The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Crowder, Ralph Leroy. John Edward Bruce and the Value of Knowing the Past: Politician, Journalist, and Self-Trained Historian of the African Diaspora, 1856-1924. Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, 1994.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Dorsey, James. "Faithful Mammy and Family of J. A. Hunter." Harford Historical Bulletin 46 (Autumn 1990): 75-77.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Edwards, Margaret A. "I Once Did See Joe Wheeler Plain." Journal of Library History 6 (1971): 291-302.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century
Ferguson, Ann M. "Heritage of Another Riversdale Family." Riverdale Town Crier 26 (March 1997): 3.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Gordon, Martin K. "Patrick Magruder: Citizen, Congressman, Librarian of Congress." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 32 (1975): 153-171.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century
Greene, Carroll, Jr. A Chronology of the Life of Benjamin Banneker. Son of Maryland, 1731-1806. Annapolis: Maryland Department of Economic and Community Development, Commission on Afro-American History and Culture, 1976.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Hosmer, Charles B., Jr. "Verne E. Chatelain and the Development of the Branch of History of the National Park Service." Public Historian 16 (Winter 1994): 24-38.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century
Krech, Shepard, III. Praise the Bridge That Carries You Over: The Life of Joseph L. Sutton. Boston: G. K. Hall and Co. (cloth); Cambridge, MD: Chenkman Publishing Co. (paper), 1981.
Notes: Biography of a black resident of Miles River Neck in Talbot County. Based on extensive oral history interviews, this personal narrative by a long-time Talbot County resident offers a unique look at the life of African Americans on the Eastern Shore. Joseph Sutton (1885-1980) led a long and eventful life, and his reminiscences are rich in personal detail. In addition to his own experiences, Sutton's words are a valuable source for understanding the personal impact of racism on African Americans.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
Kuethe, F. William, Jr. "Some Background on the Donors of the Kuethe Library." Anne Arundel County History Notes 23 (April 1992): 8-9.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Lewis, Clifford III., ed. "A Relation of a Voyage Made by Mr. Cyprian Thorowgood (from the Patuxent) to the Head of the Baye, April 24-May 5, 1634." Chronicles of St. Mary's 32 (November 1984): 201-207.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Seventeenth Century, St. Mary's County
McPherson, James A. Crabcakes: A Memoir. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
Morgan, Julia Boublitz. "Son of a Slave." Johns Hopkins Magazine 32 (June 1981): 20-26.
Notes: Kelly Miller (b. 1863).
Murphy, Camay C. Can a Coal Scuttle Fly? Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1996.
Murray, Pauli. Song in A Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage. New York: Harper and Row, 1987.
Notes: Autobiography of a Black activist from Baltimore.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Naumann, Timothy. "Enoch Pratt and His Gift to Baltimore." Maryland 19 (Winter 1986): 40-44.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Parker, Franklin. George Peabody: A Biography. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1971; revised edition, 1995.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century
Porter, Frank W. "John Widgeon: Naturalist, Curator and Philosopher." Maryland Historical Magazine 79 (Winter 1984): 325-331.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Preston, Dickson J. Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
Notes: There are a number of excellent biographies of Frederick Douglass including works by Eric Foner, William McFeeley and Benjamin Quarles. For the student of Maryland history, Preston's short but well-researched book focuses on the first twenty years of Douglass' life spent in Talbot County and Baltimore City. His experiences as a slave in Maryland shaped his subsequent career and thus are critical to understanding one of the greatest spokesmen for human rights.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City, Talbot County
Sarudy, Barbara Wells. "An Interview with Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse." Maryland Humanities (March/April 1994): 28-29.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century
Schaaf, Elizabeth. "George Peabody: His Life and Legacy, 1795-1869." Maryland Historical Magazine 90 (Fall 1995): 268-85.
Notes: George Peabody's legacy to Baltimore transcends the music conservatory and magnificent library that bear his name. His gifts influenced other wealthy friends whose philanthropy help establish some of the great educational and cultural institutions that grace the city: the Johns Hopkins University, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, and the Walters Art Gallery. This article surveys the life of a man admired and respected on both sides of the Atlantic.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Sundquist, Eric J., ed. Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Watson, Denton L. Lion in the Lobby: Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws. New York: Morrow, 1990.
Notes: Chief lobbyist for the NAACP during the crucial decades of landmark Civil Rights legislation, Clarence Mitchell (1911-1984) was often called the "101st Senator." His wife, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, and mother-in-law, Lillie May Carroll Jackson, were leaders in the state and national NAACP. The story of his life parallels the history of the Civil Rights movement in the 20th century.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century
Wax, Darold D. "A Philadelphia Surgeon on a Slaving Voyage to Africa, 1749-1751." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 92 (1968): 465-493.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Medicine, Eighteenth Century
Weisgal, Deborah. A Joyful Noise: Claiming the Songs of My Fathers. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Wentworth, Jean. "Not Without Honor: William Lloyd Garrison." Maryland Historical Magazine 62 (1967): 318-336.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century