The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Allman, William G. "Bethesda Park: 'The Handsomest Park in the United States'." Montgomery County Story 34 (August 1991): 165-76.
Notes: Amusement parks, often owned by the same individuals who controlled public transportation, encouraged the spread of development. Bethesda Park, which only existed for about five years, played such a role in Bethesda.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Along the Potomac Shore in Prince George's County: A Local History from Tanta-Cove Garden Club. Fort Washington, MD: The Tanta-Cove Garden Club, 1983.
Categories: County and Local History, Prince George's County
Althoff, Susanne. "Tangier Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 25 (August 1995): 44-49.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Althoff, Susanne. "Arnold." Annapolis 8 (January 1994): 30-32, 65-66.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Althoff, Susanne. "Destination Fells Point." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 26 (July 1996): 70-78, 80-81.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore City
Anderson, Elizabeth B. Annapolis: A Walk Through History. Centerville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1984.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Anderson, George M. "The Civil War Courtship of Richard Mortimer Williams and Rose Anderson of Rockville." Maryland Historical Magazine 80 (Summer 1985): 119-138.
Notes: The story of the couple's courtship taken from Williams's writings. Insight is offered into life in Rockville, the county seat, during that period.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County, Civil War
Anderson, George M. "Correspondence of Thomas Anderson of Rockville with his Parents, James and Mary Anderson, 1855 - 1859." Maryland Historical Magazine 78 (Spring 1983): 1-21.
Notes: Offers details of rural life in Montgomery County.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Anderton, Esther. "Application for Distillers' Licenses 1798-1801." Anne Arundel Speaks 4 (September 1978): 4-5; (December 1978): 3-4.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Anson, Melanie D. Olmsted's Sudbrook: The Making of a Community. Baltimore: Sudbrook Park, Inc., 1997.
Notes: Sudbrook Park is one of the few neighborhoods where Frank Law Olmsted's plan was carried out to its entirety. It is a nationally significant example of community design. It was the first, and most important, Olmsted suburb in the region.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
Armstrong, Kimberly. "Vindex: A Maryland Ghost Town." Journal of the Alleghenies 31 (1995): 119-24.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Twentieth Century, Garrett County
Armstrong, Kimberly. "Vindex, Maryland Ghost Town." Glades Star 7 (June 1995): 561-63.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
Arnold, Joseph L. "The Neighborhood and City Hall: The Origins of Neighborhood Associations in Baltimore, 1880-1911." Journal of Urban History 6 (November 1979): 3-30.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Arnold, Joseph L. "The Town That Would Not Die; Baltimore: Going Strong at 250." University of Maryland Magazine 7 (Summer/Fall 1979): 2-8.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore City
Arrington, Nellie, ed. Elk Ridge: A Bicentennial Journal. [Elkridge]: Elkridge Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County, Howard County
"Arthurdale, An Experiment That Worked." Glades Star 7 (March 1994): 342-45.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
Ashbury, John W. ...and all our yesterdays: A Chronicle of Frederick County, Maryland. Frederick, MD: Diversions Publications, 1997.
Notes: An unusual local history arranged in a datebook\\calendar format. Three to six events are given for each date, one is described in greater depth than the others in a 1-2 page essay. The book's excellent index makes this work amazingly useful.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Frederick County
Assateague Island National Seashore (Maryland): An Administrative History. Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, 1982.
Categories: County and Local History, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Tricentennial Community Associations History Committee. Association and Community Histories of Prince George's County. [Upper Marlboro, MD]: Prince George's County, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Prince George's County
Atlas of Howard County, Maryland, 1878. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Bicentennial Commission, Inc., 1975.
Notes: Originally part of G. M. Hopkins atlas.
Atrim, Shane. "A Blue Dog Night?" Maryland 27 (July/August 1995): [39].
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Charles County
Atterbury, G. E. "London Town Public House: Landmark from the Past." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 7 (June 1977): 24-26.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County
Baden, Jacqueline Heppes. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Place Apart. 2 vols. Rockville, MD: Travel on Tape, Book Division, 1990.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Badger, Curtis J. Worcester: A Pictorial Review. Accomac, VA: Eastern Shore News, Inc., 1974.
Categories: County and Local History, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Baker, Nancy T. "Annapolis, Maryland, 1695-1730." Maryland Historical Magazine 81 (Fall 1986): 191-209.
Notes: This study describes the first phase in Annapolis's development as an urban center. It covers the period in which the community progressed from a settlement to a city. This period was marked by three patterns of development -- the acquisition of land, a growth in the population, and the town's evolution as a market for imported goods.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County