The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Denny, George D., Jr. Proud Past, Promising Future: Cities and Towns in Prince George's County, Maryland. Brentwood, MD: Dilden Company, 1997.
Notes: This work presents multiple page histories, with illustrations and bibliographies, for Prince George's 28 municipalities. It includes a discussion of what a municipality is.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Prince George's County
Dessaint, A. Y. Southern Maryland Yesterday and Today: Crab Pots and Sotweed Fields. Prince Frederick, MD: Calvert County Historical Society, 1984.
Notes: Historic photographs and excerpts from 60 of the "best" works on Southern Maryland. Arranged predominately by theme, the chapters include working the land, working the water, life in the home, and life in the community. A ten page introduction gives a brief chronological history of the area.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, St. Mary's County
Dierker, Charmayne. "Early Agriculture in Kent County." Old Kent 16 (Summer 1999): 1; "Part II." Old Kent 16 (Fall 1999): 3; "Part III." Old Kent 16 (Winter 1999): 1-2.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Dixon, Michael L. "Warwick: A Municipality No More." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 74 (Autumn 1996): 7.
Categories: County and Local History, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Dixon, Michael L. "Head of Elk and How it Grew." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 73 (Spring 1996): 1, 4-8.
Categories: County and Local History, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Dize, Frances. Smith Island, Chesapeake Bay. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Donley, Raleigh A., Jr. A History of the Town of Cottage City Maryland. N.p., 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Prince George's County
Dove, Tom. "Destination: Crisfield." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 26 (April 1997): 50-57.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
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
"Early History of Tolchester." Kent Shoreman 9 (September 1974): 41ff.
Notes: A bare-bones history of the ownership of Tolchester.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Ferguson, Ann M. "A Prince of a County." Riverdale Town Crier 26 (April 1996): 1, 4-5.
Categories: County and Local History, Prince George's County
Ferguson, Ann. "The Early Years." Riverdale Park Town Crier 28 (November 1999): 3.
Categories: County and Local History, Prince George's County
Fleming, Kevin. Ocean City, Maryland's Grand Old Resort. Annapolis, MD: Portfolio Press, 1990.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Twentieth Century, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Forsthoffer, Joseph P. "Crisfield Crab Daze." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 (August 1992): 26-29.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Foster, Sally. The Private World of Smith Island. New York: Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1993.
Notes: A juvenile audience photo book which addresses the question of "What is it like to live on an island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay."
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Gibbons, Boyd. Wye Island: Outsiders, Insiders, and Resistance to Change. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Gillette, Jane Brown. "Back to the Future." Historic Preservation 46 (September/October 1994): 22, 24-25, 83, 90.
Notes: Greenbelt.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Greenbelt: The History of a New Town, 1937-1987. Greenbelt, MD: City of Greenbelt, 1987.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
"Greenbelt Designated a National Historic Landmark." Friends of Preservation 15 (Spring 1997): 1-2.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
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
Hanyok, Laura A. "The Chesapeake Beach Resort." Calvert Historian 7 (Fall 1992): 14-20.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Calvert County, Prince George's County
"Happy Birthday Prince George's County." Prince George's County Today (March-April 1990): 7.
Categories: County and Local History, Prince George's County
Harp, David W., and Tom Horton. Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Notes: A photo essay on the environmental plight of the Eastern Shore, special attention is paid to the area's natural history and the life of the watermen.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Harrington, Norman. The Easton Album. Easton, MD: Historical Society of Talbot County, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Hayman, Louise. "Somerset County." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 11 (Sunshine 1987): 36-40.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Eastern Shore