Edie Hedlin

Ethel W. (Edie) Hedlin (born 1944) is an American archivist, librarian, and historian.[1] She has held many positions within the archival profession, including service to the National Archives and Records Administration, Wells Fargo Bank, and the Ohio Historical Society.[2] She has served the Society of American Archivists as Council Member, chairperson of the Business Archives Committee, Vice President, and President.[3] She was the Society's 49th president and served from 1993-1994.[4] She has also been a longtime member of the NHPRC California Historical Records Advisory Board.[5]

Career

Hedlin first began work within the archival profession with the Ohio Historical Society as the institutional records specialist and State archives specialist.[5]

After earning her PhD from Duke University in 1974, she published her dissertation, "Earnest Cox and Colonization: A White Racist's Response to Black Repatriation, 1922-1966", which has been heavily cited throughout the archival and historical professions.

In 1975, Hedlin began working with the Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco, California as their corporate archivist.[5]

In 1994, Hedlin became Director of the Office of Smithsonian Institution Archives, which is responsible for the official records of the Smithsonian Institution.[6][7] Before she left in 2005, she overlooked the transition to electronic and digital archives as well as the first websites of the Institution.[4]

Publications

Hedlin has written several books and articles on archival technique, including the 1978 article "Business Archives: An Introduction".[3] Some other notable works include The Ohio Black History Guide (with Sara S. Fuller, 1975), "Chinatown" Revisited (1986), and Archival Programs in the Southeast: A Preliminary Assessment (1984).

References
  1. Who's Who in Library and Information Services. Edited by Joel M. Lee. Chicago: American Library Association, 1982.
  2. Edie Hedlin (1995) Expanding the Foundation. The American Archivist: Winter 1995, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 10-15.
  3. "Edie Hedlin | Society of American Archivists". www2.archivists.org. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  4. "President Edie Hedlin | Society of American Archivists". www2.archivists.org. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  5. Annotation: The Newsletter of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The Commission. 1978.
  6. sysadmin (1994-11-01). "E. Hedlin Appointed Director of SI Archives". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  7. "United States Government Manual (1998-1999) Edition - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
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