Courtesy of MdHS, a photograph of the recipients of the Star Spangled Grants on March 25, 2013.
Welcome to H-Maryland, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-Maryland provides a netowrk for those persons who research, write, read, teach, and preserve Maryland history and culture.
The Maryland Historical Society (MdHS) is pleased offer a third Wing Fellowship in Chesapeake history and requests proposals from graduate students for the 2014–2015 academic year. The $5,000 fellowship is funded by a grant from John and Barbara Wing.
The purpose of the Wing Fellowship is to assist a graduate student in undertaking a significant project in Chesapeake region history. Areas of research could include maritime history, the arts, archaeology, economic development, and life in the early Chesapeake Bay region. Proposals for other subjects and themes are also welcome.
Proposals should
One of the recent joys of Maryland History has been the weekly blog posts from the library at Maryland Historical Society. This week's gem is nicely illustrated essay about the 1921 getaway to Patapsco Forest Reserve sponsored by the Hutzler brothers.
Greetings and Salutations!
As part of the switch from the listserv to the more interactive Commons, I am the newly approved and appointed editor of H-Maryland. To those of you stalwart subscribers and contributors: Thank You! While the network has been moribund in recent weeks and months, I hope to get it up and active again. Of course, that can only happen with your help.
There are currently 267 subscribers, making us one of (but not the) smallest networks on H-Net, of course that means we can be a more close-knit bunch than most.
On that note, I'll take a moment to introduce myself. I've been
I’m looking for information on the exact location of Beall Town, Maryland, which was established around 1720, prior to Bladensburg. Printed reports have it variously from ½ to 1 mile upstream from Bladensburg on the NorthEastern Branch of the Potomac from Bladensburg. I have information on a number of lot purchases/transfers. Any maps, recent articles, or suggestions of people with whom I might speak much appreciated. Suggestions to kal1@umbc.edu
Thanks.
Laura Rice. Maryland History in Prints, 1743-1900. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 2002. xii + 404 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-938420-71-2.
Reviewed by Cynthia H. Requardt (Johns Hopkins University)
Published on H-Maryland (April, 2003)
New Maryland Print Book Is a Treat
New Maryland Print Book Is a Treat
Charles A. Cerami. Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. xiii + 257 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-471-38752-7.
Reviewed by Mary Beth Corrigan (Independent Scholar)
Published on H-Maryland (April, 2003)
Benjamin Banneker: Fabled Genius Considered
Benjamin Banneker: Fabled Genius Considered