Staff Activities 29 Apr 08 to 19 Dec 08

Staff Activities (April 29, 2008 - December 19, 2008)
Maryland State Archives

April 29: Kevin Swanson and Erin Cayce met with Dennis Weaver, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Washington County concerning images of marriage records and redacting social security numbers from images
April 29: Dr. Papenfuse attended a Stakeholders' Roundtable at the Visitor Center, Fort McHenry, concerning the Battle of Baltimore
April 30: Mimi Calver and Sasha Lourie attended the State House HVAC update meeting
April 30: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Matt Lalumia, Chairman of the Artistic Property Commission
May 1: Tim Baker, Richard Richardson, Mike McCormick, and Tony Darden met with Greg Imhof, incoming DGS Police Annapolis Detachment Commander
May 1: Sasha Lourie participated in a conference call with the Maryland Association of History Museums strategic planning committee
May 2: Tim Baker and Mimi Calver attended a Capital Budget Initiative Meeting
May 2: Rob Schoeberlein attended a meeting of the Baltimore Heritage Area and the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission concerning a plan of action for the War of 1812 Bicentennial
May 4: Dr. Papenfuse attended a farewell brunch in honor of Marty Sullivan, the outgoing Executive Director of the Historic St. Mary's Commission
May 5: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Jerry Klasmeier, Len Foxwell, David Weaver, and Lynn Skerpon of the Comptroller's Office
May 5: Dr. Papenfuse and Jen Hafner met with Aiden Faust concerning the Baltimore City Archives
May 5: Dr. Papenfuse met with Adam Goodheart concerning the Emory Family papers at Poplar Grove in Queen Anne's County
May 5: Rob Schoeberlein attended the Baltimore Book Company auction
May 6: Elaine Bachmann met with Coakley Williams and representatives from Department of General Services concerning executive office spaces in the State House
May 6: Dr. Papenfuse hosted a tour of the Sands House, House of Delegates Building and the Archives for students and teachers from Boys' Latin School
May 6: Dr. Papenfuse met with Rock Toewes concerning Annapolis maps
May 7: Nasrolah Rezvan and Barbara Schisler attended R*STARS Annual Closing Training
May 7: Tim Baker, Mimi Calver, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie met with Barbara Boumbolis and Laura McWeemey from the Treasurer's Office concerning insurance
May 9: Dr. Papenfuse met with Governor Martin O'Malley and Albert Small
May 13: Dr. Papenfuse attended the meeting of the Governor's Consulting Commission on the National Register
May 13: Chris Haley met with Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., concerning the Slavery Commission
May 13: Dr. Papenfuse, Mimi Calver, Elaine Bachmann, Sasha Lourie, and Chris Kintzel attended a meeting of the Commission on Artistic Property
May 14: Dr. Papenfuse met with Avery Aisenstark and Elaine Garven
May 14: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie attended the State House HVAC Meeting
May 14: Kevin Swanson, Kim Moreno, and Joyce Phelps attended the Quarterly Meeting with Scott MacGlashan, Katherine Hager, and Dawn Nock of the Queen Anne's County Circuit Court
May 14: Dr. Papenfuse met with Bill Pencek
May 15: Elaine Bachmann attended a meeting of the Public Art Commission
May 15: Dr. Papenfuse met with Charles Dagit to discuss Mr. Dagit's book
May 16: Sasha Lourie met with a representative of the John G. Lee Company concerning landscaping and ADA plan for the Old Treasury Building
May 16: Dr. Papenfuse travelled to Milton, Massachusetts, to examine a potential gift to the Archives from Lilian Randall
May 17: Chris Haley attended the Fifth Annual Alex Haley Celebrity Golf Tournament Gala and Auction
May 17: John Gartrell attended the Morgan State University Class of 1958 celebration dinner
May 19: Mimi Calver and Elaine Bachmann met with John Greenwalt Lee, representatives from the Department of General Services, and representatives from the Maryland Historical Trust concerning the Old Treasury Building
May 19: Sasha Lourie attended a Quarterly Board Meeting of the Maryland Association of History Museums
May 19: Tim Baker and Kim Moreno met with Richard Herring for a tour of the State Records Center
May 19: Nasrolah Rezvan and Barbara Schisler attended the Minority Business Enterprise Quarterly Meeting
May 19: Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Kim Moreno attended the Information Technology Advisory Council, at which Kim Moreno gave a presentation on the Archives' Records Management web site
May 20: Richard Richardson attended an Agency Personnel Managers Meeting
May 20: Dr. Papenfuse met with Terra Boyle of WAMU concerning a program on the City of Annapolis
May 20: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, and Jen Hafner met with Rick Binetti and representatives from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services concerning a scanning project
May 21: Tim Baker and Elaine Bachmann met with Vicki Gruber, Matt Gallagher, and Kristin Jones concerning State House renovations
May 22: Richard Richardson attended the 2008 SERMA Risk Management Conference
May 22: Dr. Papenfuse met with Steve Ziger concerning the Masonic Lodge
May 28: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Jeremy Rosendale and representatives of the Department of General Services concerning fixtures in executive offices
May 28: Dr. Papenfuse and Sasha Lourie met with Peter Pearre, providing him a tour of the State House
May 28: Chris Haley participated in a telephone conference call with the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Work Group
May 28: Elaine Bachmann attended the State House HVAC progress meeting
May 28: Tim Baker, Wei Yang, and Reggie Shorter attended a meeting concerning EMC, eDiscovery and Search Capabilities, Records Management, and Retention Policy Development
May 28: Mimi Calver, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie attended a State House Projects Coordinators meeting
May 29: Dr. Papenfuse attended a meeting concerning the Scottish Rite Temple
May 29: Chris Haley met with Jesse Buggs, Grants Administrator for the City of Bowie, concerning the NPS grant, "Research and Interpretation Development for the Belair-At-Bowie Flight in Freedom"
May 30: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with James Mathews, Residence Manager of Government House
June 2: Kevin Swanson, Jill Kautz, and Joe Leizear met with John Kearns, Department of Veterans Affairs
June 4: Tim Baker, Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Kara Carter participated in a telephone conference call with the Department of Business and Economic Development concerning the website mdelect.net
June 5: Dr. Papenfuse, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie met with Burt and Tricia Kummerow of HistoryWorks
June 6: Elaine Bachmann attended the Dockside Emporium in Chestertown, signing copies of her book "While A Tree Grew: The Story of Maryland's Wye Oak"
June 9: Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie met with Lieutenant Thompson at the Annapolis State Police Barracks
June 9: Sasha Lourie attended a strategic planning committee meeting of the Maryland Association of History Museums
June 11: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie attended the State House HVAC progress meeting
June 11: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, and Elaine Bachmann met with representatives of the Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution
June 11: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Delegate John Wood concerning a Souvenir Album of the General Assembly of Maryland Session 1898
June 11: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Chris Kintzel met with Rob Rogers, Maryland Historical Society concerning a joint agency task force
June 12: Dr. Papenfuse attended the reception and lecture at the Central Library, celebrating the publication of Here Lies Jim Crow: Civil Rights in Maryland
June 13: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Colm O'Comartun and Jeremy Rosendale from the Office of the Governor concerning redecoration of the Executive Suite
June 16: Cecelia Smith attended the 1008 Annual Retirement Coordinators Meeting
June 16: Dr. Papenfuse met with Senate President Mike Miller concerning State House renovations
June 16: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Wei Yang, and Kim Moreno met with Elliot Schlanger, Chief Information Officer for the Department of Budget and Management
June 16: Elaine Bachmann attended a reception at The Mitchell Gallery for the opening of the exhibit "Goldsborough Family Portraits"
June 17: Richard Richardson attended a Personnel Managers Meeting
June 17: Elaine Bachmann attended a Coakley Williams reception
June 17: Dr. Papenfuse met with Adam Goodheart concerning the Poplar Grove project
June 18: Wei Yang attended the Verizon Maryland Users Education Technology Conference
June 18: Dr. Papenfuse and Rob Schoeberlein met with Katherine Burke concerning vintage photographs
June 18: Richard Richardson and Cecelia Smith attended the Retirement Dinner for Fred Ramsey, Director of Employee Relations, Office of Personnel Services and Benefits
June 19: Kim Moreno, Joyce Phelps, and Jill Kautz met with Eric Woznysmith, Baltimore City Department of Transportation, concerning the scanning of aperture cards
June 19: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Dick Libby, a vexillologist, concerning the Shaw Flag
June 20: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, and Kim Moreno met with Lynn Skerpon, John Salmon, and David Weaver of the Comptroller's Office; and Grace Connolly and other Registers and members of the technical committee of the Register of Wills Association concerning permanent maintenance of Registers of Wills records
June 20: Kevin Swanson met with Barbara Hansman concerning outstanding MdLandRec issues
June 20: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Sasha Lourie, and Chris Kintzel participated in a telephone conference with Bill Christens-Barry, Roger Easton, Michael Toth, and Fenella France concerning palimpsest
June 24: Tim Baker, Kevin Swanson, and Kim Moreno met with the Rules Committee of the Judiciary concerning access to public records
June 24: Dr. Papenfuse met with Sarah Spangler, Channel 2 News, concerning the Poplar Grove project
June 24: Nasrolah Rezvan attended a Managing for Results training session
June 25: Dr. Papenfuse met with Ross Kimmel for a tour of the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club
June 25: Chris Haley participated in a telephone conference call with the Office of Tourism and Development concerning Harriet Tubman
June 25: Nasrolah Rezvan attended a Budget Overview training session
June 25: Wei Yang, Scott Boze, and Kevin Swanson met with Barbara Hansman and Martin Edwards concerning the transfer of MdLandRec and Plats maintenance responsibilities to the Judiciary Information Systems
June 25: Elaine Bachmann attended the State House HVAC progress meeting
June 25: Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie met with Kay Hyland, Joe Pitruzzella, Tom Genetti, and Bernie Fox concerning the Capitol Budget and a tour of the State House
June 27: Kara Carter attended the Statewide Web Managers meeting
June 30: Richard Richardson met with Torey Anderson, Recruitment Account Executive for the Baltimore Examiner
June 30: Sasha Lourie met with Vicki Gruber, Henry Johnson, and Doug Dawson concerning the ceiling in the Senate Lounge
July 1: Sasha Lourie met with Sam Shropshire, Annapolis City Council, and two representatives from the Marines 25th Regiment Battalion concerning an exhibit in the State House
July 1: Dr. Papenfuse met with Lou Panos concerning photographs
July 2: Chris Haley, John Gartrell, Maya Davis, and Ryan Cox attended a tour of African American history in Annapolis
July 3: Sasha Lourie and Chris Kintzel participated in a telephone conference call with the Exhibition and Loans Committee of the Artistic Property Commission
July 7: Sasha Lourie and Chris Kintzel met with Dr. Joyce Hill Stoner concerning conservation of William Paca portrait
July 7: Sasha Lourie and Chris Kintzel met wtih Mary McGinn concerning conservation of William Pitt portrait
July 8: Sasha Lourie and Chris Kintzel conducted research at the Yale University Art Gallery, examining John Trumbull drawings and Theodor Sizer papers
July 8: Elaine Bachmann met with James Abbott, Curator of the Evergreen House
July 9: Sasha Lourie and Chris Kintzel picked up from Lilian Randall in Milton, MA, a 19th century House of Delegates desk and other manuscripts which she donated to the Maryland State Archives
July 9: Sasha Lourie and Chris Kintzel conducted research on the State House at Yale University
July 9-11: Cecelia Smith attended the EEO Officers and ADA Coordinators Retreat
July 9: Dr. Papenfuse met with Chief Judge Bell
July 9: Elaine Bachmann attended the Coakley Williams House progress meeting
July 9: Dr. Papenfuse met with Judge Sause and Scott MacGlashan
July 9: Tim Baker and Kim Moreno met with Bruce Eikenberg concerning goals and expectations for the IPER Summit
July 9: Chris Haley met with Shannon Shird concerning family genealogy in St. Mary's County
July 10: Sasha Lourie attended a Coordination Meeting for wiring in the State House
July 11: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Beth Twiss Houting and Polly McKenna Cress concerning State House exhibit content development
July 14: David Hildebrand, Maryland Humanities Council presented a lecture to staff and interns on "Music in Early Maryland"
July 15: Richard Richardson attended the Agency Personnel Managers Meeting
July 15: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Tom Podnar from the McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory
July 16: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie attended a State House Working Group meeting
July 17: Dr. Papenfuse met with Hall Worthington and Paul Davis, Sons of the Revolution, concerning the Washington document
July 18: Elaine Bachmann met with the Conservation Staff of the Winterthur Museum,, and attended a lender's reception of the opening of the exhibition "Silversmiths to the Nation"
July 21-22: Tim Baker and Vicki Lee attended the Council of State Archivists IPER Project Needs Assessment Conference
July 23-25: Tim Baker and Kim Moreno attended the Council of State Archivists and National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators Annual Conference
July 23: Elaine Bachmann met with Kerri Wojciechowski, Alex Castro, and Sande Riesett of House of Ruth concerning a temporary exhibit in the Miller Senate Office Building
July 23: Kevin Swanson attended a meeting on personal identifiers in court records held by the General Court Administration Subcommittee of the Rules Committee
July 23: Dr. Papenfuse met with Hollis Thoms concerning Cipriano Ferrandini and the Baltimore Plot
July 24: Dr. Papenfuse met with Chip Adomanis concerning the Teaching American History program for Washington County
July 25: Maria Day met with Mary Margaret Goodwin concerning a donation to the Archives
July 29: Elaine Bachmann met with Jane Lawrence and Eva Carson of Paint Annapolis concerning a tour of Government House
July 29: Dr. Papenfuse met with Alan Blumberg concerning a map discovery
July 30: Kim Moreno, Carrie Gross, Jill Kautz, and Frank Patnaude met with Shirley Massenburg, Robert Sears, Dana Riley, Betty Ann Blanchard, Bob Cicconetti, Judith Behm, and Dorothy Smith from the Department of Natural Resources concerning their Critical Area Commission digitization project
July 31: Owen Lourie went to the National Archives to conduct research on Lincoln's Walk in Annapolis
July 31: Richard Richardson and Teresa Fawley attended a Train-the-Trainer session on the Performance Planning and Evaluation Program
August 5: Chris Haley participated in a tour of Annapolis with Judy Cabral of the Kunte Kinte - Alex Haley Foundation
August 6: Rob Schoeberlein attended a meeting of the Maryland History and Culture Collaborative
August 6: Sasha Lourie attended the State House HVAC progress meeting
August 7: Chris Haley, John Gartrell, Maya Davis, and Ryan Cox participated in a tour of historical sites in Bowie
August 12: Elaine Bachmann met with representatives of the Maryland Historical Trust and Direct Dimensions to review 3D scans of the Old Senate Chamber
August 12: Joe Leizear and Frank Patnaude met with Paul Prozialeck of Maryland Veterans Affairs
August 12: Elaine Bachmann and Mimi Calver met with Vicki Gruber from Senate President Miller's Office concerning the State House
August 13: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Jerry Cohn and Avery Aisenstark, providing a tour of the Ordnance Road Warehouse
August 14: Dr. Papenfuse met with Paul Musselwhite concerning Maryland Colonial Towns research
August 14: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie provided a tour of the State House and Old Treasury Building to Al Luckenbach
August 18: Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Tony Darden met with Michael Kortum and representatives from the State Board of Elections concerning pre-election drills and use of Archives facilities for their equipment
August 19: Dr. Papenfuse and Elaine Bachmann met with Colm O'Comartun of the Governor's Office
August 19: Dr. Papenfuse, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie met with Reverend Dick Libby concerning the John Shaw Flag
August 21: Dr. Papenfuse met with Grace Connolly and David Hayes of the Baltimore County Register of Wills Office
August 22: Kim Moreno met with Phyllis Pritchett for a tour of the Howard County Records Center
August 22: Dr. Papenfuse met with Rebecca Gunby of the Baltimore City Archives concerning transmittal sheets
August 22: Chris Haley met with Phebe McPherson, Patti White, and Lee Anderson concerning a documentary on Race Relation in the Church in Maryland
August 26: Dr. Papenfuse met with Grace Connolly of the Baltimore County Register of Wills Office concerning a presentation to the Registers of Wills Association
August 27: Dr. Papenfuse met with Bill Schwartz of the Baltimore County Register of Wills Office concerning scanned images
August 27: Kevin Swanson and Joyce Phelps attended the quarterly meeting with representatives of the Queen Anne's County Circuit Court
August 27: Elaine Bachmann, Sasha Lourie, and Chris Kintzel met with Jeremy Rosendale concerning early 20th century panoramic prints of Baltimore City for the Governor's Office
August 27: Dr. Papenfuse met with Kelly Schrum and Jack Censer from the Center for History and New Media for a tour of George Mason University
August 28: Dr. Papenfuse met with Secretary Collins, Department of General Services concerning the State of the State House
August 28: Dr. Papenfuse met with Nancy Lee Jewell of the Kent County Register of Wills Office concerning scanning
August 28: Dr. Papenfuse met with Adam Goodheart of Washington College conerning the Poplar Grove project
September 2: Tim Baker, Kevin Swanson, and Kim Moreno met with Larry Swift, Carol Elbright, Maureen Kavanaugh, Tim Palmer, Ed Schmidbauer, and Chris Sklar concerning scanning and making available historic maps
September 3: Rob Schoeberlein met with Lillian Jenifer concerning a possible conservation project and to retrieve a donation from Lisa Montanarelli
September 3: Dr. Papenfuse and Kim Moreno met with Ari Friedman, Elaine Garven, and Avery Aisenstark concerning logistics and details for the move of the Baltimore City Archives
September 3: Sasha Lourie attended the State House HVAC progress meeting
September 3: Richard Richardson and Cecelia Smith met with Steve Vasbinder from the Office of Personnel Services and Benefits concerning a Contractual Audit
September 4: Kim Moreno met with Paula Ebnet of the Department of Information Technology concerning retention schedule development
September 8: Kim Moreno and James Watson met with John Walker of the Community College of Baltimore County concerning appraisal of campus building plans, utilities, and sites for a potential digitization project
September 8: Emily Squires and Chris Haley met with Jen Simon of TD Bank concerning a Foundation Grant opportunity
September 9: Elaine Bachmann attended a meeting of the Rules and Regulations Task Force for the Maryland Public Arts Program
September 9: Kim Moreno met with Dick Kahn of the Comptroller's Office concerning Register of Wills images and data transfer
September 9: Kim Moreno and Carrie Gross met with Shirley Massenburg of the Department of Natural Resources concerning retention schedule revision and an update on their scanning project
September 10: Richard Richardson attended the 2008/2009 Maryland Charity Campaign Kick Off Event
September 11: Nasrolah Rezvan attended the Minority Business Enterprise Quarterly Meeting
September 13: Dr. Papenfuse participated in the Historic St. Mary's City Commission Board Meeting
September 13: Maya Davis attended the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture's "Save our African American Treasures" event
September 14: Dr. Papenfuse presented a lecture on "Religious Toleration in an Intolerant World: The Maryland Act of Toleration, 1649" at the Baltimore Basilica
September 16: Dr. Papenfuse and Mimi Calver met with John Guild of the Historic Annapolis Foundation
September 17: Dr. Papenfuse participated in the Registers of Wills Association meeting
September 17: Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie attended the State House Projects Coordination Group Meeting
September 18: Maria Day met with Mary Margaret Goodwin concerning special collections
September 18: Kim Moreno co-presented with Richard Herring a lecture on Records Management
September 18: Chris Haley, John Gartrell, and Maya Davis met with Ken Day of Maryland Public Television concerning slavery in Annapolis
September 19: Kevin Swanson and Nancy Bramucci met with Barbara Hansman of the Administrative Office of the Courts concerning the rollout of MdLandRec.net Version 3
September 20: Sasha Lourie attended the Quarterly Board and Strategic Planning Meetings of the Maryland Association of History Museums
September 23-24: Chris Kintzel attended the Conservation Center for Arts and Historic Artifacts' conference "A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections"
September 23: Dr. Papenfuse and Mimi Calver met with William Hemsley concerning the Poplar Grove collection
September 24: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Emily Squires, Rob Schoeberlein, and Maria Day met with Adam Goodheart, William Hemsley, and James Wood concerning the Poplar Grove project
September 25: Elaine Bachmann met with Carol Williams of Uhuru Quilters Guild to view a potential exhibit area for Black History Month
September 25: Rob Schoeberlein met with Clifford Murphy of the Maryland State Arts Council concerning special collections
September 25: Chris Haley, John Gartrell, and Maya Davis attended the Diversity Fair of the Maryland Judiciary
September 25: Dr. Papenfuse and Elaine Bachmann met with Diane Giannini concerning Charles County Courthouse Collection
September 26: Vicki Lee met with Fenella France of the Library of Congress concerning a case for the Washington Document
September 29: Wei Yang attended the Information Technology Advisory Council meeting
September 30: Kim Moreno and Doris Byrne met with Rebecca Gunby of the Baltimore City Archives
September 30: Dr. Papenfuse met with Senate President Mike Miller concerning the State House Trust
September 30: Chris Kintzel and Jenn Cruickshank met with Jane Cox concerning the loan of items to the National Museum of Natural History
October 1: Sasha Lourie attended the State House HVAC progress meeting
October 1: Kim Moreno and Doris Byrne met with representatives of the Transportation Authority to conduct an assessment of bridge and tolls materials
October 1: Chris Haley met with Delegate Emmett Burns concerning the Legacy of Slavery Commission
October 1: Sasha Lourie attended a meeting concerning State House low-voltage wiring
October 2: Dr. Papenfuse met with Speaker of the House of Delegates Mike Busch concerning the State House Trust
October 2: Dr. Papenfuse spoke with Joanna Hanes-Lahr concerning a North Carolina land patent
October 3: Kim Moreno met with Phyllis Pritchett, Sheila Tolliver, and Eddie Rooks of Howard County, providing them a tour of the Archives
October 7-8: Tim Baker and Wei Yang attended the National Archives and Records Administration conference on "Partnerships in Innovation II: From Vision to Reality and Beyond"
October 8: Chris Haley met with Lois Miller concerning the Kinte-Haley Foundation, and African-American genealogy and history
October 9: Elaine Bachmann attended a meeting of the Maryland Public Arts Program
October 9: Teresa Fawley attended an Inventory Standards Users Meeting held by the Department of Transportation
October 14: Sasha Lourie met with Suzanne Pentz, Matt Dow, and Katie Stojsavljevic of Keast & Hood concerning a structural assessment of the State House
October 14: Chris Haley met with Connie Maynard concerning her Free Black database for Anne Arundel County
October 14: Elaine Bachmann met with Aaron Bryant, curator of the exhibit "Most Daring Dream"
October 15: Elaine Bachmann met with Governor Marvin Mandel
October 15: Sasha Lourie attended the State House HVAC progress meeting
October 16-17: Vicki Lee attended the Guild of Book Workers 27th Seminar on Standards of Excellence
October 16: Kim Moreno and James Watson met with Betty Seifert of Jefferson Patterson Park concerning scanning original drawings by Gertrude Sawyer
October 16: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Mark Schneidman of the Department of General Services concerning the Old House of Delegates Chamber
October 17: Elaine Bachmann met with Vicki Gruber
October 17: Dr. Papenfuse met with Jerry Cohn of Southern Steel Shelving
October 17: Dr. Papenfuse met with Rebecca Gunby of the Baltimore City Archives
October 20: Kim Moreno met with Rebecca Gunby of the Baltimore City Archives concerning the list of items to be temporarily transferred to the Archives
October 20: Wei Yang attended the Information Technology Advisory Council meeting
October 20: Chris Haley met with Teri Winslow of the Capital Gazette concerning the Utopia Film Festival
October 21: Richard Richardson attended the Agency Personnel Management Meeting
October 21: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Nasrolah Rezvan met with Flora Arabo of the Department of Legislative Services
October 22: Sasha Lourie met with Michael Day of the Maryland Historical Trust for an examination of the ceiling in the Old Senate Chamber
October 23: Rob Schoeberlein viewed the private collection of Theresa Michel
October 23: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Jamie Campbell and Stephen Shaw of Merritt Properties concerning warehouses
October 23: Jenn Cruickshank attended a Library of Congress seminar on "Recent Research in Daguerreotypes at George Eastman House"
October 24: Maria Day met with Judge Sause and Scott MacGlashan of Queen Anne's County concerning Church Records
October 24: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie attended a luncheon for Maryland Museum Directors and Curators
October 25: Jenn Cruickshank particiapted in the 2008 Angels Project of the Washington DC Historical Society, rehousing textile collections of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
October 27: Reggie Shorter assisted representatives from the State Board of Elections in setting up their disaster recovery site in preparation for Election Day
October 27: Chris Haley and Matt Davis attended the City of Annapolis Council Meeting to show the Council and citizens the work of the Legacy of Slavery that was funded by the City of Annapolis
October 29: Elaine Bachmann and Mimi Calver met with Jeremy Rosendale and Sam Cook of the Department of General Services concerning an event in the State House
October 29: Chris Haley participated in a telephone conference call with the Harriet Tubman Discovery Center Working Group
October 29: Jen Hafner attended a Law Library Association of Maryland seminar on Web 2.0 Technology
October 30: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Colm O'Comartun of the Governor's Office
October 30: Dr. Papenfuse participated in an MLA Advisory Board Meeting
October 30: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Reverend Dick Libby concerning the Shaw Flag
October 31: Dr. Papenfuse and Kim Moreno met with Dianne McWilliams of the St. Mary's County Register of Wills concerning digitizing records
October 31: Chris Haley met with Carol Youmans concerning Black literature
November 3: Dr. Papenfuse met with Dennis Weaver, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington County
November 3: Teresa Fawley and Cecelia Smith attended a meeting on the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs Program
November 5: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Kevin Swanson, Jill Kautz, Kim Moreno, Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Nancy Bramucci participated in the Land Record Access Committee meeting, providing a demonstration of MdLandRec Version 3.
November 6: Dr. Papenfuse met with Bradley Markowitz concerning Maryland History and Museum Studies
November 6: Dr. Papenfuse met with Rob Rogers of the Maryland Historical Society concerning the joint agency task force
November 6: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, Sasha Lourie, and Chris Kintzel participated in the Fall Meeting of the Artistic Property Commission
November 7-8: Maria Day, Amber Robinson, and Sarah Patterson attended the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
November 7: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Jamie Campbell and Stephen Shaw of Merritt Properties to view possible future locations for an Archives storage area
November 12: Tim Baker, Richard Richardson, Wei Yang, Kevin Swanson, Kim Moreno, Joe Leizear, and Nancy Bramucci attended a demonstration of records inventory software conducted by Bill Mossburg of InfoLink
November 12: Maya Davis attended a strategic planning meeting for the Carter G. Woodson Home
November 13: Kim Moreno, Nancy Bramucci, and Rob Schoeberlein met with Angelita Plemmer and Jason Clark of the Court Information Office concerning archiving digital images
November 17: Elaine Bachmann and Mimi Calver met with David Smith of Capital City Colonials concerning the Gala Dinner on December 22
November 18: Richard Richardson and Teresa Fawley attended an Agency Personnel Managers Meeting
November 18: Chris Haley met with Mr. and Mrs. David Tracey concerning a 1940's era charcoal drawing of a sea scene signed by Alex Haley
November 18: Dr. Papenfuse attended the Reception celebrating the Opening of the Albert H. Small Documents Gallery, and the Gala Reception celebrating the reopening of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution
November 19: Chris Haley and Maya Davis attended the Maryland Office of Tourism Development's Underground Railroad: Maryland's Network to Freedom 2008 Workshop
November 19: Richard Richardson and Christine Alvey attended the State Depository meeting
November 19: Kim Moreno met with Dick Kann of the Comptroller's Office concerning the Register of Wills digitization project
November 19: Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie attended the State House Porjects Coordination Group meeting
November 19: Nancy Bramucci and Kara Carter attended the Statewide Web Managers Workshop
November 19: Dr. Papenfuse met with Mary Ryan, Mike Johnson, and Phil Morgan of Johns Hopkins University concerning Archives collections
November 24: Wei Yang attended the Information Technology Advisory Council meeting
November 24: Sasha Lourie attended a strategic planning meeting of the Maryland Association of History Museums
November 26: Sasha Lourie attended the State House HVAC Progress Meeting
December 1: Rob Schoeberlein viewed the private papers of the Michel Family of Frederick
December 2: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Sasha Lourie, and Vicki Lee met with Fenella France and Eric Hansen at the Library Congress concerning the presentation case for the George Washington document
December 3: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, Sasha Lourie, and Mimi Calver participated in a meeting of the Maryland Historical Trust to review the John G. Lee report on the Old Senate Chamber
December 3: Cecelia Smith attended the Maryland State Retirement Agency Employer Payroll Education Workshop
December 3: Chris Haley participated in a meeting of the Creative Annapolis Task Force to examine the value of art and culture in our lives and on the Annapolis economy
December 3: Dr. Papenfuse attended the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Medical Archives
December 3: Richard Richardson and Rob Schoeberlein attended the Preview Reception of the Maryland Historical Society's exhibit Mason and Dixon & the Defining of America
December 4: Elaine Bachmann met with Secretary Edgerley, Hannah Byron, and Andrea Vernot of the Department of Business and Economic Development for a tour of the Secretary's offices
December 4: Cecelia Smith and Chris Haley attended the Equal Employment Opportunity Luncheon
December 4: Dr. Papenfuse, Richard Richardson, and Emily Squires met with Kenneth Cohen of St. Mary's College of Maryland concerning Revolutionary America
December 4: Jenn Cruickshank attended the Library of Congress lecture When the WHole is Greater than the Parts: a Holistic Approach to Preservation Exhibition
December 4: Jenn Cruickshank attended the Washington Conservation Guild Holiday Party and Tips Session
December 5: Dr. Papenfuse and Mimi Calver met with Hollis Thoms and Dr. Phillip Allen concerning the Fulbright Reception to follow the performance of The Moustache on February 15, 2009
December 5: Chris Haley and Emily Squires met with Rob Worley, President of Metro DC Region TD Bank, concerning possible support for Legacy of Slavery in Maryland projects
December 8: Chris Haley participated in a telephone conference call with the Harriet Tubman Discovery Center
December 11: Chris Haley and Maya Davis met with representatives of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Social Studies Office to assist in planning for a Black History Month event