THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETT, SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO, Nov. 27, 1916. The meeting was called to order by First Vice
President George F. Bareis. There were present Messrs: |
George F. Bareis, E. O. Randall, F. W. Treadway, W. C. Mills, H. E. Buck, D. H. Gard, H. C. Shetrone, Frank Tallmadge, F. D. Hills, W. H. Cole, Edgar Butler, A. M. Schlesinger, E. C. Derby, Leonard Marker, J. M. Dunham, Almer Hegler, |
D. J. Ryan, James E. Campbell, Webb C. Hayes, C. D. Slosson, W. C. Moore, W. L. Curry, E. F. Wood, E. E. Hockett, Van A. Snider, B. F. Prince, G. Frederick Wright, W. H. Siebert, J. S. Roof, W. D. McKinney, C. W. Justice. |
There being thirty-one members of the Society
present, the requisite quorum (ten), required by the constitution, was
complied with. SECRETARY'S REPORT. The report of the thirtieth annual meeting of the
Society is found in Volume 24 of the Society annuals. Two sessions
were held: the pre- liminary one, held May 21, 1915. This meeting
adjourned to September 24th, 1915. The proceedings of these preliminary and
adjourned meet- ings will be found in full on pages 544 to 582,
inclusive, volume 24. The proceedings of the Society, worthy of record,
since the date of the last annual meeting (September 24, 1915) are
as follows: November 19, 1915, there was held a specially called
meeting of the Trustees. Present Messrs. Ryan, Treadway, Wright,
Buck, Cole, Prince, Schaus, Wood, Moore, Hayes and Randall. Absent,
Messrs. Campbell, Thompson, Bareis and Herrick. (82) |
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 83
Mr. Schaus, chairman of the Spiegel
Grove Building Committee,
made a full and formal report of the
final actions of that committee.
It held its last meeting on November
13th, 1915, all the members being
present except Col. Hayes. The amount
remaining due the contractor
was ordered paid. Final settlement was
also made with the architect.
This closed the work of the building
committee, and the final report on
the Hayes Memorial Building, by the
committee, was received and ap-
proved. The committee received a vote of
thanks from the Board of
Trustees for their long and trying
services, and the committee was dis-
charged.
Mr. Ryan, speaking for the Spiegel Grove
Building Committee--
of which he was a member-said that:
"All credit is due to Mr.
Schaus, chairman of the committee, and
public acknowledgment should
be made that he is the man who bore the
chief burden. It would have
been almost impossible for the Society
to have completed this work with-
out his assistance, because of his
practical knowledge and his willing and
constant sacrifice of time and labor. He
has done a great and splendid
work for the committee, and the Trustees
of the Society, and the Society
itself, should feel under the greatest
obligations to him."
Upon the discharge of the Spiegel Grove
Building Commitee, which
consisted of Messrs. Schaus, Hayes,
Ryan, Bareis and Mills, the care of
the Spiegel Grove property was
transferred to the new Hayes Memorial
and Spiegel Grove Committee, consisting
of Messrs. Hayes, Wright,
Treadway, Ryan, and Mills.
After report of the Finance Committee,
by Mr. Wood, the salaries
of the paid officers of the Society were
agreed upon, as follows:
Curator, $2,500.00; Assistant Curator,
$1,500.00; Secretary, $1,000.00;
Chief Janitor, $900.00; Assistant
Librarian, $840.00; Library Stenographer,
$720.00; Assistant Janitor, $660.00;
Janitor, $600.00; Treasurer, $300.00;
Bookkeeper, $150.00; Assistant Librarian,
Spiegel Grove, $500.00; Care-
taker, Spiegel Grove, $720.00;
Caretaker, Fort Ancient, $300.00; Caretaker,
Serpent Mound, $240.00; Caretaker, Logan
Elm Park, $25.00; W. L.
Curry, Civil War Historian, $2,000.00.
The Library Committee, consisting of Messrs.
D. J. Ryan, G. W.
Knight, W. H. Scott, J. E. Campbell and
W. L. Curry, reported
that it met on November 15th and 18th.
The duties of this committee
having heretofore been included in the
duties of the committee known
as the Museum and Library Committee, it
is now proposed that the
Library Committee be a separate and
distinct standing committee, having
full and exclusive authority over the
general management of the library,
the policy of which management should
be, in brief, to confine the library
purchases almost exclusively to books
and material connected with the
history of Ohio and the Northwest
Territory, and that it should be the
function of the committee to search for,
and where possible obtain,
worth-while papers, books and
manuscripts pertaining to this field; that
this committee should act in
co-operation with the Library Council of
84 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
the Ohio State University Library, with
a view to avoiding unnecessary
duplication of books and other
historical material. This report, with
minor details, after considerable
discussion, was adopted. It was further
proposed, and adopted,-"That the
employment of assistants in the
library of the Society should be by the
Board of Trustees, on recom-
mendation of the Library Committee; that
the direction and supervision
of the library assistants should be
vested in the Librarian, under the
direction of the Library
Committee."
Concerning the subject of the origin,
growth and management of
the library, Curator Mills made an
interesting and lengthy statement, to
the effect that the library had been
turned over to his care in the year
1900, when the historical part of the
library was moved to the Uni-
versity and placed in Orton Hall
building. The library then owned by
the Society consisted of only about 260
volumes. It now consists of
some twelve thousand volumes. For the
most part this library has grown
without a dollar of expense; only within
the last few years have we
had money to purchase books, prior to
which time the accessions to the
library were made by exchanges or
through donations to the Society.
The library now possesses the largest
collection of county histories of
any library in the city, even greater
than that in the state library.
Reports of the various committees being
called for, Secretary Ran-
dall reported for the committee on
Publications, that the set of twenty-
three volumes of the annuals of the
Society were being reprinted, in
accordance with the last appropriation
bill, and it was hoped that they
would be ready for distribution at the
beginning of the next year. The
October Quarterly was then in press, and
would soon be ready to mail;
that completed volume twenty-four of the
Society Annuals.
Curator Mills reported for the Museum
Committee, consisting of
Messrs. Mills, Bareis, Hegler and Buck.
The Spiegel Grove Committee, through
Col. Hayes, made a report,
suggesting certain changes be made in
the plan of the heating plant in
the Memorial Library Building; that it
would cost about $750.00 to make
the changes desired and proposed. Col.
Hayes stated he would meet
this expense personally, as there was no
fund coming from the state to
defray the same. The Trustees authorized
the changes in the plans as
suggested. The thanks of the Trustees
and the Society were extended
to Col. Hayes for his generosity in this
matter.
FORT ANCIENT.
Prof. B. F. Prince made a report for the
Committee on Fort An-
cient. The committee had authorized Mr.
Cowen to make certain repairs
of the house of the custodian, the
shelter house and the roadway. The
total expense was figured at about
$200.00. Those improvements, so far
as the money allowance would go, had
been or were being made.
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SERPENT MOUND.
Mr. Cole made a lengthy report
concerning Serpent Mound, which
he had visited recently. He spoke highly
of the care given the property
by the custodian, Daniel Wallace. The
committee thought that $350.00
should be allowed for the improvement of
Serpent Mound Park, par-
ticularly for the erection of a shelter
house for the convenienve of tem-
porary visitors; certain improvements
and repairs on the roof and portico
of the home of the custodian had been
made, in accordance with direc-
tions given by Curator Mills to Mr.
Wallace. The committee thought the
property ought to be adorned with
additional shrubbery and trees, so as
to give it a more decorative and
picturesque appearance. The suggestions
of the Serpent Mound Committee were
approved, but no action could be
taken from their accomplishment, because
of lack of funds for that
purpose.
There were no formal reports from the
committees on Logan Elm,
Big Bottom Park, Harrison Memorial,
History and Manuscripts, and
Necrology.
SPIEGEL GROVE.
The Committee on Spiegel Grove reported
that they had decided to
hold the dedication ceremonies for the
Hayes Memorial Library and
Museum Building on Memorial Day, May
30th, 1916. The chief address
o that occasion would be delivered by
Charles Richard Williams, author
of the Autobiography of Rutherford B.
Hayes. The fixing of this date
for this occasion was approved by the
Trustees.
President Wright announced that Col.
Hayes had set aside $50,000.00,
in the hands of The Citizens Savings and
Trust Company, of Cleveland
the income of which was to be expended
for books and historical ma-
terial for the library of Spiegel Grove.
This announcement was received
with applause by the Trustees. This
$50,000.00 is to be permanently in-
vested, and the income of which is to go
to the purchase of books on
Americana for the library in the Hayes
Memorial Library Building, at
Fremont. The books thus to be purchased
to supplement, from time to
time, the unequaled collection of
Americana left by the late President
Rutherford B. Hayes. This added
resource, with the material already
secured, will make the library the
finest and most complete collection of
strictly Americana, perhaps, in any
library in this country, and thus
place the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society in the fore-
front of all similar institutions, and
will make it the mecca among schol-
ars and students who desire to consult
original literature pertaining to the
history of our country.
President Wright further stated that the
amount of moneys Mr.
Hayes had previously expended,
personally, upon the grounds and build-
ing, since donating the same to the
state, amounts in round numbers to
$50,000.00. A formal vote of thanks was
voted to Col. hayes for his
generous and magnificent donation of
$50,000.00.
86 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
The donations by Col. Hayes, and also
that of $50,000.00 by his wife,
Mrs. Hayes, for a public hospital in
Fremont, were fittingly observed by
the public on October 21, 1915, upon
which occasion President Wright, of
the Society, presided. This event, is
duly reported, beginning page 591,
volume 24 of the Society Annuals.
Mr. Treadway earnestly advocated the
proposition that the fee for
life membership in the Society be raised
from $25.00 to at least $50.00,
and that an honorary membership be
established, the fee for which should
be not less than $100.00. He believed
that the benefits which life mem-
bers are now receiving from the Society
is entirely too great for the
small sum of $25.00. He knew of no other
Society in the country where
so much could be obtained for so little,
and he had no doubt that a large
list of members could be secured if
efforts were properly put forth. The
matter was taken under advisement by the
Trustees, but no definite action
was taken at this meeting.
On November 24th, 1915, Governor Myron
T. Herrick tendered to
Governor Willis his resignation as
Trustee of the Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society, on the
ground that he had just been
appointed to the Commission on Rural
Credits, and that he would not be
able to render the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society the
time and consideration it deserved. The
resignation was accepted by the
Governor, and Mr. William P. Palmer,
President of the Western Reserve
Historical Society, Cleveland, was
appointed to fill out the unexpired
term of Governor Herrick, which term
would end February 18, 1916.
At the expiration of Mr. Palmer's
partial term Governor Willis appointed
him Trustee for the Society for the
regular term of three years. At the
same time he reappointed Hon. James E.
Campbell (whose term expired
at that time) Trustee to succeed
himself, for the term of three years,
ending February 18th, 1919.
There was no further meeting of the
Trustees until April 14th, 1916,
when there was a special called meeting.
There were present Messrs.
Wright, Ryan, Wood, Randall, Buck,
Bareis, Schaus, Hayes, Prince, Cole
and Moore; Curator Mills was also
present. Absent: Messrs. Campbell,
Thompson, Treadway and Palmer.
Reports of the various committees were
called for. These reports
will be found in full in the
stenographic report of the minutes in the
Secretary's Minute Book.
Treasurer Wood made an itemized
statement of the balances of the
appropriation in the various funds,
which would be available to the
Society until July 1st, 1916.
Secretary Randall stated that the
reprints of the twenty-three vol-
umes of the society's annuals for the
members of the Legislature, as pro-
vided by the appropriation bill of the
last session, had been published,
boxed, and were being shipped to the
members of the General Assembly.
Accompanying the bill of lading to each
member was a circular prepared
by the Secretary, to the effect that the
method of distributing the books
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 87
was left to the Society by the General
Assembly; that it was decided to
follow the usual course, and send each
member of the general assembly
five complete sets, with the request
that the books be distributed to
public and school libraries, rather than
to individuals. Reports from
many members of the legislature
indicated that as a general thing they
endorsed and were following that method
of distribution.
Prof. Mills reported that he had secured
the McCulloch collection
of archaeological specimens, and it was
installed in the museum. The
collection of rifles and muskets owned
by the Society had been placed in
upright cases and attached to the columns
of one room. Mr. Mills fur-
ther reported that after several days of
preparation, cataloguing and
boxing, the relics from the flag-room of
the state house were, on Febru-
ary 28th (1916), transferred to the
building of the Society. The total list
of the items was 1,177 -that made many
more in number of specimens,
as in many instances one item included
several specimens. This material
has been classified, properly labeled
and placed in cases in the museum
department. This was the culmination of
a plan which had been sug-
gested many years before, and often
discussed by the committees of the
legislature. It is a great acquisition
for the Society, and is a proper
outcome of this long discussed plan.
Prof. Wright made a lengthy report for
the committee on His-
torical Sites, recommending that the
Society obtain, repair and preserve
the Serpent Mound near South Lebanon, in
Warren county, which is
second in importance only to the great
Serpent Mound in Adams county.
This Warren county Serpent Mound had been
surveyed and mapped by
Dr. C. L. Metz in 1892, and was visited
a few years ago by Secretary
Randall and President Wright. An account
of this prehistoric relic may
be found in the January number of the
Quarterly for 1909. Professor
Wright further advocated securing the
remains of Fort Miami, eight
miles south of Toledo on the west bank
of the Maumee river, two or
three miles north of Fort Meigs, which
latter fort is already owned by
the state and marked by a monument. Fort
Miami was a military post
established by the British in 1786, and
occupied by them until Wayne's
victory over the Indians at Fallen
Timbers, August 20th, 1794, and was
again occupied by the British after
General Hull's surrender in 1812.
A committee, consisting of Trustee Cole,
Dr. Charles Hough of
Lebanon, and Prof. Mills, was appointed
to enquire into the means of
obtaining and preserving Serpent Mound
in Warren county. Messrs.
Sherman, Treadway and Buck were made a
committee to consider the
matter of securing the site of Fort
Miami.
Prof. Prince made a report on Fort
Ancient, stating that certain
improvements which he specified had been
made, the total cost being
$250.00. Many other improvements were
still needed, such as regraveling
the roadway in the fort and replacing
certain fences enclosing the
grounds; a new gateway should be built.
88 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Trustee Cole made an itemized report on
the improvements made
at Serpent Mound, the total cost of
which had been $66.75, in addition
to which $19.25 had been expended for
the planting of certain fruit trees
adjacent to the house of the custodian.
A book was provided, to secure
a complete registration of the visitors
to the park. The custodian re-
ported that the number of visitors to the
park would average in the
neighborhood of fifty a day.
Prof. Mills was authorized to attend the
annual meeting of the
American Museum Association, to be held
in May, at Washington.
The Secretary brought up the matter of a
new general index of
the twenty-four volumes of the Annuals
of the Society. As it stands
now, the first eleven volumes are not
indexed separately, but there is
in the eleventh volume a general index,
covering eleven volumes; all
volumes subsequent to that are
independently indexed. It is greatly de-
sired that there be a new general index,
completely covering the volumes
from one to twenty-four, in order to
make the material thus published
by the Society easily available.
On May 30th, (1916) at Spiegel Grove,
was held the dedicatory cere-
mony of the Hayes Memorial Library and
Museum Building. The pro-
gram occupied the entire day, Governor
Willis being present in the morn-
ing, and delivering an address, and the
ceremony pertinent to the build-
ing itself, and the address of Charles
Richard Williams upon "Ruther-
ford B. Hayes" was held in the
afternoon, in which many speakers par-
ticipated. The entire proceedings of
this day, including the addresses,
were published in the October Quarterly.
On October 21st, (1916) under the
auspices of the Society, there was
celebrated at Logan Elm Park the
dedication of a log-cabin recently
erected on the grounds of the park, the
erection of a flag-pole, and raising
of a flag, and the unveiling of two
tablets, one containing the names of
the Chiefs and pioneer army officers who
took part in the treaty of recon-
ciliation at Camp Charlotte, between
Lord Dunmore and Cornstalk, the
Chief of the Indian Confederacy, in
November, 1774. The second tablet,
erected by the descendants of Michael
Cressap, was a memorial to Captain
Michael Cressap. This occasion at Logan
Elm was one of extreme
interest. Mr. Henry J. Booth delivered
the address on the occasion
of the unveiling of the tablets. There
were present twenty-two lineal
or collateral descendants of Michael
Cressap, who was present at the
making of the treaty in 1774. These
Cressaps took preliminary steps
at this time to organize a Cressap
Association. The proceedings of this
day, in detail, with the addresses made,
will be published in volume
twenty-six of Society Annuals.
In accordance with a circular sent out
by the Secretary early in
September, asking the chairmen of the
various committees to report to
Treasurer Wood the budget which they
desired for the two years, 1916-
1917 and 1917-1918, for their respective
committees, reports were made
to Mr. Wood, and early in October the
finance committee held meetings,
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 89
considered the reports made by the various committees
and made out
the budget for the Budget Commissioner. It was placed
in his hands
early in October. November 8th, Messrs. Wood, Randall
and Mills met
the Budget Commissioner in the room of the finance
committee of the
house, and went over the items asked for in the budget.
On November 15th news was received that Mr. Daniel
Wallace, who
had been custodian of Serpent Mound since its
acquisition by the So-
ciety, died on November 9th.
Since the last annual meeting the following parties
have qualified
as life members of the Society:
W. H. Siebert, J. S. Bracken, H. J. Booth, Lowry F.
Sater, W. R.
Lazenby, Dr. John M. Henderson, E. R. Sharp, E. M.
Poston, all of
Columbus; Dean M. Hickson and Van A. Snider, of
Lancaster; Mrs.
A. P. Brown, of Groveport; Robert G. Kinkead,
Clintonville, and W. L.
Silvey, of Dayton.
Mrs. A. P. Brown is the author of the article in the
October Quar-
terly, just published, concerning John Rarey, the
horse-tamer. She has
donated to the Society some valuable and rare books and
mementoes
formerly the property of John S. Rarey.
Treasurer Wood then made his report, as follows:
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR THE YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30, 1916.
RECEIPTS.
From July 1st, 1915 to July 1st, 1916.
Balance onhand,
July 1st, 1915 ............................ $2,147 82
Life M
embership Dues
..................................... 240 00
Active Membership Dues
................................... 96
00
Subscriptions .............................................. 41 00
Books sold ................................................ 186 38
Interest .................................................... 588 72
Payment for Supplies
Sold ................................. 3 40
From State Treasurer on Sundry
Appropriations............ 30,212
91
Total
................................................. $33,516 23
DISBURSEMENTS.
Salaries
......................................... ......... $12,855
00
Wages
.................................................... 250 00
Supplies
......................................... ......... 483 70
Publications ............................................... 2,400
00
Library Equipment
........................................ 226
40
Museum Equipment
....................................... 647
90
General Plant Equipment
................................ 108
29
90 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Repairs and Upkeep ....................................... 236 67
Water Rent
............................................... 44
10
Light, H
eat and Power .................................... 1,280 64
Express .........................................
......... 73 39
Expenses of Trustees and Committees
...................... 455
60
Telephone Rent
........................................... 93
28
Sundry Expenses:-
Auditing Books ........................... $37 50
Meeting of Ohio Valley Historical Associa-
tion ................................... 84
30
Treasurer's Bond .......................... 15
00
Hayes Memorial Library, Court Costs...... 42
56
Hayes Memorial Library Dedication......... 25
90
Sundry Expenses .......................... 77
41
_____- 282 67
Field Work
............................................... 999
79
Insurance Premiums
...................................... 99
00
Logan Elm Park, Care and Improvements
.................. 112
40
Spiegel Grove Park, Care and Improvements ............. 203
58
Serpent Mound Park, Care and Improvements ............. 92
01
Additions
and Betterments .........
........................ 139 77
Fort Ancient, Care and Improvements ...................... 245
84
Postage .........................................
........ 80 00
Reprinting Publications
.................................... 8,500
00
Hayes Memorial Library Building
.......................... 402
18
Transferred to Permanent Fund ........................... 830
00
Balance on hand, June
30th, 1916
.......................... 2,374 02
Total ................................................. $33,516 23
Amount of Permanent Fund, June 30, 1916
................ $12,500 00
(Signed) E. F. WooD, Treasurer.
The report of the Auditor being called for, Mr. W. D.
McKinney
read the same, as follows:
COLUMBUS, OHIO, September 6, 1916.
The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society,
Honorable E. O.
RANDALL, Secretary, Columbus, Ohio.
DEAR SIR:- At the call of your Treasurer Mr. E. F. Wood
for
the usual annual audit of the Books of Account of your
Society the
same has been completed for the period June 1st, 1915
to June 30, 1916
inclusive, report of same containing statements and
schedules represent-
ing the financial transactions for the period and the
financial condition
at June 30th as follows:
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Page 1. Trial Balance as at June 30, 1916.
Page 2. Summary of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for
the
Period.
Page 3. Statement of Appropriations for the Period.
Page 4. Schedule of Appropriations for the Period.
The cash balance as stated herein is supported by the
statement
reported by the bank and is set forth in the Bank
Reconciliation at the
bottom of page 2. The personal verification of this
account by comparison
with the books of the Auditor of State completes the
support of this
balance.
We have also verified the certificate of deposit for
$12,500.00, repre-
senting the permanent fund of your society.
The Books of the Treasurer were found in their usual
good condi-
tion.
(Signed) J. J. MCKNIGHT,
Certified Public Accountant.
POST CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE JUNE 30, 1916.
Ledger
Folio. DR. CR.
3 State
Treasurer ............................ $2,632 65
26 Personal Services
A-2...................... ........ $50 00
28 Office Supplies C-4
.......................... ........ 3 85
32 General Plant Supplies...................... ........ 13 70
34 Equipment E-8 .............................
........ 773 60
36 Equipment E-9 .............................
........ 781 99
38 Contract and Open Order Service General Re-
pairs F-1 .................................. ........ 600 12
40 Contract and Open Order Service Water F-3........ 11 90
41 Contract Open Order Service Light, Heat &
Power F-4 .............. ................ ........ 119 36
42
Transportation F-6 ......................... ........ 244 17
43 Contract Open Order Service Communication
F-7
......................................... ........ 10
80
44 Contract Open Order Service Contingencies
F-8
......................................... ........ 22 50
45 Contract
Open Order Service Field Work F-9
........ 21
47 Fixed Charges, Insurance H-9...................... 40
52 Cash ....................................... ........
2,374 02
56 E. F. Wood, Treasurer..................... 2,374 02
150 Investment ................................. 12,500
00
151
Investment
.................................
....... 12,500 00
$17,506 67 $17,506 67
92 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
SUMMARY OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR PERIOD.
(CURRENT FUNDS.)
July 1, 1915 to June 30, 1916.
Balance, July 1,
1915........................... ........... $2,147 82
RECEIPTS.
Life Membership Dues ........................... $240 00
Active Membership Dues ......................... 96
00
Subscriptions .................................... 41
00
Books Sold ..................................... 186 38
Interest Received ............................... 588 72
Supplies Sold ................................... 3 40
$1,155 50
From State Treasurer on Appropriation as per
Schedule ................................... 30,212 91 31,368 41
DISBURSEMENTS.
Transferred to permanent Fund .................. $830 00
Care and Improvement-
Logan Elm Park.................... $112 40
Spiegel Grove Park................. 203 58
Serpent Mound Park ................
92 01
Fort Ancient ....................... 245 84 653 83
Salaries ......................................... 12,855 00
W ages ........................................
.. 250 00
Supplies ......................................... 483
70
Publications ..................................... 2,400
00
Library Equipment .............................. 226 40
Museum Equipment
............................. 647
90
Repairs and Upkeep .............................. 236 67
Equipment ...................................... 108 29
Water Rentals .................................. 44 10
Light, Heat and
Power.......................... 1,280 64
Express, Freight and Drayage .................... 73 39
Expenses of Trustees and Committees ............ 455 60
Telephone Rentals .............................. 93 28
Sundry Expenses -
Auditing
........................... $37
50
Hayes Memorial Library Dedication. 25
90
Treasurer's Bond .................. 15
00
Hayes Memorial Library Court Costs 42
56
Meeting of Ohio Valley Historical
Association ................... 84
30
Miscellaneous ....................... 77
41 282 67
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 93
Field W ork ..................................... 999 79
Insurance ........................................ 99 00
Additions and Betterments........................ 139 77
Postage
.......................................... 80 00
Hayes Memorial Library Building ................ 402 18
Reprinting Publications . ......................... 8,500 00 31,142 21
Balance June 30,1916.
..................................... 2,374 02
T otal ................................................. $33,516 23
Balance Capital City Bank per Pass Book......... $1,992
76
Add: Receipts not deposited ........ $70 86
July Checks cleared in June......... 325 00 395 86
$2,388 62
Less: Check No. 1725 outstanding.. $13 32
Transferred to Permanent Fund.... 1 28 14 60
Adjusted Bank Balance.......................... $2,374
02
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 1915 TO
JUNE 30, 1916.
Balance Amount
June 30, Appropriated
Appropriations For- 1915. During Year.
Personal Service -
A-1 Salaries
...................... $50
00 $12,855 00
A-2 Wages
....................... 50
00 250 00
Maintenance -
C-4 Office
Publications ............ 3
35 300 00
Publications .
.................... 2,400
C-11 General Plant Supplies ........ 123 57 250 00
E-8 Educational
and Recreational
Equipment .............. ........ 1,000
00
E-9 General Plant
Service ......... 27
28 1,425 00
Other ................... 18 18 100
00
Open Order Service-
F-1 General
Repairs .............. 50
78 925 00
F-3 W ater ....................... 8 30 56 00
F-4 Light, Heat
and Power....... 386
45 2,400 00
F-6 Transportation
............... 93
23 750 00
F-7 Communication
............... 9
37 105 00
F-8 Contingencies ................ ........ 200 00
F-9 General Plant Service ......... 3 83 1,000
00
94 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
Additions and Betterments-
G-3 Non-structural Imp.-
Cement Walks, Museum. 3 75
Hayes Corn. Library..... 2,393 27
Fixed Charges-
H-7 Insurance .................... 50 99
40
Reprinting Archaeological Reports ....... ........ 8,500
00
$3,221 86 $32,615
40
RECAPITULATION OF TOTALS.
Total Balance July 1, 1915.................. $3,221 86
Amounts Appropriated during Period........ 32,615 40
Total
Appropriations
...............................
$35,837 26
Amounts Lapsed During Period .............. $605 85
Cash Drawn from State Treasurer ........... 32,498 76
Total W ithdrawals
................................. $33,304 61
Total Balance June 30, 1916......................... $2,632 65
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30, 1916.
Transferred
Transferred
Open Order Service- From. To.
F-1
General Repairs ................... ........ $1,000 00
F-4 Light, Heat and Power ............ $1,139 77
Additions and Betterments -
G-3 Non-structural Imp. -
Cement Walks, Museum ........... ........ 139 77
$1,139 77
$1,139 77
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30, 1916.
Cash
Total
Drawn from
Appropri- Amount State
Appropriations For - ation. Lapsed. Treasurer.
Personal Service -
A-1 Salaries ......... $12,905 00 $50 00 $12,855 00
A-2 Wages ........... 300 00 ........ 250 00
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 95
Maintenance -
C-4 Office
............ 303
25 3 25 296 25
Publications ...... 2,400
00 ........ 2,400 00
C-11 General Plant Sup-
plies ..........
373 57 123 57 236 30
E-8
Educational and
Recreational
Equipment ...
1,000 00 ........ 226 40
E-9 General Plant
Service ....... 1,452
28 27 28 647 90
Other ............ 118
18 ........ 113 29
Open Order Service -
F-1 General Repairs... 1,975
78 30 78 1,344 88
F-3 Water
........... 64 30 8 30 44 10
F-4 Light, Heat and
Power ........ 1,646
68 246 68 1,280 64
F-6 Transportation ... 843
23 91 12 507 94
F-7 Communication ... 114
37 9 37 94 20
F-8
Contingencies ..... 200
00 ........ 177 45
F-9 General Plant
Service .......
1,003 83 3 83 999 79
Additions and Betterments -
G-3
Non-structural
Imp., Cement
Walks, Mu-
seum
......... 143 52 3 75 139 77
Hayes Cor. Li-
brary .........
2,393 27 7 42 2,385 85
Fixed Charges -
H-7 Insurance
........ 99 40 50 99 00
Reprinting Archaeological
Reports .
.............. 8,500 00 ........ 8,500
00
$35,837 26 $605
85 $32,598 76
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30,
1916.
Total Balance
Withdraw- June
30,
Appropriations For- als. 1916.
Personal Service-
A-1 Salaries
...................... $12,905 00
A-2 Wages
....................... 250
00 250 00
Maintenance -
C-4 Office
........................ 299
50 3 85
Publications .................. 2,400 00
96 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
C-11 General Plant Supplies........ 359 87 13 70
E-8 Educational and Recreational
Equipment ................ 226 40 773 60
E-9 General
Plant Service......... 675 18 777 10
Other ........................ 113 29 4
89
Open Order Service -
F-1 General
Repairs .............. 1,375 66 600 12
F-3 Water ....................... 5240 11 90
F-4 Light, Heat
and Power....... 1,527 32 119 36
F-6 Transportation ............... 599 06 244
17
F-7 Communication
............... 103 57 10 80
F-8 Contingencies
................ 177 45 22 55
F-9 General
Plant Service......... 1,003 62 21
Additions and Betterments -
G-3
Non-structural Imp., Cement
Walks, Museum
......... 143 52
Hayes Com. Library........... 2,393 27
Fixed Charges -
H-7 Insurance
.................... 99
50 40
Reprinting Archaeological Reports....... 8,500 00
$33,204 61
$2,632 65
SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30, 1916.
Laws of Ohio 105-106, Page 678, H. B. No. 701.
Personal Service -
A-1 Salaries -
Secretary .......................... $1,000 00
Curator ............................ 2,500 00
Assistant Curator ................... 1,400 00
Two Assistant Librarians ........... 1,340 00
Stenographer
....................... 720 00
Treasurer
.......................... 300 00
ThreeJanitors ..................... 2,160 00
Four Caretakers .................... 1,285 00
Bookkeepers
........................ 150 00
Author "Ohio in the Civil War"..... 2,000 00
A-2 W
ages .............................. 250 00
Total Personal Service...................... $13,105 00
Maintenance -
C Supplies -
C-4 Office
................. $300
00
Publication ............ 2,400 00
C-ll General Plant ......... 250 00
2,950 00
Thirty-First
Annual Meeting. 97
E Equipment -
E-8
Educational and Recre-
ational, B o o k s,
Maps,
Engravings,
etc. ................ 1,000 00
E-9 General
Plant-
Museum
Equipment..... 1,425 00
Other
................. 100 00 2,525 00
F Contract and Open Order Service-
F-1 General Repairs . ......... 925
00
F-3 W ater
...................... 56 00
F-4 Light,
Heat and Power.... 2,400 00
F-6
Transportation ............. 750
00
F-7
Communication . ............ 105
00
F-8
Contingencies .............. 200
00
F-9 General
Plant . ........... 1,000 00 5,436 00
H Fixed Charges and Contributions-
H-7 Insurance
.................. 99 40 11,010 40
Printing and
Distributing Archaeological Reports, Laws of
Ohio 105-106,
Page 841, House Bill No. 721...........
8,500 00
Total
Appropriations ........................... $32,615 40
On motion of
Mr. Ryan, duly seconded, the reports of the Treas-
urer and Auditor
were accepted, approved and ordered placed on file.
Curator Mills
then submitted his report, as follows:
REPORT OF THE
CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM.
During the
year the Museum Committee held five meetings. At the
first meeting
Mr. Buck was elected chairman and Mr. Hegler Secretary.
At the last
meeting the matter of an addition to the building was
thoroughly
discussed; looking over the building, the committee found
that every
storage-place was filled with specimens that should be on
exhibition.
During the last two summers we have been very successful
in our field
work, and secured a great many valuable and interesting
archaeological
specimens which should be placed on exhibition at once.
We emptied one
entire row of cases in the north exhibition room, placed
the contents
in storage, and installed the new specimens in the cases.
We have enough
material in storage to fill another room as large as the
north room. A
number of collections have been offered to us, which
would at least
fill such a room. We need three times the space now
available to
care for our historical exhibitions.
During the
year 402 human skeletons were brought to the Museum,
We have, of
course, no place to exhibit any of them. We plan to
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98 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
have a room devoted entirely to skeletal
remains, which would make the
skeletons available for study. Colleges
throughout the state would, no
doubt, take special interest in this
collection, as material pertaining to
human history.
Every place of storage is now filled
with material which should be on
exhibition. For this reason the Museum
Committee felt it advisable to
ask the incoming legislature for an
addition to our building, and after full
deliberation decided to ask for $50,000
a year for the next two years. We
have requested our Finance Committee to
place this item in the budget,
and we hope all members of the Society
will exert their influence to secure
this much needed addition.
The rotunda of the Museum building
needed painting badly. An
estimate was recured from painters,
which proved far beyond our means.
Finally, after consultation with the
superintendent of the building, we de-
cided to do the work ourselves, which
was done at a cost less than $100.00.
On February 27th I was directed by our
Secretary to arrange for
the transfer of the specimens in the old
relic-room of the state house to
the Museum. On the morning of February
28th we commenced taking an
inventory of the specimens, finishing on
Thursday morning, March 2nd.
The inventory consists of forty-two
pages of manuscript. There being
1,177 items listed, numbering more than
5,000 specimens. We placed the
specimens in the audience room, cleaned
and recatalogued them, and en-
tered them upon our books as the
property of the Society. While many
of the specimens were entirely destroyed
by vermin and had to be dis-
carded, the bulk of the relics were
cleaned and placed on exhibition. The
making of the card and accession
catalogue of this material, and placing
the specimens in cases, took the spare
time of our entire force during the
months of March and April, and the
greater part of May.
On May 15th I was authorized to attend
the meeting of The Ameri-
can Association of Museums, held in
Washington, D. C., as a representative
of our Society. The meeting lasted three
days; then the Association met
with the Federation of Arts. One entire
week was devoted to listening
to papers and addresses on such subjects
as: "Museums and the Public
Schools," "Use of Enlarged
Photographs in Museums," "New Methods of
preparing Natural History
Specimens," "Museum
Cases," "Museum
Floors," "Plans of Museum Buildings,"
etc. We profited by the experi-
ence of others. The meeting was an
inspiration to every museum man in
attendance.
During the year many improvements were
made to the campus lawn
surrounding the building. A number of
shrubs and trees were planted.
In July Mr. William Fleischer, assistant
janitor, resigned. On Sep-
tember 1st we secured the services of
Mr. Elmer Hart, who has filled the
place with credit.
In our report last year we emphasized
the need of a night-watchman
for the building. This year the Museum
Committee has requested an ap-
propriation for that purpose, which we
hope will be granted.
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 99
We have also asked for an additional man
to help in printing and
binding. This has become an important
service. We are unable to print
the number of labels needed, and it was
decided to attempt to secure a
man to do this work exclusively.
During the year the large collection
taken from the Tremper Mound
was placed on exhibition. It occupies
three single and one double case in
the north room, and is one of the most
sought for collections in the Mu-
seum. The complete report of the
exploration of the Tremper Mound
was published in the July Quarterly,
1916.
On June 29th we commenced field work for
the year 1916. We
selected the mounds and village site
directly across the river from the
Tremper Mound, on the farm of Mr. W. O.
Feurt. This farm is five
miles north of Portsmouth, along the
Scioto river. The site comprises
three mounds and a large village site.
The three mounds were examined.
We unearthed therefrom more than 300
skeletons, and from the village
site surrounding the mounds we took 100
skeletons and many specimens
of artifacts. We had considered the
Museum very rich in bone imple-
ments, but we were able to duplicate
these bone implements many times
over, and secured many new types of
specimens. We also found one new
animal, the porcupine, which we added to
the fauna of the state.
The artifacts secured during the summer
number more than 5,000,
now on exhibition. The report upon this
work will be out sometime dur-
ing the coming spring.
During the year we secured, both by gift
and purchase, a large num-
ber of private collections,
archaeological and historical.
Mr. Truman B. Mills, Dayton, examined
the Ulrich mound, located
near Farmersville, Montgomery county.
Ohio, and took therefrom 43 leaf-
shaped flint blades, one very large
flint blade (10 inches long), and one
leaf-shaped gorget; all of these were
deposited in the Museum.
Dr. H. O. Whittaker, New Burlington,
presented a number of speci-
mens, taken from a mound near New
Burlington, Clinton county.
Dr. J. B. Nicklin, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
presented through Trustee H.
E. Buck, a very fine shell ornament,
saucer shaped, with intricate conven-
tional engraved designs, taken from a
mound in Tellico, Tenn., in 1910;
also a string of beads made from the
columella of ocean shells, found
in a grave on Williams Island, in the
Tennessee river.
Mr. J. A. Rayner, Piqua, presented
specimens taken from the Keifer
mound, which he explored in 1908.
Included in this collection is half of
an engraved tablet of sandstone, bearing
on the face a finely wrought con-
ventional design, specimens of copper
and disk shaped pieces of sandstone.
In January, 1916, a large collection of
pre-historic Indian specimens,
assembled by the late Eber Hyde of Lancaster,
was presented to the
Museum by his heirs. It consists of
pipes, ceremonials of slate, axes,
hammers, pestles and arrow and spear
points, knives and various objects
made of flint.
100 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Mr. T. W. Cowles, Columbus, presented a
fine specimen of slate
gorget, found at Jeromeville, Ashland
county.
From Mrs. Katherine D. Sharp, was
received a very fine, rare cres-
cent ceremonial, found near London,
Madison county.
Dr. N. H. Grove, Wyoming, Ohio,
presented the Museum a cast of
a flat stone, having peculiar markings
on one side. It was found by Mr.
George Gavitt in 1910, on the site of a
large mound at Jacksonburg, But-
ler county.
Mr. Paul Esselborn, Portsmouth,
presented the Museum a perfect
pottery vessel of rare type, found on
the Bannon farm, nine miles north
of Portsmouth.
Mr. Fred M. Avery, Cleveland, presented
to the Society several
grooved axes of granite; one fine celt
and one hammer stone.
Mr. Bruce Rogers, superintendent of
parks at Youngstown, pre-
sented to the Museum a pipe made of
sandstone, conical in form, with
widely flaring rim at the top of the
bowl, found while excavating in the
City Park in 1915.
Received from Mrs. Bessie G. McCullough
her entire collection of
specimens found in Franklin, Darke and
Coshocton counties. This collec-
tion consists of pestles, grooved axes,
hammers, arrow and spear points,
knives, hematite specimens, pipes and
ceremonial pieces, totaling 3,840
specimens.
Miss Kate Ayers, Columbus, presented two
fine granite celts and two
cones - one of hematite.
Mr. G. W. Lorimer, Troy, presented a
skull which had been pene-
trated by a flint arrow point, still in
place. The skull was found three
miles below Piqua, while excavating for
a railroad cut. He also pre-
sented a very fine bird-stone, with
large, extended eyes.
Mr. S. C. Gray, Deavertown, presented a
sandstone disk, with a
human face cut on one side. This was
found near Deavertown, Ohio.
From Mr. J. P. Burkhart, West Salem,
Wayne county, we secured
by purchase a very interesting
collection, from the region of West Salem.
The collection consists of pestles,
stone axes, hematite celts, chipped flint
implements, and numbers almost 500
specimens.
Mr. Edward S. Smith, Warren, presented a
stone hoe, found on his
farm in Warren.
Mr. G. H. Heinisch presented his entire
collection of Indian relics,
taken from the Heinisch mound, Gallia
Street, Portsmouth, which consists
of a very fine ceremonial pick, 121/2
inches long, made of mottled granite,
and smoothly polished; several platform
pipes and two very fine celts of
diorite, the latter highly polished. The
collection consists of about 80
specimens.
Mr. Arthur W. Hall, Lakewood, presented
six stone sinkers, found
in the Lake Erie district.
Mr. J. Gorrell, Holmesville, presented
the Society a sandstone pipe,
found on his farm; also a large nodule
of hematite used as a celt.
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 101
Mr. Earl Truster, West Middletown,
Butler county, presented a
lizard-shaped ceremonial found on his
farm.
Mr. T. B. Bowers, Columbus, a life
member of the Society, pre-
sented a leaf-shaped, unnotched type of
arrow head, found while digging
out the bones of a mastodon, near
Shadesville, in 1915.
Mr. Leonard Young, Columbus, presented a
large black leaf-shaped
spear point, five inches in length,
found on the ground of Camp Willis
while grading for the military camp,
1916.
Mr. Wilbur Stout has added several small
additions to his collection
from Scioto county. He has also sent
many specimens of flint, and Ohio
pipestone, from the various regions of
Ohio.
From Mr. Thomas W. McCullough was
secured, by purchase, his
entire collection of pipes, ceremonials,
pestles, axes, hammers, knives,
arrow and spear points. This collection
numbers 4,000 specimens.
Mr. Clay Barnes, Waverly, presented his
excellent collection of pre-
historic stone relics, collected in the
vicinity of his farm, near Sargents,
Pike county.
Mr. N. T. Patterson, Piketon, presented
a small collection of archae-
ological specimens, from the region
surrounding Piketon.
Mr. S. A. Barr, presented two necklaces
made of shell, taken from a
mound on his farm, near East Monroe,
Highland county.
We secured from Mr. J. W. Lorimer, by
purchase, one of the finest
private collections in the state,
numbering upward of 10,000 specimens,
typical of western and northwestern
Ohio.
Dr. H. E. Twitchell, Hamilton, presented
choice specimens from his
collection, which includes many
specimens from mounds in Butler county.
Mr. Charles V. Wertz, Portsmouth,
presented a number of fine speci-
mens from the Feurt village site.
Mr. Morris Hicks, Portsmouth, presented
a splendid specimen, made
of cannel coal.
Mr. J. C. Shreve, Atlantic City, N. J.,
presented a number of archae-
ological specimens, taken from the shell
heaps of Florida.
Mrs. L. C. Hoover, Laura, presented a
small collection of archae-
ological specimens, collected at Laura,
Miami county.
Mr. H. C. Shetrone, assistant curator,
presented a very choice col-
lection of archaeological specimens,
found in Franklin, Darke and Miami
counties.
Mr. King G. Thompson presented a
specimen of 25c fractional cur-
rency.
Mr. H. E. Buck, Delaware, presented
several bones of the mastodon,
and an early make of a glass flask.
Dr. Edward C. Mills, Columbus, presented
a brick taken from the
Coliseum at Rome, and the first ballot
box used in Franklin county.
Mr. Fred A. Bill, Minneapolis, Minn.,
presented a large spinning
wheel, used in Ohio in early days.
102 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Mrs. Jennie Talbott, Springfield, Ill.,
presented, through Mr. C. M.
Smith of Columbus, samples of silk and
silk plush, woven in the first silk
factory west of the Alleghany Mountains,
located at Mt. Pleasant, Jeffer-
son county.
Mrs. Mayme B. Stout, Beaver, presented a
cavalry helmet of the
War of 1812.
Nitschke Brothers, Columbus, presented
an old plummet found on
the site of the first jail in Columbus,
and a piece of bone taken from a
tree, many feet from the ground.
Miss Ida Covault Schults, Cerro Gordo,
Ill., presented a large
spear, used by her great-grandfather,
Timothy Covault, in fighting In-
dians in the remote settlements near Ft.
Washington (Cincinnati) in
1787, three years before Ft. Washington
was established.
Mr. E. P. Elliott, Natal, South Africa,
presented to the Museum
a splendid collection of native
ornaments, consisting of necklaces, brace-
lets, snuff boxes, etc.
Mr. Samuel Butler, Columbus, presented a
number of historic relics,
including an Indian scalp.
Mrs. W. O. Thompson, Columbus, presented
a large piece of cloth
woven by natives of Central America.
Mr. J. J. Cramer, Los Angeles, Calif.,
presented a Henry rifle, used
in the civil war.
Mr. Almer Hegler, Washington C. H.,
presented a 6½c silver piece;
one Malay Kris and one double barreled
Belgium pistol.
Mr. E. L. Clarridge, Columbus, presented
paper money used by the
provisional Mexican government.
Prof. J. R. Taylor, Columbus, presented
parts of an old spinning
wheel.
Mr. F. M. Alexander, Newark, presented a
spur worn by Edward
Tiffin, first Governor of Ohio.
Mr. Harry W. Kennell, Dayton, presented
a number of old political
tickets and newspapers.
Mr. George M. Finckel, Columbus,
presented a most rare and valu-
able collection of U. S. cents, and a
number of Colonial and State bank
notes.
Prof. Chas. E. Albright, Columbus,
presented a splendid example of
Hawaiian grass skirt.
Mr. F. H. Nichols, Columbus, presented
specimens from the pyra-
mids and paper money from Japan; also a
paper bill found in the ruins
of a bank that had been destroyed, at
Martinique.
Mrs. Mack Roberts, Dennison, presented
tanned skins of various
animals.
Prof. S. C. Derby, Columbus, presented a
variety of political and
convention badges.
Mrs. J. N. Searles, Stillwater, Minn.,
presented a quilt made in Ohio
in 1841. The quilt represents the
highest art in needle work,
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 103
We purchased from Mr. Aaron DuBois,
Columbus, a beaded war
bonnet, which is the finest specimen of
its kind in our collection.
Mrs. Sarah J. Coleman and Miss Marietta
Comly, of Columbus, pre-
sented a collection of natural history
specimens, owned by their father,
the late Dr. J. W. Comly.
Miss Anna E. Southard and Mrs. C. S.
Moore, Columbus, presented
a collection of historical specimens
pertaining to the Moore and Southard
families.
Mr. T. B. Bowers, Columbus, presented a
very large collection of
early Ohio historical and pioneer
specimens.
Mrs. Margaret McAllister Wilcox,
Columbus, presented a collection
of pioneer objects used in the home of
her father in Delaware county,
in the early days of the last century.
Mr. J. W. McCarty, Columbus, loaned a
collection of specimens from
the Philippines.
A number of specimens of historic
interest were received from the
heirs of the late Eber Hyde, Lancaster.
Mr. Frank Tallmadge, Columbus, presented
a number of documents
concerning the early stage-coach days in
Ohio.
Mr. A. E. Fletcher, M. D., of Byesville,
presented, through Mr. Fred
Fletcher, Columbus, the lower jaw of a
mammoth, found in 1914 along
Bird's Run, eight miles north of
Cambridge.
Mr. John B. Gibson, a Kentucky soldier
of the Union Army, pre-
sented a piece of the flag which was
raised on the flag-staff at Cameron
Hill, Chattanooga, Tenn., by Union and
Confederate veterans during their
reunion in 1881. The flag was raised
after word had been received of
the assassination of President Garfield.
The flag was divided between the
Union and Confederate soldiers.
We received from Prof. Edward Orton a
promissory note, signed by
Josiah Wedgewood. The note illustrates
the manner in which commercial
paper was endorsed and circulated in
England in 1789. This specimen is
mounted under glass.
LOGAN ELM :
Mr. Tallmadge made the following report
for the Committee on
Logan Elm Park:
Your committee has for four years had
charge of the small tract of
land known as the Logan Elm Park,
consisting of four and seven-tenths
acres, it having been presented to the
Society, upon which is the tree
known as "Logan Elm," and a
very handsome monument known as "Boggs
Monument." We have to report the
past year as one of great activity
and progress. We have constructed upon
the tract of land a building,
not a reproduction but the real thing, a
log cabin, with all its old-time
accessories and equipment-it was very
much needed as a shelter house.
On that subject I want to report that
every Sunday, during good weather,
there is an average of one hundred
automobiles visiting the park. This
104 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
season there were placed there two
memorials, one from the Cressap de-
scendants - Captain Michael Cressap -
and one by our Society. The tab-
lets contain twenty names of those who
were present at the Dunmore
Treaty in October, 1774, at that site.
These memorials are not now per-
manently placed, because they are not
embedded; we expect in the spring,
when we get more money, to place them
upon a larger boulder, or upon
the present one built up, with a large
face. As to the tree itself, I want
to report it has been vigorous during
the year. Some insect attacked it
last season, which did not appear this
season, because we were ready for
them. The tree's condition is due to the
care of the late Professor
Lazenby. It has been suggested that our
Society should pay as much at-
tention to other historical sites within
the confines of Pickaway township
as we have paid to this little tract.
There are, perhaps, half a dozen other
historical sites which are just as
important. To these suggestions your
committee has made one reply, and that
is that our Society cannot im-
prove other people's property.
SPIEGAL GROVE PARK:
Col. Hayes made the following report:
On Decoration Day, May 30th, 1916, the
Hayes Memorial Library
and Museum was formally dedicated, an
account of which appears in the
October, 1916, Quarterly.
On January 29th, 1916, an endowment of
$50,000 was established, the
net income from which is to be devoted
to the purchase of books, manu-
scripts and other articles of historical
interest in line with the present
collections, when recommended and
selected by the Archaeological and
Historical Society, and purchased by the
Citizens Savings and Trust Com-
pany, as Trustee for the fund, if
included under the terms of the trust.
The Trust Agreement provided, however,
that during the life of the donor
and his wife, the income was to be
expended by them as they saw fit, for
the benefit of the Hayes Memorial. Since
the last annual meeting there
has been expended from the fund,
$3,630.27; of this amount $856.20 was
used for the necessary changes in the
boiler room and heating plant, and
$2,773.97 for the purchase of
thirty-four portrait windows and for show
cases and additional furniture in the
library and museum.
The immediate physical needs are: Iron
bars and fly screens on
windows; coal storage supply;
arrangement of specimens in museum and
printing of labels by Mr. Shetrone; a
catalogue for the library.
The Memorial Building has been closed
since November 18th, on
which day the supply of natural gas for
fuel was cut off by the local
gas company.
The diaries of Rutherford B. Hayes,
covering the period from 1834
to 1893, practically sixty years, have
been ready for copying for the last
two years. The Librarian of the
University of Texas desires to publish
them in the 20th volume of the
Southwestern Historical Quarterly, pub-
Thirty-First Annual Meeting. 105
lished by the Texas State Historical
Association. Our Library Committee
has asked for an estimate of the cost.
The copying and publishing of
these diaries should be done by our
Society and no other.
The books of the library Americana
practically fill the shelves of
the two large library rooms on the main
floor. The large collection of
papers, pamphlets and letters, as yet
unexamined, likewise fill the two
storage rooms on the third floor, and
the exhibition cases in the museum
have in them perhaps two or three times
as many articles as can properly
be shown to advantage. From the above it
will be seen that if any addi-
tional books or curios are to be
purchased with the income from the
endowment fund, or if the papers,
pamphlets and letters on the third floor
are to be arranged so as to be
accessible, it will be necessary to build an
addition to the present building. A
library stack-room, two stories high,
would have four floors for books,
sufficient for all time, with a capacity
of possibly 50,000 books. An addition 20
x30 feet in size, built off the
south side of the present building, and
in architectural harmony with the
main building, would cost $10,000.
FORT ANCIENT:
Your committee on Fort Ancient has made
a number of visits to the
Fort since our last annual meeting.
During the year a number of improve-
ments have been made.
1st. The roadway at the entrance of the
Old Fort was extended
through the marshy ground by laying a
foundation of flat stones and
covering the same with gravel.
2nd. The shelter house has received a
new roof.
3rd. Steps were made to the spring,
which gives access to much
needed water.
The expense for these improvements has
been reported to a mid-
year meeting.
The following further improvements have
been made:
1st. A new well has been dug, near the
shelter house, and provided
with pump.
2nd. The retiring houses have been
repaired.
3rd. The roadway has been extended by
graveling several hundred
feet toward the "look-out" at
the northwest angle of the Old Fort.
The cost of these last improvements is
$369.35. There is left a bal-
ance of $156.65, which will at once be
used in the repair of the road in the
New Fort.
HARRISON MEMORIAL:
Mr. Ryan made the following report:
The committee on Harrison Memorial,
consisting of Governor Camp-
bell as chairman, Mr. Randall and myself
as associates, respectfully desire
to report: We visited Cincinnati, had a
conference with the Harrison
Memorial Committee of the Cincinnati
Business Men's Club, and with
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them visited the tomb of General
Harrison at North Bend. We found
the tomb in a most dilapidated and
disgraceful condition. There was four
inches of mud in the sepulchre, making
it impossible for anybody to go
in the receptacle where the bodies of
the Harrison family are deposited,
and there is no way to tell, from
outward appearances, where General
Harrison lies. We had with us on that
occasion Col. Russell B. Harrison,
son of President Benjamin Harrison, and
great-grandson of General Har-
rison. It was agreed, in connection with
the Cincinnati Committee, that
nothing should be done until options
were procured for the adjoining
property. That is necessary before any
steps are taken. The Cincinnati
people were to get these options. We
haven't heard from the Cincinnati
Committee since, but it is possible at
the coming session of Congress a
bill will be introduced, whereby an
appropriation will be made by the
general government, conditioned that
Ohio also make proper contribution.
FORT MIAMI AND FORT MEIGS.
The committee submitted the following
report:
Your Committee on Fort Miami and Fort Meigs
met at noon Octo-
ber 27, 1916, at the office of W. J.
Sherman in the city of Toledo. Pres-
ident Wright, H. E. Buck and W. J.
Sherman were present. Fort Miami
was inspected in the afternoon by your
Committee accompanied by Mr.
Howard Lewis, of Toledo, one of the
owners.
On the following day your Committee
accompanied by Wm. Corlett,
President of the Maumee Valley Pioneer
Association, inspected Fort
Meigs and afterwards "Turkey
Foot" Rock and the battle field of Fallen
Timbers.
We now submit for your consideration the
following report, viz:
FORT MIAMI:
Concerning the antiquity of Fort Miami
and its early history we
find the following on pages 9 and 10 of
Knapp's History of the Maumee
Valley, viz:
"One of these parties (of Frontenac,
the French Governor of
Canada 1672-1682) found their way to the
Miami or Maumee River
and in 1680 built a small stockade just
below the site of Maumee City.
* * * On this very spot where the Fort
of Maumee stood the British
in 1794 erected Fort Miami."
Knapp quotes above from Goodman's report
and states that Good-
man obtained data from French records at
Montreal and Quebec and
from papers at Albany and Harrisburg.
Knapp also adds:
"Hence the occupation of the Maumee
antedated that sought to be
established (1683) on the Detroit."
Graham in Vol 3, 0. A. H. S. P., page
301, speaks of "Fort Miami
the oldest fortification in Ohio"
having been used by the French but a
short time and adds:
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"In 1785 the abandoned fort was
rebuilt by the British who re-
mained in possession until the treaty of
peace with the Indians."
Randall & Ryan say at page 559, Vol.
2, of their History of Ohio:
"In obedience to the terms of this
treaty Fort Miami was yielded
to the Americans July 26, 1796."
Fort Miami was again occupied by the
British during the war of
1812.
This old fort occupies a commanding site
on the left bank of the
Maumee river less than two (2) miles in
an air line below Fort Meigs.
The earth works are very well defined at
the present time. The
property belongs to Messrs. Frank and
Howard Lewis, of Toledo, but
who recently purchased it for
residential purposes at a cost of approxi-
mately $12,000.00, for about seven
acres, of which one-third is comprised
in what are known as "water
lots." They now state that they do not
wish to sell the property, as they
intend ultimately to live there.
FORT MEIGS:
This fort, directly opposite the Village
of Maumee, and one (1)
mile above the Village of Perrysburg,
was completed by General Har-
rison February 16, 1813. It was
unsuccessfully attacked by the British
General Proctor in the summer of 1813.
Concerning it Gunckal in his
"Early History of the Maumee
Valley" says:
"Fort Meigs covered a space of nine
(9) acres, but this was in-
creased to fourteen (14) acres during
the second siege. It was the most
important and imposing of the
fortifications in the Maumee Valley and
the great north west."
This property, still in a splendid state
of preservation, belongs to
the State of Ohio. A beautiful marble
shaft has recently been erected
in the center of the old fort. The care
of this property is in the hands
of a commission of five appointed by the
Governor.
Recent improvements made by the
Commission include a com-
fortable and modern caretaker's
residence and a system of good drive-
ways.
It is our understanding that the Fort
Meigs Commission will prob-
ably be favorable to the acquisition by
your Society of this valuable
property from the State and your
Committee respectfully recommends
that the proper steps be taken to secure
such action. The lands owned
by the State at this point embrace about
36 acres.
THE BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS:
On this famous battle field Mad Anthony
Wayne defeated the In-
dians under "Little Turtle"
and his British allies Aug. 20, 1794, and
paved the way for the treaty of peace
signed at Greenville the follow-
ing year. This was the last battle with
the Indians within the bound-
aries of the State of Ohio, and opened
up this entire state for settle-
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ment. "Turkey Foot," Chief of
one of the tribes, was slain, and "Turkey
Foot Rock" commemorates his memory
and his death. The battle front
was two (2) miles in extent, but the
clearings next to the river were
doubtless the scenes of the most severe
fighting. "Turkey Foot Rock"
is near the river; and Presque Isle,
rising abruptly from the bottom lands
to a height of fifty feet above the
river, is near by. The acquisition of
Presque Isle and Turkey Foot Rock by
your Society is favored by your
Committee. The lands to be acquired
would comprise perhaps eighty
(80) acres, now highly improved and
situated about three (3) miles
above Maumee. We have not conferred with
the owners concerning the
matter.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE:
Mr. Ryan reported for the committee, as
follows:
Since the last meeting of the Society
the committee has had sev-
eral meetings. The committee has made
investigations, looking for
proper literary matter for the library,
at Chillicothe, and after a com-
plete survey it regrets to report a
total lack of books, literature, pam-
phlets or manuscripts available. Years
ago all of the original manu-
scripts of historical characters of Chillicothe
were either sold to the
Western Reserve Historical Society,
forwarded to Washington, or sold
to private parties in New York. The
libraries have been disposed of,
principally to private purchasers. The
committee has been disappointed
to find, at the most historic center of
the state, no available material.
The committee finds in its constantly
received catalogues of various sec-
ond-hand book concerns throughout the
country a remarkable dearth of
material concerning Ohio. As a matter of
purchase it is practically im-
possible to secure early Ohio
literature--it has already been acquired
by private and public libraries. The
Committee has within recent days
purchased a complete file of the Crisis,
published here in Columbus by
Sam Medary during the war. The committee
have purchased from a
Boston party some eighteen autograph
letters of Salmon P. Chase, let-
ters written during his college days at
Dartmouth and first residence in
Washington, D. C.
SERPENT MOUND:
W. H. Cole, chairman of the Serpent
Mound Committee, submitted
the following report: When assigned to
the care of the Serpent Mound
Park there was pending certain repairs
on the home of the custodian,
consisting of a new roof on a portion of
the house, replastering the
kitchen, rebuilding a veranda and
papering certain rooms - in all amount-
ing to $40.00. This work was all done in
a satisfactory manner.
We provided a book for the registration
of visitors. During the
present year up to date, nearly eight
thousand visitors registered their
presence, while many others did not
register. In the past spring we
had planted an orchard, consisting of
apple, cherry, pear and plum trees,
together with gooseberry, currants and
strawberry bushes. We pre-
pared and had published a map and
pamphlet, as a guide to the Serpent
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Mound. These are to be sold at the park
by the custodian, at 25c, cloth
bound, and 10c paper bound. The revenue
derived from this sale will
be turned over to the Treasurer of the
Society, Mr. Wood.
In October we had the steel observation
tower at the mound re-
painted. We also had the barn and the
fences on the property white-
washed, and in October, under the
direction of a landscape gardener,
and through his courtesy, we planted
seventy ornamental forest trees.
The road from the entrance to the mound
is in very bad condition,
owing to washouts, and should be
repaired. Another pressing need is
that of a shelter house, and a rest room
at the park.
It is our sad duty to report the death
of our genial and efficient
custodian, Mr. Daniel Wallace, who died
of typhoid fever on the morn-
ing of November 9, 1916. In addition to
his long-time efficient service and
his genial personality, Mr. Wallace was
an interesting character, from
the fact that he had been at the Park
from the beginning of Prof. Put-
nam's explorations, and improvements,
and was therefore familiar with
everything connected with its recent
history. Mr. Wallace was a very
valuable man to the Society, and his
place will be difficult to fill.
WARREN COUNTY SERPENT MOUND:
The committee on the contemplated
purchase of the serpent mound
in Warren county simply had to report
that they had visited the site,
found it very advantageously located on
the banks of a creek, and there
are great opportunities there for a
beautiful park. It is two and a half
miles west of Morrow. When in its
complete condition it was about the
size, and very similar to the Serpent
Mound in Adams county. The
committee found that about half the
serpent, from the head, is in an
excellent state of preservation. It
would not be a difficult thing for an
expert to restore it. It seemed to the
committee a very desirable acqui-
sition for the Society.
BIG BOTTOM PARK:
Mr. C. L. Bozman made the following
report as to the conditions
of Big Bottom Park. Have visited twice
this season the landmark and
find things there in reasonably good
shape, considering the great damage
done by flood of 1913, which demolished
a portion of the fence and upset
the monument or rather the
"spire" which has been placed in position.
Since the Society has come into
possession of the Park a new public
road has been established at the rear of
the park, thereby abandoning
the old road between park and river. I
presume the park could be ex-
tended across this road.
NECROLOGY:
Mr. Mills reported the death of the
following members during the
past year:
Col. John W. Harper, December 27, 1915.
Jeptha Gerard, December 15, 1915.
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Dr. W. B. Rosamond, May 15, 1916.
Charles A. Dana, August, 1916.
W. R. Lazenby, September 15, 1916.
Obadiah Brokaw, May 5, 1916.
E. H. Archer, September 2, 1916.
R. M. Voorhees, July 22. 1916.
J. T. Holmes, February 17, 1916.
Alfred A. Thomas, March 3, 1916.
Mrs. Mary McArthur Tuttle, September,
1916.
General E. B. Finley, August 21, 1916.
The nominating committee, which had been
named by Mr. Bareis,
chairman of the meeting, consisted of
Messrs. Prince, Gard and Cole.
This committee recommended the election
of Messrs. L. P. Schaus, D.
J. Ryan and F. W. Treadway as Trustees,
to succeed themselves, for the
term of three years. They were elected.
Two amendments to the constitution were
proposed and adopted.
Section 2 of Article II provides that
the payment at any one time of
twenty-five dollars shall constitute the
person paying a life member.
That section was amended by striking out
the word "twenty-five" and
inserting in lieu thereof
"fifty", and furthermore in that section it was
provided that any person who shall make
a donation to the Society, the
value of which is not less than fifty
dollars, shall be entitled to life
membership.
The section as amended reads:
"Sec. 2. The payment at any one
time of fifty dollars ($50.00)
to the Society shall constitute the
person so paying a life member. Life
members shall be exempt from all further
dues, and shall be entitled
to all the privileges of active
membership. Any person who shall make
a donation to the Society, the value of
which shall be determined by
the trustees to be not less than fifty
dollars ($50.00) shall be entitled to
life membership. Said life membership payments
shall constitute a per-
manent fund to be invested at the
discretion of the Trustees. The in-
come only of this fund to be used by the
Society for such purposes as
the Trustees may direct."
It was then, without any definite
action, agreed and understood by
the meeting that the amendment as to the
fifty dollar membership fee
should not become effective until
January 1st, 1917.
Article V, Section 1, now provides that
the annual meeting shall be
held within thirty days after the end of
the fiscal year of the Society.
That article and section was amended by
striking out the word "thirty"
and inserting in lieu thereof the word
"ninety."
Section 1, Article V, as amended reads:
"Section 1. The fiscal year of the
Society shall end June 30, and
the annual meeting shall be held at
Columbus within ninety days there-
after at the discretion of the President
and Secretary. Due notice of the
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meeting shall be mailed by the Secretary
to all members of the Society
at least ten days before such annual
meeting is held."
The following were duly elected to life
membership: Mr. Clay
Barnes, Waverley; Dr. H. E. Twitchell,
Hamilton; Mr. A. J. Rayner,
Piqua; Prof. A. M. Schlesinger,
Columbus; Mr. H. C. Shetrone, Co-
lumbus; Hon. Harry L. Goodbread, Nevada,
Ohio; Dr. Wm. D. Tremper,
Portsmouth; Mr. W. O. Feurt, Portsmouth;
Mr. Geo. H. Heinisch,
Portsmouth; Mr. Wilbur Stout,
Sciotoville; Mr. Henry J. Booth, Co-
lumbus; Prof. John E. Bradford, Oxford.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
SOCIETY BUILDING, NOVEMBER 27, 1916.
Present: Messrs. Wright, Ryan, Prince,
Cole, Wood, Randall,
Buck, Bareis, Hayes, Treadway, Moore,
Thompson, Campbell; absent,
Messrs. Schaus and Palmer.
The meeting was called to order by
President Wright, who stated
that the first thing in order was the election
of officers. The officers
elected for the ensuing year (1916-17)
were as follows:
Mr. G. Frederick Wright, President; Mr.
George F. Bareis, First Vice
President; Mr. Daniel J. Ryan, Second
Vice President; Mr. E. O. Ran-
dall, Secretary; Mr. E. F. Wood,
Treasurer and Mr. W. C. Mills, Curator.
Thereupon the salaries for the different
officers and employes for the
year beginning July 1, 1917, were
determined upon as asked for in the
forthcoming budget but subject to the
legislative appropriations.
Mr. Wood stated that the salaries here
fixed are for the year be-
ginning July 1, 1917, and the figures
are those furnished the Budget
Commissioner.
All of the present employes of the
Society were appointed for a
term ending June 30th, 1917.
Mr. Wood gave the names of the employes
thus reappointed, as
follows: Oscar F. Miller, bookkeeper,
Mr. H. C. Shetrone, assistant
curator; Mr. Starling Eaton,
superintendent of building; Mr. John Gill
and Mr. Elmer Hart, janitors; Miss
Bushfield, assistant librarian, Co-
lumbus building; Miss Grace Harper,
stenographer; Mrs. Elizabeth P.
French, assistant librarian, Hayes
Memorial Library; Mr. Warren Cowan,
caretaker, Fort Ancient; Mr. Chauncey
Hawk, caretaker, Spiegel Grove
Park; Mr. Jerry Estell, caretaker, Logan
Elm Park.
Dr. W. O. Thompson, who was present,
stated briefly the attitude
which he thought the Society ought to
take in regard to any cooperation
with the Ohio State University. The
suggestion had been considered
that the Society cooperate with the
historical department of the Uni-
versity, to the effect that a teacher of
history, particularly relative to
Ohio history, be employed, the salary of
whom should be shared by the
THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETT, SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO, Nov. 27, 1916. The meeting was called to order by First Vice
President George F. Bareis. There were present Messrs: |
George F. Bareis, E. O. Randall, F. W. Treadway, W. C. Mills, H. E. Buck, D. H. Gard, H. C. Shetrone, Frank Tallmadge, F. D. Hills, W. H. Cole, Edgar Butler, A. M. Schlesinger, E. C. Derby, Leonard Marker, J. M. Dunham, Almer Hegler, |
D. J. Ryan, James E. Campbell, Webb C. Hayes, C. D. Slosson, W. C. Moore, W. L. Curry, E. F. Wood, E. E. Hockett, Van A. Snider, B. F. Prince, G. Frederick Wright, W. H. Siebert, J. S. Roof, W. D. McKinney, C. W. Justice. |
There being thirty-one members of the Society
present, the requisite quorum (ten), required by the constitution, was
complied with. SECRETARY'S REPORT. The report of the thirtieth annual meeting of the
Society is found in Volume 24 of the Society annuals. Two sessions
were held: the pre- liminary one, held May 21, 1915. This meeting
adjourned to September 24th, 1915. The proceedings of these preliminary and
adjourned meet- ings will be found in full on pages 544 to 582,
inclusive, volume 24. The proceedings of the Society, worthy of record,
since the date of the last annual meeting (September 24, 1915) are
as follows: November 19, 1915, there was held a specially called
meeting of the Trustees. Present Messrs. Ryan, Treadway, Wright,
Buck, Cole, Prince, Schaus, Wood, Moore, Hayes and Randall. Absent,
Messrs. Campbell, Thompson, Bareis and Herrick. (82) |