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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

"History of New Yarmouth." Kent Shoreman 9 (October 1974): 55ff.

Hodgson, Jonathan A. "Tolchester: Yesterday's Leisure." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 7 (July 1977): 8-11.

Hoopes, Roy. "Town and Gown." Maryland 22 (Spring 1990): 36-43.
Notes: Chestertown and Washington College.

Johnson, Robert J. Gravesend - Serene But Still Profound. Rock Hall, MD: American Revolution Bicentennial Committee of Rock Hall, 1975.
Notes: Chester River to Rock Hall on the Eastern Shore.

Jopp, Harold D. Rediscovery of the Eastern Shore: Delmarva Travelogues of the 1870s. Wye Mills, MD: Chesapeake College Press, 1986.
Notes: Reprints of articles by four different authors which appeared in the leading nineteenth century publications of <em>Harper's New Monthly Magazine</em>, <em>Lippincott's Magazine</em>, and <em>Scribner's Monthly</em>. The authors included noted illustrator Howard Pyle and Maryland writer George Townsend.

Kent County Guide. Chestertown, MD: Kent County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Lamkau, Paul V. "Notes on a Record of Deaths in a Parish in Calvert County, Maryland, 1900-1946." Calvert Historian 1 (October 1985): 29-31.

Livingston, Jay. "Reinventing Rock Hall." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 28 (May 1998): 50-57, 92-93.

McKerrow, Steve. "Destination: Chestertown." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 26 (January 1997): 44-51, 66-68.

Manchester, Andi. "Colonial Chestertown." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 21 (September 1991): 28-32.

Manchester, Andi. "A Cruising Family Visits Rock Hall." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 20 (October 1990): 34-38.

Moore, Dick. "Way Back When [Betterton]." Maryland 20 (Spring 1988): 53.

O'Malley, Catherine L. Odenton: The Town a Railroad Built. Annapolis and St. Michaels, MD: Published by the author, 1978.

Offutt, William M. Bethesda, a Social History. Bethesda, MD: The Innovation Game, 1995.
Notes: An attempt to present a comprehensive history of Bethesda and its surrounding communities, Montgomery County's seventh election district. The subjects covered in the appendices reflect the wide variety of material dealt with in the book overall. Appendices include "How to set duckpins" and "Rocky Mountain spotted Tick Fever."

Reps, John. Tidewater Towns: City Planning in Colonial Virginia and Maryland. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1972.
Notes: Early towns did not generally spring out of nowhere. Town planning was common and an important part of Chesapeake Maryland's colonial history. The government played an active role in the founding and formation of towns. Annapolis and the District of Columbia were unique in that their plans did not resemble those common amongst other English colonies.

Risjord, Norman K. Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1998.
Notes: A history of colonial Annpolis presented through the lives of eleven prominent citizens. Represented are a printer, a governor, a doctor, and a cabinetmaker. Included are such well known Maryland surnames as Carroll, Paca, Dulany, Chase, and Shaw.

Robinson, John M. "History of Pinehurst-Part II To the Forties." Anne Arundel County History Notes 21 (July 1990): 1-2, 7-8.

Simon, David, and Edward Burns. The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood. New York: Broadway Books, 1997.
Notes: The story of the people of a drug corner in Baltimore's Franklin Square neighborhood.

Sutton, Stanley B. Beyond the Roadgate: Kent County, 1900-1980. Privately published, 1983.
Notes: This history of twentieth century Kent was compiled by a former Agricultural Extension Officer. Naturally enough, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the agricultural and rural heritage of the County. Pivotal 1980 leaders of the county supply commentary on their areas of expertise.

Usilton, Fred.. G. History of Kent County Maryland 1630-1916. Privately printed, [1980?].

"The Volunteer Tradition." History Trails 9 (Autumn 1974): 1-8.
Notes: A history of Baltimore County's various volunteer fire companies, arranged by location and order of development.

"Washington's Views of Kent County." Old Kent 12 (Spring 1995): 1-2.

Wennersten, John R. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1992.
Notes: Wennersten's goal is to make the reader understand the distinct society that is the eastern shore through discussion of the area's agricultural life, its race relations, and maritime society. Brief histories are given of some communities and mention made of some influential people.

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