The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
McGrain, John W. "Historical Aspects of Lake Roland." Maryland Historical Magazine 74 (September 1979): 253-73.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Science and Technology, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
McGuckian, Eileen S. F. Scott Fitzgerald's Rockville: A Guide to Rockville, Maryland, in the 1920s. Rockville, MD: Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Mellin, Jack. "Green Haven Advertising Brochures." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (January 1991): 9; (April 1991): 9-10.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
"The Mystery of Historic St. Mary's City." Southern Living 25 (August 1990): 18-19.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Seventeenth Century, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
Nast, Leonara Heilig, Laurence N. Krause, and R. C. Monk, eds. Baltimore. A Living Renaissance. Baltimore: Historic Baltimore Society, Inc., 1982.
Notes: An eclectic mix of over eighty essays, authored by a broad spectrum of individuals, on topics that illustrate the renaissance that Baltimore experienced during the 1960s and 1970s. Organized under such broad topics as "Baltimore Builds","Social Perspective","The Arts", and "What Makes Baltimore Baltimore" the broad range of subjects covered include Baltimore night life, public housing, television and radio, football, aging services, and influential political and community figures. Includes a brief chronology of the City's redevelopment, 1937-1981.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Nurnberger, Ralph D. "The Great Baltimore Deluge of 1817." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Winter 1974): 405-8.
Notes: Calamities are popular topics for local historians. This discussion of a major flood of the Jones Falls, in Old Town Baltimore, includes an eyewitness account.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
Olesker, Michael. Michael Olesker's Baltimore. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
Notes: Selection of columns from the <em>News American</em> and <em>Baltimore Sun</em>, covering the years 1979-1994. His topics include politicians, sports, eccentrics. He presents a loving picture of Baltimore during the last quarter of the twentieth century without overlooking the problems, such as crime, drugs, and poverty, which plague the city.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Pogue, Dennis J. King's Reach and 17th-Century Plantation Life. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Historical and Cultural Publications, 1990.
Notes: A discussion of the archeological digs at King's Reach and what the findings tell of life at the time, focussing on what can be learned of the plantation's physical layout.
Categories: Agriculture, Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Seventeenth Century, Twentieth Century, Calvert County, Southern Maryland
Randall, Frances E. Mirror on Frederick Through 250 Years. [Frederick, MD]: Great Southern Printing & Manufacturing Co., 2000.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Women, Frederick County
Risjord, Norman K. Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1998.
Notes: A history of colonial Annpolis presented through the lives of eleven prominent citizens. Represented are a printer, a governor, a doctor, and a cabinetmaker. Included are such well known Maryland surnames as Carroll, Paca, Dulany, Chase, and Shaw.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Medicine, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Rodricks, Dan. Baltimore: Charm City. Memphis, TN: Towery Publishing, Inc., 1997.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Rodricks, Dan. Mencken Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Tales of Baltimore In The 1980s. Baltimore, MD: Sunspot Books, 1989.
Notes: Compilation of articles that appeared in <em>The Baltimore Sun</em>.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Spence, Gloria Ryan. "History of Herald Harbor, MD (1924-1984)." Anne Arundel County History Notes 16 (October 1984): [2-4].
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Stone, Gary Wheeler. "St. Maries Citty: Corporate Artifact." Maryland Archeology 26 (March and September 1990): 4-18.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, St. Mary's County
Sween, Jane C. "An Englishwoman Visits Montgomery County in 1830." Montgomery County Story 40 (August 1997): 441-52.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Ethnic History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Sword, Gerald J. "House Cove Point Lookout State Park." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (July 1978): 391-402.
Notes: This article compiled all available information on House Cove. It, therefore, serves as a good example of the wide variety of resources that can be found and utilized when researching a Maryland property.
Categories: Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, 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
Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "Seeking Herrington: Settlement in a Very Early Maryland Town." Maryland Archeology 34 (September 1998): 11-17.
Notes: Herrington, in southern Anne Arundel, was one of many very small towns in Maryland during the Colonial period. These towns generally had no municipal government. To research such communities scholars must rely on governmental records documenting landowners and residents. After Herrington's demise, shortly after 1700, the area remained predominantly agricultural. This resulted in its location remaining largely intact. Thus, it is a promising archeological site for research.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel 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
Tull, Willis Clayton, Jr. "An Every Name Index to R.V. Truitt & M.G. Les Callette's 'Worcester County, Maryland's Arcadia.'" Maryland and Delaware Genealogist 23 (Spring 1982): 39-41.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Tyson, John S. The Founders of Ellicott's Mills. Privately printed, sold for the benefit of the Maryland Historical Society, 1994.
Notes: A series of articles originally published in 1847 in the <em>Howard District Press</em>.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County, Howard County
Weeks, Christopher. "Bouncing Along the Post Road: Eighteenth Century Harford County as Seen by Travelers." Harford Historical Bulletin 57 (Summer 1993): 74-127.
Notes: Annotated excerpts from ten contemporary descriptions of traveling along the post road. The authors include such well known Colonial figures as Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Charles Willson Peale, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Environment, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Harford County, Montgomery County
Windsor Hills: A Century of History. Baltimore: Windsor Hills Neighbors, Inc., 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Ashby, Wallace L. Fossils of Calvert Cliffs. Solomons, MD: Calvert Marine Museum Press, 1979.
Categories: Archaeology, Environment, Science and Technology, Before 1600 AD, Twentieth Century, Calvert County
Cronon, William B. Changes in the Land, Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England. New York: Hill and Wang, 1983.
Notes: Cronon's work is about New England, but his ecological insights are invaluable to learning about the Chesapeake.
Categories: Archaeology, Environment, Native American, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture