The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Holly, David C. Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1994.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Holly, David C. Steamboat on the Chesapeake: Emma Giles and the Tolchester Line. Centreville: Tidewater, 1987.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Chesapeake Region
Holly, David C. Tidewater by Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake, etc. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Latrobe, John H. B. A Lost Chapter in the History of the Steamboat. Fund Publication No. 5. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1871.
Notes: Benjamin H. Latrobe's and Nicholas J. Roosevelt's less than successful partnership with Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingstone to build steamboats in Pittsburgh is the subject of this account by one of Latrobe's sons. The builders' intent was to monopolize the steamboat trade of the western rivers; their initial effort was the <em>New Orleans</em>.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
Latrobe, John H. B. The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters. Fund Publication No. 6. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1871.
Notes: The vivid story of the first steamboat trip down the Mississippi River conducted by Nicholas H. Roosevelt, builder of the <em>New Orleans</em>, and his wife Lydia, daughter of architect Benjamin H. Latrobe. The earthquakes of 1811, the most powerful ever recorded in North America, were among the natural phenomena encountered by the crew (See Dohan, Mary Helen).
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Maritime, Transportation and Communication
McCloud, Melissa. "Tilghman Bridge, Tilghman Memories." Weather Gauge 34 (Fall 1998): 11-15.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Talbot County
Mueller, Edward A. The Queen of Sea Routes: Merchants & Miners Transportation Company. Steamship Historical Society, 2000.
Radoff, Morris L. The Old Line State. Annapolis, MD: Hall of Records Comm., 1971.
Notes: Has a chapter on "Shipbuilding in Maryland," by Marion V. Brewington.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Chesapeake Region
Shomette, Donald G. Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay, and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1996.
Notes: Underwater archaeology.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Charles County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland
Shomette, Donald G. Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake : maritime disasters on Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, 1608-1978. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1982.
Smith, Melbourne. Sailing Vessels of the Chesapeake; nine original lithographed prints. Annapolis, MD: Admiralty Publishing House, 1973.
Snediker, Quentin, and Ann Jensen. Chesapeake Bay Schooners. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1992.
Tilp, Frederick. The Chesapeake Bay of Yore: Mainly about the Rowing and Sailing Craft. Annapolis, MD: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 1982.
Vojtech, Pat. Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1993.
Wood, H. Graham. "Baltimore Steamboats." Steamboat Bill 49 (Fall 1992): 173-80.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore City
Wood, H. Graham. "Fredericksburg to Baltimore: Ninety Miles by Air, Two Days and Two Nights on Different Steamers." Steamboat Bill 188 (Winter 1988): 278-82.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication
Yealdhall, J. Edward. "Crossing the Bay on the 'Smokey Joe'." Isle of Kent (Spring 1993): 7-8.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Queen Anne's County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Bradshaw, Alice. "Waterman's Wife." Annapolitan 7 (March 1993): 28-32, 34-35, 49.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Maritime, Women, Twentieth Century, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Chappell, Helen. "Shorewomen." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (December 1993): 30-34.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Maritime, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Clifford, Mary Louise, and J. Candace Clifford. Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers. Williamsburg, VA: Cypress Communications, 1993.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Maritime, Women, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Cecil County
Line, Lila. Waterwomen. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1982.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Maritime, Women, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Miller, Fred S. "The Name Game." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (March 1995): 44-46.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Maritime, Women, Twentieth Century
Robson, Nancy Taylor. Woman in the Wheelhouse. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1985.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Maritime, Women, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Sarudy, Barbara Wells. "An Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Kryder-Reid." Maryland Humanities (July/August 1994): 28-29.
Categories: Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Women, Twentieth Century
Sarudy, Barbara Wells. "An Interview with Dr. Julia A. King." Maryland Humanities (August/September 1993): 20-21.
Categories: Archaeology, Women, Twentieth Century