HISTORICAL NEWS
Historical Societies
BRECKSVILLE EARLY SETTLERS' HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION, Brecksville
Mrs. Eddy Burke Fosnocht, President
New officers of the association are Mrs.
Eddy Burke Fosnocht,
president and treasurer; Ernest Green,
first vice president; Mrs.
Elmer Lewis, second vice president; Mrs.
Walter Lister, secretary;
and Harriet Wright, curator. Trustees
are Rev. J. Chandler Adams,
Mrs. Albert Birdsall, Benjamin P.
Forbes, Ernest Green, Mrs. Elmer
Lewis, Ray Thayer, and Dr. Charles K.
Teter.
The association maintains a museum in
the historic Squire
Rich house on the Metropolitan Park
property and is contemplat-
ing the restoration of the earliest
frame schoolhouse in the village.
The association also sponsors an annual
essay contest for high
school students. A brochure, The
Pioneer, listing the exhibits in the
museum has been published by the
association, and until its sus-
pension the local newspaper carried a
column with the title "The
Pioneer" for which the president
wrote short articles on the museum
exhibits. A historical committee, with
Mrs. Albert Birdsall as
chairman, has been appointed recently
for the purpose of preserv-
ing town records and gathering
historical data.
On Wednesday afternoon, October 13, Hon.
Frances P. Bolton
and Mayor Wade McConnell were guests of
the officers at a tea at
the museum. On October 16 Dr. Russell H.
Anderson, director of
the Western Reserve Historical Society,
met with the officers, trus-
tees, and historical committee and spoke
on the preservation of
records and the collection of historical
data.
BROWN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Ripley
H. H. Eveslage, President
The present officers of the society are
Harry H. Eveslage, presi-
dent; W. Clyde Richey, vice president;
Marjorie W. Finney, secre-
tary; Andrew J. Stivers, treasurer; and
Edward H. Paeltz, corre-
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sponding secretary. Edward L. Campbell,
Hugh Gooding, Dr. W. L.
Crist, Harold C. Paeltz, Arch R. Hicks,
Sr., and Nick L. Germann,
in addition to the officers, compose the
board of directors.
The society cooperated during the year
with the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society in
the restoration and dedi-
cation of the John Rankin home at Ripley
as a historical museum.
The dedication ceremonies were held on
June 13. The biography of
Rankin in the dedication program was
written by Mr. Eveslage.
Future meetings of the society will be
held quarterly instead
of monthly as formerly. Election of
officers will be at the January
meeting, and the annual meeting and
banquet will be in April.
The society is considering plans for
erecting a monument to mark
the site near Higginsport where the
first White Burley tobacco grew.
COSHOCTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
Coshocton
J. J. Dolan, President
Officers elected at the organization
meeting of the society on
May 10, 1948, are J. J. Dolan,
president; Ralph Leech, first vice
president; Ralph Mikesell, second vice
president; and Ross K.
Lawrence, secretary-treasurer. The
meeting was addressed by Di-
rector Erwin C. Zepp and Mrs. Irma P.
Anderson of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society.
CRESTLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Crestline
Dr. Ernest G. Hesser, President
The society, which was organized in
November 1947, has about
150 members. Its present officers are
Dr. Ernest G. Hesser, presi-
dent; J. L. Morrow, vice president; J.
B. McCarter, treasurer; and
Anna Crowe, secretary. During the past
year four general meet-
ings were held, and on June 20 the first
historical tour was con-
ducted. The group visited the Crawford
monument in Leesville,
the Wyandot Museum and the Wyandot
Mission at Upper Sandusky,
and the Crawford monument near Upper
Sandusky where Colonel
William Crawford was burned at the
stake.
One of the projects of the organization
is the developing of a
museum in Crestline. Four small rooms in
the town hall have been
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given for this purpose. A benefit
concert given by local talent
raised about $400 for the museum fund.
The Crestline Advocate carries a
column each week headed
"Do You Know About Crestline?"
The articles are written by
the president of the society and are
creating interest in the museum
and in the history of the locality.
DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
Delaware
Mrs. Walter S. Cole, Secretary
New officers of the society are George
Pugh, president; Dwight
Hoover, first vice president; George
Thurston, second vice presi-
dent; Floyd Weaver, third vice
president; Mrs. Walter S. Cole,
secretary; and Mrs. Edgar Nicholas,
treasurer. Twenty-two trus-
tees, one representing each of the
county's eighteen townships and
four city wards in Delaware, were
elected. They are Howard Cow-
gill, Roy Scott, Dwight Hoover, L. A.
McMillen, Hosea Jones, Mona
Rogers, Leland Paul, Merle Van Sickle,
Lucille Canfield, Jack
Brundage, Harriet Frye, Mrs. George
Thurston, Homer Lott,
Thomas Price, John Snook, Hugh Bishop,
Leland Fisher, Edward
Weiser, Robert Powers, R. B. Miller,
Mrs. J. S. Worrell, and John
Swickheimer.
The charter list of the society was
closed with a family mem.
bership of seventy-five.
FAIRPORT HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Fairport
Austin Headland, President
The speaker at the annual dinner
sponsored by the society
during the Mardi Gras Festival in July
1948 was Clarence Metcalf,
director of the Cleveland Public Library
and executive director of
the Great Lakes Historical Society. His
subject was "The History
of the Great Lakes." A talk on the
"Early History of Fairport"
was given on the same occasion by Martin
Tuttle, Painesville at-
torney.
During the shipping season the society
has been addressed by
representatives of the various shipping
companies who have pre-
sented items to the museum. Among them
was A. B. Kern of the
M. A. Hanna Co.
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FAYETTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Washington C. H.
Harold Craig, President
Organized in October 1948, the society
is acquiring collections
of books, manuscripts, pictures, and
other records and articles re-
lating to the history of Fayette County.
It plans to secure permanent
housing for these collections. B. E.
Kelley is the secretary, and
George Robinson, Jr., is chairman of the
membership committee.
FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Columbus
Charles A. Jones, President
The permanent organization of the
society took place on
September 24, 1948, when the following
officers were elected:
Charles A. Jones, president; Harlan H.
Hatcher, vice president;
Mrs. Charles E. Aspinall, temporary
secretary; and 0. W. Powers,
treasurer. The trustees are Anna B.
Florence, George A. Smalls-
reed, Sr., Clarence A. Swoyer, Don E.
Weaver, Trent Sickles, Mrs.
Tudor Wilson, and Dr. Jonathan Forman,
chairman.
The membership of the new society stood
at 661 on November
8, and it is hoped that it will have
reached at least one thousand by
January 1, 1949, when the charter
membership closes.
Plans are being laid to acquire a
suitable building to house
the historical library and museum which
are contemplated. The
society published the first issue of its
Bulletin in November. It is
an eight-page, printed bulletin giving
the details of the society's
organization, its constitution, and a
list of charter members.
GEAUGA COUNTY HISTORICAL AND MEMORIAL
SOCIETY, Burton
B. J. Shanoder, President
Membership in the society as of
September 15, 1948, was 615,
with additional memberships being
received. The society maintains
as a museum the Hickox home built by
Eleazer Hickox, son-in-law
of Thomas Umberfield, founder of Burton.
The museum is con-
sidered an outstanding one in this
region.
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GRANVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Granville
Arthur W. Jones, President
At a meeting of the society on October
29, a committee com-
posed of Dr. William T. Utter, Donald
Young, and Joe Rodes was
authorized to attempt to purchase a site
for a historical center. A
committee is working on a revision of
the constitution and bylaws
of the society. This committee includes
Mrs. Clarence D. Coons,
Dr. Clarence S. Gee, E. Clark Morrow,
and Dr. Utter.
GROVE CITY COMMUNITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
Grove City
Mrs. Elmer C. Milligan, Secretary-Treasurer
The organization of the society was
completed in June 1948.
Long range planning includes compiling
and publishing a compre-
hensive history of the community about
Grove City. More immedi-
ate projects are the plans for the
coming centennial of the village
and the publication of a calendar for
1949 which will note the
meeting dates of all civic organizations
of the village and will carry
items of historical interest and
pictures of places of interest in the
community.
GUERNSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Cambridge
Mary A. Stone, President
A special drive for memberships was
conducted in June by the
executive committee of the Cambridge
sesquicentennial. Funds
derived from the memberships were used
for expenses of the sesqui-
centennial celebration, August
31-September 6, sponsored by the
society.
THE HAYES MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, Fremont
Watt P. Marchman, Director of
Research
On October 4, the 126th anniversary of
the birth of Rutherford
B. Hayes, the trustees of the Rutherford
B. Hayes and Lucy Webb
Hayes Foundation met in annual session
at the Hayes Memorial
Library and Museum. Trustees of the
foundation are Arthur C.
Johnson, Columbus, president of the
board; Lloyd T. Williams,
Toledo; Harold Boeschenstein, Toledo;
Dalton Hayes; Dr. Frank
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L. Moore; and Webb C. Hayes, II,
Fremont, who is secretary-
treasurer of the board.
A very fine oil painting of General John
C. Fremont (1813-90),
for whom the town of Fremont, Ohio, was
named, has been pre-
sented to the Hayes Memorial Library by
Robert W. Waitt, Jr.,
Richmond, Virginia.
Accessions during the past three months
to the manuscripts di-
vision of the library include
photostatic copies of the Rutherford
B. Hayes materials in the William Henry
Smith Collection of the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society Library and the
Hayes letters, documents, and notes at
Kenyon College where Hayes
was a student from 1838 to 1842.
A photograph of the painting of
Rutherford B. Hayes by C. T.
Webber, which hangs in the statehouse in
Columbus near the gov-
ernor's office, was presented to the
library by A. T. Arnold of
Columbus.
HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF
OHIO, Cincinnati
Virginius C. Hall, Director-Librarian
The annual meeting of the society was
held on December 7 at
the Laws Memorial Auditorium, University
of Cincinnati. The
business session was followed by a
celebration in honor of James
Albert Green, noted regional historian
and collector, who has pre-
sented his entire collection of William
Henry Harrison material to
the society. It consists of about 1,200
pieces, including volumes,
bound pamphlets, pictures, broadsides,
maps, sheet music, and other
mementos. It is said to be the finest
private collection of Harrison-
iana in existence.
Extensive vital statistics from Butler
County and other genea-
logical materials have been left to the
society by the late Jane Knox
Skinner. This valuable contribution to
the historical materials on
this region is now available to
researchers in the library.
The director was the speaker at the
meeting of the Warren
County Historical Society on October 25
at the Golden Lamb,
Lebanon. He spoke on the history and
library facilities of the
Cincinnati organization. Alice P. Hook,
assistant librarian, will
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speak before the historic sites
committee of the Cincinnati chapter,
D.A.R., on January 10.
Volume 6, Number 4 of the society's Bulletin
features the
"Western Travels" of John W.
Baker, a travel diary of 1838, ably
edited by Dr. Harry R. Stevens of the
history department of Duke
University. This journal now appears in
print for the first time.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO,
Toledo
Randolph C. Downes, Executive
Director
During September, Dr. Randolph C. Downes
announced the
appointment of a board of editors which
includes G. Harrison
Orians, Brenton W. Stevenson, Jesse R.
Long, Donald E. Sharpe,
Blake-More Godwin, James M. Ashley, Mrs.
Kathryn Miller Keller,
Dr. Andrew J. Townsend, and Harvey Ford,
all of Toledo.
The next book to be published by the
society will be a history
of the University of Toledo, written by
Dr. Frank R. Hickerson,
professor of education at the
university.
HUDSON LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
Hudson
Lois A. Reed, Librarian and Curator
A special exhibit of utensils used in
food preparation in early
times was opened at the Historical House
on May 28, 1948. Mrs.
E. S. Bowerfind served as chairman of
the committee on arrange-
ments.
LICKING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Newark
Clarence R. Jones, President
During the past year the old Davidson
house, acquired in
January 1948, was moved from the corner
of Hudson Avenue and
Church Street to a location in Sixth
Street park. The society has
done some work toward restoring the
house to its original condition.
When the restoration is completed the
home is to be maintained as
a museum.
At the November meeting Mrs. Irma P.
Anderson, public re-
lations secretary and curator of
textiles of the Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society,
addressed the society on the "Weav-
ing Industry and Old Coverlets."
This was the first of a series on
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the early industries of Licking County.
A number of interesting
tours have been planned for next summer
by the tours committee,
of which Mrs. Frank Webb is chairman.
The present officers of the society are
Clarence R. Jones, presi-
dent; Corinne Metz, Harold Smucker, Mrs.
Frank Webb, Robbins
Hunter, Frank A. Woolson, Mrs. Harry D.
Baker, vice presidents;
Mrs. Benjamin Foreman, secretary; and
Roderic Jones, treasurer.
LOGAN COUNTY ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
Bellefontaine
Guy W. Furbay, Secretary
Large roadside markers have been erected
during the past year
to mark four historic sites in the
county-Gunn's Tavern, McKees
Town, Manary blockhouse, and Darby Creek
Friends meetinghouse.
The site of the Indian village,
Bokengehelas, has been marked with
a bronze plaque on a boulder, and a
similar marker has been placed
at Northwood in commemoration of the
founding of Geneva Hall
(College) there in 1848.
LORAIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Elyria
Mrs. James B. Thomas, President
This society was organized in 1889 but
has been inactive. New
officers have been elected in the hope
of reviving the organization.
The officers elected are Mrs. James B.
Thomas, president; Mrs.
Charles Cushing, vice president; Mrs.
Milton Wilcox, secretary;
Mrs. Frank Horan, corresponding
secretary; and Mrs. Cloyd Gull,
treasurer.
MUSKINGUM COUNTY PIONEER AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, Zanesville
Milman H. Linn, President
Officers of the society at present are
Milman H. Linn, president;
Scott Morgan, vice president; Mrs. Harry
Ackerman, secretary;
Mrs. Hugh A. Imlay, treasurer; Norris F.
Schneider, curator; and
Mrs. F. S. Clement, Mrs. William
Fillmore, Scott Morgan, Mrs.
E. R. Brush, Herbert M. Baker, Mrs.
Eleanor Bailey Johnson,
Russell Hay, Norris F. Schneider, and C.
Alfred Zinn, trustees.
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SALEM HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Salem
Roy W. Harris, President
Organized in August 1947, the membership
of the society is
growing from a small beginning. Present
officers are Roy W. Harris,
president; Matt Melitschka, Jr., vice
president; H. B. Critchfield,
secretary; and Marion Cox, corresponding
secretary. Monthly
meetings are held throughout the year.
During the past summer
the society conducted pilgrimages to
points of interest.
The society has recently received a gift
of the minute book of
the executive committee of the Western
Anti-Slavery Society cover-
ing the first meeting on August 17,
1848, and subsequent meetings
to 1855.
SCIOTO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
Portsmouth
Samuel P. Adams, President
New officers of the society elected at a
meeting on December 1
are Dr. Samuel P. Adams, president; Mrs.
S. D. Ruggles, first vice
president; H. M. Dodson, second vice
president; Robert R. Leedom,
third vice president; Mrs. W. H. Schwartz,
recording secretary;
Mrs. Frank Webb, corresponding
secretary; and Mrs. J. F. Anglin,
membership secretary. Frank C. Balmert
was reelected treasurer.
Lucy W. Hall has been appointed
historian. A librarian, an at-
torney, several committees and members
of the board of directors
are to be named later. The new officers
will assume their posts at
the annual meeting in January. Quarterly
meetings are to be held
during the year.
Dr. Adams succeeds Russell Stockman, who
served last year
as the first president of the
organization. During the year the
society was incorporated, and funds were
raised for the purchase
of the old Kinney homestead at the
corner of Waller Street and
Kinney's Lane. The house will be
repaired and opened to the public
as a local museum.
SENECA COUNTY HISTORICAL AND
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, Tiffin
A. C. Shuman, Curator
Four fine oil paintings have been
acquired recently by the
museum. Three of these are from the
estate of the late Frank
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Callahan and were presented to the
museum by Mrs. Esther Myers
to whom they had been bequeathed. They
include a copy of "The
Horse Fair" by Rosa Bonheur, a
painting of Colonel "Jim" Douglas
and his trotting mares by John McAuliff,
and a painting of Mr.
Callahan's famous pacer, "Callie G,"
by Charles Fremont Johnson.
The fourth oil acquired, a painting of
"The Golden Gate" of San
Francisco harbor by Eugene M. Davidson,
was the gift of Scott
Garett.
This brings the number of oil paintings
on display at the
museum to a total of twenty-three,
including seven portraits.
SHAKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND,
OHIO
Mrs. Harry D. Piercy, Secretary
This society was organized in the fall
of 1947 as a result of
interest aroused when the Business Men's
Association of Shaker
Square and Kinsman Road marked with
bronze plaques a stone
gatepost and a millstone used in the
Shaker community of North
Union which flourished on the heights
above Cleveland from 1822
to 1889. The ceremony occurred on
September 21.
The organization of the society was
completed on November 18
with the election of William Slade, Jr.,
president; Cary Album,
vice president; Mrs. Harry D. Piercy,
secretary; and John Hecker,
treasurer. The trustees are Mrs. King
Daywalt, Benjamin Jenks,
L. D. Newman, John Creech, Mrs. Herman
J. Nord, John Schott,
Dr. Webster G. Simon, E. L. Thrower,
Morris Van Fossan, Seward
A. Covert, and Philip Small. A membership
committee, with L. D.
Newman as chairman, was appointed.
Within four months the
society had enrolled over two hundred
members including one
Shaker and seven direct descendants of
Shakers.
On June 16, 1948, a garden party was
held at the Western Re-
serve Historical Society where the fine
Shaker collections were in-
spected. The director, Dr. Russell H.
Anderson, with Mrs. Ander-
son, Mrs. King Daywalt, and Mr. and Mrs.
Slade, received the
guests, and Girl Scouts in Shaker
costume served Shaker refresh-
ments. On September 21, a day set apart
by the society as "Foun-
ders' Day," about seventy members
met at the home of John Walch.
On the lawn of this home stand two of
the original gateposts mark-
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ing the entrance to the one-time Shaker
farm of the Middle family
of North Union village. The event marked
the 126th anniversary of
the Shaker settlement in Cleveland.
Benjamin Jenks and John
Hecker, both early settlers on the
Heights, recalled former days, and
a bronze plaque which had been placed on
one of the gateposts was
unveiled with appropriate ceremonies.
SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Sidney
John Whitney, President
Present officers of the society, which
was organized in 1946,
are John Whitney, president; Willian
Joslin, Sr., first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. G. E. Sturm, treasurer; and
Paul Sherman, secretary.
Projects under way or contemplated
include a proposed state park
at Lockington, the marking of the
Thatcher homestead, the preserva-
tion of the covered bridge, the mapping
of the Harmar trail, and
the research and preparation of a
history of Shelby County schools.
Lawrence Hill is directing the work on
the trail map, and Mrs.
Marion Russell, chairman of the
educational committee, is in charge
of the school history project.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF PIONEER RIVERMEN,
Marietta
Frederick Way, Jr., President
The annual meeting of the organization
was held at Marietta
on September 18, 1948. All incumbent
officers were reelected for
another year. They are Frederick Way,
Jr., president; C. W. Stoll
and Robert G. Thomas, vice presidents;
William McNally, secre-
tary; and Ruth Maddy, treasurer.
Recent additions to the River Museum at
Campus Martius in-
clude a set of scrapbooks kept by the
Pittsburgh Coal Company,
Pittsburgh, pertaining to all river
activities in the coal business
from 1902 to 1916.
The president, Captain Frederick Way,
Jr., was the recipient
of the 1948-49 fellowship awarded by the
Martha Kinney Cooper
Ohioana Library Association to encourage
research and publication
in the field of Ohio history. Captain
Way will use the fellowship
fund ($3,000) to assemble and write the
story of Ohio River life.
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STARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Canton
E. T. Heald, Secretary-Treasurer
The secretary-treasurer has started
research on the microfilmed
Canton Repository, carding local information preparatory to writ-
ing the first volume of the history of
Canton, which will include a
history of Stark County for the period
1805-50.
SUMMIT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Akron
Carl H. Pockrandt, President
"Early Tales of the Western
Reserve" was the subject of an
address by Donald Lybarger, Cuyahoga
County recorder, at the
meeting of the society on November 18.
Interesting quotations
from letters and diaries of the pioneer
period were presented as a
part of the talk.
The November Bulletin carried a
story of "Millerism" or
"Second Adventism" which
gained many adherents in Summit
County from 1839 to 1846.
WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Cleveland
Russell H. Anderson, Director
The family of Dr. George W. Crile has
presented to the society
a large collection of his private papers
amounting to about a ton
in bulk. The collection consists of
letters, personal memorabilia,
Spanish-American and World War I service
diaries, reprints, photo-
graphs, and other materials. It contains
ample material for a
number of writing projects, including a
biography of Dr. Crile, a
history of the Lakeside Base Hospital
Unit, the story of the Cleve-
land Clinic, and the Clinic disaster.
The society's collection of Southern
newspapers has been aug-
mented by a bound file of the Fayetteville
(N. C.) Observer from
August 4, 1862, to December 31, 1863.
The project of alphabetizing and typing
the marriage records
of Knox County has been completed.
Copies are available at the
library of the society, the State
Library at Columbus, and through
the Mount Vernon chapter, D.A.R.
The latest of the Cleveland dioramas has
recently been installed
in the museum. It represents the river
and canal basin at Cleveland
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about 1830 and shows types of boats,
docks, and warehouses, the
nature of the cargoes carried, the lock
construction, and the appear-
ance of the "Public Square
Hill" at that time.
The museum has received from Mrs. Frank
B. Meade a col-
lection of glass and China slippers
which is now on exhibit as a
part of the costume display. It has a
wide range of colors, ma-
terials, and periods.
There has been installed recently a
series of eight miniature
Indian settings showing the manner of
life and customs of repre-
sentative Indian groups, including the
Woodland Indians of both
the northern and southern areas, and
Plains, Pueblo, Desert, and
Northwest Coast Indians. These settings
were planned and made
by Dr. and Mrs. Harry D. Piercy.
Dr. A. I. Ludlow has added to his
donation of Korean anti-
quities a chest, a wall hanging, two
porcelain vases, and other
objects.
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Heyman have
presented a notable
collection of patriotic envelopes or
covers (largely unused) of the
Civil War period. They were collected
during the war by N. A.
Very of Salem, Massachusetts, and
include some 3,500 items, mostly
in color. They range from general
patriotic motifs to battle maps
and cartoons. The political campaign of
1860 is represented by
covers for and against Douglas, Bell,
and Breckenridge. Both sides
are represented, but those from the
Union predominate.
Shandy Hall, near Unionville, will
remain closed until May 1.
About Historians
New members of the department of history
faculty at Defiance
College include E. Michael Hinds, C. W.
Knollman, and Erwin J.
Urch. Dr. Urch is the head of the
department.
P. K. Whelpton, associate director of
the Scripps Foundation
for Research in Population Problems, has
published an important
article in the Scientific Monthly for
October 1948, pp. 277-288. It
is entitled "A History of
Population Growth in the United States."
Rocco Paone is on leave from the
department of history of
Xavier University for one year's study
in Washington, D. C.
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Mid-America for July 1948 published an article entitled "Fran-
cisco Pablo Vasquez and the Independence
of Mexico," by W.
Eugene Shiels, S. J., chairman of the
department. Father Shiels is
at present making a study of Mexican
political integration before
1856.
Dr. John Long, associate professor of
history at Western Col-
lege, read a paper on
"Anglo-American Relations in the Fish-
Sumner Controversy, 1869-71" at the
meeting of the Southern
Historical Association in Jackson,
Mississippi, on November 6.
Dr. Louis Filler of Antioch College is
editing for publication
in the fall of 1949 a manuscript of
reminiscences respecting life
and labor in Missouri during the 1850's
and the Civil War period.
John H. Cramer, history instructor at
Youngstown College,
died suddenly of a heart attack on
October 26. Mr. Cramer was a
collector of Lincolniana and an
authority on Lincoln. His third
book on Lincoln had come off the press
six days before his death.
Mr. Cramer received his bachelor of arts
and master of arts degrees
at Western Reserve University and was
working on his doctor of
philosophy degree. He was a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and of
several historical associations.
Dr. Charles H. Wesley, president of the
Wilberforce College
of Education and Industrial Arts, read a
paper, "Liberia Begins Its
Second Century, 1948," to the
thirty-third annual meeting of the
Association for the Study of Negro Life
and History.
Dr. Clayton S. Ellsworth of the College
of Wooster reports
that the faculty members of the
department of history last fall
served as advisors to twenty-three
independent study students. These
students are excused from twelve hours
of class work to engage in
independent study climaxed by a senior
essay. Each advisor has a
maximum of eight such students.