OHIO VALLEY
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
NINTH ANNUAL
MEETING.
The ninth annual meeting of the Ohio
Valley Historical
Association was held in Columbus, Ohio,
Oct. 21
and 22, 1915,
in the beautiful new building of the
Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society.
The general topic for papers and
discussions was the "Early
Religious Development in the Ohio
Valley."
The first meeting was a joint session of
the Historical Asso-
ciation and the Ohio History Teachers'
Association, Thursday
afternoon.
In the absence of Gov. F. B. Willis, the
first speaker was
Dr. W. O. Thompson, President of Ohio
State University, who
welcomed the Associations to this city
and university.
Dr. Thompson spoke of the interest
developed in Ohio his-
tory in other parts of the State and
expressed the hope that a
greater interest in that subject might
be aroused in Columbus by
the meetings of the Associations. He
outlined a plan for an his-
torical memorial in the State, whereby
in each county, a pamphlet
of local county history should be worked
out for use in the
public schools. These pamphlets to give
accounts of early social
customs, schools, and churches, also
sketches of travel and ad-
venture. No pioneer spirit is developed
by the life of today so
this interest in former times and in the
building up of the coun-
try must be awakened and developed.
In the absence of Prof. G. Frederick
Wright, President of
the Archaeological and Historical
Society, his welcome was read
by the Secretary, Mr. E. O. Randall.
ADDRESS OF G. FREDERICK WRIGHT,
PRESIDENT THE OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Members of the Ohio Valley Historical
Association and the Ohio
Teachers' Association, Ladies and
Gentlemen:-
In the name of the Ohio Archaological
and Historical Society
I bid you welcome to this center of the
archaeological and his-
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