The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
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
"Celebrating the Baltimore City Life Collections." MHS/News (April-June 1998): 4-5.
Notes: A discussion of the absorption of the Baltimore City Life Museum's holdings by the Maryland Historical Society. Includes descriptions of important collections and of the exhibit installed to showcase the acquisition.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Chastain, Maggie, and Lee L. Smith. Index to Martinet's Map of Howard County, Maryland 1860. First edition. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Historical Society, 1998.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County, Howard County
"The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum-A Quarter-Century of Development and More to Come." Weather Gauge 26 (Spring 1990): 12-13.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Chivers, Robin, and Edward Terry, comps. Directory of Computerized Bibliographic Systems in the Greater Baltimore Area. Baltimore: Welch Medical Library, 1975.
Notes: Technical.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
"City of Cumberland Establishes Archive." In Context 3 (Spring 1994): 3.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Allegany County
"CMM on the Move." Bugeye Times 17 (Winter 1992/1993): 1, 3.
Notes: Calvert Marine Museum.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Calvert County
"Colonel Scharf's Gift of an Important Historical Collection." Johns Hopkins University Circular 19 (June 1891): 110-13.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Colson, John Calvin. "The Fire Company Library Associations of Baltimore, 1838-1858." Journal of Library History, Philosophy and Comparative Librarianship 21 (Spring 1986): 158-76.
Notes: Baltimore's volunteer fire Companies had a soiled reputation, however, along with their misdeeds they established at least fifteen library associations. Little is actually known about these libraries and they did not outlast the fall of the volunteer companies. This article includes a useful chronology of Baltimore's libraries in a chart form.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Cook, Eleanor M. V. Guide to the Records of Montgomery County, Maryland. Genealogical and Historical. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Cooper, Stephen, et. al. Maryland's Record Heritage: Assessing Needs and Opportunities. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Historical Records Advisory Board, 1991.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Coover, Robert W. A History of the Maryland State Library 1827-1939 (With a Summary of Events from 1939-1959). Ph.D. diss., Catholic University, 1956.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Corddry, Mary U. Museums and Monuments of the Eastern Shore. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1990.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Corrin, Lisa G., ed. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Baltimore: The Contemporary in Cooperation with the New Press, New York, 1994.
Notes: This publication documents the landmark Maryland Historical Society and Contemporary exhibit. Included is an interview with the artist and with the docents who worked the exhibit, along with visitor surveys and object checklists.
Categories: African American, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Cox, Lynn, and Zinkham, Helena. "Picture Research at the Maryland Historical Society: A Guide to the Sources." Maryland Historical Magazine 76 (Spring 1981): 1-21.
Notes: Although the collection descriptions are out-dated, this work still serves as a good introduction for newcomers to picture research. It provides a good overview of the wide range of sources which can be used to locate visual resources in a museum and library setting and provides eight basic questions to consider when preparing for a picture research trip.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Chesapeake Region
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles and Books on Maryland History, 1974." Maryland Historical Magazine 70 (Summer 1975): 211-23.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles and Books on Maryland History, 1975." Maryland Historical Magazine 71 (Fall 1976): 449-64.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles and Books on Maryland History, 1976." Maryland Historical Magazine 72 (Summer 1977): 288-314.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1977." Maryland Historical Magazine 73 (September 1978): 280-90.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1978." Maryland Historical Magazine 74 (December 1979): 358-66.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1979." Maryland Historical Magazine 75 (September 1980): 238-49.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1980." Maryland Historical Magazine 76 (Fall 1981): 286-95.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1981." Maryland Historical Magazine 77 (Fall 1982): 279-90.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1982." Maryland Historical Magazine 78 (Fall 1983): 205-213.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Century of Frustration: The Movement for a State Archives in Maryland, 1811-1935." Maryland Historical Magazine 78 (Summer 1983): 106-117.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County