This is the final post in a week-long series marking Administrative Professionals Week and written by Ketina Taylor (Archivist) and Jenny Sweeney (Education Specialist) of the National Archives at Fort Worth. Don't miss their posts from day one, day two, day three and day four. This week’s posts have highlighted the role of secretaries in the late 1950s and early 1960s by taking … Continue reading An Ode to the Secretary
Today's post is the second in a series marking Administrative Professionals Week and written by Ketina Taylor (Archivist) and Jenny Sweeney (Education Specialist) of the National Archives at Fort Worth. If you haven't already seen it, don't miss yesterday's post! Two pages from a 50-page New York Telephone Company booklet entitled "What's Cooking?" The booklet contains recipes … Continue reading Hello? Hello? How to Answer the Phone in a Few Easy Steps: Secretarial Training of the 1960s
This week we're publishing a series of posts by Ketina Taylor (Archivist) and Jenny Sweeney (Education Specialist) of the National Archives at Fort Worth. Secretaries at the Conference of Secretaries in Dallas, Texas in June 1959 (online catalog identifier 7280640). Today marks the beginning of Administrative Professionals Week. Since the advent of television and the movies, Americans have … Continue reading Flashback! Secretaries of the 1950s and 1960s: Do You Have What it Takes to be One?
