The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Ritchey, David. "The Baltimore Theater and the Yellow Fever Epidemic." Maryland Historical Magazine 67 (1972): 298-301.
Categories: Medicine, Music and Theater, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City
Van Newkirk, Betty. "Theatres and Opera Houses in Western Maryland." Journal of the Alleghenies 27 (1991): 73-86.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Music and Theater, Allegany County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Washington County
Zuck, Victor. "Innovation and Restoration of the 3/14 Mighty Wurlitzer for the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown." Theatre Organ 36 (May 1994): 6-13.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Music and Theater, Washington County
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
Archives, and Manuscripts. The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1980.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
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
Baltimore History Network. Baltimore's Past: A Directory of Historical Sources. Baltimore: Baltimore History Group, 1989.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Cavanaugh, Joanne P. "Uncertainty in the Archives." Johns Hopkins Magazine 49 (November 1997): 28-33.
Notes: A well written discussion of the varied archival repositories of The Johns Hopkins University. Serves as a useful introduction to the nature of archives, including a discussion of the problems with electronic records.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Music and Theater, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Cox, Richard J. "Opportunities for Maryland Medical History Research at the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland State Medical Journal 23 (June 1974): 56.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
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
Jensen, Joseph E. "Bibliographies from the Faculty Library: 145 Years of Service." Maryland State Medical Journal 24 (June 1975): 40-44.
Notes: Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland Library.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Key, Betty McKeever, comp. Oral History in Maryland: A Directory. Edited by Larry E. Sullivan. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1981.
Notes: Although it is very outdated, this directory should serve be the starting point for anyone attempting to locate oral history collections relevant to Maryland. Collections surveyed were not only in institutional hands (schools, libraries, and historical agencies) but also belonged to governmental agencies and private individuals. Included are DC and PA collections of potential interest.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Ethnic History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century
Lamberg, Lynne. "Preserving the Life of a Lab." Johns Hopkins Magazine 49 (November 1997): 34-35.
Notes: A discussion of the specialized collection of the Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
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
McCall, Nancy, and Harold Kanarek. "The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 56 (Spring 1982): 88-92.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
McCall, Nancy, and Lisa A. Mix. "Scholarly Returns: Patterns of Research in a Medical Archives." Archivaria 41 (Spring 1996): 158-87.
Categories: Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Medicine, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
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 Statistical Abstract. Annapolis: Department of Economic Development, 1967-.
Notes: This source provides data on nearly every aspect of Maryland and the live's of its citizens.
Categories: Agriculture, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century
"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
Miller, Joseph M. "The Library of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland." Maryland Medical Journal 42 (February 1993): 196-97.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
"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
Runion, Carol. "BMI's Traveling Industrial Hygiene Exhibit Debuts in Kansas City." Nuts and Bolts 13 (Summer 1995): [5].
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Medicine, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City