Hall of Records Commission Agenda for a Meeting  at the Maryland State Archives Electronic Classroom 12 Noon November 22, 2005

Call to Order by the Chairman

Attendees and Introduction of Special Guests

Stephen P. Anderson, Director, State Law Library
Christopher N. Allan, Secretary, Friends of the Archives
Mrs. Mary S. Allan
Paul Frazer, Volunteer, Maryland State Archives
Jock Menzies, Chairman, Terminal Corporation

Special Announcements/Opening Remarks

Last Will and Testament of Francis Scott Key, 1837 (copy in packet);

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser, April 14, 1791 (copy in packet);

Papenfuse Newspaper Collection, MSA SC 5634 (copy in packet);

St. Cecelia's Day, November 22;

Gift from the Friends of the Archives of Portrait thought to be Leonard Calvert.

Reports and Minutes of Previous Meetings

• April 19, 2005
• Special Meetings and Celebratory Events
• June 27:  Rededication of the State Archives Building:  Remarks by Dr. Papenfuse;
• September 22:  Unveiling of Portrait of Governor and Mrs. Mandel at Government House.

Records Retention and Disposal

• Retention Schedules;
• Disposals;
• Retention Schedule 2330 for the Circuit Courts.

Collection and Recovery Policy for private manuscripts and public records:

Extradition papers on eBay;

Court of Appeals Judge's Papers on eBay;

Sheriff's ledger, Prince George's County, 1777;

Claude account book.

Archivist's Report and Staff Activities
 (see the Maryland State Archives' Bulldog for additional details)

• April 21:  Dr. Papenfuse met with Stephan Rubin, member of the Abstractors Advisory Group for Baltimore City;
• April 21:  Mr. Swanson and Ms. Bramucci attended MDGFOA Tax Affinity Group;
• April 27, November 4:  Dr. Papenfuse attended MLA Advisory Board meeting;
• April 27, May 16, June 13, Sept. 19:  Mr. Baker attended ITAC meeting;
• May 3, November 9:  Dr. Papenfuse attended Maryland Commission on Artistic Property meeting;
• May 3:  Dr. Allen Weinstein met with Dr. Papenfuse's seminar to discuss Perjury and for a tour of the new exhibits at the National Archives;
• May 12, May 24, September 23, October 17, November 18:  Dr. Papenfuse and Mr. Swanson attended LRAC meeting;
• May 14:  Dr. Papenfuse met with Messrs. Elder and Reese re:  Washington letter;
• May 16:  Dr. Papenfuse attended a dinner in celebration of the Arts of Maryland at the residence of Chancellor and Mrs. Kirwan;
• May 17:  Dr. Papenfuse attended Governor's Consulting Committee Meeting on Historic Sites;
• May 19:  Dr. Papenfuse met with Mike Isekoff and Lou Taylor, members of the Abstractors Advisory Group for Baltimore City;
• May 26:  Dr. Papenfuse addressed the Baltimore Historians on Historical Research and Writing in a Digital Age (see enclosed CD);
• June 2:  Mr. Baker attended Imaging Standards Sub-Committee kickoff session/meeting;
• June 20:  Dr. Papenfuse addressed the Carroll County Genealogical Society (see enclosed CD);
• June 24:  Staff attended Reginald F. Lewis Museum  of Maryland African American History & Culture opening;
• June 30:  Elaine Rich Bachmann gave a lecture at The Mount (Home of Edith Wharton), in Lenox, MA. re:  The Refined Presidential Stage: The Restoration of the Kennedy White House;
• July 20-23:  Dr. Papenfuse attended the NAGARA Annual meeting in Richmond, VA;
• July 25:  Mr. Swanson attended meeting of the Real Property Records Improvement Fund Oversight Committee;
• September 8:  Ms. Melville attended dedication ceremony for an interpretive exhibit on the discovery of the Lost Town of Herrington (ca. 1660) and presentation to Ned Crandell with an ACT historical marker;
• September 14:  Secretary Januszkiewicz and Jamie Smith toured the Archives building as well as viewed a larger collection of the historical photographs that are available;
• September 16:  Dr. Papenfuse met with Josh Civin, clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg;
• September 26:  Dr. Papenfuse met with Speaker Busch re: recreating the House of Delegates chamber;
• September 27:  Mr. Rezvan attended the 2005 Procurement Summit and accepted from Lt. Governor Steele for the Archives the Governor Robert L. Ehrlich MBE Gold Achievement Award;
• September 29:  Dr. Papenfuse met with Dennis Gurtz, Judge Harrell and Bill Weisburger re: 1795 Griffith map;
• September 30:  Dr. Papenfuse and Mr. Polk met with Senator Mathias at his West Virginia farm to view his 18th century law book collection;
• October 4:  Dr. Papenfuse and Ms. Calver attended State House Trust meeting, proposal;
• October 7-8:  Dr. Papenfuse attended fall meeting of the Historic St. Mary's City Commission;
• October 18:  Research staff hosted the Questers visit to the Archives to see the preserved Kent County books, including a tour of the Archives, powerpoint presentation;
• October 21:  Dr. Papenfuse addressed the Bar and Bench Conference re:  The Lincoln Pardon;
• November 10:  Members of the Montgomery County Department of Public Works met with Dr. Papenfuse re:  demonstration of the Public Works' web site;
• November 15:  Dr. Papenfuse met with Judge Battaglia, Andrea Leahy-Fuchek and Ava Lias Booker re:  Women in Law project;
• November 21:  Dr. Papenfuse and Mr. Kintzel met with Judge Murdock re:  proposal for internship partnerships with the Baltimore City Court and the Baltimore City Court Foundation.

• Special Collections:

• Lillian D. Jenifer Collection of Jenifer and Risteau Family Papers, MSA SC 2006
• The Kent County Circuit Court Collection of William R. Nuttle Survey Records, MSA SC 5593
• Judge James F. Schneider Collection, MSA SC 5598
• Jean-Barry Molz Collection, MSA SC 5614
• Harold James Kie Collection, MSA SC 5615 (see enclosure)
• Charles McCurdy Mathias Collection, MSA SC 5620, 5626
• Anne Whelan Alexander Maryland Book Collection, MSA SC 5638
• James Bready Collection of Maryland Rye Whiskey Bottles and Related Ephemera, MSA SC 5646

• Government Records

• Finding Aids, Reference Services, and Publications:
• http://mdlandrec.net
• http://www.mopw.net
• mdprobate.net
• Printed Edition of the Maryland Manual
• Government Publications On Line

• Summer 2005 Internship Program
• June 15:  Meet the State Archivist of Maryland, Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse;
• June 17:  Presentation by Vicki Lee re:  Records Handling and Conservation Lab Demonstration;
• June 20:  Presentation by Pat Melville re:  MSA Finding Aides and the General Guide;
• June 22:  Presentation by Lynne MacAdam re:  HTML and File Management Training;
• July 12:  Walking Tour of MSA Collections in Miller Building, Government House, and State House;
• July 18:  Presentation by Professor Emma Coleman Jordan re: topic of lynching;
• August 8:  Presentation by Maryland Humanities Council Speaker Dr. Jerrold Casway re:  The Baltimore Orioles and the Emerald Age of Baseball;
• August 15:  Presentation by Judge James Schneider re:  History of the Maryland Court System;
• August 22:  Final meeting with Dr. Papenfuse and Farewell reception;
• August 23:  Last day of the Summer Internship Program.

• Courses taught and lectures given by State Archivist (see prior resolution on 4/19/2000):
• Fall 2005:  Legal History Seminar:  Leading Maryland Cases, University of Maryland School of Law;
• Fall 2005:  Teaching methods seminar:  Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age: methods and practical applications, Johns Hopkins University;
• Spring 2006:  Race and the Law: The Maryland Experience, University of Maryland School of Law;
• Spring 2006:  Teaching Gone with the Wind, Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus.
• May 16:  Boys' Latin School field trip to Annapolis;
• May 25:  Elaine Rice Bachmann gave remarks at the planting of a Wye Oak seedling, Naval Academy Primary School;
• June 14:  Ms. Melville served as judge at National History Day, UMCP;
• June 29:  Dr. Papenfuse and Ms. Bramucci conducted workshops at UMBC as part of the Teaching American History program to Baltimore City public elementary, middle and high school high school teachers relating to online primary sources available for incorporation in the classroom;
• June 30:  Dr. Papenfuse participated in the NEH Landmarks of American History program sponsored by St. Mary's College of Maryland and Historic St. Mary's City re:  Whose History?  Conflicting Memories and the Politics of Civil War Commemoration in Maryland;
• July 7:  Ms. Bachmann met with India Pasiuk to be interviewed for Time For Kids Kid reporter contest;
• July 13:  Dr. Papenfuse and Ms. Bramucci conducted workshops at UMBC as part of the Teaching American History program to Anne Arundel County public school teachers relating to online primary sources available for incorporation in the classroom;
• July 27:  Dr. Papenfuse and Ms. Bramucci conducted workshops at UMBC as part of the Teaching American History program to Baltimore County public school teachers relating to online primary sources available for incorporation in the classroom;
• August 31:  Dr. Papenfuse met with Mrs. Ehrlich, Henry Rosenberg and Joe Coale re:  Washington document;
• October 15, 2005:  Staff of the Artistic Property Commission hosted a program in the State House for the Fellows of the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture, University of Delaware, as part of their field trip to study 17th and 18th Century regional architecture and decorative arts. The program focused on the tradition of patronage by the Maryland Legislature in furnishing and decorating the State House and documenting the history of Maryland in commissioning works of art. The program included a tour of the dome, as well as viewing the Wye Oak Desk in the governor's office, and a hands-on examination of the Shaw furniture in the Old Senate Chamber. The program was a part of a day-long visit to Annapolis including the William Paca House, the Hammond-Harwood House and the Brice House;
• October 21:  UGRR staff gave a workshop at the 2005 Maryland African American Heritage Preservation Conference.

• December 1:  Joint meeting of the Advisory Board of the Underground Railroad and the members of the Slavery Commission;
• December 5:  Dr. Papenfuse to visit Richard Day, Sr. at his home in Leonardtown, MD to see his marine engine collection;
• December 16:  Dr. Papenfuse and Mr. Polk to visit Senator Mathias at his West Virginia farm to view manuscripts;
• December 19:  Dr. Papenfuse and Mr. Baker to make a presentation at the ITAC meeting to be held at the Archives;
• March 25:  Dr. Papenfuse to attend Historic St. Mary's City Commission meeting and Maryland Day observance;
• April 13:  Dr. Papenfuse to speak at Morgan State University History Day on The role of the Maryland State Archives in Interpreting the African American Past;
• May 5:  Dr. Papenfuse to address the members of the St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD;
• June 12:  Dr. Papenfuse to address the 2006 Special Libraries Association at its conference in Baltimore re:  Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland;
• July 31-August 5:  Dr. Papenfuse to attend the 2006 COSHRC-SAA-NAGARA annual meeting in Washington, DC (proposal)
• October 12:  Dr. Papenfuse to teach a Judicial Institute course on A More Equitable Society? Maryland Legal History, 1945-near present.

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Building Maintenance/New Facilities/Space Needs

Capital Projects

Budget Issues, Past, Present and Future:

• Archives' Endowment Fund
• November 16:  Jim Stoops and Chantelle Green (New DLS analyst for State Archives) met with Dr. Papenfuse and Messrs. Baker and Lewis;
• Building Equity for the Future:  the twin Endowments, private non-profit and public.

Proposed action by the Commission:  motion of approval for the concept of the Educational and Entrepreneurial Endowments, public and private.

• National prize for Charles Carroll of Carrollton Papers Project;
• Display of Audubon portfolio print from the Maryland State Law Library and possible joint facsimile project?;
• Welcome and Farewell:  Leslie Frazer and Kathy Beard.

The next Hall of Records Commission meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2006.

Adjournment

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