Richard Walden Hale

Background

Hale, Richard Walden was born on August 5, 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Walden and Mary (Patterson) Hale.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1930, Doctor of Philosophy, 1937. Bachelor of Arts with honors in History (Fiske scholar), Cambridge (England) University, 1932.

Career

Instructor, Antioch College, 1932-1933, Princeton, 1935-1940. Member of staff Newberry Library, Chicago, 1941-1943. Head history department Roxbury Latin School, Boston, 1943-1947.

Lecturer education Wellesley College, 1948-1952.

Curator Canadian history Harvard College Library, 1953-1957. Editor Guide to Photocopied History Materials, 1957-1960.

Archivist Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from 1961. Acting chairman Massachusetts History Commission, 1964-1972.

President, National Conference State Historic Preservation Officers, 1969-1972.

Achievements

• Richard Walden Hale has been listed as a noteworthy archivist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Society American Archivists, Pilgrim Society Plymouth. Member American Antiquarian Society, Colonial Society Massachusetts, American Records Management Association, Massachusetts History Society, American, Canadian history associations, British Records Association Beta Kappa. Clubs: Union (Boston).

Connections

Married Elisabeth Fairbanks, August 9, 1940. Children: Peter, Thomas, Frances (Mistress Douglas Vigneron), Martha (Mistress Robert Abshear).

Father:

Richard Walden Hale

Mother:

Mary (Patterson) Hale

Spouse:

Elisabeth Fairbanks

child:

Martha Hale (Mistress Robert Abshear)

child:

Frances Hale (Mistress Douglas Vigneron)

child:

Thomas Hale

child:

Peter Hale