The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Kares, M. "Baltimore: Center of German-American Organ Building." Tracker 39, no. 3 (1995): 10-17.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Religion, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
"Local Bagpipe Band Marks 20th Anniversary." Glades Star 9 (September 1999): 106-9.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Garrett County
Myers, J., and C. Kennedy. "The Last Words: Baltimore Multiculturalism...and furthermore." Sing Out 38 (May/June/July 1993): 134-35.
Categories: African American, Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Baltimore City
Ritchey, David. "Baltimore's Eighteenth-Century French Theatre." Southern Speech Communication Journal 38 (1972): 164-167.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
Wolf, Edward C. "Two Divergent Traditions of German-American Hymnody in Maryland circa 1800." American Music (Fall 1985): 299-312.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Religion, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Zuker, Adolf E. "The History of the German Theatre in Baltimore." The Germanic Review 18 (1943): 122-35.
Categories: Ethnic History, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Beirne, Francis F. "The Four Merchants." In The Amiable Baltimoreans. New York, 1951; reprint, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Music and Theater, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
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
Fishman, Bernard P. "Back to East Baltimore. An Introduction to the New Jewish Heritage Center." Generations (Fall 1986): 10-11.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Religion, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Fishman, Bernard P. "Making the Jewish Museum of Maryland." Generations (Fall 1998): 26-34.
Notes: An involved discussion of the 1990s construction of the museum's new museum, complete with problems and foibles, written by the man who directed the project.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Religion, Twentieth Century
A Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Wicomico County Records on Microfilm. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Wicomico County
Hollowak, Thomas L. "Maryland Genealogy and Family History: A Bibliography, 1987-1989." Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin 33 (Summer 1992): 484-530.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Jackl, W. E. "Station Number Eleven of the Enoch Pratt Free Library." Journal of Library History 7 (1972): 141-156.
Notes: East Baltimore's Station Number Eleven, which began in two rooms in a settlement house was amazingly successful in servicing its Jewish immigrant population with very mere resources. This article includes some discussion in the early 20th century library controversy of whether or not libraries should collection non-English works. Also stressed is the role the public library played in the Americanization of the immigrant.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Kellman, Naomi. "From File Drawer to Heritage Center: A Brief History of the Jewish Historical Society." Generations (Fall 1986): 9.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. Oral History in Maryland: A Directory. Edited by Larry E. Sullivan. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1981.
Notes: Although it is very outdated, this directory should serve be the starting point for anyone attempting to locate oral history collections relevant to Maryland. Collections surveyed were not only in institutional hands (schools, libraries, and historical agencies) but also belonged to governmental agencies and private individuals. Included are DC and PA collections of potential interest.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century
Maryland, Our Maryland: An Ethnic and Cultural Directory. Baltimore: Baltimore Council for International Visitors, 1975.
Moore, Dick. "The New Ward Museum." Maryland 25 (Autumn 1992): 44-47.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Wicomico County
Nitzberg, Gertrude Singer. "The Music Library of the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, Inc." Generations 3 (December 1982): 37-38.
Notes: A discussion of the development of an oral history program to capture Yiddish songs. The Society was also actively collecting old Jewish 78 rpm records and sheet music.
Categories: Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Polites, Angeline, comp., and ed. Maryland 350th Anniversary Speakers Guide and Directory. Annapolis: Maryland Commission on Ethnic Affairs, 1982.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Reichman, Felix. "German Printing in Maryland: A Check List, 1768-1950." Report of the Society for the History of Germans in Maryland 27 (1950): 9-70.
Categories: Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Saye, Hymen. The Papers of Harry Greenstein: Saga of a Humanitarian. Baltimore: Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, 1976.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Scarpaci, Jean. The Ethnic Experience in Maryland: A Bibliography of Resources. Towson: Towson State University, [1978].
Categories: County and Local History, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century
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
Shopes, Linda. "The Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project: Oral History and Community Involvement." Radical History Review 25 (October 1981): 27-44.
Categories: County and Local History, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City