The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Carter, Edward C., II. "The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the Maryland Historical Society, 1885-1971: Nature, Structure and Means of Acquisition." Maryland Historical Magazine 66 (1971): 436-455.
Notes: An involved discussion of the provenance of the Latrobe collection and the project to microfilm it. Latrobe, a prominent architect, artist, and surveyor, among other talents, left a variety of materials, including drawings depicting America at the end of the eighteenth century. An interesting discussion of the history of a rich collection.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Carter, Edward C., II, Editor in Chief, and Thomas E. Jeffrey, Microfiche Editor. The Guide and Index to the Microfiche Edition of the Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Clifton, NJ: Published for the Maryland Historical Society by James T. White and Co., 1976.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
"Celebrating the Baltimore City Life Collections." MHS/News (April-June 1998): 4-5.
Notes: A discussion of the absorption of the Baltimore City Life Museum's holdings by the Maryland Historical Society. Includes descriptions of important collections and of the exhibit installed to showcase the acquisition.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Corddry, Mary U. Museums and Monuments of the Eastern Shore. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1990.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Corrin, Lisa G., ed. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Baltimore: The Contemporary in Cooperation with the New Press, New York, 1994.
Notes: This publication documents the landmark Maryland Historical Society and Contemporary exhibit. Included is an interview with the artist and with the docents who worked the exhibit, along with visitor surveys and object checklists.
Categories: African American, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Cox, Lynn, and Zinkham, Helena. "Picture Research at the Maryland Historical Society: A Guide to the Sources." Maryland Historical Magazine 76 (Spring 1981): 1-21.
Notes: Although the collection descriptions are out-dated, this work still serves as a good introduction for newcomers to picture research. It provides a good overview of the wide range of sources which can be used to locate visual resources in a museum and library setting and provides eight basic questions to consider when preparing for a picture research trip.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Chesapeake Region
DiNoto, Andrea. "A Singular Taste." Connoisseur (November 1984).
Notes: A discussion of the traveling jewelry exhibition -- "Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore". 213 pieces collected by founder Henry Walters were displayed. Nice glossy color illustrations.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Dixon, Michael L. "Postcards: A Link to Cecil's Past." Bulletin of The Historical Society of Cecil County 77/78 (Autumn/Winter 1998): 7-8.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Dowell, Susan Stiles. "The Harvey Ladew Manor House & Gardens." Maryland Magazine 17 (Summer 1985): 42-45.
Notes: A history of Harvey Ladew and his house and garden, now open to the public. The topiary garden is considered one of the nation's finest.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Environment, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Dowell, Susan Stiles. "The Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Magazine (Autumn 1984): 15-20.
Notes: A good general history of the Maryland's major private collecting institution written for the general public. Of special interest is an inserted article "In Search of Treasure", by Bonnie Joe Ayers, which explains how museums and special libraries acquire their materials.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, 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
"The Gem of Baltimore Celebrates 75." Southern Living 24 (May 1989): 43.
Notes: Baltimore Museum of Art.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Gustafson, E. H. "Museum Accessions." Antiques 138 (December 1990): 1174.
Notes: Quilts at the Maryland Historical Society.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Hammond, Helen. "Field Trip: Historical Society of Frederick County." Frederick Magazine (April 1994): 31-33.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Frederick County
Harris, Dale. "Collective Genius; The Importance of the Walters Art Gallery." Connoisseur (November 1984).
Notes: The Walters Art Gallery, which holds a varied collection, was established when Henry Walters, a wealthy businessmen, left his collection, including his father's collection, to Baltimore. Although a Baltimore native, Henry seldom lived in Baltimore. The collecting habits of both Walters are discussed. A nicely illustrated brief history of an important museum.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Hartwig, D. Scott. The Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1990.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Nineteenth Century, Civil War
"The Historical Society of Carroll County: Fifty Years of Service to the Community." Carroll County History Journal 40 (Winter 1990): 3-6.
Notes: The story of the Society's founding as told by its first curator.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Carroll County
Hodge, David C. "The Hooker Collection: Inventory and Annotations." Harford Historical Bulletin 61 (Summer 1994): 117-32.
Notes: Descriptions of 62 images from a glass plate negative collection owned by the Historical Society of Harford County.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Holland, Eugenia Calvert, Romaine Stec Somerville, Stiles Tuttle Colwill, and K. Beverley Whiting Young. Four Generations of Commissions: The Peale Collection of the Maryland Historical Society; March 3, 1975-June 29, 1975. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1975.
Notes: This exhibit catalog not only supplies information on each portrait, but also give brief biographical information on each subject. A significant portion of the text is given to a discussion of the eleven Peale family members who were artists.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Holland, Eugenia C., and Louisa M. Gary. "Miniatures in the Collection of the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Historical Magazine 51 (December 1956): 341-354.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Holland, Eugenia C., and Louisa M. Gary. "Oil Portraits in the Collection of the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Historical Magazine 50 (December 1955): 310-336.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Jailer, M. "Early American Museums." Antiques and Collecting Magazine 98 (October 1993): 19-23.
Notes: Peale Museum.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Johnson, William R. William and Henry Walters, The Reticent Collectors. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Notes: The collections of William and Henry Walters are the core which forms Baltimore's Walters Art Museum . Both father and son had a great influence on the development of American art museums. They were both active in other institutions. The author argues that Henry Walters' collecting differs from that of his contemporaries because he always intended for the collection to become a public resource. This work is heavily documented, easy to read, and well illustrated.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
LeGath, Judy. "Museum Receives Collection of Tools Used to Produce Kirk's Famous 'Baltimore Silver' On Display in New Kirk-Stieff Exhibit." Nuts and Bolts 13 (Summer 1995): [4].
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
McCauley, Lois B. Maryland Historical Prints, 1752 to 1889: A Selection from the Robert G. Merrick Collection Maryland Historical Society and Other Maryland Collections. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1975.
Notes: McCauley's is the major reference point for anyone researching Maryland prints. It is well illustrated, with descriptive text. This is as close as one comes to a union catalog for Maryland prints. This work should also be of interest to anyone seeking pre-photographic images of Maryland sites, as well as to map historians.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Chesapeake Region