The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Silverman, Sharon H. "Ashby 1663." Maryland 25 (Autumn 1992): 26-31.
Silverman, Sharon H. "Wades Point Inn on the Bay." Maryland 26 (May/June 1994): 12-15, 19.
Silverman, Sharon H. "The Robert Morris Inn." Maryland 26 (July/August 1994): 26-29, 31.
Silverman, Sharon H. "The Tidewater Inn: An Easton Institution Rejuvenated." Maryland 25 (Summer 1993): 54-59.
Sotterley Mansion, St. Mary's County, Maryland; Notes on Its History and Architecture and Photos of the Mansion Today and in the 1910-1914 Period. Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, 1961.
Stone, Gary Wheeler. "Reconstructing the Shifting Boundaries of St. John's with Addition c. 1720-1780, St. Mary's City, Maryland." Chronicles of St. Mary's 37 (Fall 1989): 249-52.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Eighteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Stone, Garry W. Society, Housing, and Architecture in Early Maryland: John Lewger's St. John's. Ph.D. Diss., University of Pennsylvania, 1982.
Tribble, Edwin. "The Robert Morris Inn: Several Incarnations Later." Maryland 9 (Spring 1977): 15-17.
Weeks, Christopher. Where Land and Water Intertwine: An Architectural History of Talbot County, Maryland. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Witty, Merrill. "Rising from the Ashby." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 15 (August 1994): 44-45, 64.
Woodburn, Patrick. "Pleasant Valley Centernary-July 25, 1993." Chronicles of St. Mary's 41 (Winter 1993): 261-64.
Baden, Jacqueline Heppes. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Place Apart. 2 vols. Rockville, MD: Travel on Tape, Book Division, 1990.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
"A Bay for All Seasons." Maryland 27 (September/October 1995): F28-F29, F31, F33.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Caroline County, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Beitzell, Edwin W., ed. "Diary of Dr. Joseph L. McWilliams 1868-1875." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (March 1978): 359-66; (May 1978): 375-82; (June 1978): 383-89; (September 1978): 411-15.
Notes: Transcriptions of a mid-nineteenth century diary. Most entries are very short.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Beitzell, Edwin W. St. Mary's County, Maryland in the American Revolution: Calendar of Events. Leonardtown, MD: St. Mary's County Bicentennial Commission, 1975.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, St. Mary's County
Blake, Allison. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 3rd edition. Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1997.
Notes: A well researched tour guide for the general population.
Categories: County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Harford County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Bowes, David B. "Just Passing Through." Mid-Atlantic Country 26 (October 1995): 40-41.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
Bradburn, Clarence D. Some Important People and Events of St. Mary's. N.p.: Published by the author, 1977.
Categories: County and Local History, St. Mary's County
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
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
Chappell, Helen. "Crosscurrents of Culture." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (October 1993): 40-45.
Notes: Tilghman Island.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Chappell, Helen. "Downhome Bellevue." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (September 1994): 41-45.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Chesser, Helen Brown. "St. George Island Memories." Chronicles of St. Mary's 40 (Spring 1992): 98-104.
Notes: The memories of a woman who grew up on the Island during the early decades of the twentieth century.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Women, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Clark, Charles Branch. The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1950.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Native American, Women, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore