Members of St. Mary’s College’s faculty and staff participated in the conference, Universities, Slavery, Public Memory, and the Built Landscape, which took place at the University of Virginia, Oct. 18 – 20, 2017. More than 500 people attended the three-day conference, which also included speakers from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Find out more »
St. Mary’s College of Maryland to Assist Historic Sotterley Plantation with Archival Collections
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Archives has partnered with Historic Sotterley Plantation to assist with preserving Sotterley’s archival collections and making them available online. A national landmark dating back to 1703, Sotterley Plantation is a 94-acre museum overlooking the Patuxent River in Hollywood, Md. It has been open to the public since 1961. Kent Randell, the archivist for St. Mary’s Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Adds Five New Collections to Archives
The St. Mary’s College of Maryland Archives has recently added five new additions to its collections. Now available for public use and research are the papers of Regina Hammett, J. Frank Raley, Paul Bailey, John Bohanan, and Jane Yowaiski. About each addition: The papers of Regina Hammett Hammett was a member of the St. Mary’s Find out more »
Gift to the Archives
St. Mary’s College Given Oral Histories of “The John Hanson Briscoe Historical Project” Upon the January 2014 passing of St. Mary’s County’s own Judge John Hanson Briscoe (who was also a former speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates), Rep. Steny Hoyer said, “He had a very decisive vision for Southern Maryland and the state Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Receives the Papers of Regina Combs Hammett
The family of Marion Regina Combs Hammett has donated her papers to the St. Mary’s College of Maryland archive. The papers include 12 feet of archival material, including notes and subject files that were used during the writing of her book, “History of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, 1634-1990,” as well as additional material from an Find out more »