The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Blumgart, Pamela James, ed. At the Head of the Bay: A Cultural and Architectural History of Cecil County, Maryland. Elkton, MD: Cecil Historical Trust, 1996.
Notes: This beautifully illustrated book presents a history of the development of the county along with a history of its architecture, including house forms, methods of construction, and outbuildings, along with brief write-ups on 700 historic sites.
Categories: Agriculture, Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Native American, Transportation and Communication, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Bowes, David B. "Just Passing Through." Mid-Atlantic Country 26 (October 1995): 40-41.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
Boyd, Thomas Hulings Stockton. The History of Montgomery County, Maryland, from its earliest settlement in 1650 to 1879. Clarksburgh, MD [Baltimore, W. K. Boyle & son, printers], 1879; reprint, Baltimore: Regional Pub. Co, 1968.
Notes: Written following the American, and the County's, Centennial, this work places special emphasis on land grants and prominent men. Includes a directory of the towns, villages, and residents.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County, Montgomery County
Brain, John. Govans, Village and Suburb: A Picture History of a North Baltimore Community. Baltimore: Uptown Press, 1996.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Brigham, David L. "Ashton: From Unpaved Crossroad to 'Downtown'." Legacy 19 (Winter 1999): 1, 4-5.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Broadneck Jaycees. Broadneck, Maryland's Historic Peninsula. Annapolis, MD: Fishergate Publishing Co., Inc., 1976.
Notes: Broadneck is a former Anne Arundel County hundred, located between the Severn and the Magothy Rivers. This work, published for the American Bicentennial, consists of thirteen essays, written by community leaders and local scholars, on a variety of themes -- education, religion, etc. One essay is the work of former Maryland State Archivist, Morris L. Radoff. Included is a list showing the dates of the area's first families' first residences.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Anne Arundel County
Bross-Fregonara, Nanci. "Allegany County." Mid-Atlantic Country 12 (January 1991): WM11, WM15-16.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Allegany County
Browne, Gary L. "Milling, Mining and Milking: The Evolution of Harford County." Harford Historical Bulletin 48 (Spring 1991): 46-54.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Harford County
Browne, Joseph L. From Sotweed to Suburbia: A History of the Crofton, Maryland Area 1660-1960. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1985.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Transportation and Communication, Anne Arundel County
Butruille, Susan G. "Waldorf." Maryland 16 (Winter 1983): 36-40.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Charles County
Cadwalader, Mary H. "The Mill." Harford Historical Bulletin (Spring 1986): 35-37.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Harford County
"Capitol View Park: Historic District With Wilderness Flavor . . . and Long Romance with the Railroad." The Preservationist 4 (November-December 1988): 4-5.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Chesser, Helen Brown. "St. George Island Memories." Chronicles of St. Mary's 40 (Spring 1992): 98-104.
Notes: The memories of a woman who grew up on the Island during the early decades of the twentieth century.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Clark, Charles Branch. The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1950.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Native American, Women, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Cochran, Sheila. "The Early History of River Road." The Montgomery County Story 28 (November 1985): 183-196.
Coleman, Margaret M. "Roots for the New Neighborhood of Beau Monde Estates." Montgomery County Story 23 (November 1980): 1-11.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Cook, Eleanor M. V. "Georgetown: Jewel of Montgomery County-Part I." Montgomery County Story 41 (November 1998): 49-60.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Montgomery County
Cook, Eleanor M. V. "Georgetown: Jewel of Montgomery County-Part II." Montgomery County Story 42 (February 1999): 61-76.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Women, Eighteenth Century, Montgomery County
Cronin, Richard. History of Aberdeen Maryland. Aberdeen, MD: Bicentennial Committee of Aberdeen, 1976.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Military, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Crook, Mary Charlotte. "Hyattstown, a Roadside Town Preserved." The Montgomery County Story 29 (May 1986): 207-220.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Military, Music and Theater, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Crook, Mary Charlotte. "The Tale of Triadelphia, the Town Beneath the Lake." Montgomery County Story 33 (August 1990): 117-28.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Davis, A. Vernon. "Brunswick Saving 'Old Railroad Town' as Tourist Attraction." Cracker Barrel 17 (February 1988): 3-5.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Frederick County
Dessaint, A. Y. Southern Maryland Yesterday and Today: Crab Pots and Sotweed Fields. Prince Frederick, MD: Calvert County Historical Society, 1984.
Notes: Historic photographs and excerpts from 60 of the "best" works on Southern Maryland. Arranged predominately by theme, the chapters include working the land, working the water, life in the home, and life in the community. A ten page introduction gives a brief chronological history of the area.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Charles County, Calvert County, Prince George's County, St. Mary's County
Dilts, James D. "Railroad Towns in Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Spring/Summer 1995): 4-7.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Frederick County, Montgomery County
Durner, Marie Angel. "Early Days on Mountain Road." Anne Arundel County History Notes 16 (April 1985): 1-2.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County