born on May 29, 1956 in Charles City, Iowa, United States. Son of Ralph Farnham and Rhoda Mae Huxsol McCartney.
Bachelor, University Wisconsin, 1979. Master of Arts, University Maryland, 1998. Master of Library Science, University Maryland, 1998.
Archives technician National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland, 1994—1998. Records officer International Monetary Fund, Washington, 1998—1999. Archives assistant National Public Broadcasting Archives, College Park, 1995—2000.
Archives consultant History Associate, Inc., Rockville, 1999—2000. Archivist University Iowa, Iowa City, since 2001, adjunct professor, since 2002. National advisory board Iowa Broadcasting Archives, Waverly, Iowa, since 2004.
Board directors National Collaborative for Women's History Sites, Chicago, 2004—2007.
Donor, scholarship fund Midwest Archives Conference, Milwaukee, since 2005. Donor, volunteer web manager Floyd County History Society, Charles City, since 1998. Donor Englert Civic Theater, Iowa City, 2002.
Member of Society of America Archivists (steering committee college and University archives section 2004-2006, donor scholarship fund), Midwest Archives Conference (secretary 2007-2009, committee chair since 2009), Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium, Consortium Iowa Archivists, Committee Institutional Cooperative University Archivists Group (chair since 2008), Association Moving Image Archivists, National 19th Amendment Society (advisory board since 1991), National Collaborative for Women's History Sites, Beta Phi Mu.
Married James Anthony Petersen.
