Beers, Henry Putney, 1907-1996

Biographical Note

1907, May 7 Born, Scranton, Pa. 1930 B.S., Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. 1931 M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 1933 1934 Surveyor, supervisor, and bibliographer, Historical Records Survey of Pennsylvania, Civil Works Administration, Philadelphia, Pa. 1935 Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 1936 1937 Research assistant and editor, Survey of Federal Archives, Works Progress Administration, National Archives,Washington, D.C. 1938 1944 Assistant archivist, National Archives,Washington, D.C. 1944 1946 Seaman and specialist third class, United States Navy, serving from Jan. 1945 to Jan. 1946 as a historian in the Bureau of Naval Personnel 1946 Archivist, National Archives,Washington, D.C. 1946 1950 Historian, Foreign Relations, Diplomatic Papers of the United States (Latin America), State Department,Washington, D.C. 1950 1958 Historian (assistant editor), The Territorial Papers of the United States (project was transferred from State Department to National Archives in May 1950) 1958 1968 Archivist, National Archives,Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Henry Putney Beers Papers, 1910-1992, (bulk 1930-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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