The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Breen, T. H. Tobacco Culture: The Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters on the Eve of the Revolution. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Eighteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
Gibb, James G. "The Dorsey-Bibb Tobacco Flue: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Southern Maryland Agriculture." Calvert Historian 12 (Spring 1997): 4-20.
Categories: Agriculture, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Charles County, Calvert County, St. Mary's County
Middleton, Authur Pierce. Tobacco Coast: A Maritime History of the Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era. Newport News, VA: Mariners Museum, 1953.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
Sarudy, Barbara Wells. "Eighteenth-Century Gardens of the Chesapeake." A special issue of the Journal of Garden History: An International Quarterly 9 (July-Sept. 1989): 103-59.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Eighteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
Walsh, Lorena S. "Land, Landlord, and Leaseholder: Estate Management and Tenant Fortunes in Southern Maryland, 1642-1820." Agricultural History 59 (July 1985): 373-396.
Notes: Based on the astonishing records of a Jesuit-owned estate in Charles County that lasted for 175 years, Walsh examined 233 tenants, and the effect of their short term vs. long term leases on resource waste or conservation. The story explains how owners used leasing as a means for plantation development and as an alternative to slave labor.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Charles County, Calvert County, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Bourne, Michael. "Walter T. Pippin-Designer, Contractor and Builder." Old Kent 10 (Summer 1993): [3-9].
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Byron, Gilbert. Gilbert Byron's Chesapeake Seasons: A Cove Journal. Wye Mills, MD: Chesapeake College Press, 1987.
Notes: Poet and chronicler Gilbert Byron's columns were a popular feature in several Eastern Shore newspapers. This collection of observations and reminiscences culled from his newspaper writings are both biographical and lyrical in quality. Byron captures both an appreciation for a nostalgic past and an awareness of the social and economic changes occurring on his beloved shore.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Carter, Samuel, III. The Riddle of Dr. Mudd. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974.
Notes: Dr. Samuel Mudd (1833-1883) of Charles County is inextricably connected with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Convicted of aiding John Wilkes Booth by tending to his broken leg during his flight from Washington, Mudd served time at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas until his heroic efforts to save victims of a yellow fever epidemic helped earn an early release. Mudd's conduct and subsequent treatment in the aftermath of Lincoln's death has sparked a cottage industry of defenders and detractors.
Charbeneau, Jim. Shouts and Whispers: Stories from the Southern Chesapeake Bay. White Stone, VA: Brandylane Publishers, 1997.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Heller, Janet. "Saving Baltimore History and Keeping It in the Family." Historic Preservation News 33 (February 1993): 10-13.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Hinebaugh, John. "Historic Treasure Returned to Garrett." Glades Star 6 (March 1989): 268-69.
Notes: Meshach Browning's powder horn, shot pouch, and belt.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Garrett County
Hoffland, Dixie. "Dr. Samuel Mudd." Maryland 20 (Spring 1988): 48-52.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Medicine, Nineteenth Century, Charles County
Hosmer, Charles B., Jr. "Verne E. Chatelain and the Development of the Branch of History of the National Park Service." Public Historian 16 (Winter 1994): 24-38.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century
Hurley, Norma L. "Samuel Cox of Charles County." The Record 53 (October 1991): 1-6.
Kauffman, Michael W. "Historians Oppose Opening of Booth Grave." Civil War Times Illustrated 34 (May/June 1995): 26, 28-30, 71-78.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry. The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
McHale, John E. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination. Parsippany, NJ: Dillon Press, 1994.
"Major Charles Alexander Warfield, M.D. Rededication of Historic Marker and Marking of His Grave." Legacy 37 (December 1994): 6.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Eighteenth Century, Montgomery County
Parker, Willie J. Game Warden: Chesapeake Assignment. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1983.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Price, Walter W. "The Bashford Amphitheater's Name." Glades Star 6 (June 1990): 412-14.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Garrett County
Steers, Edward. The Escape and Capture of John Wilkes Booth. Brandywine, MD: Marker Tours, 1983.
Tidwell, William A. "Booth Crosses the Potomac: An Exercise in Historical Research." Civil War History 36 (December 1990): 325-33.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Charles County, Civil War
Turner, William H. Chesapeake Boyhood: Memoirs of a Farm Boy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Walker, Irma, and James T. Wollon, Jr. "George Archer's Life and Work." Harford Historical Bulletin 56 (Spring 1993): 35-57.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Harford County
"Watson Mondell Perrygo." The Record 31 - 32 (May - September 1984): 5-6.
Notes: Charles County naturalist.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Charles County