Williams Assumes Position as Director, NMAfA

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Summary

Sylvia H. Williams assumes the responsibility of the director of the National Museum of African Art, succeeding Warren Robbins, who left the position to become senior scholar on July 1, 1982.

Subject

  • Williams, Sylvia H
  • National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," March 1983, p. 1.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 1, 1983

Topic

  • Women
  • Appointments
  • Museums
  • African Americans
  • Museum directors

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