The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Thomas, Joseph Brown, Jr. Settlement, Community, and Economy: The Development of Towns in Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore, 1660-1775. Ph.D. diss., University of Maryland, 1994.
Notes: Thomas argues that the seventeen clustered settlements that dotted the lower Eastern Shore actually functioned as towns. Although legislatively established they have been largely ignored in the history of the Chesapeake region. Most historians argue that the area was rural, when in fact its character was between urban and rural.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Dorchester County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Tracey, Grace L., and John P. Dern. Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.
Notes: A history of that portion of Prince George's County that in 1748 became Frederick County as told through the stories of the original land patents and their owners. The appendix includes many handy lists including a list of 1733-1734 inhabitants, early German Settlers, and Frederick County Muster Rolls, ca. 1757.
Categories: County and Local History, Ethnic History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Frederick County, Prince George's County
Usilton, Fred.. G. History of Kent County Maryland 1630-1916. Privately printed, [1980?].
Categories: County and Local History, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Walston, Mark. "Seneca Stone: Building Block of the Nation's Capital." Maryland 18 (Winter 1985): 39-42.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
"Washington's Views of Kent County." Old Kent 12 (Spring 1995): 1-2.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Eighteenth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Wennersten, John R. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1992.
Notes: Wennersten's goal is to make the reader understand the distinct society that is the eastern shore through discussion of the area's agricultural life, its race relations, and maritime society. Brief histories are given of some communities and mention made of some influential people.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Williams, John Page. "Seeking Refuge." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (June 1994): 18, 20.
Notes: Eastern Neck Island.
Categories: County and Local History, Kent County, 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
Wilstach, Paul. Tidewater Maryland. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931.
Notes: A narrative history of those Maryland counties, all but seven of the twenty-three, touched by saltwater, arranged by theme and locale. There is a great deal of emphasis on the founding of towns and important personages, a wide variety of subjects are covered.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Prince George's County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Alsop, George. A Character of the Province of Mary-land. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers, 1902.
Anthony, James T. "Early Attempts at Wildlife Conservation in Maryland." Old Kent 1 (December 1985): 1-2.
Categories: Environment, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Benson, Robert Louis. "Historical Survey of the Natural Resources of Anne Arundel County." Anne Arundel County History Notes 23 (October 1991): 11-13.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Anne Arundel County
Benson, Robert Louis. "Historical Survey of the Natural Resources of Anne Arundel County-Part Two." Anne Arundel County History Notes 23 (January 1992): 13-14.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Anne Arundel County
Blair, Carvel H., and Willits D. Ansel. Chesapeake Bay Notes and Sketches. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1970.
Davis, Lynn. "Garden Roots." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 11 (Sunshine 1988): 154-67.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester 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.
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
DiLisio, James E. Maryland: A Geography. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983.
Categories: Environment, Geography and Cartography
Footner, Hulbert. Rivers of the Eastern Shore. Seventeen Maryland Rivers. New York: Holt Reinhart and Winston, 1944.
Notes: Footner writes mostly stories about history, but he does view Chesapeake river environments from a mid-1940s perspective.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Heckscher, Christopher M. "Distribution and Habitat Associations of the Eastern Mud Salamander, Pseudotriton montanus, on the Delmarva Peninsula." Maryland Naturalist 39 (January-June 1995): 11-14.
Categories: Environment, Science and Technology, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
"Matapeake State Park." Isle of Kent (Spring 1999): 4.
Categories: Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Rollo, Vera A. Foster. A Geography of Maryland : Ask me! About Maryland. 1984; 2d edition, Lanham, MD: Maryland History Press, 1994.
Categories: Environment, Geography and Cartography
Scott, Jane. Between Ocean and Bay: A Natural History of Delmarva. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1991.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Valentino, David Wayne. Tectonics of the Lower Susquehanna River Region, Southeastern Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland: Late Proterozoic Rifting to Late Paleozoic Dextral Transpression. Ph.D. diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993.
Categories: Environment, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Cecil County, Harford County
Woodbury, Elton N. Butterflies of Delmarva. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1994.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Science and Technology, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Abel, E. Lawrence. Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000.
Notes: An in-depth look at every aspect of music during the Civil War, as it pertains to the southern cause. Although not focused on any particular state, there are important Maryland connections, for example the background and impact of "Maryland, My Maryland!" Cultural and political context are this author's strong suits, as he describes band music, songs of the common soldiers, parlor music of the day, and theatrical offerings.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Military, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century