Skip to main content

Categories

 


 

The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Gibb, James G. "The Dorsey-Bibb Tobacco Flue: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Southern Maryland Agriculture." Calvert Historian 12 (Spring 1997): 4-20.

Walsh, Lorena S. "Land, Landlord, and Leaseholder: Estate Management and Tenant Fortunes in Southern Maryland, 1642-1820." Agricultural History 59 (July 1985): 373-396.
Notes: Based on the astonishing records of a Jesuit-owned estate in Charles County that lasted for 175 years, Walsh examined 233 tenants, and the effect of their short term vs. long term leases on resource waste or conservation. The story explains how owners used leasing as a means for plantation development and as an alternative to slave labor.

Adler, Larry. It Ain't Necessarily So. New York: Grove Press, 1987.
Notes: Autobiography of a Baltimore-born musician.

Carter, Samuel, III. The Riddle of Dr. Mudd. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974.
Notes: Dr. Samuel Mudd (1833-1883) of Charles County is inextricably connected with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Convicted of aiding John Wilkes Booth by tending to his broken leg during his flight from Washington, Mudd served time at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas until his heroic efforts to save victims of a yellow fever epidemic helped earn an early release. Mudd's conduct and subsequent treatment in the aftermath of Lincoln's death has sparked a cottage industry of defenders and detractors.

Chase, Henry V. "The Scott-Key Connection." Maryland Medical Journal 45 (October 1996): 859-60.

Delaplaine, Edward S. John Phillip Sousa and the National Anthem. Frederick, MD: Great Southern Press, 1983.

"Diary of Dr. Joseph L. McWilliams 1868-1875." Chronicles of St. Mary's 25 (January 1977): 2-8; (October 1977): 315-22.

Faust, Page T. "Dr. Walter Hanson Stone Briscoe." Chronicles of St. Mary's 46 (Winter 1998): 339-42.

Garland, Eric. "Puckish Dr. Osler." Johns Hopkins Magazine 36 (June 1985): 35-38.

Guyther, J. Roy. "The Best of Two Worlds." Chronicles of St. Mary's 42 (Fall 1994): 349-51.

Hoffland, Dixie. "Dr. Samuel Mudd." Maryland 20 (Spring 1988): 48-52.

Hurley, Norma L. "Samuel Cox of Charles County." The Record 53 (October 1991): 1-6.

Keys, Thomas E. "Bookmen in Biology and Medicine I Have Known." Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 30 (1975): 326-348.

Kravetz, Sallie. Ethel Ennis, the Reluctant Jazz Star: An Illustrated Biography. Baltimore: Gateway Press/Hughes Enterprises, 1984.

McHale, John E. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination. Parsippany, NJ: Dillon Press, 1994.

Maturi, Richard J. Francis X. Bushman: A Biography and Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1998.

Miller, Joseph M. "Vignette of Medical History: the Trimbles of Baltimore." Maryland Medical Journal 44 (January 1995): 47-49.

Miller, Joseph M. "James McHenry, M.D. of Fort McHenry in Baltimore Towne." Maryland Medical Journal 41 (May 1992): 413-15.

Olch, Peter D. "William S. Halsted's New York Period, 1874-1886." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40 (1966): 495-510.

Otter, William. History of My Own Times or, the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen. Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether Original. Emmitsburg, MD: n.p., 1835; reprint. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995.
Notes: William Otter (1787-1856) has left an entertaining autobiography of his life as a plasterer and practical jokester. Originally published in Emmitsburg in 1835, Otter's <em>History</em> offers an unusual glimpse into social history from an artisan's perspective. Whether Otter's humorous adventures and anecdotes are all true is debatable. His story does, however, suggest a continuation of the irreverent Maryland personality seen in the works of Ebenezer Cooke, Dr. Alexander Hamilton and Meshack Browning.

Price, Walter W. "The Bashford Amphitheater's Name." Glades Star 6 (June 1990): 412-14.

Rose, Lou. "Dr. Thomas Bond of Calvert County. . . ." Calvert Historian 1 (April 1985): 25-29; 2 (April 1986): 22-34.

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.

Shane, Sylvan Myron Elliot. Routes of a Dentist. Baltimore: Lowry & Volz, 1978.
Notes: Memoirs of the Maryland dentist and his journeys.

Steers, Edward. The Escape and Capture of John Wilkes Booth. Brandywine, MD: Marker Tours, 1983.

Back to Top