The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Shaw, Susan. "Reviving a Country Colonial in Southern Maryland." Historic Preservation 36 (August 1984): 8-11.
Notes: Restoration of Maxwell Hall, Charles County.
Trostel, Michael F. "Saint Thomas Manor." The Record 28 (May 1983): 1-3.
Notes: Charles County structure.
Abbe, Leslie Morgan. "The Talbott House and Its People." Montgomery County Story 20 (February 1977): 2-8.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Anderson, George M. "The Civil War Courtship of Richard Mortimer Williams and Rose Anderson of Rockville." Maryland Historical Magazine 80 (Summer 1985): 119-138.
Notes: The story of the couple's courtship taken from Williams's writings. Insight is offered into life in Rockville, the county seat, during that period.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County, Civil War
Atrim, Shane. "A Blue Dog Night?" Maryland 27 (July/August 1995): [39].
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Charles County
Ball, Walter V. "The History of Mount Pleasant." Montgomery County Story 20 (February 1977): 8-12.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
"A Bay for All Seasons." Maryland 27 (September/October 1995): F28-F29, F31, F33.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Bayley, Ned. "Colesville-In the Beginning." Montgomery County Story 36 (February 1993): 237-48.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Beitzell, Edwin W., ed. "Diary of Dr. Joseph L. McWilliams 1868-1875." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (March 1978): 359-66; (May 1978): 375-82; (June 1978): 383-89; (September 1978): 411-15.
Notes: Transcriptions of a mid-nineteenth century diary. Most entries are very short.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County
"Benedict and Cobb Island." Maryland 26 (July/August 1994): 38.
Categories: County and Local History, Charles County
Benson, Robert Louis. "Notes on South County: Part II: Two Tours and Two Families." Anne Arundel County History Notes 24 (October 1992): 4, 9.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Blake, Allison. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 3rd edition. Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1997.
Notes: A well researched tour guide for the general population.
Categories: County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Boyd, Thomas Hulings Stockton. The History of Montgomery County, Maryland, from its earliest settlement in 1650 to 1879. Clarksburgh, MD [Baltimore, W. K. Boyle & son, printers], 1879; reprint, Baltimore: Regional Pub. Co, 1968.
Notes: Written following the American, and the County's, Centennial, this work places special emphasis on land grants and prominent men. Includes a directory of the towns, villages, and residents.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County, Montgomery County
Broadneck Jaycees. Broadneck, Maryland's Historic Peninsula. Annapolis, MD: Fishergate Publishing Co., Inc., 1976.
Notes: Broadneck is a former Anne Arundel County hundred, located between the Severn and the Magothy Rivers. This work, published for the American Bicentennial, consists of thirteen essays, written by community leaders and local scholars, on a variety of themes -- education, religion, etc. One essay is the work of former Maryland State Archivist, Morris L. Radoff. Included is a list showing the dates of the area's first families' first residences.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Anne Arundel County
Brown, Jack D., William A. Diggs, Gladys S. Jenkins, J. C. Karpiak, Elwood M. Leviner, Mary Clare Matthews, Janie MacInnis, Rona R. Schaepman, and Frederick Tilp. Charles County, Maryland: A History. South Hackensack: Custombook, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Charles County
Browne, Gary L. "Urban Centers of the Past." Maryland Heritage News 2 (Fall 1984): 6-7.
Notes: A variety of factors effect the rise and fall of urban centers -- transportation, market, environmental, and political changes, as well as the rise of other centers. Browne presents a brief discussion of the fate of approximately ten urban centers.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Allegany County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Washington County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Browne, Joseph L. From Sotweed to Suburbia: A History of the Crofton, Maryland Area 1660-1960. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1985.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Transportation and Communication, Anne Arundel County
Butruille, Susan G. "Waldorf." Maryland 16 (Winter 1983): 36-40.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Charles County
Cadwalader, Mary H. "The Mill." Harford Historical Bulletin (Spring 1986): 35-37.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Harford County
"Charles County By Water." Maryland 26 (July/August 1994): 36-37.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Charles County
"Charles County, Maryland: The Best Kept Secret This Side of the Potomac." Maryland 26 (July/August 1994): 34-35.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Charles County
"Charles County, MD..It's Wild and Waterful." Maryland 27 (July/August 1995): [25-35].
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Charles County
Clark, Charles Branch. The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1950.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Native American, Women, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Coleman, Margaret M. "Roots for the New Neighborhood of Beau Monde Estates." Montgomery County Story 23 (November 1980): 1-11.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Compton, Amy. "Ferreting Out History in Charles County: A Mini-Tour for Cars or Bikes." Maryland 6 (Spring 1974): 6-9.
Categories: County and Local History, Charles County