The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Kenny, Hamill. Placenames of Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1985.
Notes: Kenny's works supplies the name derivations, along with brief historical backgrounds, for a wide variety of Maryland locations.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
"Maryland Bibliography: 1951." Maryland Historical Magazine 47 (March 1952): 55-61.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
"Maryland Bibliography: 1952." Maryland Historical Magazine 48 (March 1953): 53-64.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
"Maryland Bibliography: 1953." Maryland Historical Magazine 49 (March 1954): 64-69.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
McCauley, Lois B. Maryland Historical Prints, 1752 to 1889: A Selection from the Robert G. Merrick Collection Maryland Historical Society and Other Maryland Collections. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1975.
Notes: McCauley's is the major reference point for anyone researching Maryland prints. It is well illustrated, with descriptive text. This is as close as one comes to a union catalog for Maryland prints. This work should also be of interest to anyone seeking pre-photographic images of Maryland sites, as well as to map historians.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
"Maryland Historical Society Celebrates 150th Year (1844-1994)." The Legacy 37 (February 1994): 4.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Chesapeake Region
The Official Museum Directory. Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1971-.
Notes: This guide has been published yearly since 1971. The American Association of Museums is the museum world's major professional organization, although it is oriented more towards large wealthy institutions.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Papenfuse, Edward C., et al. A Guide to Government Records at the Maryland State Archives: A Comprehensive List by Agency and Record Series. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1991.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Chesapeake Region
Papenfuse, Edward C., Susan A. Collins, and Christopher N. Allan. A Guide to the Maryland Hall of Records: Local Judicial and Administrative Records in Microform. Vol. 1. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1978.
Notes: Records of Allegany County through Baltimore County and City.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Allegany County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Chesapeake Region
Pedley, Avril J. M., ed. The Manuscript Collections of the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1968.
Notes: Collection level descriptions of 1,724 collections in the Society's Manuscripts Division. It includes an extensive index. This is the first of two books the Society published describing their holdings. The collection information can now be found on the Society's webpage. See also Cox and Sullivan, (1981), for further information.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Chesapeake Region
Peden, Henry C. A Guide to Genealogical Research in Maryland. 5th edition. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 2001.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Posner, Ernst. American State Archives. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1964, 134-142.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Chesapeake Region
Radoff, Morris L., Gust Skordas, and Phebe R. Jacobsen. The County Courthouses and Records of Maryland, Part Two: The Records. Annapolis: Maryland Hall of Records, 1963.
Notes: This survey of the records created by Maryland's counties, and Baltimore City, has its origins in the Depression era's Historical Records Survey. The introduction includes descriptions and explanations of the records. At the start of each county section is a general history of the county's records. This is the second of two books. The first in the series focuses of the history of each courthouse building.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Schofield, Clay. "An Annotated Bibliography of Folklore Material for the Eastern Shore." Free State Folklore 3 (Winter 1976-1977): 19-55.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Sheffield, Suzanne. "The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum." Peninsula Pacemaker 26 (August 1997): 14-16.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Skordas, Gust. "Maryland's County Records -- the Eclectic Approach." American Archivist 25 (April 1962): 199-206.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Thompson, Lawrence S. "Foreign Travellers in Maryland, 1900-1950." Maryland Historical Magazine 48 (1953): 337-43.
Notes: An annotated bibliography of the commentary written by 31 foreign visitors to Maryland. Overall, the emphasis is on Baltimore and surrounding area.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Chesapeake Region
Treasures of the Past Resources for the Future: A Preservation Plan for Maryland's Library and Archival Collections. Baltimore: Task Force to Initiate Preservation Planning in Maryland, 1994.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Valliant, John R. "Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum: Our First Thirty Years." Weather Gauge 31 (Spring 1995): 4-9.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Weiser, Frederick S., ed. "Eighteenth Century German Church Records from Maryland: A Checklist." The Report: A Journal of German-American History 38 (1982): 5-14.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Eighteenth Century, Caroline County, Frederick County, Washington County, Chesapeake Region
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
Whitehill, Walter Muir. Independent Historical Societies. Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, 1962, 162-170.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Chesapeake Region
Berkeley, Henry J. "Extinct River Towns of the Chesapeake Region." Maryland Historical Magazine 19 (1924): 125-34.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Chesapeake Region
Carr, Lois Green. County Government in Maryland, 1689-1709. New York: Garland Publishers, 1987.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
Jordan, David W. "Political Stability and the Emergence of a Native Elite in Maryland." In The Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Century: Essays in Anglo-American Society. Edited by Thad W. Tate and David L. Ammerman, 243-73. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1979.