Research Catalog

Title

Unlocking the secrets of time : Maryland's hidden heritage / Jean B. Russo, editor.

Publication

Baltimore, Md. : Maryland Historical Society, c1991.

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Additional Authors

• Russo, Jean Burrell.
• Maryland Humanities Council
• Maryland Historical Society

Description

viii, 110 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"How do scholars learn about the past? Traditionally, conferences and publications present the results of research -- conclusions about the past reached after sifting through various pieces of evidence. But if you have ever wondered how history is 'made,' explore how we know what we know about the past through Unlocking the Secrets of Time"--P. [4] of cover.

Subject

• History > Research > Maryland > Congresses
• Maryland > Historiography > Congresses
• Maryland > Antiquities > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• History

Note

• "An outgrowth of a conference, 'Unlocking the Secrets of Time: Maryland's Hidden Heritage,' held in Annapolis, Maryland, in November 1989, under the sponsorship of the Maryland Humanities Council"--P. vii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Naomi Collins -- Reflections on the art of history / Gregory A. Stiverson -- The carrolls -- Clues to the past -- Interpreting the past -- The future of the past: an evaluation / George H. Callcott -- Exploring the past / Jean B. Russo.

OCLC

• 25493816
• SCSB-10910573

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library