Randolph Greenfield Adams

Randolph Greenfield Adams
Born(1892-11-07)November 7, 1892
DiedJanuary 4, 1951(1951-01-04) (aged 58)
Resting placeWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Librarian, historian
SpouseHelen Newbold Spiller (m. 1917)
ChildrenThomas R. Adams, Richard Newbold Adams

Randolph Greenfield Adams (November 7, 1892 January 4, 1951) was an American librarian and historian. He was the first director of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and served in that role for 28 years. He was a professor of history at the University of Michigan and focused on colonial America and the American Revolutionary War.