Daniel Williams (historian)
American archivist and historian
Daniel Thomas Williams Jr. (1932–2010) was an American archivist and historian. He was the first African American to be honored as a fellow of the Society of American Archivists and was Head University Librarian at Tuskegee University from 1968 to 1999.
Personal life and education
Williams was born on September 20, 1932, to Willie Mae and Daniel T. Williams Sr. and grew up in Miami, Florida. He had two brothers, Emmett J. and Rodney M. Williams.
He graduated from West Virginia State College, now University, in 1956 with majors in Spanish and History. One year later, he received his Master's in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He later returned to graduate school and graduated from American University with a certificate in archival administration in 1968. Williams did post-graduate work at both the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago.
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