Margaret C. Norton
Archivist, Organization founder
1891 – 1984
Who was Margaret C. Norton?
Margaret Cross Norton served as the first State Archivist of Illinois from 1922 to 1957 and co-founded the Society of American Archivists in 1936, where she served as the first vice president from 1936–1937 and president from 1943-1945. She also served as editor of the American Archivist from 1946-1949. Norton was recently recognized in the December 1999 American Libraries article naming "100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century" for her influence and forward-thinking for the future direction and scope of the archival industry.
Norton promoted the establishment of archives as a profession separate from history or library science and developed the American archival tradition to emphasize an administrator/archivist rather than an historian/archivist. She encouraged learning through experimentation, practical usage, and community discussion. While editor of The American Archivist she emphasized technical rather than scholarly issues, believing that these issues were more pertinent to the daily issues an archivist faced.
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- Born
- Jul 7, 1891
Rockford - Also known as
- Margaret Cross Norton
- Margaret Norton
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Master's Degree, University of Chicago
History
( - 1914) - Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago
History
( - 1913) - New York Library School
( - 1915)
- Master's Degree, University of Chicago
- Employment
- Illinois State Archives
(1922 - ) - Missouri State Historical Society
(1920 - 1921)
- Illinois State Archives
- Lived in
- Illinois
- Died
- May 21, 1984
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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