The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Shapin, Alice Rindler. "Beneath the Surface at the National Aquarium." Maryland 25 (Summer 1993): 26-31.
Categories: Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Wennersten, John R. "The Calvert Marine Museum." Maryland 17 (Summer 1985): 35-38.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Calvert County, Chesapeake Region
Barton, Donald Scott. Divided Houses: The Civil War Party System in the Border States. Ph.D. diss., Texas A&M University, 1991.
Categories: Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Catton, Bruce. "A Southern Artist on the Civil War." American Heritage 9 (1958): 117-120.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Skotnes, A. "The Communist Party, Anti-Racism, and the Freedom Movement: Baltimore, 1930-1934." Science and Society 60 (Summer 1996): 164-94.
Categories: Politics and Law, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Towers, Frank, ed. "Military Waif: A Sidelight on the Baltimore Riot of 19 April 1861." Maryland Historical Magazine 89 (Winter 1994): 427-46.
Categories: Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City, Civil War
Henig, Gerald S. Henry Winter Davis: Antebellum and Civil War Congressman from Maryland. New York: Twayne Press, 1973.
Notes: A sympathetic biography of a leading Maryland politician who died in 1866 at the early age of forty-eight. A gifted orator and political writer, and a passionate opponent of the Democratic Party, Davis initially associated with the Whig Party, which was popular in the north but less so in the south, just as it was in the throes of disintegration. He then aligned with the newly formed Know Nothing Party, whose primary appeal was nativism and anti-Catholicism, and was elected to Congress in 1855. He was a leading opponent of the Buchanan administration and an early supporter of Abraham Lincoln. Active in trying to stem the tide of secession and to keep Maryland in the Union, he hoped for a Cabinet position, but Montgomery Blair won the appointment. At odds with his constituents, he was defeated for re-election and his political career appeared to be ended. He became gradually disenchanted with Lincoln's leadership, and, after re-election to Congress as a Unconditional Unionist, he led the effort to reassert Congressional leadership over reconstruction policies. When the President pocket-vetoed the Wade-Davis bill, he issued a highly publicized protest manifesto and actively opposed Lincoln's renomination. During the 1864 campaign, however, he decided that the Democratic candidate, McClellan, was a greater threat, so he campaigned for the Republican ticket. Davis also played a decisive role in the writing and ratification of the Maryland constitution of 1864. Once again his radical position eroded his constituent base and he was not renominated for his Congressional seat.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City, Civil War
"After 100 Years." Glades Star 7 (December 1995): 660.
Notes: Casselman Bridge.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Garrett County
Allen, Cathy. "Prince George's County's Aviation History." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 27 (March 1998): [2-4].
Categories: Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical Engineers in America Born Prior to 1861. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1980.
Notes: Entries on James Millholland, Ross Winans, and other early mechanical engineers that practiced in Maryland.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Amrhein, Edward M. "The Brake Shoes You Can't Get at the Auto Parts Store." Live Wire 24 (April-May-June 1993): 1, 5.
Categories: Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
Bernard, William S., and Forrest E. Meeks. "The Maryland State Police Aviation Division: Helicopters in the Public Service." Verti-flite 37 (May 1991): 10-17.
Breihan, John R., Stan Piet, and Roger S. Mason. Martin Aircraft, 1909-1960. Santa Ana, CA: Narkiewicz-Thompson, ca. 1995.
"The Bridge That Disappears." Glades Star 7 (March 1992): 2-3.
"Bridges over the Youghiogheny River." Glades Star 6 (September 1986): 48-51.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Garrett County
Brown, William H. The History of the First Locomotives in America. New York: D. Appleton, 1871.
Notes: Includes an account and a dramatic fold-out illustration of the famous race between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's early locomotive, the <em>Tom Thumb</em>, and the horse.
Byron, Gilbert. "The Old Chester River Bridge." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 16 (September 1986): 44-45.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Kent County
Calhoun, David Hovey. The American Civil Engineer. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1960.
Notes: Discusses Benjamin Henry Latrobe as engineer and other early civil engineers in Maryland whose work on the state's turnpikes, canals, and railroads laid the foundation for the civil engineering profession in America.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Caplinger, Michael W. Bridges Over Time: A Technological Context for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Main Stem at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia Press, 1997.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
Carlson, Robert E. "British Railroads and Engineers and the Beginnings of American Railroad Development." Business History Review 34 (1960): 137-149.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
Carmer, Carl. The Susquehanna. New York: Rinehart, 1955.
Notes: One of the prestigious "Rivers of America" series, and for Marylanders a book-end volume to Frederick Gutheim's <em>The Potomac</em>. This is popular history at its best: powerfully-written, anecdotal--and what anecdotes! The story of Thomas Cresap is alone worth checking the book out of the library. Covers the downriver ark traffic and the attempts of steamboats to conquer the rocky and unruly Susquehanna.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
Chappell, Helen. "Bridging the Bay." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (June 1994): 44-49.
The Chesapeake, and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland. The Telephone in Maryland. Baltimore: n.p., 1974.
Chevalier, Michel. Histoire et description des voies de communication aux États Unis et des travaux d'art qui en dépendent [History and Description of the Channels of Communication of the United States...]. Paris: 1841.
Notes: A good deal of important early information on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is contained in two volumes, one of text and the other of maps and illustrations, by the French economist and advocate of industrial development as the key to social progress. Other railroads and canals are also given extensive treatment.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Colburn, Zerah. The Locomotive Engine: Including a Description of its Structure, Rules for Estimating its Capabilities, and Practical Observations on its Construction and Management. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1854.
Notes: Railroad historian John H. White, Jr. describes the author as "a leading authority on locomotive engineering and one of the most gifted technical writers of the nineteenth century," and his book as "a small but valuable manual." It includes material on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and its greatest early locomotive builder, Ross Winans.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century