2013 Maryland State Archives Skills Assessment

Please choose one of the following documents to download. After reviewing the document, please transcribe it (copy it word for word) and then compose a brief, narrative statement about its significance. For example, tell us: How can it be used in the study of history? What, if anything, does it convey about the people, the place, the time period? Why would this be considered a permanent record? Please send your completed work with the rest of your application materials. The information submitted will be used to assist the hiring committee in the selection and placement process.

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If you are unable to read these files or experience any difficulties at all, please contact Emily Oland Squires immediately at emily.squires@maryland.gov or 410-260-6443.

Links to documents:

OPTION #1 -
Will of William Caulk TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills), 1832-1848, [CM1041], Book Name: JP 9, Film Reel: CR 9505-2, p. 219-221.

OPTION #2 -
Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Benjamin Watkins Collection) MSA 210-1-3.

OPTION #3 -
Petition of Sally Eliza Dorsey and Priscilla M. Dorsey, Nov. 2, 1860. Fugitive Slave Record Book, 1850-1860; Records of the District Courts of the United States, 1685-2004, Record Group 21; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.

[online version available through Online Public Access at http://www.archives.gov(National Archives Identifier: 278908) downloaded October 17, 2012].

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