List of female archivists

This is a list of female archivists.

NameDescriptionBirthDeathImage Marguerite-Françoise-Émilie d’Hôtel, Madame de Calonne French archivist at the Tribunal of Seine (France)17211812 Adelaide Fries American historian 1871 1949 Vicenta Ibáñez Sarsuela First female archivist at the Archive of the Kingdom of Valencia (Spain) ? 1681 Adrienne Thomas American archivist Alice Prochaska Curator, archivist, librarian, and university administrator 1947-07-12 Anita Wilson Archivist for Tuvalu, Hong Kong Government and British royal family 1943 2006 Barbara Frale Italian historian 1970-02-24 Bep BijtelaarDutch archivist18981978 Beryl Oliver British humanitarian 1882-08-20 1972-07-13 Brenda Banks American archivist 1950 2016-07-25 Camille Billops African American sculptor, filmmaker, printmaker 1933-08-12 Christina Kenworthy-Browne Roman Catholic Religious Sister and historian Dorothy Owen British archivist and historian 1920-04-11 2002-02-13 Edith Ditmas Archivist, historian, and writer 1896 1986-02-28 Édith Thomas French novelist, archivist, historian and journalist 1909-01-23 1970-12-07 Elaine Didier Director of Ford library and museum 1948-01-01 Elena Amat Calderón Spanish university professor and archivist1910-01-132006-08-04 Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche Sister of Friedrich Nietzsche, creator of the Nietzsche Archive 1846-07-10 1935-11-08 Elizabeth Heaps British librarian Francesca Hillier British archivist Gabrielle Enthoven English playwright, amateur actress, theatre archivist, and prolific collector of theatrical ephemera relating to the London stage 1868-01-12 1950-08-18 Gladys Esther Tormes González Puerto Rican historian 1933-09-19 Helen Willa Samuels American archivist 1943 Helena Polaczkówna Polish archivist18811942Hermine MoquetteDutch archivist1869-04-251945-12-17 Isabella Henriette van Eeghen Dutch art historian 1913-02-03 1996-11-26 Jehanne Wake British biographer and historian Joan Sinar English archivist 1925-06-01 2015-01-18 Julie Buck American film producer, photographer and filmmaker 1974-12-09 Lilli Gjerløw Norwegian archivist 1910-06-19 1998-12-04 Lucie Favier French archivist 1932-08-04 2003-05-01 Margaret Cross Norton First Illinois State Archivist 1891-07-07 1984-05-21 Margaret Gowing English historian 1921-04-26 1998-11-07 Margaret Hedstrom American archivist 1953-07-28 Margaret M. H. Finch American archivist and genealogist 1878-01-06 1958-08-03 Margaret Storrs Grierson Founder and first director, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College 1900-06-27 1997-12-12 Maria PolaczkównaPolish state archivist 18781944 Maria Verger Spanish archivist 1892 1983 Marie Under Estonian poet 1883-03-27 1980-09-25 Marie-Anne Chabin French archivist 1959 Marion Stokes Television producer, Archivist 1929-11-25 2012-12-14 Martha Levisman Argentine architect 1933 Marthe Gosteli Swiss archivist 1917-12-22 2017-04-07 Mary Ritter Beard Historian, writer, activist 1876-08-05 1958-08-14 Megan Prelinger American historian 1967-09-25 Michelle Caswell American archivist and academic Norah Story Canadian archivist 1902 1978-03-05 Pauline Schultz American historian 1915-06-07 2011-10-30 Soemartini Chief of the National Archives of Indonesia 1930-08-17 2017-12-26 Phyllis Blakeley Canadian archivist 1922-08-02 1986-10-25 R. J. Mitchell British writer and archivist 1902 Renate Drucker German historian and archivist 1917-07-11 2009-10-23 Rinskje VisscherDutch archivist and first female archivist in the country1868-12-101950-03-26 Rosalie B. Green American archivist 1917-08-20 2012-02-24 Sara Dunlap Jackson American archivist 1919-05-28 1991-04-19 Sarah Tyacke British historian and archivist 1945-09-29 Shelley Sweeney Canadian archivist 1959 Stella Rimington Director General of MI5; spy fiction writer 1935-05-13 Phyllis Mander-Jones Australian archivist Trudy Huskamp Peterson American archivist 1945-01-25 Virginia C. Purdy American archivist and historian 1922 2015 Yvonne BezardFrench archivist1893-12-081939-03-30 Gladys Hansen American archivist, expert on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake 1925 2017-03-05 Meredith Evans American archivist, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum director 1926 Simone BerbainFrench historian and archivist1915-01-311949-11-21Marie-Louise Marchand-ThébaultFrench archivist2007Judith HornabrookChief Archivist of New Zealand, 1972-198219282011Anahera MorehuChief Archivist of New Zealand, 2023-Barbara L. CraigCanadian archivist and educator1943Tonia SutherlandAmerican archivist, educator, and Black archival studies expertShelley SweeneyCanadian archivist1959Louise Gagnon-ArguinCanadian archivist1941Joan RingelheimAmerican archivist and Research Director, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum19392021

See also List of archivists List of female librarians Lists of women

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