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Collection Overview
Abstract
Papers, photographic copies of papers, theses, plays, and other works about the history of Western Maryland and McDaniel College.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection includes papers by students, faculty, and others pertaining to the McDaniel College history. Each work is listed separately.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
McDaniel College
Accruals:
Ongoing
20013.24; 2009.5 from old catalog.
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.
Acquisition Source:
Varied
Acquisition Method:
Most of this collection was either given to the Archives by the author or transferred to the Archives by the department that sponsored the work. Some works in this collection are copies of original works from other collections that are in McDaniel College Archives. Other works were given to the College Archives by authors because the author used McDaniel College Records for their work.
Preferred Citation:
Title, author or creator's name(s) and/or department name, collection name, number; McDaniel College Archives, westminster, Md.
See:
http://libguides.hoover.mcdaniel.edu/content.php?pid=86700&sid=2698436
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box B00277],
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Box B00513],
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- Box B00277
- Folder F0002852: The Horace Mann League of the United States of America V. Board of Public Works of Maryland, Et Al. - Western mayland College's Involvement, 1967
- Thesis by G. Harry Durity
- Folder F0003124: Team of the Century by John M. Robinson, 1999
- 1941 Basketball Champion Team
- Folder F0003125: "A Brief History of My Connection with the College Enterprise at Westminster, MD" by James T. Ward, 1868
- History of the founding of Western Maryland College. Transcription from the original.
- Folder F0003126: Copies of J. T. Ward's diary and copy of a newsclipping, 1868-1899
- Folder F0003127: "Outline of the History of Western Maryland College" by James T. Ward, 1974
- Folder F0003132: A Brief History of Campus Planning at Western Maryland College by Robert Pick, 1993
- Folder F0003133: An Organization Analysis: Hoover Library, Senior project by Tyler Wittlesberger, 2012
- Brief history of Hoover Library and study of organizational communication as it applies to Hoover Library.
- Folder F0003134: Alumni Hall of Western Maryland College, 1971
- Thesis written by H. Green Williams for American Art 225
- Folder F0003920: Western Maryland College of the Methodist Protestant Church by Robert Pick, 1992
- Folder F0003921: An Outline of Western Maryland College by Herbert B. Adams, 1890
- Sketch of Western Maryland College prepared for the Bureau of Education.
- Folder F0003922: Building the College's Historic District, 1992
- Folder F0003923: Fine Arts at Western Maryland, 1992
- Short history of fine arts at Western Maryland College
- Folder F0003924: Bernice Beard Note, 1991
- How Smith House became to be called Smith House.
- Folder F0003925: The Western Maryland College Education Department: One Hundred Years of Service 1886-1986, July 2, 1986
- Thesis by Philip K Blatz
- Folder F0003926: Western Maryland College, circa 1908
- A brief history and description of Western Maryland College
- Folder F0003927: Coaching Career of Charles A "Rip" Engle by Joe Kugle and Bob Ringer, Mid 1980s
- History of the career of Charles Engle, WMC class of 1930, which was written for the Kittochtinny Historical Society. Contains only excerpts from the original piece.
- Folder F0003928: Rise and Fall of Literary Societies of Western Maryland College by Lee Dawkins, 1977
- History of the literary societies on the campus of Western Maryland College 1866 -1935
- Folder F0003929: History of Western Maryland College Buildings and Grounds by Bruce A. Jones, 1975
- Folder F0003930: History of Western Maryland College Basketball by Robert Cline, 1974
- Folder F0003931: Western Maryland College Campus and Buildings, 1889-1920 by Samuel Schofield, 1974
- For more histories of Western Maryland College by Samuel Schoffield see "Samuel Biggs Schofield (1898-1984) Papers, 1914-1982," MS/2009.1
- Folder F0003932: "Westover" by Leslie Hohn, 1971
- History of Harrison House, the Alumni House
- Folder F0003933: College Centennial Play by Miriam Royer Bricket, 1967
- A production about the history of Western Maryland College written for its Centennial
- Folder F0003934: Twenty Years at McDaniel Dorm by Carolyn Conkling, 1963 and Betty Jacobus, 1963
- A tribute to Virgie Jefferson, McDaniel Dormitory house mother who retired in 1962.
- Folder F0003935: A History of the Library of Western Maryland College by Aletha Hoff, 1954
- "A study submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Library Science" Drexel Institute of Technology School of Library Science, Philadelpha, PA
- Folder F003936: Origin and Early History of Western Maryland College by Joe Corby Newcomer, 1941
- Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.
- Folder F0003937: "Old Main" by Grace Hering Miller, circa 1950
- Grace Miller wrote this short history of "Old Main" to protest the razing of the building in the 1950s. Miller was the daughter of Joshua Hering, a charter member of the Board of Trustees of Western Maryland College and board president 1897-1913.
- Folder F0003938: Bibliographies of Histories of Western Maryland College, 1934 and 1992
- Box B00513
- Accession 2009.5: 1977
- Folder F0003939: Alumni Hall Revisited, Philip Uhrig, 1977
- Philip Uhrig's account of the Alumni Hall renovation in 1977.
- Accession 2013.10
- Folder F0003940: A History of Boxing At Western Maryland College, 1927-1951, Jack Molesworth
- Folder F0003941: Green Terror Baseball, 2006
- A compilation of records, awards, and series records
- Folder F0003942: A Century of Tennis, 1891-1991
- History and records of tennis at Western Maryland College compilled by Donna Selman Class of 1945.
- Accession 2014.54
- Folder 2014.54: Reminisces of the 1960s on the Hill, 1988
- Reminisces of John and Zivi Douglas (Class of 1968) of the 1960s on the Western Maryland College campus. These remembrances were used for an article in the 1988 "Hill" magazine.
- Accession 2015.17: Historical Information on Western Maryland College
Information includes,
Strange but true events in the history of WMC football
A short history of WMC with a list of buildings and date built.
Alumni Hall Historical notes.
A letter concerning the Class of 1886's gift, an urn which was broken during a move in the 1970s.
"WMC As A Magical Magnetic Field" by Ira Zepp
Copies of the CARROLL HISTORY JOURNAL, Winter of 2008 and Winter 2010, which include articles written by James Lightner about prominent figures in the College's history : James T. Ward and Joshua Hering.
Three photographs with negatives of the Ward Memorial Arch before its renovation in early 2000.
- Accession 2016.11: John D. Makosky & Helen Howery Christmas Cards & Correspondence
- 7 Christmas cards from John D. Makosky and/or Gertrude Makosky to Patricia E. Douglas. 1 post card, 1 page correspondence in envelope from Helen Howery to Patricia E. Douglas. 1 page correspondence from Patricia E. Douglas re: memories of John D. Makosky and Helen Howery.
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