The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Gibb, James G. "The Dorsey-Bibb Tobacco Flue: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Southern Maryland Agriculture." Calvert Historian 12 (Spring 1997): 4-20.
Categories: Agriculture, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Charles County, Calvert County, St. Mary's County
Walsh, Lorena S. "Land, Landlord, and Leaseholder: Estate Management and Tenant Fortunes in Southern Maryland, 1642-1820." Agricultural History 59 (July 1985): 373-396.
Notes: Based on the astonishing records of a Jesuit-owned estate in Charles County that lasted for 175 years, Walsh examined 233 tenants, and the effect of their short term vs. long term leases on resource waste or conservation. The story explains how owners used leasing as a means for plantation development and as an alternative to slave labor.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Charles County, Calvert County, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Beynon, Jo. "John Louis Wellington: Artist and Banker." Journal of the Alleghenies 34 (1998): 37-39.
Carter, Samuel, III. The Riddle of Dr. Mudd. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974.
Notes: Dr. Samuel Mudd (1833-1883) of Charles County is inextricably connected with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Convicted of aiding John Wilkes Booth by tending to his broken leg during his flight from Washington, Mudd served time at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas until his heroic efforts to save victims of a yellow fever epidemic helped earn an early release. Mudd's conduct and subsequent treatment in the aftermath of Lincoln's death has sparked a cottage industry of defenders and detractors.
Cheesman, George. "Frederick County's Forgotten Glassmaker." Maryland 9 (Summer 1977): 27-31.
Notes: John Frederick Amelung.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County
Cone, Edward T. "The Miss Etta Cones, the Steins, and M'sieu Matisse. A Memoir." American Scholar 42 (1973): 441-460.
Notes: The Cone sisters, Etta and Claribel, were responsible for assembling the unsurpassed Cone Collection of works by Matisse and other modern artists at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Patrons of modern art before it was fashionable, the Cones were closely associated with their friend from her Baltimore days, Gertrude Stein. Art lovers will find the story of their collecting to be an important background for the enjoyment of the collection.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Twentieth Century
Dukes, Kristen W. "Wise and Wonderful." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 11 (Sunshine 1988): 174-77.
Notes: Photographer Laird Wise.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Twentieth Century
Helm, Ruth. 'For Credit, Honor, and Profit': Three Generations of the Peale Family in America. Ph.D. diss., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Hoffland, Dixie. "Dr. Samuel Mudd." Maryland 20 (Spring 1988): 48-52.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Medicine, Nineteenth Century, Charles County
Humphries, Lance Lee. Robert Gilmore, Jr. (1774-1848): Baltimore Collector and American Art Patron. Ph.D. diss., University of Virginia, 1998.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Hurley, Norma L. "Samuel Cox of Charles County." The Record 53 (October 1991): 1-6.
Jensen, Ann. "Charles Wilson Peale: Painter and Patriot, Friend of the Founders." Annapolitan 6 (January/February 1992): 26-28, 102-3, 107.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Johnston, Sona K. "Friendship and Patronage: A Nineteenth-Century Tradition." Maryland Humanities (March/April 1994): 10-12.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Fine and Decorative Arts, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century
Kalkman, Julia von H. "'Mountevina': The Home of John Frederick Amelung." Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc., Newsletter (November 1991) 3-5.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County
Kernan, M. "William and Henry Walters and their Fever for the Fine Arts." Smithsonian 20 (August 1989): 102-8, 110, 112-13.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Levy, Lester S. Jacob Epstein. Baltimore: Maran Press, 1978.
Notes: Biography of Epstein (1864-1945).
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Lloyd, Phoebe. "Raphaelle Peale's Anne-Arundel Still Life: A Local Treasure Lost and Found." Maryland Historical Magazine 87 (Spring 1992): 1-9.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Nineteenth Century
Low, Theodore L. The Perils of a Tour Leader. Baltimore: Published by the author, 1976.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Twentieth Century
McHale, John E. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination. Parsippany, NJ: Dillon Press, 1994.
Martel, Nancy Byrens. "Charles Willson Peale." Maryland 16 (Winter 1983): 8-11.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Miller, Lillian B., ed. The Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale. Vol.3, The Belfield Farm Years, 1810-1820. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Nineteenth Century
New Perspectives on Charles Willson Peale: A 250th Anniversary Celebration. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Page, Jean Jepson. "James McNeill Whistler, Baltimorean, and 'The White Girl': A Speculative Essay." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 10-38.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Robbins, Charles L. R. Madison Mitchell, His Life and Decoys. Bel Air, MD: Published by the author, 1987.
Notes: A Havre de Grace wood carver.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Harford County
Sellers, Charles Coleman. Charles Willson Peale. New York: Scribner, 1969.
Notes: Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), artist, naturalist, museologist, began his career in Maryland as the son of a clerk transported to the colonies for forgery. Sent to England for artistic training by Maryland patrons, Peale became a leading artist and portrait painter of the new republic. Peale was also noteworthy for his excavation of a mastodon's skeleton and his establishment of museums displaying art and natural history collections. His sons and other relatives formed a dynasty of artists who were influential in Maryland and beyond. Readers seeking in-depth biographical information on the Peales should consult the <em>Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and his Family</em>.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century