The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Dixon, Michael L. "Warwick: A Municipality No More." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 74 (Autumn 1996): 7.
Categories: County and Local History, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Dixon, Michael L. "Head of Elk and How it Grew." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 73 (Spring 1996): 1, 4-8.
Categories: County and Local History, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Dize, Frances. Smith Island, Chesapeake Bay. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Dove, Tom. "Destination: Crisfield." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 26 (April 1997): 50-57.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis Company, 1923.
Notes: Divided into three regions -- southeastern Maryland, Upper Bay, and the Eastern Shore, this work includes a history for each, written by five noted authors, followed by a description of the counties in each, along with places of interest and the people of these places. The histories of the areas places special emphasis on major houses and genealogy of the owners. It is nicely illustrated with contemporary photographs, which nearly 80 years later serve as historic images. There are four pages of interesting photos of African Americans.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Education, Family History and Genealogy, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Prince George's County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
"Early History of Tolchester." Kent Shoreman 9 (September 1974): 41ff.
Notes: A bare-bones history of the ownership of Tolchester.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Ellingsworth, M. Keith. "Tracey's or Tracys Landing?" Anne Arundel County History Notes 26 (July 1995): 1-2, 8-9.
Fleming, Kevin. Ocean City, Maryland's Grand Old Resort. Annapolis, MD: Portfolio Press, 1990.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Twentieth Century, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Forsthoffer, Joseph P. "Crisfield Crab Daze." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 (August 1992): 26-29.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Foster, Sally. The Private World of Smith Island. New York: Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1993.
Notes: A juvenile audience photo book which addresses the question of "What is it like to live on an island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay."
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Gibbons, Boyd. Wye Island: Outsiders, Insiders, and Resistance to Change. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Goetz, Walter A. Montgomery County Gold Fever. Bethesda, MD: Published by the author, 1988.
Goetz, Walter. "Montgomery's Gold Rush." Maryland 28 (February 1996): 16-17.
Grimes, Michael A. "Sources for Documenting Baltimore's Suburban Landscape." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 163-68.
Notes: Grimes discusses a variety of sources useful for studying Baltimore's expansion -- maps, deeds, tax assessments, newspapers, building permits, and photographs. He describes where to find them and how to use them.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Hanks, Douglas, Jr. Talbot Memories of J. McKenny Willis, Jr. Easton, MD: Talbot County Free Library, 1992.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Harp, David W., and Tom Horton. Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Notes: A photo essay on the environmental plight of the Eastern Shore, special attention is paid to the area's natural history and the life of the watermen.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Harrington, Norman. The Easton Album. Easton, MD: Historical Society of Talbot County, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Hawkins, Francis, Jr. "Olney-What a Difference 80 Years Makes!" Legacy 19 (Spring 1999): 1, 4-5.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Hayman, Louise. "Somerset County." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 11 (Sunshine 1987): 36-40.
Categories: County and Local History, Somerset County, Eastern Shore
Heland, Victoria J. Worcester Memories, 1890-1939. Snow Hill, MD: Worcester Heritage Committee, 1984.
Categories: County and Local History, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Himmelheber, Peter. "A Ramble Down Ramble: The Road from St. Joseph Chapel to St. Aloysius Chapel." Chronicles of St. Mary's 47 (Spring 1999): 354-59.
Notes: A study of the land patents along a road which once ran between two religious congregations.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Himmelheber, Peter. "St. George's Island Revisited." Chronicles of St. Mary's 46 (Winter 1998): 332-37.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Religion, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
The History of Dudley's Chapel, Sudlersville, Maryland, 1783-1983. Centreville, MD: Dudley's Chapel Preservation Society, 1983.
Categories: County and Local History, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
"History of New Yarmouth." Kent Shoreman 9 (October 1974): 55ff.
Categories: County and Local History, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Hoffman, W.C., Dr. "The Origin for the Name for Frederick County." Historical Society of Frederick County Journal 1 (Spring 1990): 25-27.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Eighteenth Century, Frederick County