Collection Highlights: Marylandia Update
Contributed by Jordan Farinelli, Collection Development Librarian
December 2021
Maryland, sometimes called “America in Miniature,” is diverse in topography, people, and ways of life. Thanks to its location and long history, Maryland has developed many traditions and traits that vary county by county. Check out this title to learn more about the people of Maryland and what makes them unique.
Social Sciences
DBC 12565 – Maryland Folklore and Folklife, by George C. Carey, narrated by Pat Higgins Adelhardt
Maryland has a great variety of folk groups. Not only is Maryland a border state, thus containing a mingling of northern and southern language traits, but within its confines there are urban ethnic groups and rural occupational groups, mountain settlements and maritime pockets, river people and farm workers.
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