Ohio History Journal

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OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL

OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL

SOCIETY.

 

REVIEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS

 

BY THE EDITOR

 

HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF OHIO

The following communication from Professor Carl

Wittke, Secretary of the Historical Commission of

Ohio, to members of the Historical Guild and others

interested is self explanatory:

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, April 12, 1923.

DEAR SIR:--

In response to the call to the Historical Guild of the state

for a conference in Columbus to discuss plans to promote a bet-

ter co-ordination of the historical work being done in the state,

and to direct attention to some hitherto neglected fields, repre-

sentatives of seven Ohio colleges and universities and the Ohio

Archaeological and Historical Society, met for a breakfast con-

ference on Saturday, March 31. It was the wish of the group

that a full report of the proceedings be sent to all who had re-

ceived the call to attend this meeting.

PROCEEDINGS OF MARCH 31, 1923

Professor H. C. Hockett of Ohio State University was asked

to serve as temporary chairman of the group. In setting forth

the various steps which led to this conference, Mr. Hockett stated

that the State University, in somewhat tardy recognition, of its

obligation to the historical activities of the state, had completed

arrangements to release one member of the Department of Amer-

ican History, Mr. Carl Wittke, from much of his teaching load,

so that he might develop the field of Ohio History and devote

his energies to research and the development of greater

facilities for research in this field. It was the consensus of

opinion of the signers of the call for this conference that plans

should be made to promote the publishing, editing and collec-

tion of historical materials, and perhaps also undertake a sys-

teratic historical survey of the state. This work could probably

be best accomplished by an historical commission, representing

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