Margaretta McCoy Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-2021-005

Staff Only

Content Description

The Margaretta McCoy Papers contain the academic and professional papers of Anna Margaretta McCoy, an elementary school teacher based in Sykesville, MD. The collection spans the years 1915 to 1973 and consists of McCoy's scholastic work as a student and materials related to her job as a teacher. The collection is arranged chronologically with undated materials and artifacts grouped together by subject and or form.

The collection also contains six scanned items still in the posession of the Gatehouse Museum. These materials contain photographs and essays written by McCoy about her experiences at the Oakland Mills School and Oakland Mills Church. To access these items, please contact the archives.

Dates

1915 - 1973

Creator

McCoy, Margaretta (Anna Margaretta) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Access to grade books and other student materials is restricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Papers may be copied in accordance with the McDaniel College Archives' usual procedures.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical note courtesy of the Gatehouse Museum, Sykesville, MD. Information supplemented by McDaniel College Archives.

Margaretta McCoy grew up on a farm near the mill town of Oakland (now underneath Liberty Reservoir) near Sykesville and attended Oakland Mills School (Carroll County Public School) from 1915-1922 (first through seventh grade). At age thirteen, she boarded with the Melville family in Westminster during the week and came home to Oakland on weekends while she attended Westminster High School. At Westminster High School, she worked through the preliminary teaching program and eventually achieved formal teaching credentials in 1925 at the Maryland State Normal School in Towson (now Towson University). McCoy sought additional educational training through summer courses at the University of Virginia and at Western Maryland College in 1944. As a teacher, McCoy taught several levels, but mostly fifth grade at Sykesville School. In addition, she was involved in leading a vacation Bible School for children at the Red Bird Mission in Beverly, KY. McCoy retired from teaching in 1970. She passed away in 2005.

Extent

3.2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Box List

Box 1

Folders 1-10

Box 2

Folders 11-23

Box 3

Folders 24-53

Box 4

Folders 54-61

Box 5

Retirement Scrapbook

Box 6

Purple Bag with Flowers
Wooden Pencil Case
Black Pencil Case with East Asian Landscape

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Margaretta McCoy Papers were transferred to McDaniel College Archives from the Gatehouse Museum in Sykesville, MD. The first transfer occured in 2021 when materials from McCoy's time as a student at WMC were given to the College Archives. The rest of the collection was transferred in 2024.