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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Knepper, Cathy Dee. The Gospel According to Greenbelt: Community Life in Greenbelt, Maryland, 1935-1990. Ph.D. diss., University of Maryland at College Park, 1993.

Kraus, Walter L. "Belle Chance at Andrews Air Force Base: A Piece of Maryland's Past." Maryland Historical Magazine 83 (Fall 1988): 268-73.
Notes: Kraus argues that Andrews has the most historic setting of any airforce base in the country. He then goes on to discuss the history of the ownership of the land and the history of Belle Chance, a house on base.

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.

Laureys, Elizabeth. "The Past is Prologue: The Town Center's Early History." Riverdale Town Crier 23 (May 1993): 5.

Lucas, Townsend M. "Fairmount Heights, Prince George's County, Maryland: A 1910 Census Construction with Historical Notes." Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society 9 (Spring 1988): 3-28.

McElrath, Doug. "Riverdale Park: The Story Behind the Name." Riverdale Town Crier 27 (May 1998): 1, 10.

McGuckian, Eileen S. F. Scott Fitzgerald's Rockville: A Guide to Rockville, Maryland, in the 1920s. Rockville, MD: Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, 1996.

Markwood, Louis N. The Forest Glen Trolley and the Early Development of Silver Spring. Edited by Randolph Kean. Arlington, VA: National Capital Historical Museum of Transportation, [1975].

Mellin, Jack. "Green Haven Advertising Brochures." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (January 1991): 9; (April 1991): 9-10.

"Model City: Greenbelt, Maryland." Grand Street 13 (Fall 1994): 97-109.

Nast, Leonara Heilig, Laurence N. Krause, and R. C. Monk, eds. Baltimore. A Living Renaissance. Baltimore: Historic Baltimore Society, Inc., 1982.
Notes: An eclectic mix of over eighty essays, authored by a broad spectrum of individuals, on topics that illustrate the renaissance that Baltimore experienced during the 1960s and 1970s. Organized under such broad topics as "Baltimore Builds","Social Perspective","The Arts", and "What Makes Baltimore Baltimore" the broad range of subjects covered include Baltimore night life, public housing, television and radio, football, aging services, and influential political and community figures. Includes a brief chronology of the City's redevelopment, 1937-1981.

Norton, Darlie. A History of Suitland. Prince George's County, Maryland. .. 1867-1976. Published by the author, 1976.

Nurnberger, Ralph D. "The Great Baltimore Deluge of 1817." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Winter 1974): 405-8.
Notes: Calamities are popular topics for local historians. This discussion of a major flood of the Jones Falls, in Old Town Baltimore, includes an eyewitness account.

Olesker, Michael. Michael Olesker's Baltimore. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
Notes: Selection of columns from the <em>News American</em> and <em>Baltimore Sun</em>, covering the years 1979-1994. His topics include politicians, sports, eccentrics. He presents a loving picture of Baltimore during the last quarter of the twentieth century without overlooking the problems, such as crime, drugs, and poverty, which plague the city.

Papenfuse, Edward C. "What's in a Name? Why Should We Remember?" News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 24 (June/July 1996): 1-5.

Pearl, Susan G., Marina King, and Howard S. Berger. Historic Contexts in Prince George's County: Short Papers on Settlement Patterns, Transportation and Cultural History. Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1991.

Phipps, George Mitchell. "Mitchellville--The Early Years." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 16 (May 1988): 12-14.

Prince George's Community County: An Oral History Collection by Students of Prince George's Community College. Largo, MD: Prince George's Community College, 1986.

Randall, Frances E. Mirror on Frederick Through 250 Years. [Frederick, MD]: Great Southern Printing & Manufacturing Co., 2000.

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.

Risjord, Norman K. Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1998.
Notes: A history of colonial Annpolis presented through the lives of eleven prominent citizens. Represented are a printer, a governor, a doctor, and a cabinetmaker. Included are such well known Maryland surnames as Carroll, Paca, Dulany, Chase, and Shaw.

Riverdale (Prince George's County, MD). 75th Anniversary Book Committee. The Riverdale Story: Mansion to Municipality. Riverdale, MD: Town of Riverdale, 1996.

Rodricks, Dan. Baltimore: Charm City. Memphis, TN: Towery Publishing, Inc., 1997.

Rodricks, Dan. Mencken Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Tales of Baltimore In The 1980s. Baltimore, MD: Sunspot Books, 1989.
Notes: Compilation of articles that appeared in <em>The Baltimore Sun</em>.

Sarson, Steven James. Wealth, Poverty and Labor in the Tobacco Plantation South: Prince George's County, Maryland, in the Early National Era. Ph.D. diss., Johns Hopkins University, 1998.

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