Preservation Keep, 1976-1993 and undated

This series consists of Wright’s materials related to the Preservation Keep, a proposed museum intended to document Annapolis history and architecture. The Keep created much dialogue and debate between Historic Annapolis, the Maryland House and Senate, and citizens of Annapolis in the 1970s and 1980s. The materials in this series document an early attempt at an Annapolis museum, which finally came to fruition in 2004 with the opening of History Quest. The series includes drawings of the proposed museum space; grants written to support the Keep; legal documentation including a 1986 City Council Resolution to support the establishment of the Keep; administrative files; memos and correspondence by and to members of the committee to establish the Keep, including Wright; minutes and agendas from meetings held to discuss the Keep; writings by Wright and other people involved in the Keep; and Wright’s notes about ideas for the establishment of the museum. A large portion of the materials are reports from the 1980s on the progress of the establishment of the Keep.