The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Preston, Dickson J., and Norman Harrington. Oxford: The First Three Centuries. Easton, MD: Historical Society of Talbot County, 1984.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Rexrode, Cheryl, and Ellen Michael. "The Garrett County Animal Shelter." Glades Star 5 (March 1984): 562-63.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Garrett County
Robinson, John M. "History of Pinehurst-Part I." Anne Arundel County History Notes 21 (January 1990): 3-4.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Maritime, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Rukert, Norman G. The Port: Pride of Baltimore. Baltimore: Bodine & Associates, Inc., 1982.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Baltimore City
Sagle, Lawrence. "Beautiful Hills of Garrett." Glades Star 5 (September 1977): 37, 40-41.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Garrett County
Schlosnagle, Stephen, and the Garrett County Bicentennial Committee. Garrett County: A History of Maryland's Tableland. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1978.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
Shaffer, Robert C. History of Crellin, Maryland: Story of a Double Boom Town. [Crellin, MD]: Published by the author, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
Shomette, Donald. London Town: A Brief History. Londontown, MD: London Town Public House Commission, Inc., 1978.
Notes: Londontown, located on the South River, was a very early example of successful town planning in Maryland. The community, however, did not have any long term success due to its economic base in the tobacco system.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Smith, Bert. Down the Ocean: Postcards from Maryland and Delaware Beaches. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Notes: Arranged by theme and subject -- famous housing, boardwalk, on the beach, life saving. It presents a vivid picture of life at the shore as interpreted through postcards. Includes some illustration on spots on the way -- diners, bridges, etc. Information on the cards themselves is included and adds to the work's usefulness.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Smith, Bert. Greetings from Baltimore: Postcard Views of the City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Notes: The history of Baltimore as told through postcards, arranged by subject -- harbor, shopping downtown, monuments, etc. Each section is accompanied by several paragraphs of text. Also included is information on the postcards themselves, as well as on the collecting and history of postcards. Illustrations are excellent, slightly enlarged, and show off the medium.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Steffens, Charles E. "Who Owns the Waterfront: Property Relations in Fell's Point, Baltimore, 1793." Urbanism Past and Present 8 (Winter/Spring 1983): 12-17.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Baltimore City
Strauss, Mary. "Engle's Mill ... A Necessity of the Past." Glades Star 5 (June 1979): 159-63.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Garrett County
Strauss, Mary. Flowery Vale: A History of Accident, Maryland. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
Strauss, Mary. "Rabbit Hollow." Glades Star 5 (June 1979): 156-58, 164.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
Sullivan, C. John, Jr. "Ocean City in Black and White: A Special Maryland Revisited." Maryland Humanities (March 1999): 6-7.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Sword, Gerald J. "Acquisition of the Point Lookout Lighthouse Site by the United States Government from Jenifer Taylor." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (January 1978): 340-46.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Howard County, St. Mary's County
Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "The Town of Herrington, c. 1667-c. 1700." Anne Arundel County History Notes 29 (July 1998): 1-2, 9-12.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Calvert County
Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "The Town of Herrington, c.1667-c.1700." Calvert Historian 13 (Spring 1998): 45-61.
Notes: Same article as in <em>Anne Arundel County History Notes</em>.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Calvert County
Treacy, William O. "Heyday of the Saloons in Oakland and Garrett County." Glades Star 7 (September 1994): 442-49.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
"Vanished Towns Along the Potomac." Glades Star 8 (March 1997): 162-65, 174.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
"Visiting Murley's Glade." Glades Star 7 (December 1995): 638-41.
Categories: County and Local History, Garrett County
Ware, Donna M. Green Glades & Sooty Gob Piles: The Maryland Coal Region's Industrial and Architectural Past. Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical and Cultural Publications, 1991.
Notes: The results of an architectural survey, it presents a useful overview of the coal region. Included is the history of settlement, the history of the industry, and an architectural history. The list of historic resources would be of use to anyone interested in the region.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Allegany County, Garrett County
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 1784 Visit to this Section." Glades Star 7 (December 1995): 634-37, 651.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Eighteenth Century, Garrett 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