Accession 23-022

National Museum of American History. Archives Center

Chair Records, 2015-2021

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of notebooks created and maintained by Robert Horton during his tenure as Chair of the Archives Center from 2015-2021. Shortly after joining the Smithsonian, Horton took on the additional role of Assistant Director for Collections and Archives in 2016. As Chair, Horton was responsible for guiding the work of the Archives Center in identifying, acquiring, and preserving archival records which document America's history and its diverse cultures. The notebooks contain notes taken by Horton during meetings, presentations, conferences, symposia, or planning sessions. Also, some documents have been inserted into some of the notebooks and there is a notebook documenting Horton's work with the Society of American Archivists.

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Restrictions

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2037; Transferring office; 07/18/2014 memorandum, Toda to Richardson; Contact reference staff for details.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Name

• Horton, Robert
• National Museum of American History (U.S.). Assistant Director for Collections and Archives
• Society of American Archivists

Subject

• Archives -- Acquisitions
• Archives -- Administration
• Archives -- Collection management
• Archives -- Processing
• Archives -- Public relations
• Archives -- Reference services
• Archivists
• Museum archives
• Museum exhibits
• Strategic planning

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Manuscripts

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 23-022, National Museum of American History. Archives Center, Chair Records

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