The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
The State Gazetteer and Merchants and Farmers Directory for Maryland and District of Columbia. Baltimore, MD: Sadler, Drysdale, & Purnell, 1871.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century
Steiner, Bruce C. "Descriptions of Maryland." Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science 22 (1904).
Categories: General, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works
Worcester County Library. Guide to the William D. Pitts Collection. Snow Hill, MD: Worcester County Library, 1987.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
"Worcester County Library, Snow Hill: Opening/Dedication of William D. Pitts Collection , Maryland Land Surveys, 1677-1982, 23 October 1987." Maryland and Delaware Genealogist 28 (1987): 123-124.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Arnold, Joseph L. The New Deal in the Suburbs: A History of the Greenbelt Town Program, 1935-1954. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1971.
Notes: Considering the variety of Maryland's various planned communities - Columbia, Bowie, Greenbelt and Roland Park - it is important to appreciate how each was distinctive. At its conception, Greenbelt, along with several other communities planned and built by Rexford Guy Tugwell's Resettlement Administration, represented the social experimentation associated with New Deal. According to the author: "the greenbelt towns were built to demonstrate that urban expansion by the construction of complete new towns would provide superior safety, convenience, beauty, and a deep sense of community spirit - all at a new low cost. These new suburban towns would therefore provide a superior environment for families heretofore condemned to live in urban slums. New towns would stop urban decay and end economic segregation of the suburbs." (p. xii) What was radical was the comprehensive scope of the enterprise, the creation of co-operative businesses to serve the community, and the fact that the federal government maintained ownership. This study ends with the implementation of Public Law 65 (1949) which transferred ownership of most of the houses to a private co-operative.
Categories: Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Howard County, Prince George's County
Formwalt, Lee W. "A Conversation Between Two Rivers: A Debate on the Location of the U.S. Capital in Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 71 (Fall 1976): 310-21.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law
Brooks, Richard. "Social Planning in Columbia." Journal of the American Institute of Planners 37 (1971): 373-378.
Notes: An evaluation of the planned community of Columbia at an early point in its development, the article contends that the transition from vision to implementation involves a series of social dilemmas. These included the shift from company town to "thriving democratic polity," the potential conflict between the vision of a new form of urban community versus the prevailing attraction of the suburban ideal, and questions about the appropriate balance between residential and commercial functions in a presumably "post-industrial" society. Brooks wonders whether the failure by the planner and many early residents to face up to the challenges of these dilemmas may represent a "heroic failure" for Columbia.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Greatman, Bonnie M. A Dialect Atlas of Maryland. Ph.D. diss., New York University, 1970.
McIntosh, J. Rieman. A History of the Elkridge Fox Hunting Club, The Elkridge Hounds, the Elkridge-Harford Hunt Club 1878-1978. Monkton, MD: Published by the author, 1978.
Preston, Robert M. "The Great Fire of Emmitsburg, Maryland: Does a Catastrophic Event Cause Mobility?" Maryland Historical Magazine 77 (Summer 1982): 172-82.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County
Allen, Bob. "U.S. Route 40 in Maryland." Maryland 24 (Winter 1991): 38-43.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Chesapeake Region
Astarita, Patti, and Jim Tomlin. "The C & D Canal." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 12 (Sunshine 1990): 152-55.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Cecil County
Baer, Christopher T. Canals and Railroads of the Mid-Atlantic States. Wilmington: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, 1981.
Notes: Excellent maps.
Durrenberger, Joseph A. Turnpikes: A Study of the Toll Road Movement in the Middle Atlantic States and Maryland. Valdosta, GA: Southern Stationery and Printing Co., 1931; reprint, 1968.
Notes: A fine treatment of the subject with an excellent bibliography.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication
Footner, Hulbert. Rivers of the Eastern Shore: Seventeen Maryland Rivers. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1944 (1979).
Notes: Another of the famed "Rivers of America" series and a Maryland classic, illustrated by Baltimore artist Aaron Sopher.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Maritime, Transportation and Communication
Ghega, Carl von. The Baltimore--Ohio Railroad over the Alleghany Mountain Range, etc. Wien, Kaulfuss, Witwe, Pranke and Comp.:1844.
Notes: In German, but portions have been translated. The superb illustrations, of early locomotives, bridges, etc., have appeared in many railroad histories.
Grimsley, George P. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. N. p. 1933.
Notes: The author, a geologist, takes the reader through the country--coastal plain, Blue Ridge, Appalachian valley and plateau, and interior plains--traversed by the railroad.
High, Mike. The C&O Canal Companion. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Notes: A practical guide with good maps and interesting historical commentary.
A History of Road Building in Maryland. Baltimore: State Roads Commission of Maryland, 1958.
Notes: A good summary with many interesting references.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
Jacobs, David, and Anthony E. Neville. Bridges, Canals, and Tunnels; the Engineering Conquest of North America. New York: American Heritage, 1968.
Notes: This readable general discussion of the subject with fine illustrations includes material on Maryland. Robert M. Vogel, former curator of mechanical and civil engineering at the Smithsonian Institution was the consultant.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
LeViness, Charles T. History of Road Building in Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission, 1958.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication
McGrain, John. "Roads to Philadelphia." Nuts and Bolts 14 (Spring 1996): [7-9].
McGrain, John. Roads to Philadelphia: Historic Background, Philadelphia Roads Study. Towson, MD: Baltimore County Office of Planning and Zoning, 1990.
Seldon, W. Lynn. Country Roads of Maryland and Delaware. Castine, ME: Country Roads Press, 1994.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Chesapeake Region
Tanner, H. S. A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States, Comprehending Notices of All The Works of Internal Improvement Throughout the Several States. New York: T. R. Tanner and J.D. Disturnell, 1840.
Notes: Maryland is included in this state-by-state compilation of early American internal improvements.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century