The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Johnson, Robert C., ed. "Virginia in 1632." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 65 (1957): 458-466.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Native American, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century
"George F. Nixon, Sr., 1906-1994." National Railway Bulletin 60 (no. 1, 1995): 35.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century
Kester, John G. "Charles Polke: Indian Trader of the Potomac." Maryland Historical Magazine 90 (Winter 1995): 446-65.
Marsh, Joan F. "William Henry Holmes and 'Holmescroft'." Montgomery County Story 42 (August 1999): 89-100.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Simpson, Howard E. Recollections of a Railroad Career. N.p.: Published by the author, 1976.
Notes: Memoir of an official of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century
White, Roger. "Harold G. Herbert, Prince of Rails." Anne Arundel County History Notes 23 (April 1992): 3-4.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
White, Roger. "The Jones Family of Odenton: A Railroading Tradition." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (January 1991): 1, 10-13, 16.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Whitehill, Joseph. "The Convict and the Burgher: a Case Study of Communication Crime." American Scholar 38 (1969): 441-451.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century
Abingbade, Harrison Ola. "The Settler-African Conflicts: The Case of the Maryland Colonists and the Grebo 1840-1900." Journal of Negro History 66 (Summer 1981): 93-109.
Categories: African American, Maritime, Native American, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century
Alpert, Jonathan L. "The Origin of Slavery in the United States: The Maryland Precedent." American Journal of Legal History 14 (1970): 189-222.
Notes: Maryland was the "first province in English North America to recognize slavery as a matter of law" (189). Therefore, the study of Maryland is useful for historians studying how American slavery was a product of the law. Early legislation recognized the existence of slavery, for while indentured servitude and slavery co-existed, and the terms were used interchangeably, the law still distinguished between the two. "All slaves were servants but not all servants were slaves" (193). However, it wasn't until 1664 when a statue was created which established slavery as hereditary. This statute was the first law in English North American to thus establish this type of slavery, legalizing what had been de facto since 1639. The author concludes that laws reflect the attitudes of a society and the manner in which societal problems are resolved. In the case of Maryland, servant problems could be avoided by replacing indentured servitude with perpetual slavery.
Categories: African American, Native American, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century
Berlin, Ira. Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998.
Categories: African American, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Native American, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century
Berlin, Ira. Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South. New York: Pantheon Books, 1974.
Notes: The author spends some time discussing Maryland, and the Upper South in general, in order to emphasize geographic distinctions which impacted the status of free Negroes. He postulates that the treatment and status of free blacks foreshadowed the treatment of black people in general after emancipation. In addition, the author examines the various classes of free blacks to understand how different groups viewed their social role. For the elite, positions of leadership continued after the Civil War. Maryland is of particular interest since by 1810, almost one-quarter of Maryland's black population was free. Maryland therefore had the largest free black population of any state in the nation.
Categories: African American, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century
Buford, Carolyn Bames. The Distribution of Negroes in Maryland, 1850-1950. M.A. thesis, Catholic University, 1955.
Categories: African American, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Craven, Wesley Frank. White, Red, and Black: The Seventeenth-Century Virginian. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1971.
Notes: Remains the standard multi-cultural work for the 17th century.
Categories: African American, Ethnic History, Native American, Seventeenth Century
Donaldson, O. Fred, and Richard L. Morrill. "Geographical Perspectives on the History of Black America." Economic Geography 48 (1972): 1-23.
Chalfant, Randolph W. "Calvert Station: Its Structure and Significance." Maryland Historical Magazine 74 (March 1979): 11-22.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore City
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. "Mt. Clare Station, America's Oldest-Or Is It?" Railroad History 139 (1978): 39-53.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore City
Meyer, Richard D. "Parkton Stone Bridge Possibly Oldest in State." History Trails 15 (Winter 1980/81): 5-6.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County
Olson, Sherry. Baltimore: The Building of an American City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
Notes: Geographer Olson's book, by far the most thorough illustrated history of Baltimore, is strong on geographic and commercial development, and gives less attention to the arts, including architecture. However it does feature many historic photographs of buildings and contemporary news accounts of their construction.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Allman, William G. "Bethesda Park: 'The Handsomest Park in the United States'." Montgomery County Story 34 (August 1991): 165-76.
Notes: Amusement parks, often owned by the same individuals who controlled public transportation, encouraged the spread of development. Bethesda Park, which only existed for about five years, played such a role in Bethesda.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Atlas of Howard County, Maryland, 1878. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Bicentennial Commission, Inc., 1975.
Notes: Originally part of G. M. Hopkins atlas.
Baden, Jacqueline Heppes. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Place Apart. 2 vols. Rockville, MD: Travel on Tape, Book Division, 1990.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Bataller, Neal. "Ednor and Norwood-Quiet Reminders of the Past." Legacy 19 (Fall 1999): 1, 5.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Bayley, Ned. "Colesville-In the Beginning." Montgomery County Story 36 (February 1993): 237-48.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Benson, Robert Louis. "The Creation of Howard County." Anne Arundel County History Notes 26 (January 1995): 5-7.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Howard County