The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Hughes, Elizabeth. Historic St. Michaels: An Architectural History. St. Michaels, MD: Historic St. Michaels Bay Hundred, Inc., 1995.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Talbot County
Ludlow, Cynthia Beatty. Historic Easton. Edited by David Reed Freeman. Easton, MD: Historic Easton, Inc., 1979.
Silverman, Sharon H. "Ashby 1663." Maryland 25 (Autumn 1992): 26-31.
Silverman, Sharon H. "Wades Point Inn on the Bay." Maryland 26 (May/June 1994): 12-15, 19.
Silverman, Sharon H. "The Robert Morris Inn." Maryland 26 (July/August 1994): 26-29, 31.
Silverman, Sharon H. "The Tidewater Inn: An Easton Institution Rejuvenated." Maryland 25 (Summer 1993): 54-59.
Tribble, Edwin. "The Robert Morris Inn: Several Incarnations Later." Maryland 9 (Spring 1977): 15-17.
Weeks, Christopher. Where Land and Water Intertwine: An Architectural History of Talbot County, Maryland. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Witty, Merrill. "Rising from the Ashby." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 15 (August 1994): 44-45, 64.
Baden, Jacqueline Heppes. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Place Apart. 2 vols. Rockville, MD: Travel on Tape, Book Division, 1990.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
"A Bay for All Seasons." Maryland 27 (September/October 1995): F28-F29, F31, F33.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Blake, Allison. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 3rd edition. Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1997.
Notes: A well researched tour guide for the general population.
Categories: County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Blumgart, Pamela James, ed. At the Head of the Bay: A Cultural and Architectural History of Cecil County, Maryland. Elkton, MD: Cecil Historical Trust, 1996.
Notes: This beautifully illustrated book presents a history of the development of the county along with a history of its architecture, including house forms, methods of construction, and outbuildings, along with brief write-ups on 700 historic sites.
Categories: Agriculture, Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Native American, Transportation and Communication, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Bowes, David B. "Just Passing Through." Mid-Atlantic Country 26 (October 1995): 40-41.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
Browne, Gary L. "Urban Centers of the Past." Maryland Heritage News 2 (Fall 1984): 6-7.
Notes: A variety of factors effect the rise and fall of urban centers -- transportation, market, environmental, and political changes, as well as the rise of other centers. Browne presents a brief discussion of the fate of approximately ten urban centers.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Allegany County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Washington County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Chappell, Helen. "Crosscurrents of Culture." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (October 1993): 40-45.
Notes: Tilghman Island.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Chappell, Helen. "Downhome Bellevue." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (September 1994): 41-45.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Clark, Charles Branch. The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1950.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Native American, Women, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Clarke, Wendy Mitman. "Out of St. Michaels." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 28 (July 1998): 44-45, 86-88.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County
Colbert, Judy. Country Towns of Maryland and Delaware. Oaks, PA: Country Roads Press, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Cecil County, Carroll County, Calvert County, Frederick County, Harford County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Washington County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Comer, Elizabeth Anderson, and Kirsten L. Stevens. "Mount Clare: Introducing Baltimore to Eighteenth Century Splendor." Maryland Archeology 26 (March and September 1990): 86-94.
Notes: A discussion of Charles Carroll, the Barrister's, Baltimore estate, with special emphasis on the gardens and the archeological work done there during the mid-1980s as a percussor to landscape restoration.
Categories: Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
Corddry, Mary U. "Easton." Maryland 15 (Spring 1983): 38-41.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Talbot County
Dudley, David. "Getaways: Water World." Baltimore 91 (March 1998): 86-88, 118.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis Company, 1923.
Notes: Divided into three regions -- southeastern Maryland, Upper Bay, and the Eastern Shore, this work includes a history for each, written by five noted authors, followed by a description of the counties in each, along with places of interest and the people of these places. The histories of the areas places special emphasis on major houses and genealogy of the owners. It is nicely illustrated with contemporary photographs, which nearly 80 years later serve as historic images. There are four pages of interesting photos of African Americans.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Education, Family History and Genealogy, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Prince George's County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Hanks, Douglas, Jr. Talbot Memories of J. McKenny Willis, Jr. Easton, MD: Talbot County Free Library, 1992.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Talbot County, Eastern Shore