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Volume 50 | No. 2 SPRING 2021 ISSN 0738-9396 Mid-Atlantic Archivist Delaware | District of Columbia | Maryland | New Jersey | New York | Pennsylvania | Virginia | West Virginia Inside: 1 From the Chair 2 Volunteers Needed to Serve on MARAC Committees 3 The Maryland History and Culture Collaborative: Maintaining Connection in a Virtual World 4 MARAC Comes to You! Spring Virtual Meeting, April 12-16, 2021 5 Reconnect: On-site in Gettysburg! Oct. 7-9, 2021 6 Caucus News 10 New Members 11 Treasurer’s Report 12 Image Credits
JENNIE LEVINE KNIES MARAC Chair It is so important for people to have optimistic that our fall 2021 meeting in Gettysburg, PA, will something to look forward to, go off without a hitch. Mark your calendars for October 7-9, and I believe that MARAC 2021; the Program and Local Arrangements Committees for in 2021 will provide many Gettysburg are already hard at work, planning our first in- opportunities for education, person conference in two years. engagement, and professional connections. MARAC’s 50th anniversary is fast approaching in 2022. A record number of members volunteered to participate on this Our first virtual meeting is committee, and they will soon meet to begin planning a series of just around the corner. “Suffrage events and activities throughout 2022, culminating in a meeting Legacies: Civil Rights, Political in College Park, MD, in the fall of that year. Activism, and Archives,” will run April 12- 16, 2021, online. We are delighted to be able to offer a flexible As my year of serving as your chair winds down, I would like and affordable pricing structure for registration. The Steering to send a very heartfelt and personal thanks to all the MARAC Committee agreed in January to repurpose the MARAC travel members who worked so hard in the last year to make sure that scholarships in order to provide free registration for those who we all stayed connected, and to those who have volunteered to live in the MARAC region and are students, unemployed, or serve in the future. We have volunteers on all of our committees underemployed. No proof is needed. Otherwise, registration is who are collaborating to ensure that we have educational $5.00 for MARAC members, although for those who wish to opportunities, conferences, accurate budgets and finances, contribute more, there is an option for a “Community Support” publications such as this one, a functioning website, connections registration of $50.00 to support the virtual conference and with other cultural organizations, and that MARAC’s history is ongoing MARAC operations. preserved. I want to take a moment to specifically highlight the work of MARAC’s administrator, Sara Predmore. Although we MARAC is divided into eight caucuses, arranged by state. It already knew she was wonderful, creative, and efficient, Sara has is often difficult, especially in larger states, for caucus groups also shown herself to be flexible and adaptable, shifting her focus to meet and communicate in a meaningful way between toward assisting us with other administrative tasks in the absence conferences. The caucus representatives, together with Chair- of conferences, investigating online conference platforms, and Elect Tara Wink, have been discussing ways that caucuses working together with all the committees to guarantee that our can hold more coordinated and combined events in between work runs smoothly and on time. We would be lost without her. conferences. In March, the caucuses will host an event, “Virtually the Same: MARAC Spring 2021 Conference Info Session.” In my previous column, I wrote about approaching 2021 with This information session is designed to orient members of all optimism. I am confident that MARAC is moving forward in a MARAC caucuses to the Spring 2021 Virtual Conference. Split productive and meaningful way. I still have several months left into two parts, this program will feature conference information as your chair, and I hope that any member will feel comfortable from the Virtual Arrangements and Program Committees. The contacting me at chair@marac.info with thoughts, suggestions, or MARAC caucus representatives will also share elements of the concerns. conference they are excited about. The second part will be a Zoom bingo—a perfect time for socializing whether you are new (or not) to MARAC. I would like to remind all MARAC members that your caucus Jennie Levine Knies representatives are here for you and open to all suggestions for MARAC Chair events and opportunities. If you want an event to happen in your region, let’s make it happen! While virtual programs are effective and convenient, many of us are looking forward to the time when we can all come together to enjoy in-person events again. We continue to be 1 | Mid-Atlantic Archivist
Volunteers Needed to Serve on MARAC Committees As a volunteer-run organization, MARAC • Education among the leadership of regional archival is regularly in need of enthusiastic • Finance organizations, and among the regionals members to serve in a variety of • Meetings Coordinating and SAA. capacities. In the coming months, many • Membership members will be rotating off non-elected • Web Team MEETINGS COORDINATING COMMITTEE— committees leaving open roles. If you are interested in serving MARAC in a greater Visit the MARAC web site for more TECHNICAL COORDINATOR capacity, please contact me, Tara Wink, information on the work of these The technical coordinator works with at twink@hshsl.umaryland.edu. Include specific committees and their roles in the hotel A/V personnel to oversee tech a brief statement about your interests organization. support for the conference, coordinates and skills in the email. I am especially the MARAC projector rotation, and interested in members who have never The following positions are highlighted manages the set-up of the mobile served the organization. because they require a specific skillset and conference app. This is a critical position a larger time commitment. that helps keep our meetings running Each position requires a different level smoothly! of time commitment and not all require RAAC REPRESENTATIVE regular meeting attendance. The abilities Do not hesitate to reach out to me MARAC is a member of the Regional with any questions about the positions, and availability of those interested will Archival Associations Consortium be considered when being appointed to committees, or appointments. Please (RAAC) and sends a representative to its consider volunteering to serve MARAC a committee. The following is a list of meetings, which are concurrent with the committees with open positions: as we cannot do the work we do without Society of American Archivists (SAA) the help of our members. annual meeting. RAAC provides an • Communications official venue for information exchange • Diversity and Inclusion Archival Collections Management Software Deliver an immersive and engaging digital experience that delights, educates and informs virtual visitors. Put your wonderful collections online with ArchivEra Purpose-built to a higher standard: yours VISIBLE • ACCESSIBLE • INTEGRATED INCLUSIVE • ADAPTABLE Request a free demo – see our unrivaled capabilities for yourself! sales@lucidea.com www.lucidea.com/archivera Mid-Atlantic Archivist | 2
The Maryland History and Culture Collaborative: Maintaining Connection in a Virtual World BY JACOB HOPKINS, A 2020-2021 MARAC GRADUATE SCHOOL ARCHIVAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT our personal workspace. Jacob Hopkins took this photo of his work-from-home view the outside their window to get a better understanding of each other and the world beyond In the absence of physical proximity, we asked MHCC members to share photos of life The past year has upended norms and routines on both large and small scales. As a collective, we are grappling with an uncontrollable virus day of the November meeting. Image courtesy of Jacob Hopkins. and centuries of systemic injustices, and as individuals, we yearn for comfort, familiarity, and security in a time of immense uncertainty and fatigue. Leaving a full-time job to become a full-time Jacob Hopkins. Image graduate student was not originally courtesy of Jacob Hopkins in my plans for 2020, and making that shift during a global pandemic is a change I could have never imagined. I was not sure what to expect from my new, mostly virtual graduate assistantship in Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland Libraries; all my previous work in archives took place in-person, enriched by the reactive energy of face-to-face conversations with patrons, students, and colleagues. I hope to enter the archives field as an educator, collaborator, and advocate, and I was not sure how these goals would translate in an online environment. During the virtual meeting, lightning round presentations and Luckily, my first big project for my assistantship illuminated group discussions were colored by the joy, relief, and possibility the possibilities for connection that exist even in a world that of a community of practice coming together again after too long demands everyone stay physically apart. I teamed up with Joni apart. While an online environment is not a perfect substitute for Floyd, my supervisor and the curator of Maryland & Historical an in-person meeting, we reached more people virtually than we Collections, and Lela Sewell-Williams, manager of Columbia would normally, nearly doubling attendance from the last MHCC Maryland Archives, to co-host a virtual meeting of the Maryland meeting. Breakout room discussions paired individuals whose History and Culture Collaborative (MHCC) in early November paths might not normally cross and emphasized the potential for 2020. Originally conceived in 2006 at the University of Maryland new partnerships. (UMD), College Park, the MHCC met regularly until 2013 and brought together information and cultural heritage professionals While the fall 2020 meeting of the MHCC has passed, I still who worked with collections related to Maryland history and remain involved with the Collaborative as it settles into its new culture. After experiencing the intersecting crises of 2020 phase of life. In the spirit of shared accountability, Joni, Lela, and their impact on both every day and long-term collection and I are empowering a new pair of co-hosts to plan the next management, UMD Special Collections and Columbia Maryland meeting. I created a shared “Co-Hosting Toolkit” that documents Archives recognized the need to reconvene the Collaborative. the work UMD Special Collections and Columbia Maryland Archives put into organizing the fall 2020 meeting and outlines The reborn MHCC strives to create space for interdisciplinary a suggested timeline for hosting future meetings. As the group collaboration and serve as a forum for resource and information and its needs continue to take shape, I am helping define some sharing, support for one another, and coming together to tell a working groups that will handle the MHCC’s communications, more comprehensive story of Maryland. Membership is free and promote virtual programming and collections, and identify open to anyone who is interested. Members represent archives, collaborative projects. In this role, I continue to learn more about libraries, heritage areas, historic and cultural sites, historical the people and organizations that preserve and make accessible societies, museums, government agencies, and state commissions Maryland history and culture, finding my place in the juncture across the state of Maryland. In planning our meeting agenda, I where these groups come together. surveyed both existing members of the MHCC and organizations who had never before participated in the Collaborative. In I look forward to attending the next virtual MHCC meeting— particular, we wanted to know about current needs related to the co-hosted this spring by the Maryland Center for History and COVID-19 pandemic and goals for promoting anti-racism. To Culture and the College Park Aviation Museum—and engaging get a better understanding of who we are and where we all come with the collective spirit and wisdom of those who work with from individually, we also asked members to share something and share Maryland history and culture, this time from the that is bringing them joy right now and photographs of “life perspective of a participant. To learn more about the MHCC and outside their work window.” join the mailing list, visit the organizational web site. 3 | Mid-Atlantic Archivist
MARAC COMES TO YOU! SPRING VIRTUAL MEETING, APRIL 12-16, 2021 Have you been missing your MARAC colleagues? Feeling some of your professional focus floundering? Longing to refresh professional connections, gain ideas and insights into the many aspects of archival science and get an update on how fellow institutions are weathering the unprecedented challenges of this past year? Well, mark your calendars to join MARAC online April 12-16, 2021, for our first fully virtual conference. For most of us, it's been a difficult year. Working remotely, trying to balance personal and professional life when they are less separated than ever, figuring out how to care for and provide access to our collections when we ourselves cannot always be in the archives—these are just a few challenges we have faced as archivists this year. It’s been no different for MARAC, as the pandemic has forced the organization to cancel three in-person meetings. However, with change comes innovation, and all the Virtual Conference Committees’ volunteers have worked hard to bring you an enriching meeting. We’ve modified our customary meeting format to spread out sessions over five half days. Hopefully, this change will make sessions available to the greatest number of colleagues and accommodate a variety of work schedules, caregiving situations, and the ever-present risk of “Zoom fatigue.” The theme of the Conference is “Suffrage Legacies: Civil Rights, Political Activism, and Archives.” This program is based on the spring 2020 Harrisonburg meeting, which was MARAC’s first conference canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 marked significant anniversaries of both the 15th (1870) and 19th (1920) Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Sessions at this conference reflect the fact that many archival and cultural institutions commemorated these anniversaries in 2020, made records accessible related to voting rights and civil rights activism, and highlighted collections documenting American politics and society in this presidential election year. The plenary address will be delivered by Sandra Treadway, the librarian of Virginia, reflecting on her long career and experiences with the archival collections of the Library of Virginia. Our BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch) session will be a live episode of An Archivist’s Tale podcast, hosted by MARAC members Geof Huth and Karen Trivette, who will interview Kelly Wooten, reference librarian at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University. There will be state caucus meetings, vendor demonstration sessions, and virtual tours of a variety of institutions in the MARAC region. Whatever your interests or experience level, we hope you will join us and find sessions to enhance your career, inspire your daily work, and deliver insight for positive change. Finally, incredibly affordable registrations fees are available for this online conference, with costs for MARAC members starting as low as $5.00 and support for those who would like to attend from the MARAC region who are students, unemployed or underemployed. Registration opened online March 1, 2021. For more information and to see the conference program, visit our conference page on the MARAC web site. Mid-Atlantic Archivist | 4
SAVE THE DATE: Gettysburg National Military Park Visitors Center and Museum. MARAC meets in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania After two years of staying connected to MARAC via Zoom, this October 7–9, 2021 in-person reception is sure to be a conference highlight! The Wyndham is conveniently close to many other historic MARAC members will head to Gettysburg for the first in-person attractions in Gettysburg. Conference attendees may enjoy MARAC conference since fall 2019. The “Sites of Memory” these historic sites through the tours and special activities conference program will explore how archives are influenced planned by the LAC. Join us for an outing to the Seminary by broader historical events and reciprocally shape the course Ridge Museum, which focuses on the Gettysburg Battle’s first of history. The theme takes special interest in the interactions day and field hospital history. The Seton Shrine and Daughters between archives, diversity, and social justice movements. of Charity Provincial Archives, located just across the state line Gettysburg is centrally located in the MARAC region, and, as a in Maryland, is an opportunity to delve deeper into the subject major site of U.S. Civil War history, is a “site of memory” itself. of nursing care and medicine in the Civil War and beyond. The As archives have directly engaged with history-making events Shriver House Museum shows how Gettysburg’s residents lived over the last year, the turbulence recorded and exemplified at in the 1860s and how the battle affected local civilians. Love Gettysburg will be a strong catalyst for discussion and reflection. the spookier side of October? The Evergreen Cemetery Tour combines history with a little ghostly atmosphere. The Adams The Wyndham Gettysburg will provide conference space and County Winery and Hickory Hollow Horseback tours round out rooms. The Wyndham includes dining and pool amenities to the special offerings. be made accessible as appropriate for health considerations. The Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) is working with the For more information on the conference and updates, check the hotel to plan meals and breaks that keep all attendees safe while MARAC website Gettysburg page! Information will be added encouraging interaction. and updated here as October approaches. Everyone will have the opportunity to eat, socialize, and explore local history during the Friday evening reception, held at the 5 | Mid-Atlantic Archivist
Caucus News DELAWARE MARYLAND NEW DOCUMENTARY, DIGITAL EXHIBIT CELEBRATE Caucus Representative INFLUENTIAL BLACK SCIENTIST AND ARTIST Mark Coulbourne Hagley Museum and Library has launched a new digital exhibit (443) 794-7797 and documentary film about Dr. Wesley Memeger Jr., a career kcoulbou@umd.edu research scientist at the DuPont Company, holder of 14 patents, and accomplished artist. Based on an extensive oral history conducted in 2020, the film and exhibit tell the story of Memeger’s NEW JERSEY journey from the segregated South to his life and career as a scientist, artist, and activist. While at DuPont, he received a patent #COLOROURCOLLECTIONS WEEK DRAWS PARTICIPANTS that proved critical in the production of Kevlar. One of DuPont’s The following New Jersey repositories participated in the New iconic products, Kevlar has helped first responders by stopping York Academy of Medicine Library’s #ColorOurCollections bullets and flames in their uniforms and gear. week. The film may be viewed on YouTube (search “Memeger”). Access • Rutgers University Special Collections and University the digital exhibit here. Archives • Seton Hall University Libraries Caucus Representative • Sarnoff Collection at TCNJ Diane E. Bockrath (302) 658-2400 ext. 328 • New Jersey State House, Trenton, NJ dbockrath@hagley.org • Princeton University Library This annual event is for libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions around the world to share coloring pages DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA based on their collections. A list of #ColorOurCollections participants and their coloring books may be found online. ONLINE EXHIBIT CELEBRATES HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE’S 200TH ANNIVERSARY NEWS FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the U.S. House Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives Committee on Agriculture, the Agricultural Law Information is excited to announce a new website to share digital objects Partnership at the National Agricultural Library has created a from the collection. The site supports research, teaching, and digital timeline showcasing key events, members, and legislation exploration of primary resources. It will be updated regularly in the Committee’s history. The timeline covers a diverse with new items. Explore this site here. selection of Committee Members and USDA scientists, landmark legislation like the Farm Bills that established food security and To check out the upcoming events for Rutgers University Special disaster assistance, and pivotal events such as the agricultural Collections and University Archives, visit the events calendar. war efforts of World War II and the economic crises of the Great Depression and 1980s. Caucus Representative Tara Maharjan Visit the timeline for a glimpse at the history of farming, food, (908) 458-7734 and nutrition legislation in the past 200 years. tara.maharjan@rutgers.edu Caucus Representative Anne McDonough (202) 516-1363 x309 amcdonough@dchistory.org Mid-Atlantic Archivist | 6
NEW YORK NEW YORK CAUCUS HOLDS ZOOM CAUCUS MEETING We Scanned Marilyn. On February 5, approximately 20 members of the New York caucus held their third virtual caucus meeting. The meeting was We Converted Nixon. a chance to share updates from the Steering Committee about upcoming conferences as well as provide reminders about voting in the MARAC election, encourage submissions to the Mid- We Cleaned Up Elvis. Atlantic Archivist, and request feedback about potential future caucus events. Notes from the meeting were distributed on the e-list after the event. The next virtual meeting will be scheduled HONEST during the upcoming virtual caucus in April. FREDI KRONENBERG PAPERS OPEN FOR RESEARCH Archives and Special Collections in the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library (Columbia University Irving Medical Center) is pleased to announce that the personal papers of Fredi Kronenberg are now available for research. A respected physiologist and leader in the study of menopausal health and holistic medicine, Kronenberg’s collection will serve as IF YOU an important resource in the history of women’s health and alternative medicine during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. CAN SEE IT, Kronenberg’s papers contain grant applications, questionnaires, participant guides, presentations, sound recordings, and other WE CAN records documenting the recruitment, administration, and operation of these studies. In addition, her papers contain the records of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for SCAN IT. Complementary and Alternative Medicine at Columbia University of which she was founder and director (1993-2007). The Center hosted workshops and continuing medical education courses at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, along with sponsoring numerous studies in the subject of hot flashes, nutrition, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and ethnobotany. Caucus Representative Margaret (Meg) Snyder Meet high image standards (914) 366-6357 (including FADGI 4-star) with msnyder@rockarch.org Crowley’s award-winning scanners and digitization services for still media collections of all sizes. DIGITIZATION DIGITIZATION SUPPORT PRODUCTS SERVICES SERVICES 240.215.0224 www.thecrowleycompany.com 7 | Mid-Atlantic Archivist
Caucus News PENNSYLVANIA UPDATES FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE ARCHIVES The Pennsylvania State Archives has moved its finding aids to the Eloquent Archives system. All Archives staff have now CHESTER COUNTY ARCHIVES PUBLISHES INTERACTIVE gone through several rounds of training and question-and- 1777 PROPERTY ATLAS answer sessions developed by project managers, and staff is fully equipped to use the system. After an internal staff contest to give the new system a catchy new name, it will now be known as the Archives Research Central Hub, or ARCH. The new system went live to the public in the last week of December and now provides a robust and user-friendly gateway for the public to access information about State Archives collections. Initial reactions from the public and staff have all been very positive. View the new search tool and access finding aids here. In September, the Pennsylvania State Archives began hosting a series of Community History Dialogs (CHD). These are online conversations featuring members of community groups Chester County Map. who are currently engaged in work to preserve and share their community’s history. The events have also helped highlight In September 2020, the Chester County Archives unveiled its current community history projects in Pennsylvania and raise new interactive property atlas which documents the county’s awareness of their success. Each event is a 90-minute Zoom 1777 property owners, public roads, points of interest, and meeting where the speaker presents about their work and then all reported British plundering during the Philadelphia Campaign participants talk together in a dialog to ask questions and share of the American Revolution. The project’s original research experiences. Recordings of each session have also been uploaded intent was to contribute to a series of American Battlefield to YouTube and the State Archives website. Some past Dialogs Protection Program grants awarded to the Chester County included “Caring for Artifacts and Objects,” “Documenting Planning Commission to preserve open space and interpret and Preserving Community Cemeteries,” ‘Capturing Black events relating to the 1777 Battle of Brandywine—the largest History through the Lens of Black Art,” and “Collaborating with battle of the Revolutionary War and a significant chapter in the Curators and Archivists to Preserve Community History.” So far, history of the county. over 1,600 people have registered for nine events and more are planned for the remainder of 2021. The staff recognized that its notes and static 2D maps had potential research value to genealogists; property researchers; Finally, construction of the new State Archives facility in and local historians, the largest groups that utilize the Chester Harrisburg is now 21% complete, despite the pandemic and County Archives, so staff developed a strategy to make this occasional snow. Construction has focused so far on the storage information more accessible using QGIS, an open-source GIS portions of the building, with construction of the staff and public program. Now, property researchers may type in an address areas yet to come. The completion target remains June of 2022. and immediately know who owned their property in 1777 and whether it was plundered by the British. Similarly, genealogists may now take their ancestor’s old deeds and see where their property was physically located. The research has also contributed to planning reports that provide recommendations for historic- and open-space preservation as well as heritage interpretation and tourism for each municipality in the 35,000-acre battlefield. Most of the municipalities researched and mapped so far are in the southern portion of Chester County, near the border with Maryland and Delaware where the military events unfolded. The project is ongoing, and additional township maps will be added as research is completed. New Pennsylvania State Archives Building, January 2021. Mid-Atlantic Archivist | 8
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LIBRARY SYSTEM, ARCHIVES VIRGINIA AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES NEWLY DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS Caucus Representative Three new archival collections/records have recently been posted Amanda Brent on both the Historic Pittsburgh and ULS Digital Collections (916) 622-3897 websites. abrent3@gmu.edu The Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine Records (AIS.2017.01) consists of records from a professional association for local physicians seeking continuing education and learning in their WEST VIRGINIA field. The Academy hosted both business and scientific meetings. The online collection includes 240 papers presented at the Caucus Representative scientific meetings between 1914-1935. Lori Hostuttler (304) 293-1116 The Thomas C. Brogan Papers on the Mayor’s Task Force on lohostuttler@mail.wvu.edu Civil Disorder (AIS.2017.03) consists of records, interviews, testimony, and statistics that were collected by Brogan as part of his work in Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph Barr’s office documenting the root causes and civil disorder that occurred throughout the city following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in April 1968. The proceedings of the Allegheny County Office of the Coroner’s Open Inquest into the death of Jonny Gammage (AIS.2012.08) consists of transcriptions of three days’ testimony by 37 individuals at the Coroner’s Inquest following the death Preserving Collections of Jonny Gammage. On October 12, 1995, Gammage, an African American motorist, was pursued by several local police Nationwide departments and died at the scene of a traffic stop due to brutal treatment by police officers. The Inquest ruled that the officers involved would be charged with homicide; however, following Conservation Treatment For books, photographs, manuscripts, maps, two separate trials, none of the officers were convicted of the parchment, and works of art on paper crime. All 844 pages of transcriptions are now available online. Imaging Services In the past two years, these three collections have been highly Digitization of cultural heritage collections. sought after for classroom engagement activities with various Careful handling of fragile materials academic departments within the University of Pittsburgh community. While these collections were in the queue for Audio Preservation digitization before the pandemic, staff are very pleased to be able Digitization of audio media using to share these digitized records with a broad audience now given traditional and optical-scanning technologies the current dependence on remote learning. Preservation Services Assessments, training, consultations, disaster assistance Caucus Representative David Grinnell (412) 648-3243 grinnell@pitt.edu 100 Brickstone Square | Andover, MA 01810 | (978) 470-1010 www.nedcc.org 9 | Mid-Atlantic Archivist
Welcome New Members! DECEMBER 2020 Lencia Beltran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kansas State Historical Society Katharina Hering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . German Historical Institute Jacob MacDonnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Raymond Latshaw III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ocean County Historical Society Thomas Lannon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lafayette College JANUARY 2021 Ashley Dreff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Commission on Archives and History, UMC Emma Evans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Library of Congress Jonathan Monfiletto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University at Buffalo Jesse Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York State Archives Angela Santone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IDA-CCRP Mark Seidl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Pelton Durrell ’25 Archives and Special Collections Library - Vassar College Libraries FEBRUARY 2021 Mary Wootton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gettysburg College Claire Jeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDonogh School Shaun Coleman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rutgers University Rose Ann Gasparinetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barringer High School Alumni Association Mary Mckinley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Maryland, College Park Enhanced services for your users, AEON DELIVERS increasing access to your special collections remotely or onsite. Aeon allows researchers to register, request resources or scans, and pay for resources online -- maximizing their The Automated Request and Workflow Management Software time and the time of your staff. designed specifically for special collections libraries and archives. Increased staff efficiency saves time Your Researchers want to find it, request it, see it. and money. Aeon automates request fulfillment, routine tasks, and data tracking to allowing staff to manage WITH AEON, THEY CAN. requests while gathering analytical usage statistics. Improved security for your rare and priceless resources. Aeon focuses on your material – where it’s been, where it needs to go. Aeon is designed to know who last had a resource and directs staff on what should happen next. AT L AS S Y S T E M S To learn why more than 100 institutions now use Aeon, Y O U H AV E A J O B T O D O . W E H E L P Y O U D O I T. contact us at aeon@atlas-sys.com. Service. Security. Statistics. Mid-Atlantic Archivist | 10
Treasurer’s Report Fiscal Year 2021, 2nd Quarter (October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) FY 2021, 2nd Quarter (October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) CATEGORY Budget 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total % Budget INCOME Membership Dues $40,000.00 $17,029.00 $4,751.00 $21,780.00 54% Conference Registration $92,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Conference Vendors $15,000.00 $0.00 $300.00 $300.00 2% Conference Sponsorship $7,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Publication Advertising $4,000.00 $1,400.00 $988.00 $2,388.00 60% Publication Sales $1,150.00 $45.00 $90.00 $135.00 12% Mailing List Sales $100.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Off-Meeting Workshops $3,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Bank Interest $150.00 $13.32 $1.93 $15.25 10% Investment Interest $2,000.00 $575.81 $625.03 $1,200.84 60% Gifts to Operations $600.00 $404.00 $560.00 $964.00 161% Miscellaneous $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Total Income $165,000.00 $19,467.13 $7,315.96 $0.00 $0.00 $26,783.09 16% EXPENSES Administrator $20,000.00 $4,735.90 $2,904.39 $7,640.29 38% Web Services $6,150.00 $5,940.27 $42.74 $5,983.01 97% Archivist $1,000.00 $0.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 100% Accountant $1,145.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Advocacy $1,500.00 $3,600.00 $0.00 $3,600.00 240% Insurance Policy $1,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Phone $660.00 $161.38 $150.02 $311.40 47% Postage $740.00 $254.83 $229.95 $484.78 66% Office Supplies $125.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Food $5,260.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Travel $2,380.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Equipment $300.00 $0.00 $691.89 $691.89 231% Printing and Design $5,600.00 $0.00 $1,584.20 $1,584.20 28% Conference $108,000.00 $2,500.00 $3,000.00 $5,500.00 5% Lodging $2,340.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Honoraria $1,250.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Awards and Prizes $1,300.00 $100.00 $300.00 $400.00 31% Scholarships $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Banking Fees $6,000.00 $909.60 $549.44 $1,459.04 24% Investments $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% Miscellaneous $250.00 $0.00 $50.00 $50.00 20% Total Expenses $165,000.00 $18,201.98 $10,502.63 $0.00 $0.00 $28,704.61 17% Net Income or (Loss) $1,265.15 ($3,186.67) $0.00 $0.00 ($1,921.52) Account Balances Opening Credits Debits Closing PNC Checking $58,227.05 Operating $1,265.15 $7,315.96 ($10,502.63) ($1,921.52) PNC Savings $76,771.87 Restricted $144,078.36 $865.00 ($1,270.00) $143,673.36 Vanguard Bonds $89,601.50 Reserve $57,750.00 $0.00 $0.00 $57,750.00 Total $224,600.42 Surplus $26,228.58 $0.00 $0.00 $26,228.58 Totals $229,322.09 $8,180.96 ($11,772.63) $225,730.42 Summary - Second Quarter FY 2021 Opening Balance $229,322.09 Total Income $8,180.96 Total Expenses ($11,772.63) Closing Balance $225,730.42 Restricted Funds Opening New Gifts Spending Closing PNC Savings $54,071.86 Disaster Assist. $14,590.00 $255.00 $0.00 $14,845.00 Vanguard Bonds $89,601.50 Education $122,841.36 $305.00 $0.00 $123,146.36 Total $143,673.36 Graduate Schol $1,220.00 $290.00 ($1,020.00) $490.00 Finch Award $5,427.00 $15.00 ($250.00) $5,192.00 Total $144,078.36 $865.00 ($1,270.00) $143,673.36
IMAGE CREDITS Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, No. A3687, Call no. YGY86. 2021 FRONT COVER IMAGE February 24. Highsmith, Carol M. Jennifer Corio and David Frei’s “Tulip Dance” metal-art sculpture in Mount Vernon, Washington, PAGE 4 helps to accent and promote that city’s annual Tulip Festival in Underwood & Underwood. From Seminary Ridge, S.E., to Penn. a region where millions of the flowers bloom each spring. 2018 College, Gettysburg, Penn. 1903. GCW_5047. Special Collections May 30. Digital tiff file. Photograph in the Carol M. Highsmith and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College. Archive, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. www.loc.gov. 2021 February 22. BACK COVER, LEFT TO RIGHT Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990. Harrowing field before FRONT COVER, TOP LEFT planting. Starkey Farms, Morrisville, Pennsylvania. 1941 May. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990. Spring planting. Shenandoah Negative. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Valley, Virginia. 1940 May. Negative. Library of Congress Prints Washington, D.C. www.loc.gov. 2021 February 24. and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. www.loc.gov. 2021 February 22. Collins, Marjorie, 1912-1985. Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Kindergarten children practice their May Day FRONT COVER, BOTTOM RIGHT dances on the grass in front of the school. 1942 May-June. Nitrate Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Washington, D.C. Commencement negative. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division exercises at Howard University. 1942 June. Negative. Library of Washington, D.C. www.loc.gov. 2021 February 24. Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. www.loc.gov. 2021 February 24. Highsmith, Carol M. Colorfully painted vintage automobile, which just happens to match the colors of nearby blossoms this School Gardens. Some school children with plants raised in time of year, in rural Hampshire County, West Virginia. 2015 May the classroom for decorating soldiers’ graves on Memorial Day. 1. Digital tiff file. West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Fairview Garden School, Yonkers, N.Y. 1903 May 1. Lantern slide. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs New York State Archives. New York (State). Education Dept. Division. Washington, D.C. www.loc.gov. 2021 February 22. Whether your ArchivesSpace project is a small step or a giant leap, Atlas Systems can help. Atlas Systems ArchivesSpace Ser vices You have a job to do. We help you do it. Training & Support Implementation Data Conversion Migration Hosting Custom Consulting AT L A S S Y S T E M S I S A N A R C H I V E S S PA C E R E G I S T E R E D S E R V I C E P R O V I D E R When you need help with ArchivesSpace, you shouldn’t have to think about how big or small the challenge is. Atlas is committed to providing the help you need—big project or small. AT L A S For more information, visit www.atlas-sys.com/archivesspace or email sales@atlas-sys.com. SYSTEMS Mid-Atlantic Archivist | 12
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