Edie Hedlin

Ethel W. (Edie) Hedlin (born 1944) is an American archivist and historian. She has held many positions within the archival profession, including service to the National Archives and Records Administration, Wells Fargo Bank, and the Ohio Historical Society. She was for several years a private consultant with extended service to the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). She retired from the position of Director of Smithsonian Institution Archives, having held that position from 1994 to 2005. She has served the Society of American Archivists as Council Member, chairperson of the Business Archives Committee, Vice President, and President. She was for several years a member of the NHPRC California Historical Records Advisory Board. Hedlin was a founding member of the Academy of Certified Archivists, having chaired the Task Force that created the academy.

Career Hedlin first began work within the archival profession with the Ohio Historical Society as the institutional records specialist and State archives specialist. Before she left in 2005, she overlooked the transition to electronic and digital archives as well as the first websites of the Institution. Some other notable works include The Ohio Black History Guide (with Sara S. Fuller, 1975), "Chinatown" Revisited (1986), and Archival Programs in the Southeast: A Preliminary Assessment (1984).