The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Jopp, Harold D. Rediscovery of the Eastern Shore: Delmarva Travelogues of the 1870s. Wye Mills, MD: Chesapeake College Press, 1986.
Notes: Reprints of articles by four different authors which appeared in the leading nineteenth century publications of <em>Harper's New Monthly Magazine</em>, <em>Lippincott's Magazine</em>, and <em>Scribner's Monthly</em>. The authors included noted illustrator Howard Pyle and Maryland writer George Townsend.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Kahl, Martha W. "Execution in Garrett County." Glades Star 5 (September 1982): 435-37.
Notes: Execution of John Smith in 1883.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Garrett County
Keith, Ruth. "The General's Highway." Anne Arundel County Historical Society History Notes 8 (July 1977): [2-3].
Kelbaugh, Jack. "The Shipley's Choice Tract; Part II: More Than Three Centuries of Fascinating History." Anne Arundel County History Notes 20 (April 1989): 1-3.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Native American, Transportation and Communication, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Kelly, Jacques. Anne Arundel County: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, VA: Donning Company, 1989.
Notes: Kelly, a leader of Maryland's photohistory genre, divides the County into five regions -- Glen Burnie, Severna Park, Annapolis, South Count, and Fort Meade and Oddnton. He also includes a chapter on transportation.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Kelly, Jacques. Peabody Heights to Charles Village: The Historic Development of a Baltimore Community. Baltimore: Equitable Trust Bank, 1976.
Notes: Includes the date of construction, the builder, and architect, and, at times the cost and original owner of a majority of the neighborhood's structures.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Kendall, D. Homer. "Hagerstown Bustled with Wagons in Early Pike Era." Maryland Cracker Barrel 19 (July 1989): 9, 18-20; (August 1989): 14-17.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Washington County
Larsen, Hal. "35 Years Ago!" Maryland Cracker Barrel 18 (April 1989): 18-19.
Notes: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on C&O Canal hike.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Frederick County, Montgomery County, Washington County
Lister, Dawn Sheets. "Calvert County Maryland: The Physical and Human Geography of the 'Charm of the Chesapeake'." Calvert Historian 11 (Spring 1996): 43-55.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Calvert County
Love, Richard. "Brunswick's 'Blessed Curse': Surviving an Industrial Legacy." Maryland Historical Magazine 88 (Summer 1993): 133-49.
Notes: Brunswick was a community tied together and given its identify by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. When the railroad left in the late twentieth century the town lost its identify and underwent a drastic change. It experienced a period of crisis where the whole concept of community was called into question.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Frederick County
Lubar, Steven. "Trolley Lines Land Speculation and Community-Building: The Early History of Woodside Park, Silver Spring, Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 81 (Winter 1986): 316-29.
Notes: The early twentieth century history of Silver Spring is a part of the larger picture of the development of Washington, D.C.'s suburban growth.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
McGuckian, Eileen S. F. Scott Fitzgerald's Rockville: A Guide to Rockville, Maryland, in the 1920s. Rockville, MD: Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Markwood, Louis N. The Forest Glen Trolley and the Early Development of Silver Spring. Edited by Randolph Kean. Arlington, VA: National Capital Historical Museum of Transportation, [1975].
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
May, Huguette D., and Anthea Smith. Finding the Charm in Charm City: Affectionate Views of Baltimore. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Notes: A modern photo documentary, using color Polaris Image Transfers of "charming spots" in Baltimore. These spots may not be considered so charming any place else in the world, but definitely display Baltimore's character. Through these image the authors show buildings, building details, and streetscapes. There is an accompanying text that gives a brief history of neighborhoods, buildings, and roads. A visual documentation of Baltimore in the 1990s.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Mayfield, Wayne. "Hutton, 'In the Shadow of a Boom Town'." Glades Star 7 (March 1995): 504-7.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Garrett County
Mellin, Jack. "Green Haven Advertising Brochures." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (January 1991): 9; (April 1991): 9-10.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Merrill, Lucy W. "Gun Road: 'Cannon Track' to Suburb." History Trails 29 (Spring-Summer 1995): 9-16.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Howard County
Molter, Nelson J. An Illustrated History of Severna Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland: The Annapolis Short Line & W.B.A. Railroads, with A Brief Mention of the Surrounding Communities. [Annapolis, MD]: [Whitmore Print. & Stationary Co.], 1969.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Molter, Nelson J. Severna Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland: A History of the Area. 2 vols. Severna Park, MD: [N.p.] 1969, 1988.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Murphy, Jeanne Payne. "The Letters of Lafayette Buckler from 1859 to 1884." Chronicles of St. Mary's 30 (March 1982): 421-32; (April 1982): 433-44; (May 1982): 445-54.
Notes: Transcriptions of a series of 41 letters written by Lafayette to Victoria McGinley Buckler, his wife, as they traveled between their home in St. Mary's and Baltimore. Two letters are also included written by Victoria. The letters deal with the details of daily life and the relationship of this couple. A sizeable introduction proceeds the letters and places the letters in the context of place, time, and family.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, St. Mary's County
Musey, Reuben L. It Happened in Washington County. Hagerstown, MD: Washington County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Washington County
Nast, Leonara Heilig, Laurence N. Krause, and R. C. Monk, eds. Baltimore. A Living Renaissance. Baltimore: Historic Baltimore Society, Inc., 1982.
Notes: An eclectic mix of over eighty essays, authored by a broad spectrum of individuals, on topics that illustrate the renaissance that Baltimore experienced during the 1960s and 1970s. Organized under such broad topics as "Baltimore Builds","Social Perspective","The Arts", and "What Makes Baltimore Baltimore" the broad range of subjects covered include Baltimore night life, public housing, television and radio, football, aging services, and influential political and community figures. Includes a brief chronology of the City's redevelopment, 1937-1981.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Neely, Esme. "Genteel Living." Annapolis 7 (August 1993): 38-46.
Notes: Severna Park.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Nurnberger, Ralph D. "The Great Baltimore Deluge of 1817." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Winter 1974): 405-8.
Notes: Calamities are popular topics for local historians. This discussion of a major flood of the Jones Falls, in Old Town Baltimore, includes an eyewitness account.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
O'Malley, Catherine L. Odenton: The Town a Railroad Built. Annapolis and St. Michaels, MD: Published by the author, 1978.
Categories: County and Local History, Medicine, Military, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County