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McDaniel College Hoover Library

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Abstract

Scope and Contents

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Library

Library Renovation and Expansion

Library Renovation and Expansion

Library Committee

Library Committee

Library Survey

Data Management Historical

Library

Library

Library Annual Reports

Library Annual and Other Reports

Library Staff Meetings

Folio

Photographs

Photographs

Photographs

Slides

Library, Large Format Materials

Accession Ledgers

Accession Ledgers

Accession Ledger

Hoover Library Gift Letters



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Collection Overview

Title: McDaniel College Hoover Library, 1900 -Add to your cart.

Predominant Dates:1927-2000

ID: RG3/Series 7/RG37

Extent: 19.0 Boxes

Arrangement: By topic and chronological

Date Acquired: 08/19/2011. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Academic libraries, Academic libraries - United States - Maryland, Libraries, McDaniel College, Western Maryland College

Languages: English

Abstract

Records of McDaniel College Hoover Library

Scope and Contents of the Materials

These records include minutes of the library and Library Building committees, annual reports, statistics for A.L.A (1927-1948), papers regarding the building of the 1962 library and the renovation and expansion of that library in 1987-1991, photographs, and artifacts.

Collection Historical Note

McDaniel College's first library after its founding in 1868 was College President James T. Ward's private library.  Students also had the use of the library of their professors and the libraries of the literary societies on campus to which they belonged. The College advertised this in the first catalogs – “students will have access to libraries comprising 2,500 volumes.”  Ward’s library accounted for more than two thirds of the volumes. On campus was a small reading room containing newspapers, periodicals, magazines, and current literature with “free access to students under regulation of the (Literary) Society.”

The Faculty, including Ward, knew more was needed and in 1872 authorized a Reading Room Committee to form an association charged with seeking donations for a reading room.  In March of 1874 the faculty again took up the cause of a college library when it resolved “A well-selected and arranged library is indispensable to a literary institution. . .”   and appointed a Library Committee to secure such a collection.  The head of the committee was to be the librarian and was to report to the faculty the progress of the library.  The first annual report of the librarian was recorded June 15, 1874 in the Faculty minutes.

By 1879 over 4,000 volumes were available to the college’s students from the libraries of Ward and other professors– but the college’s library languished until 1886 when, through the influence of Maryland Congressman Shaw, the college was made the general repository of government documents. The October 1887 Western Maryland College Monthly reported “The Western half of the second story of the main building has served many purposes . . .  It is now a library and museum.  The last change is the best of all and has the prospect of permanence.”    With the addition of Herring Hall in 1890 to the main building, a room of over 2,600 sq. ft. on the second floor with stacks against the wall and a reading area was provided for the library.

The library grew in volumes.  When Ward died in 1897 he willed over half his library to the college which added over 3,000 volumes.  With the growth of library holdings and students' need for extended hours, the college hired the first professional librarian, Lillian Hopkins 1898. By 1906 College President Thomas H. Lewis was before the Board of Trustees presenting an argument for a new library.  In the twenty years of his tenure, the college increased from eight to fourteen acres, four halls were added to the main building, and five new buildings were erected  -- a new library too was necessary for the expanding college.

The Library and Administration Building, designed by Baltimore Architect Jackson Gott and opened in 1909, served several purposes.  On the main floor was an office for the college treasurer, a boardroom, two offices for the president, and a museum. The basement had rooms for the four literary societies. The second floor contained the library with a large reading room adjoined by a stack room with a mezzanine for more stacks, space for over 25,000 volumes.

The library continued to build collections and change.  When the building was completed in 1909 students no longer learned by recitation; reading, discussion, and discovery were part of new teaching methods, and more books on more subjects were needed to keep up with their classes.  By student demand library books were circulated and evening hours were scheduled.  Clara Lewis, librarian from 1910-1919, sorted and cataloged the library collection according to the Dewey Decimal system.  Assistants aided the librarian in 1920 and by 1935 there were two librarians with assistants.  In 1927 the library began statistical reports to the American Library Association, annual reports to the College President by 1936, and in 1937 The Library Committee became a standing committee of the Faculty.  The president’s offices, the boardroom, and the treasurer’s office were reassigned to other buildings, literary societies now defunct no longer used the basement, the building was refitted in 1939 to be the library.

Eleven years later the library was bursting at its seams.  That year College Trustee Walter H. Davis bequeathed $257,000 toward a new college library. It took a decade but ground was broken next to Baker Memorial Chapel for the new library in April of 1961.   The building was dedicated December, 1962.  L. Quincy Mumford, librarian of congress, spoke. It was in 1975 that the college library was first named, dedicated to Dr. Samuel and Elsie Hoover.  Dr. Hoover was on the Board of Trustees and benefactor to the college.

A new president, Dr. Chambers, stood before the Board at its annual meeting in April 1985 and requested a larger library. The Board acceded and on October 13, 1991 the dedication of the new Hoover Library was celebrated.  This library, a renovation and expansion of Hoover Library, was double the capacity holding over 300,000 volumes.  It was designed by the Hillier Group, built by Henry Lewis Company, and on the front cover of the Library Journal December 1992 architectural issue.  It had comfortable study rooms, lounge chairs, and study carols throughout the five floors of the building.  Card catalogs had been replaced by computers and there were computer stations for students to work from.  The staff of the library included five librarians, including the Library Director, eight staff, and many student workers.

Today the physical building appears very similar to when it was dedicated but the library is a very different place.  Wi-Fi has been added so students can use their laptops anywhere in Hoover Library.  Two study rooms have computers with large flat screens so students can work as groups on a project.  The area that once held indices, now available as databases, was refitted as an Information Commons with more computers and modules students can configure as work stations to their needs.  Students can access the catalog and many periodicals and databases from their laptops wherever they are.

Subject/Index Terms

Academic libraries
Academic libraries - United States - Maryland
Libraries
McDaniel College
Western Maryland College

Administrative Information

Repository: McDaniel College

Accruals: Accession books - 2008

Access Restrictions: Use of these records requires permission from McDaniel College Hoover Library Director

Use Restrictions:

Copyright:  McDaniel College may hold copyright to sections of this material.

McDaniel College makes no representation that it is the owner of any copyright or other literary property in the materials contained in its archives, manuscript collections, and special collections unless specifically stated, (b) that in providing access to or permitting the reproduction of any such materials, McDaniel Archives does not assume any responsibility for obtaining or granting any permission to publish or use the same, and (c) that the responsibility (i) for determining the nature of any rights, and the ownership or interest therein, and for obtaining the appropriate permissions to publish or use and (ii) for determining the nature of any liabilities (including liabilities for defamation and invasion of privacy or publicity) that may arise from any publication or use, rest entirely with the researcher. 

Copying:  Papers may be copied in accordance with the Archives' usual procedures.

Physical Access Note: Twenty-four hours notice is needed for any photographs in cold storage.

Acquisition Source: Hoover Library

Acquisition Method: Record transfer

Separated Materials:

Items removed to Artifacts B00180

Hoover Library Expansion T-Shirt, Confederate Script, book mark celebrating the Library's 100th anniversary (1868-1968), bookmark from the dedication of the  Eleanor and Keith Richwine Room, bookmark from The Hillier Group showing interior of Hoover Library after 1989-1991 renovation, Excellence in Architecture citation from New Jersey Society of Architects given to the Hillier Group for the design of the renovation and addition of Hoover Library; scans of photographs of Hoover Library after 1989-91 renovation and addition, card using Susan Davis watercolor illustration of Hoover Library

1962 dedication of the Library: citations from Columbia University and  Manhattan College, guest book.

1991 dedication of Hoover Library:  leather bookmarks, guest book, and key used to open new Library.

Preferred Citation: McDaniel College Hoover Library, RG37; McDaniel College Archives

Other Note: Materials placed in the Archives included the Curriculum  Vitae of candidates for the position.  All vitae except the candidate who was hired for the position have been removed.


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Box:

[Box B00167: Library, 1962],
[Box B00168: Library Renovation and Expansion, 1985-1991],
[Box B00169: Library Renovation and Expansion, 1986-1992],
[Box B00170: Library Committee, 1950-1971],
[Box B00171: Library Committee, 1971-1981],
[Box B00172: Library Survey, 1983-1984],
[Box B00173: Data Management Historical],
[Box B00174: Library, 1921-1998],
[Box B00175: Library],
[Box B00176: Library Annual Reports, 1927-1973],
[Box B00177: Library Annual and Other Reports, 1973-1991, 2000-2002],
[Box B00178: Library Staff Meetings, 1978-2008],
[Box B00179: Folio, 1930-1997],
[Box B00181: Photographs, 1908-1989],
[Box B00182: Photographs, 1989],
[Box B00183: Photographs, 1989-1991],
[Box B00184: Slides, 1989-1991],
[Box B00185: Library, Large Format Materials],
[Box 20: Accession Ledgers],
[Box 21: Accession Ledgers],
[Box 22: Accession Ledger],
[Box B00719: Hoover Library Gift Letters, 1990-2010],
[All]

Box B00170: Library Committee, 1950-1971Add to your cart.
Folder F0002492: Library Committee, 1936-1950Add to your cart.
Folder F0002493: Library Committee, 1950-1952Add to your cart.
Folder F0002494: Library Committee, 1952-1955Add to your cart.
Folder F0002495: Library Committee, 1956-1959Add to your cart.
Folder F0002496: Library Committee, 1959-1965Add to your cart.
Folder F0002497: Library Committee, 1965-1968Add to your cart.
Folder F0002498: Library Committee, 1968-1969Add to your cart.
Folder F0002499: Library Committee, 1970-1971Add to your cart.
Folder F0002500: Library Committee, 1971Add to your cart.

Browse by Box:

[Box B00167: Library, 1962],
[Box B00168: Library Renovation and Expansion, 1985-1991],
[Box B00169: Library Renovation and Expansion, 1986-1992],
[Box B00170: Library Committee, 1950-1971],
[Box B00171: Library Committee, 1971-1981],
[Box B00172: Library Survey, 1983-1984],
[Box B00173: Data Management Historical],
[Box B00174: Library, 1921-1998],
[Box B00175: Library],
[Box B00176: Library Annual Reports, 1927-1973],
[Box B00177: Library Annual and Other Reports, 1973-1991, 2000-2002],
[Box B00178: Library Staff Meetings, 1978-2008],
[Box B00179: Folio, 1930-1997],
[Box B00181: Photographs, 1908-1989],
[Box B00182: Photographs, 1989],
[Box B00183: Photographs, 1989-1991],
[Box B00184: Slides, 1989-1991],
[Box B00185: Library, Large Format Materials],
[Box 20: Accession Ledgers],
[Box 21: Accession Ledgers],
[Box 22: Accession Ledger],
[Box B00719: Hoover Library Gift Letters, 1990-2010],
[All]


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