Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig

Project Archivist - Smithsonian Institution Archives

Electronic Records Division

Lynda joined the Smithsonian Institution Archives in August 2005. She previously served as Editorial Library Director at the Army Times Publishing Co. in Springfield, Va., where she was responsible for electronically archiving nine print publications, managing the library's collection of microfilm, bound volumes, and books, and conducting research for staff. She also worked as a librarian, news editor, copy editor, page designer, and reporter at Knight Ridder-Tribune in Washington, DC., and various newspapers in Illinois.

She has a Master's degree in History from the University of Illinois-Springfield. Her master's thesis was on the Mexican population in the Chicago area during the Great Depression. Lynda also has worked on various historical projects, including obituary and slave birth databases, at the Alexandria (Va.) Local History/Special Collection Library.