The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
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.
Categories: County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
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.
Categories: Agriculture, Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Native American, Transportation and Communication, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Bodine, A. Aubrey. Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater. New York: Bonanza Books, 1980.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Carr, Lois Green. "The Metropolis of Maryland': A Comment on Town Development Along the Tobacco Coast." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Summer 1974): 124-45.
Notes: Many towns in the Chesapeake area failed during the seventeenth century. Towns were not needed as commercial centers for the tobacco trade, the major economy of the area at that time. Carr uses St. Mary's City as an example of such a failure.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Chappell, Helen. "Elliott Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (August 1993): 27-33.
Categories: County and Local History, Dorchester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Chappell, Helen. "Island Outpost." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (April 1994): 42-47, 56.
Notes: Deal Island.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Chappell, Helen. The Oysterback Tales. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Chappell, Helen. "Crosscurrents of Culture." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (October 1993): 40-45.
Notes: Tilghman Island.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Chappell, Helen. "Downhome Bellevue." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (September 1994): 41-45.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Chesser, Helen Brown. "St. George Island Memories." Chronicles of St. Mary's 40 (Spring 1992): 98-104.
Notes: The memories of a woman who grew up on the Island during the early decades of the twentieth century.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
"Chestertown Awaits You." Peninsula Pacemaker 20 (June 1992): 18-20, 22.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Kent County
Colbert, Judy. Country Towns of Maryland & Delaware: Charming Small Towns and Villages to Explore. Lincolnwood, IL: Country Roads Press, 1999.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Colbert, Judy. Country Towns of Maryland and Delaware. Oaks, PA: Country Roads Press, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Cecil County, Carroll County, Calvert County, Frederick County, Harford County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Washington County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Cronin, William B. "Barren Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (May 1988): 66-68.
Categories: County and Local History, Dorchester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Cronin, William B. "Broomes Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 17 (September 1987): 60-62.
Categories: County and Local History, Calvert County, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Cobb Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 19 (July 1989): 72-74.
Categories: County and Local History, Charles County, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Deal Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (November 1988): 54-55.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Holland Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 17 (January 1988): 56-57.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "St. George's Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 19 (May 1989): 44-47.
Categories: County and Local History, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Sharps Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (January 1989): 36-38.
Categories: County and Local History, Dorchester County, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Tangier Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (September 1988): 38-40.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
De Gast, Robert. Unreal Estate: The Eastern Shore. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.
Notes: Photo study of a variety of abandoned buildings -- agricultural structures and homes.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century
Dehler, Katherine B. "Mt. Vernon Place at the Turn of the Century: A Vignette of the Garrett Family." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Fall 1974): 279-92.
Notes: The Garretts, Baltimore's grandest family, had a profound influence on the growth of culture and education in Baltimore. They also had a profound influence on their own neighborhood. Stanford White and Tiffany worked on their Mount Vernon Place home.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Dempsey, Patricia. "Chesapeake Frontier Town." Annapolis Quarterly (Spring 1996): 68-72.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County, Chesapeake Region
Dize, Frances. Smith Island, Chesapeake Bay. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore