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)