Presentations Library
As part of the Maryland State Archives' education and outreach mission, we provide this library of past presentations which include training videos, historical lectures, how-to workshops, and author talks. Please note that some of this material was recorded in collaboration with other partner organizations, and we are grateful for them for making the links available to share.
Writing the Biography of Frederick Douglass and the
Bailey/Douglass Family: Scenes from the Archives
~ May 2024
by Ezra Greenspan
Reclaiming Black History: A Community Research Effort
That Led to the Truth, a Book, and Hopefully Change
~ February 2024
by Marlena Jareaux, Wayne Davis,
and Christine Bulbul
The Washerwomen of Baltimore, 1800-1864
~ November 2023
by Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse
Black Lives in Focus: African American Faces from
Early Maryland
~ October 2023
by Ross J. Kelbaugh
Stolen: Kidnapping and Enslavement in Antebellum
America
~ July 2023
by Dr. Richard Bell,
University of Maryland
African American Land Conservation and Heritage
Preservation:
Black Beaches & Recreation
~ June 2023
by Vince Leggitt
Changing Cultures and Landscapes: Transforming the
Riversdale House Museum
~ April 2023
by Maya Davis,
Executive Director of Riversdale Historic Site
Crownsville Hospital Patient Cemetery
~ February 2023
by Janice Hayes-Williams,
Historian
A Celebration of Alex Haley, his Legacy, and Roots
~ August 2022
by Chris Haley,
Director of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in
Maryland
Frederick Douglass, Marylander or Washingtonian?
~ July 2022
by Vince Vaise and Kevin Bryant,
National Parks Service
Reversing the Sail: Black Maryland in Africa
~ June 2022
by Dr. Herbert Brewer
Heroes of the Underground Railroad in Washington and
Maryland
~ February 2022
by Dr. Jenny Masur
Researching Baltimore’s Historic Laurel Cemetery
~ September 2021
by Dr. Isaac Shearn and Dr. Elgin
Klugh
Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams: The
Power of the Ballot
~ July 2021
by Dr. Ida E. Jones
Fatal Path To Judgment: Laws of Racial Control and
Oppression
from Maryland's Founding to
Post-Revolution
~ March 2021
by Chris Haley,
Director of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in
Maryland
1430 Connection / the Study of the Legacy of Slavery
in Maryland
~ March 2021
WNAV's Donna Cole talks with Chris
Haley,
Director of the Study of Legacy of Slavery in
Maryland
'Historical Representation in the Maryland State
House:
The Statues of Harriet Tubman and
Frederick Douglass'
~ February 2021
by Elaine Rice Bachmann,
Deputy State Archivist and
Maya Davis,
Research Archivist, Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
Network to Freedom Research -
Researching
Underground Railroad History in Maryland
~ November 2020
with Chris Haley,
Director of the Study of Legacy of Slavery in
Maryland
and
Maya Davis,
Research Archivist, Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
Connecting Communities ~ November 2020
WAE and the Governor's Office of Community initiatives hosted a panel presentation:
- David Armenti (moderator) Maryland Center for History and Culture
- Dr. Henry Miller from Historic St. Mary's City
- Maya Davis, Maryland State Archives
- Dr. Nicholas Fessendon, Baltimore Immigration Museum
- Myat Lin, Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees (MORA)
by Chris Haley, Director of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland and
Maya Davis, Research Archivist, Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
Freedom Through Flight ~ March 2014
by Chris Haley, Director of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
A Half Century of Discoveries at Historic St. Mary’s
City
~ March 2022
by Dr. Henry Miller
Preservation: The Last Best Hope, Preservation
Maryland
~ January 2022
by Nicholas Redding
Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Maryland's
Colonial Capital
~ April 2021
with Dr. Travis G. Parno,
Director of Research and Collections at Historic St.
Mary's City, Maryland
The USS Maryland's Silver Service: History Captured
in Repoussé
~ August 2024
by Robin Gower
A Family of Flag Makers and the Founding of a
National Historic Landmark
~ September 2022
with Amanda Shores Davis,
Executive Director, Flag House Museum
From Treasure House to Production House: Stories of
the Peale from 1814 to the Future
~ May 2022
by Dr. Nancy Proctor
Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House
Restoration and Its Legacy
in a
White House Historical Association podcast
~ July 2021
with State Archivist Elaine Rice
Bachmann and co-author James Archer Abbott discussing
their publication
Maryland’s Artistic Property, Highlights & Recent
Acquisitions
~ June 2021
by Catherine Rogers Arthur,
Senior Curator Director of Artistic Property
'Historical Representation in the Maryland State House:
The Statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick
Douglass' ~ February 2021
by Elaine Rice Bachmann,
Deputy State Archivist and
Maya Davis,
Research Archivist, Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
'What Role Should Archivists Play in the National
Debate over Public Monuments?'
~ January 2021
by Timothy D. Baker,
State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents
by Chris Haley, Director of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland, Maryland State Archives and Maya Davis, Research Archivist, Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
Maryland Government House ~ September 2018
by Deputy State Archivist Elaine Rice Bachmann and Mimi Calver
Stories in Stone of Mount Olivet Cemetery
~ December 2021
by Chris Haugh
Researching Baltimore’s Historic Laurel Cemetery
~ September 2021
by Dr. Isaac Shearn and Dr. Elgin
Klugh
A Taste of Maryland & The Great Recipe Hunt
~ March 2023
by Joyce White
Mayaisuwàk (They Speak in One Voice): The Oral
History and History of Place of Maryland's Eastern
Shore Tribal Communities and Remnant Descendants
~ April 2024
by Drew Shuptar-Rayvis
Researching Indigenous People in the Collections of
the Maryland State Archives
~ October 2022
by Maria Day and Megan Craynon
Real Learning, Real Impact: The Digital Scholarship
in Museum Partnerships Project
~ October 2024
by Raven Bishop, Dr. Sara Clarke-De
Reza, and Dr. Julie Markin
Unearthing, Preserving, and Promoting LGBTQ+ History
in Maryland
~ July 2024
by Ben Egerman
“The Best Evidence Yet for an Anomalous Animal”:
Documenting the Cultural History of Chessie the Sea
Monster
~ June 2024
by Dr. Eric A. Cheezum
A Maryland Mosaic for the U.S. 250th Anniversary:
Finding the Historical Pieces to Create a Dynamic
Picture of Maryland
~ March 2024
by Burt Kummerow
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Senator Daniel B.
Brewster
~ January 2024
by John W. Frece
The Patuxent Watershed: Maryland's Natural Wonder
~ December 2023
by Ralph Eshelman
Maryland at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
~ September 2023
by Rachel Frazier
When Harry Met Elsey: Madness, Power, and Justice in
Federal-Era Baltimore
~ August 2023
by Dr. Rob Schoeberlein, Baltimore City Archivist
Saint George's Island, 1776: Historical,
Archaeological and Landscape Analysis of an Overlooked
Battle of the American Revolution
~ November 2024
by John L. Seidel and Charles Fithian
Maryland’s Jews & Military Service
~ January 2023
by Owen Lourie
by Burt Kummerow
Major General Johann de Kalb: One of the
Revolutionary War’s Bravest Generals
~ November 2022
by author John Beakes
The Battle of Brooklyn
~ August 2020
with Owen Lourie
Hidden Maryland: Spooky Stories from the Stacks
~ October 2022
by Rachel Frazier
Mysterious Maryland - - Stories of the Bizarre and
Unexplained
from the Stacks of the Maryland
State Archives
~ October 2021
by Rachel Frazier
Macabre Maryland
~ November 2019
by Rachel Frazier
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Baltimore City Vowel Indexes
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Creating a MDLandRec.net Account
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Genealogical Resources at the Maryland State
Archives
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How to Use the Maryland State Archives Homepage
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Introduction to Plats.net
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Introduction to Vital Records
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Montgomery County Indexes
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Records Management Guidance
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Searching by Soundex
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Searching Historical Land Records
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Using the Maryland State Archives Death Records
Finding Aid Page
Tea Time with Anne Catherine Green
~ August 2021
by Diane Rey
by Dr. Ida E. Jones
'Sisters in Conflict: Baltimore Women and Benevolence
During the Civil War'
~ May 2021
by Rob Schoeberlein,
Acting Archivist of Baltimore City