The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Dessaint, Alain. Southern Maryland Directory: A Guide to Researching the Region's Past. Prince Frederick, MD: Southern Maryland Today, 1983.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Calvert County, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Directory of Historical Organizations. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001.
Notes: This directory, an occasional publication in its fifteenth edition since 1936, is the product of the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH). The AASLH is the major professional association for local history practitioners -- curators, librarians, archivists, educators, etc.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Directory of Subject Collections in Maryland Libraries. [Parkton, MD]: Baltimore Chapter, Special Libraries Association, 1986.
Enoch Pratt Free Library. The Eastern Shore of Maryland: An Annotated Bibliography. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1980.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Evans, Richard A., and Harry R. Shallerup. "The Nimitz Library, U.S. Naval Academy." Library Scene 3 (June 1974): 4-7.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Faust, Page T. "Keeping History Alive at Sotterly Plantation." Chronicles of St. Mary's 46 (Winter 1998): 338-39.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
"Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine." Inland Architect 115, no. 4 (1998): 88-89.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Guertler, John T., ed. The Records of Baltimore's Private Organizations: A Guide to Archival Resources. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1981.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Hartwig, D. Scott. The Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1990.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Hollowak, Thomas L. "Maryland Genealogy and Family History: A Bibliography, 1987-1989." Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin 33 (Summer 1992): 484-530.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Jensen, Ann. "The U.S. Naval Academy Museum." Naval History 5 (Fall 1991): 74-76.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Lawton, Elizabeth, and Raymond S. Sweeney. Maryland History: A Selective Bibliography; Showing the Holdings of Some of the Major Libraries in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Rockville: Montgomery County Historical Society, 1975.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Leventhal, Herbert, and James E. Mooney. "A Bibliography of Loyalist Source Material in the United States." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 85 (1975): 73-308, 405-460.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century
"Maryland Bibliography: 1951." Maryland Historical Magazine 47 (March 1952): 55-61.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
"Maryland Bibliography: 1952." Maryland Historical Magazine 48 (March 1953): 53-64.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
"Maryland Bibliography: 1953." Maryland Historical Magazine 49 (March 1954): 64-69.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
"Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Civil War Museums and Sites in Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Spring 1998): 27.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Howard County, Montgomery County, Washington County, Civil War
"Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum." Maryland Humanities (September 1998): 27.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
The Official Museum Directory. Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1971-.
Notes: This guide has been published yearly since 1971. The American Association of Museums is the museum world's major professional organization, although it is oriented more towards large wealthy institutions.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
"Old Clear Spring Library Remembered." Maryland Cracker Barrel (Dec. 1999/Jan 2000): 26, 28.
Notes: The small, volunteer run, Clear Spring Library developed in a building which had served as a community kitchen and a soldier's canteen. The library existed only between the two great wars. This brief history is compiled from the quotes of community members.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Washington County
Parsons, Richard, ed. Guide to Specialized Subject Collections in Maryland Libraries. 2d ed. Baltimore: Baltimore County Public Library, 1974.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Pelsinsky, Amy. "Tales from the Cryptology Museum." Columbia Magazine (Summer 1995): 28-30.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Radoff, Morris L. "The Maryland Records in the Revolutionary War." American Archivist 37 (April 1974): 277-85.
Notes: Governmental records are always at risk during times of war. Maryland's records were in an even more precarious position during the Revolutionary War, the Maryland State House was under construction. Radoff discusses the movement of Maryland's records in attempts to keep them safe from harm. Also discussed in the theft of Cecil County land records by British troops.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Cecil County, Prince George's County
Requardt, Cynthia Horsburgh. "Women's Deeds in Women's Words: Manuscripts in the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Historical Magazine 73 (June 1978): 186-204.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
"Revolutionary War Museums and Sites of Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Summer 2001): 25.
Categories: African American, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Science and Technology, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Frederick County, Harford County, Washington County