Monocacy National Battlefield⿿ Ethnographic Overview

The National Park Service is providing a notice of intent to award a task agreement under a previously competed or single source master cooperative agreement for the Monocacy National Battlefield – Ethnographic Overview project. The project aims to provide baseline documentation identifying traditionally associated communities, contemporary communities, and communities of interest. The project will involve oral history collection, descriptions of historical and contemporary resource use, a bibliography of ethnohistorical and ethnographic information, and recommendations for further studies. The project will be conducted by an ethno-historian meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications for History. Some key aspects of the project include: • Identifying and documenting communities with traditional and contemporary associations • Conducting a records survey of the National Archives, Library of Congress, local historical societies, and archives at local universities and libraries • Coordinating with the park and other researchers to identify the need for additional oral histories • Creating a study that will assist resource managers, education specialists, and interpretation specialists in responding to deferred maintenance, park improvements, and updates to interpretation and education programs