Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist, will direct the project, administer the grant, and contribute his considerable experience as a historian and archivist. Dr. Papenfuse is particularly well qualified to lead the A New Body of Citizens project. He has been involved in computer-based research methodology for several years and is a specialist not only in Maryland history, but in the history of Baltimore. He has been the prime investigator in the preliminary research phase of this project and he has promoted the historical importance of studying the lives of African American Civil War veterans in a variety of academic, educational, and genealogical settings. Dr. Papenfuse will commit 3% of his time as State Archivist to the project.

The daily management and supervision of the program will be conducted by Chris Haley, the Archives' Director of Imaging Services. Mr. Haley's experience as a research archivist, his expertise in African American history, and knowledge of cinematography and digital technology make him particularly suited to oversee this project. Mr. Haley will be the key person for training personnel assigned to document imaging, establishng priorities, monitoring progress, and preparing reports to the Library of Congress. Mr. Haley will devote 30% of his time to the project, which will be supported by the Archives.

R.J. Rockefeller will be responsible for coordinating the work of the Research Associates with digital scanning operation. Mr. Rockefeller is a senior staff archivist who has participated in all phases of the research of this project and has supervised the summer research associates who conducted the research. The Director of Education and Outreach will work closely with educators and genealogists to recruit project participants and promote the project to potential beneficiaries outside of academia. Where time permits, Mr. Rockefeller will assist the Project Manager with supervisory responsibilities. Mr. Rockefeller will devote 10% of his time to the project during the which will be paid for by the Archives.

Emily Murphy will assist the Director of Education and Outreach with the supervision of the Research Associates. Ms. Murphy is the Archives' Assistant Registrar/Curator of Photographs and has participated in the early phases of this project, both as a Research Associate and as a Supervisor. As the Archives' photographic expert, Ms. Murphy is familiar with the transfer of traditional photography to electronic media and database-driven collections management. A graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, Ms. Murphy devoted her senior thesis to an examination of the views of slavery held by Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Ms. Murphy will devote 10% of her time to the first phase of the project which will be paid for by the Archives.

Building on the Archives' longstanding and successful summer internship program, graduate and advanced undergraduate students from the collaborating universities will make up the majority of the Research Associates. Collaborating scholars will nominate the students. The Research Associates are the backbone of the project. They will modify and edit the research databases, correlate the image files to the databases, and assist in the scanning of images and in the creation of the final collection HTML. The Research Associates will devote 100% of their time for a 10 week period between June and August 1997, which will be paid for by funds from the LC/Ameritech award.

In addition to the Research Associates, the project will draw upon less traditional research assistance. Volunteer help will be recruited from historical societies, the genealogical community, and from public schools. College students can participate for class credit. In this way, the project benefits from the knowledge and experience of interested and experienced individuals as well as offering opportunities to expand the humanities experience of teachers and their students. Past experience at the Archives has shown that such non-traditional researchers can make great contributions to research programs, when offered proper guidance and supervision. Assignments to these researchers are always focused and well defined, with set, short time-spans and distinct, limited objectives.

Nancy Bramucci will assist in the creation of the collection HTML. As the Archives' Director of Special Collections/Conservation, Ms. Bramucci is experienced in dBaseIV programing, management of relational databases, and collections management as well as in the conversion of databases to HTML-coded ASCII text files. As the Director of the Maryland Newspaper Project, she designed the programing for the Archives' Guide to Maryland Newspapers Featuring the Newspaper Collection of the Maryland State Archives which linked several relational databases to produce the final project HTML. Ms. Bramucci will devote 10% of her time to the project which will be paid for by the Archives.

Betsy Bodziak, the Archives' Network Administrator, helped with the design of the Computer Historical Research System. To respond to project demands for any computer design services and assist with dissemination activities, Mrs. Bodziak will be available to the project as needed.

The project manager, Chris Haley, will be responsible for project funds, and the accounting will be handled by Archives' staff, including Christopher Allan, Deputy State Archivist, and Barbara Prehn, Business Manager.

The Archives' is an equal opportunity employer and has designed this project to insure participation by minority students attending historically African American insitutions in Maryland.