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The Maryland Building was completed about the 10th of May, 1876, but it was not until several weeks after that, that the furniture was placed in it and the collections ultimately arranged were not in place until the middle of June. A book for the names of visitors was opened prior to this one, which may be said to mark the completion of the building and its collections.
- Maryland State Building Register
There are two register books from the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition held at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis. It was hoped evidence might be found that a cadet or faculty member from the Maryland Agricultural College attended the exposition. And while Senior Media Relations Associates Neil Tickner and Dave Ottalini looked through both books, there was no specific evidence that anyone from the M.A.C. had signed them. There were a number of visitors from Prince George's County and Montgomery County, however.
One focus of the research was on October 19, 1876, which was Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia and Virginia Day. And while there were numerous stories about what happened that day (see one description here), neither register book in the archives listed October 19, and in fact, the larger book skipped the day completely. In all likelyhood, that means there was either a seperate register book for the 19th that is no longer in existence or held elsewhere, or that there were so many people attending that day (only Pennsylvania Day had a bigger crowd), it was decided not to make the register available.
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