It was an eventful time at the Maryland State Archives these past two weeks. Although I gave my final Queen Anne’s County presentation over a week ago, I can still feel its effects on my daily work. My typical day revolves around researching slave freedom petitions from the Dr. Loren Schweninger Collection—a topic I have…
The Society of American Archivists conference, which titillates a part of my brain devoted to professional development, is just a few weeks away however I felt the familiar sensation weeks earlier than usual. The regular archival processing of the “The HistoryMakers Presents an Evening With…” special collections—a term I’ve yet to make peace with—was the…
Counterfactual Archivist 