An extended version of Trudy’s resume is available for download here.
Summary Curriculum Vitae
Trudy Huskamp Peterson
EDUCATION and CREDENTIALS
Certified Archivist, 1989
B.S., History and English, Iowa State University, 1967
M.A., History, University of Iowa, 1972
Ph.D., History, University of Iowa, 1975
EMPLOYMENT
Consulting archivist, 2002-
Archivist, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1999-2002
Executive Director, Open Society Archives, 1995-1998
Executive Director, Open Media Research Institute, 1996-97
Acting Archivist of the United States, 1993-95
Commissioner, U.S.- Russia Joint Commission on MIAs/POWs, 1992-95
Assistant Archivist for the U.S. National Archives, 1987-93
Various positions with the U.S. National Archives, 1968-87
Also positions in the Departments of Special Collections, University of Iowa and Iowa State University
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Commissioner, European Commission on Preservation and Access, 1997-2001
President, International Conference of the Round Table on Archives, 1993-95; Secretary, 1992-93
International Council on Archives, Vice-President, 1993-95; Vice-Chair, Commission on Program Support, 1996-2000, Member 2000-2004; Co-ordinating Board for the European Programme 1995-1996; Steering Committee, Section of Records Management and Archival Professional Associations (SPA), 2004-; Chair, Human Rights Working Group, 2009-, member 2004-; Chair, Working Group on Standard Access Principles, 2010-; Trustee, Fund for the International Development of Archives, 2010-
Commissioner, European Commission on Preservation and Access, 1997-2001
President, Society of American Archivists, 1990-91; Council, 1984-87; editorial board, The American Archivist, 1978-81
President, Agricultural History Society, 1988-89; executive committee, 1982-85
Executive Committee, Society for History in the Federal Government, 1987-89
HONORS AND AWARDS
Distinguished Alumna Award, Iowa State University, 2008
Council Exemplary Service Award, Society of American Archivists, 2007
Distinguished Service Award, Academy of Certified Archivists, 2007
Alumni Fellow, University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2005
Citation of Merit, Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2005
Grantee, United States Institute of Peace, 2004-2005
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2003-2004
Fellow, World Bank, 2002-2003
Order of Arts and Letters, Republic of France, 1995
Samuel Lazerow Lecturer, Simmons College, 1995
Hancher-Finkbine Medallion, University of Iowa, 1995
University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Award, 1995
Fellows’ Posner Prize, Society of American Archivists, 1987
Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies, Finland, 1983-84
Fellow, Agricultural History Society, 1997; Society of American Archivists, 1980
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
Special Report 170: Temporary Courts, Permanent Records, United States Institute of Peace, 2006
Final Acts: A Guide to Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005
“Archives in Service to the State: The Law of War and Records Seizure,” in Political Pressure and the Archival Records, Margaret Procter, et al., eds., Society of American Archivists, 2006; also in Lligali 21 Catalan Archives Journal, 2004
“Macro Archives, Micro States,” Archivaria, Fall 2000
“Archives of UNESCO Europe: A Comparative View,” UNESCO World Information Report, 1997
Archives and Manuscripts: Law, Society of American Archivists, 1985
Basic Archival Workshop Exercises, Society of American Archivists, 1982
Agricultural Exports, Farm Income, and the Eisenhower Administration, University of Nebraska Press, 1979
Ed., Farmers, Bureaucrats, and Middlemen: Historical Perspectives on American Agriculture, Howard University Press, 1980
And more than 40 other articles
