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.
Contrast began publishing in 1957 by a group of students who sought an outlet for their creative activity. It includes both literary and art work by students and faculty, although its vision has evolved to be a student-produced magazine featuring only student work.
To search any of the magazines, open the issue you wish to view. Click on the empty magnifying glass (third from left) at the bottom of the page to open a search box. Type in the word you are looking for in the box, click the magnifying glass next to the box at the top, and it will generate a list of each instance of that word in the magazine. Click on each instance to navigate to that part of the magazine.
All magazines were digitized at 300 dpi and 24-bit color.
Hard copies of the magazines are non-circulating and available for research in the Archives.
Magazines were digitized by Andrea Briggs, Archivist.
For examples of how to cite this page, see our Citing Archival Materials page.
McDaniel College may hold copyright to this material.
McDaniel College makes no representation (a) 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, the 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.
The Archives, located on the second floor of Hoover Library at McDaniel College, is available by appointment only.
