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| Location | Princess Anne, Maryland, United States |
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| Introduction | The University of Maryland Eastern Shore was founded in 1886, however the library can only be traced back to around the early 1920’s. Coexisting at times with a chapel, classrooms, a boy’s dormitory, and administrative offices, it was located on the second floor of the three story brick fireproof Administration Building (since destroyed). In a 1937 Princess Anne College Catalogue, the collection was listed as having approximately 4,144 bound volumes. Changing names to become the Agriculture Building in 1940, in addition to the library it housed offices for professors, classrooms, biology laboratories and the post office. Beginning in 1952 this same building would function entirely as the “Library Building” with a staff of two librarians and a secretary. Passing over another decade in the same location, it was with great promise that the staff celebrated the groundbreaking of a new building in 1966. Opening in 1968, it was named the Frederick Douglass Library in celebration of an exceptional African American born in Maryland who was an abolitionist, orator and author. Experiencing growing pains, it doubled in size in 1991 and was formally recognized in a dedication ceremony in 1995. |