Hall of Records Commission
Minutes

for a Meeting 
at the Maryland State Archives
Electronic Classroom
12 Noon 
November 25, 2002

Chairman Bell called the meeting to order at 12:18 p.m.

Chairman Bell welcomed Jacqueline Thompson, Chief of Staff to Secretary Peta Richkus, and Winston Tabb, Dean of University Libraries and Sheridan Director, Milton S. Eisenhower Library at The Johns Hopkins University, who is representing Dr. Brody.

Dr. Papenfuse welcomed Chris Allan as a special and regular guest.  He thanked Mr. Allan for volunteering to take on the job of reorganizing a Friends group and helping to find outside funding for the work of the Archives.

Reports and Minutes of Previous Meetings

Chairman Bell told the Commission that Dick Israel was involved in an automobile accident but is recuperating nicely.  Chairman Bell wrote Mr. Israel a letter saying that he dare not stay sick, because the Commission needs him.  Dr. Papenfuse added that he had visited Mr. Israel twice and presented him with a gift certificate to a local bookstore on behalf of the Commission and the Archives. Mr. Israel is in good spirits and keen to get back to work.

Chairman Bell acknowledged two Archives staff members:  Diane Evartt and Pat Melville.  Dr. Papenfuse said that both of these employees are dedicated public servants and have been at the Archives longer than he has.  Ms. Melville, a native of South Dakota, began her 35 year career at the Archives in August 1967.  She received her B.A. in history and classics in 1965 from the University of South Dakota, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.  She also has her M.A. in history from the USD.  Throughout Ms. Melville's career, she has exhibited the highest level of professionalism, and her knowledge of public records is unparalleled.  On behalf of the Governor and the Hall of Records Commission, Judge Bell presented Ms. Melville with a Governor's Citation, appended hereto and made an official part of these minutes.

Diane Evartt joined the Archives in 1971.  She is a native of New Jersey, and received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964 and her M.A. from American University in 1983.  Early in her career at the Archives, Ms. Evartt specialized in the organization and structure of Maryland government.  She became associate editor of the Maryland Manual with the 1979-1980 edition and the editor with the 1987-1988 edition.  Her attention to detail and knowledge of the creation and evolution of State agencies has produced a guide to State government that has become a model of its kind. On behalf of the Governor and the Hall of Records Commission, Judge Bell presented Ms. Evartt with a Governor's citation, appended hereto and made an official part of these minutes.

• June 4, 2002
• Special meetings and Celebratory events
 
Chairman Bell asked the members if they had any additions, deletions or changes to the minutes of the previous meeting.  On behalf of Dr. Richardson, Dr. Phillips asked if all future minutes could include an attendance list.  Dr. Papenfuse agreed and the attendance list follows:

Commission Members, Alternates, and Counsel:
The Honorable Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals, and Chairman of the Hall of Records Commission
The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, President of the Senate
Pat Bruce, Aide to Delegate Mary A. Conroy
Jacqueline M. Thompson, representing Peta N. Richkus, Secretary, Department of General Services
Winston Tabb, representing Dr. William R. Brody, President, The Johns Hopkins University
Bret Schreiber, representing Dr. William R. Brody, President, The Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Glenn Phillips, representing Dr. Earl S. Richardson, President, Morgan State University
Dr. Whitman H. Ridgway, representing Dr. William E. Kirwan, Chancellor, University of Maryland

Special Guest(s):

Christopher N. Allan

Staff:

Timothy D. Baker, Deputy State Archivist
Kathy Beard, Executive Associate and Recording Secretary, Maryland State Archives
Ray Connor, Photographer, Maryland State Archives
Diane Evartt, Archivist V, Maryland State Archives
Van Lewis, Director, Fiscal Administration, Maryland State Archives
Lynne MacAdam, Computer Network Specialist Manager, Maryland State Archives
Pat Melville, Archivist V, Maryland State Archives
Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist and Secretary, Hall of Records Commission
Emily Oland Squires, Archivist V, Maryland State Archives

Dr. Phillips offered a motion of approval of the minutes as amended to include a list of attendees, and recognition of the special meetings of the Commission as defined by standing resolution, seconded by Dr. Ridgway and unanimously approved, the Chairman concurring.
 
 

Records Retention and Disposal Schedules

• Retention
• Disposal

Dr. Ridgway offered a motion of approval of Records Retention and Disposal Schedules as presented, seconded by Dr. Phillips and unanimously approved, the Chairman concurring.

Old Business

Survey of Other Archives

Dr. Papenfuse asked to postpone the results of his project to canvas other Archives around the nation to see how they are faring during these difficult financial time.  Over one half of Dr. Papenfuse's colleagues have responded to his questionnaire, and he will have the results at the next Commission meeting.  So far the results are not very good.  For example, the Virginia State Library has cut out all imaging work and dismissed its imaging staff.  These are difficult times for Virginia and all states.

Archivist's Report & Staff Activities

Dr. Papenfuse said that he and the Archives' staff are trying to reach out to the public to explain the Archives' mission and methods.

June 26:  Dr. Papenfuse participated in Maryland Municipal League Conference, Preserving Municipal History, in Ocean City, MD;

July 26:  Dr. Papenfuse addressed the Council of Geographic Names Authorities, Where is Watkins Point?;

August 9:  Shaanxi Provincial Archives delegation visited the Archives;

September 11:  Delegation of China State Archives Bureau, Inner Mongolian Archives Management System visited the Archives;

September 26-28:  Dr. Papenfuse represented Chief Judge Robert M. Bell at the fifth annual meeting of State and Federal Court Historical Society administrators and trustees held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) in Portland, Oregon;

September 29:  Dr. Papenfuse addressed the Baltimore County Genealogical Society on the occasion of their 25th anniversary on The Future of the Maryland State Archives group. The group made a $500 donation to the Endowment Fund;

October 3:  MPT Advisory Board met re:  "Maryland's Roots";

October 11-13:  Dr. Papenfuse spoke at a conference in Hofgeismar, Germany called Justitia Scanned: Creating Electronic Editions of Legal History. He spoke on Salvaging the Nearly Lost Art of Constitution Making: Documenting the Documents. His expenses were paid by the conference organizers;

November 4:  Dr. Papenfuse addressed Russian journalists here to observe the electoral process;

November 21:  Dr. Papenfuse addressed the Baltimore Bibliophiles re:  new map book and the future of electronic archives at the Johns Hopkins Club;

November 25:  Dr. Papenfuse addressed Anne Arundel County K-12 media specialists re:  Aftermath of Glory and From Segregation to Integration document packets at the Carver Center.

Special Meetings of the Commission & Events of Interest

December 2002:  Three-member delegation from Inner Mongolia, P.R. China, to visit the Archives;

December 3, 2002:  Groundbreaking for the new Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture;

December 4, 2002:  Reference and Research Advisory Committee meeting;

December 6, 2002:  Archives of Maryland On Line Advisory Board meeting;

April 3-6, 2003:  Dr. Papenfuse to present The Necessity of Consortium Efforts for Web-Based Documents in the Midst of Budget Cuts at the OAH Convention in Memphis, TN. OAH will provide air travel;

May 15, 2003:  Dr. Papenfuse to address the China Burma India (CBI) Veterans group of WWII re:  role of the State Archivist and MSA at Snyder's Willow Grove Restaurant.

Recent Gifts and Acquisitions

• Special Collections:
• Barra Foundation, MSA SC 1407
In the 1980s, Dr. Papenfuse was approached by the Barra Foundation of Philadelphia which had bought a collection of papers thought to be those of James McHenry, Secretary of War under George Washington and after whom Ft. McHenry is named.  The Foundation offered to pay for a microfilm edition of this collection if the Archives would tell them what it is worth, as well as catalog it. It left the collection at the Archives on deposit.  The Foundation has now given the collection to the Archives, as it has been here for so long and has been taken such good care of.  Dr. Papenfuse said that there is one letter of extraordinary value in the collection,  McHenry's letter to Peggy Caldwell in which he details Washington's resignation in our State House.  The person in charge of the Barra Foundation couldn't afford to pass it up, so he bought the whole collection for that one letter.  It is the only really first-hand account we have of Washington's resignation. This fabulous collection can be viewed on line.

Mr. Tabb asked about the Barra Foundation, and  Dr. Papenfuse told him that it is primarily devoted to helping Philadelphia.

• Government Records
• Donation by the Society of Colonial Wars:  Baltimore F. Calvert, Lord Baltimore.  A Tour to the East in the Years 1763 and 1764
Periodically, the Society of Colonial Wars approaches Dr. Papenfuse about buying something relating to Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore.    The Society discovered a book available on line, A Tour to the East in the Years 1763 and 1764.  It goes with a book the Society donated to the Archives which is the official record of the rape trial of Frederick Calvert. Dr. Papenfuse said that this book has just recently been acquired by the McKeldin Library, Maryland collection, so there are now two copies of this rare book in Maryland repositories.
Mr. Tabb offered a resolution of appreciation for the recent gifts, including other special collections received but not described, seconded by Dr. Phillips and unanimously approved, the Chairman concurring.

Finding Aids, Reference Services, and Publications

• Maryland Manual.net
Dr. Papenfuse reported that the Maryland Manual is on-going, and Ms. Evartt is keeping in touch with the Governor's new transition team which does not, at the moment, have a separate web site.  When they do, we will link to it.
• Archives of Maryland.net
The Archives of Maryland Advisory Board is scheduled to meet next Friday to talk about the future of this project.  Fortunately, we have not been asked to cut the relatively small amount of money we have for this project which is one of the most heavily used research sites the Archives has available, after the Maryland Manual On Line and the Maryland Electronic Capital. It started with 72 volumes, and it is now up to 529.  Dr. Papenfuse briefly discussed what we put on line and why.
• plats.net
Dr. Papenfuse said that, as of December, all counties will be on line, and Baltimore City should be on line by the end of January. This means that all oversized record material relating to land in Maryland that was recorded as a subdivision or condominium plat will be available on line.  This project is providing $943,000 of our Special Fund revenue this year, which helps the Archives balance its budget, along with mdlandrec.net, and keeps us from having to cut staff and service to the public even more. Dr. Papenfuse expressed his gratitude to the wise and perceptive way in which the Judiciary has looked at this project as being helpful not only to the Judiciary, but also to the Archives and to public service in the state.  The cost of the system over the years will decline and will be maintained at a relatively inexpensive level in terms of managing this amount of material.

Research & Education

• Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration, and Impact of Slavery's History and Legacy in Maryland
• Minutes of Meetings:
• May 28, 2002
• October 10, 2002 (unapproved at this time)
Dr. Papenfuse reiterated that the Archives is the research arm of the Slavery Commission and its research staff has been saved by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

• Courses taught, lectures given by the State Archivist (see prior resolution on 4/19/2000):
• July 15:  American History in Maryland Program at the Archives in conjunction with UMBC:
Dr. Papenfuse gave credit to Nancy Bramucci for the American History in Maryland program.  The Archives has set up a program for UMBC that has one of the large Byrd grants in education to help teachers in the Baltimore County/Baltimore City teach American History.  The Archives has been supporting this by providing original archival material and helping with teaching.  The system that is being used is one designed by Nancy Bramucci.
• Fall 2002:  Race and the Law:  The Maryland Experience taught with Larry Gibson, University of Maryland School of Law:
Dr. Papenfuse reported that this is the second year he has taught this course.  Students are looking at what Dr. Papenfuse called Beneath the Brief, which means looking at the briefs, how they are presented in cases, and trying to get at the actual evidence that went into the creation of the case.
• October 18:  Judicial Institute course on Maryland Legal History:
Dr. Papenfuse taught a Judicial Institute course in October and will be teaching again in April.  It has been great fun especially because of the participation of a retired judge from the Court of Appeals who seems to enjoy himself in the course.
• Spring 2003:  Legal History Seminar: Building Baltimore, taught with Garrett Power at University of Maryland School of Law.
• April 9, 2003:  Judicial Institute course on Maryland Legal History in the Post-Revolutionary Era (program included in today's packet).

 
• December 4:  Dr. Papenfuse to attend a Faculty Advisory Committee meeting for the Masters in Liberal Arts program at JHU.

• Summer Internship Program, June 12 - August 20, 2002:
Dr. Papenfuse said that the Internship Program is managed by Emily Squires, who solicits needs from all managers, then looks at our resources, and allocates what we have to achieve very specific goals over the summer.  Last summer's program was mostly devoted to the Underground Railroad, where we had the most money. Dr. Papenfuse showed the Commission a powerpoint presentation of runaway ads that was done by one of the interns.  It is what got the Archives the U.S. Department of Education grant.
• March 25, 2003, Annual Colonial Society Essay Contest, judged by State Archivist:
The theme of the annual essay contest for the Maryland Colonial Society will be Getting Here From There: Early Maryland Maps and Travel Journals. Dr. Papenfuse will judge the entries and present the prizes on Maryland Day.
• Conservation surveys of Annapolis Collection and Peabody Art Collection/Inventory of Government House
Dr. Papenfuse said that the Commission on Artistic Property staff did a wonderful job of surveying the condition of both the Annapolis and Peabody Art Collections.  We are now in a position to say which works need conservation and how much it is going to cost.

Administrative & Fiscal Matters

• Legislation:  Implementation of legal authority for plats.net as recordation system for State Roads plats

 
• New Facilities/Space Needs:
• status report on building program/acquisition/warehouse space

 
• Budget Issues, Present and Future:
• NICS
As the Commission may be aware, the Archives was featured prominently in the news for not having done background checks.  Dr. Papenfuse made no comment during the controversy.  The Administration was warned well in advance that the Archives was not going to be able to maintain its NICS background checks because we but did not get funding.  We cut off the background checks in March with the full knowledge of the FBI which reduced the number of requests they sent us by one third.  Instead, they sent only the difficult ones.  The FBI also sent the Archives wonderful letters of commendation for the work it was doing.

The Archives started up the background checks on July 1. Although the Archives has not yet received any money, it is conducting these checks on good faith and is doing 20% of the FBI background checks in Maryland.  Public Safety is getting ten new positions, and they are giving the Archives one federally funded position to handle that 20% of the FBI checks.  Additionally, the Archives will receive $45,000 for this year to pay us back for the work we have done.

• Status of Archives' budget FY 2003
• Status of Archives' proposed budget FY 2004
• Transition Document
Dr. Papenfuse turned the meeting over to Tim Baker, Deputy State Archivist, who worked on the transition document, bringing together a concise statement of where we are, where we are headed, and what kind of help we need.

Mr. Baker referred the Commission to the transition document included in today's packet and displayed on the screen.  He said it was a collaborative effort in which we set out for the transition team some of the key goals and objectives of our agency. It touches on what we think are key issue areas that need to get attention in the short term, from our Information Technology (IT)  infrastructure to being able to access and provide our own staff and the public with better index data.  For example, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Division of Vital Records has not provided full access to their index databases which would assist in locating files in Archives’ custody and significantly reduce the cost of service to patrons.  Dr. Papenfuse noted that Reference Services has a backlog of over 950 letters and one half of these letters are for vital records.  Because the Archives does not have access to the Vital Records index, it takes 30-60 minutes to answer each letter.  If the Archives had access to these index databases, which the Vital Records Division already has, we could speed up our delivery of this information by a factor of 100%.

Mr. Baker said that the transition document talks about some of the requirements for IT storage capacity.  Our IT budget was zeroed out for fiscal year 03, and the budget mark DBM gave the Archives for FY 04 offered no relief.  It is only through our Special Fund projects that the Archives is able to do anything in the area of IT, which is vital to the operation of the Archives. We manage over 10,000 databases that help us find materials and provide service to the public.  Mr. Baker also discussed the Archives' physical space requirements.  Using graphics, he showed the Commission the result of  the Archives being unable to afford necessary shelving at our warehouse facilities.  By providing sufficient, secure, and relatively inexpensive warehouse space and shelving, the critical permanent paper records of downsized state agencies can be stored and retrieved as needed in the most economical and cost effective manner.

Dr. Papenfuse asked that the following recommendations made to the transition team be carried back to the Department of General Services:

• Ensure that the Maryland Manual On Line is adequately staffed and supported so that the Archives can be the key reference tool for reshaping Maryland government;
• Provide needed supplementary web support and firewall server integrity, including posting or providing gateway access to transition documents and strategies both for internal use and for public presence;
• Assist in researching issues relating to the structure and functions of Maryland State, county and municipal government;
• Transfer records management responsibilities from the DGS to the Archives;
• Transfer responsibility for the Maryland state portal to the Archives; and
• Establish interagency partnerships that facilitate appropriate access to permanent records and preserve the records at the Archives, e.g., mdlandrec.net.

 
• Special Fund Grants/Income Projects:
• National Park Service Network to Freedom Grant;
• U.S. Dept. of Education's Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program Grant;
The Archives began a project a few years ago called Searching for Ancestors Who Were Slaves, beginning with the Prince George's County Freedom records. Our head of research, Emily Squires, noted that there were grant monies available from both the National Park Service ($25,000 start-up grant) and U.S. Department of Education ($250,000 for the first year and $750,000 over three years) for Underground Railroad research.  Ms. Squires suggested that the Slavery Commission go after these grants and we were awarded both of them, which will be announced more fully after the first of the year.  We are going to study not just where Underground Railroad sites were in Maryland, but the whole question of the effort to flee to freedom as it appears in the court records of the State.  The Archives is trying to bring together in a web-based environment a presentation on the Underground Railroad, touching on a wide range of local source material.  It also addresses the budget committee's request that the Archives find outside sources of funding.  Dr. Papenfuse thanked staff working on this project and told the Commission that a more detailed overview will be given at a future meeting.

Dr. Phillips asked if the funding for this project included funding outside the Archives staff, and Dr. Papenfuse advised that it also included matching money for a summer internship.
 

• Maryland Historical Trust historic sites scanning project:
Dr. Papenfuse expects to have a Memorandum of Understanding shortly for some federal funds for the Maryland Historical Trust to put all of their historic sites inventory on line.  It will be an index that people can use get to historic site information rather than having to go to Crownsville.
• State Highway Administration (SHA) right-of-way scanning project:
Dr. Papenfuse noted that the SHA is paying the Archives to bring their oversized recorded plats on line and make them accessible.  This has already been a benefit to a person in Queen Anne's County who brought suit against the SHA because of a right-of-way plat that was illegible in Queen Anne's County.  They were able to go to our web site, pull up the original of the plat, and produce it before the judge.   The money for this project is coming from the SHA and, in part, from federal money.
• Status of the Archives Endowment Fund:  Interest, Gifts and Matching funds:
• Rosenberg $50,000 outright grant for map book;
• Grant from Maryland Historical Trust to document the history of the State House: mdstatehouse.net;
• Rosenberg Grant for map book
Dr. Papenfuse reported that a new expanded, full color, edition of the Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland is about to be published, he hopes, by Maryland Day, March 25, 2003.  He demonstrated on line for the Commission what the new book will look like.  It will be in full color, contain plates of all county wall maps which were not in the previous edition, have additional text relating to the impact of the Charter on Maryland's boundaries, and correct any errors in the first edition. Dr. Papenfuse hopes to do something special in honor of it publication.  All net proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Maryland State Archives Endowment Fund.  All maps owned by the Maryland State Archives or by the Library of Congress will be available for sale as full sized reproductions and proceeds from that will go to the Endowment Fund, as well.
• Gifts to the Archives Endowment Fund
Dr. Papenfuse said that anyone on the Archives' staff who gives a lecture or presentation about the Archives must contribute his or her honorarium to the Archives' Endowment Fund. Dr. R. J. Rockefeller has received two honorariums totaling $175, Dr. Papenfuse has received two honorariums totaling $750, and Dr. David Taft Terry has received an honorarium of $250. Dr. Papenfuse asked that staff be recognized for doing this work outside the office.

In addition to those gifts, Dr. Papenfuse received a call from a bank towards the end of June about the Albert Ritchie Memorial Commission Fund that that they did not know what to do with.  It was specifically designed to fund the creation and care of Governor Richtie's portrait and the Ritchie Highway memorial outside of Annapolis. The entire fund of more than $16,000 was transferred to the Archives for the use of the Artistic Property Commission for care and preservation of the governors' portraits. This money has been placed in the Archives Endowment Fund and the interest will be used for preservation of the portraits.

Finally, the State House Trust occasionally works with movie companies that want to film in the State House. As the Trust does not have a fund of its own, money from these activities, such as expenses and donations in lieu of rental, comes to the State Archives Endowment Fund.  Dr. Papenfuse said that Dreamworks gave the Archives $5,721 for the filming of the movie "Head of State" in the State House in August, and the funds have gone into the Endowment Fund.

• Warrant No. 96
Dr. Papenfuse reported that the largest single amount of money to come into the Archives Fund was from a grant of land to a couple in Carroll County.  He referred the Commission to a Daily Record article in today's packet called Virgin Territory and showed them the Opinion of the Commissioner of Land Patents.  The person who applied for the land grant was very meticulous in his work, and Richard Richardson, Deputy Commissioner of Land Patents, paralleled all of his work to make sure it was accurate, but the applicant's work was outstanding.  For the first time, the opinion of an administrative judge has been place on line with all supporting documentation.  This brought about $9,000 into the Endowment Fund and land that had not been claimed is now on the tax rolls of Carroll County.  The decision was presented at the last Board of Public Works meeting, and all three board members participated in a ceremony granting the patent.
• mdlandrec.net
Using a Power Point presentation, Dr. Papenfuse explained that mdlandrec.net is a digital image retrieval system for land record indices in Maryland.  He said one of the biggest problems of doing research in land records is that you have to do a combination of looking in the computer for index information, which varies from county to county, look in bound volumes and paper records that are difficult to get to and to use.  The Archives recommended to the Judiciary that there be a joint project between the Judiciary and the Archives to bring these land record volumes and indices on line and, at the same time, retire from the current land records imaging system any records older than ten years old. Last week, this proposal was presented to Delegate Cadden's committee (the Archives' Appropriations subcommittee).  All of the principal clerks, as well as people from the Administrative Office of the Courts came in support of it.

Dr. Papenfuse told the Commission that the Archives has gone to the Information Technology Fund and asked for matching funds for the Judiciary so that the Archives can undertake this project. The request is still on the governor's desk.  However, the Judiciary has committed itself to half of the funding for this project and is willing for the Archives to begin work on it with Prince George's, Baltimore, and Worcester Counties beginning January 1, 2003.  If the Archives can secure $220,000 from the Information Technology Fund out of FY 2003, it will be able to complete the first phase of the project by July 1 of the next fiscal year.  This project will provide a service to State government and will allow the Archives to avoid further reductions in staff or in its level of service to the public. In addition, the Archives will preserve those unique paper land record indexes that are deteriorating rapidly.

Dr. Phillips asked which county would follow Prince George's, Baltimore and Worcester Counties and Judge Bell said that the clerks will have a large say in this issue.


Dr. Phillips offered a resolution of support for the projects that do not require additional general funds, and the endorsement of the Commission for the partnership with the Judiciary on mdlandrec.net, seconded by Dr. Ridgway and unanimously approved by the Commission.

(At this time [1:00 p.m.], Senator Miller left the meeting for another appointment.)

• MSA Annual Report
[in progress]

Next meeting

Appendix

Be it Known:  That on behalf of the citizens of this State, in recognition of the dedication and professionalism you have demonstrated during your long and distinguished career and as a state employee...in honor of your significant contributions to the great State of Maryland during your association with the Maryland State Archives; and as an expression of our admiration, great respect and gratitude for your 35 years of exemplary service to the citizens of Maryland, we are pleased to confer upon you this Governor's Citation.

November 25, 2002
Parris N. Glendening, Governor
John T. Willis, Secretary of State
 

The State of Maryland
Governor of the State of Maryland, to
Diane Frese Evartt, Greetings:

Be it Known:  That on behalf of the citizens of this State, in recognition of the dedication and professionalism you have demonstrated during your long and distinguished career and as a state employee...in honor of your significant contributions to the great State of Maryland during your association with the Maryland State Archives; and as an expression of our admiration, great respect and gratitude for your 30 years of exemplary service to the citizens of Maryland, we are pleased to confer upon you this Governor's Citation.

November 25, 2002
Parris N. Glendening, Governor
John T. Willis, Secretary of State

Adjournment

Approved by the Hall of Records Commission, April 24, 2003
 

                                ________________________________________
                                        The Honorable Robert M. Bell, Chairman
 

                                ________________________________________
                                        Edward C. Papenfuse, Jr., Secretary

Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse
State Archivist

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