Series: 7. Influencing Archival Issues at the National Level: Advocacy, Appointments, Policy, Resources, 1980-2009, bulk 1992-1995
Scope and Content Note: These folders document a range of activities including advocacy relating to NHPRC funding; his proposed national historical records policy for the United States; the policies, priorities, and performance of the National Archives and Records Administration; selections of Archivists of the United States; intergovernmental archives and records issues; and other national level issues. Researchers might find the files especially revealing regarding: the development of a campaign for the survival of NHPRC funding in 1981; the George H.W. Bush to Clinton transition during 1992-1993, including policy recommendations via contacts with key Congressional offices and staff and with the Clinton Transition and appointments office to obtain early appointment of an experienced high-level person to be appointed Archivist of the United States; and the long and difficult process to obtain appointment of a new Archivist of the United States following the resignation of Don Wilson. Files here on the appointment extend to 1995 when John Carlin was finally appointed. The files offer a good illustration of the ways in which policy interests in a better, stronger National Archives interact of necessity with political considerations and relationships. The documents here include correspondence with other archivists and historians. There is also a folder on support by archivists and others for Hackman to be appointed Archivist of the United States, contacts with White House staff on this appointment, and related matters.

Influencing Archival Issues at the National Level: Advocacy, Appointments, Policy, Politics Resources, 1992-1995, bulk 1980-2009