The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Johnson, Ruth Ann. "Cecil County Libraries: Guardians of Minds and Morals." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 59 (September 1991): 6-7.
Manning, John, and Stanley White. "Upper Bay Museum." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 61 (April 1992): 5-6.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Cecil County
"Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secret: Burgess Early Americana Museum." Maryland Humanities (March/April 1994): 27.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Somerset County, Eastern Shore
Radoff, Morris L. "The Maryland Records in the Revolutionary War." American Archivist 37 (April 1974): 277-85.
Notes: Governmental records are always at risk during times of war. Maryland's records were in an even more precarious position during the Revolutionary War, the Maryland State House was under construction. Radoff discusses the movement of Maryland's records in attempts to keep them safe from harm. Also discussed in the theft of Cecil County land records by British troops.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Cecil County, Prince George's County
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
Taylor, Morton F. "The Sheriff John F. De Witt Military Museum Opens." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 62 (September 1992): 7.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Twentieth Century, Cecil County
Garrett, Jerre. "A History of the Elkton Police Department." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 65 (September 1993): 1, 3-5.
Categories: Politics and Law, Cecil County
Carr, Lois Green, and Lorena S. Walsh. "The Standard of Living in the Colonial Chesapeake." William and Mary Quarterly 45 (January 1988): 135-59.
Notes: Carr and Walsh make detailed use of probate records from seventeenth and eighteenth century Maryland to argue that the period in Chesapeake area history represented a shift from an early emphasis upon material necessities to an improved standard of living marked by "gentility." The authors contend that this change reached across class lines and helped to fuel, rather than check, the productive economy of the colony. The article includes extensive tables and graphs of evidence regarding consumer items for several Maryland and Virginia counties.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
DeSocio, Chuck. "Cecil County Plays Ball." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 70 (Spring 1995): 1, 4-5.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Horton, Tom. An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake. New York, W. W. Norton and Company, 1996.
Notes: Horton's title suggests his principal themes in examining Smith Island life: that the islands represent a distinctive way of life rooted in another time whose preservation into the future may literally be running out of time. An environmental columnist for the Baltimore <em>Sun</em> who lived on Smith Island in the late 1980s as an environmental educator with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Horton examines the water-related economy, traditionally based on oystering and crabbing, and the unique way of life that evolved in the relative isolation of the island communities. His book profiles the personalities of Smith Island, the work of men and women, the pervasive role of religion in island life, and social, economic, and environmental changes threatening the island's future.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Hotchkiss, Horace L. "A Visit to Rose Hill in the 1850's." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 61 (April 1992): 7-8.
Kelso, Fred. "The Port Deposit Black Sox." Bulletin of The Historical Society of Cecil County, 77/78 (Autumn/Winter 1998): 10-12.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Cecil County
"Recipes and Home Cures from the 1840's." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County. 55 (January 1992): 1-2.
Categories: Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Robinson, Dorothy. "The Elkton Debating Society." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County. 63 (December 1992): 4-5.
Russo, Jean B. "The Constables' Lists: An Invaluable Resource." Maryland Historical Magazine 85 (Summer 1990): 164-70.
Categories: Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century, Somerset County, Eastern Shore
Williamson, Elly. "Winter: A Season of Celebration." Bulletin of The Historical Society of Cecil County 80 (Winter 1998): 1, 8-11.
Astarita, Patti, and Jim Tomlin. "The C & D Canal." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 12 (Sunshine 1990): 152-55.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Cecil County
"Cecil County Postmasters-1853." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 66 (December 1993): 3, 7.
DeBoard, Kermit. "The Philadephia Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 81 (Spring/Summer 1999): 1, 7.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Dixon, Mike. "The Railroad Comes to Elkton." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 82 (Autumn 1999): 1, 6.
Garrett, Jerre. "The Automobile in Cecil County." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 64 (April 1993): 1, 3-4.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Cecil County
Garrett, Jerre. "The Elkton, Andora and Lewisville Plank Road Company." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 60 (December 1991): 1, 3.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Cecil County
Garrett, Jerre. "An Important Era in Rising Sun: The Railroad Arrives." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 63 (December 1992): 1, 3-4.
Shagena, Jack L. "Chesapeake Chesapike." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 72 (Winter 1996): 1, 5-7.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Cecil County, 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