Maryland State Archives

Join Mr. Frank Robinson of the Smithsonian Archives and co-author Ms. Debra Naylor for their presentation on The Naylors of Woodborough, or how we turned a pile of research papers into a book. Part history, part genealogy, part narrative, The Naylors of Woodborough, is the culminating work of five researchers who collaborated to publish this Maryland family’s 350-year history using local resources. While it is a local story, the authors have taken pains to place the family in the broader context of American history. What began as a simple exercise in information...

Speaker: Dr. Martha Jones Registration: Please email or call Emily Oland Squires to RSVP at [email protected] or 410-260-6443. The latest book by Dr. Martha Jones, Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America, tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans. Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. They faced formidable opposition, most notoriously...

Speaker: Ms.Cheryle Franceschi In honor of Arbor Day, please join us for a screening of a film documenting Maryland’s deep roots in conservation, forestry, history, and the National Big Tree program. In 1906, the State Board of Forestry in Maryland was third in the nation to establish a system of forests, parks, and selected natural resource open-spaces. Fred W. Besley was appointed by Governor Edwin Warfield to become Maryland's first State Forester. Mr. Besley served for 36 years. Today, Marylanders are learning his lessons of forest conservation, and listening to the...

Speaker:  Dr. Jean Russo Come celebrate Maryland Day with Dr. Jean B. Russo, co-editor and a co-author of the newly published, Maryland: A History. Dr. Russo will share some highlights from this second edition, including and exploration of some of the approximately 200 color images which show the many ways to visually document the past, as well as discuss the wide range of sources available to provide evidence of over 400 years of the state's history. Please join us at the Archives for a commemoration of our great state's founding! Copies of Maryland:...

Share in local community history uncovered in the archives. Join the authors of "The Amazing Story of Arundel-on-the-Bay: 1600s to Today" who came together five years ago to research and write a book detailing the history of their beloved home. The book chronicles a community evolving from the Gay Nineties, through the segregated Jim Crow era, World War II, woman’s liberation, and other 20th and 21st century realities. The talk will focus on sharing a portrait of America’s social and cultural history that shaped this local community. This event will...

Free Lecture - Keeping History Above Water: Endangered Historic & Archaeological Sites in Anne Arundel County Please join us for this important conversation about protecting our shared local heritage. Anne Arundel County's Cultural Resources Division partnered with the Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, Inc. to complete a cultural resources hazard mitigation grant project, supported by the National Park Service’s Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund (administered by the Maryland Historical Trust), to identify, evaluate, and document imminently threatened archaeological and historic sites in Anne Arundel County. The project focused on...

Free Lecture - Lunch and Learn - Disaster Response in Puerto Rico by Conservation Professionals of the National Archives Ms. Vicki Lee will be speaking about responding in last year's cultural heritage recovery in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. National Archives and Records Administration was given a mission assignment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Interior to assist in the recovery of the General Archive and National Library of Puerto Rico and the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico (ICP). Vicki and her colleagues from...

The Maryland State Archives will host a kick off event for the Maryland Four Centuries Project. Please join us for an exploration of the politics of 17th century Maryland and the move of the capital from St. Mary's City to Annapolis with esteemed guest speakers, Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse, Dr. Henry Miller and Mr. Burt Kummerow.  This event will be free and open to the public.

Would you like to volunteer for the Maryland State Archives from the comfort of your own home?  You can! Please join us for a brief information session and demonstration of FROMTHEPAGE (link:  https://fromthepage.com/) where you can volunteer remotely to help make the records of the archives easier for everyone to use.   This session will give a short project description as well as live demonstration of how easy online transcription projects from home can be.  Then, if you are interested in volunteering, we can help you set up a personal log...

Speaker: James Tanner of Genealogy's Star Mr. Tanner will give you a brief understanding of the impact of technology on the time-honored practices of genealogy and family history. The rapid advances in computer and internet technology have had a huge impact on our everyday lives. Genealogists and family historians are faced with a far different world than existed just a few short years ago. The availability of digitized historically and genealogically important records has transformed the way genealogical research is done. But the changes are not limited to digital records, new...