Background
Warner, Robert Mark was born on June 28, 1927 in Montrose, Colorado, United States. Son of Mark Thomas and Bertha Margaret (Rich) Warner.
(Based on unique and previously unpublished sources, this ...)
Based on unique and previously unpublished sources, this book examines in detail the complex, emotional, and difficult movement to remove the National Archives and Records Service from the control of the U.S. General Services Administration. This struggle began almost from the time the National Archives lost its independence in 1950 and culminated during the tenure of Robert Warner as sixth Archivist of the United States. The story is important to the history of the National Archives but also to those interested in the political process, especially as it applies to educational and cultural institutions. The lobbying, overt and covert, the interplay of professional organizations and archivists, librarians, and historians with the executive and legislative branches of the American government are examined in fascinating detail in this often very personal story. It is a study of high drama, bitter disappointments, and ultimate success.
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archivist historian university dean
Warner, Robert Mark was born on June 28, 1927 in Montrose, Colorado, United States. Son of Mark Thomas and Bertha Margaret (Rich) Warner.
Student, University Denver, 1945; Bachelor of Arts, Muskingum College, 1949; honorary Doctor of Laws, Muskingum College, 1981; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1958; Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Westminster (Pennsylvania) College, 1981; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), DePaul University, 1983.
Teacher high school, Montrose, Colorado, 1949-1950;
lecturer department history, University of Michigan, 1958-1966;
associate professor, University of Michigan, 1966-1971;
professor, University of Michigan, 1971-1997;
professor emeritus, University of Michigan, since 1997;
professor School Information, University of Michigan, 1974-1997;
emeritus, University of Michigan, since 1997;
dean School Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan, 1985-1992;
university historian, University of Michigan, since 1992;
interim director University Libraries, University of Michigan, 1988-1990;
assistant in research, Bentley History Library., 1953-1957;
assistant curator, Bentley History Library., 1957-1961;
assistant director, Bentley History Library., 1961-1966;
director, Bentley History Library., 1966-1980;
archivist of the United States, 1980-1985. Member Executive Committee Bentley History Library., since 1988. Board visitors School Library.
Science, Case Western Reserve U., 1976-1980, chairman, 1980-1984, Maxwell School Government, Syracuse University, 1982-1987. Chairman Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Building Committee, 1977-1979.
Board directors, secretary Gerald R. Ford Foundation, since 1987. Trustee Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1980-1985, chairman fellowship committee, 1983-1985. Chairman National History Publs. and Records Commission, 1980-1985.
Member Executive Committee International Council on Archives, 1984-1988. President 2d European Conference on Archives, 1989. Comptroller general United States Research and Education Advisory Committee, since 1988.
Research advising committee Online Computer Library. Center, 1990-1993; Board of Governors Clements Library., 1988-1990, 93-, Clark History Library. Control Michigan U., since 1987.
Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1993.
(Based on unique and previously unpublished sources, this ...)
(Based on unique and previously unpublished sources, this ...)
Served with United States Army, 1950-1952. Fellow Society of America Archivists. Member American History Association (council 1981-1985), Organization American Historians, American Library Association (council 1986-1991), Association for Library and Information Science Education, Presbyterian History Society (board directors 1987-1991), American Association State and Local History, History Society Michigan (trustee 1960-1966, vice president 1972-1973, president 1973-1974), Society of America Archivists (member council 1967-1971, secretary, executive director 1971-1973, vice president 1974-1975, president 1976-1977), American Antiquarian Society, Phi Alpha Theta, Beta Phi Museum Clubs: University Michigan Research.
Lodges: Rotary.
Married Eleanor Jane Bullock, August 21, 1954 (deceased August 2006). Children: Mark Steven, Jennifer Jane.