Background
Knecht, Robert Lee was born on February 14, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Claude Robert and Walterene Knecht.
Knecht, Robert Lee was born on February 14, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Claude Robert and Walterene Knecht.
Bachelor, Baker University, 1971. Master of Arts, Emporia State University, 1987.
Archives aid Federal Recordings Center, Kansas City, 1973—1975. Archives technical Federal Archives and Recordings Center, 1975—1977, archivist, 1977—1979. Archivist II, library II Kansas State History Society, Topeka, since 1979, head archival arrangement and description section, since 1999.
Instructor University Missouri Extension Service, Sedalia, 1976—1980, Lincoln University, 1976—1980. Researcher Hearne Brothers, Warren, Michigan, 1984—1986. Guest lecturer Emporia State University, Kansas, 1990—1991.
Member, chair Johnson County Archives and Recordings Management Advisory Board, Olathe, Kansas, 1990—2000. Member Haskell Indian Nations University Archives Advisory Board, 1997—1999. Presenter in field; With United States Army Reserve, 1971-1977.
Vestry member St. Augustine's, Topeka, 1990—2006, since 2010, treasurer, since 2010. Fellow: Kansas City Area Archivists (chair, member education membership and steering committees since 1976, co-chair 1988-1990). Member: State History Society Missouri, Midwest Archives Conference, Kansas State History Society, Kansas Association Historians (member executive committee 1984-1987, 2005-2006, secretary-treasurer since 2006), American Association State and Local History, Alpha Delta Sigma, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Margaret Gale Briggs, May 23, 1981. Children: Anna, John.