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Last revised: August, 2009 Maryland History Resource Guide This guide lists sources relevant to the history of the state of Maryland. Most of the items are available in the Maryland Room in Hornbake Library. Email the subject specialist Doug McElrath for more information or call (301) 405-9210. Table of Contents How to find a book in the Catalog Selected Bibliographies Guides Primary Source Material Biographical Sources Newspapers and Periodicals Internet Sources How to Find a Book in the Catalog To locate books, search the UM Libraries' online catalog. "Words anywhere" will locate words and terms when they appear in the title, subject headings or notes of a record. The terms "history," and "Maryland" will retrieve many records, so be sure to limit your search by adding additional terms such as biography or bibliography, time periods, cities, counties, etc. A search for "subject beginning with" can be also be done using the Library of Congress Subject Headings listed below MARYLAND DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL MARYLAND HISTORY [Can be limited by the following time periods:] Colonial period, ca 1600-1775 French and Indian War, 1755-1763 Revolution, 1775-1783 War of 1812 Civil War, 1861-1865 MARYLAND POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT [Can be limited by the following time periods:] Colonial period, ca 1600-1775 Revolution, 1775-1783 1775-1865 Civil War, 1861-1865 1865-1950 1951- MARYLAND SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS MARYLAND, SOUTHERN MARYLAND, WESTERN For additional terms, consult the Library of Congress List of Subject Headings. return to top Selected Bibliographies Brugger, Robert J. Maryland: A Middle Temperament. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference, Maryland Stacks, McKeldin stacks Call Number:F181.B85 1988 Bibliographical Essay on page 711-769 provides an exhaustive overview of primary and secondary source material on Maryland. Enoch Pratt Free Library. Eastern Shore of Maryland: An Annotated Bibliography Queenstown, Maryland: The Queen Anne Press, 1980. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio, McKeldin Folio Call Number: Z1293.E25 Maryland Historical Magazine. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1906-. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, National Trust Library Periodical Stacks, Maryland Microfilm; also in McKeldin Periodical Stacks Call Number: F176.M18 This historical journal has published an annual bibliography on Maryland since 1975. The Maryland Room has a binder containing a complete set of these bibliographies. The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography This bibliography is a product of the Maryland Humanities Council. Bibliographic citations are associated with topics, time periods and counties of Maryland. return to top Guides Barnes, Robert William. Guide to Research in Baltimore City and County Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1993. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference Call Number: CD3288.B19G94 1993 Cook, Eleanor M.V. Guide to the Records of Montgomery County Maryland: Genealogical and Historical. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line, 1989. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio Call Number: F187.M7C59 Hollowak, Thomas L. Baltimore's Past : a Directory of Historical Sources. Baltimore, MD: Historyk Press, 1995. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference Call Number: F189.B1B351 1995 Maryland Associaton of History Museums, Inc. Maryland's Museums and Preservation Organizations: Historical and Cultural. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Historical Trust. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference Call Number: AM12.M2M38 1999 Peden, Henry C. A Guide to Genealogical Research in Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 2001. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference Call Number: F180.P423 2001 Reynolds, Michael M. Maryland: A Guide to Information and Reference Sources. Adelphi, Maryland: Research and Reference Publications, Inc: 1976. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Libray Stacks Call Number: Z1293.R48 This works covers a broad range of subjects including history. Russell, Donna Valley. Allegany and Garrett counties, Maryland: Genealogical research guide. New Market, Maryland: Catoctin Press,1996. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks Call Number: F187.A4R87 1996 Russell, Donna Valley. Frederick County, Maryland: Genealogical Research Guide. Middletown, Maryland: Catoctin Press, 1991. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio Call Number: F187.F9R87 return to top Primary Source Material Locating Primary Source Material Archival and manuscript materials are generally considered the most important types of primary sources. However, many contemporary printed materials can also serve as primary evidence for historical research. Examples include newspapers and periodicals, government publications and reports, maps, and printed versions of speeches, debates, letters, memoirs, and other forms of expressions. For more information about locating and using primary source material consult the guide Research Using Primary Sources Repositories of primary sources produce a variety of published and unpublished tools that describe their holdings. Use the bibliographical sources cited below and search the Online Catalog to locate materials. Guides to the Maryland Map Collection, the Slavery Pamphlets Collection and other major groups of printed primary sources are available in the Maryland Room. Guides to both national and Maryland repositories can also be found below. ArchivesUM ArchivesUM is a portal to help researchers locate materials described in finding aids to archival and manuscript collections at the University of Maryland Libraries. ArchiveGrid UM only This database provides access to descriptions of manuscript and archival collections in libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide. Library of Congress. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Washington Library of Congress, 1959-1993. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio, McKeldin Reference Call Number: Z6620.U5N3 Maryland Historical Society. Guide to the Research Collections of the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1981. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference, McKeldin Reference Stacks Call Number: F180.G853 For the most recent information researchers should visit the Maryland Historical Society website. Maryland Historical Society. The Manuscript Collections of the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1968. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference or Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Rererence Stacks Call Number: Z6623.M37 For the most recent information researchers should visit the Maryland Historical Society website. Maryland State Archives. A Guide to Government Records at the Maryland State Archives: A Comprehensive List by Agency and Record Series. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1992. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference Call Number: CD3284.M27 1992 For the most recent information researchers should visit the Maryland State Archives website. return to top Biographical Sources Andrusko, Samuel M. Maryland Biographical Sketch Index Silver Spring, Maryland: S.M. Andrusko, 1983. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio Call Number: F180.A525 1983 v. 1 Eisenberg, Gerson G. Marylanders Who Served the Nation : a Biographical Dictionary of Federal Officials from Maryland. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1992. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference, Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Reference Stacks Call Number: JK1010.M38 1992 Helmes, Winifred G., ed. Notable Maryland Women. Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1977. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, McKeldin Reference Stacks, McKeldin Stacks Call Number: CT239.N67 Rascovar, Barry, ed. Marylanders of the Century. Baltimore: The Baltimore Sun, 1999. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks Call Number: CT239.M37 1999 Schaun, George and Virginia. Maryland, Biographical Sketches. Lanham, Maryland: Maryland Historical Press, 1984. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio Call Number: CT239.S3 1984 White, Frank F. The Governors of Maryland. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1970. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference Call Number: CD3280.A16 no.15 American National Biography New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Location: McKeldin Reference Stacks Call Number: CT213.A68 Biography & Genealogy Master Index UM only Location:(Print version) UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks Call Number: CT210.B5 Index to biographical information in over 350 works of collective biography and related sources. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1943- Consisting of 24 Volumes the American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women whose lives have shaped the nation. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Reference, McKeldin Reference Stacks Call Number: E176.D562 Collection of excellent biographies of noteworthy persons of the United States. Does not include living persons. return to top Newspapers and Periodicals Journals The journals listed below often carry articles about the history of Maryland. If a journal is indexed in America:History and Life [UM only]or Arts and Humanities Search [UM only]there is an indication beside the journal name. Maryland Archaeology Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio Call Number: E78M3M37 Maryland Historian-indexed AHL 1970-; indexed AHsearch Location: UMCP McKeldin Library McKeldin Periodical Stacks; HBK Archives Call Number: E171.M28; UPUB H9.001 Maryland Historical Magazine-indexed AHL 1963- Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks, Maryland Microfilm, National Trust Library Periodical Stacks, McKeldin Periodical Stacks Call Number: F176.M18 Maryland Humanities Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio, McKeldin Periodical Stacks (last three years) Call Number: AS28.M3H81 ASM Ink: Newsletter of the Archeological Society of Maryland, Inc. Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio Call Number: F176.A71 Calvert Historian Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks Call Number: F187.C15C35 Historical Archaeology-indexed AHL 1973-; indexed AHsearch Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room National Trust Library Periodical Stacks, McKeldin Periodical Stacks Call Number: E11.S625 Historical Geography-indexed AHL 1993-; indexed AHsearch Location: UMCP McKeldin Library McKeldin Periodical Stacks Call Number: G141,H481 History Trails Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio Call Number: F187.B2H5 Journal of the Alleghenies Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks Call Number: F157.A5J84 Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology Location: UMCP McKeldin Library McKeldin Periodical Stacks Call Number:E78.M65J68 Legacy Sandy Spring Museum newsletter Location: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio Call Number: F189.S2S26 Southern Historian-indexed AHL 1985- Location: UMCP McKeldin Library McKeldin Periodical Stacks Call Number: F206.A45 Southern Quarterly-indexed AHL 1962- Location: UMCP McKeldin Library McKeldin Periodical Stacks Call Number: AS30.S658 William & Mary Quarterly-indexed AHL 1954-; indexed AHSearch Location: UMCP McKeldin Library McKeldin Periodical Stacks Call Number: F221.W71 Newspapers The University Libraries hold a number of Maryland newspaper titles. Do a catalog search on the title of the newspaper in a "title search" or combine the term newspaper and the city or county of interest in a "keyword search." A Guide to Maryland Newspapers featuring the Newspaper Collections of the Maryland State Archives. This Web site provides a listing of Maryland newspapers by county, title, and date and indicates holding institutions. return to top Internet Sources Please see our links to Maryland Resources for relevant internet sources.


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