The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Fee, Elizabeth, Linda Shopes, and Linda Zeidman, eds. The Baltimore Book: New Views of Local History. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1991.
Notes: Eleven essays documenting the working class history of Baltimore, stretching across many of Baltimore's neighborhoods -- from Federal Hill to Hampden, Edmondson Village to Dundalk. This work grew out of a "People's History Tour of Baltimore." Each chapter includes a map of relevant sites. There are fifteen interviews. It is well illustrated and includes an excellent bibliography.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Feldman, Gregory, and M. Stephen Ailstock. "Greenbury Point: The Interplay of History and Ecology." Maryland Historical Magazine 90 (Summer 1995): 216-20.
Notes: This author sees a strong connection between history and ecology. He argues that the same environmental factors which drew people to colonize Greenbury Point, the town known as Providence, and were responsible for its early success, also brought about its failure as an economic center.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Anne Arundel County
Filby, Vera Ruth. "The History of Friendship." Anne Arundel County History Notes 5 (January 1974): [4]; 6 (October 1974): [3-4].
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Filby, Vera Ruth. "From Forest to Friendship." Maryland Historical Magazine 71 (Spring 1976): 93-102.
Notes: A history of the area which now houses the Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Howard County
Fitz, Virginia White. Spirit of Shady Side: Peninsular Life, 1664-1984. Shady Side, MD: Shady Side Peninsular Association, Inc., 1984.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Fleming, Kevin. Annapolis: The Spirit of the Chesapeake Bay. Annapolis, MD: Portfolio Press, 1988.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Chesapeake Region
Ford, Elise. "Happy Anniversaries." Mid-Atlantic Country 16 (May 1995): 78-81.
Notes: Annapolis.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Foster, Sally. The Private World of Smith Island. New York: Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1993.
Notes: A juvenile audience photo book which addresses the question of "What is it like to live on an island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay."
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
"From Statehouse to Statehouse." Maryland 27 (March/April 1995): 63, 65-66.
Glascock, Judith C. "Solomons, the Early Years." Calvert Historian 8 (Spring 1993): 14-26.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Family History and Genealogy, Maritime, Calvert County
Glen Burnie: A Pictorial History, 1888-1988. [Glen Burnie?]: Northern Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce, [1988?].
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Goyette, Barbara. "The Real Annapolis." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 (October 1992): 36-39, 56.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Greene, Carroll, Jr. "The Rebuff That Inspired a Town." Maryland 7 (Summer 1975): 49-52.
Notes: Highland Beach.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Grimes, Michael A. "Sources for Documenting Baltimore's Suburban Landscape." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 163-68.
Notes: Grimes discusses a variety of sources useful for studying Baltimore's expansion -- maps, deeds, tax assessments, newspapers, building permits, and photographs. He describes where to find them and how to use them.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Haefner, Dick. "Dining and Discovery." Annapolis Quarterly (Spring 1996): 86-89.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Hanyok, Laura A. "The Chesapeake Beach Resort." Calvert Historian 7 (Fall 1992): 14-20.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Calvert County, Prince George's County
"Happy Birthday, Annapolis?" A Briefe Relation 16 (Winter 1994): 6.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Harp, David W., and Tom Horton. Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Notes: A photo essay on the environmental plight of the Eastern Shore, special attention is paid to the area's natural history and the life of the watermen.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Hauswald, Nancy C. "Eastport." Annapolis 8 (March 1994): 14-16, 57.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Hodges, Allen A., and Carol A. Hodges, eds. Washington on Foot: 25 Walking Tours of Washington, DC, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, and Historic Annapolis, Maryland. Rev. ed. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Holland, Jeffrey. "Eastport: A Loving Portrait." Annapolitan 2 (March 1988): 33-39, 49-53.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Hughes, Elizabeth. "Founded on Steam: A History of Claiborne, Maryland." Weather Gauge 28 (Fall 1992): 19-22.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Talbot County
Hurst, Harold W. "The Northernmost Southern Town: A Sketch of Pre-Civil War Annapolis." Maryland Historical Magazine 76 (Fall 1981): 240-49.
Notes: Hurst argues that in 1860 Annapolis was the only culturally southern town in Maryland. While Baltimore was developing during the nineteenth century, Annapolis, in many ways, remained static, keeping its earlier essence. Hurst's description of Annapolis includes the economy, the citizens, the places, and the churches.
Categories: County and Local History, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Hutchings, Kristin E. "Annapolis: City of Traditions." Mid-Atlantic Country 15 (May 1994): 82-87.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Jensen, Ann. "All Aboard for Odenton." Annapolitan 7 (March 1993): 36-41.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County