Assessment project file, 1984-1986.

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Assessment project file, 1984-1986.

Advisory board evaluations of the state's historical records. Includes materials pertaining to visits to museums, historical sites, public libraries, municipalities, colleges and universities, and county agencies, such as original survey forms and historical records questionnaires, photographs and slides of sites, correspondence, and notes. Also includes administrative files; project brochure proofs, layout, and editorial files for assessment report to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission: "Maryland's Record Heritage: Assessing Needs and Opportunities"; and editorial files for "Newsletter of the Maryland Archives." Arranged by subject or type of organization.

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Maryland State Archives

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The Hall of Records, predecessor of the Maryland State Archives, was created as an independent agency in 1935, charged with the collection, custody, and preservation of the official records, documents, and publications of the state (Ch. 18, Acts of 1935). Impetus for its development can be traced to the state's tercentenary celebrations of 1934. The Maryland Tercentenary Commission made a modern, centralized archives a key feature of the commemoration of the state's 300th anniversar...