The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Packard, Elisabeth C. G. "The Octagon House, Lutherville." History Trails 16 (Autumn 1981): 1-4.
Patterson, Virginia M. "Partnership." History Trails 19 (Autumn 1984): 1-2.
Notes: Baltimore County estate.
Raley, Robert L. The Baltimore Country House, 1785-1915. M. S. thesis, University of Delaware, 1959.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Scarff, John H. Hampton, Baltimore County, Maryland. Baltimore: Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities, 1954.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Baltimore County
Simkins, Katherine S. "Monkton View Farm-Part I." History Trails 22 (Spring 1988): 9-12.
Snell, Charles W. Historic Structure Report - Historical Data Section. Hampton Mansion and Gardens, 1783-1909, Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland. Denver: National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, 1980.
Stoner, Paula. "Early Folk Architecture of Washington County." Maryland Historical Magazine 72 (Winter 1977): 512-22.
Sweeney, Thomas W. "Enhancing a Legacy." Preservation News 30 (June 1990): 3, 15.
Notes: Batchelor's Hope.
Thomas, Dawn F. The Green Spring Valley: Its History and Heritage, Vol. 1: A History and Historic Houses. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1978.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Baltimore County
Anson, Melanie D. Olmsted's Sudbrook: The Making of a Community. Baltimore: Sudbrook Park, Inc., 1997.
Notes: Sudbrook Park is one of the few neighborhoods where Frank Law Olmsted's plan was carried out to its entirety. It is a nationally significant example of community design. It was the first, and most important, Olmsted suburb in the region.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
Barron, Lee. The History of Sharpsburg, Maryland. Sharpsburg, MD: [Published by the author], 1972.
Categories: County and Local History, Washington County
"Belfast Road - Reflections of Mr. Webster Bosley and Other Residents of the Belfast Area." Baltimore County Historical Society Newsletter (November-December 1979): [2-4].
Breihan, Jack. "Necessary Visions: Community Planning in Wartime." Maryland Humanities (November 1998): 11-14.
Notes: During World War II, as a result of the growth of the domestic immigration of industrial workers, two planned communities were developed in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The first of these was Baltimore County's Middle River, a community for whites, a project of the Martin aircraft plant. The second was Cherry Hill, a south Baltimore, black community. They were both garden suburbs focused on a central commercial center.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Brooks, Neal A. "The Northern Chesapeake: Perspectives on Early Baltimore and Harford Counties." Harford Historical Bulletin 38 (Fall 1988): 95-98.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County, Harford County
Brooks, Neal, and Richard Parsons. Baltimore County Panorama. Towson, MD: Baltimore County Public Library, 1988.
Notes: A pictorial history reflecting the story of the County's development, arranged by nine themes -- schools, transportation, houses, events. It includes a good full text and makes use of mixed media, such as maps. This work is also noteworthy for its postscript of additional information on certain images.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore 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
Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery Greene. Baltimore, An Illustrated History. American Historical Press, 2000.
Notes: A history of Baltimore, 1608-2000, for the general reader. A chronological history is presented which touches upon growth, politics, economics, education, cultural organizations, etc. Included at the end is a series of approximately 45 histories of leading 20th century businesses, companies, and organizations.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Clawson, Frank D. "Hagerstown and Frederick Described: What it Was Like Here in the 1700s." Cracker Barrel 18 (August 1988): 29-30.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Eighteenth Century, Frederick County, Washington County
Clawson, Frank D. "'Tea Parties' Held in Maryland, Too." Cracker Barrel 18 (June 1988): 25-29.
Categories: County and Local History, Washington County
Clemens, Shirley B., and Clarence E Clemens. From Marble Hill to Maryland Line: An Informal History of Northern Baltimore County. N.p.: Published by the authors, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County
Coale, Joseph M. Middling Planters of Ruxton, 1694-1850. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1996.
Notes: A history of this Baltimore County community arranged around the seven land patents that define that portion of the County. The author makes a broad use of primary sources and touches upon the history of the churches, towns, and schools.
Categories: County and Local History, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore 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
Cramm, Joetta. Historic Ellicott City: A Walking Tour. First edition. Sykesville, MD: Greenberg Publishing, Co., 1990; second edition. Woodbine, MD: K&D, Ltd., 1996.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Baltimore County, Howard County
Crawford, Joan B. "A Heritage Preserved: The Creative Traditions of Western Maryland." Maryland 25 (Summer 1993): 38-44.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Music and Theater, Women, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Garrett County, Washington County
Cross, E. May. "The Patent Medicine Show and Other Events at Rayville." History Trails 33 (Spring 1999): 9-12.
Categories: County and Local History, Medicine, Music and Theater, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County