An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
by John Lerner
Mexican, German, and “Southern folk cemeteries.” His physical descriptions of cemetery layout, inscriptions, grave markers, and
the like are very detailed.
Afro-American section of a
Sloane, David Charles (1991). The Last Great Necessity, Cemeteries in American History.
Sloane’s work will serve as my primary source of information. He has written a history of American cemeteries in a cultural context
concentrating on significant trends in their development. Sloane’s “Notes” section will allow for easy access to other sources.
Weed, Howard Evarts (1912). Modern Park Cemeteries. Life Magazine. 7:1, 57-68.
Weed was a landscape architect and his work concentrates on how a cemetery should look. Weed offers detailed descriptions of
the physical layout of pre-20th century cemeteries.
Zelinsky, Wilbur (1994). “Gathering Places for
Zelinsky’s article is an intriguing analysis of the spatial patterns of American cemeteries. He calculates and maps the number of
cemeteries by county across the country. He then seeks answers as to why there is such a fluctuation in the number per square
mile from one place to the next. Zelinsky’s bibliography led me to Sloane’s work.