WHILBR (Western Maryland's Historical Library) is a part of Western Maryland Regional Library. WHILBR is responsible for digitizing this collection and maintaining the web page. The items shown are housed at the respective libraries or institutions, so for specific information about an item, contact them directly.
WHILBR has been curated and managed by Jill Craig, Digitization Librarian since 2002. The rebuild of the WHILBR website was done in 2023 by Western Maryland Regional Library web specialist Tracy Carroll.
Here are a few links that we recommend (we do not accept solicitations to add to this list):
| Resource | Link |
|---|---|
| Allegany County Library System | https://www.alleganycountylibrary.info |
| Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County | https://www.relib.net/ |
| Washington County Free Library | https://www.washcolibrary.org |
| Washington County Free Library - Genealogy | https://www.washcolibrary.org/genealogy |
| Hagerstown Historic Newspaper Indexing Project | https://www.washcolibrary.org/hni |
| Western Maryland Regional Library | https://www.wmrl.info/ |
| Digital Maryland (formally Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage) | https://www.digitalmaryland.org/ |
| Maryland History and Culture Collaborative | https://marylandhcc.wordpress.com/repositories/ |
| Frostburg State University, Lewis J. Ort Library, Special Collections | https://libguides.frostburg.edu/spec-coll |
| Genealogical Society of Allegany County | http://www.acgsmd.org/ |
| Washington County Historical Society | https://washcohistory.org/ |
| Mount Savage Historical Society | http://www.mountsavagehistoricalsociety.org |
| Sailor - Maryland's Public Information Network | https://www.sailor.lib.md.us/ |
| Western Maryland Railway - home movie | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL84F8AD2D0986FC46 |