Mayor Ellen Moyer initiated the Charter 300 Celebration of the City’s 300th birthday. The City of Annapolis granted key funding to this exhibition.

The Preserve America Program, initiated by First Lady Laura Bush through the National Park Service, has provided funding for this exhibit and those in Reynolds Tavern, the Jonas Green House, and the Maynard-Burgess House. Chuck Weikel prepared the proposal to the National Park Service, which was funded.

The Banneker-Douglass Museum hosts this exhibit. Director Wendi Perry guided the work. Designer Amelia Harris taught us all how to think with objects in the process of designing the built environment so that it carries the theme graciously and effectively.

Historic Annapolis Foundation opened the collections created by Archaeology in Annapolis to showcase artifacts chosen for this exhibit. The trustees and staff of HAF helped in every way to make this exhibit possible. Historic Annapolis Foundation has lent the death’s head piece of type from the Jonas Green Print Shop for this exhibit.

The University of Maryland’s Department of Anthropology members, Jessica Mundt, Amelia Chisholm, and Mark Leone provided intellectual design and archaeological understanding for the exhibits here and in the associated archaeological sites.

Karen Engelke, Special Project Coordinator for the City of Annapolis, is the project director for this Preserve America partnership, and brought together the key players and contributors that have enabled the project’s success.

Joni Jones, Banneker Douglas Museum head librarian, made the book display possible.
Glenn Campbell of Historic Annapolis Foundation, created easy ties between resources, people and these exhibits.

Mollie Ridout, Director of Horticulture at Historic Annapolis Foundation, provided much of the research to interpret the Maynard-Burgess House.

Jill and Andrew Petit own Reynolds Tavern and have been helpful through the entire process of planning this exhibit.

Wes and Marilyn Burge, managers of Reynolds Tavern, have hosted sections of their exhibit in the front of the Tavern for all guests to see and read.

Captain Randall and Mrs. Brown, owners of the Jonas Green House and descendents of Jonas and Anne Catharine Green, have helped plan and conceptualize these dual exhibits, one of which is placed in their house.

The International Masonry Institute, owners of Brice House, have been gracious in working with this exhibit and eventually hope to mount some of it in the Brice House on East Street.

The Governor Calvert House has recently cleaned, restored, and interpreted one of the main rooms of the entrance suite to the hotel which contains the hypocaust associated with the Calvert Family in the 1720s. The hypocaust is newly visible and helpfully interpreted as a result of the management of the hotel.

The Maynard-Burgess House is owned by the City of Annapolis, which has raised funds for its reconstruction and restoration. The survival of the house and its eventual interpretation are due to the consistent efforts of the City, the Office of the Mayor, and the members of the City Council, with funding assistance from the Maryland Historical Trust.

The Maryland Heritage Area Authority, Four Rivers Heritage Area, has awarded a generous grant to the City for the interpretation of the Maynard-Burgess House, which will occur throughout the spring and summer of 2008.

These professionals have written or are writing doctoral dissertations on the archaeology of Annapolis: Jennifer Babiarz, Alexandra Jones, Hannah Jopling, Lisa Kraus, Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Eric Larsen, Barbara Little, Christopher Matthews, Matthew Palus, Parker Potter, Jr., Paul Shackel, and Mark Warner. Much information in this exhibit comes from their research.