STATE ARCHIVES

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

First Hall of Records on St. John's College campus, College Ave. and St. John's St., Annapolis, Maryland, April 2000. Designed by Laurence Hall Fowler. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
In 1986, the State Archives moved from this building to the new Hall of Records building, now the Edward C. Papenfuse State Archives Building, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis.

Edward C. Papenfuse State Archives Building, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, April 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Baltimore City Archives
Department of Legislative Reference, Bureau of Archives, 1927-

Constituent & Interagency Services
Constituent & Interagency Services, 2010-14
Digital Acquisition, Processing, & Publication, Constituent & Interagency Services, 2014-

Maryland Manual On-Line
Maryland Manual, 1885-98
Secretary of State, Maryland Manual, 1898-1946
Hall of Records, Maryland Manual, 1948-86
State Archives, Maryland Manual, 1987-95
State Archives, Government Information Services, Maryland Manual, 1995-2006
State Archives, Government Information Services, Maryland Manual On-Line, 1996-

First Hall of Records [now Greenfield Library] on St. John's College campus, College Ave. and St. John's St., Annapolis, Maryland, June 2022. Photo by James G. Bigwood.

Records & Access
Records & Reference, 2016-17
Records & Access, 2017-

Appraisal & Description
State & Local Records, 1985-97
Records Appraisal & Preservation, 1997
Appraisal & Preservation, 1998-99
Appraisal & Description, 1999-2015
Deputy State Archivist, Appraisal & Description, 2015-16
Deputy State Archivist, Records & Reference, Appraisal & Description, 2016-17
Deputy State Archivist, Records & Access, Appraisal & Description, 2017-
Record Transfers & Space Management
State & Local Records, 1985-2001
Record Transfers & Space Management, 2001-12
Appraisal & Description, Inventory & Warehouse Management, 2012
Appraisal & Description, Record Transfers & Space Management, 2012-

Digital Acquisition, Processing, & Publication
Photoduplication Department, 1963-86
Photographic Services, 1986-98
Appraisal & Preservation, 1998-99
Acquistion & Preservation Services, 1999-2003
Acquistion & Conservation, 2001
Acquistion, Imaging Services, 2003-05
Digital Imaging & Acquisition, 2005-07
Digital Acquisition, Processing, & Publication, 2007-15
Deputy State Archivist, Digital Acquisition, Processing, & Publication, 2015-16
Deputy State Archivist, Records & Reference, Digital Records, 2016-17
Deputy State Archivist, Records & Access, Digital Records, 2017
Deputy State Archivist, Special Collections, Digital Acquisition, Processing, & Publication, 2017-

Research, Outreach, & Reference Services
Legislative History Project, 1973-87
Lectures & Training, 1987-88
Education & Training, 1988-89
Education & Outreach, 1989-97
Biographical Research
Research
Research & Student Outreach, 2005-15
Deputy State Archivist, Research & Student Outreach, 2015-16
Deputy State Archivist, Research & Outreach, 2016-18
Deputy State Archivist, Research, Outreach, & Reference Services, 2018-

Reference Services
Search Room, 1935-85
Reference Services, 1985-2007

Reference & Research Services, & Training, 2007-09
Reference Services, 2009-15
Deputy State Archivist, Reference Services, 2015-16
Deputy State Archivist, Records & Reference, Reference Services, 2016-17
Deputy State Archivist, Records & Access, Reference Services, 2017-18
Deputy State Archivist, Research, Outreach, & Reference Services, Reference Services, 2018-

Search Room, State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2013. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Conservation & Preservation
Repair Room, 1935-40
Preservation & Repair Department, 1940-45
Repair & Preservation Department, 1945-56
Repair & Binding Department, 1956-75
Conservation Department, 1975-1990
Preservation & Conservation, 1990-95
Conservation, 1995-98
Artistic Property, Preservation, & Public Outreach, Conservation & Restoration, & Preservation Services, 1998-2001
Artistic Property, Preservation, & Public Outreach, Preservation Services, 2001-03
Artistic Property, Preservation, & Public Outreach, Conservation & Restoration, 2003-14
Conservation & Preservation, 2014-15
Deputy State Archivist, Conservation & Preservation, 2015-16
Special Collections & Conservation, Conservation & Preservation, 2016-

Library Services, Government Reports & Publications
Government Publications & Reports, 1935-95
Government Information Services, Government Publications & Reports, 1995-2016
Government Information Services, Government Reports & Publications, 2016-2022
Special Collections & Conservation, Library Services, Government Reports & Publications, 2022-

Library, 1940-95
Government Information Services, Library, 1995-2022
Special Collections & Conservation, Library Services, Government Reports & Publications, 2022-

Maryland Constitutional Offices & Agencies
Maryland Departments
Maryland Independent Agencies
Maryland Executive Commissions, Committees, Task Forces, & Advisory Boards
Maryland Universities & Colleges
Maryland Counties
Maryland Municipalities
Maryland at a Glance

Maryland Manual On-Line

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