The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Kunesch, Harry Henson. George Alsop's A Character of the Province of Maryland: A Critical Edition. Ph.D. diss., Pennsylvania State University, 1970.
Notes: <em>A Character</em> was originally published in 1666.
Lemay, J. A. Leo. Men of Letters in Colonial Maryland. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1972.
Notes: Lemay focuses on ten literary figures important to the culture of early Maryland. These include 17th-century authors Andrew White, John Hammond and George Alsop; poets Ebenezer Cook and James Sterling; printers William Parks and Jonas Green; and Dr. Alexander Hamilton and the Reverend Thomas Bacon of Tuesday Club fame. Although scholarly in its approach, this is the best overview of the intellectual culture of colonial Maryland.
Michener, James. Chesapeake. New York: Random House, Inc., 1978.
Notes: Historical novel.
Categories: Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Nichols, Capper. "Tobacco and the Rise of Writing in Colonial Maryland." Mississippi Quarterly 50 (Winter 1997): 5-36.
Shivers, Frank R., Jr. Maryland Wits and Baltimore Bards. 1985; reprint, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Notes: The definitive introduction to Maryland's intellectual and literary landscape. Although Shivers takes an expansive view of Maryland literature, including some writers whose connections are tenuous, all the important literary figures in Maryland history receive their due. This is an excellent source for discovering many of the less known but important contributors to Maryland's literature.
Categories: Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
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
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
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.
Baer, Elizabeth. Seventeenth Century Maryland: A Bibliography. Baltimore: John Work Garrett Library, 1949.
Notes: This work supplies not only descriptive cataloging for 209 seventeenth century Maryland books and maps, but also provides insights into the collecting habits of the founder of the Evergreen Collection. Reproductions of title pages are included.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Seventeenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
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
Brown, Anne W. "The Phoenix: a History of the St. John's College Library." Maryland Historical Magazine 65 (1970): 413-429.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Brown, John E., comp. "Articles from The Harford Historical Bulletin Concerning Harford County History, Arranged According to Historical Periods." Harford Historical Bulletin 56 (Spring 1993): 58-71.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Harford 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
Cox, Richard J. "A Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Dissertations on Maryland History, 1980." Maryland Historical Magazine 76 (Fall 1981): 286-95.
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, 1981." Maryland Historical Magazine 77 (Fall 1982): 279-90.
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, 1982." Maryland Historical Magazine 78 (Fall 1983): 205-213.
Categories: General, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Cox, Richard J. "A Description of the Vertical File." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Spring 1974): 86-90.
Notes: At the Maryland Historical Society.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Cox, Richard J. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Calvert Papers. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1973.
Categories: Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Baltimore City
Cox, Richard J. Historic Documents Relating to the Early Days of the Colony of Maryland: A Descriptive Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Central Library in Celebration of the Nation's Bicentennial. Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1976.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Cox, Richard J. The Origins of Archival Development in Maryland, 1634-1934. M.A. thesis, University of Maryland, 1978.
Notes: Cox presents the development of what he argued were Maryland's three most important archival institutions -- the Maryland Historical Society, the Maryland State Archives, and the Baltimore City Archives. Some discussion is also given to the development of the history profession in Maryland.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City