Edward C. Papenfuse

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Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse, Maryland State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents

Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse has held the positions of Maryland State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents since 1975. As director of the extensive activities of the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, Dr. Papenfuse is responsible for the Archives' vast collection of government and private materials. In 2003 he inaugurated and initiated the design of the largest publicly accessible electronic archives in the countrycheck|date=August 2008, http://mdlandrec.net, which now contains over 170,000,000 indexed images of permanent records. In addition he has created an interactive editorial website for archival documents which currently accesses over 500,000 pages of original source material on an experimental web site of his creation, http://editonline.us.

He played a major role in the design of the present Archives building which was completed in 1986, initiated the creation of the award winning Maryland State Archives web sitecheck|date=August 2008, and teaches courses at the University of Maryland College Park, the University of Maryland Law School, and the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including "In Pursuit of Profit: The Annapolis Merchants in the Era of the American Revolution" (1975), with Joseph M. Coale, "The Hammond-Harwood House Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908" (1982) and "The Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland 1608-1908" (2003). He has also developed an approach to providing reference services and teaching courses on the World Wide Web of the Internet (see http://www.mdhistory.net, http://marylandarchivist.blogspot.com/, http://poplargroveproject.blogspot.com/, and http://www.archivesofmaryland.net). He has published numerous articles on archives and archival related matters including a report on access to government records in the OAH "Newsletter" [http://www.oah.org/pubs/nl/2005may/papenfuse.html]

His current editorial interest with regard to Wikipedia centers on George Washington's bow to civil authority in 1783, Maryland Place Names (such as Accident, Maryland), Maryland related themes such as the articles on Civil War era including Cipriano Ferrandini, and major national law cases that had their origins in Maryland such as Barron v. Baltimore. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/18/AR2007021801551_pf.html]

Dr. Papenfuse received his undergraduate degree from the American University, an M.A. from the University of Colorado, and his Ph.D. in history from The Johns Hopkins University. He holds an honorary doctorate of letters from Washington College. [http://news.washcoll.edu/events/2007/05/commencement/] He and his wife Sallie have two sons. For further details see his full vita on line at http://mdsa.net.

References

Works

*"In Pursuit of Profit: The Annapolis Merchants in the Era of the American Revolution". (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975).

*"Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State." (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976). With Gregory A. Stiverson, Susan A. Collins, Lois Green Carr.

*"Law, Society & Politics. The Proceedings of the First Conference on Maryland History." (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977). With Aubrey C. Land and Lois Green Carr.

*"An Inventory of Maryland State Papers, Part I, The Revolutionary War Era, 1775-1789." (Annapolis: Maryland Hall of Records, 1977). With Gregory A. Stiverson and Mary D. Donaldson.

*"A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789." (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979, 1985). With David Jordan, Alan Day, Gregory A. Stiverson.

*"A Guide to the Maryland Hall of Records: Local, Judicial, and Administrative Records on Microform." (Annapolis: Maryland Hall of Records, 1978). With Susan A. Collins and Christopher Allan.

*"The Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland." (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). With Joseph M. Coale III.

*"Magna Charta For America." (Philadelphia; The American Philosophical Society, 1986). With Jack P. Greene and Charles F. Mullett.

*"Outline, Notes and Documents Concerning Barron v Baltimore, 32 U.S. 243," Maryland State Archives, 2006,http://mdhistory.net/msaref06/barron/index.html.

*"Doing good to posterity : the move of the capital of Maryland from St. Mary's City to Ann Arundell Towne, now called Annapolis.'Maryland State Archives, 1995.

Awards

* elected fellow of the Society of American Archivists, 1978
* Marylander of the Year award of the Maryland Colonial Society, 1985
* Distinguished Service to State Government Award, The National Governor's Association, 1985
* elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society in 1987
* FGS Directors Award for distinguished public service in support of Genealogy, 1989

Email: [e-mail]: 410-260-6401