Mount St. Mary's was founded in 1808 by John Dubois. The Hugh J. Phillips Library serves the College for approximately 1400 undergraduate and 300 graduate students and the Theological Seminary for 150 Roman Catholic seminary students. Return to top of page . The Library has approximately 70,000 volumes classified in BL-BX with inclusive publishing dates from the early 19th to the 20th century. This is the single main collection using LC classification.
General theology is collected to support the undergraduate and graduate programs.
The Theological Seminary is one of the largest Catholic theological seminaries in the country. The particular strengths of this collection are works on patristics, American Catholic history and Catholic spiritual formation. Also of importance is a good collection of works on and representing early 19th century Catholic history in Maryland. Special Collections and Archives has approximately 10,000 books. Highlights in Special Collections include Catholic Church history, the history of Mount St. Mary's College and Seminary, prominent Catholic American families, Catholic religious institutions, missions and some religious art.