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About WHILBR

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):

ResourceLink
Allegany County Library Systemhttps://www.alleganycountylibrary.info
Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett Countyhttps://www.relib.net/
Washington County Free Libraryhttps://www.washcolibrary.org
Washington County Free Library - Genealogyhttps://www.washcolibrary.org/genealogy
Hagerstown Historic Newspaper Indexing Projecthttps://www.washcolibrary.org/hni
Western Maryland Regional Libraryhttps://www.wmrl.info/
Digital Maryland (formally Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage)https://www.digitalmaryland.org/
Maryland History and Culture Collaborativehttps://marylandhcc.wordpress.com/repositories/
Frostburg State University, Lewis J. Ort Library, Special Collectionshttps://libguides.frostburg.edu/spec-coll
Genealogical Society of Allegany Countyhttp://www.acgsmd.org/
Washington County Historical Societyhttps://washcohistory.org/
Mount Savage Historical Societyhttp://www.mountsavagehistoricalsociety.org
Sailor - Maryland's Public Information Networkhttps://www.sailor.lib.md.us/
Western Maryland Railway - home moviehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL84F8AD2D0986FC46