TWENTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO
STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HIS-
TORICAL SOCIETY.
May 13, 1910.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the
Ohio State Archae-
ological and Historical Society was held
in the Hunter Society
Room, Page Hall, Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, at
2:30 P. M., Friday, May 13, 191O.
The following members
were present:
Prof. Martin R. Andrews, Marietta.
Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal Winchester.
Mr. A. J. Baughman, Mansfield.
Mr. T. B. Bowers, Columbus.
Mr. H. E. Buck, Delaware.
Hon. C. S. Dana, Marietta.
Hon. C. H. Gallup, Norwalk.
Hon. John W. Harper, Cincinnati.
Prof. Archer B. Hulbert, Marietta.
Mr. W. E. Kershner, Columbus.
Rev. I. F. King, Columbus.
Rev. N. B. C. Love, Perrysburg.
Prof. C. L. Martzolff, Athens.
Prof. W. C. Mills, Columbus.
Prof. B. F. Prince, Springfield.
Mr. E. O. Randall, Columbus
Mr. J. S. Roof, Ashville.
Hon. D. J. Ryan, Columbus.
Hon. Lewis P. Schaus, Newark.
Dr. H. A. Thompson, Dayton.
Miss Harriet N. Townshend, Columbus.
Mr. Edwin F. Wood, Columbus.
Prof. G. Frederick Wright, Oberlin.
Dr. H. O. Whittaker, New Burlington.
Messages of regret, because of their
inability to attend the
meeting, were received from Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, Martin B.
Bushnell, E. R. Monfort, M. D. Follett
and J. H. Beal.
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The meeting was called to order by
President G. Frederick
Wright, who without any preliminary
remarks, stated the meet-
ing would proceed at once to the order
of business, and called
for the reading of the minutes of the
last annual meeting.
Secretary Randall stated he would follow
the usual custom
in this matter, which was, that the
Secretary instead of attempt-
ing to read the entire minutes of the
last annual meeting, held
March 9, 1909, which minutes were taken
down in detail by the
stenographer and bound in the minutes of
the proceedings of the
Society, would offer as the minutes of
the meeting, the pub-
lished condensed account appearing in
the 18th volume, page
227, of the last Annual of the Society. The complete
verbatim
report of the minutes of the last
meeting as taken down occupy
some 49 pages of the report, and would
require nearly an hour
in reading. The condensed report is in
the hands of every mem-
ber of the Society, and contains all
that is important occurring
at the meeting. It was moved, seconded
and carried, that the
printed report, as suggested by the
Secretary, be accepted as the
minutes of the meeting. There being no
objection, this was
adopted.
The Secretary stated further, that it
had been his custom
since holding office, to have every
thing transpiring not only at
the Annual Meeting, but the meetings of
the Executive and
Special committees, reported in full in
typewritten form and
bound in the annual volume. There are
now sixteen of such
volumes, covering the entire period of
Mr. Randall's secretary-
ship.
Before reading his annual report,
Secretary Randall ex-
plained why there had been so few
meetings of the Executive
Committee since the last Annual Meeting.
During the months
of the summer and fall of 1909, there was
nothing unusual do-
ing-except the acquisition of Spiegel
Grove, but what could
be cared for by the Standing Committees
and the regular offi-
cers of the Society. There was,
therefore, no need of going to
the expense of calling together the
Executive Committee. The
appropriations for 1909, which extended
to the 15th of February,
1910, were exhausted as to the publication fund and the
field
work and museum fund, practically
by January 1, 1910. There
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was no money to expend after that date,
until further appro-
priations were received. The partial
appropriation bill is usually
passed early in January, but this year
it was not passed until in
April; hence, the Society had no funds
until that date, except
such as were left over in the current
expense fund. Therefore,
there was no need of an Executive
Committee meeting, until it
could be known what the Legislature
would do for the Society
and until the amounts appropriated were
available.
The Secretary then made his annual
report, which is as
follows:
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
Meetings of the Executive Committee were
held, since the last
Annual Meeting of the Society, March 2,
1909, as follows:
March 6, 1909. Present: Messrs. Bareis,
Harper, Martzolff, Mills,
Randall, Ryan, Wood and Wright. At this
meeting the committee ap-
pointed by the Executive Committee on
December 2, 1908, made a
visit to Spiegel Grove on February 26th
and 27th. At this visit of the
committee, Colonel Hayes tendered a
proposed deed of the Spiege.
Grove property to Mr. Randall. The
Executive Committee decided to
accept the property, with the conditions
going therewith subject to the
acceptance and approval of the Attorney
General of Ohio: The salaries
of the officers receiving compensation
were made the same as the
previous year.
Standing Committees for the ensuing year
were chosen as follows:
Fort Ancient--Messrs. Prince, Harper and
Martzolff.
Museum and Library--Messrs. Ryan, Wright
and Mills.
Finance Committee--Messrs. Wood, Ryan
and Bareis.
Publications -Messrs. Ryan, Randall and
Wood.
Serpent Mound- Messrs.
Randall, Harper and Gallup.
Big Bottom Park-Messrs. Martzolff,
Prince and Bareis.
June 30, 1909. Present: Messrs. Bareis,
Baughman, Harper, Gallup,
Mills, Prince, Randall, Ryan, Wood and
Wright. At this meeting it
was reported that on March 31st the deed
agreed upon for Spiegel
Grove was delivered by Colonel Hayes to
Mr. Randall transferring the
property to the Society. On April 6,
Prof. Lazenby, at the request of
Secretary Randall, visited Spiegel Grove
to plan for the laying out and
planting of trees and labelling of those
already grown. Col. Hayes was
appointed superintendent of the Harrison
Trail property. A permanent
committee on Spiegel Grove was appointed
as follows: Messrs. Gallup,
Ryan, Wood and Randall.
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November 12, 1909. Present: Messrs.
Bareis, Baughman, Harper,
Martzolff, Mills, Prince, Randall, Ryan,
Wood and Wright. The mak-
ing of the financial budget for 1910 was
left to the Finance Committee
and the Secretary. At this meeting a
full statement of what had trans-
pired during the interim since the last
annual meeting was made by
the Secretary.
April 21, 1910. Present: Messrs. Bareis,
Baughman, Gallup, Harper,
Martzolff, Mills, Prince, Randall, Wood
and Wright. The Secretary
explained why there had been no
Executive Committee meeting since
November 12, 1909. The budget asked for
by the Finance Committee had
been as follows:
Current
Expenses
..................................... $2,700
Field work, Fort Ancient, etc
......................... 2,500
Publications
.......................................... 3,300
Early in January the House Finance
Committee gave the Secretary
a hearing on these appropriations. The
result of the action of the
Finance Committee of the House was that
they allowed the Society the
full amounts asked for in each item.
This is the first time in the history
of the Society that it has received all
it requested. In addition to these
amounts, the Finance Committee of the
House, of its own volition, in-
serted the item of $6,000 for reprinting
volumes one to eighteen, in-
clusive, of the Society's publications,
for the benefit of the members
of the legislature. This bill passed the
House and later the Senate.
At this committee meeting the matter of
separate publications, in book
form, of the Zeisberger Manuscripts, was
left to the Publication
Committee.
PUBLICATIONS.
In January, 1910, the Quarterlies for
the year 1909 were published
in book form, making a volume of six
hundred pages; the largest and
without doubt the most valuable annual
volume yet issued by the So-
ciety. These volumes have been sent
rather freely to members of the
Legislature, and at their request to
parties who had received the previous
volumes and desired this eighteenth to
complete their sets. This is also
true of volumes sixteen and seventeen,
particularly seventeen, as the last
series published by the Legislature
contained but sixteen volumes, and
there has been a great demand for the
last two volumes.
The Quarterlies for January and April,
1910, were published in a
single issue early in April, making a
single monograph of some two
hundred pages, consisting exclusively of
the Moravian manuscripts, con-
taining Zeisberger's history of the Ohio
Indians. This publication, three
thousand copies of which have been put
through the press, is undoubtedly
the most valuable publication yet issued
by the Society, for it is history
at first hand and for the most part
never before made public. This
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manuscript, it must be remembered, was
in the handwriting of Zeis-
berger in the German language. The
translation was made by Prof.
W. N. Schwarze, under a contract between
him and the Society. The
publication was edited and annotated by
Prof. A. B. Hulbert, also under
a contract with the Society. It is
without doubt the most valuable work
the Society has yet done and places our
Society in the first rank of
similar societies for the securing and
preservation of new and valuable
history.
The question of further publication of
Moravian manuscripts, of
which there are many at Bethlehem, is a
matter for the further de-
termination of the trustees or executive
committee of the Society.
THE BUILDING PROJECT.
The last chapter of the continued story
of the building project is
very brief. After a mutual understanding
with the officers of the So-
ciety, the authorities of the Ohio State
University in their requests for
new buildings put in the item of $100,000 for a
building the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society. The Finance Committee
of the House of Representatives,
however, decided to ignore all requests
for new buildings by any of the state
institutions, including universities.
This because of the low ebb of the state
finances. That disposed of the
building project. Bills, however, were
introduced, both in the House
and the Senate, contemplating the
purchase of certain pieces of real
estate on Broad street and Third street,
respectively, of the public
square, upon which sites buildings might
be erected for the use of the
various departments of state, and in
each instance the idea was in con-
templation that whenever or whatever
buildings might be erected, pro-
vision would probably be made in one of
them for the housing of the
quarters of this Society. But none of
these bills ever went further than
to be introduced and discussed. The
building project is, therefore, as
completely in the air as in the past.
NEW LIFE MEMBERS.
Since the Annual Meeting (March 2,
1909), the following have been
admitted to Life Membership by the
Executive Committee:
Hon. C. H. Gallup, Norwalk.
Mrs. Alice E. Peters, Columbus.
Clarence Pearce, New Petersburg.
Mary Louise Cresap Stevenson, Dresden.
Eugene E. Williams, Lucas.
Hon. Nicholas Longworth, Cincinnati.
Hon. Edward A. Hafner, Cincinnati.
F. F. McArthur, Morrison, Ill.
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Society Publications.
Prof. Isaac J. Cox, Cincinnati.
Walter D. McKinney, Columbus.
Gen. Henry B. Carrington, Hyde Park,
Mass.
ITINERARY OF THE SECRETARY AND OTHER
OFFICERS.
Since the last Annual Meeting, the
Secretary has made journeys as
representative of the Society as
follows:
March 29 and 30. Bethlehem, Pa., in
company with Prof. A. B. Hulbert,
concerning Moravian manuscripts.
April 7. Marietta, banquet celebrating
Ohio Day.
April 16. Visited Fort Ancient, with
Prof. Prince.
June 2. In company with Governor Harmon
and President Wright,
visited Union Village, as the guests of
the Society of Shakers.
June 15. Went to Spiegel Grove,
accompanied by Prof. W. R. Lazenby,
President Wright and guests of Col.
Hayes.
June 16. As the guest of Col. Hayes,
visited site of Old Fort Sandusky.
July 8. In company with President Wright
and Trustees Gallup, Bareis
and Prince, visited Spiegel Grove.
July 15. Trustees Prince and Baughman
represented the Society at the
Centennial of the city of Norwalk.
July 16. Secretary visited and inspected
Fort Ancient.
July 28. Cleveland in conference with
the officers of the Western Re-
serve Historical Society.
August 6 and 7. Trip to Uniontown and
site of Old Fort Necessity.
August 23. In company with Treasurer
Wood, visited Spiegel Grove, to
confer concerning the improvements on
Harrison Trail.
September 3. Meeting in Cincinnati of
the Executive Committee of the
Ohio Valley Historical Association.
September 23. Visited Spiegel Grove,
with President Wright, at the
dedication of the Harrison Trail.
October 7 and 8. Point Pleasant, W. Va.,
representing the Society at
the dedication of the monument in
commemoration of the battle.
October 14 and 16. President Wright
represented the Society at the an-
nual meeting of the Ohio Valley
Historical Association, held at
Frankfort, Ky.
November 4 and 5. Trustee Harper and
Secretary Randall inspected
Serpent Mound.
January 20. Meeting at Cincinnati of the
Executive Committee of the
Ohio Valley Historical Association.
April 9. Inspected Fort Ancient with
Prof. Mills, Governor Harmon and
party of Ohio State military officials.
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SPIEGEL GROVE.
On March 31, 1909, Colonel Webb C.
Hayes, while in Columbus,
delivered the deed of the Harrison Trail
section of Spiegel Grove to
Secretary Randall. It was submitted to
Attorney General U. G. Den-
man and approved by him. It was then
returned to the Secretary and
by him sent to Fremont to be recorded by
the County Recorder. It was
recorded April 5, 1909, returned to
Secretary Randall and by him de-
livered to Mr. Fullington, Auditor of
State, on July 13th.
The various visits of the committees to
Spiegel Grove were enu-
merated in the itinerary of the
Secretary. On August 13, 1909, two large
cannon, secured by Colonel Hayes from
the War Department at Wash-
ington, D. C., were received by
him at Fremont and subsequently placed
in position at the entrance of the
Harrison Trail. This was done partially
at the expense of the Society and
partially at the expense of Colonel
Hayes. On September 23, 1909, the
dedication of the Harrison Trail
was celebrated as mentioned elsewhere in
this report.
Colonel Hayes, in the meantime, has
expended $1,000 for trees
and plants in beautifying the grounds,
and he proposes to expend more.
He has also secured more cannon to be
put in position at the termination
of the trail opposite the entrance on
Buckland Avenue.
As a result of the visits made by Prof.
Lazenby a diagram of the
grounds was made, marking the position
of the various historic trees
and those which were to be labelled.
Prof. Lazenby later secured the
labels and they were recently forwarded
to Col. Hayes and by this
time have doubtless been placed upon the
trees. It is Colonel Hayes'
desire and proposition that if the
Society will provide the funds, for
the erection of a fireproof building
near the residence, he will donate
the library of his late father, and also
the valuable collection of relics,
to the Society, to be placed in said building.
This building, he esti-
mates, can be built for some twenty
thousand dollars.
This is by far the most valuable
acquisition the Society has received
and has brought the Society into greater
prominence throughout the
state. It is hoped that some means may
be devised whereby the funds
can be raised for the erection of the
desired building.
PERRY'S VICTORY CENTENNIAL.
Some two years ago, by resolution of the
Legislature, it was de-
cided that the State of Ohio celebrate
Perry's Victory on September 13,
1913; that it invite other states and
the United States to participate.
With that view, a commission was
appointed by Governor Harris, con-
sisting of five members, which number
was increased to nine by further
legislative resolution, by Governor
Harmon. That committee now con-
sists of William H. Reinhart, President,
Sandusky; George H. Worth-
ington, Vice President, Cleveland;
Webster P. Huntington, Secretary,
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Publications.
Columbus;
S. N. Johannsen, Treasurer, Put-in-Bay; John J. Man-
ning,
Toledo; Eli Winkler, Cincinnati; Webb C. Hayes, Fremont;
Horace
Holbrook, Warren; and Wm. C. Mooney, Woodsfield.
Some
time last fall, at a meeting of this commission, they decided
to
extend the proposal of their scheme and appoint, as an auxiliary
committee,
representatives from the various colleges in Ohio and the
various
historical societies. As the result of that action, the commission
selected
President Wright of our Society, Mr. Gallup of the Firelands
Society,
Prof. Cox of the Ohio Valley Historical Association, Mr. Hol-
lenbeck
of the Maumee Valley Historical Society, Mr. Cathcart of the
Western
Reserve Historical Society and possibly some others. This is
to
be known as the Auxiliary Historical Committee. The Legislature
just
adjourning, appropriated $30,000 for the use of this commission,
$25,000
of it to be expended for a permanent monument and $5,000 for
the
current expenses of the commission. It is proposed that a similar
amount
will be appropriated in 1911 and also in 1912, making $90,000 in
all.
Seven other states have been invited to participate and to make
appropriations
as they desire. The United States government is ex-
pected
to appropriate $250,000. It is thought that the combined appro-
priations
of the various states and the national government will reach
at
least a half million dollars.
In
conclusion Secretary Randall stated the members of the Society
should
acknowledge the interest the members of the General Assembly
had
taken in the progress of the Society; Mr. H. J. Ritter, Chairman
of
the House Finance Committee, and Mr. Thorne Baker, Chairman
of
the Senate Finance Committee, were deserving of special recognition
for
their friendly consideration. Governor Harmon should also come
in
for his full share. No governor has
taken greater interest in or
given
more attention to the Society. His zealous loyalty to the purpose
and
work of the Society is one of its most valuable assets.
REPORT
OF TREASURER FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING MAY 1,
1910,
FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1909.
RECEIPTS.
Balance
on hand February 1st, 1909 ......... ................ $1,730
81
Life
Membership Dues...................................... 175
00
Active M embership
Dues ................................... 99 00
Refunded
by Stark County Centennial Committee ........... 6
40
Athletic Association, O. S. U
............................... 12 00
Ohio
Valley Historical Association......................... 30
00
Stone for Improving Highways ............................. 3 40
B
ooks Sold ............................................... 118 99
Interest ................. .................
................. 440 81
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From State Treasurer:
Appropriation for Current Expenses ................... 3,327 19
Appropriation for Publications ........................ 3,384 40
Appropriation for Field Work, Fort Ancient and Ser-
pent M
ound .................
.................... 2,375 30
Total receipts ................................... $11,703 30
DISBURSEMENTS.
Refunded to State Treasurer
............................... $34
99
Big Bottom Park
........................................ 13
90
Express, Freight and Drayage
............................. 220
03
Expenses of Trustees and Committees
..................... 444
35
Field W
ork
............................................... 337 41
Fort Ancient - Care and Improvements
.................... 706
15
Job Printing .............................................. 27 25
M useum and Library ....................................... 817 68
Publications ........................................
...... 3,281 86
Postage ................................................... 106 53
Salaries (3)
.............................................. 2,749 98
Serpent Mound- Care and Improvements .................. 330 00
Spiegel Grove Park
...................................... 252
29
Sundry expenses
.......................................... 73
86
Transferred to Permanent Fund
............................ 810
00
Balance on hand,
May 1st, 1910 ........................... 1,497 02
Total .........................................
...... $11,703 30
The Permanent Fund now amounts to the sum of $6,935.00.
Respectfully submitted,
E. F. WOOD,
Treasurer.
REPORT OF CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN.
During the year the Library has made great progress,
and many
volumes have been added. The growth has been a steady
one, similar
to the year previous.
The accession book now shows
4,035 bound
volumes entered. Last year our records showed 3,564,
making a net
addition of 461 bound volumes, while last year we
received 460 bound
volumes. All
of the books have been received through gift or in
exchange for our own publications.
The Museum has not made the additions during the past
year
equal to former years. This was due perhaps to the
fact, that the So-
ciety did not send a working force into the field, but
instead, the time
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Hist. Society Publications.
was used in making the Archaeological
Atlas started by the Society
last year.
Practically the entire summer was spent
by the Curator in the
northern part of the State; and
practically the entire northern half of
the State has been carefully gone over,
and the mounds, earthworks,
etc., have been marked upon the map.
At the present time the counties with
the preliminary work en-
tirely complete, are as follows:
Franklin, Logan, Allen, Darke, Preble,
Montgomery, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry,
Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky,
Seneca, Erie, Lorain, Medina, Cuyahoga,
Summit, Lake, Geauga, Portage,
Ashtabula, Trumbull, Jefferson, Belmont,
Monroe, Jackson, Knox, and
Fayette counties and the preliminary
work in Huron, Ashland, Wayne,
Stark, Mahoning, Columbiana, Carroll,
Tuscarawas, Holmes, Richland,
Crawford, Wyandot, Hardin, Marion,
Morrow, Lucas, Fulton, Williams,
Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert, Mercer,
Auglaize, Shelby, Miami, Cham-
paign, Clarke, Greene, Butler, Warren,
Clinton, Clermont and Brown
will be completed by the middle of June.
We started in to make our own maps, but
when we found that
the Road Commissioner was having an
Atlas made, similar to our own
ideas, we decided the size and character
of the road map would be of
service to us by merely making the
addition of mounds and earthworks.
Insofar as Mr. Wonders, the Road
Commissioner, is concerned, the
Society is at liberty to use the maps to
be printed for the commission by
the state.
Mr. Wilbur Stout, Sciotoville, Ohio, has
added two collections
with a total of 176 specimens to his
collection from Scioto County.
Mr. Stout's collection is now rich in a
fine series of primitive
agricultural implements made of
Ferruginous Sandstone. The outcrop
of this stone occurs along the Ohio
River and can be seen only dur-
ing low water in late summer. The stone
occurs in a thin layer seldom
over one-half inch in thickness, and was
no doubt removed in small slabs
and when broken into the desired size
and one end sharpened by grind-
ing, served as a very good agricultural
implement.
Mr. Z. T. Smith of Upper Sandusky
presented several early settler's
carpenter tools and modern Indian
implements from Wyandotte County
as follows: one large Swiss chisel, used
in making mortises prior to
the invention of the augur. The chisel was attached to a handle set
at right angles to blade which is over
20 inches in length. One iron
scraper used by the Indians in shaping
the interior of sugar troughs.
Three specimens of iron axes used by the
Wyandot Indians at Old Crane-
town and Upper Sandusky. The axes are of different types, sold to
the Indians from 1795 to 1810. Three specimens of large hunting
knives. The blades are about 5 inches in
length, encased in a curved
handle. Twenty specimens of silver
buckles, all found in the vicinity of
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Upper Sandusky. The buckles are plain
and circular, rounded on the
face and flat on the back.
Mr. Smith also contributed two printed
addresses and a Union
State Ticket with the name of John
Brough for Governor. One of the
addresses was delivered in the Chapel of
Ohio University, Athens,
Ohio, on Christmas day, 1839, by E.
Ballantine, A. M., and the other
by Rev. Elijah Parish, A. M.,
Williamstown, Vermont, February
26th, 1806.
Mr. Emil Schlup of Upper Sandusky
presented a hoe and a bail of
a large kettle, both taken from the site
of Old Cranetown, a Wyandot
village.
Mrs. Alice E. Hawk of 157 St. Clair
Avenue, Columbus, Ohio,
presents the Society with a number of
spears, canes and natural history
specimens from Africa, also minerals,
etc., from the United States.
Miss Harriet N. Townshend presents to
the Museum a collection
of shell beads from a big mound at one
time located at Mound and
Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri, and
removed in 1869.
Mr. George Schwartz of Wooster presented
two fine ceremonial
pieces found in Wayne County, many years
ago.
Governor Harmon presented to the Museum
four arrow points sent
to him by W. T. Hambridge of Eaton,
Ohio.
Hon. Carl H. Keller, State Senator,
Toledo, Ohio, presented to
the Society a small collection
consisting of a cannon ball and bayonet
found on the site of the battle of
Fallen Timbers.
Mr. Warren Cowen, custodian of Fort
Ancient, presented the
Museum with a number of celts, arrow and
spear points found on the
surface in various parts of the Fort.
Mr. King Thompson of East Woodruff
Avenue, Columbus, pre-
sented the finds from a pre-historic
grave, located on the Webster Park
Addition, to the City of Columbus. From
the grave was taken an un-
usually fine piece of pottery, which, by
accident, was broken in many
pieces, but we were very fortunate in
being able to restore the specimen.
Dr. W. B. Rosamond of Milnersville,
Guernsey County, Ohio, pre-
sented his entire collection of
specimens to the Museum. The collec-
tion consists of Archaeological
specimens collected in Guernsey County,
Ohio, by Dr. Rosamond during the many
years of his residence in Mil-
nersville. The collection is rich in
specimens of hematite, grooved axes
and pestles, however many specimens of
celts, drills, scrapers, knives,
hammer-stones, hammers, spear and arrow
points, pipes, banner stones
and gorgets, fully illustrating the
Archaeology of the County, are found
in the collection.
Dr. Rosamond was also a collector of
pioneer relics in Guernsey
County, and he kindly sent the following
specimens. Candle molds given
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to Dr. Rosamond by Mr. George Willis,
Guernsey County, who brought
them to Ohio in 1816. An iron griddle
brought from near Trenton,
New Jersey, by Joshua Kimball to
Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, from
which place Adam Kimball brought them to
Guernsey County, Ohio, in
1808. An oil lamp brought to Ohio from
Pennsylvania, in 1812, by Ben-
jamin Combs. A cow bell, owned by Isaac
Couts' father, and was in
use when Guernsey County was first
settled. A fork made near Trenton,
New Jersey, in 1798, and brought to Ohio
by Adam Kimball in 1808.
The exchanges with Historical Societies
and Scientific Institutions
have not diminished but, on the other
hand, have increased, and we have
arranged during the year for exchanges
with the following Institutions:
The American Monthly Magazine, Alabama
Anthropological Society,
Cambridge Historical Society, Charleston
Museum, Chicago Academy of
Science, Connecticut State Library,
Historical Society of Delaware,
Indiana State Library, Michigan Academy
of Science, National American
Society and the Virginia State Library.
The Curator found that it was impossible
to keep pace with the
growth of our Library and Museum with
the limited help at his com-
mand, and this matter was brought before
the Executive Committee and
additional help was granted the Curator,
and Mrs. Gertrude Wright was
installed to look after the exchanges
and the Library. This is a great
step in advance, as we were never able
to keep the exchange records in
any complete systematic and accessible
manner.
Our accumulation of reprints and
pamphlets containing addresses
and reports is so rapid that it is
necessary to put them in shape for
reference and to that end we have been
binding these pamphlets and
arranging them so they can be readily
found. We propose to properly
catalogue them and in that way make them
of service to the Library.
My plans for the coming year are first,
to push forward as rapidly
as possible the work on the
Archaeological Atlas, and then to carry on
some additional field work if the proper
mounds can be secured. The
Society is familiar with the Hopewell
group and I have explained the
necessity of again making a
complete examination of this great earth-
work. At the present time, I am unable to say whether or not the per-
mission will be granted for this work, but we hope it will.
During the winter the Society sent me to
Philadelphia as a repre-
sentative to the Museums Association of
America, and to Boston to the
American Association for the Advancement
of Science. The meeting
of the Museums Association in
Philadelphia was of special interest to
museums and museum workers. Section H of
the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science was
of special interest to workers
in Anthropology and Archaeology, as papers and lectures upon almost
every phase were given and they proved
of wonderful value.
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Professor
Putnam of Harvard University gave me a special in-
vitation
to visit the Museum, and arrangements with him were made to
secure
a duplicate collection from the great Madisonville Cemetery, for
our
Society.
Respectfully
submitted,
W. C.
MILLS.
ELECTION
OF TRUSTEES.
The
secretary reported that the terms of Trustees Myron T.
Herrick
and Martin R. Andrews terminated on the 9th of last
February
(191O), but that Governor Harmon promptly reap-
pointed
each to be his own successor for the coming term of
three
years, maturing February, 1913.
Upon
motion, President Wright appointed a nominating
committee
of three, Messrs. Wood, Prince and Andrews, to sug-
gest to
the meeting of the Society candidates for the Trusteeship
to fill
the places of those maturing at this meeting. Those Trus-
tees
were, Messrs. Baughman, Beal, Brinkerhoff, Ryan and
Thompson.
The committee retired and later reported the names
for
Trustees as follows: Messrs. Baughman, Brinkerhoff, Ryan,
Thompson
and Schaus. The report of the committee was ac-
cepted
and these five gentlemen were formally elected for the
offices
named. The nominating committee also reported that as
Rev. W.
H. Rice, formerly of Gnadenhutten, Ohio, had re-
moved
from the state to South Bethlehem, Pa., he had thereby
vacated
his office of Trustee, which encumbency would regularly
terminate
at the Annual Meeting in 1911. The committee there-
fore
proposed Mr. H. E. Buck, of Delaware, for the Trustee-
ship,
vice W. H. Rice. Upon proper motion and vote, Mr. Buck
was
elected to the vacancy. In the departure from Ohio of Dr.
Rice,
the Society loses the close-at-hand activity of one of its
most
enthusiastic and valuable members and officers.
The
Board of Trustees of the Society as now constituted is
as
follows:
TERMS
EXPIRE IN 1911.
R. E. H
ills................................ Delaware
C. L. Martzolff............................ Athens
G. Frederick W right ...................... Oberlin
Albert
Douglas . .................
Chillicothe
H. E.
Buck ................... ...........
Delaware
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TERMS
EXPIRE IN 1912.
Mr.
G. F. Bareis.......................... Canal
Winchester
Gen.
J. W arren Keifer.................... Springfield
Mr.
E. F. Wood ........................ Columbus
M
r. C.
H. Gallup .......................... Norwalk
Mr.
Walter C. Metz ...................... Newark
TERMS
EXPIRE IN 1913.
Mr.
A. J. Baughman...................... Mansfield
Gen. R. Brinkerhoff...................... Mansfield
Hon. D. J.Ryan
.......................... Columbus
Rev.
H. A. Thompson ..................... Dayton
Hon. L. P.
Schaus......................... Columbus
APPOINTED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Prof. B.
F. Prince, Springfield ......................... 1911
Mr.
E. 0. Randall, Columbus
............................ 1911
Rev.
N. B. C. Love, Perrysburg ........................ 1912
Hon.
J. W . Harper, Cincinnati .......................... 1912
Hon.
Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland .................... 1913
Prof.
M. R. Andrews, M
arietta.......................... 1913
REPORTS
OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The
reports of Standing Committees being called for, Presi-
dent
Wright responded briefly on behalf of the Committee on
Museum
and Library. Prof. Prince replied for the Committee
on
Fort Ancient, stating he had made several trips to the Fort
during
the past year, twice in company with Secretary Randall,
and
that the Fort was in excellent condition, indeed better than
ever,
and that Mr. Cowen was fulfilling his duties as faithfully as
ever. Prof. Martzolff reported his several visits
to Big Bottom
Park
and that the property is being well cared for by the cus-
todian,
and stated that after his last suggestions were carried
out
by the custodian, he (Martzolff) believed he had no recom-
mendations
to make as to improvements. Mr.
Ryan, for the
Publication
Committee, stated that that subject had been prac-
tically
covered by the report of the Secretary and that the pub-
lications
themselves would suffice as a report of the work of the
committee. Secretary Randall reported on behalf of the
Com-
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mittee on Serpent Mound to the effect
that last November he,
in company with Senator Harper, visited
the mound and spent
the day there; that they found the
property in excellent shape,
under the care of Daniel Wallace, but
found that the wire fence
protecting the edge of the bluff at the
head of the serpent in bad
condition, also the roof of the kitchen
and portico of the cus-
todian's house, which defects were
ordered repaired; several
rooms were also ordered re-papered and
some trees obstructing
the view of the Serpent from the
Observation Tower were or-
dered cut down. These improvements have
been made and paid
for, and the tower has recently been
ordered repainted. The
Finance Committee report being called
for it was suggested that
that had been covered in the report of
the Treasurer. Prof.
Mills supplemented the report of the
Fort Ancient Committee
by telling of the trip of himself and
Secretary Randall to Fort
Ancient to act as hosts to the visit of
Governor Harmon and
his staff, as Mr. Randall stated,
consisting of two generals, four
colonels and six captains. Prof. Mills
particularly complimented
the care of the Fort by Warren Cowen and
the work recently
done there; he had never seen the Fort
in such excellent con-
dition.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Rev. Thompson spoke feelingly concerning
the absence of
General Brinkerhoff, who, Mr. Baughman
reported, would be
82 years of age on June 17th,
and who was still active in busi-
ness and alert in the subjects that
interested him. Secretary was
requested by the meeting to write
General Brinkerhoff a letter
expressing the regret that he was not
present and wishing him
long life and happiness. This suggestion
was put into the form
of a motion and carried. The members of
the meeting expressed
their friendship for General Brinkerhoff
in the above sugges-
tions by a rising vote.
Senator Harper stated he wished to make
his favorite re-
quest, that the Society hold a meeting
in Cincinnati, where we
have over twenty life members. Prof.
Hulbert, at this point,
called attention to the fact heretofore
overlooked that this year
(191O) is the 25th anniversary of the
establishment of the
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Society, and he thought it would be a
fitting thing if this Cin-
cinnati meeting could take on the nature
of a 25th celebration,
with a dinner, formal speeches and the
presence of some dis-
tinguished invited guests. This
suggestion was heartily endorsed
by a few remarks by Mr. Ryan. The matter
was finally disposed
of by authorizing President Wright to
appoint at his convenience
a committee of five to formulate a plan
for such Cincinnati
meeting and report the same to the
Executive Committee.
ANNUAL MEETING OF TRUSTEES.
Immediately after the adjournment of the
Annual Meeting
of the Society there was held the Annual
Meeting of the Board
of Trustees. Those present were, Messrs.
Andrews, Bareis,
Baughman, Buck, Gallup, Harper, Love,
Martzolff, Prince, Ran-
dall, Ryan, Schaus, Thompson, Wood,
Wright and Mills.
Prof. Prince acted as chairman of the
meeting and Mr. Ran-
dall as secretary.
In accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution that
the Trustees elect the officers of the
Society, the following were
elected for the ensuing year:
President, G. Frederick Wright.
First Vice President, George F. Bareis.
Second Vice President, Daniel J. Ryan.
Secretary and Editor, E. O. Randall.
Treasurer, E. F. Wood.
Curator and Librarian, W. C. Mills.
As members of the Executive Committee
for the ensuing
year, in addition to the officers
already chosen who are ex of-
ficio members, there were selected, Messrs. Gallup, Harper,
Martzolff, Prince and Schaus.
The Executive Committee therefore, as
newly constituted,
is as follows: Messrs. Bareis, Gallup,
Harper, Martzolff, Mills,
Prince, Randall, Ryan, Schaus, Wood and
Wright. General R.
Brinkerhoff, President Emeritus, by
courtesy of his office, is en-
titled to attendance upon the meetings
of the Executive Commit-
tee.