The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Smart, Jeffery K. "Burning Bridges: The Events Leading Up to the Military Occupation of Harford County in 1861." Harford Historical Bulletin 72 (Spring 1997): 9-56.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Politics and Law, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Harford County, Civil War
Stein, Charles Francis, Jr. Origin and History of Howard County, Maryland. Privately published in cooperation with the Howard County Historical Society, 1972.
Categories: County and Local History, Howard County
Strain, Paula M. The Blue Hills of Maryland: History Along the Appalachian Trail on South Mountain and the Catoctins. Vienna, VA: Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, 1993.
Notes: Strain states that the Maryland portion of the Appalachian Trail has more history than any other part of the path. She presents this history as one would encounter it along the trail, heading north from Harpers Ferry to Pennsylvania. A great deal of this history relates to the Civil War. She also tells the history of the Trail itself.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Military, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Frederick County, Washington County, Civil War
Sword, Gerald J. "Acquisition of the Point Lookout Lighthouse Site by the United States Government from Jenifer Taylor." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (January 1978): 340-46.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Howard County, St. Mary's County
Tennenbaum, Robert, ed. Creating A New City: Columbia, Maryland. Partners in Community Building and Perry Publishing, 1996.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Toomey, Daniel Carroll. A History of Relay, Maryland, and the Thomas Viaduct. Published by The Author, 1975.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Howard County
Toomey, Daniel Carroll. A History of Relay, Maryland, and the Thomas Viaduct. Baltimore: Toomey Press, 1984; revised edition. Linthicum, MD: Toomey Press, 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Howard County
Trietal, Ralph. "The Decline and Fall Of Howard County As Prophesied on the One Dollar Bill: A Revue of The Origin and History of Howard County, Maryland by Charles Francis Stein, Jr." Little Patuxent Review 2 (1978-1979): 16-19.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Tyson, John S. The Founders of Ellicott's Mills. Privately printed, sold for the benefit of the Maryland Historical Society, 1994.
Notes: A series of articles originally published in 1847 in the <em>Howard District Press</em>.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County, Howard County
Varga, Nicholas. "The Establishment of Howard County, 1850-1855, Part I." Howard County Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter (July 1986): 1-2.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Howard County
Varga, Nicholas. "The Establishment of Howard County, 1850-1855, Part II." Howard County Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter (October 1986): 2.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Howard County
Varga, Nicholas. "The Establishment of Howard County, 1850-1855, Part III." Howard County Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter (January 1987): 3.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Howard County
Varga, Nicholas. "The Establishment of Howard County, 1850-1855. Part IV." Howard County Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter (April 1987): 3-4.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Howard County
Varga, Nicholas. "The Establishment of Howard County, 1850-1855, Part V." Howard County Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter 31 (April 1988): 4.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Howard County
Varga, Nicholas. "The Establishment of Howard County, 1850-1855, [Concluded] Part VI." Howard County Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter 31 (June 1988): 3.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Howard County
Voris, Helen. Elkridge: Where It All Began. First edition. Elkridge, MD: N.p., 2000.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Women, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Bunting, Elaine, and Patricia D'Amario. Counties of Central Maryland. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1998.
Notes: A series designed for young people.
Categories: Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County
Bernard, Kenneth A. "Lincoln and the Music of the Civil War." Lincoln Herald 66 (1964): 115-134.
Categories: African American, Military, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Speller, John L. "The Charles Strohl Organ and Historic Old Salem, Catonsville, Maryland." The Tracker 33, no. 4 (Richmond: the Organ Historical Society, 1990): 19-22.
Categories: Music and Theater, Religion, Nineteenth Century, Howard County
Adams, Cheryl, and Art Emerson. Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives: A Guide to Resources in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Washington: Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress, 1998.
Notes: Institutional level descriptions for nineteen Maryland libraries and archives holding significant religious collections. A tremendous level of detail is given. Subject headings are assigned to each institution. This guide is also available online at <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/">https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/</a>.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Religion, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Frederick County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Washington County
Brown, John Gregory. "Out of Africa." Columbia Magazine [Summer 1990]: 38-9.
Notes: Maryland Museum of African Art.
Categories: African American, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Chastain, Maggie, and Lee L. Smith. Index to Martinet's Map of Howard County, Maryland 1860. First edition. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Historical Society, 1998.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County, Howard County
Doyle, Francis R. Columbia, Maryland, The Planned Community Between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore Designed to Give A New Town to that Area: A Bibliography. Monticello, IL: Council of Planning Librarians, 1975.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Edwards, Doris W., and Mary K. Mannix. Selected Genealogical Resources in the Howard County Historical Society Library. Columbia, MD: Howard County Genealogical Society, 1997.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Gelbert, Doug. Company Museums, Industry Museums, and Industrial Tours: A Guidebook of Sites in the United States That Are Open to the Public. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1994. 94-104.
Notes: Brief descriptions of fifteen industrial sites in Maryland. When considering sites on this topic most museum goers would probably know of the Baltimore Museum of Industry but people may overlook many of the other sites covered, such as the Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum, the Poultry Hall of Fame, and the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Visitor Center.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Carroll County, Calvert County, Frederick County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore