The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "Seeking Herrington: Settlement in a Very Early Maryland Town." Maryland Archeology 34 (September 1998): 11-17.
Notes: Herrington, in southern Anne Arundel, was one of many very small towns in Maryland during the Colonial period. These towns generally had no municipal government. To research such communities scholars must rely on governmental records documenting landowners and residents. After Herrington's demise, shortly after 1700, the area remained predominantly agricultural. This resulted in its location remaining largely intact. Thus, it is a promising archeological site for research.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Walston, Mark. "Seneca Stone: Building Block of the Nation's Capital." Maryland 18 (Winter 1985): 39-42.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Weeks, Christopher. "Bouncing Along the Post Road: Eighteenth Century Harford County as Seen by Travelers." Harford Historical Bulletin 57 (Summer 1993): 74-127.
Notes: Annotated excerpts from ten contemporary descriptions of traveling along the post road. The authors include such well known Colonial figures as Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Charles Willson Peale, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Environment, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Harford County, Montgomery County
Lampl, Elizabeth Jo, and Kimberly Prothro Williams. Chevy Chase: A Home Suburb for the Nation's Capital. Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical Trust, 1998.
Notes: A handsomely illustrated history of the development of this exceptionally successful DC suburban community from an architectural and planning perspective. Its appendix includes short histories of the area's architects and builders.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Ashby, Wallace L. Fossils of Calvert Cliffs. Solomons, MD: Calvert Marine Museum Press, 1979.
Categories: Archaeology, Environment, Science and Technology, Before 1600 AD, Twentieth Century, Calvert County
Bunting, Elaine, and Patricia D'Amario. Counties of Central Maryland. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1998.
Notes: A series designed for young people.
Categories: Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County
Cronon, William B. Changes in the Land, Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England. New York: Hill and Wang, 1983.
Notes: Cronon's work is about New England, but his ecological insights are invaluable to learning about the Chesapeake.
Categories: Archaeology, Environment, Native American, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture
Gottfried, Michael D. "Fossil Pioneers: The Chesapeake Region and the Early History of Paleontology in North America." Bugeye Times 16 (Fall 1991): 1, 6-7.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Environment, Native American, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Chesapeake Region
Grant, John A. "The Flint Rocks." Glades Star 7 (March 1994): 373-75.
Categories: Archaeology, Environment, Garrett County
Hench, John E., Rob Gibbs, and Jayne S. Hench. "Some Observations on Hydrilla and Wintering Waterfowl in Montgomery County, Maryland." Maryland Naturalist 38 (January/June 1994): 3-9.
Kent, Bretton W. Making Dead Oysters Talk. 1988; rev. ed. Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical Trust, Historic St. Mary's City Commission and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, 1992.
Notes: Kent's analyses of oysters from archaeological sites, tell a cautionary tale of overharvest which went unheeded for three centuries.
Categories: Archaeology, Environment, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century
Kryder-Reid, E. "The Archaeology of Vision in Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake Gardens." Journal of Garden History 14 (January-March 1994): 42-54.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Environment, Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
Fitzsimons, Mrs. Neal. "'Uncle Tom' in Montgomery County." Montgomery County Story 18 (May 1975): 1-14.
Notes: This article explores the little-known connection between Harriet Beecher Stowe's <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em> and the story of Josiah Henson, a slave from Montgomery County. Henson's autobiography apparently inspired the author of what became one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century. Fitzsimons provides excerpts from Henson's narrative and surveys the sites in Montgomery County associated with his life.
Categories: African American, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Little, Barbara J. Ideology and Media. Historical Archaeology of Printing in Eighteenth Century, Annapolis, Maryland. Ph.D. diss., State University of New York-Buffalo, 1987.
Cissel, Anne W. "Public Houses of Entertainment and their Proprietors, 1750-1828." Montgomery County Story 30 (August 1987): 279-94.
Categories: County and Local History, Music and Theater, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
LaRoche, Gerard. "Music at Riversdale." Riversdale Letter 12 (Summer 1995): 2-4.
Categories: County and Local History, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Adams, Cheryl, and Art Emerson. Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives: A Guide to Resources in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Washington: Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress, 1998.
Notes: Institutional level descriptions for nineteen Maryland libraries and archives holding significant religious collections. A tremendous level of detail is given. Subject headings are assigned to each institution. This guide is also available online at <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/">https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/</a>.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Religion, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Frederick County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Washington County
Adams, Henry DeCoursey. "The First Fifteen Years of the Montgomery County Historical Society." Montgomery County Story 3 (November 1959): 1-10.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Barquist, Rose, et al. A Source Book for Early Western Maryland History and Genealogy. Shippensburg, PA: Beidel Printing House, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Montgomery County
Cook, Eleanor M. V. Guide to the Records of Montgomery County, Maryland. Genealogical and Historical. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Crook, Mary Charlotte. "Lilly Moore Stone, Founder of the Montgomery County Historical Society." Montgomery County Story 20 (November 1977): 1-10.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Gelbert, Doug. Company Museums, Industry Museums, and Industrial Tours: A Guidebook of Sites in the United States That Are Open to the Public. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1994. 94-104.
Notes: Brief descriptions of fifteen industrial sites in Maryland. When considering sites on this topic most museum goers would probably know of the Baltimore Museum of Industry but people may overlook many of the other sites covered, such as the Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum, the Poultry Hall of Fame, and the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Visitor Center.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Carroll County, Calvert County, Frederick County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Glaser, John D. Collecting Fossils in Maryland, Educational Series, no. 4. Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey, 1979.
Categories: Archaeology, Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century
Glick, Susan. "A Story Hidden in Suburbia." Maryland 26 (February 1994): 60-64.
Notes: This article, based on the writer's own experience researching her home, is an excellent introduction for someone just beginning house research.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
A Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Montgomery County Records on Microfilm. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Montgomery County