2014 Event A 12-page letter written by Robert R. Livingston in 1775 is found by an archivist at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, George Washington's headquarters during the Revolutionary War; the letter explains why Livingston was chosen to help draft the Declaration of Independence 1998 Death Otto Bettman, archivist/writer, Started a huge photo archive, dies at 94 1997 Death Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 1997 Death Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74 1995 Death Derick Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian, dies at 88 1954 Death Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies 1940 Birthday John W. Carlin, born in Salina, Kansas, politician, 40th Governor of Kansas 1979 - 1987, Archivist of the United States 1995 - 2005 1930 Death Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71 1922 Death Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies 1922 Birthday Douglas Gray, archivist 1907 Birthday Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian 1907 Birthday Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist 1882 Birthday Floris H. L. Prims, Flemish priest, historian and archivist of Antwerp 1869 Birthday Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist 1859 Death Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 1859 Birthday John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle, Baasje and Witkop 1853 Death John C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist, dies at 60 1848 Birthday Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, Middle Ages 1831 Death Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91 1817 Birthday Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian/archivist, Brussels 1793 Birthday Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist 1793 Birthday Nicolaas C. Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist 1740 Birthday Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist, Algemeen Rijksarchief 1616 Death Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74
