The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Sugarloaf Regional Trails (Project). Inventory of Historical Sites in Western Montgomery and Frederick Counties, Maryland. Dickerson, MD: Sugarloaf Regional Trails, 1975.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Frederick County, Montgomery County
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
Sween, Jane C. Montgomery County: Two Centuries of Change. Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1984.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Sween, Jane C., and William Offutt. Montgomery County: Centuries of Change. Sun Valley, CA: American Historical Press, 1999.
Notes: An illustrated history, using a variety of genre, arranged largely chronologically. Included is a chapter of brief histories of the County's towns. The chapter "Chronicles of Leadership" provides one to three pages histories of the businesses and organizations who sponsored the book's publication. Excellent bibliography and a four page time line of the county's history.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Walston, Mark. "Seneca Stone: Building Block of the Nation's Capital." Maryland 18 (Winter 1985): 39-42.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
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
Lampl, Elizabeth Jo, and Kimberly Prothro Williams. Chevy Chase: A Home Suburb for the Nation's Capital. Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical Trust, 1998.
Notes: A handsomely illustrated history of the development of this exceptionally successful DC suburban community from an architectural and planning perspective. Its appendix includes short histories of the area's architects and builders.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Bunting, Elaine, and Patricia D'Amario. Counties of Central Maryland. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1998.
Notes: A series designed for young people.
Categories: Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County
Hench, John E., Rob Gibbs, and Jayne S. Hench. "Some Observations on Hydrilla and Wintering Waterfowl in Montgomery County, Maryland." Maryland Naturalist 38 (January/June 1994): 3-9.
Fitzsimons, Mrs. Neal. "'Uncle Tom' in Montgomery County." Montgomery County Story 18 (May 1975): 1-14.
Notes: This article explores the little-known connection between Harriet Beecher Stowe's <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em> and the story of Josiah Henson, a slave from Montgomery County. Henson's autobiography apparently inspired the author of what became one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century. Fitzsimons provides excerpts from Henson's narrative and surveys the sites in Montgomery County associated with his life.
Categories: African American, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Cissel, Anne W. "Public Houses of Entertainment and their Proprietors, 1750-1828." Montgomery County Story 30 (August 1987): 279-94.
Categories: County and Local History, Music and Theater, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Dormon, James H. Theater in the Ante Bellum South, 1815-1861. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1967.
Categories: General, Fine and Decorative Arts, Music and Theater, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
LaRoche, Gerard. "Music at Riversdale." Riversdale Letter 12 (Summer 1995): 2-4.
Categories: County and Local History, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Treat, William Phelps. A Survey of Flutists and Flute Activities in Eighteenth Century America. D.M.A. diss., University of Washington, 1991.
Categories: General, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century
Adams, Cheryl, and Art Emerson. Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives: A Guide to Resources in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Washington: Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress, 1998.
Notes: Institutional level descriptions for nineteen Maryland libraries and archives holding significant religious collections. A tremendous level of detail is given. Subject headings are assigned to each institution. This guide is also available online at <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/">https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/</a>.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Religion, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Frederick County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Washington County
Adams, Henry DeCoursey. "The First Fifteen Years of the Montgomery County Historical Society." Montgomery County Story 3 (November 1959): 1-10.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
American Library Directory: A Classified List of Libraries in the United States and Canada, with Personnel and Statistical Data. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1923-.
Notes: Published regularly since 1923, the 53rd edition was printed in 2001.
Barquist, Rose, et al. A Source Book for Early Western Maryland History and Genealogy. Shippensburg, PA: Beidel Printing House, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Montgomery County
Cook, Eleanor M. V. Guide to the Records of Montgomery County, Maryland. Genealogical and Historical. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles and Books on Maryland History, 1974." Maryland Historical Magazine 70 (Summer 1975): 211-23.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles and Books on Maryland History, 1975." Maryland Historical Magazine 71 (Fall 1976): 449-64.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles and Books on Maryland History, 1976." Maryland Historical Magazine 72 (Summer 1977): 288-314.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1977." Maryland Historical Magazine 73 (September 1978): 280-90.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1978." Maryland Historical Magazine 74 (December 1979): 358-66.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1979." Maryland Historical Magazine 75 (September 1980): 238-49.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century