The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
"The Mystery of Historic St. Mary's City." Southern Living 25 (August 1990): 18-19.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Seventeenth Century, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
Nast, Leonara Heilig, Laurence N. Krause, and R. C. Monk, eds. Baltimore. A Living Renaissance. Baltimore: Historic Baltimore Society, Inc., 1982.
Notes: An eclectic mix of over eighty essays, authored by a broad spectrum of individuals, on topics that illustrate the renaissance that Baltimore experienced during the 1960s and 1970s. Organized under such broad topics as "Baltimore Builds","Social Perspective","The Arts", and "What Makes Baltimore Baltimore" the broad range of subjects covered include Baltimore night life, public housing, television and radio, football, aging services, and influential political and community figures. Includes a brief chronology of the City's redevelopment, 1937-1981.
Categories: African American, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Ethnic History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Papenfuse, Edward C. Doing Good to Posterity-The Move of the Capital of Maryland from St. Mary's City to Ann Arundell Towne, now called Annapolis. Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical Trust Press, 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County, St. Mary's County
Pogue, Robert E. T. "The Milestown Oak." Chronicles of St. Mary's 29 (August 1981): 345-46.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
Praising the Bridge that Brought them Over: One Hundred Years at Indian Head. Indian Head, MD: Naval Ordnance Station, 1990.
Notes: The history of the military base, and its surrounding community, as told through photographs and excerpts with interviews from twenty-six individuals. A ten page time line charts events of importance among the Navy at Indian Head, in the town of Indian Head, and national and internationally.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Military, Science and Technology, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Charles County
Randall, Frances E. Mirror on Frederick Through 250 Years. [Frederick, MD]: Great Southern Printing & Manufacturing Co., 2000.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Women, Frederick County
Ranzetta, Kirk E. "From Rat Proof Corn Cribs to St. Peter's Chapel: The Builders and Buildings in Leonardtown." Chronicles of St. Mary's 46 (Fall 1998): 301-12.
Notes: A history of Leonardtown as seen through the works of a group of nineteenth century architects and builders.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary'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
Richardson, Hester Dorsey. "Colors of the Counties." Calvert Historian 8 (Fall 1993): 50-52.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Seventeenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Cecil County, Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, Kent County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Robinson, Ophelia McKay. "Richard McKay of Maryland and Kentucky." Chronicles of St. Mary's 30 (June 1982): 457-63.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, St. Mary's County
"St. Mary's: From State's First Years to Jet Age." Annapolitan 4 (September 1990): 21-23.
Categories: County and Local History, St. Mary's County
St. Mary's City Commission. St. Mary's City: A Plan for the Outdoor Museum. St. Mary's City: April 1974.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, St. Mary's County
"St. Mary's County Adopts an Official Song." Chronicles of St. Mary's 35 (Winter 1987): 72-73.
Categories: County and Local History, Music and Theater, St. Mary's County
Stone, Gary Wheeler. "St. Maries Citty: Corporate Artifact." Maryland Archeology 26 (March and September 1990): 4-18.
Categories: Archaeology, County and Local History, St. Mary's County
Stone, Mary C. "St. Mary's County Foodways Prior to 1941, and Particularly During the Depression Years of the 1930's." Chronicles of St. Marys 24 (August 1976): 173-83.
Categories: Agriculture, County and Local History, Women, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
Strauss, Mary. "Engle's Mill ... A Necessity of the Past." Glades Star 5 (June 1979): 159-63.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Garrett County
Sween, Jane C. "An Englishwoman Visits Montgomery County in 1830." Montgomery County Story 40 (August 1997): 441-52.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Ethnic History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Montgomery County
Sword, Gerald J. "Acquisition of the Point Lookout Lighthouse Site by the United States Government from Jenifer Taylor." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (January 1978): 340-46.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Howard County, St. Mary's County
Sword, Gerald J. "Point Lookout Lighthouse." Chronicles of St. Mary's 33 (May 1985): 259-262.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County
Sword, Gerald J. "Who Goes There? (Ghostly Manifestations at Point Lookout)." Chronicles of St. Mary's 30 (July 1982): 465-71.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, St. Mary's County
Sword, Gerald J. "House Cove Point Lookout State Park." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (July 1978): 391-402.
Notes: This article compiled all available information on House Cove. It, therefore, serves as a good example of the wide variety of resources that can be found and utilized when researching a Maryland property.
Categories: Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Veitch, Fletcher. "Hurricane of 1933." Chronicles of St. Mary's 33 (August 1985): 285-288.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Environment, Twentieth Century, St. Mary's County, Chesapeake Region
Voris, Helen. Elkridge: Where It All Began. First edition. Elkridge, MD: N.p., 2000.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Women, Twentieth Century, Howard County
White, Roger. "Sappington: One of Anne Arundel's Vanished Villages." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (April 1991): 13-14.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Women, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Wilstach, Paul. Tidewater Maryland. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931.
Notes: A narrative history of those Maryland counties, all but seven of the twenty-three, touched by saltwater, arranged by theme and locale. There is a great deal of emphasis on the founding of towns and important personages, a wide variety of subjects are covered.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, 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