The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Dennis, Samuel K. "A Brief Summary of the Maryland Historical Society's Hundred Years." Maryland Historical Magazine 39 (March 1944): 1-5.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Dessaint, Alain. Southern Maryland Directory: A Guide to Researching the Region's Past. Prince Frederick, MD: Southern Maryland Today, 1983.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Calvert County, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Deubler, Cindy. "Finding the Facts (and Fiction) on Thoroughbred Racing." Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred (November/December 1993): 54-56.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century
"Digging into the Past: Paleontology at CMM." Bugeye Times 20 (Winter 1995/96): 1, 6.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Calvert County
DiNoto, Andrea. "A Singular Taste." Connoisseur (November 1984).
Notes: A discussion of the traveling jewelry exhibition -- "Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore". 213 pieces collected by founder Henry Walters were displayed. Nice glossy color illustrations.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Directory of Historical Organizations. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001.
Notes: This directory, an occasional publication in its fifteenth edition since 1936, is the product of the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH). The AASLH is the major professional association for local history practitioners -- curators, librarians, archivists, educators, etc.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Directory of Subject Collections in Maryland Libraries. [Parkton, MD]: Baltimore Chapter, Special Libraries Association, 1986.
Dixon, Michael L. "Postcards: A Link to Cecil's Past." Bulletin of The Historical Society of Cecil County 77/78 (Autumn/Winter 1998): 7-8.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Dowell, Susan Stiles. "The Harvey Ladew Manor House & Gardens." Maryland Magazine 17 (Summer 1985): 42-45.
Notes: A history of Harvey Ladew and his house and garden, now open to the public. The topiary garden is considered one of the nation's finest.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Environment, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Dowell, Susan Stiles. "The Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Magazine (Autumn 1984): 15-20.
Notes: A good general history of the Maryland's major private collecting institution written for the general public. Of special interest is an inserted article "In Search of Treasure", by Bonnie Joe Ayers, which explains how museums and special libraries acquire their materials.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Dowell, Susan Stiles. "Villa Pace: Rosa Ponsell's Italianate Estate." Maryland Magazine 16 (Autumn 1983): 25-8.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Music and Theater, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County
Doyle, Francis R. Columbia, Maryland, The Planned Community Between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore Designed to Give A New Town to that Area: A Bibliography. Monticello, IL: Council of Planning Librarians, 1975.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Howard County
Duncan, Richard R. "Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations on Maryland History." Maryland Historical Magazine 80 (Fall 1985): 261- 276.
Dunlap, Leslie Whittaker. American Historical Societies 1790 - 1860. Madison, Wisconsin. 1944.
Notes: Numerous entries for the Maryland Historical Society.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Eader, Edith Olivia, and Trudie Davis-Long, comps. The Jacob Engelbrecht Death Ledger of Frederick County, Maryland, 1820-1890. Monrovia, MD: Paw Prints, 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County
Eader, Edith Olivia, and Trudie Davis-Long, comps. The Jacob Engelbrecht Property and Almshouse Ledgers of Frederick County, Maryland. Monrovia, MD: Paw Prints, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County
"Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum." Maryland Humanities (Fall 1997): 27.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Edwards, Doris W., and Mary K. Mannix. Selected Genealogical Resources in the Howard County Historical Society Library. Columbia, MD: Howard County Genealogical Society, 1997.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Howard 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
Eff, Elaine, ed. You Should Have Been Here Yesterday. Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical Trust Press, 1995.
Notes: This guide covers every aspect of a cultural documentation study. It should be consulted by anyone starting out on such a project.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century
Elderdice, Dorothy. "The First Forty Years of the Historical Society of Carroll County." Carroll County Historical Society Newsletter 29 (May 1979): [2-4]; (November 1979): [1-2].
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Carroll County
Elfeinbein, Jessica. "Morton K. Blaustein City Life Exhibition Center." The Public Historian 19 (Fall 1997): 91-94.
Notes: An academic review of the Baltimore's City Life Museum's exhibit center, published shortly after the Museum was closed.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Ellis, Donna M., and Karen A. Stuart. The Calvert Papers: Calendar and Guide to the Microfilm Edition. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1989.
Notes: An item-level detailed finding aid, over 200 pages in length, to one of the Maryland Historical Society's most important collections. Includes a history of the collection.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Enoch Pratt Free Library. The Eastern Shore of Maryland: An Annotated Bibliography. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1980.
Categories: General, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Epstein, C. C. "Enoch Pratt at 100." School Library Journal 32 (February 1986): 17-19.