The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
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
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
Blachly, Linda, comp. Bibliographical Resource Guide to Prince George's County, Maryland, Historical Literature. Riverdale, MD: Prince George's County Historical Society, 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Prince George's County
Boccaccio, Mary. "Labor Resources at the University of Maryland at College Park." Labor History 23 (Fall 1982): 498-501.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Brown, Lauren R. "Labor Union History and Archives: The University of Maryland at College Park Libraries." Labor History 31 (Winter-Spring 1990): 113-16.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Brown, Lauren R. "Off the Beaten Path: Discovering Sources for East Asian History in the Historical Manuscripts and Archives Department of the University of Maryland Libraries, College Park." Committee on East Asian Libraries Bulletin 81 (June 1987): 9-12.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Brown, Lauren R. "Present at the Tenth Hour: Appraising and Accessioning the Papers of Congresswoman Marjorie S. Holt." Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship 2 (Fall 1987): 95-102.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Women, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Allison-Bunnell, Jodi L. "Access in the Time of Salinger: Fair Use and the Papers of Katherine Anne Porter." American Archivist 58 (Summer 1995): 270-82.
Notes: University of Maryland, College Park.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Carter, Edward C., II. "The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the Maryland Historical Society, 1885-1971: Nature, Structure and Means of Acquisition." Maryland Historical Magazine 66 (1971): 436-455.
Notes: An involved discussion of the provenance of the Latrobe collection and the project to microfilm it. Latrobe, a prominent architect, artist, and surveyor, among other talents, left a variety of materials, including drawings depicting America at the end of the eighteenth century. An interesting discussion of the history of a rich collection.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Carter, Edward C., II, Editor in Chief, and Thomas E. Jeffrey, Microfiche Editor. The Guide and Index to the Microfiche Edition of the Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Clifton, NJ: Published for the Maryland Historical Society by James T. White and Co., 1976.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Chastain, Maggie, and Lee L. Smith. Index to Martinet's Map of Howard County, Maryland 1860. First edition. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Historical Society, 1998.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County, Howard County
Daniel, Pete, and Stuart Kaugman. "The Booker T. Washington Papers and Historical Editing at Maryland." Maryland Historian 1 (1970): 23-29.
Categories: African American, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Edwards, Richard. Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Baltimore, MD: J.S. Waters, 1856.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
Fisher, Richard Swainson. Gazetteer of the State of Maryland. New York: J.H. Colton, 1852.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
"For Preservation Information Check Out the University of Maryland National Trust Collection." The Preservationist 6 (March-April 1991): 4-5.
Notes: A description of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's library, located at the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park, and the services it offers. This facility of the nation's largest preservation organization, and the largest preservation collection in the states, is under utilized. Of particular note is the library's index to preservation journals.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Fusonie, Alan, and William Hauser. "Climate History at the National Agricultural Library." Agricultural History 63 (Spring 1989): 36-50.
Categories: Agriculture, Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Fusonie, Alan E. "The History of the National Agricultural Library." Agricultural History 62 (Spring 1988): 189-207.
Categories: Agriculture, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware. 1904; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976.
Notes: A reprint of a 1904 publication. The Maryland portion was originally issued as Bulletin No. 231 of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Gelbert, Doug. Company Museums, Industry Museums, and Industrial Tours: A Guidebook of Sites in the United States That Are Open to the Public. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1994. 94-104.
Notes: Brief descriptions of fifteen industrial sites in Maryland. When considering sites on this topic most museum goers would probably know of the Baltimore Museum of Industry but people may overlook many of the other sites covered, such as the Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum, the Poultry Hall of Fame, and the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Visitor Center.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Carroll County, Calvert County, Frederick County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Gordon, Douglas H. "The Chew Auction." Maryland Historical Magazine 77 (December 1982): 358-61.
Notes: Auctions are a frequent method of acquisition for large institutions. Anyone interested in their development should have an understanding of what occurs at an auction.
Categories: Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century
Guardian Of Our Maryland Heritage. Easton, MD: Talbot County Free Library, 1968.
Notes: A series of very accessible essays describing the collections of the Talbot County's Maryland Room, along with a discussion of the Room's development. This publication is heavily illustrated and gives one an understanding of the nature of local history collections, either in public or private institutions.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
A Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Prince George's County Records on Microfilm. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County
Hollowak, Thomas L., comp. "Maryland Maps in the Peabody Collection." Maryland Historical Magazine 87 (Spring 1992): 72-87.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Chesapeake Region
An Index to the Maps in the John Work Garrett Library. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University, 1993.
Categories: Education, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Baltimore City
Kenny, Hamill. Placenames of Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1985.
Notes: Kenny's works supplies the name derivations, along with brief historical backgrounds, for a wide variety of Maryland locations.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region