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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Stansbury, Russell. "Biographical Sketch [of] Clayton Crewell Stansbury." Harford Historical Bulletin 15 (Winter 1983): 7-9.
Notes: Havre de Grace community leader, ca. 1920-1950.

Starke, Barbara. "A Mini View of the Microenvironment of Slaves and Freed Blacks Living in the Virginia and Maryland Areas from the 17th through the 19th Centuries." Negro History Bulletin 41 (September-October, 1978): 878-80.

Wilson, Emily Wanda. The Public Education of Negroes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. M.A. thesis, Howard University, 1948.

Yentsch, Anne. "Beads as Silent Witnesses of an African-American Past: Social Identity and the Artifacts of Slavery in Annapolis, Maryland." Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers 79 (1995): 44-60.

Blumgart, Pamela James, et. al. At the Head of the Bay: A Cultural and Architectural History of Cecil County, Maryland. Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical Trust Press, 1996.

Boden, Mrs. Harry Clark, IV. Mount Harmon Plantation at World's End Cecil County, MD N.p.: Published by the author, 1976.

Brockmann, R. John. "Feeling 'The Old' on Main Street in Warwick." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 75 (Winter 1997): 1, 4-5.

Ewing, Mrs. Cecil E. "The Mitchell House, Fair Hill, Maryland." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 46 (May 19, 1975): [2-3] .

McKee, Sally A. "What is my History?" Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 61 (April 1992): 4-5.

Blake, Allison. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 3rd edition. Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1997.
Notes: A well researched tour guide for the general population.

Blumgart, Pamela James, ed. At the Head of the Bay: A Cultural and Architectural History of Cecil County, Maryland. Elkton, MD: Cecil Historical Trust, 1996.
Notes: This beautifully illustrated book presents a history of the development of the county along with a history of its architecture, including house forms, methods of construction, and outbuildings, along with brief write-ups on 700 historic sites.

Browne, Gary L. "Urban Centers of the Past." Maryland Heritage News 2 (Fall 1984): 6-7.
Notes: A variety of factors effect the rise and fall of urban centers -- transportation, market, environmental, and political changes, as well as the rise of other centers. Browne presents a brief discussion of the fate of approximately ten urban centers.

"Cecil County." Maryland 26 (September/October 1994): [25-31, 33, 35-40, 41, 43, 45].

Cecil County Maryland 1608-1850 As Seen By Some Visitors and Several Essays on Local History Collected by G.E. Gifford, Jr. Rising Sun, MD: George E. Gifford Memorial Committee, Calvert School, 1974.

Comer, Elizabeth Anderson, and Kirsten L. Stevens. "Mount Clare: Introducing Baltimore to Eighteenth Century Splendor." Maryland Archeology 26 (March and September 1990): 86-94.
Notes: A discussion of Charles Carroll, the Barrister's, Baltimore estate, with special emphasis on the gardens and the archeological work done there during the mid-1980s as a percussor to landscape restoration.

Copley, Anne. "Comings and Goings: Migration in Cecil County." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 79 (Autumn 1998): 1, 11.

Creveling, Donald K. "Mount Calvert: 17th-Century Port of Charles Town." Friends of Preservation Newsletter 15 (Winter 1997-98): 3.

Dixon, Michael L. "Warwick: A Municipality No More." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 74 (Autumn 1996): 7.

Dixon, Michael L. "Head of Elk and How it Grew." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 73 (Spring 1996): 1, 4-8.

Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis Company, 1923.
Notes: Divided into three regions -- southeastern Maryland, Upper Bay, and the Eastern Shore, this work includes a history for each, written by five noted authors, followed by a description of the counties in each, along with places of interest and the people of these places. The histories of the areas places special emphasis on major houses and genealogy of the owners. It is nicely illustrated with contemporary photographs, which nearly 80 years later serve as historic images. There are four pages of interesting photos of African Americans.

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