The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Woodlawn History Committee. Woodlawn, Franklintown and Hebbville. Woodlawn, MD: Woodlawn Recreation and Parks Council, 1977.
Categories: County and Local History, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Bunting, Elaine, and Patricia D'Amario. Counties of Northern Maryland. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 2000.
Notes: A series designed for young readers.
Categories: Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Harford County
Capper, John, Garrett Power, and Frank Shivers. Chesapeake Waters: Pollution, Public Health and Public Opinion, 1602-1972. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1983.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Environment, Ethnic History, Medicine, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Dare, Charles P. "Wild Fowl of the Chesapeake." History Trails 18 (Summer 1984): 13-16.
Redman, Donnell E. "An Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Flora of Oregon Ridge Park, Baltimore County, Maryland." Maryland Naturalist 43 (January/June 1999): 1-31.
Categories: Environment, Science and Technology, Baltimore County
Redman, Donnell E. "The Livebearing Fish, Gambusia holbrooki, in Loch Raven Watershed Baltimore County, Maryland." Maryland Naturalist 38 (January/June 1994): 28-30.
Categories: Environment, Science and Technology, Baltimore County
Hollifield, William. "Maryland Monthly Magazine." History Trails 26 (Autumn 1991-Winter 1991-92): 6-7.
Hodes, Michael C. "From Towson to Broadway." Maryland 28 (March 1996): 18-23.
Categories: County and Local History, Music and Theater, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Ritchey, David. "The Baltimore Theater and the Yellow Fever Epidemic." Maryland Historical Magazine 67 (1972): 298-301.
Categories: Medicine, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
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
Archives, and Manuscripts. The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1980.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Baltimore Archives Network, comp. Baltimore's Past: A Directory of Historical Sources. Baltimore: History Press, 1995.
Notes: Much of the contact information is outdated, but it is still the best quick tool for determining who collects what in the Baltimore area.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Baltimore History Network. Baltimore's Past: A Directory of Historical Sources. Baltimore: Baltimore History Group, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Barnes, Robert W. Guide to Research in Baltimore City and County. Revised edition. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1993.
Categories: Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Cavanaugh, Joanne P. "Uncertainty in the Archives." Johns Hopkins Magazine 49 (November 1997): 28-33.
Notes: A well written discussion of the varied archival repositories of The Johns Hopkins University. Serves as a useful introduction to the nature of archives, including a discussion of the problems with electronic records.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Chastain, Maggie, and Lee L. Smith. Index to Martinet's Map of Howard County, Maryland 1860. First edition. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Historical Society, 1998.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County, Howard County
Cox, Richard J. "Opportunities for Maryland Medical History Research at the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland State Medical Journal 23 (June 1974): 56.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Dowell, Susan Stiles. "Villa Pace: Rosa Ponsell's Italianate Estate." Maryland Magazine 16 (Autumn 1983): 25-8.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Music and Theater, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore 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
Grimes, Michael A. "Sources for Documenting Baltimore's Suburban Landscape." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 163-68.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Hollifield, William. "The Baltimore County Historical Society of 1886." History Trails 11 (Summer 1977): 19-21.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County
Jensen, Joseph E. "Bibliographies from the Faculty Library: 145 Years of Service." Maryland State Medical Journal 24 (June 1975): 40-44.
Notes: Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland Library.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. Oral History in Maryland: A Directory. Edited by Larry E. Sullivan. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1981.
Notes: Although it is very outdated, this directory should serve be the starting point for anyone attempting to locate oral history collections relevant to Maryland. Collections surveyed were not only in institutional hands (schools, libraries, and historical agencies) but also belonged to governmental agencies and private individuals. Included are DC and PA collections of potential interest.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century
Lamberg, Lynne. "Preserving the Life of a Lab." Johns Hopkins Magazine 49 (November 1997): 34-35.
Notes: A discussion of the specialized collection of the Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
McCall, Nancy, and Harold Kanarek. "The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 56 (Spring 1982): 88-92.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City