The Office of the Historian is an office of the

United States Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the country's fore ...

within the Foreign Service Institute. It is legally responsible for the preparation and publication of the official historical documentary record of U.S. foreign policy in the '' Foreign Relations of the United States'' series, which can be accessed at its website. It researches and writes historical studies on aspects of U.S.

diplomacy Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

for use by policymakers and the public. The office makes recommendations to other bureaus regarding the identification, maintenance, and long-term preservation of important historical diplomatic records. Its outreach activities include participating in the planning and installation of the historical components of the department's planned

United States Center for Diplomacy The National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) is the first museum in the United States dedicated to telling the stories of American diplomacy. Its mission is to inspire discovery of how American diplomacy shapes the nation's prosperity and ...

, counseling private scholars and journalists on historical research issues, and responding to government and public inquiries on diplomatic history questions.

List of Directors of the Office of the Historian

Gaillard Hunt Gaillard T. Hunt (September 8, 1862 – March 20, 1924) was an American author and civil servant. Gaillard Hunt is notable because several of his works have been republished, in electronic form. Available works include: *"The Debates in the Federa ...

1919–1924 *

Harry Dwight Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...

1924 * Tyler Dennett 1924–1931 * David Hunter Miller 1931–1933 * Cyril Wynne 1933–1939 *

E. Wilder Spaulding E is the fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. E or e may also refer to: Commerce and transportation * €, the symbol for the euro, the European Union's standard currency unit * ℮, the estimated sign, an EU symbol indicating that the wei ...

1939–1946 * George Bernard Noble 1946–1962 * William Franklin 1962–1974 * Fredrick Aandahl (acting) 1975–1976 *

David Trask David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

1976–1981 *

William Slany William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

1981–2000 *

Marc J. Susser Dr. Marc J. Susser is a former historian of the United States Department of State. The Office of the Historian of the Department of State is responsible, by act of the United States Congress, for the publication of the official historical recor ...

2001–2009 * John Campbell (acting) July 2009–September 2009 *

Edward P. Brynn Edward Paul Brynn, (August 1, 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a career diplomat, historian and educator. He was the American ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Burkina Faso from 1990 to 1993 and to Ghana from 1995 until 1998. Bi ...

(acting) 2009–2012 *

Stephen Randolph Stephen LeCharles Randolph (born May 1, 1974) is an American left-handed pitcher formerly in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball. Career Randolph was selected by the New York Yankees in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB Draft ou ...

2012–2017 * Adam Howard &

Renée Goings Renée (without the accent in non-French speaking countries) is a French/Latin feminine given name. Renée is the female form of René, with the extra –e making it feminine according to French grammar. The name Renée is the French form of t ...

(co-directors ''pro tempore'') 2018–2019 * Adam Howard 2019–present

References

External links

* Foreign relations of the United States Historiography of the United States

Historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

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