
Hall of Records Commission
Minutes
for a Meeting
at the Maryland State Archives
Electronic Classroom
12 Noon
November 25, 2002
Call to Order by the Chairman
Chairman Bell called the meeting to order at 12:18 p.m.
Attendees
and Introduction of Special Guests
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.
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June 4, 2002
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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
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Retention
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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.
At this time, Chairman Bell changed the agenda by moving to Administrative
and Fiscal Matters so that Senator Miller could be present for budget-related
issues before he has to leave for another meeting.
Archivist's Report & Staff Activities
(see the Maryland State Archives
Bulldog
for additional details)
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
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Special Collections:
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Government Records
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration, and Impact of Slavery's
History and Legacy in Maryland
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.
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Courses taught, lectures given by the State Archivist (see prior resolution
on 4/19/2000):
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Spring 2003: Legal History Seminar: Building Baltimore, taught
with Garrett Power at University of Maryland School of Law.
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April 9, 2003: Judicial Institute course on Maryland Legal History
in the Post-Revolutionary Era (program included in today's packet).
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December 4: Dr. Papenfuse to attend a Faculty Advisory Committee
meeting for the Masters in Liberal Arts program at JHU.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Legislation: Implementation
of legal authority for plats.net as recordation system for State Roads
plats
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New Facilities/Space Needs:
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status report on building program/acquisition/warehouse space
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Budget Issues, Present and Future:
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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.
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Status of Archives' budget FY 2003
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Status of Archives' proposed budget FY 2004
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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:
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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;
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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;
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Assist in researching issues relating to the structure and functions of
Maryland State, county and municipal government;
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Transfer records management responsibilities from the DGS to the Archives;
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Transfer responsibility for the Maryland state portal to the Archives;
and
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Establish interagency partnerships that facilitate appropriate access to
permanent records and preserve the records at the Archives, e.g., mdlandrec.net.
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Special Fund Grants/Income Projects:
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National
Park Service Network to Freedom Grant;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Status of the Archives Endowment Fund: Interest, Gifts and Matching
funds:
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Rosenberg $50,000 outright grant for map book;
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Grant from Maryland Historical Trust to document the history of the State
House: mdstatehouse.net;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
Next meeting
Spring meeting at the call of the Chair
Appendix
The State of Maryland
Governor of the State of Maryland, to
Patricia V. Melville, 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 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
There being no further business to discuss, Mr. Tabb offered a motion
to adjourn the meeting at 1:45 p.m., which was seconded by Dr. Phillips
and unanimously approved, the Chairman concurring.
Approved by the Hall of Records Commission, April 24, 2003
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The Honorable Robert M. Bell, Chairman
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Edward C. Papenfuse, Jr., Secretary
Dr.
Edward C. Papenfuse
State Archivist
Maryland State Archives
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Annapolis, Maryland 21401
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