The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
"Charles County, Maryland: The Best Kept Secret This Side of the Potomac." Maryland 26 (July/August 1994): 34-35.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Charles County
"Charles County, MD..It's Wild and Waterful." Maryland 27 (July/August 1995): [25-35].
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Charles County
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
Cook, Eleanor M. V. "Georgetown: Jewel of Montgomery County-Part I." Montgomery County Story 41 (November 1998): 49-60.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Montgomery County
Cook, Eleanor M. V. "Georgetown: Jewel of Montgomery County-Part II." Montgomery County Story 42 (February 1999): 61-76.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Women, Eighteenth Century, Montgomery County
Cross, E. May. "The Patent Medicine Show and Other Events at Rayville." History Trails 33 (Spring 1999): 9-12.
Categories: County and Local History, Medicine, Music and Theater, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
Crowley, C. H. "Birthday by the Bay." Saturday Evening Post 267 (March/April 1995): 80-81.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Dessaint, A. Y. Southern Maryland Yesterday and Today: Crab Pots and Sotweed Fields. Prince Frederick, MD: Calvert County Historical Society, 1984.
Notes: Historic photographs and excerpts from 60 of the "best" works on Southern Maryland. Arranged predominately by theme, the chapters include working the land, working the water, life in the home, and life in the community. A ten page introduction gives a brief chronological history of the area.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, St. Mary's County
Dodds, Richard. Solomons Island and Vicinity: An Illustrated History and Walking Tour. Solomons, MD: Calvert Marine Museum, 1995.
Notes: A narrative history of the Island, from its inhabitation by Native Americans to the late twentieth century. The author covers the folklore, traditions, and way of life of this unusual community. Poetry and phrases are also included. There is a discussion of the Island's future. The books is illustrated with images by noted Maryland photographers Marion Warren and Aubrey Bodine. A tour of Solomons Island, Avondale (Johnston), and the surrounding area. The sites chosen discuss the social and cultural history of the area.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Calvert County
Dudley, David. "Getaways: Water World." Baltimore 91 (March 1998): 86-88, 118.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Middletown." Frederick Magazine (May 1992): 12-14.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Medicine, Religion, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Sabillasville." Frederick Magazine (July 1990): 11-12.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Ethnic History, Medicine, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Walkersville." Frederick Magazine (April 1992): 13-14.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Medicine, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Woodsboro." Frederick Magazine (August 1998): 52-53.
Categories: County and Local History, Ethnic History, Medicine, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Woodsboro." Frederick Magazine (December 1991): 18-19.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Medicine, Music and Theater, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County
Fee, Elizabeth, Linda Shopes, and Linda Zeidman, eds. The Baltimore Book: New Views of Local History. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1991.
Notes: Eleven essays documenting the working class history of Baltimore, stretching across many of Baltimore's neighborhoods -- from Federal Hill to Hampden, Edmondson Village to Dundalk. This work grew out of a "People's History Tour of Baltimore." Each chapter includes a map of relevant sites. There are fifteen interviews. It is well illustrated and includes an excellent bibliography.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Foster, Sally. The Private World of Smith Island. New York: Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1993.
Notes: A juvenile audience photo book which addresses the question of "What is it like to live on an island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay."
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Glascock, Judith C. "Solomons, the Early Years." Calvert Historian 8 (Spring 1993): 14-26.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Family History and Genealogy, Maritime, Calvert County
Guyther, J. Roy. Charlotte Hall, The Village Which Grew From a School: Two Hundred Years, 1797-1997. Mechanicsville, MD: J. R. Guyther, 1997.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Education, Family History and Genealogy, Medicine, St. Mary's County
Hanyok, Laura A. "The Chesapeake Beach Resort." Calvert Historian 7 (Fall 1992): 14-20.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Calvert County, Prince George's County
Harp, David W., and Tom Horton. Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Notes: A photo essay on the environmental plight of the Eastern Shore, special attention is paid to the area's natural history and the life of the watermen.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Hughes, Elizabeth. "Founded on Steam: A History of Claiborne, Maryland." Weather Gauge 28 (Fall 1992): 19-22.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Talbot County
Lamkau, Paul V. "Notes on a Record of Deaths in a Parish in Calvert County, Maryland, 1900-1946." Calvert Historian 1 (October 1985): 29-31.
Categories: County and Local History, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Calvert 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
Offutt, William M. Bethesda, a Social History. Bethesda, MD: The Innovation Game, 1995.
Notes: An attempt to present a comprehensive history of Bethesda and its surrounding communities, Montgomery County's seventh election district. The subjects covered in the appendices reflect the wide variety of material dealt with in the book overall. Appendices include "How to set duckpins" and "Rocky Mountain spotted Tick Fever."
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Medicine, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Montgomery County