The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
"Local Bagpipe Band Marks 20th Anniversary." Glades Star 9 (September 1999): 106-9.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Garrett County
Myers, J., and C. Kennedy. "The Last Words: Baltimore Multiculturalism...and furthermore." Sing Out 38 (May/June/July 1993): 134-35.
Categories: African American, Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Baltimore City
Ritchey, David. "The Baltimore Theater and the Yellow Fever Epidemic." Maryland Historical Magazine 67 (1972): 298-301.
Categories: Medicine, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
Ritchey, David. "Baltimore's Eighteenth-Century French Theatre." Southern Speech Communication Journal 38 (1972): 164-167.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
Wolf, Edward C. "Two Divergent Traditions of German-American Hymnody in Maryland circa 1800." American Music (Fall 1985): 299-312.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Religion, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Zuker, Adolf E. "The History of the German Theatre in Baltimore." The Germanic Review 18 (1943): 122-35.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Archives, and Manuscripts. The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1980.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Baltimore History Network. Baltimore's Past: A Directory of Historical Sources. Baltimore: Baltimore History Group, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Beirne, Francis F. "The Four Merchants." In The Amiable Baltimoreans. New York, 1951; reprint, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Music and Theater, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Cavanaugh, Joanne P. "Uncertainty in the Archives." Johns Hopkins Magazine 49 (November 1997): 28-33.
Notes: A well written discussion of the varied archival repositories of The Johns Hopkins University. Serves as a useful introduction to the nature of archives, including a discussion of the problems with electronic records.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Cox, Richard J. "Opportunities for Maryland Medical History Research at the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland State Medical Journal 23 (June 1974): 56.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Fishman, Bernard P. "Back to East Baltimore. An Introduction to the New Jewish Heritage Center." Generations (Fall 1986): 10-11.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Religion, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Fishman, Bernard P. "Making the Jewish Museum of Maryland." Generations (Fall 1998): 26-34.
Notes: An involved discussion of the 1990s construction of the museum's new museum, complete with problems and foibles, written by the man who directed the project.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Religion, Twentieth Century
Hollowak, Thomas L. "Maryland Genealogy and Family History: A Bibliography, 1987-1989." Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin 33 (Summer 1992): 484-530.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Jackl, W. E. "Station Number Eleven of the Enoch Pratt Free Library." Journal of Library History 7 (1972): 141-156.
Notes: East Baltimore's Station Number Eleven, which began in two rooms in a settlement house was amazingly successful in servicing its Jewish immigrant population with very mere resources. This article includes some discussion in the early 20th century library controversy of whether or not libraries should collection non-English works. Also stressed is the role the public library played in the Americanization of the immigrant.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Jensen, Joseph E. "Bibliographies from the Faculty Library: 145 Years of Service." Maryland State Medical Journal 24 (June 1975): 40-44.
Notes: Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland Library.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Kellman, Naomi. "From File Drawer to Heritage Center: A Brief History of the Jewish Historical Society." Generations (Fall 1986): 9.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. Oral History in Maryland: A Directory. Edited by Larry E. Sullivan. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1981.
Notes: Although it is very outdated, this directory should serve be the starting point for anyone attempting to locate oral history collections relevant to Maryland. Collections surveyed were not only in institutional hands (schools, libraries, and historical agencies) but also belonged to governmental agencies and private individuals. Included are DC and PA collections of potential interest.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century
Lamberg, Lynne. "Preserving the Life of a Lab." Johns Hopkins Magazine 49 (November 1997): 34-35.
Notes: A discussion of the specialized collection of the Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
McCall, Nancy, and Harold Kanarek. "The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 56 (Spring 1982): 88-92.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
McCall, Nancy, and Lisa A. Mix. "Scholarly Returns: Patterns of Research in a Medical Archives." Archivaria 41 (Spring 1996): 158-87.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Medicine, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Maryland, Our Maryland: An Ethnic and Cultural Directory. Baltimore: Baltimore Council for International Visitors, 1975.
Maryland Statistical Abstract. Annapolis: Department of Economic Development, 1967-.
Notes: This source provides data on nearly every aspect of Maryland and the live's of its citizens.
Categories: Agriculture, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century
Miller, Joseph M. "The Library of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland." Maryland Medical Journal 42 (February 1993): 196-97.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Nitzberg, Gertrude Singer. "The Music Library of the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, Inc." Generations 3 (December 1982): 37-38.
Notes: A discussion of the development of an oral history program to capture Yiddish songs. The Society was also actively collecting old Jewish 78 rpm records and sheet music.
Categories: Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City