Emilius Oviatt Randall. 93
Mr. Williams, in presenting Gov. James
E. Campbell, said:
Conspicuous as Mr. Randall was in many
different and va-
ried activities, there is one field in
particular, where he stood
pre-eminent, and that was the field of
archaeology. Fine as he
was in literary ability, he there had
his rivals; happy as he was
as an after-dinner speaker and
toastmaster, others there ventured
to challenge his superiority, but in
knowledge of the early history
of Ohio, and of its earliest
inhabitants, he was universally recog-
nized as having no equal. His writings
on the Mound Builders
and their works, concerning Indians and
Indian life and charac-
ter, are and will continue to be
accepted as authority.
Mr. Randall was a trustee for many years
of The Ohio
Archaeological and Historical Society.
For the last twenty-five
years, he has been its Secretary.
During much of Mr. Randall's connection
with the Society,
Governor Campbell has been a conspicuous
and helpful member,
and is now its President. He knows much
of Mr. Randall's con-
tributions to its literature and its
records, and will speak.
RANDALL, ARCHAEOLOGIST AND HISTORIAN.
BY HON. JAMES E. CAMPBELL.
It is especially fitting that these
impressive services in mem-
ory of Emilius Oviatt Randall should be
feelingly participated
in by The Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society; for,
of the many eminent and useful citizens
associated with that
organization in its long career, his
name leads all the rest.
In February, 1893, the society was in an
unsatisfactory con-
dition generally, and three thousand
dollars behind financially.
Governor McKinley, having a full
appreciation of the work for
which the society had been founded,
repeatedly urged Mr. Ran-
dall to accept a trusteeship and,
although a very busy man, he
finally consented. Having assumed the
responsibility, however,
he took hold of his duties with his
customary intelligence and
vigor, and a few months later, became
Secretary of the Society
which position he held continuously
until his death - having been
successively appointed as trustee by
Governors Bushnell, Nash,
Herrick, Harris, Harmon and Cox. In
addition to his work as