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Anderson, George M. "Growth, Civil War, and Change: The Montgomery County Agricultural Society, 1850-1876." Maryland Historical Magazine 86 (Winter 1991): 396-406.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County, Civil War
Clarke, Nina Honemond. History of the Nineteenth-Century Black Churches in Maryland and Washington, D.C. New York: Vantage Press, 1983.
Categories: African American, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Religion, Nineteenth Century
Eltis, David, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson, and Herbert S. Klein. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Floyd, Bianca P. Black History Project Resource Guide. Bladensburg, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1990.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works
Floyd, Bianca. Records and Recollections: Early Black History in Prince George's County. Bladensburg, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1989.
Categories: African American, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Prince George's County
McDaniel, George W. Black Historical Resources in Upper Western Montgomery County. N.p,: Sugarloaf Regional Trails, 1979.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Montgomery County
Beirne, Francis F. The Amiable Baltimoreans. New York, 1951; reprint, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Annotation / Notes: A social history of Baltimore City told through thematic chapters. Chapter topics are varied and include a wide range of subjects: i.e. monuments, food, sports, Hopkins Hospital, newspapers, and politics.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Music and Theater, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Broadneck Jaycees. Broadneck, Maryland's Historic Peninsula. Annapolis, MD: Fishergate Publishing Co., Inc., 1976.
Annotation / Notes: Broadneck is a former Anne Arundel County hundred, located between the Severn and the Magothy Rivers. This work, published for the American Bicentennial, consists of thirteen essays, written by community leaders and local scholars, on a variety of themes -- education, religion, etc. One essay is the work of former Maryland State Archivist, Morris L. Radoff. Included is a list showing the dates of the area's first families' first residences.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Anne Arundel County
Fee, Elizabeth, et. al. "Baltimore by Bus: Steering a New Course through the City's History." Radical History Review 28-30 (1984): 206-216.
Annotation / Notes: A discussion of the development of the alternative, left oriented "People's Bus Tour" of Baltimore. The tour's intention was to demonstrate the diversity of Baltimore and to show the conflicts and processes that affected the City's working class. Class relations are interpreted throughout Baltimore's history by visiting significant and visually interesting places.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Beirne, Francis F. "The Four Merchants." In The Amiable Baltimoreans. New York, 1951; reprint, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Music and Theater, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Berry, John. "Librarian of the Year: 1995: Carla D. Hayden: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore." Library Journal 121 (January 1996): 36.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Berry, John. "Black History Wax Museum Celebrates 2nd Anniversary." Jet 81 (December 23, 1991): 32-33.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Boles, Nancy G. "Black History Collections." Maryland Historical Magazine 66 (Spring 1966): 40-46.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Boles, Nancy G. "Notes on Maryland Historical Society Manuscript Collections: Black History Collections." Maryland Historical Magazine 66 (1971): 72-78.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Brown, John Gregory. "Out of Africa." Columbia Magazine [Summer 1990]: 38-9.
Annotation / Notes: Maryland Museum of African Art.
Categories: African American, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Cassedy, S. "The Museum Mine Field." Museum News 71 (July/August 1992): 12-14.
Annotation / Notes: Maryland Historical Society.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Corrin, Lisa G., ed. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Baltimore: The Contemporary in Cooperation with the New Press, New York, 1994.
Annotation / 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, Richard J. "Genealogical Research in the Baltimore City Archives." Maryland Magazine of Genealogy 2 (Fall 1979): 49-54.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Daniel, Pete, and Stuart Kaugman. "The Booker T. Washington Papers and Historical Editing at Maryland." Maryland Historian 1 (1970): 23-29.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Faust, Page T. "Keeping History Alive at Sotterly Plantation." Chronicles of St. Mary's 46 (Winter 1998): 338-39.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
Faust, Page T. Frederick Douglass: A Register and Index of His Papers in the Library of Congress. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Dorchester County, Eastern Shore
Faust, Page T. The Free Public Library in Maryland: Report of the State-Wide Library Survey Committee of the Maryland State Planning Commission. Baltimore: Maryland State Planning Commission, 1944.
Annotation / Notes: An evaluation of the status of Maryland's public libraries in the mid-twentieth century. Includes a brief history of Maryland libraries.
Categories: African American, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century
Greene, Carroll, Jr. "A State Recalls its Heritage: A Museum for Maryland." Crisis 90 (February 1983): 12-16.
Annotation / Notes: Banneker-Douglass Museum of Afro-American Life and History.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Harley-Adams, Sandra. "Baltimore's Black Wax Museum." Crisis 96 (February 1989): 12, 30, 32.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Harley-Adams, Sandra. "The James G. Birney Anti-Slavery Collection of Johns Hopkins University." Maryland Pendulum 4 (Summer 1985): 4.
Categories: African American, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City

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