Robert Sink

bsink@cjh.org

Research

Bob Sink, who teaches the Institutional Archives course, has been Chief Archivist for the Center for Jewish History since 2001. The Center, which is located on West 16th Street in New York City , serves as the archival research repository for several significant institutions, including: the American Jewish Historical Society, the Leo Baeck Institute; YIVO; the American Sephardic Institute; and the Yeshiva University Museum . Prior to joining the CJH, Bob had worked as Archivist/Records Manager at the New York Public Library since 1985. Bob is a distinguished member of the profession, a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists, a New York City Centennial Historian, and the recipient of a Distinguished Achievement in the Archival Profession Award from the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York in 1996. Prior to assuming his current position, Bob worked for NYPL as a Manuscript Specialist (1981-1985), and served as Senior Archivist for the Brooklyn Rediscovery Project (1978-1981). He has published widely on a variety of archival and historical topics ranging from Lewis Hine photographs to archival appraisal, and speaks regularly at archival conferences. He has served the profession in a variety of capacities, most recently completing a stint as SAA Treasurer in 2000. Bob has been teaching archives courses for nearly twenty years, at such institutions as Columbia University, St. John’s University, and Queens College. Bob received his M.A. in American Urban History from the City University of New York in 1977 and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Pratt that same year.

Teaching

Institutional Archives

Selected Publications