Staff Activities 29 Apr 08 to 19 Dec 08

Staff Activities (December 20, 2008 - April 28, 2009)
Maryland State Archives

December 22: Chris Haley attended a meeting of the Annapolis Arts and Humanities Task Force
December 29: Chris Haley met with Ray Langston, Former Mayor of Highland Beach, concerning Mr. Langston's new book on the history of Highland Beach
January 6: Dr. Papenfuse, Richard Richardson, and Emily Squires met with Charles Lord and Keaton Norquist, Boston College, who are conducting research for the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
January 6: Dr. Papenfuse and Chris Haley met with Ira Berlin and Herbert Brewer concerning researching slavery at the University of Maryland
January 7: Christine Alvey attended the Library Services Advisory Committee meeting
January 7: Dr. Papenfuse and Elaine Bachmann met with State Senator Dyson concerning the 375th Anniversary of St. Mary's County
January 7: Kim Moreno met with Ryan Petteys, Cadence Group, and Richard Herring, Department of General Services, concerning the development of retention schedules for Frederick County
January 7: Elaine Bachmann met with Joel McCore, WYPR, concerning the State House
January 7: Kim Moreno met with Susan Donahue, Gain-a-Day, and Richard Herring, Department of General Services, concerning the development of retention schedules for Howard County
January 8: Dr. Papenfuse met with Professor Larry Gibson at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People headquarters
January 8: Jenn Cruickshank attend the Washington Conservation Guild's "Three Ring Circus" meeting
January 9: Rob Schoeberlein attended a meeting of the Maryland History and Culture Collaborative
January 9: Kevin Swanson attended a meeting of the Real Property Records Improvement Fund Oversight Committee
January 13: Kevin Swanson, Kim Moreno, and Joyce Phelps met with Doug Evans, Barrett Kiedowski, and Andrew Lang from the State Highway Administration; and Jeff Edwards of iScan concerning records retention schedule revision and potential noise abatement records scanning project
January 14: Rob Schoeberlein met with Paul Lurz to take an oral history of Uriah Yoder concerning conscientious objector service
January 15: Teresa Fawley attended a SPAG Meeting
January 15: Kevin Swanson met with Barbara Hansman and other representatives from Judicial Information Systems concerning MdLandRec.net issues
January 15: Cecelia Smith attended the Equal Employment Opportunity Office's Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Program
January 16: Christine Alvey attended a legislative meeting of the Law Librarians Association of Maryland
January 16: Chris Haley attended the Sam Shropshire Mayoral Campaign Announcement
January 20: Elaine Bachmann met with Vicki Gruber, Senate President's Office, concerning a State House Trust meeting
January 22: Kevin Swanson, Kim Moreno, and Joyce Phelps attended the Quarterly Meeting with Scott MacGlashan, Katherine Hager, and Dawn Nock of Queen Anne's County Circuit Court
January 22: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, Sasha Lourie, and Mimi Calver attended a meeting of the State House Trust
January 26 - February 6: Maria Day and Erin Cayce attended the Modern Archives Institute
January 26: Reggie Shorter attended the ITAC Meeting
January 27: Vicki Lee attended an Officers' Meeting of the Guild of Book Workers
January 28: Chris Haley participated in a teleconference of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Working Group
January 29: Tim Baker and Elizabeth Newell attended the hearing on State House procurement exemption bill, SB132
January 30: Rob Schoeberlein met with Janet George of the Captain Salem Avery House concerning a donation
February 2: Dr. Papenfuse, Emily Squires, and Chris Haley met with Jason Dittrich concerning research of black slave ownership
February 3: Kim Moreno met with Daniel Beard, Cadence Group, concerning the development of retention schedules for Frederick County
February 4: Tim Baker participated in a teleconference of ARAG
February 5: Sasha Lourie participated in a teleconference with the Maryland Association of History Museum Board
February 5: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Ken Miller and Richard Leadbetter concerning archiving GIS data
February 6: Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie attended a 50% design review meeting for the restoration of the Old House of Delegates Chamber
February 7: Chris Haley participated in the first annual Black History Month Seminar at the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center
February 9: Dr. Papenfuse participated in a Mount Vernon charette concerning a new National Library for the Study of George Washington
February 10: Chris Haley met with Tim McMullin concerning Maryland Civil Rights research sources
February 10: Dr. Papenfuse met with State Speaker of the House Michael Busch concerning the Speaker's Society Awards
February 11: Kim Moreno, Emily Squires, and Christine Alvey participated in a teleconference concerning NHPRC Electronic Records Grants
February 12: Rob Schoeberlein met with Patricia Schechter, Portland State University, concerning the Special Collection 4307, "Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs Collection"
February 12: Rob Schoeberlein met with Robb Bailey and Ross Kimmel concerning research
February 12: Tim Baker and Kevin Swanson met with Jeff Edwards for a scanning partnership planning session
February 12: Tim Baker and Elizabeth Newell attended the hearing for HB91
February 12: Dr. Papenfuse met with Chief Judge Robert Bell to present him a copy of Lincoln in Annapolis, February 1865
February 16: Dr. Papenfuse, Elaine Bachmann, and Mimi Calver attended the House of Delegates' ceremony in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday
February 17: Dr. Papenfuse and Kim Moreno met with Rebecca Gunby, Baltimore City Archives, concerning the return of materials
February 17: Kevin Swanson participated in a teleconference of the Land Records Improvement Fund Oversight Committee
February 17: Teresa Fawley attended a APMG meeting
February 17: Cecelia Smith attended the ADA Amendments Act Update
February 17: Dr. Papenfuse, Tim Baker, and Kim Moreno met with Elaine Garven and Avery Aisenstark concerning the Baltimore City Archives
February 17: Maya Davis and Rachel Frazier attended the University of Maryland University College Diversity Initiatives African American Heritage Month program
February 17: Kevin Swanson, Vicki Lee, and Sasha Lourie participated in a teleconference with IPER
February 18-19: Tim Baker and Wei Yang attended the ESRI Conference
February 18: Dr. Papenfuse and Vicki Lee met with Fenella France, Library of Congress, concerning the Charter of Annapolis
February 18: Maya Davis attended a book event on the Weems family of Montgomery County
February 23: Wei Yang attended the ITAC Meeting
February 23: Dr. Papenfuse, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie met with Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post), Orlando Ridout, and Michael Day concerning the Old Senate Chamber
February 23: Dr. Papenfuse attended the House of Delegates' session in honor of George Washington's birthday
February 24: Dr. Papenfuse met with Judge Schneider for a tour of the Courthouse Museum
February 24: Elaine Bachmann and Mimi Calver attended a lenders reception for the Mount Vernon exhibit Washington and His Generals
February 24: Maya Davis attended the Black History Month Celebration and Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Banneker-Douglass Museum
February 25: Kevin Swanson and Joyce Phelps met with Doug Evans, State Highway Administration, concerning an upcoming scanning project
February 25: Dr. Papenfuse, Richard Richardson, Emily Squires, Jen Hafner, Maria Day, and Christine Alvey participated in a teleconference concerning the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
February 25: Sasha Lourie met with Judy Housely concerning John Shaw furniture
February 26: Elaine Bachmann participated in a special meeting of the Maryland Public Art Commission
February 26: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Dennis Gurtz, Adam Snyder, and Stuart Raphael concerning Supreme Court case Virginia v. Maryland, 540 U.S. 56 (2003)
February 26: Sasha Lourie attended the opening reception for the Society of the Cincinnati exhibition Maryland in the American Revolution
March 2: Jenn Cruickshank attended the Washington Conservation Guild presentation Three Interns Projects Explained
March 4: Tim Baker and Elizabeth Newell provided testimony at the hearing on HB1120, Social Security Numbers - Prohibited Uses
March 4: Dr. Papenfuse, Wei Yang, and Christine Alvey participated in a webinar concerning New Hampshire State Library's systematic retrieval of documents from State agency websites
March 5: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Rob Rogers, Maryland Historical Society, concerning a cooperative digitization
March 5: Sasha Lourie attended the Maryland Historical Society lecture Joshua Johnson, Maryland Portrait Painter
March 5: Tim Baker and Kim Moreno met with Tim Palmer and Larry Swift of the Maryland Environmental Service concerning a potential aerial photographs and historic maps scanning project
March 6: Cecelia Smith attended the State Employee Credit Union Ambassador Luncheon
March 6: Elizabeth Newell attended the hearing on SB892, Maryland State Song
March 6: Vicki Lee, Jenn Cruickshank, Camille DiMarco, and Allison Rein attended the National Archives and Records Administration lecture Life at the Academy: Viewing Archival Records as Artifacts at the Vatican Secret Archives by Jana Dambrogio
March 9: Dr. Papenfuse, Mimi Calver, and Rob Schoeberlein met with Gordon and Susanne Smith concerning a diary
March 10: Dr. Papenfuse, Elaine Bachmann, and Mimi Calver attended the First Citizen Award Ceremony at the State House
March 11: Tim Baker attended a Department of Planning Census Coordinators Meeting
March 11: Dr. Papenfuse and Elaine Bachmann participated in a teleconference concerning the National Governors Association Management Seminar
March 11: Elizabeth Newell attended the hearing on HB2141
March 11: Chris Haley was interviewed by Rita Rubin, USA Today, concerning the results of his DNA test through Ancestry.com and appearance at the Who Do You Think You Are? conference
March 11: Kim Moreno, Joyce Phelps, and Saul Gibusiwa met with Jerry Einholf, State Highway Administration, concerning the HISD project
March 12: Cecelia Smith attended the State of Maryland Annual Open Enrollment Training Seminar
March 12: Jen Hafner attended the 2009 Maryland Women's Hall of Fame Ceremony and reception
March 12: Kim Moreno and James Watson met with Pat Ward and Connie Byrd of iScan concerning Baltimore County land records index scanning project
March 13: Elizabeth Newell met with Delegate Tony McConkey concerning HB1310
March 14: Chris Haley assisted Howard County Middle School students and teachers with research on slavery and plantation economy in Maryland
March 16: Richard Richardson and Mike McCormick participated in a teleconference with Carole Shelton, Ray Miles, and Pat Grother, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services concerning the NICS Memorandum of Understanding
March 17: Kim Moreno and Joyce Phelps met with Eric Woznysmith, Baltimore City Department of Transportation, concerning an Aperture Card Scanning Project
March 17: Kevin Swanson, Wei Yang, and Reggie Shorter met with Barbara Hansman and representatives from the Judicial Information Services concerning the Disaster Recovery Plan
March 17: Richard Richardson attended the Department of Housing and Community Development Agency Personnel Management Meeting
March 17: Kara Carter attended the Statewide Web Managers Meeting
March 17-18: Chris Haley attended the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park design charette
March 18: Tim Baker attended a Department of Planning Census meeting
March 18: Tim Baker participated in a teleconference Access Committee
March 18: Kim Moreno attended a reception for Maryland History Day judges
March 19: Tim Baker and Sasha Lourie participated in a 50% design review meeting for the restoration of the Old House of Delegates Chamber
March 19: Teresa Fawley attended a SPAG Meeting
March 19: Maria Day met with Lillian Jenifer and Jim Kelly concerning retrieval of material from Special Collection 2006, "Lillian D. Jenifer Collection of Jenifer and Risteau Family Papers"
March 19: Tim Baker met with Mike Eismeyer, Department of Information Technology
March 19: Tim Baker, Wei Yang, and Reggie Shorter met with Tim Palmer, MES
March 20: Tim Baker met with Faye Gaskin, Administrative Office of the Courts
March 20: Cecelia Smith attended the 2009 Retirement Coordinator Education Session
March 23: Kevin Swanson attended the Land Records Improvement Fund Oversight Committee meeting
March 23: Dr. Papenfuse, Chris Haley, Maya Davis, and Rachel Frazier met with Mary Kay Ricks concerning research on the Edmondson family
March 24: Cecelia Smith attended ADA Coordinator's Training
March 24: Dr. Papenfuse met with Anthony Boening and Rosemary Owings concerning research on Cipriano Ferrandini
March 25: Tim Baker, Richard Richardson, and Elaine Bachmann attended, and Tim made remarks at, the Census 2010 State Outreach Coordinating Kick-Off Team meeting
March 25: Kevin Swanson attended the Baltimore County Bar Association Technology Fair
March 25: Nassir Rezvan and Teresa Fawley attended the MBE Liaison meeting
March 25: Rob Schoeberlein met with Bob McWilliams concerning the possible gift of Carr surveyor drawings
March 29: Dr. Papenfuse participated in the Historic St. Mary's City Commission's celebration of Maryland Day
March 31: Richard Richardson and Chris Schini met with Glenn Myers, Prince George's County Circuit Court, concerning the refiling of Prince George's County Court files
March 31: Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie participated in the State House Projects Coordination Group Meeting
March 31: Dr. Papenfuse met with Professor Larry Gibson and John Maranto concerning Baltimore & Ohio Railroad employment records
March 31: Kevin Swanson and Vicki Lee participated in a teleconference concerning IPER
April 2: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker participated in a teleconference with Judith Mansfield and Mark Sweeney, Library of Congress, concerning digitization of newspapers
April 2: Sasha Lourie presented a lecture on John Shaw and Washington Tuck, Annapolis Cabinetmaker as part of the Francis Scott Key Lecture Series
April 2: Jenn Cruickshank attended the Washington Conservation Guild presentation The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Practice
April 3: Chris Haley announced the launch of the website for the Bowie Project in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's I've Been to the Mountaintop speech
April 3: Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie participated in a meeting concerning the Old House Chamber design, carpets, and fabric
April 3: Tim Baker, Kevin Swanson, and James Watson met with staff of Worcester County Circuit Court to discuss resolution of plats issues
April 6: Chris Haley attended the Arts and Humanities Task Force Meeting
April 7: Chris Haley, Maya Davis, and Rachel Frazier attended a Goucher College lecture on"From Black and White to Full Color"
April 7: Sarah Patterson and Amber Robinson attended the National Archives and Records Administration lecture Declassifying Secrets: Opening Classified Records for Public Disclosure
April 7: Maria Day met with Mame Warren and Jane McWilliams concerning photograph collections
April 7: Sasha Lourie met with Barbara Ramsey, Artex Fine Arts, concerning conservation of The Burning of the Peggy Stewart
April 7: Tim Baker, Richard Richardson, Mike McCormick, and Carrie Gross met with Carole Shelton, Ray Miles, and Pat Grothe,Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services concerning the NICS Memorandum of Understanding
April 7: Elaine Bachmann attended the Court of Appeals Memorial Service for Alex Cummings
April 8: Tim Baker met with Rob Rogers, Maryland Historical Society
April 9: Elaine Bachmann participated in the Maryland Public Art Commission meeting
April 9: Tim Baker, Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, Nancy Bramucci, and Kara Carter met with Fred Hammond, Thunderstone
April 9: Chris Haley met with musician Tamm E. Hunt concerning research on a prospective book about the history of Black music in Maryland
April 10: Chris Kintzel met with Ed Milburn concerning conservation of The Burning of the Peggy Stewart
April 14: Kevin Swanson, Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Frank Patnaude met with Barbara Hansman and Wayne Gordon, Judicial Information Systems, concerning deleted mainframe records
April 14: Tim Baker met with Larry Swift and Tim Palmer
April 15: Rob Schoeberlein met with Barbara Gardner and Ross Kimmel concerning the Department of Natural Resources Fire Tower Project
April 15: Tim Baker attended a Board of Public Works Meeting
April 15: Dr. Papenfuse, Richard Richardson, Emily Squires, Jen Hafner, Christine Alvey, and Maria Day met with Elena Irwin concerning the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
April 16: Tim Baker and Wei Yang attended the IBM ECM Spring Regional Usernet Series Firenet User Group meeting
April 16: Vicki Lee attended a National Archives and Records Administration lecture by William Spawn on his research concerning bindings found in North America before 1860
April 17-18: Amber Robinson attended the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
April 17: Dr. Papenfuse and Vicki Lee met with Dennis Gurtz concerning maps
April 20: Dr. Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Secretary Lucinda Jenkins, Governor's Office of Minority Affairs
April 20: Wei Yang attended the ITAC Meeting
April 20: Chris Haley participated in a planning meeting for the 150th Anniversary celebration of the Emancipation of Slavery in Maryland
April 22: Tim Baker attended a Census follow-up meeting
April 22: Dr. Papenfuse met with Craig Hollander concerning a slaver interdiction case
April 21: Kevin Swanson and Joyce Phelps attended the quarterly meeting with Queen Anne's County Circuit Court Clerk and staff
April 23: Nancy Bramucci attended a professional development workshop for Howard County teachers
April 24: Tim Baker, Kevin Swanson, and Vicki Lee met with Jane Thursby and John Harding of the Maryland Emergency Management Administration concerning IPER training
April 27: Nancy Bramucci attended the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Education and Administration Building at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine