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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Thornton, Alvin. Like a Phoenix I'll Rise: An Illustrated History of African Americans in Prince George's County, Maryland, 1696-1996. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 1997.

Vaugh, Clarence. "Some Venerable Leaders." Harford Historical Bulletin 20 (Spring 1984): 18-23.
Notes: Biographical sketches of black leaders in Harford County history.

Walsh, Lorena S. "Rural African Americans in the Constitutional Era in Maryland, 1776-1810." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 327-41.
Notes: The author examines the changing working conditions and differing experiences of slaves on six Maryland plantations during the Constitutional Era. Tasks varied by plantation, as did the family life of the enslaved population. The author uses correspondence and plantation records to attempt to reconstruct the daily lives of the enslaved on these plantations.

Walston, Mark. "A Survey of Slave Housing in Montgomery County." The Montgomery County Story 27 (August 1984): 111-126.

Windley, Lathan A., comp. Runaway Slave Advertisements: A Documentary History from the 1730s to 1790. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983.

Wlazlowski, Tiffany. "Harriet Tubman: Moses of her People." Maryland 28 (February 1996): 32-34.

Wright, James M. The Free Negro in Maryland, 1634-1860. Vol. 917, no. 3. Columbia University Studies in History. New York: Columbia University, 1921.

Yentsch, Anne. "Hot, Nourishing, and Culturally Potent: The Transfer of West African Cooking Traditions to the Chesapeake." Sage 9 (Summer 1995): 15-29.

Zubritsky, John. Fighting Men: A Chronicle of Three Black Civil War Soldiers. Upland, PA: Diane Publishing Company, 1997.

Andrews, Andrea. "The Baltimore School Building Program, 1870-1900: A Study in Urban Reform." Maryland Historical Magazine 70 (Fall 1975): 260-274.

"Annapolis." American Preservation 1 (October/November 1977): 27-33.
Notes: Photographic essay by Marion E. Warren.

Beirne, Francis F., and Carleton Jones. Baltimore, A Picture History. 1957;1968; Third rev. ed. Baltimore: Bodine & Assoc. and MacLay & Assoc., 1982.
Notes: Contains valuable photographs of historic Baltimore buildings, many no longer extant.

Burdine, D. Randall. "Hampden-Woodberry: The Mill Village in an Urban Setting." Maryland Historical Magazine 77 (March 1982): 6-26.

Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery Greene. An Illustrated History, Baltimore. Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, 1980; reprint, 2000.
Notes: A good companion to Sherry H. Olson's <em>Baltimore, the Building of an American City</em>, this book by a Baltimore historian also contains many historic photographs of buildings and urban views.

Dorsey, John. Mount Vernon Place: An Anecdotal Essay with 66 Illustrations. Baltimore: Maclay and Associates, 1983.

Farquhar, Roger Brooke. Historic Montgomery County: Old Homes and History. Silver Spring, MD: privately printed, 1952.

Fee, Elizabeth, Linda Shopes, and Linda Zeidman. The Baltimore Book; New Views of Local History Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991.
Notes: An alternative look at Baltimore's history from a leftist, social activist perspective, the book includes historic photographs of the city's buildings and areas.

Getty, Joe. Uniontown, Maryland: A Walking Tour. Manchester, MD: Noodle-Doosey Press, 1983.

Giza, Joanne, and Catherine F.Black. Great Baltimore Houses: An Architectural and Social History. Baltimore: Maclay & Associates, 1982.

Hayward, Mary Ellen. "Rowhouse: A Baltimore Style of Living." Three Centuries of Maryland Architechture, 65-79. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Historical Trust, 1982.

Hollifield, William. "Mount Airy." History Trails 24 (Spring 1990): 9-12.

Hooper, Carol E., and William Hollifield. "Aigburth Vale." History Trails 32-33 (Summer-Autumn 1998): 13-16, 1-4.

Hughes, Elizabeth. Historic St. Michaels: An Architectural History. St. Michaels, MD: Historic St. Michaels Bay Hundred, Inc., 1995.

Hunter, Wilbur H., Jr. "Baltimore in the Revolutionary Generation." In Boles, John B., ed., Maryland Heritage; Five Baltimore Institutions Celebrate the American Bicentennial, 183-233. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1976.

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