The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Matthews, Kate Gaskins, and William Russell. Worcester County: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, VA: Donning Company, 1985.
Categories: County and Local History, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
"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
Murray, James. History of Pocomoke City, Formerly New Town. Baltimore : Curry, Clay & Co., 1883; reprint, Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, 1987.
Notes: Index added in reprint.
Categories: County and Local History, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Norton, Darlie. A History of Suitland. Prince George's County, Maryland. .. 1867-1976. Published by the author, 1976.
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
Parks, A. Franklin. "Pocomoke City: The Spirit of a New Town." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 17 (September 1987): 44-47.
Categories: County and Local History, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Patton, Tom. "Berlin." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 13 (Harvest 1991): 22-25.
Categories: County and Local History, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
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
Reps, John. Tidewater Towns: City Planning in Colonial Virginia and Maryland. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1972.
Notes: Early towns did not generally spring out of nowhere. Town planning was common and an important part of Chesapeake Maryland's colonial history. The government played an active role in the founding and formation of towns. Annapolis and the District of Columbia were unique in that their plans did not resemble those common amongst other English colonies.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Nineteenth Century, 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
Riverdale (Prince George's County, MD). 75th Anniversary Book Committee. The Riverdale Story: Mansion to Municipality. Riverdale, MD: Town of Riverdale, 1996.
Categories: County and Local History, Prince George's County
Robbins, Geoffrey H., and Brian P. Henley, eds. A Century of Seashore Hospitality: The History of Ocean City, MD, 1875-1975. Ocean City, MD: Ocean City Bicentennial Committee, 1975.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Sarson, Steven James. Wealth, Poverty and Labor in the Tobacco Plantation South: Prince George's County, Maryland, in the Early National Era. Ph.D. diss., Johns Hopkins University, 1998.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Eighteenth Century, Prince George's County
Sechrist, Stephanie. Silver Spring, Maryland: Residential Development of a Washington Suburb, 1920 to 1955. M.A. Thesis, George Washington University, 1994.
Notes: Many suburban communities had origins in streetcar or railroad growth. Silver Spring, however, was a community whose growth was determined by the automobile. Sechrist identifies three development stages. Also, as a suburb of the District of Columbia, Silver Spring grew during periods of strife for other communities, i.e. during the Depression and World War II.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Prince George's County
Skarda, Donald. A History of Berwyn Heights, MD. Berwyn Heights, MD: Published by the author, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Prince George's County
Skarda, D. D. Berwyn Heights: History of a Small Maryland Town. Published by the author, 1977.
Categories: County and Local History, Prince George's County
Smith, Bert. Down the Ocean: Postcards from Maryland and Delaware Beaches. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Notes: Arranged by theme and subject -- famous housing, boardwalk, on the beach, life saving. It presents a vivid picture of life at the shore as interpreted through postcards. Includes some illustration on spots on the way -- diners, bridges, etc. Information on the cards themselves is included and adds to the work's usefulness.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Sullivan, C. John, Jr. "Ocean City in Black and White: A Special Maryland Revisited." Maryland Humanities (March 1999): 6-7.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Sweeting, Les. "Who Was Who on Ralston Avenue, Hyattsville." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 21 (April 1994): [2-4].
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
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 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
Tracey, Grace L., and John P. Dern. Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.
Notes: A history of that portion of Prince George's County that in 1748 became Frederick County as told through the stories of the original land patents and their owners. The appendix includes many handy lists including a list of 1733-1734 inhabitants, early German Settlers, and Frederick County Muster Rolls, ca. 1757.
Categories: County and Local History, Ethnic History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Frederick County, Prince George's County
Truitt, Reginald V., and Millard G. LesCallette. Worcester County, Maryland's Arcadia. Snow Hill, MD: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977.
Categories: County and Local History, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Tull, Willis Clayton, Jr. "An Every Name Index to R.V. Truitt & M.G. Les Callette's 'Worcester County, Maryland's Arcadia.'" Maryland and Delaware Genealogist 23 (Spring 1982): 39-41.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Worcester County, Eastern Shore