Archivist of the United States

David Ferriero, Tenth and current Archivist of the United States

The Archivist of the United States is the chief official in charge of the National Archives and Records Administration. The first Archivist, R.D.W. Connor, began serving in 1934, when the National Archives was established as an independent federal agency by Congress.

Duties

The Archivist is appointed by the President and is responsible for safeguarding and making available for study all the permanently valuable records of the federal government, including the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, which are displayed in the Archives' main building in Washington, D.C.

Archivists of the United States

The following is a list of Archivists of the United States^[1] Denotes acting Archivist

No.	Archivist	Start of Term	End of Term	President(s)
1	Robert Digges Wimberly Connor	October 10, 1934	September 15, 1941	Franklin D. Roosevelt
2	Solon J. Buck	September 18, 1941	May 31, 1948	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
3	Wayne C. Grover	June 2, 1948	November 6, 1965	Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
4	Robert H. Bahmer*	November 7, 1965	March 9, 1968	Lyndon B. Johnson
5	James B. Rhoads**	March 10, 1968	1979	Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
-	James E. O'Neill	1979	July 1980	Jimmy Carter
6	Robert M. Warner	July 1980	April 15, 1985	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
-	Frank G. Burke	April 16, 1985	December 4, 1987	Ronald Reagan
7	Don W. Wilson	December 4, 1987	March 24, 1993	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
-	Trudy Huskamp Peterson	March 25, 1993	May 29, 1995	Bill Clinton
8	John W. Carlin	May 30, 1995	February 15, 2005	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
9	Allen Weinstein	February 16, 2005	December 19, 2008	George W. Bush
-	Adrienne Thomas	December 19, 2008	November 5, 2009	George W. Bush Barack Obama
10	David Ferriero	November 6, 2009^[2]	--	Barack Obama

*Served first as Acting Archivist of the United States from Nov. 7, 1965, until his appointment as Archivist of the United States on January 16, 1966.

**Served first as Acting Archivist of the United States from March 10, 1968, until his appointment as Archivist of the United States on May 2, 1968.

Archivist Of The United States Media

Robert D. W. Connor, First Archivist of the United States (1934-1941)
Solon J. Buck, Second Archivist of the United States - DPLA - f3dfb033bc2305b19dfce1f19716b5ee
Portrait of Wayne C. Grover, Third Archivist of the United States, ca. 1948 (12238610943)
Portrait of Robert Bahmer, Fourth Archivist of the United States, ca. 1965 (12238837864)
James O'Neill Official Portrait
Cropped headshot of Frank Burke from November 1998 photograph when National Historical Publications and Records Commission presented the 1998 Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Frank G. Burke, who served as its Executive Director from 1975 until 1988.
Cropped photo of Don Wilson as Dick Cheney administers the oath of office while Mrs. Wilson and President Ronald Reagan look on, December 4, 1987.
This is an image of Trudy Huskamp Peterson that was taken in March of 1988. She is searching the stacks of the NARA. It is published in the National Archives Catalog and is marked Unrestricted for Access and Use