MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO. Saturday, October 10, 1925, 9:00 A. M. The meeting was called to order by Secretary C. B Galbreath. There were present: |
B. F. Prince, George F. Bareis, W. H. Pengelly, James S. Hine, E. F. Wood, Joseph C. Goodman,, W. C. Mills, A. E. Domoney, F. C. Furniss, Dean M. Hickson, H. O. Whitaker, Miss Martha J. Maltby, T. B. Alexander, Mrs. T. B. Alexander, Mrs. Charles A. Covert, Mrs. Orson D. Dryer, C. S. Plumb, Dr. McKendree Smith, A. C. Spetnagel, Clinton Cockerell, |
Mrs. Clinton Cockerell, Mrs. Ivor Hughes, W. H. Scott, W. H. Cole, Arthur C. Johnson, T. B. Bowers, C. B. Galbreath, W. W. Johnson, J. S. Roof, R. S. Baker, H. R. McPherson, Mrs. H. R. McPherson, John R. Horst, Jerry Dennis, Edward Orton, Jr., H. G. Simpson, Pascal A. Bright, George Florence, E. A. Jones, Ottis L. Wolfe, (228) |
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Van A. Snider, H. C. Shetrone, |
George C. Parrett, Harry W. Hennel, |
C. W. Justice. |
President Arthur C. Johnson moved that Vice Pres- ident George F. Bareis be elected Chairman of the meeting. Carried. Secretary C. B. Galbreath moved that Charles W. Justice act as Secretary of the meeting. Carried. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY Mr. C. B. Galbreath, Secretary of the Society, read his report as follows: The meeting of the General Assembly is always an im- portant event to institutions dependent wholly or in
part upon appropriations from the state. The last session of
that body was no exception to the rule. The Society presented its budget requests in due time
and these were given, we are pleased to report, unusual
considera- tion. A division of the Finance Committee of the
House of Representatives came to the office of the Society and
considered in detail its requests for appropriations. This was the first recognition of this kind in the history of the
Society. While the requests formulated by the Finance
Committee with the approval of the Trustees were not all
granted, substan- tial provision was made for the growing needs of the
Society. Appropriations were made for a curator of natural
history, a library assistant, a collector of historic material,
a day watch- man and a stenographer for the director. Some
increases were granted for salaries of employes of the Board. An
increase was granted for archaeological exploration and $1,000 was
appro- priated for natural history field work. Under
additions and bet- terments $2,000 was granted for books, manuscripts
and en- gravings, $1,000 for museum collections, $2,000 for the
restora- tion of Mound City Group, $12,819 for metal shelving
for the li- brary, $1,500 for refitting basement rooms and $4,375
for lum- ber, glass and other materials for the use of the
cabinet maker. Five hundred dollars, which had been appropriated two
years ago for the purchase of additional land for Logan Elm
Park, |
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lapsed but the General Assembly in
anticipation of this reap-
propriated the amount which will still
be available for the present
biennium. The total appropriations for
the Society and each
of its divisions will be detailed in the
report of the Treasurer
for the coming year and need not be
included here.
A request was made for an appropriation
for indexing
thoroughly the Publications of the
Society. This was not granted
and an adequate index cannot therefore
be published within the
present biennium. The Secretary is
contemplating the publica-
tion in pamphlet form of a brief index
of all contributions to the
Society arranged alphabetically by title
and subject with a few
cross references that will materially
facilitate access to the thirty-
two volumes already published in bound
form. While this will
contain little more than the titles
systematically arranged, it will
be especially helpful to libraries and
individual owners of sets
of the Publications who do not receive
the Library of Congress
index cards, which for some years past
have been available.
Five hundred dollars was appropriated
for wages. This sum
is proving inadequate. It should have
been at least $1,000, the
sum included in our budget request.
On the whole, however, the Finance
Committees of the
General Assembly gave liberal
consideration to the requests of
the Society and manifested throughout
the session an interest
in its work and a sincere desire to make
adequate provision for
it. This evident good will is a most
encouraging asset.
The Controlling and Emergency Boards,
the State Archi-
tect, Mr. Briggs, and all state
officials with whom the Society
has had business to transact have been
uniformly accommodating
and have manifested a disposition at all
times to grant as far
as possible the requests of the Society.
At the last annual meeting a report was
made by the Secre-
tary on the policy proposed and adopted
for the appointment of
an Editorial Board. The failure of
certain persons chosen on
this board to accept appointment has
thus far prevented its or-
ganization. It is the desire of the
Secretary of the Society, who
at present is Editor of the QUARTERLY, to
avail himself of the
assistance that such a board could give
and it is his purpose at an
early date in the coming year to make an
effort to have organ-
ized such board upon conditions that
will transfer to it so much
of the active editorial work as may be
possible under the plan
adopted by and Trustees of the Society
and reported one year
ago.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees
April 7, 1923, the
plan of cooperation between the Ohio State University
and the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society reported at
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the previous meeting of the Board by
General Edward Orton,
Jr., was adopted. Since that time the
Board of Trustees of
the University has not notified the
Society of any action on the
proposed plan.
Since the last meeting of the Society
the following allow-
ances have been made by the Emergency
Board: For Schoen-
brunn State Park, $302.88; for roofing of residence at
Spiegel
Grove State Park, $5,000.
Meetings of the Trustees of the Society
since the last an-
nual meeting have been held as follows:
On October 16, 1924, there was a joint
meeting of the So-
ciety and the Spiegel Grove Committee to
consider a number
of matters relating to the care of the
Spiegel Grove State
Park and improvements thereon and other
business that might
properly be considered at the meeting.
Professor B. F. Prince
presented a deed for the site of the
George Rogers Clark
Monument from the Clark County
Historical Society to the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society. The deed
was received with a vote of thanks to
Professor Prince and the
Clark County Historical Society. Major
W. H. Ortt was elected
a life member of the Society in
recognition of his work in con-
nection with the development of the Fort
St. Clair Park and
his gift of the granite monument and
bronze tablet commemorat-
ing the battle fought there in 1792.
Pursuant to a call of the President,
James E. Campbell,
the Trustees met in the office of the
Treasurer, E. F. Wood,
on December 10, 1924, for the purpose of
approving supple-
mental contracts for completing certain
feature of the Me-
morial Wing of the Museum and Library
Buildings. The sup-
plemental contracts were approved. The
request of the sculptor,
Mr. Bruce Saville, to duplicate his
statue of the Marching Sol-
dier, designed and made for the main
entrance to the Memorial
Wing of the Museum and Library Building
was presented and
discussed at some length but by
resolution the Board withheld
its consent to grant the request until
it should be determined
whether or not it is ethical or
customary to sell or give bronze
replicas under similar conditions. The
President submitted to
the Secretary his appointments of
committees for the follow-
ing year. Mr. Wood presented the budget
requests prepared by
the Finance Commmittee for the biennium
commencing July 1,
1925, which were approved by the Board.
This was the last
meeting at which Governor Campbell
presided.
On January 27, the Board of Trustees met
pursuant to a
call of Acting President George F.
Bareis. The Secretary re-
ported that he had sent the list of
committees appointed by the
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late James E. Campbell, President of the
Society, to the printer.
His action was approved and it was the
sense of the Trustees
that the list should be published
without change. At this meet-
ing Miss Sarah Cutler was made a life
member of the Society
in recognition of her transfer to its
custody of the famous Coon-
skin Library established in 1804.
Pursuant to the call of the Acting
President the Board
of Trustees met on February 10 to
consider the final report of
General Edward Orton, Jr., in regard to
the authority of the
state architect and the Society relative
to features of the Me-
morial Wing then under process of
construction. The policy
of the Board of Trustees and the Ohio
State University rela-
tive to the transfer of natural history
and other museum items
from the various buildings of the
University to the Museum
and Library Building was also considered
and it was reported
that the Board of Trustees of the State
University had taken no
action in regard to the matter. At the
suggestion of Dr. Thomp-
son, who was present, the Secretary was
requested to. write a
letter to him asking that he bring the
matter to the attention of
the Trustees of the University. The
publication of the manu-
script history of Ohio in the Civil War,
prepared by Colonel
W. L. Curry, was considered but no final
action was taken.
On April 10 the Board of Trustees met at
the call of Act-
ing President George F. Bareis. At this
meeting Arthur C.
Johnson was unanimously elected
President of the Society; Dr.
Thompson reported on conditions at
Spiegel Grove State Park;
General Edward Orton, Jr., reported on
the progress of work
on the Memorial Wing of the Museum and
Library Building;
Mr. Goodman read a report of the
committee on membership
and a number of amendments to the
constitution of the Society
were suggested. The proposed amendments
are posted for the
information of the members present at
this meeting.
A meeting of the Trustees was held on
May 7 at which
General Edward Orton, Jr., read the
recommendations of the
military group of the World War Memorial
Building Commit-
tee relative to the World War trophies
available for the Society
and the President of the Society was
authorized to appoint a
committee to select such trophies. At
this meeting Professor
J. H. Hine of the Ohio State University
was elected curator
of Natural History, his services to
begin June 1, and the Secre
tary was authorized to employ Harold G.
Simpson as collector
of historical material and to have
charge of the newspapers in
the library. The Director was instructed
to begin the distribu-
tion of the sets of the Life of
Rutherford B. Hayes and to be
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guided in the distribution so far as
possible by what is under-
stood to be the desire of Colonel Webb
C. Hayes.
At the meeting of the Trustees September
25 there was a
general exchange of opinion over a
report of conditions at
Spiegel Grove made by Dr. W. 0.
Thompson. The plans for
the forthcoming meeting of the Society
were also briefly pre-
sented by the President, Mr. Arthur C.
Johnson.
Some purchases have been made for the
library since the last
meeting of the Society that are found
very useful, but most of
them are books in print and not worthy
of special mention.
Among the items that probably could not
be duplicated are the
following:
1. The Genius of Universal Emancipation, Vol. 12. We
reported last year the acquisition of
the first three volumes of
this publication, including the very
rare first three numbers that
were published at Mount Pleasant, Ohio.
Vol. 12, in excel-
lent state of preservation, has been
presented to the Society by
Professor Charles S. Plumb, who has
manifested commendable
interest in recent years in the Society
and has contributed one
notable article to the QUARTERLY, entitled
"Felix Renick, Pi-
oneer".
There is of course quite a gap between
Vol. 3 and Vol.
12 of the Genius of Universal
Emancipation, but we may hope
that this will be gradually filled in.
The word gradually is used
advisedly as the building up of a
complete file of this rare pub-
lication will take considerable time.
2. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, the well
known lecturer
and advocate of women suffrage, has
presented to the library
the History of Woman Suffrage in
four large volumes by Eliza-
beth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony,
Matilda J. Gage and
Ida Husted Harper.
3. A number of early newspapers, some of
them bound
and some unbound, have been added by
purchase and gift. The
following have been placed in the
custody of the library through
the kindly interest of O. E. Flaugher,
son of the Editor, John
Flaugher, who died some years ago at his
home in Columbiana
Ohio:
Sandusky Democrat, 1852-1854, 1858-1860.
Independent Register, 1881-1883, 1885-1887, 1891-1893.
This suggests a work of the Society
which has long been
deferred and only within the past few
years definitely planned.
The mass of papers stored in the
basement chiefly covering the
period of the World War, except those
that have been clipped
for the scrapbook series, have been
practically inaccessible for
use. In 1923 a law was passed making it
possible to transfer the
234 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
newspapers from the offices of county
auditors to the custody
of this Society. No transfer to any
other organization is per-
missible under this law. Before these
volumes could be re-
ceived by the Society, however, it was
necessary to have equip-
ment for their proper reception and use.
Only last winter was
an appropriation made for metal shelving
for these papers.
This shelving has not yet been
purchased, although the money
is available and plans are in progress
for its installation.
Within the past year some student help
has been employed
to continue work on the scrapbooks, and
Mr. Harold G. Simp-
son has taken charge of the newspaper
collection in the base-
ment rooms and is making a record of
every paper. Consider-
able progress has been made in the work,
but much remains to be
done. A large number of bound volumes,
however, are ready
for the shelves as soon as they are in
position.
Additional desks and other furniture are
needed for the
library. As the collection of books and
papers continues to
grow, however, we may rest assured that
proper provision will
be made to meet these needs.
Within the past year a revised edition
of Scenic and His-
toric Ohio, the first 5,000 copies of which were promptly dis-
tributed, has been issued. Announcement
of this fact will be
made through the papers of the state
following this meeting
and present indications are that the
demand for this booklet will
far exceed that for any other
publication issued by the Society.
It will be mailed free to anyone sending
five cents to pay the
postage.
The Society has also published the Life
of William Allen,
former United States Senator from Ohio
and Governor of the
State, by Professor R. C. McGrane. This
is a scholarly review
of the life of one of Ohio's eloquent
and eminent sons.
The regular work in the library of the
Society has been
progressing satisfactorily. The larger
portion of the library pre-
sented by Daniel H. Gard, the last
surviving charter member
of the Society, has been catalogued and
is found to be much
more valuable than it was thought when
it became the property
of the library. Mr. Gard, as we shall
learn from the report on
necrology, departed this life April 16,
1925.
On motion of General Orton the report
was received
and ordered placed on file.
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
President Arthur C. Johnson stated
that, although
his time is well occupied, he has
visited Campus Martius,
Spiegel Grove, Fallen Timbers, Serpent
Mound and
possibly one or two other points; he
has helped in bring-
ing about the construction of a roadway
from the main
highway to the gift property at Fallen
Timbers; an ap-
propriation of some $2,500 for this
purpose would have
lapsed on July 1st, last, but about
four days before that
time a contract was entered into, thus
saving the fund;
the roadway will be completed in less
than a week.
The Governor appointed a commission to
erect a
suitable memorial at Campus Martius,
the Legislature
having appropriated $35,000 for that
purpose; the So-
ciety is not represented on the
commission, and so far
as the President is informed no
progress has been made,
no plans adopted, and whether the
commission has held
any meetings he is uninformed.
The controversy between the state and
Spiegel Grove
has been given considerable attention;
the state, through
the Society, has not met all of the
conditions in the deed
of trust from Colonel Webb C. Hayes,
but progress has
been made; Mr. W. J. Sherman, of Toledo,
Chairman
of the Spiegel Grove Committee, has
tendered his resig-
nation because of press of other
duties, and Dr. W. O.
Thompson has been appointed to the
vacancy; he [Pres-
ident Johnson] has twice visited
Spiegel Grove; a week
ago the chairman of this meeting and
the president se-
cured from the Board of Control an
appropriation of
$5,000 needed to replace the roof on
the dwelling at
Spiegel Grove. The Forestry Department
of the State
University has taken a census of the
trees and shrub-
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bery at the Grove, and has prepared an
estimate of the
cost of marking the trees. The Highway
Department
is preparing plans for the construction
of driveways --
another requirement of the deed of
trust. The only
other condition is the construction of
a fence around a
part of the property, a portion of
which is to be used
as a wild-life refuge, and the fence is
really needed.
The relations of the Society with the occupant
of the
Spiegel Grove property are now of a
more pleasant na-
ture than for some time, owing to the
fact that certain
improvements have been made, but it is
the intention of
Colonel Webb C. Hayes and Mrs. Hayes to
form
another organization for the administration
of this
property, not, however, entirely
severing connection
with this Society. This is a matter in
regard to
which the Society need not worry at the
present time,
because the interests of the Society
are in the hands of
Dr. W. O. Thompson, who is acting at
all times with
the best interests of the Society in
view. Whatever is
done in the way of forming this new
organization, the
interests of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Histori-
cal Society will be taken care of to Dr.
Thompson's best
ability, and that is some ability.
Mr. Johnson also stated that he wished
to supple-
ment the report of the Chairman of the
Committee on
Publicity by saying that interest in
the activities of the
Society has constantly increased. All
of the great news
gathering and distributing agencies are
very keen for
reports of everything the Society does,
and have given,
particularly concerning this season's
archaeological ex-
plorations, a publicity which extended
from Boston to
San Francisco and from the Great Lakes
to the Gulf.
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Not later than a week ago the editor of
McClure's came
to Columbus with an article that Don C.
Sites had writ-
ten for McClure's. He brought it
for reediting or sub-
stitution.
Mr. Johnson then stated that he had
with him a
typical season's clipping from two Ohio
newspapers, and
that most of the articles appearing
therein had been
published in no less than fifty Ohio
papers. This will
show you how active the press has been
in the distri-
bution of news covering the work of the
Society.
REPORT OF THE ACTING PRESIDENT
Mr. George F. Bareis, Acting President
of the So-
ciety, then read his report as follows:
After the death of our esteemed
President, Governor James
E. Campbell, on December 17, 1924, the
duty of acting Pres-
ident seemed to fall to me as it did at
the death of President
General R. Brinkerhoff. I at once spoke
to some of the Trustees
who had gathered at the home of General
Orton to attend the
funeral services, requested them to
consider the calling of a
meeting for the election of a President,
stated that an early date
would meet my views, and that I was not
to be considered for the
position.
Meetings of the Trustees were held
January 27th, Feb-
ruary 20th and March 31st. These
meetings were held to con-
sider questions concerning the
Museum Building, the Hayes
Memorial Building, President Campbell's
autograph collection,
the work of the Committee on
Cooperation, Colonel Curry's
manuscript and routine business.
President Campbell had ap-
pointed the committees, but the list had
not been printed, so
when Governor Donahey appointed Mrs.
Orson D. Dryer and
Carl Armstrong, the latter of
Youngstown, as Trustees, I added
Mrs. Dryer to the committees on Campus
Martius and Logan Elm,
and Mr. Armstrong to the committees on
Schoenbrunn and Mem-
bership.
Early in March Senator Sweeney of Akron
introduced a
Resolution, to the effect that the
Senate request that the State
Library rooms be vacated, the library
removed to larger and more
commodious quarters, and that the
Senate Finance committee be
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Publications
requested to
appropriate sufficient funds to provide for the re-
moval of the state
library and the remodeling of the rooms. I
called on
Senator Sweeney and others in an effort to secure the
newspaper
files and county histories for our library, and also
consulted
Governor Donahey, and found them all favorably in-
clined.
Director Mills stated he would arrange to vacate the large
room just
over the library and to care for this material. For
many years
Mr. Randall, Mr. Ryan and others have been anxious
to add these
files to our library, and now when for the first time
we seemed to
have space to care for them, it looked as if they
would be
placed in our care -- then came the adjournment of the
Legislature,
and nothing has been done. Perhaps the Library
Committee
should be instructed to look after this matter. Perhaps
Mr. Meeker,
Chairman of that Committee, has this information,
but he was
out of the city when the question was considered.
I consulted
several members about an itinerary to some of
our
earthworks and parks, and then appointed a Pathfinders
Committee,
consisting of Mr. J. C. Goodman, Chairman, King
Thompson,
General George Florence and Dr. F. C. Furniss.
On April 10th
the Trustees elected Mr. Arthur C. Johnson
as President
of the Society. On April 16th we attended a me-
morial
service in honor of our distinguished fellow member, the
late Dr. T.
C. Mendenhall.
Very
respectfully submitted,
(Signed)
George F. Bareis.
REPORT OF THE
TREASURER
Mr. E. F.
Wood, Treasurer of the Society, read his
report as
follows:
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TREASURER OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR
THE YEAR ENDING JULY 1,
1925
RECEIPTS
Cash on
hand July 1, 1924:
General Fund
............................. $1,033.80
World War
Memorial Fund ................. 2,570.75
Life
Membership Dues ...................... 455.00
Active
Membership Dues .................... 87.00
Subscriptions
.............................. 17.00
Books
sold ................................. 369.15
Interest on
Permanent Fund .................. 1,100.00
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Interest on World War Memorial Fund........ 130.00
Interest on Savings Account ................. 44.20
Refund by C. W . Stow
...................... 1.25
Refund by Tramontin Brothers (for power)... 37.50
From State Treasurer on Sundry Appropriations as
follows:
Salaries ..... ................ $24,216.66 ..........
Wages ...................... 607.67..........
Office Supplies ............... 168.75 ..........
Postage
..................... 209.37 ..........
General Plant Supplies ........ 299.80 ..........
Print Paper
.................. 24.84 ..........
Repairs --
Museum and Library Build-
ing ................. 2,291.44 ..........
Logan Elm Park.......... 292.47 ...........
Serpent Mound Park ...... 179.14..........
Fort Ancient ............. 317.98 ..........
Water
....................... 68.40 ..........
Light, Heat and Power........ 783.82 ..........
Express, Freight and Drayage.. 101.86 ..........
Traveling Expenses .......... 304.38 ..........
Communications .............. 151.86 ..........
Contingencies ................ 22.23 .........
Fallen Timbers ............... 71.40 ..........
Publications .................. 4,075.39 ..........
Field Work .................. 2,043.04 ..........
Printing
..................... 24.37 .........
Addition to Museum and Library
Building ................ 109,107.48 ..........
Books, Manuscripts, etc. ...... 798.86..........
Museum Collections ........... 292.18 ..........
Photostat Supplies ............ 21.95 ..........
Ft. St. Clair
................. 2,237.12 ..........
Division of Schoenbrunn....... 302.88 149,015.34
Division of Spiegel Grove State Park-
Salaries ................. 3,048.53 ....... .
Wages ................... 82000 ..........
Office Supplies ........... 50.68 .........
General Plant Supplies..... 46.89 .........
Repairs, General .......... 236.0 ..........
Water ................... 25.14 ..........
Light, Heat and Power .... 1,474.72 ..........
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Society Publications
Communication ........... 31.00 ..........
Heating Plant ............
2,400.37 ..........
Publishing Hayes Diaries
and Letters . ....... 3,777.48 ..........
Residence, etc. (Repairs). 8,172.19 20,083.01
Total Receipts ....... $174,944.00
DISBURSEMENTS
Personal Service --
Salaries ................................. $24,516.66
Wages ......................... ......... 573.12
Architect Fees ............................ 62.50
Supplies --
Office Supplies ............................ 221.08
Postage
.................................. 209.37
General Plant Supplies ..................... 363.95
Materials --
Print Paper
..............................
24.84
Repairs --
Museum and Library Building.......... 2,325.99
Logan Elm Park ..................... 292.47
Serpent Mound Park .................. 193.14
Ft. Ancient Park
..................... 317.98
Schoenbrunn
......................... 317.88
Water Rent .............................. 68.40
Light, Heat and Power ..................... 731.10
Express, Freight and Drayage .............. 101.86
Expenses of Trustees and Committees ....... 454.34
Communications ...................... .... 153.76
Miscellaneous ....................... ..... 211.73
Publications
.............................. 4,099.76
Field Work ............................. . 2,000.04
Additions and Betterments --
Fallen Timbers ........................... 71.40
Museum Collections ...................... 292.18
Books, etc ................................ 798.86
Photostat
.............................. .. 21.95
Addition to Museum and Library Bldg ....... 109,394.68
Ft. St. Clair .............................. 2,237.12
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Annual Meeting 241
Division
of Spiegel Grove State Park --
Personal
Service --
Salaries ................. $3,048.53 ..........
Wages
................... 82.00 ..........
Supplies
--
Office Supplies
........... 51.25 ..........
General
Plant Supplies .... 43.99 ..........
Repairs,
General ......... 383.21 ..........
W
ater ................... 25.14 . .........
Light,
Heat and Power..... 1,527 ..........
Communications .......... 31.00 ..........
Hayes
Memorial Building ..
10,425.36..........
Publishing
Vols. 3 and 4
Hayes
Diary and Letters 3,777.48 20,133.15
Cash
Advanced for Field
Work ............... 200.00
Total
Disbursements .. $170,389.31
Transferred
to Permanent Fund 1,000.00
$171,389.31
Cash
on Hand, June 30, 1925: --
In
World War Memorial Fund. $2,351.05
In
General Fund ............. 1,203.64 3,554.69
$174,944.00
In
conclusion Mr. Wood read the report of the au-
ditor
detailing at length the receipts and disbursements
for
the year including the trial balance "as at June 30,
1925."
Among other things Mr. W. D. Wall, the au-
ditor,
states:
During
the course of our audit all vouchers and checks
drawn
were examined and found to be correct.
The
balance of appropriation accounts were verified by
comparison
with the records kept by the Auditor of State.
Vol.
XXXV -- 16.
242 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
Dr. William C. Mills, Director of the
Society, read
his report as follows:
I take pleasure in submitting my fourth
annual report as
Director of the Musuem.
The first part of the year the routine
of the Museum was
carried on with inadequate help but
after July 1st of this year
we were able to secure two additional
janitors, which greatly
aided in carrying forward the care of
the Museum building.
During the year the Carpenter Shop,
Printing Office, Office
of the Registrar, Office of the Curator
of Archaeology, as well
as the Office of the Curator of Natural
History were moved to
the basement of the new wing where
proper quarters were fitted
out for their convenience.
Practically the entire time of the
Director has been taken up
in superintending the moving and in
formulating plans for the
exhibits on the first and second floors.
The new wing to the
Museum is now practically complete with
the exception of the
bronze capitals for the columns in the
rotunda. The work of
Professor Savilie, as sculptor for the
four large bronze panels
in the rotunda, has been completed and
accepted by the sub-com-
mittee on art features of the new wing,
of which General Edward
Orton is Chairman. It is understood that
two of the panels are
now complete and that the other two are
in process of making and
should be completed and fully installed
by early spring. The
sculptured dough-boy placed on the steps
leading up to the rotunda,
as well as the pedestal upon which it is
placed, are complete.
The Committee felt that, inasmuch as the
dedication would likely
come by early spring, it would be well
to house this sculptured
piece until the time of the dedication
of the entire building.
The Director has not found it possible
to visit all of the parks
owned by the Society and under his care.
I might say that this
came about by the indisposition of the
Director, who has been
unable to spend practically any time
away from the Museum.
In May the Director attended the
American Association of
Museums at St. Louis, Missouri, as a
representative of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society. This meeting was
of special interest to all Museum
workers and the greater part of
four days was spent in the discussion of
Museum work such as
training of Museum workers, Museum
ethics, Museum lighting,
the relation of Museums to schools and
colleges. Opportunity
was extended to all members of the
Museums Association to
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visit the wonderful Zoological Gardens
now located on the site
of the Exposition. Visits were also made
to the Missouri Bo-
tanical Garden, City Art Museum, and the
Jefferson Memorial
where the Missouri Historical Society
have their head-quarters.
A trip to Cahokia Mound was most
interesting and valuable.
The State of Illinois has now taken over
this wonderful structure
and henceforth it will be known as
Cahokia Mound Park. The
report of the Committee on Museum Ethics
was adopted and
this is of very great interest to all
Museum workers. The report
in part is as follows:
Museums, in the broadest sense, are
institutions which hold their pos-
sessions in trust for mankind and for
the future welfare of the race.
Their value is in direct proportion to
the service they render the emotional
and intellectual life of the people.
The life of the museum worker, whether
he be an humble laborer or
a responsible trustee is essentially one
of service. His conduct rests on a
threefold ethical basis.
(1) Devotion to the cause he serves.
(2) Faith in the unselfish motives of
his co-workers.
(3) Honor based on a high sense of
justice as the controlling motive
of his thoughts and actions.
The following topics in this Code of
Ethics for museum workers may
be of interest to you:
Relation of Museums to the public.
The relations between Museums.
The relation of the Director to the
Trustees.
Relations of the Director to the Staff.
Relations of the Staff to the Director.
Relations between Members of the Staff.
WORK DONE BY THE VARIOUS EMPLOYEES OF
THE MUSEUM
Mr. H. R. Goodwin, Registrar and
Honorary Curator of
Mineralogy has recorded one hundred
twenty-six (126) acces-
sions and made the necessary historical
file and card catalog.
He also, in connection with his duties,
served as clerk to the
Director until September 1st when Winnie
Waite was appointed
as stenographer and clerk to the
Director relieving Mr. Goodwin
in this connection. Mr. Goodwin has also
been doing the work
in the photostat room as well as looking
after the Department
of Mineralogy to which he has added many
specimens during the
past year. He has also been engaged in
working out designs
from the copper plates taken from the
Hopewell group and
adapting these designs to rugs, carpets,
lace curtains, dress goods,
etc., and this has been of special
interest to art students all over
the country. Mr. Goodwin has also been coloring the
replicas
made in plaster of many of the finest
specimens taken from the
various Ohio mounds and cultural groups.
He has also finished
the large model of the Hopewell group,
which covers a territory
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one mile square. This work was done in
conjunction with Mr.
Shetrone, who put in the necessary
details of the mounds and
earthworks and Mr. Goodwin the necessary
art work. I consider
this model the finest and best in every
detail in any Museum of
this country.
Mr. Starling L. Eaton, Superintendent of
the building and
grounds has been rearranging the new
printing shop and during
the year has made thirty thousand
(30,000) impressions and we
predict that this printing plant will be
in great use during the
coming year in making new labels for the
collections that will
be placed in the new wing. Mr. Eaton
also looks after the em-
ployment of janitors and watchmen and
they all come under his
care and direction.
Mr. C. E. Spindler, who was appointed
Cabinet Maker,
resigned his position on the first of
December last to accept a
similar position in California where he
moved with his family,
and Mr. James Waite, Columbus, Ohio, was
appointed as his
successor. During the time of Mr.
Waite's incumbency he has
been assisting in the moving of the
various departments from
the basement of the old building to that
of the new, and he has
devoted much time to making cases and
doing other carpenter
work to fit out the rooms to take care
of the lumber and glass
that must necessarily come into a place
of this sort. After the
first of July, Mr. Waite spent much time
in placing the necessary
machinery to facilitate his work and in
doing this he has been
master of the situation as his knowledge
of machinery and what
is needed in case making is beyond
question. He has displayed
his skill in salvaging the old cases and
making new out of the
salvage material. He is at work now upon
cases for the new
Hopewell room and practically all of the
cases needed for that
room are now going through the shop and
we hope to have
everything ready to open up the Hopewell
room by the holidays
or sooner.
Mr. H. C. Shetrone, Curator of
Archaeology, spent the
greater part of last winter in preparing
the specimens for the
Hopewell room and also in preparing, in
association with Mr.
H. R. Goodwin, a model of the Hopewell
group; this is now com-
plete with the exception of the labeling
and I am satisfied that
it is one of the best representations of
any group now in the
country. During the spring I sent Mr.
Shetrone to Chicago on
two occasions to perfect an exchange of
Hopewell material with
the Field Museum of Natural History and
this was accomplished
with entire satisfaction to the Field
Museum authorities as well
as to our own Museum. We now have a
complete representa-
tion of practically all of the artifacts
taken from the Hopewell
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group; if not the specimens themselves
we have true replicas
made by Mr. Shetrone of the rare objects
taken out by Mr.
Moorehead during the time that he
excavated these mounds for
the World's Columbian Exposition and
when this room is com-
plete, as we expect to have it, you will
see one of the finest ex-
hibits from the mounds of Ohio that it
is possible to secure.
Mr. Shetrone finished the work at
Hopewell during July
and on the first of August he proceeded
to the great Seip group
in the Paint Creek Valley. You will
recall that the Society ex-
amined the Seip Mound No. 1 in 1908 and
Mr. Shetrone com-
menced upon Mound No. 2 of this
great Seip group and known
as Seip Mound No. 2. This mound was
located upon the farms
of Mrs. Wood and Mr. John Seip. The
Society purchased the
privilege of examining the part of the
mound belonging to Mrs.
Wood and Mr. John Seip donated his
interest in the mound to
the Society, of which he is a life
member. The Seip Mound
No. 2 is of unusual size, the largest mound in the Paint Creek
Valley and 1 rather suspect the largest
in the Scioto or Mus-
kingum Valleys. It is two hundred fifty
(250) feet long, one
hundred fifty (150) feet wide and
twenty-nine (29) feet high,
covering seven-tenths of an acre and
containing sixteen thou-
sand (16,000) cubic yards of earth. This
survey was made for
me by Engineer H. C. McCall in 1911. Mr.
Shetrone began
work on the west end of the mound
beginning at the very bot-
tom and carrying his work entirely
across the one hundred fifty
foot span and has removed sixty (60)
feet of this great mound.
In the sixty (60) feet he found near the
west end a cremated
grave containing a number of copper axes
and copper plates, a
little farther in the mound he found the
beginning of a great
sepulcher containing the bodies of four
adults and two chil-
dren laid at full length in the grave.
The contents of this sep-
ulcher proved of very great interest and
value archaeologically.
The artifacts placed in this grave were
of unusual interest and
consisted of great copper plates and
many objects made from
tortoise shell cut into various designs,
one especially, showing
the trumpeter swan swimming in the
water. While tortoise
shell has been found in the mounds of
the great Hopewell group
it has never occurred in such profusion
as found in this sepul-
cher. The bodies had evidently been
clothed prior to burial in
burial robes that had been decorated in
geometric figures and col-
ored. The robes also had attached to
them many thousands of
pearls ranging in size from that of a
small shot to one fully
one-half inch in diameter and Mr.
Shetrone was able to secure
the largest collection of pearls so far
taken from the mounds by
the Society's surveys. Mr. Shetrone was
able to remove from
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Society Publications
the sepulcher all portions of the
colored cloth which had been
preserved by the action of copper and we
now have in the Mu-
seum these very interesting specimens,
the first, to our knowl-
edge, found in the mounds of Ohio.
Another interesting feature
connected with this sepulcher burial was
the finding of five un-
usually large pipes; these were not
placed directly in the grave
but above the grave. The pipes were very
large, one of them
weighing seven and one-fourth pounds,
purely southern in type,
two of the pipes represented dogs, one
an owl, one a bear and
one a flying bird, perhaps the
night-hawk or whippoorwill.
This is interesting to note the exchange
of commodities from
other parts of the country. Another
feature was the covering
of the primary mound with a woven fabric
-- this woven fabric
was held in place by large bone awls
ranging in length from
eight to ten inches, which were thrust
through the cloth into the
earth below. In only one other instance
has this been noted and
that was in the Harness Mound located
eight miles south of
Chillicothe along the Scioto.
We anticipate getting an early start
upon the mound next
season and we hope that the coming year
will add many new
objects to the Museum.
Professor James S. Hine was appointed
Curator of Natural
History and commenced the work in the
department June 1st, but
he is working under a handicap waiting
for the decision of
the University Trustees in turning over
to the Society their
collections of Natural History. This
matter is now in the hands
of Professor Raymond C. Osburn, who will
present the matter
before the Board of Trustees at their
next meeting. This agree-
ment has been entered into by a
Committee appointed by the So-
ciety and one appointed by the
University but this agreement has
not been ratified by the University
Trustees, in fact it has never
been presented to them. Professor Hine
has been carrying on
some field work in Summit County
gathering material for a
group display as he has had in mind that
displays of this sort
will be of more interest and value than
the mere collection of
birds and animals mounted and placed
singly. He has had in
mind to place them in groups showing
their natural habitat and
this has been approved by the Director.
During August and
September Professor Hine studied at the
British Museum, mak-
ing a trip to Salisbury, where the great
Squier & Davis collec-
tion is housed. He took tea with the
Director of the Black-
more Museum and talked over the
possibility of the eventual
return to Ohio of Ohio material that is
located in that Museum.
On July 1st a Watchman was secured to
constantly patrol
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the building during the day. The
Superintendent of the build-
ing and grounds has imposed upon the
Watchman the duty of
seeing that all cases are properly
locked at all times and that
he constantly patrol the building,
seeing that everything is kept
in first-class order.
Since we have fairly adequate help Mr.
Eaton has installed
a new system of taking care of the
building in such a way that
there is a Janitor in the building up
to ten o'clock at night when
the Watchman comes on duty, and he
remains until six o'clock
in the morning, when the first Janitor
comes; by so doing we
have someone in the building at all
times.
The Museum Committee, of which Mr.
George F. Bareis
is Chairman, met during the summer. At
this meeting the Nat-
ural History Collections owned by the
University were discussed
at great length and this motion was
made and carried: "That the
Board of Trustees of the Ohio State
University be requested
to cooperate with the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society in establishing collections
illustrating the natural re-
sources of the State of Ohio," and
Professor Raymond C. Osburn
was appointed to take up the matter
with the Board of Trustees
of the University of transferring the
University Collection to
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society. The Com-
mittee also discussed at some length
the Numismatics Depart-
ment of the Museum and it was decided
that a collection of this
sort should be made and the Committee
elected Dr. Henderson
as Honorary Curator of Numismatics. The
Committee made a
tour of inspection through the new
addition to the Museum so
that at future meetings they would be
able to discuss any sub-
ject that might come before this
Committee.
The Committee on World War Trophies, of
which the Di-
rector is Chairman, met on the 14th of
September and proceeded
to the fair grounds where the Trophies
were placed. The Com-
mittee went over all of these Trophies
with very great interest
and finally decided that it was the
policy of the Committee to
select at least one piece of each of
the various varieties displayed.
The Committee thoroughly understood
that the greater part of
these specimens could not be exhibited
within the building but
they felt that the Court at the back of
the building could be
utilized for this purpose to a very
great advantage and this has
the approval of the Director.
During the year many additions have been
made to the Mu-
seum and I herewith give you the list:
248 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
ACCESSIONS TO HISTORICAL COLLECTION
596--Hand-bags; presented by Mrs. M. C.
Hopewell, Chilli-
cothe, O. 9-29-'24.
597--Portrait of Simon Kenton by Morgan;
loaned by Mr. W.
D. McKinney, Columbus, O. 10-2-'24.
598--Acts of State of Ohio and other
books; presented by Mrs.
G. W. Landes, Columbus, O. 10-2-'24.
599--Quartermaster's Record, 1793;
presented by Mr. F. E. Wil-
son, Greenville, O. 10-2-'24.
600--Collection of carpenter planes;
presented by F. P. Hall Co.,
Columbus, O. 10-3-'24.
601--Deed to site of monument to Gen.
Geo. Rogers Clark; from
the Clark Co. Historical Society.
10-17-'24.
577--(addition) Portraits of Salmon P.
Chase and James C.
Birney; presented by Miss H. N.
Townshend, Columbus,
O. 10-10-'24.
602--Loom, for bead work; presented by
Mr. R. G. Smith, Ohio
State University. 10-20-'24.
603--Scrapbook of Spanish American War
Clippings; presented
by Miss N. J. Collins, Columbus, O. 10-20-'24.
604--Two large wreaths of Flowers in
Hair, and Zephyr,
framed; presented by Robin C. and Owen
Obetz, Jr. 10-
25-'24.
605--Bible; presented by Miss Alice
Gilbert, Columbus, O. 11-
2-'24.
579--(addition) Silver loving cup and ship's bell from U. S.
S.
Ohio. 10-31-'24.
606--Flax hackle; presented by Mr. F. B.
Jennings, Columbus,
O. 11-6-24.
533--(addition) Lamp chimneys, (3);
presented by Mr. F. M.
Boyles, Columbus, O. 11-9-'24. Lamps,
(3); purchased.
607--Military relics and books;
presented by Capt. I. J. Mor-
rison, Columbus, O. 11-10-'24.
606--(addition) Rifles (3) and Pistols (2); purchased. 11-
13-'24.
487--(addition) Maul, presented by Mr. J. R. Gragg, Bain-
bridge, O. 11-10-'24. Wooden
bread trough; J. R. Gragg,
Bainbridge, O. 11-28-'24.
608--Historical specimens; presented by
Mr. M. E. Thrailkill,
Columbus, O. 12-16-'24.
245--(addition) Historic Picture; presented by Mrs. M. E.
Rath-Merrill, Columbus, O. 12-23-'24.
609--Wooden coffee box, Civil War
period; presented by Mrs.
Travis C. Latham, Dublin, O. 12-24-'24.
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610--Postage Stamps and Civil War
envelopes; presented by
Mr. Jules Held, Indianapolis, Ind. 1-2-'25.
189--(addition) Map of Belgium; presented by Miss Clara
Mark, Westerville, O. 1-7-'25.
611--Klise family Bible; loaned by Mr.
John R. Horst, Colum-
bus, O. 2-3-'25.
612--Blennerhassett letter and a
pressing board; loaned by Mr.
R. M. Lucas, Columbus, O. 2-8-'24.
248--(addition) Speeches and notes of
Gov. James E. Camp-
bell. 2-13-'25.
610--(addition) Old envelopes; presented
by Mr. Jules Held,
Indianapolis, Ind. 2-18-'25.
357--(addition) Historical specimens;
presented by Mrs. Chap-
man. 2-20-'25.
613--Lantern of perforated tin presented
by Mr. John Shidler,
Ashland, O. 2-20-'25.
614--Glassware; exhibit of Cambridge
Glass Co.; presented
2-23-'25.
615--China; exhibit of fine china;
presented by Fraunfelter China
Co. of Zanesville, O. 2-23-'25.
616--China; exhibit of Pope-Gosser China
Co., Coshocton, O.
Presented 2-23-'25.
617--Stoneware pitcher; presented by
Prof. R.C. Purdy, Ohio
State University. 2-24-'25.
487--(addition) Stone Jugs (2);
presented by Mr. J. R. Gragg,
Bainbridge, O. 2-24-'25.
618--Revolver and cartridges, pin fire;
presented by Miss B. C.
Koch, Columbus, O. 2-26-'25.
619--Mole-trap; presented by Mr. G. V.
Bowersox, Columbus,
O. 3-6-'25.
620--Old money; presented by Mr. J. W.
Burgess, Columbus,
O. 3-7-'25.
621--Decorated pottery; exhibit of S. A.
Weller Co., Zanesville,
O., presented 3-24-'25.
622--Sewer pipe; exhibit of Evans Pipe
Co., Uhrichsville, O.,
presented 3-24-'25.
623--China; exhibit of Crooksville China
Co., Crooksville, O.,
presented 3-24-'25.
624--Tile; exhibit of American Encaustic
Tiling Co., Zanes-
ville, O., presented 3-24-'25.
625--Glassware; exhibit of Federal Glass
Co., Columbus, O.,
presented 3-24-'25.
626--Stoneware; exhibit of E. Houghton
& Co., Dalton, O.,
presented 3-24-'25.
250 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
627--China, exhibit of the Sebring
Pottery Co., Sebring, O.,
presented 3-24-'25.
628--Insulators; exhibit of the Mogadore
Insulator Co., Moga-
dore, O., presented 3-24-'25.
629--Porcelain tubes; presented by the
Montgomery Porcelain
Products Co., 3-24-'25.
630--Grinding wheels; presented by the
A. A. Simmonds-Day-
ton Co., Dayton, O., 3-24-'25.
631--Chemical stoneware; presented by
the M. A. Knight Co.,
E. Akron, O., 3-24-'25.
632--Brick and tile; exhibit of Federal
Clay Products Co., Min-
eral City, O., presented 3-24-'25.
633--Glassware; exhibit of A. H. Heisey
& Co., Newark, O., pre-
sented 6-20-'25.
634--Brick; exhibit of the Stark Brick
Co., Canton, O., pre-
sented 3-24-'25.
635--Historical specimens; presented by
Mrs. F. L. Cornell,
Black Lick, O., 3-24-'25.
636--Sharp's rifle; presented by Mr. P.
A. Lanius, Columbus,
O., 3-28-'25.
637--Brick, exhibit of the Massillon
Refractories Co., Massil-
lon, O., presented 3-30-'25.
638--Brick; exhibit of the Pyro Clay
Products Co., Oakhill, O.,
presented 3-30-'25.
639--Russian Imperial Notes; presented
by Mr. Peter B. Baggs,
Columbus, O., 3-30-25.
640--Steubenville & Indiana R. R.,
record book; presented by
Mr. Milo Custer.
641--Hobble for horses; presented by Mr.
F. W. Tracht, Galion,
O., 4-3-'25.
642--Sewer pipe; exhibit of Rush Creek
Clay Co., presented
4-4-'25.
643--Sewer pipe; exhibit of Columbus
Clay Mfg. Co., Colum-
bus, O., presented 4-4-'25.
644--Old maps of Illinois and Iowa;
presented by Mr. W. H.
Edwards, Columbus, O., 4-5-'25.
645--Minutes of Socialist Labor Party,
Columbus Section, 1915-
1916.
646--Records of the Tyndall Association,
presented by Dr. Cur-
tis C. Howard, Columbus, O., 4-16-'25.
647--Fusedi Silica products; presented
by the Thermal Syndi-
cate Ltd., Brooklyn, N. Y., 4-17-'25.
648--Historical specimens; presented by
Mr. Charles M. Emer-
son, Columbus, O., 4-21-'25.
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649--Old book (1818); presented by Mr.
K. F. Briggs, Colum-
bus, O., 4-28-'25.
650--Marble bust of Pres. James A. Garfield, presented
by Dr.
Harry Cope, Columbus, O., 4-28-'25.
80--(addition) Paintings; presented by
Mrs. W. H. Deshler,
Columbus, O., 4-30-'25.
564--Portrait of Arthur H. Wright;
loaned by Ohio State Uni-
versity, 5-4-'25.
651--Photostat of drawing; presented by
Mr. Philip Hinkle,
Cincinnati, O., 5-11-'25.
652--Wagon jack; presented by Mrs. Mary
L. Goedway, Co-
lumbus, O., 5-14-'25.
653--Spinning wheel; presented by Mr. O.
F. McKin, Hocking-
port, O., 5-16-'25.
648--(addition) Chest of drawers;
presented by Mrs. Ella May
Emerson, Columbus, O., 5-I6-'25.
654--Copy of "Massachusetts
Spy" July 17, 1776; loaned by
Mr. John M. Harding, Lorain, O.,
5-26-'25.
655--Transit used by William Starling
Sullivant; presented by
Mr. James Linn Rodgers, Columbus, O.,
5-27-'25.
656--Paul Jones medal; loaned by Mrs.
Harry Fitzgerald, Co-
lumbus, O., 6-2-'25.
657--Journal of Ennis Duncan, 1814-15;
presented by Mr. J.
E. Duncan, Rock Mills, O., 6-3-'25.
658--Charter and flags (2) of Ohio State
University Post No.
150, American Legion, presented 6-5-'25.
659--Battle flag of 5th Ohio Vol.
Cavalry; loaned by Adjt. Gen.
of Ohio, 6-15-'25.
660--Flags of 11th O. V.
I., loaned by Adjt. Gen. of Ohio, 6-
15-'25.
661--Sword of Major Goodale; presented
by Frank D. Potter,
New York City, N. Y., 6-15-'25.
662--Shot gun; presented by children of
Jesse Burnett, 6-23-'25.
663--Muster roll of Capt. Harper's Co.
of riflemen, 1813; pre-
sented by Mr. H. H. Limes, Greenfield,
O., 6-28-'25.
664--German money; presented by Mr. M.
J. Peck, Sturgis,
Mich., 7-8-'25.
665--Bicycle of obsolete type; loaned by
Mr. James O. Kennedy.
Columbus, O., 7-9-'25.
666--Japanese sword and air rifle;
loaned by James May, Co-
lumbus, O., 7-10-'25.
667--Umbrellas (2) of old style;
presented by Miss Elmira
Schoch, Columbus, O., 7-16-'25.
668--Boomerangs, various types; loaned
by Mr. J. H. Swoyer,
Columbus, O., 7-16-'25.
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Society Publications
524--(addition) Rifle, pistol and
cartridge; Mr. W. E. Hight-
shoe, Columbus, O., 7-19-'25.
648--(addition) Books, (3) on Indian
subjects; presented by
Mr. C. M. Emerson, Columbus, O., 7-22-'25.
669--Antique bottle, and English watch
movement; presented by
Mr. Lawrence Riston, Columbus, O.,
7-26-'25.
670--Badges (2) with portraits of
Lincoln and Hamlin; pre-
sented by Mr. Ellis Lovejoy, Columbus,
O., 7-27-'25.
671--Model of Pullman car; loaned by Mr.
Richard Burrington,
Columbus, O., 7-29-'25.
672--Medal of Civil War period;
presented by Mr. C. R. Hop-
wood, Columbus, O., 7-31-'25.
673--Historic canes; presented by Mr. A.
B. Arment, Columbus,
O., 8-24-'25.
674--Historical material; presented by
Mr. H. M. Tanner,
Tampa, Florida, 8-27-'25.
675--Historical material and military
trappings; presented by
Mr. H. S. Duboy, Cleveland, O., 8-27-'25.
676--Pioneer farming implements;
presented by Mr. R. R. Douce,
Marion, O., 8-29-'25.
677--Collection of guns, swords, etc.;
loaned by Mr. Carl G.
Zwerner, Miami, Fla., 9-2-'25.
648--(addition) China cups and saucer; presented by Mr. C.
M. Emerson, Columbus, O., 9-2-'25.
444--(addition) Historical material; presented by Miss M.
Taylor, Columbus, O., 9-4-'25.
524--(addition) Firearms; by Mr. W. E.
Hightshoe, Colum-
bus, O., 9-13-'25.
653--(addition) Historical material; presented by' Miss O.
F.
McKim, Parkersburg, W. Virginia, 9-22-'25.
678--Historic document; presented by Mr.
Arthur C. Johnson,
Columbus, O., 9-22-'25.
679--Photostat copy of letter signed by
Cornwallis, 9-22-'25.
680--Antique stand cover; presented by
Mrs. E. F. Wood, Co-
lumbus. O., 9-23-'25.
681--Engraving; portrait of Stephen A.
Douglas; received 9-
23-'25.
682--Saddlebags and other relics;
presented by Mr. Quay Grimes,
Columbus, O., 9-24-'25.
683--Foreign money; presented by Mr.
Irvin Chawes, Colum-
bus, O., 9-28-'25.
684--Brick, from McLean House in
Appomattox, presented by
Prof. J. S. Myers, Dept. Journalism,
Ohio State Univer-
sity, 9-28-'25.
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186--(addition) Mrs. Gardiner adds 13
dolls to collection, 10-
3-'25.
NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION
9--(addition) Mastodon and elk teeth; presented by Mr. C.
M. Ault, Piketon, O., 2-20-'25.
29--Collection of mussel shells,
presented by Mrs. F. L. Cornell,
Black Lick, O., 3-24-'25.
30--Specimen of coral; presented by Mr.
E. P. Wilson, Colum-
bus, O., 5-16-'25.
31--Fossil shark tooth; presented by Mr.
H. C. Baird, Pata-
skala, O., 8-24-'25.
32--Stalactite; presented by Mr. E. W.
Eley, New Orleans,
La., 8-30-'25.
33--Dolomite Geodes; collected by
Curator of Mineralogy,
field work, 9-19-'25.
??4--(addition) Pyrite crystals;
presented by Mr. Philip Kientz,
9-7-'25.
ACCESSIONS TO ARCHEOLOGICAL COLLECTION
320--Stone pestle, celt and flint arrow
points, Fairfield Co., O.,
presented by Mr. E. L. Porter, Columbus,
O., 10-10-'24.
321--Artifacts from Summit Co., O.,
presented by Mr. C. W.
Franks, Fairlawn, O., 12-5-'24.
322--Small collection of Archaeological
specimens from Gov.
James E. Campbell estate; presented
1-26-'25.
323--Ceremonial object, banded slate;
presented by Mr. Alan
McClain, Washington C. H., O., 2-5-'25.
324--Archaeological collection of Mr. B.
G. Lamme, deposited
by Ohio State University, 3-24-'25.
325--Mexican figurines of clay;
presented by Mr. P. A. Lanius,
Columbus, O., 3-28-'25.
326--Archaeological specimens, loaned by
Mr. C. S. Pealer, Dan-
ville, O., 4-13-'25.
327--Archaeological collection of Mr.
Quay Grimes, Columbus,
O., presented by him 4-16-'25.
328--Grooved stone axe; presented by Mr.
E. L. Knowles, Co-
lumbus, O., 4-16-'25.
329--
330--Effigy snail, purchased, 6-3-'24.
331--(addition) Arrowpoints, 5-4-'25.
196--(addition) Slate ceremonial, purchased, 5-4-'25.
275--(addition) Material from Fox Field,
Kentucky, presented
by Mr. Philip Hinkle, Cincinnati, O.,
5-29-'25.
237--(addition) Archaeological specimens, by Mr. J. E.
Dun-
can, Rock Mills, O., 6-3-'25.
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331--Archaeological collection of Mr. H.
H. Limes, Greenfield,
O., presented 6-28-'25.
332--Material from Rock Shelter at
Canter's Caves, Jackson
Co., O., consisting of moccasins, bits
of woven fabric, net-
ting, implements and skeletal remains of
unusual char-
acter. Presented by Mr. G. N. Miller,
Jackson, O., 8-
6-'25.
332--(addition) Skeletal remains from another Rock Shelter
at Canter's Caves.
286--(addition) Dr. E. C. Mills adds to
collection, 8-30-'25.
I wish to thank the Board of Trustees
for their great kind-
ness and helpfulness to me in all
matters pertaining to Museum
work. Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) WM. C. MILLS,
Director.
On motion the report was received and
ordered filed.
REPORT OF THE MEMORIAL BUILDING
COMMITTEE
General Edward Orton, Jr., Chairman of
the Me-
morial Building Committee, read the
following report:
To the Board of Trustees of the Ohio
State Archeological and
Historical Society.
GENTLEMEN:--On behalf of the Building
Committee the
following report of work done in this
field is submitted for the
past year.
The Building. The World War Memorial Wing has been
completed during the current year and
has been available for oc-
cupation for a number of months, but no
extensive use has yet
been made of it because funds have not
yet been made available
for the lighting fixtures, cases,
furniture, and other necessities.
The progress in the closing stages in
the building itself have
been extraordinarily slow and would have
occasioned the So-
ciety very serious inconvenience had we
been ready to equip
and occupy the rooms properly. In view
of our unreadiness in
this respect, the apparent dilatoriness
of the various contractors
in completing their work has occasioned
no really serious handi-
cap to the Society.
In endeavoring to fix the responsibility
for these delays, the
contractors have insisted with apparent
force that they have
themselves been seriously handicapped by
difficulty in getting
drawings from the University architect,
and that a great deal,
if not all, of the delay should in
justice be brought back to his
Fortieth Annual Meeting 255
organization. Without attempting at this
time to fix the blame,
or put the responsibility upon any one
person, your Chairman
is of the opinion that in future
building operations, it would be
well to consider at least the
feasibility of employing an architect
whose responsibility to the Society for
putting construction
through in a rapid and business-like way
would be clear and
definite. It should be borne in mind, of
course, that the funds
expended by this Society for buildings
are in the opinion of the
Attorney General necessarily
administered through the State
Architect's office, who in turn
functions under the Director of
Highways under the present State
organization. A mooted ques-
tion is involved here. It is the opinion
of many, representing
universities and other institutions
which are partially supported
by state funds and partially by funds
from other resources, that
the control now claimed by the State
over their building pro-
grams would not stand, if submitted to a
fight in the courts.
Thus far this question has not been
definitely raised, and there-
fore not settled. Under the present
administration, the Uni-
versity is allowed to employ an
architect of its own and take care
of its own building program, only as a
matter of friendly co-
operation and subject to the approval of
the State Architect.
The State administration claims the
right to supervise, and if
necessary control, the policy of the
University in this matter
at any time. It seems likely that this
question will soon be forced
to the front and adjudicated on the
initiative of some one of the
quasi-State Institutions, whose
responsibility to the State is less
clear and direct than that of the Ohio
State University. Mean-
while it is not thought wise by this
Committee for this Society
to take leadership in forcing this
matter to an issue, inasmuch
as our own building program is small and
likely to remain so,
and the onus of proving our rights to
expend money for a build-
ing program, may perhaps better be left
to fall upon those insti-
tutions to whom the question is more
vital.
During the current year this matter did
receive somewhat
extensive consideration at one time, but
in connection with an-
other phase of the subject, which will
be described later.
The World War Memorial Wing is now
complete with the
exception of a very few minor details in
the rotunda. The
bronze capitals for the tops of the
marble columns are yet to be
placed, and the electric light fixtures
throughout the wing are
yet to be purchased and placed, but the
structure as such may
be said to be complete, and the Society is invited to
inspect the
work of this Committee at this annual
meeting.
The Bronze Memorial Features. The provision of four
large bronze panels representing
different stages or aspects of
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the World War to occupy the four spaces
in the rotunda, and
the bronze figure of Victory occupying
the pedestal upon the
front steps of this wing, represent the
most ambitious effort that
this Society has thus far made to
achieve a Memorial of real dis-
tinction as a work of art. The
difficulties encountered in getting
this work done through State
appropriations have been very con-
siderable. There seemed no precedents
governing such a case,
and as is usual in getting action
through State officials in matters
where a precedent has not already been
set, it is a time-consuming
and tremendously wearing process. This
is said without any
animus whatever, because we fully
appreciate all the difficulties
and dangers under which the officials
themselves stand. In the
present instance, our contracts were
somewhat assisted by the
fact that the $50,000 appropriated for
the execution of these
heroic bronzes could be construed as
having come from private
sources, inasmuch as a sum in excess of
$50,000 was contributed
to this Memorial Wing from funds left
over from voluntary en-
tertainments at Camp Sherman during the
war, the money com-
ing to us through the kind intervention
of Governor Cox, and at
the direct solicitation of our revered
former President, Governor
Campbell. These funds were expended, it
will be remembered,
in starting the construction of this
wing, at a time before the
legislature made appropriation for
building. When the legis-
lature acted, it gave the amount
calculated by the architect to
complete the building, with $50,000
additional to be allocated
to the bronze work, in replacement of
the amount which the So-
ciety had already spent upon the
building. In this sense, there-
fore, the Building Committee has felt
that they had a moral
right to exercise a rather free hand in
the selection of the sculp-
tor, and in supervising the execution of
his work.
In the course of this work, the
selection of a sculptor, who
should be at the same time the artistic
creator of the design and
the contractor to furnish the finished
bronze features, and other
questions as to whether the work should
be let without securing
competitive bids, as would be required
in the case of any other
part of the building, were raised. The
authorities in the State
Architect's office and the Highway
Director's office, and the At-
torney General's office all saw and
recognized the moral right
of the Society, to appoint a suitable
sculptor, and also recognized
the danger of attempting to award
contracts for work of that
sort to the lowest bidder, and they also
recognized the particular
propriety in the Society's insistance on
its own prerogatives in
this case, because of the source of its
funds. Accordingly they
cooperated splendidly with the
Committee, and raised as few
troublesome questions as they could, and
the contract was let in
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due course of time. In the course of the
approval of the work
of the sculptor, on stages of his work,
the question of authority
did come to the front, this time in
connection with the ex-
act placing of the statue on the front
steps of the wing. In this
case, the opinion of the Building
Committee, or a sub-commit-
tee of it which handled all questions
relating to the artistic side
of this program, was practically evenly
divided. The State Arch-
??tect's office then decided that they had the
determining voice in
the matter, on the ground that the
authority to settle the whole
program rested in the last analysis in
their hands. The Building
Committee unitedly opposed settling the
matter on that basis,
and insisted that the State Architect's
authority could not under
any conditions be construed as anything
more than collateral.
They set up the claim that the Society
and the State Architect
together could make a decision, but
neither could make it sepa-
rately. This condition was pressed with
good feeling on both
sides, and ultimately was taken to the
Attorney General's office,
the Society's side of the argument being
presented in carefully
prepared brief by Colonel Simeon Nash.
The Attorney General's
office decided that in the present
instance, because the State
Architect had entered into a contract
jointly with the Society
for the execution of these bronzes, that
under the terms of this
particular contract the State was bound
as the Society claimed,
but by implication ruled that in regard
to the building itself, we
had no power. Under this ruling the
State Architect very grace-
fully yielded the point, and withdrew
his claim of complete juris-
diction, and the Committee with equal
grace then voted to accept
the position of the statue which the
State Architect favored. In
this way, a disagreeable and possibly
dangerous situation was
avoided.
Time has been taken to set these
particulars out, merely
for the purpose of reminding the
Society, that it is a quasi-pub-
lic organization, which represents money
from the State by ap-
propriation and also represents money
from other sources by
donation, and that it expends its funds
under a state charter, duly
granted, and is therefore not in the
position, with respect to ex-
penditure of these funds, of a purely
state department. It has
certain rights and privileges which it
should retain, and while
the factor which won in the present
instance was construed by
the Attorney General's office to rest on
the fortuitous existence
of a special contract, the members of
the Society who have fol-
lowed the case believe that the Society
can successfully set forth
its rights on a surer and broader ground.
This topic is recom-
mended to the legal department of this
Society, not with refer-
ence to any particular cause, since all
issues concerning the pres-
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258 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
ent building are complete, but with
reference to the policy of
the organization in its future building operations.
Relative to the status of the bronze
work, the Committee
is pleased to be able to report that the
heroic statue of the Vic-
torious soldier, occupying the front
steps of the building, is in
position and ready for unveiling at the
time of the dedication of
the building. The four memorial tablets
for the rotunda are all
modelled and are now in the hands of the
bronze founder, two
having been cast, and the other two now
in process of prepara-
tion for casting. The sculptor reports
that the bronzes will all
be ready for shipment in January, 1926.
There is no reason now
apparent why they cannot be placed in
position, and the last
touches given them, in ample time for a
dedicatory service on
April 6th, which is the eighth
anniversary of the entrance of the
United States into the World War.
The selection of the date of the
dedication, and the arrange-
ment of the program for it, are in the
hands of a special com-
mittee, it is understood, and are not a
function of the building
committee. The Building Committee
believes that when the
building is completed by the placing of
these bronzes, Ohio
will stand out in an absolutely unique
way among the states of
the union, in the action it has taken in
memory of its participation
in the World War. There have been
ambitious memorials con-
structed by several of the states, and
doubtless many others will
be built, but nothing similar to this,
and nothing telling the story
so eloquently and so beautifully and in
so distinctive a way, has
yet been proposed. It is believed that
the Society has been very
fortunate indeed in the selection of the
sculptor, Mr. Bruce
Wilder Saville, who has devoted an
enormous amount of labor
and thought to this task, and the
Society is under the greatest
obligation to the members of this
sub-committee on art, a num-
ber of whom, though not members of the
Society, have con-
tributed their advice and time without
stint in the carrying of
this project through to an impressive
conclusion.
The Building Committee feels that this
should be its last
report in connection with this work, as
what remains to be done
is more or less perfunctory, all
questions of judgment and policy
having been now settled, and the
physical work all accomplished
with the exception of a few small
details. The Committee may
retain its existence until the building
is formally dedicated. if
the Society so desire.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) EDWARD ORTON, JR.,
Chairman.
On motion the report was ordered
received and filed.
Fortieth Annual Meeting 259
REPORT OF THE MUSEUM COMMITTEE
Vice President George F. Bareis,
Chairman of the
Committee, read the following report:
The Museum Committee held one
well-attended meeting on
June 17, 1925. Director Mills outlined
his plans for the occu-
pation of the new building, as to
departments and space. Pro-
fessor Hine, the new Curator of Natural
History, was present
and made a report as to his plans and
progress. The commit-
tee heartily approved the plans and
programs.
Doctor J. M. Henderson, a member of the
Committee, dis-
cussed the advisability of establishing
a Department of Numis-
matics, and volunteered to lend his
assistance. He is Presi-
dent of the American Numismatic Society,
and has a large col-
lection of coins of his own. Doctor
Henderson was chosen
Honorary Curator.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) GEORGE F. BAREIS,
Chairman.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORT ANCIENT
Dr B. F. Prince, Chairman.of the
Committee, read the fol-
lowing report:
Your committee on Fort Ancient would
report that so
far as the appearance of the grounds is
concerned, everything is
in good condition. Even with the dry
weather the grass was
green almost every where. Some
improvements have been made.
Thirty rods of fence have been built,
costing $33.50. Twenty
thousand shingles and nails, at a cost
of $140.00 are on hand
for use on the barn. Gravel was hauled
on the road in places
where most needed, and a number of minor
repairs were made.
The amount expended to July 1st, 1925,
was $315.00. Bills for
hauling gravel since that time have not
been rendered.
The bad feature to report has been the
lack of water. From
a depth of twelve to eight feet of water
usually in the well, it
fell to eighteen inches, and at that
stage very little, or none,
could be secured.
Much dissatisfaction was expressed by
visitors at this con-
dition, with reflections on the
custodian, directors of the So-
ciety, and the state of Ohio. In view of this situation
two mem-
bers of your committee spent a day in
study of the condition,
and as a result they somewhat
overstepped their authority in or-
dering another and deeper well put down.
They did this firmly
260 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
believing that the people should be
accommodated. The well is
not quite finished.
The number of people who visit the fort
on the Sabbath
day runs from 1500 to 2000. Even on last
Sabbath, dark and
gloomy and rainy, there were one hundred automobiles
present,
perhaps with five hundred people. Our
Society must take care
of them in the best possible way.
The present graveled road was built
about twenty-five years
ago, when only poky horses, drawing vehicles,
now and then,
found their way into the Fort. The road
was a good one for
its day, built at an expense of about
$150.00. But the rapid
automobile can tear any graveled road to
pieces, and that is
what they are doing with our road at
Fort Ancient. Then, too,
the road was built as a single-track.
When carriages passed each
other they had to turn on the grass. The
same must be done by
the automobiles now. What is needed is a
road wide enough for
vehicles to pass each other without
leaving the roadway. It is
a matter that this Society ought to
prepare for presentation to
our next General Assembly.
It may not be amiss to present another
thing. With the
crowds that gather weekly at the Fort
during the warm season,
there ought to be a person who will give
his whole time in that
part of the grounds where the people
park their autos. He could
prevent fires from being built against
trees, rough treatment of
the state's property, and any violation
of good order, and also
be a source of information to the people
who gather there. The
people of our state are disposed to make
certain places a point
for gathering, as Buckeye Lake, Indian
Lake, Fort Ancient, and
other favorite points, all being state
property, and the state can
afford to make its own grounds pleasing
to the people.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) B. F. PRINCE,
(Signed) JOHN L. ZIMMERMAN.
The report was ordered received and
placed on file.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SERPENT MOUND
Professor W. H. Cole, Chairman of the
Committee,
read the following report:
The general conditions at Serpent Mound
Park during the
past year have been satisfactory. The
custodian, Mr. Guy Wal-
lace, has been reasonably watchful and
efficient in looking after
the property.
Fortieth Annual Meeting 261
In addition to the usual repairs and
upkeep, it became neces-
sary to reroof the dwelling of the
custodian, including a new
roof over the porch, and to repair the
summer-house. This has
been done at a cost of $127.47.
The great increase of visitors at the
Park has required an
additional supply of drinking water and
made it necessary to
drill an additional well on the
premises. This has been done at
a cost, including casing and pump, of $198.20.
The rapidly increasing number of
visitors at the Park is
evidence of the popularity of the place.
While doubtless some
of these are attracted to the Park as a
pleasant place to go for
an outing, all are more or less
impressed with the historic and
archaeological interest of the great serpent effigy.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) W. H. COLE,
(Signed) W. C. MILLS,
Committee.
The report was received and placed on
file.
At this point the Chairman appointed Mr.
E. F.
Wood, Hon. Van A. Snider, and Mrs. Orson
D. Dryer,
as a committee to nominate successors to
the Trustees
whose terms expire.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORT MEIGS,
FORT
MIAMI AND THE BATTLEFIELD OF FAL-
LEN TIMBERS.
President Arthur C. Johnson read the
following
report of the committee:
Your Committee on Fort Meigs, Fort Miami
and Fallen
Timbers respectfully report as follows,
viz.:
Fort Meigs:--
This splendid property has been well
maintained by the
Commission in whose care it has been
placed. The rapid de-
velopment of this suburban territory has
resulted in a gradual
increase in the number of visitors to
this interesting old fortress.
The monument erected last year to honor
the memory of the
Pittsburgh Blues has proven quite a
drawing card for the many
visitors.
262 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
Fort Miami:--
We regret to report that this property
is still in the hands
of owners who do not seem much
interested in its historic value.
Fallen Timbers:--
At this writing the State Architect is
engaged in landscap-
ing the site chosen for the future
monument to honor the mem-
ory of a great soldier and mark an
historic spot. It will be re-
called that two years ago the
Legislature appropriated $2,000 for
this purpose. We had asked for $40,000 for the
complete proj-
ect. Last winter at the instance of some
of our friends we asked
the State for $20,000 and the
Congress for $20,000. The former
appropriated $15,000 and the latter
gave us nothing. With but
$15,000
to build a $40,000 memorial your Committee
was some-
what at a loss to know how to. proceed.
It was finally decided,
with the informal approval of your
Board, to proceed with the
concrete foundations and a finished
granite pedestal so designed
that it may be considered a finished
product, even though the
bronze superstructure is never placed.
This program seemed to
meet with the approval of all parties
concerned, and along these
lines we are now proceeding.
Very respectfully submitted,
(Signed) W. J. SHERMAN,
Chairman.
The report was ordered received and
placed on file.
President Johnson stated that the State
Architect
adopted the plans suggested by the
committee for the
improvements at Fallen Timbers, and
also explained
the situation at Campus Martius, asking
whether the
Society wished to express its wishes as
to future ac-
tion. No action was taken by the
Society.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LOGAN ELM
PARK
General George Florence, Chairman of
the Com-
mittee, read the following report:
As chairman of the Logan Elm Park
committee, I respect-
fully submit the following report for 1925.
There has been no further damage by wind
or lightning
to the Great Elm, and from all visible
appearances it is in a very
Fortieth Annual Meeting 263
healthy condition, even though it
carries the scars of the dam-
age caused by storm three years ago.
The General Gibson Grove that was
planted a year ago is
growing, with few losses, and they are
being replaced.
Thousands of people continue to visit
this historic old tree
annually. On October 4th the
Ohio History Day Association
held its annual meeting at the Park, and
with most unfavorable
weather conditions had more than 3000
people present. Mr.
John Wilson very kindly donated the use
of a field -- had he
not done so there would not have been
room to park the auto-
mobiles. It is hoped that additional
land can be secured soon.
The road leading from the Columbus and
Portsmouth road
was widened to the entrance of the park
during the summer.
This adds very much to the safety of
visitors arriving from and
departing in that direction.
(Signed) GEORGE FLORENCE,
Chairman,.
The report was duly received and ordered
placed on
file.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BIG BOT-
TOM PARK
Secretary Galbreath read the following
report:
The Park is in good condition, and we
have not been trou-
bled by trespassing campers during the
past year.
(Signed) ENFIELD BROKAW.
The report was ordered received and
placed on file.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL
SOCIETIES
Mr. H. R. McPherson, Chairman of the
Committee,
read the following report:
At a very recent date I received
notification that I am Chair-
man of this committee, hence nothing
constructive has been at-
tempted by the committee, and there is
little to report. During
the past few days I have hurriedly
collected a few facts which
will be briefly presented.
During the past year a list of
Historical Societies was pre-
pared by C. B. Galbreath, Secretary of
the Ohio State Arch-
aeological and Historical Society, which is believed to
include
264 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
practically all that are in existence at
the present time. Many
of the local societies organized at an
earlier date are no longer
in existence. Others supposed to still have an organization
have not responded to letters of
inquiry.
Ohio Historical and Philosophical
Society, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Joseph Wilby, President; Frederick W.
Hinkle, Recording Sec-
retary.
The Western Reserve Historical Society.
William P. Pal-
mer, President; Wallace H. Cathcart,
Vice President and Di-
rector.
The Firelands Historical Society.
Honorable C. P. Wick-
ham, President, Norwalk, Ohio; A. D.
Sanders, Recording Sec-
retary, Norwalk, Ohio.
Preble County Historical Society, H. R.
McPherson, Presi-
dent, Eldorado, Ohio; Frank Mitchell,
Secretary-Treasurer,
Eaton, Ohio.
Tuscarawas County Historical Society,
Rev. J. E. Weinland,
President, Dover, Ohio.
Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio,
George E. Pom-
eroy, President; N. O. Winters,
Secretary, Toledo, Ohio.
Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical
Association, Clif-
ford T. Hanson, President; Eugene
Reinfrank, Secretary.
Tallmadge Historical Society, Tallmadge,
Ohio. Charles
H. Wright, President, Tallmadge, Ohio;
Mrs. Charles H. Wright,
Secretary.
Seneca County Historical and
Archaeological Society. Rev.
F. L. Hultgen, President; Frank Dildine,
Secretary, Tiffin, Ohio.
Sandusky County Pioneer Association,
Fremont, Ohio. A.
E. Culbert, President, Fremont, Ohio; B.
A. Fouche, Secretary,
Fremont, Ohio.
Franklin County Pioneer Association,
Columbus, Ohio.
Major L. F. Sullivant, President,
Columbus, Ohio.
Fairfield County Historical Society.
Judge Van A. Snider,
President, Lancaster, Ohio; Captain Otto
J. Kinder, Secretary.
Clark County Historical Society. Benjamin F. Prince,
President, Springfield, Ohio.
Allen County Historical Society, Lima,
Ohio. Ezekiel
Owen, President, Lima, Ohio; Miss Ella
Pillars, Secretary and
Curator, Lima, Ohio.
Greenville Historical Society, Greenville, Ohio. J. J.
O'Brien, President; Frazer E. Wilson,
Secretary.
Very recently the newspapers of
Jefferson, Ohio, carried
the information that the Historical Society of
Ashtabula County
is about to be reorganized for active
work.
Fortieth Annual Meeting 265
Should error appear in this list through
change of officers,
omission of active Societies, suspension
of activities of others, or
otherwise, a correction will be appreciated.
It is hoped that some definite outline
of activity can be
arranged for this Committee, and that a
substantial report of
some achievement may be heard by another
year. The Chair-
man firmly believes that this Committee can accomplish
great good
in awakening dormant local interest in
things historical as well
as in making an effort to induce these
various Historical So-
cieties to adopt a policy of intimate
affiliation with this Society
which is certain to prove mutually
beneficial.
In lieu of making a formal report I have
been requested,
additionally, to comment briefly upon
the activities of the Preble
County Historical Society of which I am
a member. It is one
of the youngest of kindred organizations
in the state, having
been functioning but four years. During
that short period, and
in conjunction with the active
representations and counsels of
the State Society, it has successfully
founded one of the most
beautiful of similar parks in the state.
By arousing local senti-
ment to the point of complete
cooperation and assistance it was
easily possible to induce the
Legislature to appropriate money
for the purpose of purchasing the site,
erecting buildings and
maintenance features. Subsequent to this public interest has
been retained and even
strengthened. Tremendous value has
thus far been vested in the park site,
including donations of
varied description, labor, professional
services, and materials,
all in addition to the money furnished
by the state and, the valua-
tion of the eleven acre forestry
project, planted under the super-
vision of the State Forestry
Department. The aggregate of
values vested in the park site will
surpass $21,000.00
These features are mentioned to fortify
the claim that the
public is eager to seize the opportunity
to avail itself of the ad-
vantages afforded in an enterprise of
this sort. It but remains
for some organization to assume the
initiative, mould public opin-
ion and offer suggestions as to the
things required, and public
support will rally to the call for
assistance.
It is essential to note, however, that
local sentiment must
be swayed to the point of action if such
a venture is to survive.
Support will be readily tendered by the
state if it is evident that
local interest is manifested to the
degree of full appreciation,
once it is bequeathed.
From our experience the error of calling
upon the state
for financial support for various
historical projects, when local
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sentiment has not been aroused to the
point of appreciation and
to a large degree, self-support, is too
frequently committed.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) H. R. MCPHERSON.
The report was ordered received and
placed on file.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EARLY
OHIO SCHOOL BOOKS
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. John
R. Horst,
read the following report:
Your committee on Ohio Early School
Books respectfully
reports that it has completed a fair
collection of the books
relating to the National Normal
University of Lebanon, Ohio.
This collection includes the works of
Alfred Holbrook, founder
and president of the university in its
best days, and also the
works of certain pupils of the school.
The collection is not
complete and more books' will be added
as they may be pro-
cured. The list now presented is as
follows:
"School Management", by Alfred
Holbrook (two copies),
presented by Judge David Davis of Cincinnati,
Ohio, and John
R. Horst, of Columbus, Ohio, one copy
each.
"Normal Methods", by Alfred
Holbrook (two copies), pre-
sented by Judge David Davis of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and John
R. Horst of Columbus, Ohio, one copy
each.
"Training Lessons in English Grammar",
by Alfred Hol-
brook (two copies), presented by S. F.
Harriman of Columbus,
Ohio, and Judge David Davis of
Cincinnati, Ohio, one copy
each.
"Complete English Grammar", by
Alfred Holbrook (two
copies), presented by Judge David Davis
and John R. Horst,
one copy each.
"Supplement and Key to New English
Grammar," by Al-
fred Holbrook, presented by Judge David
Davis.
"Reminiscences of a Happy
Life", by Alfred Holbrook,
presented by Judge David Davis.
"Outline of U. S. History", by
R. Heber Holbrook, pre-
sented by M. E. Thrailkill of Columbus,
Ohio.
"The New Method or School
Expositions", by R. Heber
Holbrook, presented by John R. Horst of
Columbus, Ohio.
"First Latin Lessons", by
Irene Holbrook (Clark), pre-
sented by Miss Bernice Evans of Lebanon,
Ohio, and Miss
Venetia Garwood of Lebanon, Ohio, one
copy each.
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"The Normal Debater", by
Oliver P. Kinsey (two copies),
presented by S. F. Harriman of Columbus,
Ohio, and Dr. J. W.
Jones, of Columbus, Ohio, one copy each.
"Method in Education", by
Ruric N. Roark, presented by
Jerry Dennis of Columbus, Ohio.
"The Practical Study of
Rhetoric", by Emma Dailey
Baber, presented by Lucile B. Berry of
Lebanon, Ohio.
"The Education of Robert, a Deaf
Boy", by J. W. Jones,
presented by John R. Horst, of Columbus,
Ohio.
The chairman of this committee does not
believe it would
be out of order here to add a few words
concerning Alfred Hol-
brook and the institution that he
founded and conducted. The
National Normal University opened its
first session in the
Lebanon Academy on November 24th, 1855,
under the manage-
ment of Mr. Holbrook under the name of
the South Western
Normal School. In 1870 the name was
changed to the National
Normal School. In 1881 the name was
again changed, to The
National Normal University. Mr.
Holbrook, as a teacher, was
really the whole institution; and, while
under his care, it met
with a large measure of success. In 1897
he severed his con-
nection with the school. The school
remained open for some
years but it was finally compelled to
close its doors.
Alfred Holbrook at the head of the
National Normal Uni-
versity had a tremendous influence in
the formation of ideals
and character in the people of Ohio and
surrounding states. He
had the happy faculty of knowing each
pupil personally. It can
easily be believed that President
Holbrook came in personal con-
tact with more boys and girls, students,
than any other one
teacher in the state during the period
that he was in active con-
trol of the school, and that in each
instance such personal con-
tact resulted in the betterment of the
student. The urge so im-
parted, to do, to be better, to gain
greater knowledge, was un-
canny in its efficiency.
Another thing to be placed to the credit
of this master-
teacher is the fact that he insisted
upon keeping the price at
which an education could be had in the
institution at the mini-
mum. The sum of $38.00 for tuition for
one year, 48 weeks of
schooling; furnished rooms with a
caretaker for 40 to 60 cents
per week; board for one week, 21 meals, at from
$1.00 to $1.50
per week; brought hope, and finally an
education, to many a
young person who otherwise would have
quit in despair, ceased
to strive because of the expense.
It was the good fortune of President
Holbrook to serve his
country in quite another particular,
other than by teaching. He
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had the confidence of the people of the
southern states, and many
of his pupils came from that section.
This made it possible for
the school to do much towards removing
the barrier of hate and
misunderstanding that loomed up between
the North and the
South because of the Civil War. No one
understood this better
than President Holbrcok and he
continually used his good graces
to bring about friendly relations
between the pupils of these sec-
tions. The results were most excellent.
No southern pupil re-
turned to his home in the South without
a greater respect for
the people of the North. No northern
pupil, returned to his
home without a better understanding, a
greater sympathy, more
charity, for his brother of the South.
This better understand-
ing and higher degree of sympathy was in
a measure the leaven
that finally again made us one people.
And the product of Alfred Holbrook and
his school was
better men and women, imbued with his
ideal of thought and
work, better equipped for their
life-work, returning to their
homes to take up the affairs of their
home, their state, their
country. Particularly did he send out
great teachers, inspired
to teach as he had taught. They were to
be found in the public
school, in the private school, in the
college, in the university.
Others founded schools that they might
teach others his meth-
ods. 0. P. Kinsey and H. B. Brown took
themselves to Val-
paraiso, Indiana, and there established
a great university. H. S.
Lehr and Warren Darst went to Ada, Ohio,
and founded a pros-
perous institution based upon the
principles and methods of Al-
fred Holbrook. Emma Dailey went to
Huntington, Kentucky,
and found her life work in the Southern
Normal University.
Ruric N. Roark carried on as Dean of the
Department of Peda-
gogy of the Kentucky State University,
at Lexington, Kentucky.
Dr. J. W. Jones of the State School for
the Deaf, has made a
national reputation as a teacher of the
deaf and dumb. Others
might be mentioned, but these are
sufficient to show the class of
the pupils of Alfred Holbrook.
Your committee has quite a large
collection of other school
books of early days, but the same have not been
arranged and
classified for presentation to the
Society.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) JOHN R. HORST,
Chairman.
The report was ordered received and
placed on file.
Fortieth Annual Meeting 269
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS
Dr. F. C. Furniss, Chairman of the
Committee, read
the following report:
Since the last annual meeting the
QUARTERLY has been is-
sued as usual. There are now
thirty-three volumes complete,
and thirty-two of them have been bound
in cloth form. Vol-
ume 31 is temporarily out of print but a
reissue of it has been
ordered and will soon be ready for
distribution.
These publications continue increasingly
popular and the
supply is entirely inadequate to the
demand but practically equal
to the legal requirements of
distribution.
A thorough index to these publications
is needed, but no
appropriation has yet been provided for
that purpose.
In addition to the QUARTERLY there have
been published
within the past year two items of
importance. The first of these
is the second edition of Scenic and
Historic Ohio, with a road
map brought up to date with all points
of scenic and historic
interest located thereon. This edition
of this very popular pub-
lication is much enlarged over the one
previously issued. The
number published this time, it is
believed, will be adequate to
meet the large popular demand. Five
thousand copies of the
first edition were distributed and more
than a thousand requests
for the publication were received after
this issue was exhausted.
Anyone may have a copy of this
publication by calling for it at
the office of the Society or addressing
a letter to the Secretary and
enclosing five cents in postage.
There has also been published "The
Life of William Allen,
A Study in Western Democracy," by Reginald Charles McGrane,
Ph. D., professor of history in the
University of Cincinnati.
This book is written by one thoroughly equipped
to produce a
scholarly work and such it is. In
mechanical execution it pre-
sents a substantial and attractive
appearance. It is hoped that
the returns from this venture may be
sufficiently encouraging to
warrant other publications of a similar
character.
The first four volumes of the Hayes
Diary and Letters have
been published and partially
distributed. The fifth and final vol-
ume, containing the index to the set,
will soon be issued from
the press. A full set of these will be
sent in exchange to all his-
torical societies. Distribution has
already been made to the pub-
lic libraries of the state. (Signed)
F. C. FURNISS,
Chairman.
The report was ordered received and
placed on file.
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Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
Mr. Joseph C. Goodman stated that the
Committee
on Membership had no written report to
make, and prac-
tically no other report. The committee
held one meeting
and formulated a plan which is in the
hands of the Sec-
retary. The Committee appointed some
time ago to ar-
range for a tour of the state met
twice, the first meeting
being well attended, but at this
meeting it was voted to
postpone any proposed trip until
shortly before Labor
Day. About three weeks before Labor Day
a meeting
was called, but the attendance was not
as good as at the
first meeting, and the sentiment then
expressed was that
no action should be taken until the
annual meeting. The
secretary has sent out letters to the
members of the So-
ciety, and the matter is open for
discussion. There has
been some criticism because no more
definite action was
taken, but I think our action was
justified.
Secretary Galbreath stated that he has
received
nearly twenty letters from members who
indicate a
strong desire to make the trip the last
week of October,
and have asked to be remembered in
regard to any final
action with reference to it.
During the discussion of the proposed
trip Mr. Mc-
Pherson stated he would be pleased to
have such a trip
through Preble county.
Mr. Shetrone moved, That the trip be
postponed
until next year, and that arrangements
be made to visit
the Great Seip Mound during the
excavation to be made
there.
Mr. Wood moved, That all present who
will go on
such a trip this year arise.
The motion was carried. The Chairman
announced
that Mr. Goodman, as Chairman of the
Committee, will
Fortieth Annual Meeting 271
have charge of arrangements for the
proposed trip, and
suggested that members desiring to make
the tour com-
municate with him.
ASH CAVE
Mr. Bright stated that Ash Cave has
been turned
over to the State Forestry Department;
the state pur-
chased about 1200 acres of land, and
has made a state
park of it.
Mr. Wood, for the Committee on
Nominations
stated that the committee desires to
make its report in
two sections. We have with us today a
man who has
been on the Board of Trustees for some
thirty years, a
gentleman who has given of his.time and
ability, and
has always responded when called upon,
who has given
a lifetime of service to the public.
The committee rec-
ommended, first, that the Society elect
to an honorary
position of Trustee Emeritus Professor
Benjamin F.
Prince, of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Mills
seconded the
nomination.
Professor Prince was escorted to the
platform by
Mr. Wood, and was elected Trustee Emeritus
by ac-
clamation.
Mr. Wood, for the Committee, then
placed in nomi-
nation for the three vacancies now
existing on the
Board, Mr. Arthur C. Johnson, General
George Flor-
ence of Circleville, and Mr. Clarence
D. Laylin of Co-
lumbus, stating that the committee was
unanimous in
its recommendation.
General Orton seconded the nominations
and moved
that the Secretary cast the ballot of
the Society for the
three gentlemen nominated. Carried. The
Secretary
cast the ballot of the Society for Mr.
Arthur C. Johnson,
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General George Florence and Mr.
Clarence D. Laylin,
who were declared duly elected Trustees
for the term
of three years.
It was stated that the Committee on
Cooperation
with Ohio State University had no
report to make.
On motion the meeting recessed to 1:30
P. M.
AFTERNOON MEETING
The meeting was called to order by
President Ar-
thur C. Johnson, who stated:
It is with mingled feelings that I stand
before you this aft-
ernoon, a humble successor to the
beloved leader who so long
presided over the meetings of The Ohio
State Archaeological and
Historical Society. It is not for us to
express sorrow that our
friend has left us, but rather to
express gratitude to the Omnipo-
tent God for having given our friend so
long a life among us.
I am going to ask our Secretary to read
to you a set of resolu-
tions drawn in memory of Governor James
E. Campbell.
Mr. Galbreath then read the following:
JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL
IN MEMORIAM
WHEREAS, It has pleased Divine
Providence to call to his
final rest our President, co-worker and
friend, Honorable James
E. Campbell, formerly governor of Ohio,
and
WHEREAS, The members and friends of
Governor Camp-
bell, who are assembled in this annual meeting and who
recall
his genial presence, his happy remarks
and the grace with which
he presided one year ago and on former
occasions, must mingle
with pleasing recollections the poignant
regret that he cannot
be with us still, and
WHEREAS, This Society holds in grateful
memory his as-
sociation as a life member and his
service as President for six
years, and
WHEREAS, This service was continuously
active and to the
last moment of his life indicated his
unfailing interest in the
work of the Society, therefore
Be it resolved by the Ohio State
Archaological and His-
Fortieth Annual Meeting 273
torical Society, That in the death of Honorable James E. Camp-
bell the Society has lost its most
distinguished member, the state
an honored and patriotic servant and
Columbus, the capital city
in which his later years were spent, its
best known and most
loved citizen. The association of his
name with the Society
was a valuable asset. It invited the
friendly interest of other
men eminent in the public service and
brought many of their
names to the list of life members. In
the meetings of the So-
ciety and the Board of Trustees over
which he presided, he was
a harmonizing and constructive
influence. His kindly considera-
tion of all matters coming before the
Board of Trustees and the
annual meetings and his broadly tolerant
views enabled him to
harmonize conflicting interests and turn
their united strength
to the service of the Society. His
contributions to the QUARTERLY
were not numerous but of a uniformly
high order. In the Octo-
ber issue will appear his monograph
entitled "Sumner-Brooks-
Burlingame or The Last of the Great
Challenges." This is a
contribution to the history of Ohio and
the Nation. Some of
his recent addresses have been published
since his death. Among
these was his last paper before the
Kit-Kat Club, entitled, "When
and How Ohio Became a State," which
concluded with the pa-
triotic tribute -- the final public
expression of his love for the
star that represents Ohio, his native
state, in the national con-
stellation and his infinitely greater
love for the flag, which repre-
sents "the majesty, the dignity,
the power and the glory of this
great Republic." If "to live
in hearts we leave behind is not to
die," assuredly Governor James E.
Campbell, whom we are proud
to remember as an associate and friend,
is a living influence still
in the memory of all who knew him. For
him, life had no win-
ter and age was only the Indian summer
time.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to
the surviving members of his family as a
testimonial of our re-
spect, our sympathy in their bereavement
and our congratula-
tions upon the pride that must mingle
with their sorrow in the
reflection that --
"His life was gentle, and the
elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand
up
And say to all the world, This was a
man."
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted, the en-
tire audience standing with bowed heads
in tribute to
the memory of Governor Campbell.
Vol. XXXV - 18.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MOUND
CITY PARK
Mr. A. C. Spetnagel, Chairman of the
Committee,
read the following report:
The Committee appointed to supervise the
restoration of
the Mound City Group of prehistoric
earthworks and the con-
struction of a state park from the tract
on which they are lo-
cated, offers the following brief
report:
Foreword
For the benefit of those who may not be
informed, it may
be stated that the Mound City group of
earthworks is one of
the most important in the state. It
consists of 23 burial mounds,
lying within a rectangular earthen
embankment or enclosure,
embracing 13 acres. The group was
brought forcefully to the
attention of the archaeological world
through its partial explora-
tion, and the report thereon, by Squier
and Davis, in 1847. The
great finds of these pioneer explorers
were equalled or surpassed,
however, when this Society carried out
complete examination of
the group in 1919-1920.
At the time of the construction of Camp
Sherman, in which
the group is located, the Director of
the Museum succeeded in
averting threatened destruction of the
mounds, through personal
appeal to the military authorities, and
later, as above stated, ef-
fected their scientific exploration. At
the close of the war, mainly
through the efforts of Mr. Albert C.
Spetnagel, of Chillicothe,
the War Department of the Federal
government was prevailed
upon to turn over to the Society the area
on which the mound
group is located, together with
desirable additional acreage --
a total of 57 acres -- in order that the
noted prehistoric monu-
ments might be preserved in the form of
a state park.
The site of the Mound City group is not
of archaeological
interest alone: for it has been the
scene of military cantonments
in three wars -- the War of the
Rebellion; the Spanish-Amer-
ican War, and the late World War.
Without doubt no other
site in Ohio combines, in so great a
measure, records of pre-
historic and historic human activities.
Realizing the importance of the site and
the desirability of
its restoration and conversion into a
state park, the State legis-
lature, at its recent session,
appropriated the sum of $2,000 for
this purpose.
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On October 1, the preliminary work of
clearing the Mound
City area of obstructions and beginning
the restoration of the
mounds and earthwork, was begun by the
Society, with Curator
H. C. Shetrone in charge. The ten days,
up to the present time,
have been spent in carting away refuse -- some
50 wagon loads
--left on the tract as a result of razing the barrack
buildings
formerly occupying the site; in
grubbing, mowing and burning
the dense growth of brush which had
taken possession of the
area since its abandonment as a
cantonment: and in grading and
filling in basements, grease-traps and
other depressions in the
surface.
In view of the fact that several of the
smaller mounds of
the group were graded off in the
construction of the canton-
ment and their exact locations made
uncertain, it was thought
advisable to subject the area
immediately occupied by the earth-
works to deep plowing, which already has
begun. This will
facilitate the locating of missing
mounds, and in addition will
disclose further burials and habitation
evidences that may exist,
besides aiding materially in leveling
and grading the land.
Preliminary to beginning the work of
restoration and park-
ing, Mr Spetnagel and Curator Shetrone
called upon Dr. Row-
land, superintendent of the U. S.
Veterans' Hospital, at Camp
Sherman, and solicited his cooperation
and assistance. Dr. Row-
land and his farm manager, Mr. Dean
Godden, graciously con-
sented to extend the Society whatever
aid lay within their
command, particularly as regards
machinery, tools and power.
Owing to extensive farming operations,
no laborers are available,
and power is available only when teams
or tractors can be spared.
However, we already have had the use of
a team and wagon
for several days, and at present are
using a tractor and mowing
machine. All these aids are without
cost, and their use will ef-
fect a material saving to the Society,
and result in the limited
fund available for the work reaching
much farther than it oth-
erwise would. The committee wishes
heartily to thank Dr.
Rowland and Mr. Godden for their
assistance.
The work of restoration and preliminary
parking will con-
tinue for two, or three weeks, weather
conditions permitting.
Further progress will be made next
spring.
There is one feature of the restoration
and parking prob-
lem that has given the committee
considerable anxiety, to which
the serious attention of the membership
is invited. Through
the efforts of Director Mills, the Y. M.
C. A. building, situated
upon the tract, was secured to the
Society for use in its park
plans. In common with other buildings of
the cantonment, it
has suffered seriously as a result of
exposure, neglect and van-
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dalism since the abandonment of the
cantonment. The building
consists of two parallel structures, connected by an
enclosed
passage-way. Either of the two would be
a complete building
of itself. However, the rear portion, and much the
larger of the
two, has suffered regrettably as a
result of rain and snow reach-
ing its interior through broken windows
and defective roof. The
front structure, fortunately, is in very
good condition, roof and
floors being intact, and walls carefully
ceiled with matched lum-
ber. It contains a large brick fireplace
and other conveniences,
and would readily lend itself to repair.
This smaller front por-
tion, together with the connecting
structure would, at no great
outlay, be convertible into an
acceptable dwelling.
Since presumably the ultimate plans for
the park will de-
mand a dwelling for a caretaker, as well
as a shelter house of
some sort; and in view of the fact that
another winter's expo-
sure, without repairs, will detract very
materially from the value
of the building in question, it is the
sentiment of the Committee
that some means of taking advantage of
conditions at this time
would effect a saving of several
hundreds of dollars to the So-
ciety. The logical procedure, the
committee believes, would be
to salvage the larger portion of the
structure, now rapidly de-
preciating, but containing much valuable
lumber, and to utilize
this lumber for the repair of the
smaller structure, for use as a
caretaker's dwelling, and for the
construction of a shelter house.
Immediate steps might be confined to
salvaging the larger
structure, using sufficient
window-frames, doors and lumber to
make the smaller portion secure against
the winter's devastations,
and piling or storing in the latter the
surplus lumber to be used
later.
The Committee knows of no fund or means
of effecting this
much-needed measure, but feels it to be
its duty to bring the
situation to the attention of the
Society.
In submitting this report, the Committee
cannot but voice
its enthusiasm for the future of the
project under consideration.
In addition to its paramount
archaeological and historical im-
portance, the site of the state park now
under construction is
altogether ideal. Its eastern boundary
borders the Scioto river
for almost one-third of a mile, the
declivitous bank dropping
some sixty feet to the water's level.
The view of the river from
this vantage point is most charming,
while directly to the east-
ward, across its waters is seen the
historic Mount Logan and its
companion hills -- a most inspiring
view. The fact that the loca-
tion of the park is so central and so
easily available, will result
in thousands of visitors annually. In
our opinion, it will im-
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mediately become one of the Society's
most valuable and appre-
ciated out-door museums.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) A. C. SPETNAGEL,
Chairman.
On motion the report was ordered
received and filed.
President Johnson stated that the
recommendations
made in the report of Mr. Spetnagel will
be referred to
the Board of Trustees.
Secretary Galbreath read certain
proposed changes
in the Constitution of the Society, as
follows:
Insert at the close of the first
paragraph of Section I, Ar-
ticle 3, the words: "Seven members
shall constitute a quorum
of the Board of Trustees", making
the section read as follows:
Section 1. The government of this
Society shall be vested in a board
of fifteen (15) trustees, nine (9) of
whom shall be elected by ballot by
the Society at its annual meetings. The
other six (6) trustees necessary
to complete the number of fifteen (15)
shall be appointed by the Governor
of Ohio, as provided by the legislative
(joint) resolution of April 16,
1891, (88, O. L., 1932), two to be
appointed each year to serve for the
period of three years or until their
successors are appointed and qualified.
The nine (9) elected by the Society
shall be divided into three classes,
three (3) only being elected each year,
to serve for three years each from
the time of their election, or until
their successors are elected and qualified.
In case a vacancy occurs among the
trustees thus elected by the Society
during their term of service, the
remaining trustees shall fill such vacancy
until the next annual meeting of the
Society, when the vacancy shall be
filled by the Society. Seven members
shall constitute a quorum of the
Board of Trustes.
The Governor of the State of Ohio shall
be ex-officio a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Society;
also the Superintendent of Public
instruction as provided by the
"administrative code," approved April 26,
1921.
In Section 2, Article 3, strike out the
word "Curator" in the
third line and insert in lieu thereof
the word "Director". Strike
out the last sentence which reads:
"Seven members of the Board
of Trustees shall constitute a
quorum", making the section read
as follows:
Sec. 2. The Board of Trustees shall
elect a President, two Vice-
Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, a Director
and such other officers or
agents as the proper management of the
Society may require.
In the third paragraph of Section 5,
Article 4, insert after
"Curator" in the second line
the words "or Curators", making
the section read as follows:
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Sec. 5. Director -- It shall be the duty
of the Director to devote his
entire time, unless otherwise provided
by the Trustees, to the general
affairs and business of the Society, to
the upbuilding of its museum, to the
increasing of its membership and general
fund, to the extension of its in-
fluence, and to the improvement of its
service to the people of Ohio in
the cause of historical literature and
archaeological science.
He shall have full charge of all the
physical property of the society,
or property left in its care or custody,
except that pertaining to the library.
He shall be required to nominate for
election by the Trustees, a
Curator or Curators, and likewise
maintain at all times an organization of
agents or employes necessary to
preserve, care for or operate the proper-
ties of the Society, and to conduct
properly its affairs, all subject to the
approval of the Trustees. He shall have
no jurisdiction over other officers
or agents of the Society whose election
is provided for, and duties described,
by the Constitution of the Society, nor
shall he have authority over their
subordinates.
He shall be required to prepare and
submit a full report of his Direc-
torship to the annual meetings of the
Society, or to the Trustees at stated
meetings as the Trustees may demand.
Strike out all of Section 6, Article 4,
and change Section
7 of Article 4 to Section 6.
The Secretary was instructed to cast the
vote of the
Society in favor of the changes
proposed, and the
amendments were declared duly adopted.
Secretary Galbreath announced the
presence of Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Alexander of Put-in-Bay.
Mrs. Alex-
ander, he explained, is the
granddaughter of John
Brown of Osawatomie and Harper's Ferry
fame. Her
father was John Brown, Jr., who was born
in Ohio, who
served as a member of the Free State
Legislature of
Kansas and who was afterward captain of
a Kansas
company in the Civil War. At the close
of his military
service he became a permanent resident
of Put-in-Bay
Island where he lived until his death in
1895. Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander have for some time
desired to be pres-
ent at these annual meetings since they
made their
notable donation of letters in the
handwriting of John
Brown and other rare relics to the
Society. After the
program for today had been arranged Mr.
Alexan-
der wrote that they would attend this
meeting. Mr.
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Galbreath stated that regardless of
conflicting opinions
in regard to the nature of his service
and character, the
world had not forgotten and would never
forget John
Brown. In literature and the history of
the Republic
"His soul is still marching
on."
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander were invited to
the plat-
form. As they responded the audience
arose and gen-
erously applauded.
President Johnson introduced Mrs.
Alexander and
stated that when he served in the
Spanish-American
War he had as his comrade in arms a
first cousin to
Mrs. Alexander, Mr. Brown, and that it
was a personal
pleasure to him to meet Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander and
to introduce the granddaughter of John
Brown to the
audience.
Mrs. Alexander responded very briefly
in well
chosen words, expressing pleasure in
attending this
meeting.
The President then introduced Mr.
Alexander, who
responded in a short address largely
reminiscent of John
Brown of Osawatomie. He stated that it
is customary
to refer to John Brown as "old
John Brown." "The
fact is," said he, "that John
Brown when his life ended
on the scaffold had not by about four
months completed
his sixtieth year. He was then younger
than myself and
I have not been called old."
Mr. Alexander has for years been a man
of affairs
on Put-in-Bay Island. He has
successfully conducted
a hotel there, has been since 1910
mayor of the village
of Put-in-Bay, a position which he
still holds, and has
been actively interested for many years
in the affairs of
the island. It will be noted that he
held his present po-
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Society Publications
sition at the head of the municipality
of Put-in-Bay
through the period of celebrations
incident to the cen-
tennial celebration of Perry's victory
on Lake Erie.
Secretary Galbreath called attention to
a large pho-
tograph of the "Old Sculptor"
T. D. Jones, which had
been contributed to the museum by Mr.
Claude Meeker.
The masterpiece of Mr. Jones, the
"Lincoln Memorial,"
which stood for many years in the
rotunda of the State
House at Columbus, is now at the head
of the stairway
between the Senate chamber and the
State Library.
A vote of thanks was tendered Mr.
Meeker for the
gift. On motion the morning session
adjourned to meet
in the afternoon.
President Johnson: "We have now
come to an im-
portant point in our program. We took
it upon our-
selves to send an invitation to a
distinguished son of
Ohio to deliver the annual address. The
speaker of the
day is a renowned lecturer and
educator, a distinguished
statesman, and a beloved neighbor from
Yellow Springs.
I ask General Orton to escort to the
platform United
States Senator Simeon D. Fess.
SENATOR SIMEON D. FESS
spoke as follows:
"Mr. President, ladies and
gentlemen: I was considerably
abashed a moment ago, when the Chairman
refreshed my memory
-- that I am to deliver the annual
address. I recall now that
when the Secretary asked me whether it
would be possible for
me to reach this place today, and
invited me to address you, that
he did mention something about the
annual address. I cannot
express to you my perturbation. I do not
like to make an apol-
ogy for being present in a place like
this, which represents such
a very important work for the state and
nation, and with an un-
usual type of audience, with so slight
preparation to do what I
have been announced to do. I say this
with a deep desire that
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you may understand the situation. The
truth about the matter
is we have been living a rather strenuous life ever
since, and be-
fore, I received the invitation.
"I just completed a trip down the
Ohio from Pittsburgh to
Cincinnati, that occupied three days of
the most pleasurable time
imaginable, and in a large measure most
instructive. My im-
pressions just now, not suddenly made
but the result of what
I saw, is that I doubt whether there is
any waterway in any
section of the country that is more
beautiful and magnificent
than the Ohio from its headwaters at
Pittsburgh to the Queen
City of Cincinnati (Applause).
"The two Senators from this state
were invited to join
that inspection tour to examine the
locks, now all completed
from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati save one,
the thirty-second, which
will be completed by next season at
least. My colleague, the
senior Senator, was able to be with us
the first day, then he
had to leave the boat I continued with the touring delegation
until the end of the journey. The
cheering we received all along
the river, the upper part of which was
actually jammed with
convoys, the heavy congestion incident
to the business of the
Pittsburgh district, the ringing of
bells, the blowing of whistles,
the shouting of the people, the
gathering of assemblies at every
point along the river, gave a suggestion
that there is a deep in-
terest in the possibilities of a
commerce which at one time was
greater than now and at some future time
will again be greater
than it is now. That is one thing which,
to my mind, illustrates
the value to the state of the early
historic settlements which were
made along the river.
"Many romances were told and retold
upon the boat, about
the early history of Ohio. The story of
Blennerhasset was re-
told, and of course one of the things I
was most anxious to see
was the lower end of the island where
his famous mansion stood
in other days. The story was repeated by
some one who was
well acquainted with the early history
of our state. Then some
one told about the land, how dense the
forests were, what forts
were built, the efforts to persuade
people to come into this won-
derful Scioto valley where the river
empties into the Ohio -- a
iand as fertile today as any that lies
out of doors. Some one told
the story of Bathsheba Rouse, and since
she is said to be buried
at Yellow Springs, where I live, I took
particular interest in it
-- I could repeat that story, but I
think most of it is fiction, and
therefore it is not in place here. But
is there any place in Ohio,
either interior or border, of greater
local historic interest than
along the beautiful river that flows to
the south of us? I am
glad that we have an organization in
this state that has as its
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chief purpose the preservation of the
history which gives the
beginnings of our great state."
Reverting to present day issues that
are engaging the
attention of the administrative and
legislative branches
of the national government, Senator
Fess expressed
faith that the conference on the
limitation of arma-
ments, which had ended with a large
measure of suc-
cess, would be followed by another
conference of sim-
ilar character in Washington with
prospects for another
advance in the direction of a permanent
peace among
civilized nations.
Senator Fess also spoke in favor of the
World
Court. He pointed out that a large
portion of the ex-
penditures of the national government
are due to wars
and the support of an army. He favored
the establish-
ment of a World Court for the
settlement of interna-
tional difficulties. "The next
step," said he, "is to cre-
ate a judicial body to which we may
submit international
issues. I know there are objections to
the proposal to
establish an international court, but I
know that Amer-
ica cannot do anything better. And when
the interna-
tional court is considered in the
December meeting of
Congress, take it from me, the measure
will be over-
whelmingly approved."
Senator Fess in conclusion praised the
work of the
Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society and
expressed the great disappointment that
came to him
when he learned that the Rickenbacker
airplane, which
he was seeking to have transferred to
the museum of
the Society, had been destroyed. On
this subject he said:
"Some time ago I received a letter
from your secretary, ask-
ing if I could procure for your museum
the plane that had been
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brought down by Rickenbacker, and which
had been brought to
this country. I made some investigation
and found that the
plane was at the Wilbur Wright field. I
immediately introduced
a resolution to place it in your care. I
thought it so desirable
that it should be in Columbus, on this
college campus, and under
the protection of this particular
Society, that I introduced the
resolution.
"Now we have always had the
practice before passing a reso-
lution affecting the army or navy, of
sending the resolution to
the member of the cabinet in control, so
I sent a copy of this
resolution to Secretary Weeks. Secretary
Weeks wrote me a
formal letter, in which he said they
could not make any disposi-
tion of the war relics until the people
on the hill pass a general
law for the distribution of the same.
That kind of letter is so
common -- that is the kind of letter I
have written myself some-
times.
"I was greatly disappointed. I was
talking to several mem-
bers of Congress about it, and all said
it must be placed on the
Ohio State University grounds. In the
meantime I went to see
President Harding about another matter,
and when I asked
him about doing a certain thing he said,
'Senator, take that up
with Secretary Weeks.' I said, 'No, I
won't.' He asked why,
and I told him I had had experience with
Secretary Weeks, and
told him about this plane.
"The President said, 'What, would
he not agree to let that
plane be sent up for permanent
preservation by that Society?'
and I said, 'No, he wrote me a mere
formal letter saying that he
could not distribute the war relics
until the people on the hill
pass a general law to govern the
matter.' President Harding
at that moment began to write -- he
wrote an order to John
Leach to declare that plane surplus and
put a price on it, and he
(President Harding) would buy it and
send it to you. I felt
fine about that. Then I received a
letter from this authority stat-
ing to me that some time before the
plane had been declared
rubbish and had been burnt. Now I cannot
say anything more
-- it won't do, because I would say
something I should not say.
But you see that is the kind of thing
this Society is trying to, pre-
serve -- a relic of great value, which
to some other people was
rubbish." (Applause).
A rising vote of thanks was tendered
Senator Fess
for his able address.
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MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF
TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOG-
ICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SOCIETY BUILDING,
COLUMBUS, OHIO,
October 10, 1925 --
12:45 P. M.
Present: Messrs. Johnson, Prince,
Furniss, Orton,
Wood, Goodman, Bareis, Florence, and
Mrs. Dryer.
Mr. Bareis moved that Arthur C. Johnson
be elected
President of the Society.
On motion of General Florence the
nominations
were closed and the Secretary was
instructed to cast the
unanimous vote of the Board for Mr.
Johnson. The
Secretary proceeded to cast such
ballot, and Mr. John-
son was declared elected President.
Mr. Goodman moved that the following
officers be
reelected: First Vice President, George
F. Bareis;
Second Vice President, General Edward
Orton, Jr.;
Treasurer, Edwin F. Wood; Director, W.
C. Mills; Sec-
retary, Librarian and Editor, C. B.
Galbreath, and Cur-
ator, H. C. Shetrone. The motion was
seconded and
unanimously carried.
Mr. Wood moved that all of the present
employes
of the Society be reelected, and that
the salaries of such
employes be fixed at the amounts now
appropriated.
Seconded by Mr. Bareis. Carried.
Mr. Furniss seconded the motion.
Carried.
On motion of Mr. Bareis the meeting
adjourned.
MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO. Saturday, October 10, 1925, 9:00 A. M. The meeting was called to order by Secretary C. B Galbreath. There were present: |
B. F. Prince, George F. Bareis, W. H. Pengelly, James S. Hine, E. F. Wood, Joseph C. Goodman,, W. C. Mills, A. E. Domoney, F. C. Furniss, Dean M. Hickson, H. O. Whitaker, Miss Martha J. Maltby, T. B. Alexander, Mrs. T. B. Alexander, Mrs. Charles A. Covert, Mrs. Orson D. Dryer, C. S. Plumb, Dr. McKendree Smith, A. C. Spetnagel, Clinton Cockerell, |
Mrs. Clinton Cockerell, Mrs. Ivor Hughes, W. H. Scott, W. H. Cole, Arthur C. Johnson, T. B. Bowers, C. B. Galbreath, W. W. Johnson, J. S. Roof, R. S. Baker, H. R. McPherson, Mrs. H. R. McPherson, John R. Horst, Jerry Dennis, Edward Orton, Jr., H. G. Simpson, Pascal A. Bright, George Florence, E. A. Jones, Ottis L. Wolfe, (228) |