The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Wilson, Woodrow T. Crisfield, Maryland, 1676-1976. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1977.
Notes: A scrapbook conglomeration of information on Crisfield, its peoples, and the nearby island communities and the town of Marion. Written for the American Bicentennial there is a great deal of emphasis placed on the town's celebration, including special projects and the time capsule. Heavy in genealogical information, it also includes brief histories of local businesses and photographs of major Somerset County historic houses.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Military, Somerset County, Eastern Shore
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.
Blake, Allison, and Tom Dove. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 1992; 2d edition, Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Chesapeake Region
Papenfuse, Edward C., and Joseph M. Coale III. The Hammond-Harwood House Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982.
Categories: Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture
Rambo, Kyle. "A Small Mammal Survey of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Including the First Records for the Southeastern Shrew (Sorex longirostris) and Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus) from St. Mary's County, Maryland." Maryland Naturalist 41 (July/December 1997): 87-88.
Categories: Environment, Military, Science and Technology, St. Mary's County
Thompson, Derek, Charles E. Murphy, Joseph W. Wiedel, and Frank W. Porter, eds. Atlas of Maryland. College Park: University of Maryland Department of Geography, 1977.
Breslaw, Elaine G. "Wit, Whimsy, and Politics: The Uses of Satire by the Tuesday Club of Annapolis, 1744 to 1756." William and Mary Quarterly, 3d series, 32 (April 1975): 295-306.
Notes: An introduction to the group of Annapolis wits whose humorous proceedings have survived in a manuscript at the Johns Hopkins University. The antics of the Tuesday Club open a window on the climate of civil discourse that characterized the Golden Era in Annapolis. In contrast to the political tensions that would soon led to revolution, club members employed parodies to mock political conventions. The actual minutes of the club as edited by Professor Breslaw have been published as the <em>Records of the Tuesday Club, 1745 - 1756</em>.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century
Copeland, David. "'Join or Die:' America's Newspapers in the French and Indian War." Journalism History 24 (Autumn 1998): 112-21.
Categories: Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Native American, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century
Gough, Al. "The St. Mary's Reading Room and Debating Society." Chronicles of St. Mary's 40 (Winter 1992): 161-94.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
Schrader, Richard J. H. L. Mencken: A Descriptive Bibliography. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Schultz, Fred L. "The U.S. Naval Institute." Maryland 24 (Winter 1991): 48-52.
Abel, E. Lawrence. Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000.
Notes: An in-depth look at every aspect of music during the Civil War, as it pertains to the southern cause. Although not focused on any particular state, there are important Maryland connections, for example the background and impact of "Maryland, My Maryland!" Cultural and political context are this author's strong suits, as he describes band music, songs of the common soldiers, parlor music of the day, and theatrical offerings.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Military, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century
Bernard, Kenneth A. "Lincoln and the Music of the Civil War." Lincoln Herald 66 (1964): 115-134.
Categories: African American, Military, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Dopp, Bonnie Jo. "Music Education History Sources at the MENC Historical Center." Bulletin of Historical Research in Music Education 19 (September 1997): 63-65.
Jones, James Nathan. Alfred Jack Thomas (1884-1962) Musician, Composer, Educator. M.A. thesis, Morgan State University, 1978.
Notes: Through Army records, the pages of the Afro American, and interviews with musicians who worked and studied with Alfred Jack Thomas, Jones brings to life the world of the classically trained African-American musician during segregation. One of the first Black bandmasters in the U.S. Army, composer, and conductor (the first Black conductor to lead the all-white Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) A. Jack Thomas was a major force in Maryland's African-American musical community from World War I until his retirement in 1955. Thomas, an outstanding athlete who attended college on a boxing scholarship, rode with the 10th U.S. Cavalry in the American West and served under General John J. Pershing during his campaign to put down the revolutionary forces under Pancho Villa. In 1921 Thomas fought to establish the first Black municipal band in Baltimore and became its conductor. He chaired the Music Department at Morgan College and was a member of the faculty of Howard University.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century
Krummel, D.W., Jean Geil, Doris Dyen, and Deane Root. Resources of American Music History, A Directory of Source Materials from Colonial Times to World War II. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.
Notes: Here is a great single resource by which to determine where in Maryland one might find collections of music and music-related archival materials. The authors describe the contents of twenty-four Maryland repositories, from libraries and historical societies to educational institutions and privately owned collections. An excellent index allows searching for Maryland-related items being held in other states, too.
Miller, Fred S. "The Navy Plays On." Annapolis 7 (July 1993): 13-14.
Categories: Military, Music and Theater, Anne Arundel County
Ritchey, David, comp., and ed. A Guide to the Baltimore Stage in the Eighteenth Century: A History and Day Book Calendar. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
Suid, Lawrence. "Hollywood Comes to Annapolis." Naval History 9 (October 1995): 40-45.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater
White, Roger. "The Stars Wore Stripes: GIs Entertaining GIs at Fort George G. Meade and Overseas, 1941-1945." Anne Arundel County History Notes 21 (April 1990): 1-2, 9-15.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
White, Roger. "The Stars Wore Stripes: GIs Entertaining GIs at Fort George G. Meade and Overseas, 1941-1945-Part II-Training Special Service Enlisted Men." Anne Arundel County History Notes 21 (July 1990): 3-4, 9.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
White, Roger. "The Stars Wore Stripes: GIs Entertaining GIs at Fort George G. Meade and Overseas, 1941-1945-Part III-Directing the Special Service Training Programs." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (October 1990): 5-6, 10-13.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
White, Roger. "The Stars Wore Stripes: GIs Entertaining GIs at Fort George G. Meade and Overseas, 1941-1945. Part IV: Performances by Servicemen and Women in Fort Meade and American Cities." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (July 1991): 5-6, 12-15.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater, Women, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
White, Roger. "The Stars Wore Stripes: GIs Entertaining GIs at Fort George G. Meade and Overseas, 1941-1945-Part V: GI Variety Shows and Celebrities in Uniform." Anne Arundel County History Notes 26 (April 1995): 5, 17-19.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
White, Roger. "The Stars Wore Stripes: GIs Entertaining GIs at Fort George G. Meade and Overseas, 1941-1945-Part VI: Bringing USO Shows and Celebrity Entertainers to Fort Meade." Anne Arundel County History Notes 28 (October 1996): 1-2, 10-11.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County