The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Colbert, Judy. Country Towns of Maryland and Delaware. Oaks, PA: Country Roads Press, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Cecil County, Carroll County, Calvert County, Frederick County, Harford County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Washington County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Crapster, Basil L. "Land Holdings and Buildings in Present-Day Carroll County in 1798." Historical Society of Carroll County Newsletter 23 (September 1974): [2-3].
Categories: County and Local History, Carroll County
Cronin, William B. "Barren Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (May 1988): 66-68.
Categories: County and Local History, Dorchester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Cronin, William B. "Broomes Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 17 (September 1987): 60-62.
Categories: County and Local History, Calvert County, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Cobb Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 19 (July 1989): 72-74.
Categories: County and Local History, Charles County, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Deal Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (November 1988): 54-55.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Holland Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 17 (January 1988): 56-57.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "St. George's Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 19 (May 1989): 44-47.
Categories: County and Local History, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Sharps Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (January 1989): 36-38.
Categories: County and Local History, Dorchester County, Chesapeake Region
Cronin, William B. "Tangier Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 18 (September 1988): 38-40.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Dempsey, Patricia. "Chesapeake Frontier Town." Annapolis Quarterly (Spring 1996): 68-72.
Categories: County and Local History, Anne Arundel County, Chesapeake Region
Dize, Frances. Smith Island, Chesapeake Bay. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Donegan, Brendan. "Island on the Edge." Preservation 51 (November/December 1999): 38-47.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Dove, Tom. "Destination: Crisfield." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 26 (April 1997): 50-57.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis Company, 1923.
Notes: Divided into three regions -- southeastern Maryland, Upper Bay, and the Eastern Shore, this work includes a history for each, written by five noted authors, followed by a description of the counties in each, along with places of interest and the people of these places. The histories of the areas places special emphasis on major houses and genealogy of the owners. It is nicely illustrated with contemporary photographs, which nearly 80 years later serve as historic images. There are four pages of interesting photos of African Americans.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Education, Family History and Genealogy, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Prince George's County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Fleming, Kevin. Annapolis: The Spirit of the Chesapeake Bay. Annapolis, MD: Portfolio Press, 1988.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Chesapeake Region
Forsthoffer, Joseph P. "Crisfield Crab Daze." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 (August 1992): 26-29.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
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
Fowler, Robert H. "...The Shriver Homestead at Union Mills, Maryland." American History Illustrated 3 (1968): 23-30.
Notes: A heavily illustrated history of the house which was home to the Shriver family for six generations and was the center of the community of Union Mills. The Shrivers were a family of keepers and diarists. The house is now open to the public.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Carroll County
Gall, Anne Mason Eiler. Going Back to the Eastern Shore. Anaheim, CA: Accahmack, 2000.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Gershen, Bart. "'Maryland, My Maryland'." Maryland Medical Journal 43 (March 1994): 275-77.
Categories: County and Local History, Chesapeake Region
Getty, Joe. Uniontown Maryland: A Walking Tour. Manchester, MD: Noodle-Doosey Press, 1984.
Categories: County and Local History, Carroll County
Getty, Joseph M., ed. The Carroll Record: Histories of Northwestern Carroll County Communities. Westminster, MD: Historical Society of Carroll County, 1994.
Notes: Reprints of nineteenth century newspaper articles, from the <em>Carroll Record</em>, on the histories of fourteen of Carroll's communities, written by various authors. Includes an "historical supplement" which provides information on late twentieth century organizations and businesses, along with some family histories.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Carroll County
Glass, Jesse, comp. Ghosts and Legends of Carroll County, MD. Westminster, MD: Carroll County Public Library, 1982.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Carroll County
Graybeal, Jay. Carroll County and the Great War for Civilization, 1917-1919. Westminster, MD: Historical Society of Carroll County, 1993.
Notes: A companion to a Historical Society of Carroll County exhibit, this work deals with both the men who went to war and the efforts of the community they left behind. It includes a contemporary report, excerpts from letters written home, and a memoir of a Carroll Countian who served in Europe. Included is a list of the men who served.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Military, Twentieth Century, Carroll County