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Named after the Restoration Movement leader and minister from Ohio, the P. H. Welshimer Memorial Library has served the Milligan College community for nearly fifty years. The three-floor building was first occupied in November 1961, the gift of the T. W. Phillips, Jr. Charitable Trust and the Phillips family of Butler, Pennsylvania, after an initial gift by the Kresge Foundation of Detroit, Michigan. The building houses over 160,000 books, periodicals, documents, and non-print media. Additionally, the Library provides access to bibliographic and full-text journal, e-reference, and e-book literature through numerous online databases and electronic resources.
The P.H. Welshimer Memorial Library exists to support the educational program of the College by providing knowledge and information resources and by facilitating their use by the College community. The mission is achieved through the following activities:
- Acquiring knowledge resources.
- Organizing resources for successful and efficient access.
- Preserving materials for future use.
- Providing access to other libraries and information resources worldwide.
- Assisting users in finding the knowledge and information resources they seek.
- Teaching knowledge and information research skills.
- Providing a setting that fosters study and research.
- Providing special collections focusing on the history of Milligan College and its religious tradition.
