1. G. Mark Walsh, M.A., C.A., C.R.M.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
M.A. in History, University of Windsor, 1984
Hons. B.A. in History, University of Windsor, 1979
Architectural Conservation Course (Undergraduate), University of Windsor, 1978
Archival Administration Courses (Graduate), Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1979-80
(on exchange from University of Windsor)
Certificates and Professional Training
E-Discovery Toolkit Webinar, Ingersoll Firm, 2009
Certified Records Manager (CRM), Institute of Certified Records Managers, 2008 –
Certified Archivist (C.A.), Academy of Certified Archivists, Chicago, Illinois - certified by petition,
1989, recertified 2004, 2009
General Counsel Roundtable, Legal Learning Center: Records Management, 2007
“Records Management Program Audits,” ARMA Tidewater Chapter, 2007
“Recruitment and Selection” (Library of Virginia Human Resources training in State of Virginia
policies and procedures), 2006
Xidex Institute of Film Technology Micrographics Seminar, 1981
"The One Minute Manager", Career Track Seminars, 1990
WHMIS Training (Health & Safety), Windsor Public Library, 1993
Workshop Instructor Training Sessions, Association of Canadian Archivists, Advanced Level
Preservation Management and Advanced Level Arrangement & Description, 1994
"Manual MAPPER"; "Intro to PC/Windows"; "Managing Diversity in the Workplace"; "Workplace
Harassment" City of London, 1995
"Health and Safety in the Municipal Workplace" Conference sponsored by the City of London and
Resource Environmental Assoc. Ltd, 1995
Intermec Systems Corp "Bar Code Solutions" Seminar, 1995
“Managing the Retention and Disposal of Ministry Records”, “Records/Document Management
Workshop”, Archives of Ontario, 1998, 1999
“Planning for Digital Success”, National Archives and Records Administration, 2005
Archival Perspectives in Digital Preservation, Society of American Archivists, 2005

2. Awards
Exemplary Service Award, Tidewater Chapter, ARMA International, 2016
Certificate of Appreciation, ARMA International, 2013
James J. Talman Award, Archives Association of Ontario, 2004
Certificate of Appreciation, Mississinewa Battlefield Society (Indiana), 1996
Volunteer Appreciation Award, Long Point Region Conservation Authority, 1995, 1996
Alexander Fraser Award, Ontario Association of Archivists, 1990
University of Windsor Scholarship, 1979-80
President's Roll of Scholars, University of Windsor, 1976-79
Employment
University Records Manager/Assistant Director for Records Management and ITS Policy, Old
Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 2015 -
Corporate Records Manager, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk Virginia, 2007 - 2015
Records and Information Analyst, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2004 – 2007
Director, Information Resources Management Division, History Associates Incorporated,
Rockville, Maryland, 2003 – 2004
Principal Consultant, G. Mark Walsh Consultant, 1996 – 2003
Records Coordinator/Supervisor, City of London (Ontario), 1994 - 1996
Municipal Archivist, Municipal Archives - Windsor Public Library, 1984 – 1994
Education Officer, Association of Canadian Archivists, September 1993 - June 1994 (on leave
from Windsor Public Library)
Local History Commentator, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Windsor "Cross Town"
Show, 1992-1993
Sessional Instructor, Department of History, University of Windsor, 1985-1988
Archivist, Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Provincial Archives of Manitoba, 1980 - 1984
Memberships and Committee Work
Academy of Certified Archivists - Certified Archivist (C.A.), Certified by Petition, 1989; re-certified
2003, 2008; Nominator for Distinguished Service Award (J. Nokes), 2010; Member,
Recertification Review Team, 2010 - ; Contributor to newsletter
Archives Association of Ontario - (Ontario Association of Archivists and Ontario Council of
Archives amalgamated in 1993) Member, 1983- 96; Municipal Archivists Interest Section, 1991-
96; Advocacy Committee, 1993; Chair, Program Committee, 1995 Conference (London), 1994-
95; Contributor to Off The Record; Association: Vice President, 1984-85; Program Committee,

3. 1985 AGM (Waterloo); Coordinator, Archival Needs Survey Team, 1986-87; Participant, 1987
AGM (Windsor); Participant, 1989 AGM (Brampton); Joint OAA/OCA Warehouse to
Powerhouse Implementation Committee, 1989; Special Master of Archival Science (M.A.S.)
Degree Committee, 1990-91; "Heritage Years" Coordinator, 1990-91; Education Committee,
1991-93; Awards Committee, 1991-93 (Chair, 1991); Nominating Committee, 1992-93; Council:
Founding Member, 1985; Board of Directors, 1985-89; Chair, Grants Committee, 1986-89;
Membership Committee, 1986-87; Constitution Committee, 1986-89 (Chair, 1988-89); Editorial
Committee, From Warehouse to Powerhouse - Towards an Archival System in Ontario, 1988-89;
Nominating Committee, 1992-93; London Chapter: Member, 1993-97; Nominating Committee,
1995; Southwestern Ontario Chapter: Founding Member, 1985; President, 1985-87, 1989-90;
Editorial Assistant, Archivy, 1985-1992; Regional Collection Committee, 1986; Workshop
Participant, 1986-88; Toronto Chapter: Member, 1983-87; Participant, Grants Workshop, 1989
Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) –
Member, 2007- ; Old Dominion Chapter, 2007 – 2016
Association of Canadian Archivists - Member, 1981-96; Education Committee, 1983-87 (Chair,
1984-87); Participant, ACA ’03, ACA '84 (both Toronto); Program Committee, ACA '86
(Winnipeg); Labour Archivists Special Interest Section, 1986-96; Advisory Board, Archivaria,
1986-94; Municipal Archivists Special Interest Section, 1987-96 (Chair, 1993-94); Chair, Local
Arrangements Committee, ACA '88 (Windsor); Contributor to ACA Bulletin
Association of Manitoba Archivists - Member, 1980-94; Program Committee, 1983-84;
Micrographics Workshop organizer and participant, 1983; Participant, Cartographic Archives
Workshop (Architectural Records), 1992; Contributor to AMA Newsletter
Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) - Member-at-large, 1985-88;
Southwestern Ontario Chapter, 1988-94; Richmond Chapter, 2004-2007; Tidewater Chapter,
2007- ; Generally Accepted Records Principles (GARP) Education Task Force, 2011-2012 ;
Awards Task Force, 2010 -2013; RIM Review Group, 2013- ; Retention Standard Revision
Workgroup (Team Leader) 2014-2015; Glossary of Records and Information Management Terms
Workgroup Member, 2015-2016;
Backus Heritage Conservation Area (Port Rowan, Ontario) – Volunteer, 1993-1998
Canadian Register Of Research And Researchers In The Social Sciences (University of Western
Ontario) - Listed, 1985-95
Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia – Member, 2006 – 2007
City of Windsor - Member, 150th Anniversary of Windsor's Naming Committee, 1986; Chair,
Heritage Subcommittee, Culture and Recreation Master Plan Implementation Committee, 1989-
90; Cultural Policy Development Team, 1989- 93; Waterfront Archaeological Project Review
Committee, 1989-93; Waterfront Technical Committee, 1989- 93; 1992 Centennial Celebration
Committee, 1990-92 (Vice-Chair, Executive Subcommittee, 1990-92; Chair, Commercial Activities
Subcommittee, 1990-91; member, Finance Subcommittee, 1990-91; member, Program
Subcommittee, 1991-92; member, Century Week Task Group, 1991-92 [Chair, 1991]; Editorial
Board, 1991-92); Museum Development Committee Technical Support Group, 1991-92
Grand Lodge of Virginia, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons – Guest Curator, ‘ Norfolk Lodge
No.1: The Early Years, 1732-1830,’ ‘Brother & General Robert Baraud Taylor’, Grand Lodge
Library & Museum, Richmond, October 2010 & October 2013; member, Masonic Herald
Publications Board, 2012 - 2016 ; Norfolk Lodge No. 1 – Member, 2010-2012; Lodge Archivist,
2011-2012; Ocean View Lodge No, 335 – Member, 2012 - ; Lodge Historian 2015 -
HMS Otter, Inc (Living History, Southeastern Virginia) – Member, 2011 -

4. James Monroe Memorial Foundation – Member, 2006 -; Volunteer Archivist, 2006 -; Archives
Committee, 2006; National Advisory Board, 2006 - ; Representative to Fortress Monroe, 2013 -
John R. Park Homestead (Harrow, Ontario) – Volunteer, 1992-1994
Long Point Foundation for Conservation - Member, 1995-99; Board of Directors, 1995-99;
Executive Committee, 1996-99; Chair, Corporate Fundraising, 1996-99; Chair, 3rd Century
Campaign, 1996-99
Michigan Archival Association – Member, 1984-1994
Michigan-in-Perspective Local History Conference Program Committee – Member, 1985-1993
Mid-Atlantic Region Archivists Conference (MARAC) – Institutional Member, 2003-2007,
Professional Member, 2010 - 2015; Presenter, 2010 Fall Meeting (Harrisburg, PA), 2013 Spring
Meeting (Erie, PA)
Middlesex & Oxford Living History Association - Founding Member, 1996-98; Secretary, 1996;
President, 1997-98; Culloden Re-enactment Committee, 1997-98
Museum of the Confederacy – Member, 2006–2007
National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators – Member, 1985 –
1994, 2004-2007, 2015 -
Norfolk (VA) Historical Society – Member, 2007-; Member, Craney Island 200 Committee, 2012-
2013; Member, Bicentennial of the Treaty of Ghent Committee, 2013-2015
Old Dominion University – University Policy Review Committee, 2015 - ; Naval Station Norfolk
Centennial Committee, 2016 -
Ontario Historical Society - Member, 1994-96; Participant, 1995 Conference (Chatham, Ontario)
Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture & Recreation - Member, Community Advisory Panel,
Community Cultural Grants (London Office), 1995-96
Park House Museum (Amherstburg, Ontario) – Volunteer, Park House Tinsmiths, 1992-1993
Society of American Archivists - Member, 1983 - ; Waldo Gifford Leland Prize Committee, 1991-
93; Mentoring Subcommittee, 2010 -; Business Archives Roundtable, 2010 -; Records
Management Roundtable, 2010 -; Archives Management Roundtable, 2010 -; Electronic Records
Section, 2010 - ;Contributor to SAA Newsletter
Society of Ohio Archivists – Member, 1984-1994
The King’s Company (Living History) – Member, 1998-2002
Virginia Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators – Member, 2004 - ;
Connis O Brown Scholarship Endowment Committee, 2016 -
Virginia Public Records Act Working Group, Member 2005-2006
Publications
"Archives - Finding Your Way Around" Families Vol. 24 No. 2, February 1985, pp. 83-87.

5. "By Packtrain and Steamer: The Hudson's Bay Company's British Columbia District Manager's
Correspondence, 1897-1920" Archivaria No. 20, Summer 1985, pp.127-135.
"Municipal Records and Local History in Windsor" Families Vol. 24 No. 4, November 1985, pp.
209-215.
The Windsor Municipal Archives: Heritage Development in Hard Times, Urban Resources Series
No. 1, Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg, 1986.
"Documenting Our Side of the Detroit River: The Windsor Municipal Archives" Archivaria No. 22,
Summer 1986, pp.238-245.
"Municipal Archives and Genealogy" In The Footsteps Of The Habitants (Proceedings of the 23rd
Annual OGS Seminar) Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto, 1986, pp. 67-75.
"The Hudson's Bay Company Archives" Families Vol. 26 No. 1, February 1987, pp. 17-25.
“‘We Have Heard The Great Guns': British Indian Policy and the Battle of Lake Erie" Journal of
Erie Studies Vol. 17 No. 2, Fall 1988, pp. 27-38.
"The Micro Approach: Municipal Records and Canadian Studies" Canadian Issues/Themes
canadiens Vol. X No. 4, 1988, "Research Tools in Canadian Studies/Outils de recherche en
etudes canadiens", pp. 65-74.
"Beyond the Needs Survey: Where Do We Go From Here?" Toward an Archival System for
Ontario: Papers Delivered at the 1989 Conference of the Ontario Association of Archivists Ontario
Association of Archivists Discussion Paper No. 1, 1990, pp. 13-19.
Forward to Morgan, Carl Birth Of A City Benchmark Press, Windsor, 1991.
The Border Police: One Hundred And Twenty-Five Years Of Policing In Windsor (Co-researcher
for publication, written by C.H. Gervais) Penumbra Press, 1992.
"All The Right Reasons" University of Windsor Alumni Magazine Vol.13 No. 2, Summer 1993, pp.
2-5, 10. (Co-author, re Micheline Rawlins - Ontario's first Black Female Judge).
"Tunnels, cholera and sewers - archives anyone?" Municipal World, Vol. 103 No.12, December
1993, pp. 18-19.
Strike! 99 Days On The Line: The Workers' Own Story Of The 1945 Windsor Ford Strike (Co-
author) Penumbra Press, 1995.
“Positive Chemistry, Local Energy” (Exhibit on the history of C.E.P. Local 914, Sarnia, in
conjunction with the Ontario Worker’s Arts & Heritage Centre), 1996.
“Warriors for the Working Day: The First Forty Years of U.A.W. /C.A.W. Local 444, 1956-1996”
(Unpublished manuscript), 1996.
Resource Guide and Directory of Municipal Archives in Ontario, (Archives Association of Ontario,
2002.)
“What Happens When the Archivist/Historian Is the Archivist/Manager?” (Co-author, unpublished
manuscript, paper delivered at the Association of Canadian Archivists 2003 Annual Conference).
Resource Guide for Municipal Archives in Ontario, (Archives Association of Ontario, 1st edition
2002, 2nd edition, 2006.)

6. “A Different View” Commonwealth Records Manager (Library of Virginia), Winter 2005, Vol. 9, No.
1, p. 6.
“The Analyst’s Couch” column in Recordatur (Library of Virginia), 2004-2006.
“A Certified Archivist Records Manager” ACA News (Academy of Certified Archivists), Spring
2008, Vol. 61, pp. 4-5.
“‘Norfolk Lodge No.1: The Early Years, 1732-1830’ – Or How You Too Can Have an Exceptional
Display on the History of Your Lodge” Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 104 No. 1, Winter 2011, pp.
11-12.; YouTube presentation.
“Haunted by Subject Headings: Building Taxonomies Collaboratively with Archivists and Records
Managers” Archival Outlook (Society of American Archivists), May/June 2011, p. 7.
“Recalling Brother & President James Monroe” Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 104 No. 2, Summer
2011, p. 20.
“Battle of Craney Island at Fort Norfolk Commemoration” Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 108,
August 2011, pp. 10-11.
“Doing what you can with ARMA” Tidal Waves (Newsletter of ARMA Tidewater Chapter), Vol. 39,
Issue 2, October 2011, p. 12.
“Grand Masters, Cranes, Fleets, and Warriors: Virginia, Masons, and the War of 1812”
(Unpublished Manuscript; YouTube presentation) 2012.
“There are Some Advantages to Aging,” ACA News (Academy of Certified Archivists), Issue 77,
Spring 2012, pp.13-14.
“Reading History Through A Masonic Lens” Virginia Masonic Herald, Volume 105, May 2012, pp.
20-24.
“George Washington’s Early Initiation: A Possible Explanation” Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 107,
September 2012, pp.10-11.
“Two Brothers, One Calling; Two Generals, One Battle” Virginia Masonic Herald, Volume 108,
May 2013, p. 13.
“Lawyer, Politician, Soldier, & Judge: The Life and Times of Brother Robert Barraud Taylor”
Virginia Masonic Herald, Volume 108, August 2013, pp. 18-20.
Retention Management for Records and Information (ARMA International TR 27-2015), Technical
Report Task Group Leader.
Glossary of Records and Information Management Terms, 5th Ed. (ARMA International TR 22-
2016), Technical Report Task Group Member.
Reviews
Brode, Patrick Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bone and Sinew of the Compact Toronto, The
Osgoode Society in conjunction with the University of Toronto Press, 1984. Archivaria No. 20,
Summer 1985, pp.207-208.
Coles, Laura M. Archival Gold: Managing & Preserving Publishers' Records Burnaby, B.C., The
Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing, Simon Fraser University, 1989. Canadian Journal of
Communication, Vol. 16, 1991, pp. 450-451.

7. Dearstyne, Bruce W., ed. "Archives and Public History: Issues, Problems, and Prospects" The
Public Historian, A Journal of Public History Vol. 8 No. 3, Summer 1986. Archivaria No. 25,
Winter 1986/87, pp.125-127.
Law Society of Upper Canada "Dieu et Mon Droit: The French Fact in Ontario's Legal System"
Exhibition Review, Archivaria No. 35, Spring 1993, pp. 321-323. (Co-author)
Karpovage, Michael Crown of Serpents, Karpovage Creative Inc., Jonesboro, Georgia, 2009
Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 104, March 2012, pp. 18-19.
Macdonald, Mac Alexander Lighting Your Own Fuse: A Glossary of Mission, Vision & Passion,
LYFECO, N.P. [Seattle, WA], N. D. [2011]. Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 107, July 2011, pp. 18-
19.
Masonic Home Alumni Association The History of the Masonic Home of Virginia Between 1890
and 1975 MAHOVA Alumni Association, Taono, Virginia. Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 107, No.
2, Spring 2014, p.18.
Merrit, Richard, Butler, Nancy, and Power, Michael, Eds. The Capital Years: Niagara-on-the-
Lake, 1792-1796 The Niagara Historical Society, Dundern Press, Toronto and Oxford, 1991.
Archivaria No. 35, Spring 1993
Nesmith, Tom and Cook, Terry, eds. Canadian Archival Studies And The Rediscovery Of
Provenance Society of American Archivists and Association of Canadian Archivists, London and
Metuchan, New Jersey, 1993. Off The Record Vol. 11, No. 2, March-May 1994, p.8.
New York Document Conservation Advisory Committee Our Memory at Risk: Preserving New
York's Unique Research Resources Albany, 1988.
New York Local Government Records Advisory Committee The Quiet Revolution: Managing New
York's Local Government Records in the Information Age Albany, 1987. Archivaria No. 27, Winter
1988/89, pp.156-158.
Poll, Michael R., Ed. Of George Washington: A Collection of Masonic Papers Cornerstone Book
Publishers, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2009. Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 108, August 2011, p. 19.
Poll, Michael R., In His Own (w)Rite: Papers on the Scottish Rite and Philosophy of Freemasonry
Cornerstone Book Publishers, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011. Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 104,
February 2012, p. 22.
Power, Michael ed. Assumption College: The O'Connor Years 1870-1890 Vol. II of A
Documentary History of Assumption College Assumption University, 1986. Archivaria No. 23,
Winter 1986/87, pp.139-140.
Power, Michael Bishop Fallon and the Riot at Ford City, 8 September 1917 Essex County
Historical Society Occasional Paper No. 3, Windsor, Essex County Historical Society, 1986.
Archivaria No. 29, Winter 1989/90, pp. 243-244.
Price, Trevor and Kulisek, Larry Windsor 1892-1992, A Centennial Celebration: An Illustrated
History Chamber Publications, Windsor, 1992. Windsor Star, Saturday, 12 September, 1992.
Pryke, Kenneth and Kulisek, Larry L. eds. The Western District: Papers from the Western District
Conference, Essex County Historical Society Occasional Paper No. 2, Windsor, Essex County
Historical Society and Western District Council, 1983. Archivaria No. 20, Summer 1985, pp. 213-
214

8. Tabbert, Mark A. Museum and Memorial: Ten years of Masonic Writings, Cornerstone Book
Publishers, New Orleans, LA, 2011, Virginia Masonic Herald, March 2011, p. 10; Connecticut
Freemasons, Vol. 6, No. 10, March 2011, p. 5; Knights Templar Magazine, Vol. LVII, No. 5, May
2011, pp. 34-35; Rhode Island Freemason, Vol. 36, No. 3, May/June 2011, pp.4-5.
Washington, George (Sachse, Julius F., Ed.) Washington’s Masonic Correspondence As Found
Among The Washington Papers in the Library of Congress: Compiled from the original records,
under the direction of the Committee on Library of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, with
annotations (Philadelphia, 1915; Reprint edition, n.p., n.d.) Virginia Masonic Herald, Vol. 107,
September 2012, pp. 12, 18-19.