Hoover Library and the McDaniel Archives Reading Room will be closing for construction from Monday, 12/16/24, reopening Tuesday, 1/21/25. The college archivist and all virtual resources and services will be available throughout the closure. For specific questions, contact Gwen Coddington. For information on holiday hours, please see our hours page.
The Archives is in the process of digitizing books which may be helpful to researchers. As books are processed and digitized, they will be added to the Archives website and the Archives Catalog.
To search any of the books, open the book you wish to view. Press CTRL+F on the keyboard at the same time to open a search box. Type in the word you are looking for in the box, and it will navigate to each instance of that word in the book.
Although the entire work is not available online, the expanded index for Dr. James Lightner's Fearless and Bold may aid researchers in discovering topics for further study.
Prepared by William Roberts McDaniel, the Directory... 1867-1911 may aid researchers in discovering former alumi of the College. This book is best used in conjunction with the Undergraduate Catalogs.
Dr. Samuel Biggs Schofield was a chemistry professor at Western Maryland College from 1921-1965. After his retirement, he became the College's first archivist and began researching and writing the The Formative Years, the first history of the College. His manuscript collection, housed in the Archives, contains notes for writing this book, as well as short essays on different aspects of the College's history.
The Archives, located on the second floor of Hoover Library at McDaniel College, is available by appointment only.
