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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 | 8UNIVERSITY 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 ArchivistWelcome 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
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Mid-Atlantic Archivist | 10Treasurer’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) $143,673.36IMAGE 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.
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