The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Shank, Christopher. "Wings Over Hagerstown: Experiencing the Second World War in Western Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 88 (Winter 1993): 444-61.

Notes: During World War II the growth of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation in Hagerstown had a social and economic impact on the community. However, for a variety of reasons the city was not radically changed by this growth. The community was not greatly disrupted. In part, this was because the workers employed by the Corporation were local. There was no large influx of immigrant workers, thus the community did not have to change to meet their needs. Mention is also made of Triumph Industries activities in Elkton.

Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Military, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Washington County

Simmons, James R. "Natural History of Harford County, Maryland." Harford Historical Bulletin 62 (Fall 1994): 143-58.

Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Harford 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

Sutton, Stanley B. Beyond the Roadgate: Kent County, 1900-1980. Privately published, 1983.

Notes: This history of twentieth century Kent was compiled by a former Agricultural Extension Officer. Naturally enough, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the agricultural and rural heritage of the County. Pivotal 1980 leaders of the county supply commentary on their areas of expertise.

Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Medicine, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore

Sween, Jane C. "An Englishwoman Visits Montgomery County in 1830." Montgomery County Story 40 (August 1997): 441-52.

Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Ethnic History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County

Szabo, Steve. The Eastern Shore. Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1976.

Notes: Photographic essay.

Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Fine and Decorative Arts, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore

Tack, George E. "The Romantic Gwynn's Falls Valley." History Trails 26 (Autumn 1991-Winter 1991-92): 1-5.

Notes: A reprint of poet Tack's 1907 <em>Maryland Monthly Magazine</em> article describing the Valley, its businesses, its mills, its homes, etc., including the natural world. It ends with a poem by Folger McKinsey and one by Tack on the Valley.

Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City

Taylor, Marianne. My River Speaks: The History and Lore of the Magothy River. Arnold, MD: Bay Media, 1998.

Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Anne Arundel County

Trostel, Michael F. "Mondawmin: Baltimore's Lost County Estate." Bulletin of the Southern Garden History Society 8 (Summer 1991): 3-4.

Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Environment, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City, Frederick County

Usilton, Fred.. G. History of Kent County Maryland 1630-1916. Privately printed, [1980?].

Categories: County and Local History, Kent County, Eastern Shore

Veitch, Fletcher. "Hurricane of 1933." Chronicles of St. Mary's 33 (August 1985): 285-288.

Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Environment, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region

Vojtech, Pat. "Wye Island." Maryland 21 (Summer 1989): 16-23.

Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Environment, Twentieth Century, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore

Warren, Marion E. Bringing Back the Bay: the Chesapeake in the photographs of Marion E. Warren and the voices of its people. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

Notes: Modern photographs accompanied with oral history text. Of special interest is the "photographer's commentaries" on his work.

Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region

"Washington's Views of Kent County." Old Kent 12 (Spring 1995): 1-2.

Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Eighteenth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore

Weeks, Christopher. "Bouncing Along the Post Road: Eighteenth Century Harford County as Seen by Travelers." Harford Historical Bulletin 57 (Summer 1993): 74-127.

Notes: Annotated excerpts from ten contemporary descriptions of traveling along the post road. The authors include such well known Colonial figures as Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Charles Willson Peale, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Environment, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Military, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Harford County, Montgomery County

Wennersten, John R. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1992.

Notes: Wennersten's goal is to make the reader understand the distinct society that is the eastern shore through discussion of the area's agricultural life, its race relations, and maritime society. Brief histories are given of some communities and mention made of some influential people.

Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore

White, Dan. Crosscurrents in Quiet Water: Portraits of the Chesapeake. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Co., 1987.

Notes: A photo essay of the changing lives of the Eastern Shore's peoples focusing on watermen, boat builders, environmentalists, and chicken farmers. Special emphasis is placed on Smith Island and Crisfield. Photographs by Jon Naso and Marion Warren.

Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore

Williams, John Page. "Seeking Refuge." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (June 1994): 18, 20.

Notes: Eastern Neck Island.

Categories: County and Local History, Kent County, Eastern Shore

Willis, Bob. "Harbor to Shore-And Back Again." Maryland 27 (July/August 1995): 79, 81.

Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore

Wilstach, Paul. Tidewater Maryland. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931.

Notes: A narrative history of those Maryland counties, all but seven of the twenty-three, touched by saltwater, arranged by theme and locale. There is a great deal of emphasis on the founding of towns and important personages, a wide variety of subjects are covered.