The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Lubar, Steven. "Trolley Lines Land Speculation and Community-Building: The Early History of Woodside Park, Silver Spring, Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 81 (Winter 1986): 316-29.
Notes: The early twentieth century history of Silver Spring is a part of the larger picture of the development of Washington, D.C.'s suburban growth.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
McWilliams, Rita. "Great Elevations." Mid-Atlantic Country 13 (January 1992): 54-58, 63.
Notes: A tourism piece, but one which offers good basic information on a number of western Maryland's geological landmarks -- Crystal Grottoes Caverns, Sideling Hill Road Cut, and The Devil's Racecourse.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Washington County
Markwood, Louis N. The Forest Glen Trolley and the Early Development of Silver Spring. Edited by Randolph Kean. Arlington, VA: National Capital Historical Museum of Transportation, [1975].
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
May, Huguette D., and Anthea Smith. Finding the Charm in Charm City: Affectionate Views of Baltimore. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Notes: A modern photo documentary, using color Polaris Image Transfers of "charming spots" in Baltimore. These spots may not be considered so charming any place else in the world, but definitely display Baltimore's character. Through these image the authors show buildings, building details, and streetscapes. There is an accompanying text that gives a brief history of neighborhoods, buildings, and roads. A visual documentation of Baltimore in the 1990s.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Mayfield, Wayne. "Hutton, 'In the Shadow of a Boom Town'." Glades Star 7 (March 1995): 504-7.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Garrett County
Mellin, Jack. "Green Haven Advertising Brochures." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (January 1991): 9; (April 1991): 9-10.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Merrill, Lucy W. "Gun Road: 'Cannon Track' to Suburb." History Trails 29 (Spring-Summer 1995): 9-16.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Howard County
Milne, Kristin. "Steps in Time: Walking Frederick's Historic Court Square." Frederick Magazine (April 1990): 22-9.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Politics and Law, Religion, Frederick County
Molter, Nelson J. An Illustrated History of Severna Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland: The Annapolis Short Line & W.B.A. Railroads, with A Brief Mention of the Surrounding Communities. [Annapolis, MD]: [Whitmore Print. & Stationary Co.], 1969.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Molter, Nelson J. Severna Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland: A History of the Area. 2 vols. Severna Park, MD: [N.p.] 1969, 1988.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Murphy, Jeanne Payne. "The Letters of Lafayette Buckler from 1859 to 1884." Chronicles of St. Mary's 30 (March 1982): 421-32; (April 1982): 433-44; (May 1982): 445-54.
Notes: Transcriptions of a series of 41 letters written by Lafayette to Victoria McGinley Buckler, his wife, as they traveled between their home in St. Mary's and Baltimore. Two letters are also included written by Victoria. The letters deal with the details of daily life and the relationship of this couple. A sizeable introduction proceeds the letters and places the letters in the context of place, time, and family.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, St. Mary's County
Musey, Reuben L. It Happened in Washington County. Hagerstown, MD: Washington County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Washington County
Nakhleh, Emilie A., and Mary B. Nakhleh, eds. Emmitsburg. History and Society. Emmitsburg, MD: The Emmitsburg Chronicle, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Frederick County
Neely, Esme. "Genteel Living." Annapolis 7 (August 1993): 38-46.
Notes: Severna Park.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Newman, Parsons. Three Historical Sketches of Frederick County from its Foundations to the End of the Revolutionary Period. Frederick: Historical Society of Frederick County, 1974.
Categories: County and Local History, Frederick County
O'Malley, Catherine L. Odenton: The Town a Railroad Built. Annapolis and St. Michaels, MD: Published by the author, 1978.
Categories: County and Local History, Medicine, Military, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publisher Company, 1976.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore: The Building of an American City. Revised edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Notes: The product of a geographer, this excellent history of Baltimore focuses on its physical growth as an urban center. Special emphasis is placed on how the city, and its inhabitants, handled the changes brought about by city growth.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Pearl, Susan G., Marina King, and Howard S. Berger. Historic Contexts in Prince George's County: Short Papers on Settlement Patterns, Transportation and Cultural History. Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1991.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Prince George's County
Quynn, W. R. Bicentennial History of Frederick City & County Maryland. Frederick: Bicentennial Committee of Frederick Chamber of Commerce, 1975.
Categories: County and Local History, Frederick County
Randall, Frances E. Mirror on Frederick Through 250 Years. [Frederick, MD]: Great Southern Printing & Manufacturing Co., 2000.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Women, Frederick County
Randolph, B. S. "History of the Maryland Coal Region." Journal of the Alleghenies 29 (1993): 47-62.
Notes: Originally published by the Maryland Geological Survey, in 1905, this work discusses the development of Allegany County's mining industry, including the unionization of the miners.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Allegany County
Reaves, Ronald E. "New Market: A Maryland town that time did not forget." Cracker Barrel 18 (August 1988): 26-28.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Frederick County
Rothwell, Kate. "Austin's Alley." Frederick Magazine (January 1993): 24-9.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Frederick County
Rothwell, Kate. "A Town Waits For War: Frederick Remembers 1941." Frederick Magazine (November 1991): 20-2, 77-9.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Military, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Frederick County