STAFF NEWS
We welcome new employees Kevin Richardson, Reference Archivist and Sujal Shah, Database Associate. We also welcome the summer interns and volunteers: Dave Terry, Laura Lisy, Rachel Kramer, Daniel Rogers, Colby Cowherd, Anne Tria, Keith Jameson, Melody Haymire, Amanda Sampson, Katherine Laipis, Leigh Bond, Courtney Hackett, and Kerri Jeffrey. We said goodbye to Heather Ravanbakhsh.
ADDITIONS TO SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
by Nancy Bramucci
MSA SC4749: Handleman Slide Collection, 1996/09/01. Graphics, removal and subsequent replacement of the acorn on top of the State House Dome. 33mm slides. Gift, Joseph Handleman.
MSA SC4750: Schnick Collection. Genealogical charts, photographs and notes relating to the Ridgely and Dorsey families. Original, photographs. Gift, Helen Schnick.
MSA SC4751: Edward G. Miner Library Collection, 1863 ca. [1997]. Photographs from the William S. Ely Collection of the Edward G. Miner Library of the University of Rochester. Photographs are of the U.S. Naval Academy during the Civil War, when it was used as a military hospital. Copy photographs. Purchase.
MSA SC4752: Gotts Court Garage Collection, 1992. Photographs taken during the construction of Gotts Court parking garage on Northwest Street in Annapolis. Photographs, negatives. Gift of Joseph A. Baker, Jr.
MSA SC4753: Caroline County Historical Society Collection, 1807. Plat, "Map of Denton" 26 May 1807. Facsimile. Gift, Caroline County Historical Society.
MSA SC4755: Sotterley Collection. Videotapes, "Plantation," the Today Show, November 7, 1996; "The Visible Past," Sunday Morning, October 6, 1996; "Sotterley On Endangered List," June 23, 1996; Canadian Television, September 23, 1996. Sotterly Plantation, situated along the Patuxent River, is a 36 acre tobacco plantation in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The main house, a tidewater style manor, was built between 1713 and 1717. Many of the outbuildings were erected during the ante-bellum period of the nineteenth century. One of the 10 original slave cabins built during that time still stands -- one of the few remaining structures of its kind open to the public. At one time, this 12 foot by 12 foot wood structure with its dirt floor housed a family of 19. At its peak, Sotterley's master owned 53 slaves. Much of the history of Sotterly Plantation has been compiled by Agnes Callum, a genealogist and historian whose great-grandfather, Henry (Hillary?) Cane, along with other members of his family, was among Sotterly's slaves. Ms. Callum, in researching Sotterly's history, uncovered the identity of a descendant of one of the plantation's owners. Former House Delegate and current Judge John Hanson Briscoe is an heir of Walter Hanson Stone Briscoe. Both Ms. Callum and Judge Briscoe work for the preservation of Sotterly. Videotapes. Deposit, Agnes Callum.
MSA SC4756: Duvall Collection. Commissions of Counsellors, one signed by Theodore Roosevelt, two signed by Woodrow Wilson. Photographs, digital scans. Copied courtesy of Brenda Duvall.
MSA SC4757: Everett Smith Collection. Letterbook, Clement Dietrich to his sons in the United States concerning purchase of property for Harford Furnace, Harford County. Collection also includes exhibits from Harford County equity files and miscellaneous plats which have been transferred to MSA T2811, MSA T2812, and MSA T2813. Original. Gift, Everett Smith.
MSA SC4758: Archaeology in Annapolis Collection, var.d. Elizabeth Aiello and John L. Seidel, Three Hundred Years in Annapolis: Phase III Archaeological Investigations of the Anne Arundel County Courthouse Site (18AP63), Annapolis, Maryland, 2 vols. Principal investigators, John L. Seidel and Mark P. Leone. 1995. Copy. Copied courtesy of Al Luckenbach.
MSA SC4759: C&O Canal Collection, 1996. Videotape, "The C&O Canal, American History's Greatest Walk." VHS Videotape. Gift, Advanced Video Artistry.
MSA SC4760: Stewart Collection, 1913/03/04 [1940?]. Panoramic photograph, Baltimore Democratic organization taken in Washington, DC during the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. Photograph.
MSA SC4761: Paynter Collection. Working papers compiled by William Paynter relating to his one-act play, A More Perfect Union, for the bicentennial celebration of the Annapolis Convention. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, publicity articles and photographs. Original, photographs. Gift, St. Anne's Church.
MSA SC4762: Maryland Women's History Collection, 1997. Maryland Women's History Display Kit, Maryland Women: Leading the Way. Includes photographs and profiles of eighteen contemporary Maryland women leaders, sample classroom and community activities, and list of resources. Original. Gift, Maryland State Department of Education.
MSA SC4763: Slacum Collection. The Citizen Soldiers at North Point and Fort McHenry, September 12 & 13, 1814. Resolves of the Citizens in Town Meeting, Particulars Relating to the Battle, Official Correspondence and Honorable Discharge of Troops. Also Celebration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary, 1889. Reprint. (Baltimore: James Young, 1889); State of Maryland, Bureau of Immigration, Baltimore, Maryland: Its Lands, Products and Industries the Ideal Home for the Immigrant, 1913. Original. Gift, Pat Slacum.
MSA SC4764: Catonsville Presbyterian Church Collection, 1880. Church records: perspective drawing of proposed Paradise Presbyterian Church, Charles Carson, architect; floor plan, Paradise Presbyterian Church, 9 August 1880; specifications, Paradise Presbyterian Church, 22 July 1880. Original. Deposit, Catonsville Presbyterian Church.
MSA SC4765: August Weihs Collection, 1910 circa. Two photographs, one of the U.S.S. Maryland armored crusier and the other of the crew of the U.S.S. Maryland armored cruiser. Original photograph.
MSA SC4766: Sun Collection Relating to the Hall of Records Commission, 1997. Materials published in the Baltimore Sun relating to the birthday of Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein and the photographic portrait of the judges of the Court of Appeals, 5-6 Apr. 1997. Original, vellox, negatives.
MSA SC4767: Chesapeake Circuit Methodist Protestant Church Collection, 1941-1972. Church records: quarterly conference minutes, 1866-1916. Wesley Chapel: minutes, women's society, 1941-1960; membership, 1960-1973; minutes, Ladies Circle, 1960-1972; minutes, Daughters of Wesley, 1962. "Heritage of Faith." Microfilm.
MSA SC4768: Stinchcomb Collection, 1652. Patent, Richard Young, Deep Creek. Original. Gift, Mrs. Sara Stinchcomb.
MSA SC4769: National Archives Conference Collection, 1997. Videotapes, "Going Digital." Conference at the National Archives, 10 April 1997. Videotapes. Gift, National Archives at College Park.
MSA SC4770: State House Dome Restoration Collection, 1996. Exhibit panels and mylar drawings of slices of the reconstructed acorn. Original. Gift, Maryland Historical Trust and Department of General Services.
MSA SC4771: Talbott Collection, 1984. Guest list and other materials relating to the visit of Vice President George Bush to the State House, January 1984. Copies. Gift, Orwin Talbott.
MSA SC4772: Fort McHenry Collection, n.d. Graphics, portrait of Francis Scott Key; bombardment of Fort McHenry. Transparencies. Deposit, National Park Service.
MSA SC4773: Clinton Collection, 1997. Program, "The President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, Addressing the Maryland State Legislature." Program created for the joint session of the Maryland General Assembly, February 10, 1997 for address of President William Clinton to the Maryland State Legislature. Original. Gift, Maryland State Archives.
MSA SC4774: James, Dick and Stewart Company Collection, 1773-1781. Account book, James, Dick and Stewart Company. Copy.
Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist
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