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Edward C. Papenfuse, Ph.D., State Archivist & Commissioner of Land Patents

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    ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

    STATE ARCHIVES

    (D60A1001, formerly 23.01.10.01)
    FY2003 appropriation: $5,006,715
    FY2003 authorized positions: 43.5
    Edward C. Papenfuse, Ph.D., State Archivist & Commissioner of Land Patents (410) 260-6403
    e-mail: edp@mdarchives.state.md.us

    Kathleen K. Beard, Administrative Assistant & Office Manager (410) 260-6401
    e-mail: kathyb@mdarchives.state.md.us

          COUNSEL
          Richard E. Israel, Counsel (410) 946-5600

      HALL OF RECORDS COMMISSION
      Secretary: Edward C. Papenfuse, Ph.D., State Archivist (410) 260-6403

      Chair (chosen by Commission): Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

      Appointed by Senate President: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

      Appointed by House Speaker: Mary A. Conroy

      Ex officio: Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals; William Donald Schaefer, Comptroller of Maryland; Nancy K. Kopp, State Treasurer; Boyd K. Rutherford, Secretary of General Services; William E. Kirwan, Ph.D., Chancellor, University System of Maryland; Earl S. Richardson, Ed.D., President, Morgan State University; William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D., President, The Johns Hopkins University; Christopher B. Nelson, J.D., President, St. John's College; Barbara P. Katz, President, Maryland Historical Society.

      COMMISSION ON ARTISTIC PROPERTY
      Elaine Rice Bachmann, Curator (410) 260-6445

      Appointed by State Archivist with Governor's approval:
      Matthew P. Lalumia, Esq., Chair
      Alan Fern, Ph.D.; Sara Barker Hanan; Michael D. Humphries; Antonio T. Mendez; Francoise Yohalem; one vacancy.

      Ex officio: Christopher Brownell, Director, Academy of the Arts (Easton); Doreen Bolger, Ph.D., Director, Baltimore Museum of Art; Dennis A. Fiori, Director, Maryland Historical Society; Frederick Lazarus IV, President, Maryland Institute College of Art; Robert Sirota, Director, Peabody Institute; Gary Vikan, Director, Walters Art Museum; Jean Woods, Director, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.

    DEPUTY STATE ARCHIVIST

    Timothy D. Baker, Deputy State Archivist (410) 260-6402
    e-mail: timb@mdarchives.state.md.us

          REFERENCE & RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
          Contact: Christopher E. Haley (410) 260-6435

          Appointed by State Archivist to 3-year terms: Alice W. Anderson; Patricia Dockman Anderson; Helyn Hatton Collison; Dianne Feldman; Stephen V. Hales; John Lyon; Richard E. Johnson; Harry K. Smith. Terms expire 2003.

          James Cosgrove; Philip J. Deters; Mark L. Husik; Garrett Power; Gary Ruppert; Trish Surles; Allender Sybert; Janice Williams. Terms expire 2004.

          Ex officio (nonvoting): participating Archives staff

          FRIENDS OF THE ARCHIVES
          Vacancy, President (410) 260-6403

          ELECTRONIC IMAGING
          Joyce A. Riddle, Imaging Specialist (410) 260-6426

          SCANNING & MICROFILM
          Raymond C. Connor, Director (410) 260-6415

        APPRAISAL (410) 260-6448

        DESCRIPTION (410) 260-6448

        FINDING AIDS (410) 260-6448

        ACCOUNTING
        L. Jean Schaefer, Assistant Director (410) 260-6481
        e-mail: jeans@mdarchives.state.md.us

        BUDGET
        Van A. Lewis, Director (410) 260-6405

          MDPROBATE.NET
          (410) 260-6431

        INVENTORY & WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
        Vacancy (410) 260-6431

        MARYLAND DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND (MDIF) COLLECTION
        Doris A. Byrne (410) 260-6423

          ADVISORY PANEL FOR ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND ONLINE
          Appointed by State Archivist:
          Jean B. Russo, Ph.D., Chair
          Robert Barnes; George H. Callcott, Ph.D.; Agnes Kane Callum; Lois Green Carr, Ph.D.; Suzanne E. G. Chapelle; Rhoda M. Dorsey, Ph.D.; Charles Flanagan; Elizabeth A. Kessel, Ph.D.; Philip D. Morgan, Ph.D.; Whitman H. Ridgway, Ph.D.; Juan Williams; Alan M. Wilner.

        MARYLAND ADVISORY BOARD SUPPORT FOR
        NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS & RECORDS COMMISSION (NHPRC)
        Robert W. Schoeberlein, Deputy Coordinator (410) 260-6447

        MARYLAND NEWSPAPER PROJECT
        John P. Maranto, Director (410) 260-6410
        e-mail: johnm@mdarchives.state.md.us

        PHOTOGRAPHIC & VISUAL MATERIALS
        Robert W. Schoeberlein, Curator (410) 260-6447
        e-mail: robs@mdarchives.state.md.us

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