The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Robinson, Ophelia McKay. "Richard McKay of Maryland and Kentucky." Chronicles of St. Mary's 30 (June 1982): 457-63.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Shomette, Donald. London Town: A Brief History. Londontown, MD: London Town Public House Commission, Inc., 1978.
Notes: Londontown, located on the South River, was a very early example of successful town planning in Maryland. The community, however, did not have any long term success due to its economic base in the tobacco system.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Steffen, Charles G. From Gentlemen to Townsmen: The Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1660-1776. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993.
Sutton, Stanley B. Beyond the Roadgate: Kent County, 1900-1980. Privately published, 1983.
Notes: This history of twentieth century Kent was compiled by a former Agricultural Extension Officer. Naturally enough, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the agricultural and rural heritage of the County. Pivotal 1980 leaders of the county supply commentary on their areas of expertise.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Medicine, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Szabo, Steve. The Eastern Shore. Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1976.
Notes: Photographic essay.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Fine and Decorative Arts, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "The Town of Herrington, c. 1667-c. 1700." Anne Arundel County History Notes 29 (July 1998): 1-2, 9-12.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Calvert County
Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "The Town of Herrington, c.1667-c.1700." Calvert Historian 13 (Spring 1998): 45-61.
Notes: Same article as in <em>Anne Arundel County History Notes</em>.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Calvert County
Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "Seeking Herrington: Settlement in a Very Early Maryland Town." Maryland Archeology 34 (September 1998): 11-17.
Notes: Herrington, in southern Anne Arundel, was one of many very small towns in Maryland during the Colonial period. These towns generally had no municipal government. To research such communities scholars must rely on governmental records documenting landowners and residents. After Herrington's demise, shortly after 1700, the area remained predominantly agricultural. This resulted in its location remaining largely intact. Thus, it is a promising archeological site for research.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Thomas, Joseph Brown, Jr. Settlement, Community, and Economy: The Development of Towns in Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore, 1660-1775. Ph.D. diss., University of Maryland, 1994.
Notes: Thomas argues that the seventeen clustered settlements that dotted the lower Eastern Shore actually functioned as towns. Although legislatively established they have been largely ignored in the history of the Chesapeake region. Most historians argue that the area was rural, when in fact its character was between urban and rural.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Dorchester County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Towers, Frank. "Secession in an Urban Context: The Class and Political Background of Baltimore's Southern Sympathizers." Maryland Humanities (Winter 1998): 3.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Seventeenth Century, Baltimore City
Towers, Frank Harold. Ruffians on the Urban Border: Labor, Politics, and Race in Baltimore, 1850-1861. Ph.D. diss., University of California, Irvine, 1993.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Baltimore City
Usilton, Fred.. G. History of Kent County Maryland 1630-1916. Privately printed, [1980?].
Categories: County and Local History, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Walton, John M., Jr. "Prince George's Genesis." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society, 20 (August 1992): 3-4.
Categories: County and Local History, Native American, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Prince George's County
"Washington's Views of Kent County." Old Kent 12 (Spring 1995): 1-2.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Eighteenth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Wennersten, John R. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1992.
Notes: Wennersten's goal is to make the reader understand the distinct society that is the eastern shore through discussion of the area's agricultural life, its race relations, and maritime society. Brief histories are given of some communities and mention made of some influential people.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Williams, T .J. C. The History of Washington County, Maryland, From the Earliest Settlements of the Present Time, Including A History of Hagerstown. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1968.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Washington County
Williams, John Page. "Seeking Refuge." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (June 1994): 18, 20.
Notes: Eastern Neck Island.
Categories: County and Local History, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Willis, Bob. "Harbor to Shore-And Back Again." Maryland 27 (July/August 1995): 79, 81.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Eastern Shore
Wilstach, Paul. Tidewater Maryland. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931.
Notes: A narrative history of those Maryland counties, all but seven of the twenty-three, touched by saltwater, arranged by theme and locale. There is a great deal of emphasis on the founding of towns and important personages, a wide variety of subjects are covered.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Prince George's County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Wood, Gregory A. Early French Presence in Maryland 1524-1800. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1977.
Categories: County and Local History, Ethnic History, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century
Abbott, Collaner M. "Colonial Copper Mines." William and Mary Quarterly 27 (1970): 295-309.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century
Anthony, James T. "Early Attempts at Wildlife Conservation in Maryland." Old Kent 1 (December 1985): 1-2.
Categories: Environment, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Barnes, Brooks Miles, and Barry R. Truitt. Seashore Chronicles: Three centuries of the Virginia Barrier Islands. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1997.
Notes: Much of this book captures a mood equally applicable to Maryland's sea islands. I suspect Norwood, in 1650, landed on a Maryland Island anyhow!
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Brewington, M. V. Chesapeake Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History. 1953; 2d edition, New York: Bonanza Books, 1956.
Notes: While primarily about boats on the Bay, Brewington's book has many contemporary environmental insights.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Capper, John, Garrett Power, and Frank Shivers. Chesapeake Waters: Pollution, Public Health and Public Opinion, 1602-1972. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1983.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Environment, Ethnic History, Medicine, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region