Robert Digges Wimberly Connor
Robert Digges Wimberly Connor was an American historian and the first Archivist of the United States, 1934-1941.Life and career
Connor was born to Henry G. Connor and Kate Whitfield Connor on September 26, 1878, in Wilson, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1899. He married Sadie Hanes of Mocksville, North Carolina on December 23, 1902.
In his role as the inaugural secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, Connor lobbied the North Carolina General Assembly for a building and funding for what became the State Archives of North Carolina. He served as the first state archivist of North Carolina from 1907-1921.
Connor left the North Carolina Historical Commission to become the Kenan Professor of History and Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He held that position until 1934, when President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him to head the National Archives.
Connor served as the third president of the Society of American Archivists between 1941-1943.
He died on February 25, 1950.
