The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Scott, John F. R. Voyages into Airy Regions. Annapolis, MD: Anne Arundel County Historical Society, 1984.
Notes: Aviation activity in Maryland.
Categories: Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Shomette, Donald G. Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay, and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1996.
Notes: Underwater archaeology.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Maritime, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Charles County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland
Stakem, Patrick H. "T. H. Paul, Master Locomotive Builder of Frostburg, Maryland." Journal of the Alleghenies 33 (1997): 73-82.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Allegany County
Stuart, Charles B. Lives and Works of Civil and Military Engineers of America. New York: Van Nostrand, 1871.
Notes: Because of the National Road, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Maryland was a training ground for the nation's 19th century civil engineers and bridge designers. Stuart's book, though dated, has chapters on several nationally-important individuals who learned their trade on one of more of these state public works.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Tanner, H. S. A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States, Comprehending Notices of All The Works of Internal Improvement Throughout the Several States. New York: T. R. Tanner and J.D. Disturnell, 1840.
Notes: Maryland is included in this state-by-state compilation of early American internal improvements.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Taylor, George Rogers. The Transportation Revolution, 1815-1860. New York: Rinehart, 1951.
Notes: A classic in the field, Taylor's book outlines the revolution in trade and daily life brought about by the advent of faster land and sea travel. Baltimore's and Maryland's turnpikes, sailing ships, and railroads are frequently cited.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Thompson, Robert Luther. Wiring a Continent; The History of the Telegraph Industry in the United States, 1832-1866. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947.
Notes: Puts Samuel F. B. Morse's American invention of the telegraph in perspective.
Tyrrell, Henry Gratton. Bridge Engineering. N.p., 1911.
Notes: Places the contributions of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge designers, particularly in metal truss design, in the context of the world's bridges.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Welch, Rebecca Hancock. "The Army Learns to Fly: College Park, Maryland, 1909-1913." Maryland Historian 21 (Fall/Winter 1990): 38-51.
Categories: Military, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
White, John H., Jr. "Exhibit Review: Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum." Technology and Culture 11 (1970): 70-84.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
White, John H., Jr. The American Locomotive, Its Development: 1830-1880. 1968; Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979.
Notes: This first of a trilogy of works by one of America's greatest current railroad historians contains material on the Baltimore and Ohio and other early railroads in Maryland and their engineers and equipment.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
White, John H., Jr. The American Railroad Passenger Car. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978.
Notes: The author, former curator of transportation at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C., offers a very solid treatment of the subject in large format and with beautiful illustrations of the railroads' moving structures from the lowly day coach to Pullman's palaces on wheels. Again, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is often cited and pictured.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
White, John H., Jr. The American Railroad Freight Car. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.
Notes: The final volume in White's trilogy received the same lavish treatment as the book on passenger cars.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
White, Roger B. "'Three Cheers for Henry Clay': The Construction and Advance Demonstration of the Morse Telegraph at Annapolis Junction, April 29-May 11, 1844." Anne Arundel County History Notes 24 (January 1993): 1, 7-14.
Categories: Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Woolfolk, George Ruble. "Rival Urban Communication Schemes for the Possession of the Northwest Trade, 1783-1800." Mid-America 38 (1956): 214-233.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Young, D. "Lock in on the C&O Canal." Southern Living 27 (July 1992): 19-20.
Lawson, Joanne Seale. "Remarkable Foundations: Rose Ishbel Greely, Landscape Architect." Washington History 10 (Spring 1998): 46-69.
Categories: Agriculture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Women, Twentieth Century
Lear, Linda. Rachel Carson: The Life of the Author of Silent Spring. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Environment, Politics and Law, Science and Technology, Women, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Maryland Commission for Women. Maryland Women's History Resource Packet, 1988. Baltimore: The Commission, 1988.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Women, Twentieth Century, Montgomery County
Yewell, Therese C. Women of Achievement in Prince George's County History. Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George's County Planning Board, 1994.
Notes: This is a model of how to present biographical portraits. The biographies of these Prince George's County women are arranged in chronological order. Each chapter begins with an historical narrative that places the biographies in context.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Medicine, Politics and Law, Religion, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Prince George's County
Brown, Julie K. "The Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Displays: Chicago World's Columbian Exposition 1893." History of Photography [London] 24 (Summer 2000): 155-62.
Canby, Tom. "Windmills Drew a Family's Water." Legacy 20 (Winter 2000): 1, 7.
Categories: Science and Technology, Other
Caron, Dewey M. "Bee Culture in Maryland." Journal of NAL Associates 1 (1976): 10-14.
Categories: Education, Science and Technology, Nineteenth Century, Other
Cassutto, George. "Setting up a History-based Web Site for Your School." History Computer Review 13 (1997): 27-39.
Categories: Education, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Other
Chowning, Larry S. Harvesting the Chesapeake: Tools and Traditions. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1990.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Other