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Walter B. Hill
Walter B. Hill, Jr. is a Senior Archivist and Subject Area Specialist at the National Archives and Records Administration. He specializes in records relative to the documentation of African Americans in federal records. He has been with the National Archives and Records Administration since 1978, and has held a variety of archival positions.
He received his Ph.D. in American History from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, under Ira Berlin, Professor of History. Since 1984 he has been an Adjunct Professor, Afro-American Studies Department at Howard University. He has held teaching positions at Northern Illinois University, St. Louis University, and the University of Maryland.
He has published articles in the area of archives and history with specific focus on Afro-American life, history, and culture. He has presented papers at archival and historical conferences, and taught workshops on archival research at the National Archives and Records Administration at numerous colleges and universities.
He has participated in several historical documentaries on African Americans, and has appeared on C-Spann, ABC Good Morning America, Fox-TV, WRC-TV, Washington Journal, and has been quoted on different historical subjects in numerous newspapers. He has served on the Executive Council of the Association for the Study of Afro-American History as board member and Vice President. He is the Chief Historian for the African American Civil War Memorial.
- Current Position
- Senior Archivist/Subject Area Specialist for Afro-American History
Textual Archives Services Division, National Archives and Records
Administration, College Park, MD
- Education
- The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, History, BA, 1971
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States History, MA, 1973
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States History, Ph.D., 1988
- Academic Career
- St. Louis University, St.Louis, MO, Instructor, 1974 - 1977
- University of Maryland, College park, MD, Graduate Teaching Asst., 1977- 1984; Instructor, 1994-95
- Howard University, Washington, DC, Adjunct Professor, 1984 - present
- Archival Career
- National Archives and Records Administration
- · Office of the Archivist of the United States
National Historical Publication and Records Commission, 1979 - 1981
- · Office of Federal Records Centers
Accession and Disposal Branch, 1981 - 1983
- · Office of the National Archives
Library and Printed Archives Division, 1993 - 1987
Reference Services Branch, 1987 - 1990
- · Office of Public Programs
Exhibits and Education Branch, 1990 - 1995
Director, Modern Archives Institute
- · Office of the National Archives
User Services Division
Consultant Office, 1994 - 1995
- Professional Association
- Member:
- · Organization of American History
- · Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
- · Society of American Archivist
- · National Archives Afro- American History Society
- Professional Activities
- Current:
- · Chief Historian, African American Civil War Memorial Foundation
- · Advisor, African Americans and World War II National Committee
- · Board of Directors, D.O.T. Day Care Inc.
- · Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Program Committee
- Publications and Public Speaking
- Published:
- · Negro History Bulletin
- · The Record
- · Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives
- · Journal of Minority Issues
- · Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- · Calendar of Events, National Archives
- · Book Reviews: Journal of Mississippi History
- Presented papers:
- · Political Science Association
- · Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
- · Organization of American Historians
- · Society of American Archivists
- · African American Historical and Genealogical Society
- Archival workshops and keynotes at several Universities and Colleges
In the AfriGeneas Library: The Ex-Slave Pension Movement: Some Historical and Genealogical Notes
Submitted by Valencia King Nelson
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