Background
Irwin, Ned L. was born on January 15, 1955 in Jonesborough, Tennessee, United States. Son of Ned Cleveland and Mary Alice (Rogers) Irwin.
Irwin, Ned L. was born on January 15, 1955 in Jonesborough, Tennessee, United States. Son of Ned Cleveland and Mary Alice (Rogers) Irwin.
Bachelor of Science, East Tennessee State University, 1977. Master of Science in Library. Science, University Tennessee, 1987.
Postgraduate, University Oxford, England, 1989.
Reporter, city editor, Bristol (Virginia) Herald-Courier, 1977-1978; educator, Washington County Board Education, Jonesborough, 1978-1984; assistant editor, public, Pigeon Forge (Tennessee) Newspapers, Inc., 1984-1986; practicum, McClung History Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1987; archivist special collections, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Library., 1988-1994; archivist, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, since 1994.
Fellow Academy Certified Archivists. Member American Library Association, Tennessee Archivists (president 1996-1997), Society of America Archivists, Organization American Historians, Southern History Association, East Tennessee History Association.
Married Amy Green, December 21, 1991.