The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Harvey, Bill. 'The People is Grass': A History of Hampden-Woodbury, 1802-1945. Baltimore: Della Press, 1988.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Hattery, Thomas H., ed. Western Maryland : A Profile. Foreword by Charles McC. Mathias Jr. Mt. Airy, MD: Lomond Books, 1980.
Notes: This work describes the Counties which make up Maryland's Sixth Congressional District. The chapters are written by individuals involved in current affairs. The focus is on politics, government, and the economic nature of the counties. There is a great deal of statistical information. Chapter VIII includes brief essays on the future of Western Maryland by notable Maryland Officials, such as Governor Hughes, the heads of various state agencies, and people of note in the counties.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Howard County, Washington County
Henderson, Lenneal J. "Baltimore: Managing the Civics of a 'Turnaround' Community." National Civic Review 82 (Fall 1993): 329-39.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Hicks, Mildred Todd. When the World was Flat: Memoirs of Old Baltimore. Berea, KY: Kentucky Imprints, 1985.
Historical Society of Carroll County. "A Celebration of the Fabulous Forties." Carroll County History Journal 42 (Spring 1991): 1-5.
Categories: County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Carroll County
Historical Society of Carroll County. The First 150 Years: A Pictorial History of Carroll County, Maryland, 1837-1987. Westminster, MD: Historical Society of Carroll County, 1987.
Categories: County and Local History, Carroll County
Holcomb, Eric L. "Walbrook: The Suburbanization of Northwest Baltimore, 1850-1945." Maryland Humanities (Winter 1998): 2-3.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Baltimore City
Hollifield, William. Difficulties Made Easy: History of the Turnpikes of Baltimore City and County. Baltimore: Baltimore County Historical Society, 1978.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Hollyday, Guy T. Stone Hill: the People and Their Stories. Baltimore: G. T. Hollyday, 1994.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore City
Houstle, Arch E., Jr. "Mount Washington ... Baltimore's 'Highly Salubrious Rural Retreat.'" Baltimore 67 (January 1974): 29-37.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Baltimore City
An Illustrated Atlas of Carroll County, Maryland 1877. Enlarged edition. Westminster, MD: Historical Society of Carroll County, 1993.
Index of Carroll County Names. Manchester, MD: Noodle-Doosey Press, 1984.
Notes: An index to two early maps of the county.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Carroll County
Jones, Carleton. Lost Baltimore. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Notes: A photohistory of buildings no longer standing, arranged by periods.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Jones, Carleton. Streetwise Baltimore: The Story Behind Baltimore Street Names. [Baltimore?]: Bonus Books, 1991.
Notes: Brief, quick descriptions of street and neighborhoods names, including some surrounding communities in other counties. Includes a history of the city's development.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Howard County
Jones, V. C. "The Great Baltimore Fire." American History Illustrated 7 (1972): 4-9, 39-41, 45-49.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Kelbaugh, Jack. "Shipley's Choice: A Community Name with Historical Significance; Part I: The Shipley Clan." Anne Arundel County History Notes 20 (January 1989): 3-5.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Howard County
Kelly, Jacques. Peabody Heights to Charles Village: The Historic Development of a Baltimore Community. Baltimore: Equitable Trust Bank, 1976.
Notes: Includes the date of construction, the builder, and architect, and, at times the cost and original owner of a majority of the neighborhood's structures.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Kline, Fred. "Baltimore: The Hidden City." National Geographic 147 (February 1975): 188-215.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore City
Latrobe, John H. B. Baltimore's Monuments and Memorials. Baltimore: privately printed, 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore City
Lewand, Karen. North Baltimore, from Estate to Development. Baltimore: Baltimore City Department of Planning and University of Baltimore, 1989.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Liebowitz, Steve. "The End of a Jewish Neighborhood: The Life and Death of Lower Park Heights." Generations (Fall 1998): 4-7.
Notes: A discussion of the move of the Jewish community (the people and their institutions) towards the suburbs. A move brought about, in large part, by racism and the search for greater social status.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Long, Helen R. Index for the Carroll County Section of Scharf's History of Western Maryland, Volume 2. Topeka, KS: Copy Center, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Carroll County
Long, Helen R. Index to Scharf's History of Western Maryland, Volumes I and II. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Allegany County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Montgomery County, Washington County
McCarthy, Michael P. "Renaissance Rivalry in Baltimore: One Charles Center vs. One North Charles." Maryland Historical Magazine 90 (Summer 1995): 194-215.
Notes: In 1962 two major, yet very different, construction projects were occurring in downtown Baltimore within blocks of each other. One Charles Center was a Bethlehem Steel project and was outside the official Charles Center development area. One North Charles was the design of Mies Van der Rohe and was being constructed out of reinforced concrete. It was also an official part of the larger plan for downtown development.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
McClellan, Dennis. If It's Trivia about Baltimore, It's Far from Trivial. Baltimore: Schneidereith and Sons, 1984.
Notes: Details, details, details. You thought you knew Baltimore. This book contains 100 pages of questions on almost any imaginable Baltimore subject. Most answers include explanatory text which makes this work more than just a passing entertainment.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Baltimore City