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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Hutchinson, William E. "The Johnson Family Enterprises Near Sugarloaf Mountain." Historical Society of Frederick County Journal 4 (Spring 1995): 1-15.

Kenah, Elizabeth F. "Good Times at Hard Bargain Farm." Maryland 13 (Summer 1980): 40-43.

Larsen, Hal. "35 Years Ago!" Maryland Cracker Barrel 18 (April 1989): 18-19.
Notes: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on C&O Canal hike.

Levin, Alexandra Lee. "Letters to and from Frederick, Maryland (1833-1848)." Maryland Historical Magazine 80 (Summer 1985): 167-174.

Long, Helen R. Index for the Frederick County Section of Scharf's History of Western Maryland, Volume 1. Manhattan, KS: ADR, 1986.

Love, Richard. "Brunswick's 'Blessed Curse': Surviving an Industrial Legacy." Maryland Historical Magazine 88 (Summer 1993): 133-49.
Notes: Brunswick was a community tied together and given its identify by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. When the railroad left in the late twentieth century the town lost its identify and underwent a drastic change. It experienced a period of crisis where the whole concept of community was called into question.

Lumpkins, Maggie Henderson. "Memories of St. George Island." Chronicles of St. Mary's 40 (Spring 1992): 104-6.

McWilliams, Rita. "Great Elevations." Mid-Atlantic Country 13 (January 1992): 54-58, 63.
Notes: A tourism piece, but one which offers good basic information on a number of western Maryland's geological landmarks -- Crystal Grottoes Caverns, Sideling Hill Road Cut, and The Devil's Racecourse.

Milne, Kristin. "Steps in Time: Walking Frederick's Historic Court Square." Frederick Magazine (April 1990): 22-9.

Murphy, Jeanne Payne. "The Letters of Lafayette Buckler from 1859 to 1884." Chronicles of St. Mary's 30 (March 1982): 421-32; (April 1982): 433-44; (May 1982): 445-54.
Notes: Transcriptions of a series of 41 letters written by Lafayette to Victoria McGinley Buckler, his wife, as they traveled between their home in St. Mary's and Baltimore. Two letters are also included written by Victoria. The letters deal with the details of daily life and the relationship of this couple. A sizeable introduction proceeds the letters and places the letters in the context of place, time, and family.

"The Mystery of Historic St. Mary's City." Southern Living 25 (August 1990): 18-19.

Nakhleh, Emilie A., and Mary B. Nakhleh, eds. Emmitsburg. History and Society. Emmitsburg, MD: The Emmitsburg Chronicle, 1976.

Nast, Leonara Heilig, Laurence N. Krause, and R. C. Monk, eds. Baltimore. A Living Renaissance. Baltimore: Historic Baltimore Society, Inc., 1982.
Notes: An eclectic mix of over eighty essays, authored by a broad spectrum of individuals, on topics that illustrate the renaissance that Baltimore experienced during the 1960s and 1970s. Organized under such broad topics as "Baltimore Builds","Social Perspective","The Arts", and "What Makes Baltimore Baltimore" the broad range of subjects covered include Baltimore night life, public housing, television and radio, football, aging services, and influential political and community figures. Includes a brief chronology of the City's redevelopment, 1937-1981.

Newman, Parsons. Three Historical Sketches of Frederick County from its Foundations to the End of the Revolutionary Period. Frederick: Historical Society of Frederick County, 1974.

Praising the Bridge that Brought them Over: One Hundred Years at Indian Head. Indian Head, MD: Naval Ordnance Station, 1990.
Notes: The history of the military base, and its surrounding community, as told through photographs and excerpts with interviews from twenty-six individuals. A ten page time line charts events of importance among the Navy at Indian Head, in the town of Indian Head, and national and internationally.

Quynn, W. R. Bicentennial History of Frederick City & County Maryland. Frederick: Bicentennial Committee of Frederick Chamber of Commerce, 1975.

Randall, Frances E. Mirror on Frederick Through 250 Years. [Frederick, MD]: Great Southern Printing & Manufacturing Co., 2000.

Reaves, Ronald E. "New Market: A Maryland town that time did not forget." Cracker Barrel 18 (August 1988): 26-28.

Schildknecht, Calvin E. "Fredericktown in 1782 from the Diary of a German Prisoner." Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc., Newsletter (November 1990): 4-5.

Shaw, Diane. "Building an Urban Identity: The Clustered Spires of Frederick, Maryland." In Gender, Class, and Shelter. Edited by Elizabeth Collins Cromley and Carter L. Hudgins, 55-69. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1995, 55-69.

Sims, Diana J. "A Place Apart: Life on West All Saints Street." Frederick Magazine (February 1991): 28-32, 49.

A Star Spangled Year 1748-1998: Frederick County 250th Anniversary Commemorative. [Frederick, MD]: Diversions Publications, 1997.

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