The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Joynes, J. William. Talbot Tales: An Historical Drama of the Eastern Shore, with Hymn Tunes, Folk Songs, Ballads and Dame. Published by the author, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Fieldbook of the War of 1812. Reprint. Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, War of 1812
Manchester, Andi. "A Cruising Family Visits St. Michael's." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 20 (April 1991): 40-43, 50.
Categories: County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
Manchester, Andi. "Oxford." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 (September 1992): 26-29, 44.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Mastracco, Martha. "A St. Michael's Christmas." Maryland 24 (Winter 1991): 22-29.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
Preston, Dickson J., and Norman Harrington. Oxford: The First Three Centuries. Easton, MD: Historical Society of Talbot County, 1984.
Categories: County and Local History, Maritime, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Preston, Dickson J. Talbot County: A History. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1983.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Preston, Dickson J. Trappe: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Town. Easton, MD: Trappe Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot 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
Sheads, Scott. Fort McHenry: A History. Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co., 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Military, Baltimore City, War of 1812
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
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
Talbot's Hidden Heritage: Catalog of the Exhibition. Historical Society of Talbot County, 1980.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, 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
Vojtech, Pat. "Talbot Co.: Progressing At Its Own Tempo." Annapolitan 5 (July 1991): 19-22, 24.
Categories: County and Local History, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Wennersten, John R. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1992.
Notes: Wennersten's goal is to make the reader understand the distinct society that is the eastern shore through discussion of the area's agricultural life, its race relations, and maritime society. Brief histories are given of some communities and mention made of some influential people.
Categories: African American, Agriculture, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
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
Walters, Keith. "Fishing Historic La Trappe Creek." Maryland 20 (Summer 1988): 78-79.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Dorchester County, Talbot County, Eastern Shore
Preston, Dickson J. Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Wycherly, H. Alan. "H. L. Mencken vs. The Eastern Shore: December, 1931." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 74 (1970): 381-390.
Categories: Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Eastern Shore
Dowell, Susan Stiles. "Easton's Avalon Theatre: A Dream Reborn." Maryland 22 (Summer 1990): 42-47.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Fine and Decorative Arts, Music and Theater, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Talbot County
Wright, Dorothy. "The Historic Avalon Theatre." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 12 (Sunshine 1990): 168-69.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Music and Theater, Talbot County
Abribat, Beverly. "The Holt Legacy." Weather Gauge 24 (Spring 1988): 12-17.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
"The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum-A Quarter-Century of Development and More to Come." Weather Gauge 26 (Spring 1990): 12-13.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region