The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
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
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
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
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Yellow Springs." Frederick Magazine (December 1992): 12-13.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Environment, Music and Theater, Native American, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County
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
The History of Dudley's Chapel, Sudlersville, Maryland, 1783-1983. Centreville, MD: Dudley's Chapel Preservation Society, 1983.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Hoffman, Charles W. "The Indian Names of Frederick County." Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc., Newsletter (May 1991): 2.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Native American, Before 1600 AD, Frederick County
Immler, Alice Cockey. "Memories of Kent Island." Isle of Kent (Summer 1992): 7-8.
Isaac, Erich. "Kent Island." Maryland Historical Magazine 52 (1957): 93-119, 210-232.
Notes: Kent Island was founded in 1631 by William Claiborne. This article provides a description of the community during its early history. Discussed are the manors, the religious congregations, the towns, and the trades. Included is a list of the indentured servants residing there.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Seventeenth Century, Queen Anne's County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Jopp, Harold D. Rediscovery of the Eastern Shore: Delmarva Travelogues of the 1870s. Wye Mills, MD: Chesapeake College Press, 1986.
Notes: Reprints of articles by four different authors which appeared in the leading nineteenth century publications of <em>Harper's New Monthly Magazine</em>, <em>Lippincott's Magazine</em>, and <em>Scribner's Monthly</em>. The authors included noted illustrator Howard Pyle and Maryland writer George Townsend.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Kelbaugh, Jack. "The Shipley's Choice Tract; Part II: More Than Three Centuries of Fascinating History." Anne Arundel County History Notes 20 (April 1989): 1-3.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Native American, Transportation and Communication, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
"Kit Wesler's Manuscript on Claiborne's Trading Post." Isle of Kent (Summer 1991): 227-28.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Lanham, Paul T. "Why 'Upper'?" News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 17 (May 1989): 27.
Notes: Upper and Lower Marlboro.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Native American, Eighteenth Century, Prince George's County
Reps, John. Tidewater Towns: City Planning in Colonial Virginia and Maryland. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1972.
Notes: Early towns did not generally spring out of nowhere. Town planning was common and an important part of Chesapeake Maryland's colonial history. The government played an active role in the founding and formation of towns. Annapolis and the District of Columbia were unique in that their plans did not resemble those common amongst other English colonies.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Nineteenth Century, 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
Rhodes, Harry C. Queenstown: The Social History of a Small American Town. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1985.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Riley, Elihu S. "The Ancient City." History of Annapolis, in Maryland. 1649-1887. 1887; reprint, Annapolis: Anne Arundel County Bicentennial Commission, 1976.
Notes: A reprint of an 1887 work. It is largely arranged by date, presenting important events which occurred in the city during the years. Interspersed amongst these dates are occasional chapters written on a theme, covering a span of years, such as theater, the state house, and "Illustrious Anapolitans." It is very well indexed and includes an abridgement of Father Andrew White's Journal.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Music and Theater, Native American, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Robbins, Charles L. "Seventeenth Century Harford County." Harford Historical Bulletin 62 (Fall 1994): 159-74.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Native American, Seventeenth Century, Harford County
Schoch, Mildred C., comp. The Endeavours & Exertions of Queen Anne's County, Maryland During the Revolutionary War 1775-1783. N.p.: [Queen Anne's County Bicentennial Commission, 1976].
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Eighteenth Century, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Shipe, Bess Patterson. "Claiborne's Camelot." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (April 1989): 72-75.
Notes: William Claiborne and Kent Island.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Speed, Bettye. "Bloody Point and its Legends." Isle of Kent (Summer 1990): 196-97.
Szabo, Steve. The Eastern Shore. Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1976.
Notes: Photographic essay.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Fine and Decorative Arts, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Truitt, Reginald V. The Saga of Blunt's Warehouse, Kent Island, Maryland. Queen Anne's County Historical Society, 1980.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Vojtech, Pat. "New Age at Kent Narrows." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 (April 1993): 30-35.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Vojtech, Pat. "Wye Island." Maryland 21 (Summer 1989): 16-23.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Environment, Twentieth Century, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Walton, John M., Jr. "Prince George's Genesis." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society, 20 (August 1992): 3-4.
Categories: County and Local History, Native American, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Prince George's County