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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
Clark, Charles Branch. The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1950.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Native American, Women, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Clark, Charles Branch. "The Mystery of Historic St. Mary's City." Southern Living 25 (August 1990): 18-19.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Seventeenth Century, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
Bache, Ellyn. "Miss Mary and the Book Wagon." Maryland 21 (Winter 1988): 32-33.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, Washington County
Baltimore Museum of Art. :Annual I The Museum: Its First Half Century. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1966.
Annotation / Notes: A history of the first fifty years of the BMA, from its start as a City-Wide Congress Committee on Founding an Art Museum (1911), to its temporary home in Mount Vernon, to the construction of its permanent home in Wyman Park. A major thesis is that a very modern thinking museum became a great success in a city known for being conservative. Nicely illustrated with works from the collection and photographs of museum activities.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Education, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, 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
Bowers, Deborah. "On the Road Again: The Bookmobile in Harford County." Harford Historical Bulletin 67 (Winter 1996): 28-31.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Bowers, Deborah. "A One-Hundred Year History of Libraries in Harford County from 1885." Harford Historical Bulletin 67 (Winter 1996): 3-27.
Annotation / Notes: In the late nineteenth century many of Harford County's communities formed library organizations. Following the 1945 Maryland Library Aid Act a Harford County library system was established. At the time of this article Harford County has a growing public library system with a good number of branches spread across the county.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Brown, Lauren R. "Present at the Tenth Hour: Appraising and Accessioning the Papers of Congresswoman Marjorie S. Holt." Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship 2 (Fall 1987): 95-102.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Women, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Caruthers, Jack M. "Ruth Enlow Library." Glades Star 6 (March 1991): 528-29.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Women, Twentieth Century, Garrett County
Crook, Mary Charlotte. "Lilly Moore Stone, Founder of the Montgomery County Historical Society." Montgomery County Story 20 (November 1977): 1-10.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Dennis, Samuel K. "A Brief Summary of the Maryland Historical Society's Hundred Years." Maryland Historical Magazine 39 (March 1944): 1-5.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Dowell, Susan Stiles. "Villa Pace: Rosa Ponsell's Italianate Estate." Maryland Magazine 16 (Autumn 1983): 25-8.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Music and Theater, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
Gustafson, E. H. "Museum Accessions." Antiques 138 (December 1990): 1174.
Annotation / Notes: Quilts at the Maryland Historical Society.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Gustafson, E. H. "The Historical Society of Carroll County: Fifty Years of Service to the Community." Carroll County History Journal 40 (Winter 1990): 3-6.
Annotation / Notes: The story of the Society's founding as told by its first curator.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Carroll County
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. Oral History in Maryland: A Directory. Edited by Larry E. Sullivan. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1981.
Annotation / Notes: Although it is very outdated, this directory should serve be the starting point for anyone attempting to locate oral history collections relevant to Maryland. Collections surveyed were not only in institutional hands (schools, libraries, and historical agencies) but also belonged to governmental agencies and private individuals. Included are DC and PA collections of potential interest.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. "Library Journal Selects Dr. Carla D. Hayden as the 1995 Librarian of the Year." Jet 89 (March 4, 1996): 22.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. "Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Civil War Museums and Sites in Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Spring 1998): 27.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Howard County, Montgomery County, Washington County, Civil War
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. "Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum." Maryland Humanities (September 1998): 27.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. "Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Textile Collection at the Maryland Historical Society Museum." Maryland Humanities (September 2000): 27.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Frederick County
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. "Old Clear Spring Library Remembered." Maryland Cracker Barrel (Dec. 1999/Jan 2000): 26, 28.
Annotation / Notes: The small, volunteer run, Clear Spring Library developed in a building which had served as a community kitchen and a soldier's canteen. The library existed only between the two great wars. This brief history is compiled from the quotes of community members.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Washington County
Requardt, Cynthia Horsburgh. "Women's Deeds in Women's Words: Manuscripts in the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Historical Magazine 73 (June 1978): 186-204.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Briscoe, Mabel. "Where did Peggy Taylor Live as a Little Girl?" Calvert Historian 24 (Fall 1999): 42-43.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Calvert County
Briscoe, Mabel. "Dean Adele Stamp Honored by Hall of Fame." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 23 (April 1995): 3-4.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County

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