Prince George's County: 
Special Sources:
The Prince George's Historical Society
The Maryland Historical Society
The Alice Ferguson Foundation
Almanack & Guide: A Handbook of Community History & Services; Moyaone
Reserve. Piscataway Company, Inc.: n.d. Call # 917.52P. Available at
PGCML; FDML, PGCHS. COMMUNITY SERVICES, GENERAL HISTORY
Andrews, Mathew Page. History of Maryland: Province and State.
Hatboro, PA: 1965, [721 pp., From Gale Research Co., Penobscot Blvd.,
Detroit, MI 48226]. Available at MHSL; MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville
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at the HPCL. GENERAL HISTORY
Beitzell, Edwin W. Life on the Potomac River. Abell, MD: privately
printed, 1968, [231 pp., History of Tidewater Potomac from Washington,
D.C. to Chesapeake Bay]. Available from MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville
Branch; FDML, PGCGS, MSL. GENERAL HISTORY
Bode, Carl. Maryland: A Bicentennial History. New York: W.W.
Norton & Co., and Nashville: American Assoc. for State and Local
History, 1978. Available at PGCML. GENERAL HISTORY
Boyce-Ballweber, Hettie. The First People of Maryland. Lanham:
Maryland Historical Press, 1988, ISBN 0-917882-24-5, [110 pp.,
casebound, describes the way archaeologists work. American Indians of
Maryland, puzzles, games, ill., glossary, teacher info., index.]
Available from publisher. ARCHEOLOGY, GENERAL HISTORY
Bozman, John Leeds. The History of Maryland: 1837, 2 v., [One of the
earliest histories of Maryland with extensive coverage of periods from
1633-1660]. Available from MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville Branch; MHSL,
MSL, PGCGS. GENERAL HISTORY
Calvan, Rita A., compiler. Selected Theses and Dissertations on the
Washington, D.C. Region. Washinton, D.C.: George Washington
University: 1982. Available at the HPCL. GENERAL HISTORY
Cameron, Rita G. Let's Learn about Maryland & Prince George's County.
Prince George's County Board of Education: 1969, Call # 372.19P.
Available at PGCML. GENERAL HISTORY
Carr, L.G., et. al. Maryland From the Beginning. Annapolis: Hall of
Records Commission, 1984, [37 pp., ill., excellent short history of
early settlement of Maryland]. Available at MSA/Hall of Records, FDML,
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PGCGS). GENERAL HISTORY
Clark, Wayne E. "The Origins of the Piscataway and Related Indian
Cultures." Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 75, No. 1 (March 1980),
pp. 8-22. Available at MHSL; MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville Branch.
GENERAL HISTORY, INDIANS
Eagen, Jane and McGinnis, Jeanne. Our Maryland. Salt Lake City, UT:
Gibbs M. Smith, Inc., 1987, ISBN 0-87905-233-3. Available at the
FDML, PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY
Early American Series. Early Maryland, 1700-1799. Bountiful, UT:
Accelerated Indexing Systems, Vol. 1, 1980, 336 pp.; Vol. 2, 1982, 295
pp. Available at MSL. DEMOGRAPHICS, GENERAL HISTORY
Early Prince George's County. Riverdale: Citizens Bank of MD, 1960,
[pamphlet]. Available at the FDML, PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY
"Early Settlers of Maryland 1634-1684," Maryland Genealogical Society
Bulletin. Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 6-8, [a brief description of the six
classes of Maryland colonists]. Available at MHSL, MGSL, MD Room,
PGCML, Hyattsville Branch. FAMILIES, GENERAL HISTORY
Facts About Prince George's County, Maryland. Hyattsville: P.G.
County Economic Dev. Committee: Hyattsville, 1968. Available at the
FDML, PGCHS. ECONOMICS, GENERAL HISTORY
Ferguson, Alice L. Adventures in Southern Maryland, 1922. Washington,
D.C.: National Capital Press, Inc., 1941. Available at the AFF, FDML,
PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY
Ferguson, Alice L. An Ossuary Near Piscataway Creek, with A Report on
the Skeletal Remains by T.D. Stewart. Available at the AFF.
Reprinted from "American Antiquity," Vol. 6, No. 1, July 1940, 18
pages. GENERAL HISTORY
Ferguson, Alice L, and Henry G. Piscataway Indians of Southern
Maryland. Accokeek, MD: Alice Ferguson Foundation, 1960, [46 pp.].
Available at the AFF; MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville Branch; MHSL, FDML,
PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY, INDIANS
Ferguson, Henry. Hard Bargain Adventures. Alice Ferguson Foundation:
1966. Available at the HPCL. [Supplement to Adventures in Southern
Maryland] GENERAL HISTORY
Footner, Hulbert (1879-1944). Maryland Main & The Eastern Shore.
Appleton: 1942, Reprint 1966, Call # 975.2F. Available at PGCML.
GENERAL HISTORY
Fox, William Lloyd and Walsh, Richard, eds. Maryland: A History,
1632-1974. Baltimore: MHS, 1974. GENERAL HISTORY
Green, Constance McLaughlin. Washington: A History of the Capital,
1800-1950. 1962. Reprint. Princeton: Princeton University Press,
1976. GENERAL HISTORY
Greene, Daniel M. Brief History of Prince George's County in the
Perspective of Three Centuries Commemorating its 250th Anniversary:
1946, Call # 975.251G. Available at PGCML. GENERAL HISTORY
Hall, Clayton Colman. Narratives of Early Maryland 1633-1684. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. [460 pp., includes very early
history of settlement of Maryland, Lord Baltimore's instructions 1633,
voyage of the "Ark" and "Dove," using direct wording of various
reports, journals and letters]. Available at MD Room, PGCML,
Hyattsville Branch; PGCHS; 1988 Reprint at PGCGS. GENERAL HISTORY
Halloren, Matthew. The Romance of the Merit System, 45 Years of
Reminisces of the Civil Service: 1928. Available at the FDML, PGCHS.
GENERAL HISTORY
Hienton, Louise Joyner. Prince George's Heritage: Sidelights on the
Early History of Prince George's County, MD, From 1696-1800. Maryland
Historical Society: 1972, Call # 975.251H, ISBN 0938420135, [223 pp.,
History of the County from its founding until 1800, incl. maps of
tracts laid out prior to 1696]. Available at PGCML, PGCGS. GENERAL
HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & MAPS
Historic Contexts in Prince George's County. (10 short papers on
settlement patterns, transportation & cultural history), Prince
George's County Planning Dept., M-NCPPC: 1990, Call # 975.251H.
GENERAL HISTORY, TRANSPORTATION
Historic Preservation Needs: An Aspect of Open Space Planning in the
Bi-County Region. M-NCPPC: 1968, Call # 711.57M, [Bibliography].
Available at M-NCPPC. GENERAL HISTORY
Historic Preservation of American Communities. National Trust: 1987.
Available in the HPCL. GENERAL HISTORY
Ives, Joseph Moss. The Ark and the Dove: The Beginning of Civil and
Religious Liberties in America: 1936. Repr. New York, NY: Cooper
Square Pubs., 1969, [435 pp.]. Available from PGCHS, MD Room, PGCML,
Hyattsville Branch, MHSL, McKeldin Library, UM, PGCGS. CHURCHES,
GENERAL HISTORY
Kaminkow, Marion J. Maryland A to Z: A Topographical Dictionary.
Lanham: Maryland Historical Press, 1985, ISBN 0-910946-26-4, 402 pp.,
[Casebound, towns, counties, collective areas, ghost towns, Maryland's
lakes, rivers, mountains, hills, railroads, parks, dams, airports, and
institutions, ill., maps.]. Available from publisher. GENERAL
HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & MAPS, SITES, TOWNS, TRANSPORTATION
Kenny, Hamil, Ph.D. The Origin and Meaning of the Indian Place Names
of Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Waverly Press, 1961. Available at MD
Room, PGCML, Hyattsville Branch. GENERAL HISTORY, INDIANS, SITES
Know Your Own County - An Analysis of the Government of Prince
George's County, MD. Laurel, MD: League of Women Voters, 1926.
Available at the FDML, PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY, GOVERNMENT
Lawrence-Dow, Elizabeth. Autographs of 65 Gentlemen Justices, Militia
Officers and Members of the Grand Jury from Charles City/Prince George
and Surry Counties Who Signed an Oath of Loyalty to Protestant King
William III of England in March 1701-2. Richmond, VA: Dietz Press,
1976, CALL #: F232.C3L39, [142 pp., ill., facisms., maps, index,
bibliography] Available at PGCML. GENERAL HISTORY
Lawton, Elizabeth & Sweeney, Raymond S. Maryland History - A
Selective Bibliography (Showing the holdings of some of the major
libraries in the Baltimore-Washington area). Rockville, MD:
Montgomery County Historical Society, 1975, [209 pp.]. Available at
PGCGS. GENERAL HISTORY, LIBRARIES
Main, Gloria L. Tobacco Colony: Life in Early Maryland, 1650-1720.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. AGRICULTURE, GENERAL
HISTORY
Maryland Historical Magazine - 350th Anniversary Issue. MHS, Vol. 79,
No. 1, Spring 1984. [98 pp., entire issue devoted to early Maryland
history]. Available at MHSL; MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville Branch;
PGCHS; PGCGS. GENERAL HISTORY
Maryland's Historical & Cultural Museums Directory. Maryland
Historical & Cultural Publications, Crownsville, MD, June 1993, ISBN:
1-878399-52-7, pp. 19-23, Prince George's County Museums. [Airmen
Memorial Museum, Belair Mansion & Belair Stable Museum, Calvert
Mansion (Riversdale), Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum, College Park
Airport Museum, Darnall's Chance, Ft. Washington Park, Greenbelt
Museum, Howard B. Owens Science Ctr, Jefferson Patterson Park &
Museum, Laurel Historical Society, Marietta Mansion, Montpelier
Mansion (M-NCPPC), NASA/Goddard Visitor Center & Museum, National
Colonial Farm, Accokeek Foundation/Piscataway Park, Prince George's
County Hall of Fame, Surratt House Museum & Visitor Center, W.H.
Duvall Tool Museum, William Sydney Pitman Museum & African-American
Historical Society]. ARCHITECTURE, AVIATION, BLACK HISTORY, FAMILIES,
GENERAL HISTORY, HOUSES, MILITARY, MUSEUMS, SITES, TECHNOLOGY, TOWNS,
TRANSPORTATION
Mathews, Edward Bennett, b. 1869. Counties of Maryland, Their Origin,
Boundaries & Election Districts. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press,
1907, Call # 911.752M. Available at PGCML. GENERAL HISTORY
Meder, Gloria. Along the Potomac Shore in Prince George's County; a
Local History from Tanta-Cove Garden Club. Tanta-Cove Garden Club:
1983, Call # 975.251M. [Bibliography, incl. bldgs., 100 pp., ill., a
local history of Manors, families and churches]. Available at PGCGS.
FAMILIES, CHURCHES, GENERAL HISTORY
Middleton, Arthur Pierce. Tobacco Coast: A Maritime History of the
Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era. Newport News: Mariners Museum,
1953. GENERAL HISTORY, TRANSPORTATION
News and Notes. PGCHS. Riverdale: 1973-1994. Available at PGCHS.
GENERAL HISTORY, NEWSPAPERS
Opasnick, Mark. The Bigfoot Digest: A Survey of Maryland Sightings:
1993. Available at the FDML, PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY
Pedley, A. The Manuscript Collections of the Maryland Historical
Society. Baltimore, MD: MHS, 1968. [390 pp.] Available at MHSL.
GENERAL HISTORY
Plummer, Nellie Arnold. Out of the Depths; or The Triumph of the
Cross. Hyattsville, MD: 1974. Available at PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY
A Research-Action Project Devoted to Aspects of the History of
Maryland and Prince George's County. Upper Marlboro, MD: P.G. Co.
Public Schools, The Board of Education, 1959. 147 pp. [Includes list
of ships arriving in Province of Maryland 1634-1679]. Available at
the PGCML, MSL, PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY
A Research Action Project Devoted to Aspects of the History of
Maryland & Prince George's County, Rev., ed. Upper Marlboro: P.G. Co.
Board of Education, 1967, Call # 373.19B. [Bibliography]. Available
at PGCML. EDUCATION, GENERAL HISTORY
A Research Action Project Devoted to the Aspects of the History of
Maryland & Prince George's County. P.G. Co. Public Schools: 1959.
Call # 975.251P. Available at PGCML. EDUCATION, GENERAL HISTORY
Richardson, Hester Dorsey. Side-Lights on Maryland History.
Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins, 1913. Reprint Baltimore, MD:
Tidewater, 1967. [Vol. I, 500 pp., Vol. II, 564 pp., Includes Lords of
the Manor, Maryland Colonial Militia, names of 1,000 settlers of
Maryland and their earliest land surveys. Vol. II has much on early
families.] Available at MHSL; PGCHS; MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville
Branch; MSL. FAMILIES, GENERAL HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & MAPS, MILITARY.
Rollo, Vera Foster. Maryland's Government. Lanham: Maryland
Historical Press, 1985. ISBN 0-917882-18-0, 370 pp., casebound. [An
explanation of Maryland governments in the counties, the towns, cities
and state, a description of the government of the United States of
America. Glossary of terms, illustrated, photographs. Teacher's Guide
available.] Available from publisher. GENERAL HISTORY, GOVERNMENT
Rollo, Vera Foster. The Proprietorship of Maryland: A Documented
Account. Lanham: Maryland Historical Press, 1989, [394 pp.,
casebound.] Available from publisher. GENERAL HISTORY
Rollo, Vera Foster, Ph.D. Your Maryland: A History. Lanham:
Maryland Historical Press, 1993, ISBN 0-917882-35-0, [414 pp.,
casebound, newly revised and updated. Complete source book on
Maryland for both yesterday and today. The establishment of Maryland
and the United States governments, American wars, are described within
a larger context of national and world events. Illustrated.]
Available from publisher. GENERAL HISTORY
Rural Historic Landscapes & Scenic Roads Study. M-NCPPC, prepared by
Land & Community Assoc.: 1988. Available at the FDML, PGCHS. GENERAL
HISTORY
Scharf, John Thomas (1843-1898). Index to History of Maryland From the
Earliest Period to the Present Day. Hatboro, PA: Tradition Press,
1967, Call # 975.2S. Available at MHSL; MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville
Branch; McKeldin Library-UM; MSL; EPFL. GENERAL HISTORY
Schaun, George and Virginia. Everyday Life in Colonial Maryland.
Lanham: Maryland Historical Press, 1980, ISBN 0-917882-11-3, [149
pp., casebound.] Available from publisher. GENERAL HISTORY
Semmes, Raphael. Captains and Mariners of Early Maryland. Baltimore,
MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1937. [856 pp., narratives of early
mariners, traders, and manufacturers, and relations with the Indians].
Available at MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville Branch; McKeldin Library, UM;
MHSL; MSL. GENERAL HISTORY
Sullivan, Larry E., and Cox, Richard. A Guide to the Research
Collections of the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore, Maryland:
MHS, 1981, [354 pp.]. [Listing of historical and genealogical
manuscripts and oral history interviews.] Available at MHSL.
FAMILIES, GENERAL HISTORY
Tau Beta Pi Papers of Maryland Interest. From 1925-40, McKeldin
Library, UMCP. Available at the FDML, PGCHS; UM-McKeldin Library.
GENERAL HISTORY
Tilp, Frederick. This Was Potomac River. Virginia: 1978, ISBN 0-
9601786-1-9, LC # 78-61374. Available at the FDML, PGCHS; MD Room,
PGCML, Hyattsville Branch. GENERAL HISTORY
Van Horn, R. Lee. Out of the Past; Prince Georgians and their Land.
Riverdale, MD: PGCHS, 1976, Call # 975.251V. [422 pp., Chronological
account of events in the county's history through 1861, taken mainly
from legal and government records and from newspaper reports.
Includes S.J. Martenet's 1861 map of the county, bibliography].
Available at PGCHS, PGCML, PGCGS. GENERAL HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & MAPS
Virta, Alan. Prince George's County: A Pictorial History. Norfolk,
Va.: Donning Co., 1991, CALL #: 975.251V 1991, ISBN: 0898658128.
[Ill., maps, ports., index, bibliography]. Available at PGCML, PGCGS,
PGCHS, M-NCPPC. GENERAL HISTORY
Virta, Alan. Prince George's County: A Short History. Upper
Marlboro, MD: M-NCPPC, 1981. (Historic Sites and Districts Plan).
Available at PGCHS; MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville Branch. GENERAL
HISTORY
Walsh, Richard, and Fox, William Lloyd, eds. Maryland: A History.
Baltimore, MD: MHS, 1981. Repr. Annapolis, MD: Archives Div., Hall
of Records Comm., 1983, [935 pp., ill.]. Available at MHSL, MSA/Hall
of Records, PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY
Warren, Mame and Marion. Maryland Time Exposures 1840-1940.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, [ill., 333 pp.].
Available at the FDML, PGCHS. GENERAL HISTORY
Watson, James Douglas. Prince George's County: Past and Present.
Washington, D.C.: Federal Lithograph Co., 1962. CALL #: F187.P9W3
copy 2, [64 pp., ill., bibliographical footnotes]. Available at
PGCML. GENERAL HISTORY
Wilson, Richard and Bridner, Jack. Maryland: Its Past and Present.
Lanham: Maryland Historical Press, 1992, ISBN 0-917882-34-2. [234
pp., Casebound, Updated and Revised with Data at the 1990 Census and
other Sources, Maryland History, Geography and Government. Fourth-
grade level. Illustration and graphics.] Available from publisher.
GENERAL HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & MAPS
Wilson, William E. "Maryland, Their Maryland." American Heritage
Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 5, (Aug. 1967), pp. 8-17. [History of the
Calvert's Charter for Maryland with beautiful color portraits of the
six Lord Baltimores.]. Available at MD Room, PGCML, Hyattsville
Branch; PGCHS; MHSL. FAMILIES, GENERAL HISTORY
Winchester, Paul, and Webb, Frank C., eds. Newspapers and
Newspapermen of Maryland, Past and Present. Baltimore, MD: 1905, 178
pp. Available at MHSL. GENERAL HISTORY, NEWSPAPERS
Wood, Gregory A. The French Presence in Maryland 1524-1800.
Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1978. [238 pp., Extensive genealogical
material drawn from many sources]. Available from PGCHS. FAMILIES,
GENERAL HISTORY
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