Background
Williams, Richmond Dean was born on December 10, 1925 in Reading, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore Ryder and Anabel Lee (Hutchison) Williams.
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Williams, Richmond Dean was born on December 10, 1925 in Reading, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore Ryder and Anabel Lee (Hutchison) Williams.
AB cum laude, Williams College, 1950; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1959.
Instructor, assistant dean Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1954-1956. Director Wyoming History and Geological Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1956-1960. Assistant director American Association State and Local History, Madison, Wisconsin, 1960-1961.
Director libraries Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Wilmington, Delaware, 1962-1987. Instructor Academy Lifelong Learning University Delaware, 1996—2009. Consultant archivist Master of Science Hershey Foundation, Pennsylvania, since 1981, Maryland Department Housing and Community Development, 1993—2010.
Board directors Rhistoric Inc.
Secretary, University Delaware Library Associates, Wilmington, 1972-1986. Member advisory board Delaware History Records, Dover, 1976-1902. Member Delaware Humanities Forum, Wilmington, 1984-1991.
Trustee Conservation Center Philadelphia, 1984-1986. Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1947. Member of American Antiquarian Society, American Association State and Local History (president 1974-1976), Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Committee, Economic History Association (secretary-treasurer 1975-1988), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Eleanor Davidson Washbourne, September 26, 1953. Children— Richmond Lyttleton, Eleanor Davidson, Anne Ryder.