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
Bache, Ellyn. "Miss Mary and the Book Wagon." Maryland 21 (Winter 1988): 32-33.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, Washington County
Corddry, Mary U. Museums and Monuments of the Eastern Shore. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1990.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
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
A Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Kent County Records on Microfilm. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Kent County, Eastern Shore
A Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Washington County Records on Microfilm. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Washington County
Levinson, Nancy Smiler. "Takin' It to the Streets: The History of the Book Wagon." Library Journal 116 (May 1, 1991): 43-5.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Washington County
Marcum, Deanna B. Good Books in a Country Home: The Public Library as Cultural Force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Washington County
Marcum, Deanna Bowling. The Rural Public Library: Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920. Ph.D. diss., University of Maryland at College Park, 1991.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Washington County
Marcum, Deanna B. "The Rural Public Library in America at the Turn of the Century." Libraries and Culture 26 (Winter 1991): 87-99.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Washington County
"Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Civil War Museums and Sites in Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Spring 1998): 27.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Howard County, Montgomery County, Washington County, Civil War
"Old Clear Spring Library Remembered." Maryland Cracker Barrel (Dec. 1999/Jan 2000): 26, 28.
Notes: The small, volunteer run, Clear Spring Library developed in a building which had served as a community kitchen and a soldier's canteen. The library existed only between the two great wars. This brief history is compiled from the quotes of community members.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Washington County
"Revolutionary War Museums and Sites of Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Summer 2001): 25.
Categories: African American, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Military, Science and Technology, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Frederick County, Harford County, Washington County
Schofield, Clay. "An Annotated Bibliography of Folklore Material for the Eastern Shore." Free State Folklore 3 (Winter 1976-1977): 19-55.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Vansant, Thelma M., Elizabeth Westcott Bryan, and Frances S. Clendaniel. "The 50th Anniversary of the Historical Society of Kent County." Old Kent 2 (December 1986): 1-5.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Weiser, Frederick S., ed. "Eighteenth Century German Church Records from Maryland: A Checklist." The Report: A Journal of German-American History 38 (1982): 5-14.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Eighteenth Century, Caroline County, Frederick County, Washington County, Chesapeake Region
Brown, C. Christopher. "Democracy's Incursion into the Eastern Shore: The 1870 Election in Chestertown." Maryland Historical Magazine 89 (Fall 1994): 338-46.
Categories: Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Clawson, Frank D. "These Men of Maryland Helped Launch Our USA Constitution." Cracker Barrel 17 (December 1987): 23-25, 30.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century, Washington County
Johnstone, Gene. "How a Kent County Senator Saved Andrew Johnson's Presidency." Old Kent 16 (Spring 1999): 3.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Musey, Reuben L. "Washington and Lincoln Both Visited Our County as President." Cracker Barrel 17 (February 1988): 28-29.
Categories: Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Washington County
Wyand, Jeffrey A. "The Hundreds of Washington County." Maryland Historical Magazine 67 (1972): 302-306.
Categories: Politics and Law, Washington County
Burris, Anne E. "Little-Known Resting Place of Some Ringgolds." Old Kent 15 (Spring 1998): 3.
Categories: Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Kent County, Eastern Shore
Chrisman, David F. "Pro Baseball Came to Hagerstown in 1915; first pennant in 1917." Maryland Cracker Barrel 19 (July 1989): 16.
Deringer, H. Hurtt. "Tolchester." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 11 (Sunshine 1987): 26-29.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Kent County
Horne, Patricia E. The Organizational Network of Kent County, Maryland: 1650-1800. Ph.D. diss., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1973.