The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
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
Lucas, Townsend M. "Fairmount Heights, Prince George's County, Maryland: A 1910 Census Construction with Historical Notes." Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society 9 (Spring 1988): 3-28.
McElrath, Doug. "Riverdale Park: The Story Behind the Name." Riverdale Town Crier 27 (May 1998): 1, 10.
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
"Model City: Greenbelt, Maryland." Grand Street 13 (Fall 1994): 97-109.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Prince George's 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
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
Norton, Darlie. A History of Suitland. Prince George's County, Maryland. .. 1867-1976. Published by the author, 1976.
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
Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publisher Company, 1976.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore: The Building of an American City. Revised edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Notes: The product of a geographer, this excellent history of Baltimore focuses on its physical growth as an urban center. Special emphasis is placed on how the city, and its inhabitants, handled the changes brought about by city growth.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Papenfuse, Edward C. "What's in a Name? Why Should We Remember?" News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 24 (June/July 1996): 1-5.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Prince George's County
Pearl, Susan G., Marina King, and Howard S. Berger. Historic Contexts in Prince George's County: Short Papers on Settlement Patterns, Transportation and Cultural History. Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1991.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Prince George's County
Phipps, George Mitchell. "Mitchellville--The Early Years." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 16 (May 1988): 12-14.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Prince George's Community County: An Oral History Collection by Students of Prince George's Community College. Largo, MD: Prince George's Community College, 1986.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Randolph, B. S. "History of the Maryland Coal Region." Journal of the Alleghenies 29 (1993): 47-62.
Notes: Originally published by the Maryland Geological Survey, in 1905, this work discusses the development of Allegany County's mining industry, including the unionization of the miners.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Allegany County