Other Resources
Research Resources for
African American History
For more reference and research materials, see Educator Resources under the Educators tab.
General Research
Montgomery County Burial Sites Inventory:
http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/historic/education/cemeteries.shtm
Montgomery County Historical Society:
http://montgomeryhistory.org/
Maryland Historical Trust Library and Archives:
https://mht.maryland.gov/research_MHTlibrary.shtml
African American Resources at the Maryland State Archives:
http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=afrosources
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture:
http://www.africanamerican.maryland.gov/
Resource Center at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum:
http://www.rflewismuseum.org/education/research
Historic Preservation
Research and Designation of Historic Properties:
http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/historic/research.shtm
Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County (inventory of historic properties in Montgomery County):
http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/historic/places_from_the_past/
Maryland African American Heritage Preservation Program Grants:
http://mht.maryland.gov/grants_africanamerican.shtml
Resources for Railroad Research
National Railway Historical Society, Washington DC Chapter
http://www.dcnrhs.org
National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) Library Information Center, Transportation
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/transportation.html
“Records Relating to North American Railroads”
Compiled by David Pfeiffer, NARA’s Reference Information Paper No. 91 is a comprehensive survey of railroad-related material in the National Archives.
https://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip91.pdf
“Riding the Rails Up Paper Mountain: Researching Railroad Records in the National Archives”
A 3-part article by David Pfeiffer in the NARA publication, Prologue discusses how to use the records at NARA to do research on historic railroads. The essays cover a wide range of topics, from patent application files to accident report reviews.
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2011/summer/usmrr.html
“Working Magic with Cornstalks and Beanpoles. Records Relating to the U.S. Military Railroads during the Civil War”
Prologue Magazine article by David Pfeiffer on how the U.S. Military Railroads kept the trains running for the Union during the Civil War.
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2011/summer/usmrr.html
African American Genealogy
African American Genealogy:
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/technique/african-american-genealogy/
African American Genealogical Resource Page (Alabama State University):
http://www.lib.alasu.edu/archives/research/genealogy/
Black Genealogy:
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/black-genealogy/
Local History
History of the Nineteenth-Century Black Churches in Maryland and Washington, DC by Nina H. Clarke
History of the Black Public Schools of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1872-1961 by Nina H. Clarke and Lillian B. Brown
Black Historical Resources in Upper Western Montgomery County, Maryland by George W. McDaniel
Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County, Maryland by Clare Lise Cavicci
Research Resources for
Civil War History
Local History
Civil War Guide to Montgomery County, Maryland by Charles T. Jacobs
A Guide to Civil War Sites in Maryland – Blue and Gray in a Border State by Susan Cooke Soderberg
A Grateful Remembrance – The Story of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1776-1976 by Richard K. MacMaster and Ray Eldon Hiebert
Send for the Doctor – The Life and Times of Dr. Edward E. Stonestreet by Clarence R. Hickey
Montgomery County by Michael Dwyer
Civil War Trails
http://www.civilwartrails.org/