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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Guroff, Margaret. "James Rouse." Baltimore 92 (November 1999): 46-47.

Burkhart, Lynne C. Old Values in a New Town: The Politics of Race and Class in Columbia, Maryland. New York: Praeger, 1981.

Cornelison, Alice. "History of Blacks in Howard County, Maryland." Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society 10 (Summer-Fall 1989): 117-19.

Cornelison, Alice, Silas E. Craft, Sr., and Lillie Price. History of Blacks in Howard County, Maryland: Oral History, Schooling and Contemporary Issues. Columbia, MD: Howard County, Maryland NAACP, 1986.

Kimmel, Ross M. "Free Blacks in Seventeenth-Century Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 71 (Spring 1976): 19-25.

Brooks, Richard Oliver. Hiding Place in the Wind: The New Towns Attempt to Realize Communal Values in an Urban Society: A Case Study of Columbia, Maryland. Ph.D. Diss., Brandeis University, The Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, 1973.

Ford, James Fitz Gerald. Social Planning and New Towns: The Case of Columbia, Maryland. Ph.D. Diss., University of Michigan, 1975.

Hoppenfeld, Morton. "A Sketch of the Planning-Building Process for Columbia, Maryland." Journal of the American Institute of Planners 33 (1967): 398-408.

Silverman, Sharon H. "The Wayside Inn." Maryland 26 (February 1994): 48-51, 53.

Arrington, Nellie, ed. Elk Ridge: A Bicentennial Journal. [Elkridge]: Elkridge Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Atlas of Howard County, Maryland, 1878. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Bicentennial Commission, Inc., 1975.
Notes: Originally part of G. M. Hopkins atlas.

Barrow, Healan J. Sykesville: Past and Present. Sykesville, MD: Greenberg Publishing Co., 1987.

Benson, Robert Louis. "The Creation of Howard County." Anne Arundel County History Notes 26 (January 1995): 5-7.

Bloom, Nicholas Dagen. Suburban Alchemy: 1960s New Towns and the Transformation of the American Dream. Ph.D. diss., Brandeis University, 1999.

Brooks, Richard O. New Towns and Communal Values: A Case Study of Columbia, Maryland. New York: Praeger, 1974.
Notes: This work is the product of the consultancy year the author spent with the Rouse Company. He includes a snapshot of residents at the time, such as their population characteristics and their reason for purchasing in Columbia. Included is a chapter on the now gone Antioch College.

Clarksville Middle School/Eighth Grade. District Five is Still Alive (Read This Book to Find Out Why): A History of the Clarksville Area. Clarksville, MD: A C.M.S. TRIAD Publication, 1996.

Cramm, Joetta. Historic Ellicott City: A Walking Tour. First edition. Sykesville, MD: Greenberg Publishing, Co., 1990; second edition. Woodbine, MD: K&D, Ltd., 1996.

Cramm, Joetta. Howard County: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, VA: Donning Co., 1987.

Feaga, Barbara W., and Various Howard Countians. Howard's Roads to the Past. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Sesquicentennial Commission, 2000.

Filby, Vera Ruth. "From Forest to Friendship." Maryland Historical Magazine 71 (Spring 1976): 93-102.
Notes: A history of the area which now houses the Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

Files, Karen. Howard County's Haunted Houses. Ellicott City, MD: Howard County Public School System, 1990.

Gray, Ralph D., and Gerald E. Hartdagen. "A Glimpse of Baltimore Society in 1827: Letters by Henry D. Gilpin." Maryland Historical Magazine 69 (Fall 1974): 256-70.
Notes: Gilpin, a young lawyer from Philadelphia, wrote five lengthy letters to his father while visiting the Baltimore area in September, 1827. He described the people he met, many of whom were very important in Baltimore society, many were also the family and associates of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. In these letters he presents an insightful view of the life of the area's upper class. Of special interest is his descriptions of the major houses of Doughoregan Manor, Homewood, and Oakland.

Hattery, Thomas H., ed. Western Maryland : A Profile. Foreword by Charles McC. Mathias Jr. Mt. Airy, MD: Lomond Books, 1980.
Notes: This work describes the Counties which make up Maryland's Sixth Congressional District. The chapters are written by individuals involved in current affairs. The focus is on politics, government, and the economic nature of the counties. There is a great deal of statistical information. Chapter VIII includes brief essays on the future of Western Maryland by notable Maryland Officials, such as Governor Hughes, the heads of various state agencies, and people of note in the counties.

"History of the Howard County Seal." Howard County Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter 30 (September 1987): 2.

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