Acknowledgements & Bibliography

Acknowledgments and Bibliography:

I deeply appreciate the direct assistance offered by the following individuals in providing information from their respective units of government:

Catherine “Kitty” O. Davis, Director, Allegany County Board of Elections
Rebecca Drew, Register of Wills, Allegany County, Maryland
Marjorie Eirich, City Clerk, City of Cumberland
Carol Gaffney, former Clerk, Board of Allegany County Commissioners
John Kirby, City Administrator, City of Frostburg, Maryland
Dawne D. Lindsey, Clerk of the Allegany County Circuit Court
Craig Robertson, Allegany County Sheriff’s Office
Kathy Robinette, Executive Secretary, Allegany County Board of Education

Also gratefully acknowledged are the following: Angela Feldstein, Vicki Day, Natasha Feldstein, Josinda Feldstein, David Cotton, Paul Haberlein, Alda Wade, Rosemary Conway, Margaret Barkman, Larry Kelly, Renee Bone, Rick Thayer, L. Wayne Lewis, Harvey May, Paul Sullivan, James Stafford, Jr., Linda Simpson, Rick Thayer, Tim Finan, Alice Harman, James Cumiskey, Brian Grim, and Edward Athey.

Other resources consulted include:

Allegany County African-American History website, Western Maryland Historical Library (WHILBR), January 2008

Allegany County Women’s History website, Western Maryland Historical Library (WHILBR), April 2007

Historical List House of Delegates, Allegany County (1790-1974) Archives of Maryland website

Historical List House of Delegates, Legislative Districts 1A & 1B (1975-1990) , Archives of Maryland website.

Historical List House of Delegates, Legislative Districts 2A, 2B & 2C (1975-1990), Archives of Maryland website.

Historical List Governors of Maryland, 1869, Archives of Maryland website.

Historical List Senate, Allegany County (1838-1966), Archives of Maryland website.

Historical List Senate, Legislative Districts 1, 1A, 1B, 1C Archives of Maryland website.

Cumberland News, selected issues, May 1982.

Feldstein's Gone But Not Forgotten, Volume I, (a graveside biographical tribute to historic Allegany County figures and notable personages from the past), Cumberland, Md.: Commercial Press Print. Co., 1988

Feldstein's Gone But Not Forgotten, Volume II, (a graveside biographical tribute to historic Allegany County figures and notable personages from the past), Cumberland, Md.: Commercial Press Print. Co., 1989

Maryland Gubernatorial, Senatorial, and Sixth Congressional District Campaign Buttons, Western Maryland Historical Library (WHILBR),

Presidential Campaign Buttons website, Western Maryland Historical Library (WHILBR),

Thomas, James W. and Williams, T.J.C. History of Allegany County Volumes I and II. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1969 (original printing 1923)