Ohio History Journal

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL OHIO HISTORY

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL OHIO HISTORY

CONFERENCE,

Including the Fifty-third Annual Meeting of the Ohio State

Archaeological and Historical Society, the Eighth Annual Meeting

of the Ohio Academy of History and the Eighth Annual Meeting

of the Columbus Genealogical Society, Held at Columbus, April

6-8, 1939, in Cooperation with Ohio State University, the Ohio

Committee on Medical History and Archives and Local Historical

Societies throughout the State.

 

 

Columbus Genealogical Society Annual Dinner Session,

6:30 P. M., April 6, Athletic Club, Frank A. Livingston,

Presiding

The opening session of the 1939 Ohio History Conference

was held Thursday evening, April 6, at the Athletic Club in

Columbus, Ohio, the occasion being the eighth annual dinner of

the Columbus Genealogical Society. Mr. Frank A. Livingston,

president of the genealogical society, presided at the dinner which

was attended by approximately seventy-five persons.

After welcoming the guests, Mr. Livingston spoke briefly

of the genealogical society, its program, history, and activities.

He was followed by Miss Helen E. Swisher, one of the editors

of the Ohio Genealogical Quarterly, and the person directly in

charge of the arrangements for the dinner. After explaining

the factors contributing to the absence of Louis Bromfield and

Landon C. Bell, originally scheduled as speaker and toastmaster,

respectively, she introduced the persons at the speakers' table:

Harold J. Grimm of the Ohio State University; Harlow Lindley,

secretary, editor, and librarian of the Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society; Mrs. Harlow Lindley; Mr. Livingston;

C. R. Swickard, second vice-president of the Columbus Genealog-

ical Society; Mrs. Helen C. Hill Sloan of Marietta; Miss Mary

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