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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Wiser, Vivian. "Maryland in the Early Land-Grant College Movement." Agricultural History 36 (1962): 194-199.

Adams, Sandra Ludwig. "The Legacy of Elisha Tyson, Venerable Citizen." Maryland Magazine 14 (Autumn 1981): 22-25.

Adler, Georgia. "How Distinctly I Now Recollect What Then Passed: The Journals of William E. Bartlett." Maryland Humanities (March/April 1994): 2-3.

Ambrose, Stephen E., and Richard H. Immerman. Milton S. Eisenhower: Educational Statesman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983.

Callcott, George H., ed. Forty Years as a College President: Memoirs of Wilson Elkins. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, 1981.

Carroll, Kenneth L. "The Berry Brothers of Talbot County, Maryland: Early Antislavery Leaders." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 1-9.

Clague, Cristin D. "The Calverts: Migration in History." Calvert Historian 13 (Fall 1998): 19-24.

De Pasquale, Sue. "Merchant with a Plan and a Vision." Johns Hopkins Magazine 41 (June 1989): 36-37.
Notes: Johns Hopkins.

Fletcher, Charlotte. "John McDowell, Federalist: President of St. John's College." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 242-51.

Foster, James W., and Susan R. Falk. George Calvert: The Early Years. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983.

Futrell, Roger H. "Zachariah Riney: Lincoln's First Schoolmaster." Lincoln Herald 74 (1972): 136-142.

Grauer, Nell. "Milton Stover Eisenhower, 1899-1985." Johns Hopkins Magazine 36 (June 1985): 48-53.

Hoffman, Ronald. Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500 - 1782. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press/Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, 2000.
Notes: Among the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Maryland's Charles Carroll of Carrollton was conspicuously different from most of his colleagues. Fabulously wealthy and Roman Catholic, Carroll was very aware of his family's origins as traditional leaders in their former Irish homeland. Ronald Hoffman skillfully recounts the story of this family's successful struggle to maintain its status in the face of official religious intolerance. In surveying the path that led from Ely O'Carroll in Ireland to the shores of the Chesapeake, Hoffman helps explain why a very conservative family would embrace the cause of revolution.

Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz. The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

Jacob, Kathryn A. "Mr. Johns Hopkins." Johns Hopkins Magazine 25 (January 1974): 13-17.

Johnston, Sona K. "Friendship and Patronage: A Nineteenth-Century Tradition." Maryland Humanities (March/April 1994): 10-12.

Kellman, Naomi. "Dr. Samson Benderly." Generations 4 (December 1983): 25-31.

Krech, Shepard, III. Praise the Bridge That Carries You Over: The Life of Joseph L. Sutton. Boston: G. K. Hall and Co. (cloth); Cambridge, MD: Chenkman Publishing Co. (paper), 1981.
Notes: Biography of a black resident of Miles River Neck in Talbot County. Based on extensive oral history interviews, this personal narrative by a long-time Talbot County resident offers a unique look at the life of African Americans on the Eastern Shore. Joseph Sutton (1885-1980) led a long and eventful life, and his reminiscences are rich in personal detail. In addition to his own experiences, Sutton's words are a valuable source for understanding the personal impact of racism on African Americans.

McClain, William H. "William Kurrelmeyer: German-American 1874-1957." Report of the Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland 37 (1978): 8-18.
Notes: Biographical sketch of German professor at Johns Hopkins University.

"Meet Talbot's Delegates." Historical Society of Talbot County Newsletter (Fall 1987): 1-2.

Middleton, Arthur Pierce. "William Smith: Godfather and First President of St. John's College." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 235-41.

Omerod, Dana Evans. Robert E. Lee: President of Washington College, 1865-1870. Ph.D. diss., Kent State University, 1993.

Parker, Franklin. George Peabody: A Biography. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1971; revised edition, 1995.

Preston, Dickson J. Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
Notes: There are a number of excellent biographies of Frederick Douglass including works by Eric Foner, William McFeeley and Benjamin Quarles. For the student of Maryland history, Preston's short but well-researched book focuses on the first twenty years of Douglass' life spent in Talbot County and Baltimore City. His experiences as a slave in Maryland shaped his subsequent career and thus are critical to understanding one of the greatest spokesmen for human rights.

Rothberg, Morey. "Historic Beginnings." Johns Hopkins Magazine 48 (June 1996): 53-60.

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