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Bourne, Michael. "Walter T. Pippin-Designer, Contractor and Builder." Old Kent 10 (Summer 1993): [3-9].
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Bourne, Michael. "A Bay for All Seasons." Maryland 27 (September/October 1995): F28-F29, F31, F33.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Blake, Allison. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 3rd edition. Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1997.
Annotation / Notes: A well researched tour guide for the general population.
Categories: County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Forman, Henry Chandlee. The Rolling Year on Maryland's Upper Eastern Shore. Centreville, MD: Corsica Bookshop, 1985.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Kent County
Hoopes, Roy. "Town and Gown." Maryland 22 (Spring 1990): 36-43.
Annotation / Notes: Chestertown and Washington College.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Education, Twentieth Century, Kent County
Manchester, Andi. "A Cruising Family Visits Rock Hall." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 20 (October 1990): 34-38.
Categories: County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Sutton, Stanley B. Beyond the Roadgate: Kent County, 1900-1980. Privately published, 1983.
Annotation / Notes: This history of twentieth century Kent was compiled by a former Agricultural Extension Officer. Naturally enough, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the agricultural and rural heritage of the County. Pivotal 1980 leaders of the county supply commentary on their areas of expertise.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Medicine, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Szabo, Steve. The Eastern Shore. Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1976.
Annotation / Notes: Photographic essay.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Fine and Decorative Arts, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Willis, Bob. "Harbor to Shore-And Back Again." Maryland 27 (July/August 1995): 79, 81.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
DeGast, Robert. Western Wind, Eastern Shore: A Sailing Cruise Around the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975.
Annotation / Notes: De Gast sails a small boat around the entire DelMarVa Peninsula, an interesting voyage with useful observations.
Categories: Environment, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Wilmer, L. Ann. "The James Adams Floating Theater (1914-1938) Part One: Come Aboard the Showboat for Mesmerizing Maudlin Melodrama." Old Kent 3 (September 1987): 1-3.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Wilmer, L. Ann. "The James Adams Floating Theater (1914-1938) Part Two: Showtime on the River Landing, Come and See the Show!" Old Kent 3 (December 1987): 1-2.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
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
Enoch Pratt Free Library. The Eastern Shore of Maryland: An Annotated Bibliography. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1980.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Enoch Pratt Free Library. A Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Kent County Records on Microfilm. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Schofield, Clay. "An Annotated Bibliography of Folklore Material for the Eastern Shore." Free State Folklore 3 (Winter 1976-1977): 19-55.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Vansant, Thelma M., Elizabeth Westcott Bryan, and Frances S. Clendaniel. "The 50th Anniversary of the Historical Society of Kent County." Old Kent 2 (December 1986): 1-5.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Medders, O. H., Mrs. T. G. Beck, and Hallie R. Harris. "Clara Barton's Kent County Followers, 1917-2004." Old Kent, 21 (Spring 2004): 1-2.
Categories: Medicine, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Janson-La Palme, Bayly Ellen. "The Consequences of Conflagration: A Study of the 300Block of High and the 100 Block of Cross Streets, Chestertown, 1898 to 1915." Key to Old Kent, 3 (2009): 2-27.
Categories: County and Local History, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Kent County
Collier, Linda. "Titanic Survivor Visits Kent Island in 1930." Isle of Kent, (Fall 2011/Winter 2012): 6.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, Kent County
Janson-La Palme, Bayly. "Ice Cream versus Hot Weather': Ice Cream Sales and Manufacturing in Chestertown from 1860 to 1925." Key to Old Kent, 7 (2014): 4-27.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Kent County
Shivers, George R. "A Long Road: The Desegregation of the Public Schools in Kent County, Maryland, 1955-1967." Key to Old Kent, 7 (2013): 33-75.
Categories: African American, Education, Twentieth Century, Kent County

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