Committee On

Oversight & Government Reform

Strengthening the National Historical Publications and Records Commission

June 9, 2010

Witnesses

Panel 1
The Honorable John B. Larson (testimony)
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Member, National Historical Publications & Records Commission

The Honorable David S. Ferriero (testimony)
Archivist of the United States
Chairman, National Historical Publications & Records Commission

Ms. Kathleen M. Williams (testimony)
Executive Director, National Historical Publications & Records Commission
U.S. National Archives & Records Administration

Panel 2
Mr. Michael R. Beschloss (testimony)
Presidential Historian; Vice President, Board of Directors
Foundation for the National Archives

Dr. Steven Hahn
Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History
University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Karen Jefferson (testimony)
Head of Archives and Special Collections
Atlanta University Center

Dr. Ira Berlin (testimony)
Distinguished University Professor
University of Maryland, Representing the American Historical Association

Dr. Pete Daniel (testimony)
Curator, National Museum of American History (Retired)
Representing the Organization of American Historians

Panel 3
Dr. Peter Gottlieb (testimony)
State Archivist of Wisconsin
Representing the Society of American Archivists

Ms. Barbara Franco (testimony)
Director, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Representing the American Association of State and Local History

Ms. Barbara Teague (testimony)
Kentucky State Archivist and Records Administrator
Representing the Council of State Archivists

Ms. Kaye Lanning Minchew (testimony)
Director of Archives, Troup County, Georgia
Representing the National Association of Government Archives & Records Administrators

Ms. Susan Holbrook Perdue
Director, Documents Compass
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Representing the Association for Documentary Editing