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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Hoppenfeld, Morton. "A Sketch of the Planning-Building Process for Columbia, Maryland." Journal of the American Institute of Planners 33 (1967): 398-408.

Silverman, Sharon H. "The Wayside Inn." Maryland 26 (February 1994): 48-51, 53.

Arrington, Nellie, ed. Elk Ridge: A Bicentennial Journal. [Elkridge]: Elkridge Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Ashbury, John W. ...and all our yesterdays: A Chronicle of Frederick County, Maryland. Frederick, MD: Diversions Publications, 1997.
Notes: An unusual local history arranged in a datebook\\calendar format. Three to six events are given for each date, one is described in greater depth than the others in a 1-2 page essay. The book's excellent index makes this work amazingly useful.

Atlas of Howard County, Maryland, 1878. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Bicentennial Commission, Inc., 1975.
Notes: Originally part of G. M. Hopkins atlas.

Barrow, Healan J. Sykesville: Past and Present. Sykesville, MD: Greenberg Publishing Co., 1987.

Beirne, Francis F. The Amiable Baltimoreans. New York, 1951; reprint, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Notes: A social history of Baltimore City told through thematic chapters. Chapter topics are varied and include a wide range of subjects: i.e. monuments, food, sports, Hopkins Hospital, newspapers, and politics.

Benson, Robert Louis. "The Creation of Howard County." Anne Arundel County History Notes 26 (January 1995): 5-7.

Bloom, Nicholas Dagen. Suburban Alchemy: 1960s New Towns and the Transformation of the American Dream. Ph.D. diss., Brandeis University, 1999.

Booth, Oscar. "Annapolis in Fiction." Anne Arundel County History Notes 26 (January 1995): 1-2.

Broadneck Jaycees. Broadneck, Maryland's Historic Peninsula. Annapolis, MD: Fishergate Publishing Co., Inc., 1976.
Notes: Broadneck is a former Anne Arundel County hundred, located between the Severn and the Magothy Rivers. This work, published for the American Bicentennial, consists of thirteen essays, written by community leaders and local scholars, on a variety of themes -- education, religion, etc. One essay is the work of former Maryland State Archivist, Morris L. Radoff. Included is a list showing the dates of the area's first families' first residences.

Brooks, Richard O. New Towns and Communal Values: A Case Study of Columbia, Maryland. New York: Praeger, 1974.
Notes: This work is the product of the consultancy year the author spent with the Rouse Company. He includes a snapshot of residents at the time, such as their population characteristics and their reason for purchasing in Columbia. Included is a chapter on the now gone Antioch College.

Carmichael, Thomas. "Buffalo/Baltimore, Athens/Dallas: John Barth, Don DeLillo, and the Cities of Postmodernism." Canadian Review of American Studies 22 (Fall 1991): 241-49.

Clarksville Middle School/Eighth Grade. District Five is Still Alive (Read This Book to Find Out Why): A History of the Clarksville Area. Clarksville, MD: A C.M.S. TRIAD Publication, 1996.

Cook, Eleanor M. V. "Life in Montgomery County at the Turn of the Last Century." Montgomery County Story 42 (November 1999): 101-12.

Cook, Eleanor M. V. "Georgetown: Jewel of Montgomery County-Part II." Montgomery County Story 42 (February 1999): 61-76.

Cramm, Joetta. Historic Ellicott City: A Walking Tour. First edition. Sykesville, MD: Greenberg Publishing, Co., 1990; second edition. Woodbine, MD: K&D, Ltd., 1996.

Cramm, Joetta. Howard County: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, VA: Donning Co., 1987.

Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Middletown." Frederick Magazine (May 1992): 12-14.

Feaga, Barbara W., and Various Howard Countians. Howard's Roads to the Past. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Sesquicentennial Commission, 2000.

Feldstein, Albert L. Feldstein's Historic Banner Front Pages of the Cumberland Daily News, Cumberland News, and Cumberland Evening Times Vol. I: The Twentieth Century. LaVale, MD: Published by the author, 1986.

Feldstein, Albert L. Feldstein's Historic Newspapers of Allegany County Vol. II-The 19th and 20th C. LaVale, MD: Published by the author, 1987.

Filby, Vera Ruth. "From Forest to Friendship." Maryland Historical Magazine 71 (Spring 1976): 93-102.
Notes: A history of the area which now houses the Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

Files, Karen. Howard County's Haunted Houses. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Public School System, 1990.

"'Flowery Vale' A History of Accident, MD." Glades Star 6 (September 1986): 46-47.
Notes: Book review.

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