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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes (February 2, 1902 – November 25, 1981) was an American archivist and historian, who served as executive director of the National Historical Publications Commission from 1961 to 1971. Background Holmes was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Swedish-born parents, and was raised on a farm in the southeastern part of the state. In 1922, he received his B.A. from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He received a Ph.D. in history at Columbia University in 1956. His area of expertise was the history of transportation in the American western frontier. While in school at Columbia he began working as an encyclopedia writer and, later, staff of the National Archives, delaying the completion of his degree. Career Holmes began working for the National Archives when it was founded in 1935. His positions there included chief of the Interior Department archives from 1938 to 1941, director of research and records description from 1942 to 1945, program advisor from 1946 to 1948, chief of the Natural Resources Records Branch from 1948 to 1961, and executive director of the National Historical Publications Commission from 1961 to his retirement in 1972.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Oliver Wendell Holmes: American poet and physician (1809–1894) · American jurist (1841–1935); US Supreme Court justice from 1

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Oliver Wendell Holmes (February 2, 1902 – November 25, 1981) was an American archivist and historian, who served as executive director of the National Historical Publications Commission from 1961 to 1971. Background Holmes was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Swedish-born parents, and was raised on a farm in the southeastern part of the state. In 1922, he received his B.A. from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He received a Ph.D. in history at Columbia University in 1956. His area of expertise was the history of transportation in the American western frontier. While in school at Columbia he began working as an encyclopedia writer and, later, staff of the National Archives, delaying the completion of his degree. Career Holmes began working for the National Archives when it was founded in 1935. His positions there included chief of the Interior Department archives from 1938 to 1941, director of research and records description from 1942 to 1945, program advisor from 1946 to 1948, chief of the Natural Resources Records Branch from 1948 to 1961, and executive director of the National Historical Publications Commission from 1961 to his retirement in 1972.

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