Washington County Library, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1910

 

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Theodore McKeldin Library, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

[LIB11123] The main library on campus is named for former Maryland governor Theodore McKeldin (1951 - 1959). His portrait hangs near the front door.

Lilyan Stratton Corbin Library, Crisfield, Maryland

[LIB11117] - When you check out a book at the Lilyan Stratton Corbin Library on Main Street in Crisfield, look up to the right and you’ll see a large urn set in a niche carved into the wall. Below it is a plaque honoring Lilyan Stratton Corbin. You will want to read more about this fascinating library, click here!

Wicomico County Free Library, Salisbury, Maryland

[LIB6862] - Wicomico Public Library began as a subscription library in 1869, only two years after the formation of the county itself. By 1878 the library had increased its membership from 30 to 100 members. In the early 1900s interest waned and the library closed. It was successfully re-launched in 1916 and by 1923 was operating on a subscription of $1.00 a year. By 1925, the library was recognized as a needed community service and the idea of free library service in Wicomico County was born. The doors opened on February 2, 1926 as the Salisbury-Wicomico Free Public Library; open two afternoons and one evening a week. This became officially known as the Wicomico County Free Library with the approval of the certificate of corporation on June 24, 1927. The need for more space moved the library to High Street, in its own building in 1934. In 1948 the first bookmobile was purchased and began service. As services, patrons and materials increased, the library once again moved - to its present location on Division St. in 1963. In 1978 a major renovation started, which was completed in 1980. The building has essentially remained the same ever since.[Source]

McKeldin Library, University of Maryland, Prince Georges, Maryland

[LIB4932] - McKeldin Library is the main branch of the University of Maryland Library system. Constructed in 1958, the building is named for Theodore McKeldin, the former Governor of Maryland. McKeldin Library is one of the largest buildings on campus,consisting of seven floors and a basement. Located at the western end of McKeldin Mall, the library houses the university's 90,000 volume East Asia Collection, serves as a regional Federal depository library, housing the U.S. Government Information, Maps & GIS Services collection, and hosts the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), to go along with the university's General Collection. Also housed in McKeldin Library is a computer lab, copy shop, and Footnotes Café. [Thanks to Wikipedia]

Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Maryland

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Wicomico County Library, Salisbury, Maryland

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Wicomico Public Library began as a subscription library in 1869, only two years after the formation of the county itself. By 1878 the library had increased its membership from 30 to 100 members. In the early 1900s interest waned and the library closed. It was successfully re-launched in 1916 and by 1923 was operating on a subscription of $1.00 a year. [Thanks to the Wicomico County Library]

Joseph H. Apple Library, Hood College, Frederick, MD

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Library, Washington College, Chestertown MD

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Edgar Allan Poe Room, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore MD

The Enoch Pratt Free Library is Baltimore City’s public library. The main library houses an excellent assortment of books, magazines, newspapers and special collections. Among the treasures of the Pratt Library is the Amelia F. Poe collection of letters and documents relating to Edgar Allan Poe. (Amelia was one of two daughters of Edgar’s Baltimore cousin, Neilson Poe.) A fine selection of books about Poe are kept in the Poe Room, on the second floor. [SOURCE] [LIB2422]