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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Gough, Al. "All is Quiet Along the Potomac or Did J. Frank Raley Really Give the River Away?" Chronicles of St. Mary's 44 (Summer 1996): 113-26.

Gude, Gilbert. Small Town Destiny: The Story of 5 Small Towns along the Potomac Valley. Mt. Airy, MD: Lomond Publications, 1989.

Guyther, J. Roy. Charlotte Hall, The Village Which Grew From a School: Two Hundred Years, 1797-1997. Mechanicsville, MD: J. R. Guyther, 1997.

Hammett, Regina Combs. "Leonardtown, Maryland." Chronicles of St. Mary's 28 (October 1980): 233-56.

Hammett, Regina Combs. "St. Mary's County Maryland and World War I." Chronicles of St. Mary's 35 (Summer 1987): 17-48.

Hawkins, Francis, Jr. "Olney-What a Difference 80 Years Makes!" Legacy 19 (Spring 1999): 1, 4-5.

Hiebert, Ray Eldon, and Richard K. MacMaster. A Grateful Remembrance: The Story of Montgomery County, Maryland. Rockville, MD: Montgomery County Government and the Montgomery County Historical Society, 1976.
Notes: An attempt to compile a definitive history of the County. It focusses on Montgomery's development and its institutions against the backdrop of national events. No emphasis is placed on important people and families. Each chapter is footnoted. Both primary and secondary sources were used. There is a substantial bibliography, an index, and an appendix of County political office holders.

Himmelheber, Peter. "A Ramble Down Ramble: The Road from St. Joseph Chapel to St. Aloysius Chapel." Chronicles of St. Mary's 47 (Spring 1999): 354-59.
Notes: A study of the land patents along a road which once ran between two religious congregations.

Himmelheber, Peter. "St. George's Island Revisited." Chronicles of St. Mary's 46 (Winter 1998): 332-37.

Historic and Architectural Guide to the Rockville Pike-Indian Path to the Golden Mile. Rockville, MD: Peerless Rockville, 1995.

Holman, Doree Germaine. Old Bethesda. Bethesda Not So Old. Gaithersburg, MD: [Franklin Press], [1956].
Notes: A compilation of articles that three local historians wrote for Bethesda newspapers.

Hughes, Elizabeth. "A Profile of Chaptico in 1821: The Partition of Philip Key's Real Estate." Chronicles of St. Mary's 43 (Fall 1995): 49-62.
Notes: A history of this commercial community as interpreted by the 1821 survey and plat developed for the division of Key's estate.

Jarboe, J. Patrick. "St. Mary's City Motel." Chronicles of St. Mary's 32 (October 1984): 193.

Kelley, Owen. How Glen Echo Park Joined the National Park Service. Greenbelt, MD: Owen Kelley, 1999.

King, Julia A. "Rural Life in Mid-19th Century St. Mary's County: The Susquehanna Farm at Cedar Point." Chronicle of St. Mary's 38 (Spring 1990): 289-300.
Notes: A discussion of the nineteenth century rural character of St. Mary's County as seen through life at Susquehanna Farm. Two worlds inhabited the farm. The world of the land owner and his family and the world of the slaves who worked the farm.

Knott, Harry C. Coroners Inquest of St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1821-1921. St. Leonard, MD: Harry C. Knott, 1993.

Kummerow, Burton K. "Our Towne We Call St. Maries." Maryland Humanities (August/September 1993): 2-5.

Kytle, Elizabeth L. Time Was: A Cabin John Memory Book; Interviews with 18 Old-Timers. Cabin John, MD: Cabin John Citizens' Association, 1976.

Larsen, Hal. "35 Years Ago!" Maryland Cracker Barrel 18 (April 1989): 18-19.
Notes: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on C&O Canal hike.

Long, Helen R. Index for the Montgomery County Section of Scharf's History of Western Maryland, Volume 1. Topeka, KS: Copy Center, 1988.

Lubar, Steven. "Trolley Lines Land Speculation and Community-Building: The Early History of Woodside Park, Silver Spring, Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 81 (Winter 1986): 316-29.
Notes: The early twentieth century history of Silver Spring is a part of the larger picture of the development of Washington, D.C.'s suburban growth.

Lumpkins, Maggie Henderson. "Memories of St. George Island." Chronicles of St. Mary's 40 (Spring 1992): 104-6.

McCoy, Frederick L. "Maryland and St. Mary's County Men in the Revolution." Chronicles of St. Mary's 30 (September 1982): 481-86.

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

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