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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Kelbaugh, Jack. "The Shipley's Choice Tract; Part II: More Than Three Centuries of Fascinating History." Anne Arundel County History Notes 20 (April 1989): 1-3.

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.

Lanham, Paul T. "Why 'Upper'?" News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 17 (May 1989): 27.
Notes: Upper and Lower Marlboro.

Lister, Dawn Sheets. "Calvert County Maryland: The Physical and Human Geography of the 'Charm of the Chesapeake'." Calvert Historian 11 (Spring 1996): 43-55.

Manchester, Andi. "Solomon's Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 21 (July 1991): 32-37.

Noll, Eva Owings Davies. "The First Calvert County Fair." Calvert Historian 5 (Fall 1990): 7-8.
Notes: Bug art.

Northam, Jack C. "Solomon's Remembered." Calvert Historian 8 (Fall 1993): 12-19.

Pearl, Susan. "Short History of Huntington (Old Bowie)." Friends of Preservation Newsletter (Spring 1987): 6-7.

Pogue, Dennis J. "Calverton, Calvert County, Maryland, 1668-1725." Calvert Historian 9 (Spring 1994): 68-79.

Pogue, Dennis J. "Calverton, Calvert County, Maryland: 1668-1725." Maryland Historical Magazine 80 (Winter 1985): 371-376.
Notes: Calverton, the originally county seat of Calvert County, was one of the few towns in Colonial Southern Maryland. The discovery of an 1862 plat of this town, the earliest know plat of a Maryland town, greatly added to the information available on the town. Calverton is now believed to be of much greater importance than previously thought. It was an prominent governmental, economic, and population center.

Pogue, Dennis J. King's Reach and 17th-Century Plantation Life. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Historical and Cultural Publications, 1990.
Notes: A discussion of the archeological digs at King's Reach and what the findings tell of life at the time, focussing on what can be learned of the plantation's physical layout.

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.

Riley, Elihu S. "The Ancient City." History of Annapolis, in Maryland. 1649-1887. 1887; reprint, Annapolis: Anne Arundel County Bicentennial Commission, 1976.
Notes: A reprint of an 1887 work. It is largely arranged by date, presenting important events which occurred in the city during the years. Interspersed amongst these dates are occasional chapters written on a theme, covering a span of years, such as theater, the state house, and "Illustrious Anapolitans." It is very well indexed and includes an abridgement of Father Andrew White's Journal.

Robbins, Charles L. "Seventeenth Century Harford County." Harford Historical Bulletin 62 (Fall 1994): 159-74.

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.

Shomette, Donald G. "Incident at Solomons." Bugeye Times 13 (Spring 1988): 3, 6.

"Solomons: The Cradle of Invasion." Bugeye Times 23 (Summer 1998): 1, 6.

Spencer, Duncan. "The Wisdom of Solomons." Annapolitan 3 (August 1989): 42-46, 48, 50.
Notes: Solomons Island.

Stein, Charles Francis, Jr. The History of Calvert County. Prince Frederick, MD: Calvert County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Stout, Harriet M. "Chesapeake Beach: The Act to Incorporate the Town." Calvert Historian 8 (Spring 1993): 38-47.

The Swanpoodle Book: A Walk Through History, Lower Marlboro, Then and Now. Lower Marlboro, MD: Calvert County Public Schools, 1983.

Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "The Town of Herrington, c. 1667-c. 1700." Anne Arundel County History Notes 29 (July 1998): 1-2, 9-12.

Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "The Town of Herrington, c.1667-c.1700." Calvert Historian 13 (Spring 1998): 45-61.
Notes: Same article as in <em>Anne Arundel County History Notes</em>.

Vojtech, Pat. "Destination: Solomons." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 26 (October 1996): 104-13.

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