The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Browne, Gary L. "Urban Centers of the Past." Maryland Heritage News 2 (Fall 1984): 6-7.
Notes: A variety of factors effect the rise and fall of urban centers -- transportation, market, environmental, and political changes, as well as the rise of other centers. Browne presents a brief discussion of the fate of approximately ten urban centers.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Allegany County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Washington County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Canby, Tom, and Elie S. Rogers. Sandy Spring Legacy. Sandy Spring, MD: Sandy Spring Museum, 1999.
Notes: A history of greater Sandy Spring which includes Brookeville, Ashton, Olney, Brinklow/Cincinnati, Brighton, and Laytonsville/Mt. Zion. Nearly 200 pages of historic images, all sepia, are arranged around themes or communities, i.e. "Some Childhood Recollections ...","The Era of the Grist Mills","Early Churches Take Root","Old Homes Bespeak Prosperity and Taste". Small historic maps of the communities are included.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Religion, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Carr, Lois Green. "The Metropolis of Maryland': A Comment on Town Development Along the Tobacco Coast." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Summer 1974): 124-45.
Notes: Many towns in the Chesapeake area failed during the seventeenth century. Towns were not needed as commercial centers for the tobacco trade, the major economy of the area at that time. Carr uses St. Mary's City as an example of such a failure.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Before 1600 AD, Seventeenth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Carr, Lois Green, and Russell R. Menard. "Wealth and Welfare in Early Maryland: Evidence from St. Mary's County." William and Mary Quarterly 56 (January 1999): 95-120.
Categories: County and Local History, Seventeenth Century, St. Mary's County
Cecil County Maryland 1608-1850 As Seen By Some Visitors and Several Essays on Local History Collected by G.E. Gifford, Jr. Rising Sun, MD: George E. Gifford Memorial Committee, Calvert School, 1974.
Categories: County and Local History, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Cecil County, Eastern Shore
Coale, Joseph M. Middling Planters of Ruxton, 1694-1850. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1996.
Notes: A history of this Baltimore County community arranged around the seven land patents that define that portion of the County. The author makes a broad use of primary sources and touches upon the history of the churches, towns, and schools.
Categories: County and Local History, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore County
Cook, Margaret W. "Early Towns in Calvert County." Calvert County Historical Society News and Notes 2 (April 1983): 12-13.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Calvert County
Cooper, Carolyn E. Worton Gleanings: A History of Union M. E. Church and the Development of the Area of Worton, Maryland. Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Pubs., 1983.
Categories: County and Local History, Religion, Kent County
Cooper, Richard W. Profile of a Colonial Community: Salisbury Towne and Wicomico County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Seventeenth Century, Wicomico County, Eastern Shore
Cronin, Richard. History of Aberdeen Maryland. Aberdeen, MD: Bicentennial Committee of Aberdeen, 1976.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Military, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Harford County
Crook, Mary Charlotte. "Hyattstown, a Roadside Town Preserved." The Montgomery County Story 29 (May 1986): 207-220.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Military, Music and Theater, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Dessaint, A. Y. "Was Coxtown Really Lower Marlboro?" Calvert County Historical Society News and Notes 2 (October 1983): 3-8.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Seventeenth Century, Calvert County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Creagerstown." Frederick Magazine (January 1991): 9-10.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Dance Hall Days [Bartonsville]." Frederick Magazine (October 1993).
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Music and Theater, Religion, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Emmistburg." Frederick Magazine (August 1992): 12-3.
Categories: County and Local History, Ethnic History, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Foxville." Frederick Magazine (September 1991): 18, 57.
Categories: County and Local History, Education, Ethnic History, Religion, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Graceham." Frederick Magazine (August 1993): 16-17.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Religion, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Hopehill." Frederick Magazine (February 1993): 12-13.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Religion, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Jefferson." Frederick Magazine (August 1991): 18, 29.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Kemptown." Frederick Magazine (September 1990): 11-12.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Military, Religion, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Lewistown." Frederick Magazine (April 1990): 11-12.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Ethnic History, Military, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Middletown." Frederick Magazine (May 1992): 12-14.
Categories: African American, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Medicine, Religion, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Point of Rocks." Frederick Magazine (August 1990): 15-16.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Vanishing Village." Frederick Magazine (December 1993): 10-11.
Notes: Charlesville.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Frederick County
Erickson, Marie Anne. "Crossroads: Walkersville." Frederick Magazine (April 1992): 13-14.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Medicine, Religion, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County