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Ruth Simmons

Death: 2024

When the University Archives was established, Ruth Simmons served as the first head archivist from 1964-1967.  Simmons worked to establish procedures for obtaining university records.  She corresponded with administrators, faculty and staff of the university asking for their administrative records and personal papers.  Simmons also met with people individually to convince them of the importance of the University Archives.  Simmons created an organizational structure for university records that mirrored the university's administrative structure.  That organizational system is used by the Unviersity Archives to this day.

  • Source: 
    • Offhaus, William.  "History of the University Archives, 1964-2023."

Affiliation(s): Libraries
Record Group(s): 13
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