page_title: Historical Society of Baltimore County
section_title: Library
hierarchical_section_title: Historical Society of Baltimore County / Collections / Library
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of a poster listing the resources of the Historical Society of Baltimore County May 2017
context_page_description: The Historical Society of Baltimore County was founded in 1959 with the goal of preserving, interpreting, and illustrating the history of Baltimore County for the benefit of present and future generations of Marylanders, and is a resource for those interested in researching both local and family history. As the HSBC describes it, they "continually accomplish" their mission "through the production of presentations, lectures, workshops, entertaining educational publications, historical tours, and exhibits." Centrally located in Cockeysville, Maryland, the Society operates out of the Agriculture Building, the former Baltimore County Almshouse, which was built in 1872 and used to house the poor and mentally ill of Baltimore County until 1958.
  A nonprofit organization, the Society maintains a library and research facility. Since 1966, the Society has published History Trails, a county history journal which the Society defines as "semi-academic" and a "popular history publication."
context_section_description: The Society's library contains 4,000 volumes.
caption: Resources available at the HSBC Research Library
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