ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s state archivist is retiring after 38 years. Edward Papenfuse said this week that he will retire Nov. 1. The 69-year-old Papenfuse helped design the archives building in Annapolis that bears his name. He also spurred the creation ...

Tagged with: Annapolis archives maryland state archives retirement

The Maryland State Archives has corrected record-keeping problems that state auditors said put artifacts at risk of being lost or stolen, the archives’ deputy director said Tuesday.

Tagged with: audit Department of Legislative Services Government inventory maryland state archives records

ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland State Archives collection is among the largest in the country with nearly 400 years of history, including Colonial-era paintings, keepsakes of the state’s governors, and thousands of land, court and genealogy records. With all that history, ...

Tagged with: Annapolis archives documents funding maryland state archives paintings Peabody Institute space

ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland State Archives collection is among the largest in the country with nearly 400 years of history, including Colonial-era paintings, keepsakes of the state’s governors, and thousands of land, court and genealogy records. With all that history, ...

Tagged with: archives maryland maryland state archives News

As a young lawyer 50 years ago, Stanley Silverman would regularly take court appointments, representing destitute defendants in the days before the public defender’s office. “You were flattered,” Silverman said. “A judge is trusting me to represent someone. I was ...

Tagged with: cases judge lawyer maryland state archives public defender