Robert C. Weaver (1907–1997)

Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.

Born 1907 · died 1997

Robert Clifton Weaver was an American economist, academic, and political administrator who served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weaver was the first African American to be appointed to a US Cabinet-level position.

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Where the papers are held

The surviving papers of Robert C. Weaver (1907–1997) are held at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

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