The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Wax, Darold D. "Black Immigrants: The Slave Trade in Colonial Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 73 (March 1978): 30-45.
Categories: African American, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century
Wicek, William M. "The Statutory Law of Slavery and Race in the Thirteen Mainland Colonies of British America." William and Mary Quarterly, 3d ser., 34 (1977): 258-80.
Categories: African American, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century
Wright, James M. The Free Negro in Maryland, 1634-1860. Vol. 917, no. 3. Columbia University Studies in History. New York: Columbia University, 1921.
Categories: African American, Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
"Clifton Celebrates Being 250 Years Young." The Preservationist 7 (April-May 1992): 3.
Coffin, Lewis A., Jr., and Arthur C. Holden. Brick Architecture of the Colonial Period in Maryland & Virginia. N.p., 1919.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Science and Technology, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century
Davis, Vernon Perdue, and James Scott Rawlings. The Colonial Churches of Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina; Their Interiors and Worship. Richmond, VA: Dietz Press, 1985.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Religion, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century
Day, Donna Goldsmith. Inns and Colonial Homes of Maryland. Gambrills, MD: Eastwind Publishing, 1995.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century
Hopkins, Henry Powell. Colonial Houses of Annapolis, Maryland, and Their Architectural Details. Baltimore: n.p., 1963.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Inventory of Historic Sites in Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary's County. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Historical Trust, 1980.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Charles County, Calvert County, St. Mary's County
Lebherz, Ann, and Mary Margrabe. Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County, Volume II. Frederick, MD: Frederick County Historical Society, 1999.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, Frederick County
"Locust Grove: A Newly Restored Gem for Charles County." The Record 29 (September 1983): 1-3.
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.
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
Baker, Nancy T. "Annapolis, Maryland, 1695-1730." Maryland Historical Magazine 81 (Fall 1986): 191-209.
Notes: This study describes the first phase in Annapolis's development as an urban center. It covers the period in which the community progressed from a settlement to a city. This period was marked by three patterns of development -- the acquisition of land, a growth in the population, and the town's evolution as a market for imported goods.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel 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
Belle Air Chapter, Brigadier General Rezin Beall Chapter, Marlborough Towne Chapter, Toaping Castle Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Prince George's County Memorial Library System. Reminders of Revolutionary Days in Prince George's County. N.p.: 1975.
"Benedict and Cobb Island." Maryland 26 (July/August 1994): 38.
Categories: County and Local History, Charles 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
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. "Milling, Mining and Milking: The Evolution of Harford County." Harford Historical Bulletin 48 (Spring 1991): 46-54.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Harford 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
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
Carr, Lois Green. "The Metropolis of Maryland': A Comment on Town Development Along the Tobacco Coast." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Summer 1974): 124-45.
Notes: Many towns in the Chesapeake area failed during the seventeenth century. Towns were not needed as commercial centers for the tobacco trade, the major economy of the area at that time. Carr uses St. Mary's City as an example of such a failure.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region