Subject Files on the National Archives & Records Service, 1981 - 1985

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Subject Files on the National Archives & Records Service, 1981 - 1985

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7419266

This series contains material relating to recommendations for Archivist of the United States and the resignation of Archivist Robert Warner; American Historical Association concerns about the deteriorating conditions of the National Archives under the General Services Administration (GSA); reorganization plans for the Archives; S.905 and House Resolution (HR) 3987 legislation to re-establish the National Archives as an independent agency; White House staff positions on the possible independence of the National Archives; records disposal activities; preservation of electronic records; general records schedule and document standards; protests by former President Richard Nixon's staff members on the proposed release of Nixon’s special files; GSA Administrator Gerald Carmen’s removal of James O’Neill as head of Presidential Libraries and his later reinstatement of O’Neill; the status of the National Archives' White House liaison staff and their 1984 return to the National Archives; and possible events on the signing of S. 905 on October 19, 1984 for the independence of the National Archives and Records Administration on April 1, 1985.

6 linear inches

Ronald Reagan Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11613735

Ronald Reagan Library

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Warner, Robert Mark, 1927-2007

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Dr. Robert M. Warner served as sixth Archivist of the United States from July 1980 to April 1985, having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter. During his tenure, Dr. Warner led the agency during one of the most important periods in its history: the transformation from a division of the General Services Administration (GSA) to an independent executive agency. His four-year fight for independence was won on October 19, 1984, when President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that removed the N...