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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Sharrer, G. Terry. "The Patuxent: Maryland's Heartland River." Maryland 21 (Spring 1989): 6-23.

Vogt, Peter R. "Southern Maryland in Deep Time; A Brief History of our Geology, Part II: The Post-Breakup Sediment Wedge." Bugeye Times 23 (Spring 1998): 1, 6-7.

Fitzsimons, Mrs. Neal. "'Uncle Tom' in Montgomery County." Montgomery County Story 18 (May 1975): 1-14.
Notes: This article explores the little-known connection between Harriet Beecher Stowe's <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em> and the story of Josiah Henson, a slave from Montgomery County. Henson's autobiography apparently inspired the author of what became one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century. Fitzsimons provides excerpts from Henson's narrative and surveys the sites in Montgomery County associated with his life.

Cissel, Anne W. "Public Houses of Entertainment and their Proprietors, 1750-1828." Montgomery County Story 30 (August 1987): 279-94.

LaRoche, Gerard. "Music at Riversdale." Riversdale Letter 12 (Summer 1995): 2-4.

Adams, Cheryl, and Art Emerson. Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives: A Guide to Resources in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Washington: Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress, 1998.
Notes: Institutional level descriptions for nineteen Maryland libraries and archives holding significant religious collections. A tremendous level of detail is given. Subject headings are assigned to each institution. This guide is also available online at <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/">https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/</a>.

Adams, Henry DeCoursey. "The First Fifteen Years of the Montgomery County Historical Society." Montgomery County Story 3 (November 1959): 1-10.

Barquist, Rose, et al. A Source Book for Early Western Maryland History and Genealogy. Shippensburg, PA: Beidel Printing House, 1986.

Cook, Eleanor M. V. Guide to the Records of Montgomery County, Maryland. Genealogical and Historical. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1989.

Crook, Mary Charlotte. "Lilly Moore Stone, Founder of the Montgomery County Historical Society." Montgomery County Story 20 (November 1977): 1-10.

Gelbert, Doug. Company Museums, Industry Museums, and Industrial Tours: A Guidebook of Sites in the United States That Are Open to the Public. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1994. 94-104.
Notes: Brief descriptions of fifteen industrial sites in Maryland. When considering sites on this topic most museum goers would probably know of the Baltimore Museum of Industry but people may overlook many of the other sites covered, such as the Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum, the Poultry Hall of Fame, and the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Visitor Center.

Glick, Susan. "A Story Hidden in Suburbia." Maryland 26 (February 1994): 60-64.
Notes: This article, based on the writer's own experience researching her home, is an excellent introduction for someone just beginning house research.

A Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Charles County Records on Microfilm. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989.

A Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Montgomery County Records on Microfilm. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989.

Lawton, Elizabeth, and Raymond S. Sweeney. Maryland History: A Selective Bibliography; Showing the Holdings of Some of the Major Libraries in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Rockville: Montgomery County Historical Society, 1975.

Malloy, Mary Gordon, and Jane Sween. A Selective Guide to the Historic Records of Montgomery County, Maryland. Rockville: Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries, 1974.

"Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Civil War Museums and Sites in Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Spring 1998): 27.

"Museum Reflects on its History: The Second Five Years." Legacy 15 (Summer 1995): 2.

Rice, Mary. "Sandy Spring and its Museum." Legacy 15 (Winter 1996): 2, 6.

Schullian, Dorothy M., and Frank B. Rogers. "The National Library of Medicine." The Library Quarterly 27 (January 1958): 1-17; (April 1958): 95-121.

"Society Celebrates 50th Anniversary." The Montgomery County Historical Society Newsletter (November-December 1994): 1-2.

The Southern Maryland Collections. Section 1, June 1979 edition: The Book Collections. LaPlata, MD: Charles County Community College, 1979.

Stevenson, Lloyd G. "The Blake Era at HMD." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 56 (Winter 1982): 455-459.
Notes: Study of Medicine Division of National Library of Medicine from 1961-1982.

Anderson, George M. "A Delegate to the 1850-51 Constitutional Convention: James W. Anderson of Montgomery County." Maryland Historical Magazine 76 (Fall 1981): 250-71.

Correll, Emily Clare Newby. "Crimes in Montgomery County." Montgomery County Story 41 (August 1998): 37-47.

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