The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society. The Neck 1672-1937. Dundalk, MD: Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society, 1973.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County
Nichols, Joseph H. Patriots and Pioneers of Howard County, Maryland: The Courthouse and the Jail. Columbia, MD: Howard County Genealogical Society, 1998.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Northeast Baltimore County Historical Committee. A Trip into the Past. Rosedale, MD: Rosedale Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County
Gunning, Brooke, and Molly O'Donovan. Towson and the Villages of Ruxton and Lutherville. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County
Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publisher Company, 1976.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore: The Building of an American City. Revised edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Notes: The product of a geographer, this excellent history of Baltimore focuses on its physical growth as an urban center. Special emphasis is placed on how the city, and its inhabitants, handled the changes brought about by city growth.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Parsons, Richard, comp. "Tours for Families or Groups in Metropolitan Baltimore." Maryland Historical Magazine 72 (Spring 1977): 1-58.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County
Peden, Henry C., Jr. Historical Register of the Sparrows Point Police Department, 1901-1986. Bel Air, MD: Published by the author, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
"Prose from a Farm Ledger." History Trails 11 (Autumn 1976): 1-6.
Notes: Charles Jessop (1759-1828).
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County
Reflections: Sparrows Point, MD, 1887-1975. Dundalk, MD: Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County
Riboud, Jacques. "Une Ville Nouvelle Aux Etats-unis: Columbia. [A new city in the United States: Columbia]." Revue Politique et Parlementaire [France] 71 (1969): 74-88.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Roberts, Keith. A History of the Back River Neck Peninsula. Published by the author, [1993].
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Baltimore County
Sargeant, Jeanne B. "The Enduring Rows of Rodgers Forge." Baltimore 68 (July 1975): 28-32.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
Scharf, John Thomas. History of Baltimore City and County from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1881; reprint, Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1971.
Notes: One of Maryland's earliest local histories. A multi-faceted approach, with much useful genealogical material, special emphasis is given to the traditional leaders of the community.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Shipley, B. H. Remembrances of Passing Days: A Pictorial History of Ellicott City and Its Fire Department. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 1997.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Howard County
Slattery, Bradleigh V. Lord Baltimore's Gunpowder Manor-Baltimore County, now the Long Green Valley. Baldwin, MD: Published by the author, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County
Steffen, Charles G. From Gentlemen to Townsmen: The Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1660-1776. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993.
Stein, Charles Francis, Jr. Origin and History of Howard County, Maryland. Privately published in cooperation with the Howard County Historical Society, 1972.
Categories: County and Local History, Howard County
Sword, Gerald J. "Acquisition of the Point Lookout Lighthouse Site by the United States Government from Jenifer Taylor." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (January 1978): 340-46.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Howard County, St. Mary's County
Tack, George E. "The Romantic Gwynn's Falls Valley." History Trails 26 (Autumn 1991-Winter 1991-92): 1-5.
Notes: A reprint of poet Tack's 1907 <em>Maryland Monthly Magazine</em> article describing the Valley, its businesses, its mills, its homes, etc., including the natural world. It ends with a poem by Folger McKinsey and one by Tack on the Valley.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Tennenbaum, Robert, ed. Creating A New City: Columbia, Maryland. Partners in Community Building and Perry Publishing, 1996.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Thomas, Dawn F., and Robert Barnes. The Green Spring Valley-Its History and Heritage. 2 vols. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1978.
Notes: One of the largest histories dedicated to a Maryland locale. The first half of the first volume includes intensive information on the area's land grants, biographical sketches of early settlers, a discussion of the economic development of the area, histories of the area's religious congregations, the areas educational institutions, and horse culture. The second portion deals with the history of the area's houses and the people who lived in them. The second volume, by Robert Barnes, is a genealogy of 32 major families.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Education, Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Baltimore County
Toomey, Daniel Carroll. A History of Relay, Maryland, and the Thomas Viaduct. Published by The Author, 1975.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Howard County
Toomey, Daniel Carroll. A History of Relay, Maryland, and the Thomas Viaduct. Baltimore: Toomey Press, 1984; revised edition. Linthicum, MD: Toomey Press, 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Howard County
Trietal, Ralph. "The Decline and Fall Of Howard County As Prophesied on the One Dollar Bill: A Revue of The Origin and History of Howard County, Maryland by Charles Francis Stein, Jr." Little Patuxent Review 2 (1978-1979): 16-19.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Howard County