Skip to main content

Categories

 


 

The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Larew, Marilynn M. Bel Air: The Town Through Its Buildings. Edited by Christopher Weeks. Edgewood, MD: Town of Bel Air and the Maryland Historical Trust, 1981.

Mackintosh, Barry. "'Politics in the Pumpkin Patch': A Response." Public Historian 12 (Spring 1990): 53-56.

Miller, Mark B. Baltimore Transitions; Views of an American City in Flux. Baltimore: Pridemark, 1998.
Notes: Through historic and contemporary views of the same location, the author illustrates the dramatic effects of the automobile, the high-rise building, and other aspects of modern urban life on the Baltimore of a century ago.

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.

Paraschos, Janet Nyberg. "Baltimore." American Preservation 3 (July-August 1980): 23-38.

Pearl, Susan C. Fairmount Heights, Maryland: a History, from its Beginnings (1900) to Incorporation (1935). Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1991.

Scarff, John H. Hampton, Baltimore County, Maryland. Baltimore: Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities, 1954.

Schalck, Harry G. "Planning Roland Park, 1891-1910." Maryland Historical Magazine 67 (1972): 419-428.

Schock, Mildred C. Of History and Houses: A Kent Island Heritage. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1982.

"Shellman House Restoration." Carroll County History Journal 46 (July 1995): 2-3.

Silverman, Sharon H. "Antrim 1844." Maryland 25 (December 1993): 54-57, 60.

Silverman, Sharon H. "Bowling Brook Country Inn." Maryland 27 (September/October 1995): 18-23.

"Society Marks Historical Sites." Glades Star 7 (March 1994): 341.

Thomas, Dawn F. The Green Spring Valley: Its History and Heritage, Vol. 1: A History and Historic Houses. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1978.

Ware, Donna M. Green Glades & Sooty Gob Piles: The Maryland Coal Region's Industrial and Architectural Past. Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical and Cultural Publications, 1991.
Notes: Some 6,000 bridges, iron furnaces, log schoolhouses, company offices and stores, miner's houses, mill buildings, banks, churches, mansions, inns, resort cottages, and other structures associated with the extractive, manufacturing, and transportation industries of Garrett and western Allegany counties are surveyed and described here, with photographs, and contributions by Orlando Ridout, V, Geoffey B. Henry, and Mark R. Edwards. The largest project to date conducted by the Maryland Historical Trust is essential to an understanding of the unique remains of Maryland's historic resort area and coal and iron district.

Warren, Marion E., and Warren, Mame. Baltimore When She Was What She Used to Be. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983.
Notes: This photo history has minimal captioning, but included amongst the photographs are illustrations of period newspaper articles, from the Sun, and excerpts from books and magazine articles of the eras. There are five essays covering the years from 1900 to 1930. Journals used include Women's Home Companion (1927) and Harpers Weekly (1904).

Weeks, Christopher. The Building of Westminster in Maryland: A Socio-Architectural Account of Westminster's First 250 Years, Including an Illustrated Inventory of over 200 Historic Structures. Annapolis, MD: Fishergate Publishing Co., Inc. for the City of Westminster, 1978.

"1949 Centennial Parade." Glades Star 9 (June 1999): 42.

"1972 Garrett County Centennial Celebration." Glades Star 8 (December 1997): 281-82, 287.

Abbe, Leslie Morgan. "The Talbott House and Its People." Montgomery County Story 20 (February 1977): 2-8.

Adkins, J. Howard, and Louise H. Adkins. Memories of Barren Creek Springs and Hotel, Wicomico County, Maryland. Salisbury, MD: Published by the authors, 1986.

Allen, Irvin G. Historic Oldtown Maryland. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Company, 1983.

Aiken, Zora. "Taylors Island." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 (December 1992): 28-33.

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.

Back to Top