I was looking on-line and saw that in the National Archives there is a theatre named the William G McGovern theater and I wanted to know who he was.
I know that the National Archives in DC is a great place to visit and see many different things in its collection and including a very nice Auditorium they have which (being a DC historian) I saw that it is named after William G McGovern and I kind of wanted to know who he was.
I assume the auditorium was built back when the National Archives was built in the late 1920's or early 1930's. I also assume that it has been renovated a couple of times over the years to make it better. I guess when it was last renovated someone decided to rename it for William G. McGovern.
I am also guessing before it was named for William G Govern theatre it may have for a while been named for someone or something else, do you know if that could be the case. If it had a previous name what was it called before
But my main point to write this e-mail is to ask you who was William G Govern. Was he someone who worked for the National Archives or someone who donated money which gave the National Archive the ability to renovate the Auditorium. And when was the Auditorium renamed for William G McGovern. I assume at that time there was some kind of press release that came out about that. If so, can you send me the press release?
Maybe you could send me something on who he was and something about his background. I am not sure if he is still alive, that is something I would like to know about too.
Anything you might have on William G McGovern I would like to see.
Please do send what you can.
Stephen Hosmer