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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

The History of Homewood. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976.
Notes: Home of Charles Carroll, Jr.

Tripp, Susan Gerwe. "Evergreen House, Baltimore, Maryland." Antiques 139 (February 1991): 388-97.

Tripp, Susan Gerwe. "Homewood in Baltimore, Maryland." Antiques 133 (January 1988): 248-57.

Trostel, Michael F. Mount Clare: Being an Account of the Seat built by Charles Carroll, Barrister, upon his Lands at Patapsco. Baltimore: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland, 1981.

Trostel, Michael F. "Mount Clare." Antiques 115 (February 1979): 342-51.
Notes: Baltimore home of Charles Carroll the Barrister, built 1757-1760.

Vill, Martha J. "Residential Development on a Landed Estate: The Case of Baltimore's 'Harlem.'" Maryland Historical Magazine 77 (Fall 1982): 266-278.

Walker, Irma. "Baltimore Rises from the Ashes: George Archer and His Step-Gable Schloss Building." Maryland Historical Magazine 87 (Fall 1992): 316-22.

Warren, Marion E., and Warren, Mame. Baltimore When She Was What She Used to Be. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983.
Notes: This photo history has minimal captioning, but included amongst the photographs are illustrations of period newspaper articles, from the Sun, and excerpts from books and magazine articles of the eras. There are five essays covering the years from 1900 to 1930. Journals used include Women's Home Companion (1927) and Harpers Weekly (1904).

Watts, Rhonda. "Homewood House: Putting Together the Puzzle." Johns Hopkins Magazine 39 (December 1987): 26-35.

Weeks, Barbara. "Bad News...Southern Hotel." Baltimore Heritage Newsletter Spring 1994, 3.

Weeks, Christopher. Alexander Smith Cochran: Modernist Architect in Traditional Baltimore. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1995.

Weeks, Christopher. The Building of Westminster in Maryland: A Socio-Architectural Account of Westminster's First 250 Years, Including an Illustrated Inventory of over 200 Historic Structures. Annapolis, MD: Fishergate Publishing Co., Inc. for the City of Westminster, 1978.

Williams, Harold A. Baltimore Afire. Baltimore: Schneidereith & Sons, 1954.
Notes: Baltimore's architecture weathered its severest concerted attack in 1904. While 1,500 downtown buildings were lost, the survivors taught the nation's architects and engineers important lessons about fireproofing and structure--but that is another story. The author, for many years editor of the Baltimore Sunday <em>Sun</em> Magazine, relates the tale of the city's greatest calamity briefly and well.

Wilson, Jane B. The Very Quiet Baltimoreans: A Guide to the Historic Cemeteries and Burial Sites of Baltimore. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1991.

Wooden, Howard E. "The Rectory of St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore: An Architectural History." Maryland Historical Magazine 57 (September 1962): 210-228.

Worden, Amy. "Baltimore Civil War Depot to be Restored." Historic Preservation News 31 (April 1991): 17.

Zalesch, Saul E. Synagogue Building in Baltimore during the Nineteenth Century. M. A. thesis, University of Delaware, 1984.

Althoff, Susanne. "Destination Fells Point." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 26 (July 1996): 70-78, 80-81.

Arnold, Joseph L. "The Neighborhood and City Hall: The Origins of Neighborhood Associations in Baltimore, 1880-1911." Journal of Urban History 6 (November 1979): 3-30.

Arnold, Joseph L. "The Town That Would Not Die; Baltimore: Going Strong at 250." University of Maryland Magazine 7 (Summer/Fall 1979): 2-8.

Baltimore's Beginnings: A Guide to 23 Historically Significant Baltimore Communities. Fells Point, MD: Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fells Point, Inc., 1984.

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

Beirne, D. Randall. "Hampden - Woodberry: The Mill Village in an Urban Setting." Maryland Historical Magazine 77 (Spring 1982): 6-26.
Notes: Although this Baltimore neighborhood is no longer a mill town, the area's geographic and social isolation has allowed it, in many ways, to preserve its mill town character. It is a largely homogenous community, predominantly working class.

Beirne, Francis F. The Amiable Baltimoreans. New York, 1951; reprint, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Notes: A social history of Baltimore City told through thematic chapters. Chapter topics are varied and include a wide range of subjects: i.e. monuments, food, sports, Hopkins Hospital, newspapers, and politics.

Beirne, Francis F., and Carleton Jones. Baltimore: A Picture History. 3rd ed., revised. Baltimore: Bodine & Associates, Inc. and Maclay & Associates, Inc., 1982.
Notes: The first, 1957, edition is probably Maryland's oldest photohistory. Short essays on a variety of subject are illustrated by an assortment of materials.

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