Welcome!
The members of the Towson Program and Local Arrangements committees welcome you to the county seat
of Baltimore County, Maryland, on April 18-20, 2002. Our program theme, "Beyond the Basics," came
about as a result of the session on archival continuing education held at the Hauppauge meeting in the Fall
of 1999. Many of the attendees were mid-level archivists who expressed concern that they needed additional
training opportunities that went beyond the basic skills required by archivists. They needed to deal with
issues of preservation, providing access, becoming effective managers, and dealing with unique collections.
We hope that this conference will meet the demands of these mid-level archivists, but also provide ideas for
newer archivists as well as MARAC members with years of experience.
back cover of this program.) Conference attendees may follow all the sessions in one track or switch between
tracks. Topics covered include looking at permanence in archives, creating exhibits using archival collections,
knowledge management (KM), sports archives in Baltimore, issues facing small repositories, and creating
and serving digital collections to users.
The plenary session features a panel discussion of the documentary film project at Sheppard Pratt Hospital
in Towson, Maryland. Sheppard Pratt was founded in 1891 by Moses Sheppard and Enoch Pratt for the
humane treatment of the mentally ill. The project focused on the hospital's architecture and its pioneering
homelike setting, which influenced the design of subsequent similar institutions, and involved interviews
with a variety of people, including hospital staff. The panel consists of Carol Allen, president of Historic
Towson, Inc.; Elizabeth C. Wiggins, project research director; and W. Byron Forbush, chairman of the board
at Sheppard Pratt, who has written a history of the hospital. The plenary will include a special showing of
the documentary's promo.
The luncheon speaker will be William Noel, curator of manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum. Dr. Noel
will discuss the Archimedes Palimpsest, the oldest surviving manuscript containing the work of the noted
scientist and mathematician. Dr. Noel will discuss work being done to preserve it for the future and to make
the Archimedes text legible for scholars from around the world.
The reception will be held at the Maryland Historical Society, where visitors will be able to tour galleries
documenting the history of Maryland. On view is "What's it to You?: Black History is American History,"
which features Marylandiana in photographs, furniture, paintings, sculpture, and video dating from the late
1600s to 2000. "An Extraordinary, Ordinary Life: the Life and Times of Miss Treva K. Walkling," also on
view in the galleries, explores the life of "Miss Treva," a working woman who embodies the spirit of twentieth-
century Baltimore. View objects and photographs that bring to life her 47-year career as a waitress and
her love of travel, horse racing, and dogs.
The Local Arrangements Committee has arranged tours of Baltimore's Inner Harbor and the Mount
Vernon district, baseball sites in Baltimore, and historic East Towson, the Hampton Mansion, and
Goucher College in Towson. So, welcome to Towson! Visit the historic post office and see the WPA mural
that graces its walls. Walk around the downtown and see its quaint shops and restaurants. Visit Towson
University and Goucher College, both nearby. Come learn about Towson and go with us "Beyond the
Basics."
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Margaret N. Burri, The Johns Hopkins University