Ohio History Journal

compiled by

HELEN M. THURSTON

 

A Survey of Publications

on the History and Archaeology

of Ohio, 1973 to 1974

 

 

 

 

ANTISLAVERY

FILLER, LOUIS, Abolition and Social Justice in the Era of Reform. New York, Harper and

Row, 1972, ³⁶⁷p.

THOMPSON, J. EARL, JR., "Lyman Beecher's Long Road to Conservative Abolitionism,"

Church History, XLII (1973), 89-109. President of Lane Seminary.

 

 

ARCHAEOLOGY

 

Central State ArchaeologicalJournal. Published by several archaeological societies. Covers

Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Arkansas, Indiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Iowa.

Historical Archaeology. Published annually by The Society for Historical Archaeology.

Prime concern is the Western Hemisphere.

Ohio Archaeologist. Quarterly by the Archaeological Society of Ohio devoted to the dis-

cussion and illustration of artifacts found primarily in Ohio.

 

 

 

ARTS AND CRAFTS

BENJAMIN, ASHER, The County Builder's Assistant; Containing a Collection of New Designs of

Carpentry and Architecture, Which Will Be Particularly Useful to Country Workmen in

General. New York, Da Capo Press, 1972. (Reprint of 1797 ed.); ⁶1p. Set Available.

BERMINGHAM, PETER, ed., "Alexander H. Wyant: Some Letters From Abroad," Smithsonian

Institution Archives of American Art Journal, XII (1972), 1-8. Ohio artist.

CAMPEN, RICHARD N., Ohio: An Architectural Portrait. Chagrin Falls, O., West Summit

Press, 1973. 320p.

FREIVOGEL, ELSIE F., "Lilly Martin Spencer," Smithsonian Institution Archives of American

Art Journal, XII (1972), 9-14. Ohio artist.

GREENSLADE, THOMAS B., JR., "Tintypes: born Feb. 19, 1856; served with distinction and

passed from the scene 19?? . . .," Graphic Antiquarian, III (October 1972), 12-15. Con-

cerns Ohioans Hamilton L. Smith, William Neff, and Peter Neff, Jr.

FAST, LOUISA K., Early 1800 Houses of Tiffin [Ohio]. Privately published by AAUW, 1971.

36p.

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BOLTON-SMITH, ROBIN, "The Sentimental Paintings of Lilly Martin Spencer," Antiques, CIV

(1973), 108-115. Ohio artist, many paintings illustrated.

NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS, Lilly Martin Spencer, 1822-1902: The Joys of Senti-

ment. Washington, D. C., Smithsonian Institution, 1973. ²⁵⁴p. Ohio artist.

WAGNER, ROBERT W., "Ohio State University Buys Daguerreotype Collection," News In En-

gineering, XLV (March 1973), 8-10.

YOUNG, MAHONRI SHARP, The Paintings of George Bellows. New York, Watson-Guptill Pub-

lications, 1973. Ohio artist.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

ARNOLD, GARY, The Washington Gladden Collection: An Inventory to the Microfilm Edition.

Columbus, Ohio Historical Society Archives-Library, 1972. ²³⁵p.

BRENNI, VITO JOSEPH, comp., William Dean Howells: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.,

Scarecrow Press, 1973.

FULLER, SARA S., The Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection: An Inventory to the Microfilm Edi-

tion. Columbus, Ohio Historical Society Archives-Library, 1972. 40p.

GATHERUM, PATRICIA B., "Checklist of Major Research-in-Progress and Completed Masters

and Doctors Degrees on Topics Relating to Ohio," Ohio History, LXXXII (1973), 105-113.

HUTSLAR, DONALD A., Gunsmiths of Ohio: 18th and 19th Centuries. Vol. I: Biographical

Data. York, Pa., George Shumway Publisher, 1973. 444p. Includes biographical data on

more than 2500 Ohio gunsmiths.

LENTZ, ANDREA D., A Guide to Manuscripts at the Ohio Historical Society. Columbus, Ohio

Historical Society, 1972. 281p.

LENTZ, ANDREA D., The James Comly Collection: An Inventory to the Microfilm Edition. Co-

lumbus, Ohio Historical Society Archives-Library, 1973. 24p.

PIKE, KERMIT J., A Guide to the Manuscripts and Archives of the Western Reserve Historical

Society. Cleveland, Western Reserve Historical Society. 1972. ⁴²⁵p.

PRICE, ALLEN T., An Inventory to the Elmer F. Cope Collection. Columbus, Ohio Historical

Society Archives-Library, 1973. 40p.

SMITH, CLIFFORD NEAL, Federal Land Series: Vol. 2, 1799-1835; Federal Bounty-Land War-

rants of the American Revolution. Chicago, American Library Association, 1973. 391p.

Calendar of archival materials on the land patents issued by the United States Govern-

ment, with subject, tract, and name indexes.

SMITH, MYRON J., JR., American Civil War Navies: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J., Scare-

crow Press, 1972. 347p. American Naval Bibliography, Vol. III.

THURSTON, HELEN M., "A Survey of Publications on the History and Archaeology of Ohio,

1972 to 1973," Ohio History, LXXXI (1972), 292-301.

YON, PAUL D., Guide to Ohio County and Municipal Records for Urban Research. Columbus,

Ohio Historical Society Archives-Library, 1973. 216p.

 

BICENTENNIAL

 

MARTIN, JAMES KIRBY, Men in Rebellion: Higher Governmental Leaders and the Coming of the

American Revolution. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1973. 263p.

MORRIS, ROBERT, The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784, ed. by E. JAMES FERGUSON. Pitts-

burgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1973.

SKAGGS, DAVID CURTIS, Roots of Maryland Democracy, 1753-1776. Westport, Conn., Green-

wood Press, 1973. 253p.

VAN SCHREEVEN, WILLIAM, comp., ROBERT L. SCRIBNER, ed., Revolutionary Virginia The Road

to Independence, Vol. I: Forming Thunderclouds and The First Convention, 1763-1774; A

Documentary Record. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1973. 308p.

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BIOGRAPHY

 

BOCHIN, HAL W., "Caleb B. Smith's Opposition to the Mexican War," Indiana Magazine of

History, LXIX (1973), 95-114. Cincinnati lawyer during 1850's.

BURKE, JAMES L., "Judson Harmon: The Dilemma of a Constructive Conservative," Cincin-

nati Historical Society, Bulletin, XXXI (1973), 29-47. Ohio governor.

CAMP, CHARLES L., "Jedediah Smith's First Far-Western Expedition," Western Historical

Quarterly, IV (1973), 151-170. Ohio explorer.

COLETTA, PAOLO E., The Presidency of William Howard Taft. Lawrence, University Press of

Kansas, 1973. 306p.

DAVISON, KENNETH E., The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. Westport, Conn., Greenwood

Press, 1972. 266p.

GARBER, D. W., Jedediah Strong Smith: Fur Traderfrom Ohio. Stockton, Cal., University of

the Pacific, 1973. 58p.

GERTEIS, LOUIS S., "Salmon P. Chase, Radicalism, and the Politics of Emancipation,

1861-1864," Journal of American History, LX (1973), 42-62.

GOULDER, GRACE, John D. Rockefeller: The Cleveland Years. Cleveland, Western Reserve

Historical Society, 1972. ²⁷1p.

JAMES, BESSIE ROWLAND, Anne Royall's U.S.A. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press,

1972. ⁴47p. Includes Ohio.

MILLER, HARRY L., "The Father of Free Delivery," American History Illustrated, VIII (July

1973), 23-25. Concerns Joseph William Briggs of Cleveland.

PITKIN, THOMAS M., The Captain Departs: Ulysses S. Grant's Last Campaign. Carbondale,

Southern Illinois University Press, 1973. ¹⁶⁴p.

PORTER, LORLE ANN, "Amelia Bloomer: An Early Iowa Feminist's Sojourn on the Way

West," Annals of Iowa, XLI (1973), 1242-1257. Concerns stay in Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

STAPLETON, DARWIN H., "An Assessment of Historians' Perspectives of Rutherford B.

Hayes," Northwest Ohio Quarterly, XLIV (1972), 75-84.

WHITAKER, W. RICHARD, "Harding: First Radio President," Northwest Ohio Quarterly, XLV

(1973), 75-86.

WHITE, MARY L., "Mary White: Autobiography of an Ohio First Lady," Ohio History,

LXXXII (1973), 63-87. Daughter of Gov. George White, in office 1931-1935.

Zane Grey Collector, edited by G. M. Farley. A quarterly devoted to the life and times of

Zane Grey.

 

BLACK HISTORY

 

GATEWOOD, WILLARD B., JR., "Ohio's Negro Battalion in the Spanish-American War," North-

west Ohio Quarterly, XLV (1973), 55-66.

GIFFIN, WILLIAM, "Black Insurgency in the Republican Party of Ohio, 1920-1932," Ohio His-

tory, LXXXII (1973), 25-45.

JAMES, FELIX, "Civic and Political Activities of George A. Myers," Journal of Negro History,

LVIII (1973), 166-178. Cleveland businessman and political activist.

LEVSTIK, FRANK B., "The Toledo Riot of 1862: A Study of Midwest Negrophobia," Northwest

Ohio Quarterly, XLIV (1972), 100-106. Toledo, Ohio.

 

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

 

BECKER, CARL M., "A 'Most Complete' Factory: The Barney Car Works, 1850-1926," Cincin-

nati Historical Society, Bulletin, XXXI (1973), 49-69.

Cincinnati. A monthly containing articles of cultural and commercial interest.

Dayton. A monthly containing articles of cultural and commercial interest.

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DOWNARD, WILLIAM L., The Cincinnati Brewing Industry: A Social and Economic History.

Athens, Ohio University Press, 1973. ¹⁷³p.

HUNTER, LOUIS C., Economic History of the Ohio Valley. New York, Da Capo Press, 1973.

¹³⁰p.

SHOTLIFF, DON A., "The Ohio Pottery Industry: The Influence on Its Development and the

Struggle for a Stabilized Wage, 1877-1900," Northwest Ohio Quarterly, XLV (1973),

87-107.

SPONG, RAYMOND A., "The Boyers' Locomotive Toy," Technology and Culture, XIII (1972),

373-390. Dayton, Ohio, toy manufacturers.

STEIN, JANE, "Coal is Cheap, Hated, Abundant, Filthy, Needed," Smithsonian, III (February

1973), 18-27. Includes Ohio coal mines.

TAYLOR, DAVID G., "Hocking Valley Railroad Promotion in the 1870's: The Atlantic and

Lake Erie Railway," Ohio History, LXXXI (1972), 263-278.

 

CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

 

MANTELL, MARTIN E., Johnson, Grant, and the Politics of Reconstruction. New York, Colum-

bia University Press, 1973, 209p.

MCGHEE, JAMES E., "The Neophyte General: U. S. Grant and the Belmont Campaign," Mis-

souri Historical Review, LXVII (1973), 465-483.

WILEY, BELL I., "The Common Soldier of the Civil War," Civil War Times Illustrated, XII

(1973), 2-64. Includes mention of many Ohioans.

 

EDUCATION AND CULTURE

 

BIGGLESTONE, W. E., "Oberlin College Selects Some Presidents, 1889-1902," Northwest Ohio

Quarterly, XLV (1973), 41-54.

MCKINSEY, ELIZABETH R., The Western Experiment: New England Transcendentalists in the

Ohio Valley. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1973. 70p.

OGETZMANN, WILLIAM H., The American Hegelians: An Intellectual Episode in the History of

Western America. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. 397p. Includes articles by Ohioans,

J. B. Stallo and Peter Kaufman.

STERN, JOSEPH S., JR., "The Queen of the Queen City: Music Hall," Cincinnati Historical

Society, Bulletin, XXXI (1973), 7-27.

WALKER, BYRON H., comp., Indian Cultures of Ohio: Resource Guide for Teachers. Colum-

bus, Ohio Historical Society, 1973. 115p.

WALKER, RALPH, "America's Schoolmaster: McGuffey and His Readers," American History

Illustrated, VIII (1973), 14-25. William Holmes McGuffey.

GENEALOGY

 

The American Genealogist. Privately published. Quarterly containing genealogical records

and history.

Armstrong Surname Bulletin. Quarterly by the Armstrong Surname Organization (472 8th

Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah 84103).

Copper State Bulletin. Quarterly of the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society.

The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research. Contains genealogical records pertaining to

Michigan.

Family Fare. Quarterly list of additions to the Historical Library of Fort Wayne and Allen

County, Indiana.

Gateway to the West. Quarterly containing genealogical material taken from early Ohio

records of various kinds.

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The Hoosier Genealogist. Quarterly by the Indiana Historical Society (140 N. Senate Ave.,

Indianapolis 46204) containing genealogical material pertinent to Ohioans.

Kentucky Ancestors. Quarterly by the Kentucky Historical Society containing genealogical

material.

MARKHAM, VIRGINIA GATCH, Descendants of Godfrey Gatch of Baltimore County, Maryland

and Others of the Surname, with Materials on Early Methodist History in Maryland, Vir-

ginia, and Ohio. Baldwin City, Kansas, privately published, 1972.

Michigan Heritage. Quarterly containing biography, local and family history.

Ohio Records and Pioneer Families. Quarterly containing genealogical material taken from

early Ohio records of various kinds.

The Report. Quarterly by the Ohio Genealogical Society (454 Park Avenue West, Mans-

field, Ohio 44906).

Your Family Tree. Quarterly by the Hoenstine Rental Library (414 Montgomery St., Holli-

daysburg, Pa. 16648). Contains Pennsylvania genealogy and history.

 

GENERAL

 

Inland Seas: Quarterly Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society. Devoted to discussion

and illustration of history, geography, geology, transportation, and industry of the Great

Lakes region.

Limnos. Quarterly of the Great Lakes Foundation containing scientific and educational ar-

ticles concerning the Great Lakes Basin.

MAHON, JOHN K., The War of 1812. Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1972. 476p.

MILLER, ZANE L., The Urbanization of Modern America: A Brief History. New York, Har-

court, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1973. Includes Ohio material.

WALKER, KENNETH R., A History of the Middle West: From the Beginning to 1970. Little

Rock, Ark., Pioneer, 1972. 532p.

 

INDIANS AND THE WARS

 

ADAMS, PAUL K., "Colonel Henry Bouquet's Ohio Expedition in 1764," Pennsylvania History,

XL (1973), 139-147. British army officer's attempt to quell Indian uprisings.

TRENNERT, ROBERT A., JR., "William Medill's War with the Indian Traders, 1847," Ohio His-

tory, LXXXII (1973), 46-62. Ohioan as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

WILLIAMS, EDWARD G., ed. "Orderly Book I of Colonel Henry Bouquet's Expedition Against

the Ohio Indians, 1764 (Carlisle to Fort Pitt)," Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine,

LVI (1973), 281-316, Part 1. British officer.

 

LITERATURE

 

ANDERSON, SHERWOOD, Sherwood Anderson/Gertrude Stein: Correspondence and Personal

Essays, ed. by RAY LEWIS WHITE. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, [1972].

130p. Ohio author.

BENNETT, GEORGE N., The Realism of William Dean Howells, 1889-1920. Nashville, Van-

derbilt University Press, 1972. 254p. Ohio author.

DOWLING, JOSEPH A., "Howells and the English: A Democrat Looks at English Civilization,"

Bulletin of the New York Public Library, LXXVI (1972), 251-264. William Dean Howells.

WAGNER, JEAN, Black Poets of the United States: From Paul Laurence Dunbar to Langston

Hughes, trans. by KENNETH DOUGLAS. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1973. 561p.

Originally in French; includes Ohioans.

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LOCAL HISTORY

 

Allen County Reporter. Quarterly of the Allen County Historical Society.

HACHEY, THOMAS E., ed., "Cincinnati Through English spectacles: A British Diplomat's Con-

fidential View in 1945," Ohio History, LXXXI (1972), 279-291.

HANCOCK, HAROLD, Westerville in the Nineties. Privately published, 1972. ²1p.

The Historical Society Quarterly, Published by the Lake County Historical Society.

Log Cabin Sentinel. Bulletin of the Madison County Historical Society.

Pickaway Quarterly. Published by the Pickaway County Historical Society.

SHEWALTER, VIRGINIA, History of Gano [Ohio]. Sharonville, 0., privately published, 1973,

⁵⁴p.

SHUFFELTON, FRANK B., The Saint Marys Story: An Historical Narrative Describing the Life

and Time of 150 Years Since the Founding of St. Marys, Ohio, 1823-1973. St. Marys,

privately published, 1973. 73p.

The Tallow Light. Quarterly of the Washington County Historical Society containing histor-

ical articles and notes of interest to genealogists and members.

 

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

 

BENEDICT, MICHAEL LES, The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson. New York, W. W.

Norton and Co., 1973. 212p. Includes Ohioans.

BLUE, FREDERICK J., The Free Soilers Third Party Politics, 1848-1854. Urbana, University of

Illinois, 1973. 350p.

CROFTS, DANIEL W., "The Warner-Foraker Amendment to the Hepburn Bill: Friend or Foe

of Jim Crow?" Journal of Southern History, XXXIX (1973), 341-358. Concerns Senator

Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio.

GARGAN, JOHN J. and JAMES G. COKE, eds., Political Behavior and Public Issues in Ohio. Kent,

Kent State University Press, 1972. 388p. Papers presented on constitutional revision

sponsored by the Center for Urban Regionalism at Kent State.

GILBERT, ABBY L., "Of Banks and Politics: The Bank Issue and the Election of 1840," West

Virginia History, XXXIV (1972), 18-45. Election of William Henry Harrison.

GILBERT, ABBY L., "Thomas Ewing, Sr.: Ohio's Advocate for a National Bank," Ohio History,

LXXXII (1973), 4-24.

MEERSE, DAVID E., "Buchanan's Patronage Policy: An Attempt to Achieve Political Strength,"

Pennsylvania History, XL (1973), 37-57. Includes policy for Ohio.

MEERSE, DAVID E., "The Northern Democratic Party and the Congressional Elections of

1858," Civil War History, IX (1973), 119-137. Includes Ohio.

MURRAY, ROBERT K., The Politics of Normalcy: Governmental Theory and Practice in the

Harding-Coolidge Era. New York, W. W. Norton and Co., 1973. 162p.

OSBORNE, THOMAS J., "What Was the Main Reason for Cleveland's Election Victory in

1884?" Northwest Ohio Quarterly, XLV (1973), 67-71. Concerns Grover Cleveland.

PESKIN, ALLAN, "Was There a Compromise of 1877?" Journal of American History, LX

(1973), 63-75. Concerns 1876 election controversy between Samuel Tilden and Ruther-

ford B. Hayes.

POLAKOFF, KEITH IAN, The Politics of Inertia: The Election of 1876 and the End of Reconstruc-

tion. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1973. 343p. Campaign of Ruther-

ford B. Hayes.

RATCLIFFE, DONALD J., "The Role of Voters and Issues in Party Formation: Ohio, 1824,"

Journal of American History, LIX (1973), 847-870.

SHADE, WILLIAM GERALD, Banks or No Banks: The Money Issue in Western Politics,

1832-1865. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1972. 328p. Includes Ohio.

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SHANKMAN, ARNOLD, "Soldier Votes and Clement L. Vallandigham in the 1863 Gubernato-

rial Election," Ohio History, LXXXII (1973), 88-104.

WOODWARD, C. VANN, "Yes, There Was a Compromise of 1877," Journal of American His-

tory, LX (1973), 215-223. Reply to article on the disputed election of 1876 by Allan Pes-

kin in ibid., 63-75.

ZANNES, ESTELLE, Checkmate in Cleveland: The Rhetoric of Confrontation During the Stokes

Years. Cleveland, Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1972. ²⁷1p. Mayor Carl

B. Stokes. 1967-1971.

 

RELIGION

 

BEATTY, CHARLES, The Journal of a Two Months Tour; With a View of Promoting Religion

Among the Frontier Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and of Introducing Christianity Among the

Indians to the Westward of the Alle-gheny Mountains. St. Clair Shores, Mich., Scholarly

Press, 1972. (Reprint of 1768 ed.)

OPIE, JOHN, "Finney's Failure of Nerve: The Untimely Demise of Evangelical Theology,"

Journal of Presbyterian History, LI (1973), 155-173. Concerns Rev. Charles G. Finney.

 

SOCIAL HISTORY

 

BABICS, WALTER VLADIMER, Yugoslav Assimilation in Franklin County, Ohio. San Francisco,

R and E Research Associates, 1972. ⁹⁶p. Originally author's thesis, The Ohio State Uni-

versity, 1964.

DELP, ROBERT W., "American Spiritualism and Social Reform, 1874-1900," Northwest Ohio

Quarterly, XLIV (1972), 85-99. Includes Ohio.

ERICKSON, CHARLOTTE, Invisible Immigrants; The Adaptation of English and Scottish Immi-

grants in Nineteenth-Century America. Coral Gables, University of Miami Press, 1972.

⁵³1p.

LEMONS, J. STANLEY, The Woman Citizen: Social Feminism in the 1920's. Urbana University

of Chicago Press, 1973. 266p. Includes Ohioan Harriet Taylor Upton, among others.

MICHAEL, ANN DEBORAH, "The Origins of the Jewish Community of Cincinnati, 1817-1860,"

Cincinnati Historical Society, Bulletin, XXX (1972), 155-182.

RESCH, JOHN PHILLIPS "Ohio Adult Penal System, 1850-1900: A Study in the Failure of In-

stitutional Reform," Ohio History, LXXXI (1972), 236-262.

 

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

 

ARNDT, KARL JOHN RICHARD, The German Language Press of America, 1732-1968. Vol II.

Totawa, N.J., Rowman and Littlefield, 1973. ⁷⁰⁸p.

FROHMAN, CHARLES E., "The Spirit of the Lakes," Inland Seas, XXIX (1973), 110-112. Con-

cerns The Spirit of the Lakes and Boatman's Magazine published in Sandusky, Ohio.

HOLLANDER, JACOB HARRY, The Cincinnati Southern Railway: A Study in Municipal Activity.

New York, Johnson Reprint Corp, 1973. (Reprint of 1894 ed.); 116p.

The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. Semiannual official journal of the

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society containing articles on railroad subjects.

Towpaths. Quarterly by the Canal Society of Ohio containing articles and illustrations of in-

terest to canal buffs.

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