The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Peden, Henry C., Jr. Historical Register of the Sparrows Point Police Department, 1901-1986. Bel Air, MD: Published by the author, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
"Prose from a Farm Ledger." History Trails 11 (Autumn 1976): 1-6.
Notes: Charles Jessop (1759-1828).
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County
Ranzetta, Kirk E. "From Rat Proof Corn Cribs to St. Peter's Chapel: The Builders and Buildings in Leonardtown." Chronicles of St. Mary's 46 (Fall 1998): 301-12.
Notes: A history of Leonardtown as seen through the works of a group of nineteenth century architects and builders.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Reflections: Sparrows Point, MD, 1887-1975. Dundalk, MD: Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County
Roberts, Keith. A History of the Back River Neck Peninsula. Published by the author, [1993].
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Baltimore County
Robinson, John M. "History of Pinehurst-Part I." Anne Arundel County History Notes 21 (January 1990): 3-4.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Maritime, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Robinson, John M. "History of Pinehurst-Part II To the Forties." Anne Arundel County History Notes 21 (July 1990): 1-2, 7-8.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Medicine, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Robinson, Ophelia McKay. "Richard McKay of Maryland and Kentucky." Chronicles of St. Mary's 30 (June 1982): 457-63.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Sargeant, Jeanne B. "The Enduring Rows of Rodgers Forge." Baltimore 68 (July 1975): 28-32.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
Scharf, John Thomas. The Chronicles of Baltimore. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1989 [1874].
Scharf, John Thomas. History of Baltimore City and County from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1881; reprint, Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1971.
Notes: One of Maryland's earliest local histories. A multi-faceted approach, with much useful genealogical material, special emphasis is given to the traditional leaders of the community.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Sherman, Frederick Barreda. "The DeBarreda and DeBarril Families, The House at Drum Point, and the Phantom Railway that Never Was." Calvert Historian 1 (October 1984): 18-28.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Calvert County
Slattery, Bradleigh V. Lord Baltimore's Gunpowder Manor-Baltimore County, now the Long Green Valley. Baldwin, MD: Published by the author, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County
Smith, E. B. "Some Memories of Old Fairhaven." Anne Arundel County History Notes 23 (April 1992): 7, 9.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Steffen, Charles G. From Gentlemen to Townsmen: The Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1660-1776. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993.
Strauss, Mary. "Engle's Mill ... A Necessity of the Past." Glades Star 5 (June 1979): 159-63.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Garrett County
Sweeting, Les. "Who Was Who on Ralston Avenue, Hyattsville." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 21 (April 1994): [2-4].
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Sword, Gerald J. "House Cove Point Lookout State Park." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (July 1978): 391-402.
Notes: This article compiled all available information on House Cove. It, therefore, serves as a good example of the wide variety of resources that can be found and utilized when researching a Maryland property.
Categories: Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Tack, George E. "The Romantic Gwynn's Falls Valley." History Trails 26 (Autumn 1991-Winter 1991-92): 1-5.
Notes: A reprint of poet Tack's 1907 <em>Maryland Monthly Magazine</em> article describing the Valley, its businesses, its mills, its homes, etc., including the natural world. It ends with a poem by Folger McKinsey and one by Tack on the Valley.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Thomas, Dawn F., and Robert Barnes. The Green Spring Valley-Its History and Heritage. 2 vols. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1978.
Notes: One of the largest histories dedicated to a Maryland locale. The first half of the first volume includes intensive information on the area's land grants, biographical sketches of early settlers, a discussion of the economic development of the area, histories of the area's religious congregations, the areas educational institutions, and horse culture. The second portion deals with the history of the area's houses and the people who lived in them. The second volume, by Robert Barnes, is a genealogy of 32 major families.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Education, Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Baltimore County
Thomas, James W., and T.J.C. Williams. History of Allegany County, Maryland. 2 vols. [Cumberland, MD?]: L. R. Titsworth & company, 1923; reprint, Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1969.
Toomey, Daniel Carroll. A History of Relay, Maryland, and the Thomas Viaduct. Published by The Author, 1975.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Howard County
Toomey, Daniel Carroll. A History of Relay, Maryland, and the Thomas Viaduct. Baltimore: Toomey Press, 1984; revised edition. Linthicum, MD: Toomey Press, 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Howard County
Tracey, Grace L., and John P. Dern. Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.
Notes: A history of that portion of Prince George's County that in 1748 became Frederick County as told through the stories of the original land patents and their owners. The appendix includes many handy lists including a list of 1733-1734 inhabitants, early German Settlers, and Frederick County Muster Rolls, ca. 1757.
Categories: County and Local History, Ethnic History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Frederick County, Prince George's County
Tucker, Barclay Earl. "History of Forest Hill." Harford Historical Bulletin 29 (Summer 1986): 53-83.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Religion, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Harford County