Historical News
The Steubenville Herald-Star celebrated
its 150th birthday on June 7.
Founded as the Western Herald by
William Lowry and John Miller, it was
operated for thirty years--from 1815 to
1845--by James Wilson, the paternal
grandfather of President Woodrow Wilson,
and by his son Robert, who
succeeded him. It is the second oldest
newspaper in continuous existence in
Ohio, the oldest being the Chillicothe
Gazette. It is a member of the Brush-
Moore chain.
Earle W. Newton, former editor of American
Heritage and director of
Old Sturbridge Village, has recently
been appointed director of the new
bureau of museums, historic sites, and
properties of the Pennsylvania His-
torical and Museum Commission.
Among the recent acquisitions of the
Rutherford B. Hayes Library is a
collection of materials relating to the
early history of the schools of Sandusky
County. Included in the collection,
which was presented to the library by
Mrs. John M. Dawley a short time before
her death, are school books, photo-
graphs and photo albums, maps,
pamphlets, and the only known daguerreo-
types (about 1860) of the teacher and
pupils of the Dawley School, Ballville.
From the files of an early Fremont
photographer, R. Grob, the picture
division of the library received about
three thousand glass negatives of por-
traits of local people made about 1900
or earlier. The gift was made possible
through the cooperation of Stephen D.
Thomaswick, until recently a com-
mercial photographer of Fremont.
Two valuable manuscript collections have
recently come into the possession
of the library of the Western Reserve
Historical Society. A collection of
William McKinley papers, including war
papers, family letters, photographs,
books, and personal mementoes, was
presented by John Allison Duncan. Of
special interest are over one hundred
letters and telegrams dealing with the
payment of the Walker-McKinley notes
(1893-94), which are included in
the gift. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Main, members
of the society, have presented
the genealogy division with a large
group of typescript and microfilm copies