Western Maryland Room
Collections
The collection contains over 8,000 volumes and over 6,000 vertical file items.
A list of volume titles is listed in the Library’s
online catalog.
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Obituary Locators 1790-2004
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Church records
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Cemetery records
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Local histories
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Historical maps
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Naturalization records
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World War I and II materials
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Railroad, canal, and National Pike materials
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Census Records - federal census records (1790-1930) can also be accessed by
using your library card number to access the
Heritage Quest database
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High School Yearbooks
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City directories
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Telephone directories
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Sports materials
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Hagerstown Almanacs
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Manumission records
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Hagerstown imprints
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George Washington Papers
Civil War Room
This room contains manuscripts and rare books.
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The Official Records for Army and Navy, plus the new supplements
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Virginia Regimental Series
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History of Maryland and Pennsylvania Volunteers
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MOLLUS
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Southern Historical Society Papers
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Confederate Veteran
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Confederate Military History
C & O Canal Collection
This collection contains photographs and original documents.
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Cushwa collection
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Davies Papers
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William O. Douglas canal papers
Robert McCauley Historical Lecture Series
This series features free, historical lectures on the 1st Monday of the month
from October through March.
- October 1, 2007 - Randy Anderson –“Security Branch - B & O Railroad and Adjacent Industries"
- November 5, 2007 – Tom Clemens – “Ezra Carmen and the Maryland Campaign, September 1862”
- December 3, 2007 – Steve Hatleberg – “Georgetown to Pittsburgh: The C & O Canal and the Great Allegheny Passage”
- January 7, 2008 - Robert Kapsch – “Shenandoah River Navigation and the New Shenandoah Co. 1790-1890.”
- February 4, 2008 – Tom Gerhart – “The Underground Railroad in Washington and Franklin Counties”
- March 3, 2008 – Dick Helfrich – “Relics and Recollection of the Hagerstown Fair”
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