Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

James Ryder Randall (1839-1908)
MSA SC 3520-2667

Sources:

Primary sources -

James Ryder Randall to Branden Matthews, esq., Washington, D.C., 6 December 1884 in Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Topical Files Collection), MSA SC 1456-879.

Books -

Dictionary of American Biography.  10 vols.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964.
        Biographical sketch on p. 348.

Douglass, Henry Kyd.  I Rode With Stonewall:  Being chiefly the war experiences of the youngest member of Jackson's staff from the John Brown Raid to
        the hanging of Mrs. Surratt.  Chapel Hill:  The University of North Carolina Press, 1940.

Fuld, James J.  The Book of World-Famous Music:  Classical, Popular and Folk.  3d ed.  New York:  Dover Publications, Inc.,1985.

Henry, Robert Selph.  The Story of the Confederacy.  rev. ed.  New York:  Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1970.

Laws of the State of Maryland Made and Passed.  Baltimore:  King Brothers, printers, 1939.
Chapter 451 establishing 'Maryland! My Maryland!' as the Maryland State Song.

Manakee, Harold R. Maryland in the Civil War.  Baltimore:  Maryland Historical Society, 1961.

Randall, James Ryder.  Maryland, My Maryland, and other poems.  New York:  J. Murphy Company, 1908.

Who's Who in America, 1906-07.

Wiley, Bell Irvin.  The Life of Johnny Reb:  The Common Soldier of the Confederacy.  Baton Rouge:  Louisiana State University Press, 1978.

Newspaper/journal articles -

The Baltimore Sun, 15 January 1908.

Levin, Jack. L.  "...A hateful state song," undated, unidentified newspaper clipping.

"Memoirs of a Busy Life; By James Ryder Randall:  Vagrant Reminiscensces Of The Author of 'Maryland, My Maryland.'"  undated, unidentified newspaper.

McCardell, Lee.  "Maryland, My Maryland Is 'Communist' In Tokyo, Amazed Traveler Learns."  The (Baltimore) Evening Sun, 8 February 1938.

"Maryland, My Maryland."  The (Baltimore) Evening Sun, 5 September 1938.

Jones, J. Webster.  "Origin of the Maryland Anthem, 'Maryland, My Maryland."  Chronicles of St. Mary's.  March 1960.

"Tense Civil War Situation Inspired Maryland's Song."  The Evening Capital, 4 January 1962.

"Revision of State Song Urged." The (Baltimore) News American, 10 May 1970.

"A Sour Note For Sweet Maryland." The Washington Post, 27 September 1979.

"Senator wants a new state song." The Evening Capital, (?) January 1980.
(first page of article only)

Cohen, Richard.  "Tidying Up Our History With Aid of the Eraser."  The Washington Post, 29 January 1980.

"'Maryland!  My Maryland!' Will Live On Unchanged."  The Washington Post, 30 January 1980.

Will, George F.  "Maryland's state song."  The Evening Capital, 16(?) February 1980.

White, Tom.  "Why Maryland sings about Yankee despots."  The (Baltimore) News American, 22 July 1981.

Sorokin, Ellen.  "Civil War buffs call state songs vital to heritage."  The Washington Times, 12 March 2001.

Internet sources -

Maryland State Archives, Maryland Manual On-Line (http://msaweb/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/song.html)

A Brief History of Randallstown (http://www.bcplonline.org/info/history/hist_ra_history.html)

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