FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHI STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTOR- ICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO, Wednesday, October 6, 1926. 9:00 A. M. The meeting was called to order by Secretary C. B. Galbreath. There were present: |
B. F. Prince, Arthur C. Johnson, C. B. Galbreath, Mrs. C. B. Galbreath, Edward Orton, Jr., H. R. McPherson, Mrs. H. R. McPherson, Mrs. Howard Jones, Mrs. Anna M. Keirn, Dr. J. M. Dunham, E. F. Wood, Dr. F. C. Furniss, Dr. William C. Mills, Theodore A. Wegener, Joseph C. Goodman, B. H. Pershing, H. C. Shetrone, Van A. Snider, Mrs. Van A. Snider, R. C. Baker, Mrs. R. C. Baker, J. S. Roof, Mrs. J. S. Roof, |
Walter D. McKinney, Dr. H. O. Whitaker, W. E. Peters, John R. Horst, William L. Curry, Mrs. Orson D. Dryer, Miss Martha J. Maltby, Mrs. Hazel Charles, Mrs. C. O. Hipple, W. H. Cole, George F. Bareis, Silas W. Courtright, Jerry Dennis, H. R. Goodwin, Harley Angelo Tuttle, C. W. Justice, H. G. Simpson Mrs. Earl J. Knittle, Mrs. Ivor Hughes, Mrs. Oscar Lear, Mrs. Christian F. Jaeger, Mrs. William J. Belhon, James S. Hine. |
Vice President George F. Bareis moved that Presi- dent Arthur C. Johnson be elected Chairman of the meeting. Carried. (603) |
604 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
Mr. H. R. McPherson moved that Charles
W. Jus-
tice be elected Secretary of the
meeting. Carried.
Mr. C. B. Galbreath read the
Secretary's Report as
follows:
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
The past year has been one of unusual
achievement and
planning for larger things to come. The
completion of the Me-
morial Wing to the Museum and Library
Building and its formal
dedication on April 6, 1926,
constitute a monumental mile-stone
in the history of the Society. These
events of primary impor-
tance are set forth at length in the
QUARTERLY of the Society,
and a pamphlet soon to issue from the
press designed as a hand-
book for the Committee on Membership.
They need not be de-
tailed in this report.
The additions to the Museum belong to
the report of the Di-
rector of the Society. To the Secretary
is left only the record
of additions to the Library and other
matters coming directly
within the scope of his duty as set
forth in the Constitution of the
Society.
While additions to the Library for the
most part have been
in the line of previous purchases and
gifts, some of the volumes,
papers and manuscripts have been of
unusual interest and value,
and a few of them have been unique and
almost priceless.
Among the sets completed is one that is
neither unique nor
priceless, but very convenient and
important, especially if kept up
to date as subsequent volumes are
issued. I refer to the Lineage
Book of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Our file is
now complete and we have a standing
order to keep it so.
The clipping, classification and placing
in scrapbooks of the
news items and editorials relating to
the World War and other
matters of state or local history have
been carried steadily for-
ward with the limited student help and
indexers now authorized.
The bound newspapers which may be sent
from the different
counties to this library under the law
enacted in 1923, of course
duplicate the clippings kept in the
scrapbooks, but there will be a
distinct advantage in having a large
portion of this material in-
dexed in volumes of convenient size. The indexes to
these volumes
will to some extent serve as an index to
the newspapers of the
period covered.
Within the past year a large addition of
bound Ohio news-
papers has come into the custody of the
Society. Your Secretary,
in his first report at the annual
meeting held December 15, 1920,
Forty-First Annual Meeting 605
suggested the enactment of a law
permitting county commission-
ers to send their newspapers, under certain conditions,
to the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Such
a meas-
ure was passed by the General Assembly in 1923,
received the
approval of Governor Donahey, and is now
a law. Under its
provisions, 1847 volumes of bound
newspapers have been trans-
ferred within the year to the library of
the Society. The roller
shelves that were expected to hold the files from every
county of
the state are now filled and not more
than one-half of the vol-
umes that will probably arrive here
before the close of next year
are now on these shelves. In other
words, the entire available
space assigned to the library since the
erection of the new wing
is occupied and the provision of more
space for its growth is a
duty to which the Society cannot too
early direct its energies.
Located as we are, at the main entrance
to the grounds of
the Ohio State University, with its
large and rapidly growing De-
partment of Journalism, the logical
place for the state's collection
of newspaper files is here, and if
proper space is provided for
them they will naturally and inevitably
gravitate hither. Not only
will the files of Ohio papers already in
the possession of the state
come here, but private collections that
are awaiting a safe and
proper depository will certainly find a
place in the library of the
Society.
The state moves with deliberation in any
new work that it
undertakes. The person who expects to
see prodigies performed
on the "afternoon of the same
day" under state authority is apt to
be disappointed.
It is almost six years since the
groundwork for a great col-
lection of Ohio newspapers in this building
was suggested.
Neither money nor space was available.
The plan advocated con-
templated a small expenditure of money
and the employment of
an assistant to gather in the
newspapers. The Society was fortu-
nate in securing the services of Mr.
Harold G. Simpson, a news-
paper man, to fill this important post.
From the beginning of
his employment here, he has been an
enthusiast in this work. The
results of his labors thus far are an
ample testimonial to his fit-
ness for the position. After almost six
years of preparation, we
are now ready to build up a library
worthy of Ohio on the sources
of the state's history.
For the second time since he entered
upon his duties a little
more than six years ago, the Secretary is
able to report addi-
tions to the manuscript collections of
the Society. At the annual
meeting of 1920, the addition of the
John Brown manuscripts,
the gift of Mr. and Mrs. T. B.
Alexander, was announced. With-
in the past year Mr. Alexander has added
to this collection, in the
606 Ohio Arch. and, Hist. Society Publications
handwriting of Mrs. Alexander's father,
John Brown, Jr., Owen
Brown's account of the Battle of Black
Jack, Kansas, in 1856.
This account is well written and of
unusual importance as a de-
scription, by a participant, of the
first pitched battle between pro-
slavery and anti-slavery forces --
prophetic of the Civil War that
followed five years later.
Professor Reginald C. McGrane presented
about one hun-
dred manuscript letters from, the correspondence
of Honorable
Allen G. Thurman, United States Senator,
candidate for Vice-
President of the United States, and the
first president of the Ohio
State Archaological and Historical
Society.
The most notable collection of
manuscripts thus far received
by the Society is the letters and papers
of Winthrop Sargent, a
Revolutionary soldier, Secretary of the
Northwest Territory un-
der Arthur St. Clair, and in the absence
of the latter, Governor
of that Territory, until 1798, when he
became Governor of the
Mississippi Territory. The manuscript
papers of Sargent that
have come to the Society cover a wide
range of time and subject.
Some of them antedate the Revolution.
Most of them cover the
dates of his service as Secretary of the
Northwest Territory.
These papers number all told one
thousand and seventy-one.
They are of varied length and
importance. Some of them are
brief notes on a single page. Others
cover many pages. In-
cluded among them is the manuscript
journal of the first legis-
lature of the Northwest Territory that
met in a formal way. This
legislature consisted of the governor
and the judges of the North-
west Territory. It assembled in
Cincinnati, May 29, 1795, and
continued in session until August 20 of that year.
The members
constituting the legislature during this
session were Governor
Arthur St. Clair, presiding; and Judges
John Cleves Symmes
and George Turner. This manuscript copy of the
proceedings of
that legislature, which had for years been
industriously sought,
was found in complete form in the
collection now in the posses-
sion of the Society and is evidently in
the handwriting of Arm-
istead Churchill, the clerk of the
legislature. This is one of the
papers of this unusual collection that
is worth to the Society more
than its weight in gold.
For this collection the Society is under
obligation to one of
its life members, Winthrop Sargent VII,
of Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania. The following very interesting
letter has recently come
to the Society:
Forty-First Annual Meeting 607
SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1926.
MR. C. B. GALBREATH, Secretary,
Editor and Librarian
The Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society,
High Street and Fifteenth Ave., Columbus, O.
DEAR MR. GALBREATH:
I have your communication of September
25th. I also received your
acknowledgment of papers that I sent you
concerning Governor Winthrop
Sargent. I have been in the hospital all
summer and am just getting
around. I have another batch of papers
relative to the Governor's move-
ments, which I will send you as soon as
possible.
With kindest regards,
Yours very truly,
WS-W (Signed) "WINTHROP SARGENT."
It will thus be seen that what has
already been received from
this worthy representative of one of the
most distinguished fam-
ilies of America is simply the herald of
other treasures yet to
come.
Among the gifts received within the past
year is a collection
of books, chiefly American history,
from Miss Mae Siebert,
daughter of the late John Siebert, a
veteran of the Civil War, and
ten sumptuously bound volumes entitled
"America," issued by
the Americanization Department of
Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States, presented by that
good and generous patron
of our Society and member of the Board
of Trustees, Honorable
Claude Meeker.
The record of the Society includes many
meetings of the
different committees and only two
meetings of the Board of
Trustees since the last annual meeting.
These two meetings,
however, were both important. The first
was held December 9,
1925, to consider among other things the
report of the State
Architect for bids on book stacks,
shelving and improvements in
the basement room of the library. This
is the room which is now
filled with newspapers, chiefly in bound
form. The other meet-
ing of the Board was held on June 17,
1926. At this meeting
President Johnson offered as the matter
of outstanding interest
the following question for
consideration: Shall an effort be made
to secure an appropriation for the
completion of the Museum and
Library Building of the Society? The
President briefly expressed
himself as emphatically in favor of a
movement looking to the
completion of the building at the
earliest possible date. He drew
attention to the fact that if the
appropriation is made by the next
General Assembly it will be perhaps
three and one-half years
before the building could be completed.
By that time the addi-
tional room would be needed for the
Museum and Library collec-
tions of the Society. After a general
expression of opinion by
608 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
the members of the Board present, Mr.
Bareis, First Vice-Presi-
dent of the Society, moved that the
Trustees take the preliminary
steps necessary to secure an
appropriation for the completion of
the Museum and Library Building. The motion was
unanimously
carried. Thus it will be seen that the
past year has been a notable
one in achievement and in
forward-looking plans for the future.
An important meeting of the Library
Committee was held
September 21, at which the recommendations of
Doctor Alexan-
der C. Flick and Wallace H. Cathcart, at
the dedication of the
Memorial Wing, were presented by the
Secretary. Among these
was the following statement from Mr.
Cathcart:
"I have been anxious to see some action
by the Legislature
for the preservation of the real history
of Ohio as contained in
the state archives. I think it would
make anyone here sick to go
into the basement of the State House as
I have many times done,
and see the records and files of this
state, manuscripts of the
period of the Civil War, scattered over
the floor, where any one
going into the room would walk on them.
Go into the Governor's
office and try to find papers of the
previous governors who have
been in office. If the State Historical
Society could get hold in
some way of those records and safeguard
them, I think it would
be one of the greatest advance steps
they could take."
Professor Siebert moved that the
chairman of the Commit-
tee appoint three members whose duty it
shall be to visit Governor
Donahey and solicit his interest and
cooperation in ways and
means for the preservation and
systematic arrangement of the
archives of the state government. The
Chairman of the Library
Committee appointed a committee of three,
with Professor Sie-
bert as Chairman, to visit the Governor
for the purpose set forth
in the motion.
In the meantime the manuscripts already
in the possession
of the Society are to be calendared and
arranged. For lack of
this, many of them are now inaccessible.
There should also be
made in a single volume an index to the
serial publications of the
Society. Frequent requests have been
made for this from libra-
ries and schools.
Within the past year the Secretary
visited Campus Martius
at Marietta, the Serpent Mound Park in
Adams County, Fort
Ancient Park, Miamisburg Mound, Fort
Amanda Park, and Lo-
gan Elm Park. The first two of these
properties of the Society he
viewed as a member of the delightful
touring parties conducted
by Doctor Furniss and Mr. Bareis, under
the direction of Mr.
Joseph C. Goodman, Chairman of the Tours
Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) C. B. GALBREATH.
Forty-First
Annual Meeting 609
The Secretary
stated that since the preparation of
the foregoing
report, another important original docu-
ment has been
added to the Society's collection. The
United States
Government is supposed to have the early
census records
of the state, but the record for 1810 is
said to be
very meager, some of the reports of census-
takers having
disappeared. A few days ago a man, too
modest to
permit his name to be mentioned here, donated
to the Society
two volumes that were rescued from a
dump-wagon on
its way to rag-pickers or the dump. In
those early
days we had the single tax -- a tax on land
-- in Ohio,
and these two volumes contain the names,
in manuscript
form, of all the owners of real estate in
Ohio in 1810,
so we have something that, in a measure,
takes the
place of the census of that year -- a priceless
possession
that could not be duplicated.
Mr. E. F. Wood
then read the Treasurer's Report
as follows:
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TREASURER OF THE
OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HIS-
TORICAL
SOCIETY, FOR THE YEAR
ENDING JULY 1,
1926
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand
July 1st, 1925:--
In General Fund ..................$1,203.64
Cash Advanced
for Field Work (prior
to July
1, 1925) ..................
200.00
In World War
Memorial Fund...... 2,351,05
$3,754.69
Life Membership dues
.......................... 725.00
Active
Membership Dues
........................ 124.00
Books sold
.................................... 519.00
Cash
transferred from World War Memorial Fund.. 21.91
Interest on
Permanent Fund ..................... 1,150.00
Vol. XXXV --
39.
610 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications
Interest
on World War Memorial Fund ........... 50.67
Interest on
Savings Accounts ..................... 39.01
Refund
of cash advanced for Field Work .......... 200.00
Refund
by Dr. A. C. Flick ...................... 50.00
Sale
of Logs at Ft. St. Clair..................... 27.78
Papers
sold ................................... 52.46
Refund
by State Treasurer for Walks............. 70.00
Refund
by State Treasurer for Bronze Caps........ 500.00
Refund
by State Treasurer for Repairs ............
137.11
From
State Treasurer on Sundry Appropriations as follows:--
House
Bill No. 622.
Main
Building, Columbus, Ohio.
Office
Supplies ....................... $24.29
Print Paper
.........................
174.78
Express,
Freight and Drayage .......... 11.32
Communications
..................... 12.25
Contingencies
........................ 5.82
Publications
.............. ...........
4,242.13
Addition
to Museum and Library Build-
ing ............................... 28,507.50
$32,978.00
Division
of Spiegel Grove State Park.
Repairs ................................... 163.99
Serpent
Mound Park
Repairs
................................... 26.78
Fort
St. Clair.
Residence
................................. 3,921.00
Fallen
Timbers.
Improvement
of Grounds ....................
1,668.90
House
Bill No. 517.
Museum
and Library Building.
Salaries ............ ............. $32,860.67
Wages
.............................. 762.45
Office
Supplies ....................... 149.42
Postage ......................... 197.62
General
Plant Supplies ........... 294.47
General
Plant Materials .......... 3,121.74
Print
Paper ......... ........... . 78.82
Repairs .......................... 403.17
Forty-First Annual Meeting
611
W
ater Rent ...................... 34.80
Light,
Heat and Power............ 866.14
Express,
Freight and Drayage ....... 98.67
Traveling
Expenses .............. 324.86
Communications
.................. 142.35
Contingencies .................... 31.59
Publications
..................... 4,520.79
Exploration
and Field Work........ 2,930.78
Natural
History Field Work........ 379.75
Books,
Manuscripts, etc............ 1,364.68
Museum
Collections .............. 137.25
Restoration
of Mound City Group.. 1,973.82
Universal
Woodworking Machine.. 600.00
4
Cases Metal Book Shelving ....... 44.94
3,528
feet Metal Book Shelving..... 2,249.71
426
Roller Metal Shelves.......... 40.48
Type
for Printing Plant ........... 99.45
Plastering,
Painting and Refitting
Basement ........................ 1,048.67
Furniture
and Supplies for Printing
Plant ........................... 56.86
$54,813.95
Division
of Spiegel Grove State Park.
Salaries .......................... $3,785.09
W
ages .......................... 450.00
Fuel ............................ 400.00
Office Supplies .................... 84.55
General
Plant Supplies ............. 73.73
Repairs .......................... 159.93
Repairs 159.93
Water
Rent. 13.51
Light,
Heat and Power ............ 1,499.04
Communications
................. 48.05
Re-roofing
Hayes Residence....... 3,789.21
$10,403.11
Division
of Fort Ancient Park.
Salaries ......................... $360.00
Repairs ......................... 292.63
Communications
.................. 18.10
Fencing
......................... 120.88
Walks
.......................... 125.00
Roadways
....................... 150.00
$1,066.61
612 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications
Division
of Serpent Mound Park.
Salaries
......................... $240.00
Repairs
......................... 139.69
Communications
.................. 7.00
General
Plant .................... 49.19
Toilet
............................ 100.00
$535.88
Division
of Logan Elm.
Salaries ......................... $50.00
Communications
.................. 20.00
General
Plant .................... 159.93
$229.93
Division
of Schoenbrunn.
Wages
....................................
$25.00
Division
of Fort St. Clair.
Salaries
.......................... $275.00
Wages
.......................... 300.00
Telephone
and Electric line Extension 478.00
$1,053.00
Division
of Fort Laurens.
Residence ................................. $624.24
Total
Receipts and Balances ............$114,932.11
DISBURSEMENTS
Museum
and Library Building, Columbus, Ohio.
Personal
Service.
Salaries ......................... $32,860.67
W
ages .... ..................... 762.45
Supplies.
Office
Supplies ................... 173-71
Office
Equipment ................. 27.00
Postage
......................... 197.62
General
Plant .................... 294.47
Materials.
General
Plant .................... 3,121.74
Print
Paper ...................... 253.60
Forty-First
Annual Meeting 613
Open
Order Service.
Repairs .......................... 403.17
W ater Rent
...................... 34.80
Light,
Heat and Power............. 866.14
Express,
Freight and Drayage..... 109.99
Traveling
Expenses ............... 796.22
Communications
.................. 177.70
Contingencies
.................... 142.24
Publications
...................... 8,884.67
Exploration
and Field Work....... 2,930.78
Natural
History Field Work...... 379.75
Additions
and Betterments.
Books,
Manuscripts, etc ............ 1,364.68
Museum
Collections .............. 137.25
Restoration
of Mound City Group... 1,973.82
Universal
Woodworking Machine... 600.00
4
Cases Metal Book Shelving ........ 44.94
3,528
feet Metal Book Shelving..... 2,249.71
426
Roller Metal Shelves........... 40.48
Type
for Printing Plant ............ 99.45
Plastering,
Painting and Refitting
Basement
................... 1,048.67
Furniture
and Supplies for Printing
Plant
........................ 56.86
Addition
to Museum and Library
Building
..................... 28,507.50
World
War Memorial Fund--Sundry
Bills
Paid ................... 2,379.81
Sundry
Expenses Dedicating World
War
Memorial Wing ........... 616.63
Curtains ......................... 390.85
Wiring
Rotunda .................. 118.75
Lettering
Marble Panels........... 250.00
$92,296.12
Division
of Spiegel Grove State Park.
Personal
Service.
Salaries ......................... $3,785.09
Wages
.......................... 450.00
Cataloguer ....................... 112.07
Supplies.
Fuel ............................ 400.00
Office Supplies
................... 184.55
614 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications
Materials.
General
Plant .................... 73.73
Open
Order Service.
Repairs
.......................... 323.92
Water Rent
...................... 13.51
Light, Heat
and Power ............ 1,499.04
Communications
.................. 48.05
Re-roofing
Hayes Residence........ 3,789.21
$10.679.17
Division of Fort
Ancient.
Personal
Service.
Salaries
.......................... $360.00
Open
Order Service.
Repairs
......................... 292.63
Communications
.................. 18.10
Additions
and Betterments.
Fencing
......................... 120.88
Walks
.......................... 125.00
Roadways
....................... 150.00
$1,066.61
Division
of Serpent Mound Park.
Personal
Service.
Salaries ......................... $240.00
Open
Order Service.
Repairs
.......................... 166.47
Communications
.................. 7.00
General
Plant .................... 49.19
Additions
and Betterments.
Toilet
........................... 100.00
Insurance
........................ 15.83
$578.49
Division
of Logan Elm.
Personal
Service.
Salaries
......................... $50.00
Forty-First
Annual Meeting 615
Open
Order Service.
Communications
.................. 20.00
General
Plant .................... 159.93
$229.93
Division
of Schoenbrunn.
Personal
Service.
Wages
.......................... $25.00
$25.00
Division
of Fort St. Clair.
Personal
Service.
Salaries
.......................... $275.00
Wages
.......................... 300.00
Additions
and Betterments.
Telephone
and Electric Line Exten-
sion ......................... 478.00
Buildings
........................ 3,921.00
$4,974.00
Division
of Fort Laurens.
Residence
.................................. 624.24
Division
of Fallen Timbers.
Improvement
of Grounds ........... 1,668.90
Care of
George Rogers Clark Monument
and
Grounds ...................... 50.10
World War
Memorial Fund
Balance
Transferred to General Cash 21.91
Balance
Transferred to Permanent Fund. 1,000.00
Cash
Advanced for Field Work........ 500.00
Balance on Hand
June 30, 1926........ 1,217.64
Total
Disbursements and Balances.. 114,932.11
PERMANENT
FUND.
The Balance
in this fund on July 1, 1925, was... $23,000.00
Added,
during the year, from Life Membership
Dues
received ..........................
725.00
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Added, from interest received during the
year
in
part
................................
275.00
Total in Permanent Fund on June 30,
1926.. $24,000.00
This amount is invested at 5% per annum,
pay-
able semi-annually, in The Ohio State
Savings
Association, as evidenced by certificate
No. C-
22571.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) E. F. WooD,
Treasurer.
Mr. E. F. Wood then read the Report of
the Au-
ditor.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
SEPTEMBER 16, 1926.
"MR. C. B. GALBREATH, Secretary,
The Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society,
Columbus, Ohio.
DEAR SIR:
Having completed our annual audit of the
books of account
of Mr. E. F. Wood, Treasurer of your
Society, for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1926, we submit
herewith our report con-
taining such statements and schedules as
will reflect in summary
the financial transactions for the year
and condition of the treas-
ury
as at June 30, 1926.
The balance of the Current Fund at July
1, 1926,
was
............................................. $1,403.64
There was received during the year
revenues of $3,007.92, out of which
was
credited to Current Fund the sum
of....$ 2,007.92
There was also transferred from the
World War Memorial Fund
............ 2,351.05
Appropriations paid during the year by
the State amounted to .................
107,510.48
making total receipts of................
.$111,869.45
Forty-First Annual
Meeting 617
The total
disbursements for the year were 112,055.45
which indicates an
excess of disburse-
ments over receipts
of .............................. 86.00
resulting in a
balance of Current Fund
at June
30, 1926, of ..............................$1,217.64
"On page 3 and 4
will be found a Statement of Cash Receipts
and Disbursements for
the year ended June 30, 1926, giving a full
analysis of the
above.
"At July 1,
1925, the balance of the Permanent
Fund was
...................................... $23,000.00
There was received
during the year
from Life Memberships
................ $ 725.00
and interest earned
on Permanent Fund
was
................................... 1,150.00
making a
total of
......................$1,875.00
However, there was
added to the Per-
manent Fund out of
the above amount
received only
....................................
1,000.00
making a balance as
at June 30, 1925, of .............$24,000.00
"The above
balance of the Permanent Fund is represented
by Certificates of
Deposit No. 22571 of the Ohio State Savings
Association, dated
July 1, 1926.
"The remainder
of income from this fund remained in the
Current Fund.
"The Society's
Permanent Investment at the
beginning of the year was
........................$966,137.27
There has been added
to the above
during the fiscal
year as follows:
Land:
Fort Ancient
...........$ 245.88
Fallen Timbers
......... 1,668.90
Fort St. Clair
.......... 478.00 $ 2,392.78
Buildings and
Structures:
Museum and World War
Memorial
...........$31,988.47
Serpent
Mound.......... 100.00
Fort
Laurens........... 624.24
Fort St. Clair
....... 3,921.00
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Publications
George Rogers Clark
Monument
............. 50.10 36,683.81
Library and Museum
Equipment.... 3,118.44
Books ........................... 1,364.68
Museum Exhibits ................. 137.25
$43,696.96
Gifts and Director's
Valuation upon
additions to Museum's
exhibits acquir-
ed through field
work.............. 2,200.00
Total addition to
properties ..... 45,896.96
Total Permanent
Investment June 30,1926 ....$1,012,034.23
"During the
course of our audit all checks and vouchers were
examined and found to
be correct.
"The balance of
appropriation accounts was verified by
comparison with records kept
by the Auditor of the State.
"Respectfully
submitted,
(Signed) W. D. WALL
Certified Public
Accountant."
President Johnson
stated that Gerard Fowke, not
more than ten days
ago, stated he had visited the mu-
seum and would
appraise the archaeological collections
at a million dollars.
Mr. W. C. Mills read
the following:
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
One of the articles of
incorporation of the Ohio State Ar-
chaeological and
Historical Society states that the Society was
formed for the purpose
of promoting a knowledge of archaeology
and history,
especially of Ohio, and to establish and maintain a
museum of prehistoric
relics and natural or other curiosities or
specimens of art or
nature promotive of the objects of the As-
sociation. I take
great pleasure in submitting my fifth annual
report as Director of
this established museum.
During the year the
Superintendent of the Building estab-
lished a new form of taking
care of the building, by which it is
constantly guarded either by a
day-watchman, a night-watch-
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man, or a janitor, and in this way it is
under the care of someone
at all hours of the day or night.
Practically the entire time of the
Director has been taken up
in superintending the various
departments and formulating plans
for the various exhibits. We were able
to occupy the new wing
entirely after the 6th of April, at
which time the memorial
features were dedicated.
The four large bronze panels that were
placed in the ro-
tunda of the new wing were completed the
latter part of December
and were forwarded to the museum from
New York, where they
were made by the American Art Foundry
Company. These
panels, although very heavy and
unwieldy, were placed in posi-
tion without the slightest mishap long
before the dedication. I
cannot say too much in praise of The
American Art Foundry
of New York City, and the Muth Brothers
of this city, for the
careful way in which the bronze panels
were set. The dedica-
tion of this part of the building came
on the 6th of April, and a
more inclement day could possibly never
have been selected.
The Committee on Dedication will
doubtless make a report, and
the Director will not need to go into
detail concerning this dedi-
cation further than to say that it was a
success in every way.
During the year the cabinet-maker, Mr.
J. S. Waite, has
been working alone and during that time
he has made twenty-
five (25) cases; four of these cases
were made by salvaging the
large case that we had at the entrance
to the Historical Museum,
which was so large and unwieldy that it
did not seem to fit into
our scheme of display, and the case was
salvaged and the lum-
ber and glass were used in making four
new wall-cases, three of
which are used in the display of
ceramics and one in the dis-
play of blankets in the anthropological
room on the second floor.
The case originally cost the Society two
hundred and fifty
($250.00) dollars, and it was purchased with a view to using the
large plate glass that it contained, and
I consider that the value
of the glass at the time of purchase was
practically five hundred
($500.00) dollars, so we originally
purchased the glass at fifty
per cent discount. The cases, as we now
have them, would cost
two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars each, so that the four
cases would practically be worth one
thousand ($1,000.00)
dollars, and we secured them for two
hundred and fifty ($250.00)
dollars, plus a small amount for lumber,
amounting to perhaps
twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50)
and the necessary labor
in their construction. Therefore, the
Society is at least five
hundred ($500.00) dollars ahead in this
one transaction.
Four large table cases were also
constructed, and these were
made from cases purchased from a
downtown wholesale jewelry
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firm. These cases were salvaged and used
in constructing the
four table-cases that are worth two
hundred and fifty ($250.00)
dollars each. From these cases we also
secured sufficient lumber
to make the large center case in the
Hopewell Room. This had
to be. made so that it could be taken
apart at any time for cleaning,
and we find that Mr. Waite was able to
accomplish this without
much trouble. This case contains a
replica showing one mile
square of the Hopewell group and I think
it is one of the most
comprehensive of all models that we have
in the museum.
Besides these cases, Mr. Waite
constructed ten large table-
cases used in the Hopewell room and the
Archaeological display
room adjoining to the east; he also
constructed five large cases for
the display of birds--these are located
in the Department of
Natural History; made a case for the
mummy presented by Dr.
J. Morton Howell, Minister of the United
States to Egypt;
and constructed a case to take care of
the glass dress worn by
Maxine Elliott, and presented by the
Cambridge Glass Company.
Mr. Waite has also been doing all sorts
of carpenter work
about the building; in the preparation
of the audience room all
of the work that was needed for the
completion was performed
by him. He made three mezzanine floors
in the basement to
care for lumber and has also made
hundreds of trays for cases and
hundreds of platforms for the mounting
of birds, etc. In other
words he is a great handy man about the
place and we anticipate
that during the next year he will be
able to turn out more cases
than during the past year, as the
cabinet-maker was used in many
ways during the dedication, such as
building the platform in front
of the building, and afterwards removing
it, framing pictures and
other small things that only a carpenter
can do.
I was once told by a museum director
that one of the great-
est essentials is to have a
cabinet-maker who can do things from
the making of a case to the hanging of a
portrait, and I have come
to the conclusion that he is perhaps one
of the most essential em-
ployes of the building. However, some
members of our Board
of Trustees have felt that it would
perhaps be better to secure
from some case-manufacturing company the
greater bulk of our
show-cases, as by doing so it would not
be necessary to wait for
the cases to be made in the building but
we could give the order
to some outside firm and have them made
there and then brought
in. I rather think that this would
perhaps help matters in secur-
ing a quick display, where new rooms are
available for that pur-
pose.
Mr. Starling L. Eaton, Superintendent of
the Building and
Grounds and in charge of the Print Shop,
has been very busy
with the printing press during the past
year and has set one
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hundred and forty-seven (147) forms upon
which he made
thirty-two thousand one hundred
forty-four (32,144) impres-
sions. You will understand that he does
all of this work in con-
nection with his duties as
Superintendent of the Building.
Mr. Eaton also had the outside windows
of the building
painted during the year and this work
was all done by the janitors
of the building during spare time when
they could be taken from
other necessary work about the building.
I feel that this has been
a great saving to the institution, as
the upper floors of the build-
ing had to be reached by ladders, and I
feel assured that it is no
small task to do this work.
During the year, he has had painted and
put in condition the
three captured German cannon, which are
now placed in the
court back of the building, awaiting
final disposition. These
cannon had to be thoroughly scraped and
the rust entirely removed
before any paint was applied and then a
coat of red lead was put
on the cannon, which was afterward
covered by dark green
paint. The remainder of the consignment
of World War trophies,
given us by the United States
Government, has been received and
the various specimens carefully cleaned
and in many instances
painted. The following specimens have
been received and pre-
pared for exhibition. The accession
number of war trophies
is 695, and wherever you see 695 you
will note this is a trophy
presented by the United States
Government. The list is as fol-
lows:
One 76 mm Minnenwerfer, one 170 mm
Minnenwerfer,
one Spandau German Cannon, two German
Krupp Guns, one
German Trench Mortar 55 mm., five German
Machine Guns with
Mounts, five German Machine Guns, Maxim
model, 1908,
One Austrian German Machine Gun, one
German Mauser anti-
tank Rifle, one Air Craft German Machine
Gun, Maxim model,
one Air Craft German Machine Gun,
parabellum, light weight,
eight German Mauser Rifles, model
1898, eight German Mann-
licher Rifles, 1888, eight German Mauser
Carbines, magazine,
model 1898, eight German Mauser single
shot Rifles, 1871, eight
German Mauser repeating Rifles, model
1871 to '74, eight
Austrian Mannlicher Rifles, model 1895,
eight Miscellaneous
Rifles, five Grenade Throwers, one
Potato-masher type Grenade,
one Cartridge Case, long brass 77 mm.,
one Cartridge Case, brass
Howitzer, 105, one Cartridge Case, brass
Howitzer, 150 mm.,
one Cartridge Case, brass Railway Gun,
173 mm., one Brass
Cartridge Case, Howitzer, 210 mm., one Cartridge Case, brass,
250 mm., Gun, eight Enlisted Men's
Sabers, one Officer's Sword,
eight Plain Bayonets, eight Saw tooth
Bayonets, two Sets of
body Armor, eight Steel Helmets, eight Uhlan Helmets,
eight
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Uhlan Lances, one Gas Mask, eight
Infantry Canteens, eight
Medical Canteens, one Glass Canteen, one
Large Artillery Map
showing fighting line.
Practically none of these specimens have
been placed on
exhibition simply because we have not
had sufficient space
to do so, but we are accumulating the
necessary cases and material
so that when the time comes the
specimens can be placed on ex-
hibition with all labels attached.
Mr. H. C. Shetrone, Curator of Archaeology,
spent the
greater part of the fall and winter in
preparing and opening the
Hopewell room and in getting in shape
material for the ex-
hibition room in the new wing. I am
happy to say that he was
able to open this room in time for
dedication and it has attracted
the attention of archaeologists
throughout t he country. Mr.
Shetrone also finished restoring the
great Mound City group
and this restoration was well done. He
deserves great credit
in carrying this out and completing the
work so satisfactorily,
and we hope within the next few years
that Mound City Park will
be one of the finest and best in the
country.
On the first of July Mr. Shetrone
continued work in the
great Seip Group near Bainbridge, and he
was very fortunate in
bringing to light burials that have
produced material heretofore
unknown. Unfortunately for Mr. Shetrone,
as well as the prog-
ress of the Society, on the afternoon of
the 28th of August, while
removing material from one of the finds,
a part of the bank above
gave way and caught Mr. Shetrone as well
as a visitor. Mr.
Shetrone was struck on the back of the
neck, which bore him to
the ground, and practically covered him
up and it was some few
minutes before he could be uncovered. He
felt, at the time, that
he was not seriously injured and wished
to continue with the work,
but it became apparent that his injuries
were more serious than
he realized and he was taken to the
hospital in Chillicothe,
where he remained until Friday,
September 10th. His injuries
proved more serious than was at first
anticipated; however, on
Saturday, September 11th, he
superintended the removal of a
great sacrificial offering of more than
passing interest, as it
contained one of the large ceremonial
axes, weighing in the
neighborhood of twenty-eight (28)
pounds, similar to the great
ceremonial axe taken out of the Hopewell
Group by Mr. Moore-
head. It is perhaps the second largest
in size. On Tuesday,
September 14th, the work was closed for
the season of 1926.
Professor James S. Hine, Curator of the
Department of
Natural History has spent the time
during the year in moving
the collections of Natural History from
the Department of
Zoology to the rooms of the Ohio State
Archaeological and His-
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torical Society and preparing the
specimens for exhibition. The
Department of Zoology also presented the
Society with a number
of cases in which the specimens were
exhibited at the Zoology
Building.
We soon found that the space allotted
for Natural History
was outgrown and it was found that more
elaborate exhibition
rooms should be provided. The one large
room on the second
floor at the west end of the new wing
was set aside for Natural
History in addition to the rooms in the
basement, and Mr.
William Rindsfoos, President of the
Brunson Savings Bank, and
Honorary Curator of Natural History of
our institution, has
agreed to supply the necessary groups,
such as the deer, black
bear, grizzly bear, mountain sheep,
etc., to completely fill this
room and to secure these animals at his
own expense. We con-
sider this a very liberal offer of Mr.
Rindsfoos and he is at once
taking steps to secure the necessary
groups and is at the present
time in the northern country securing a
group of bears. Mr.
Rindsfoos has also sent a number of
mounted heads to be placed
on the walls of this room. These consist
of the elk, deer, moun-
tain goat and mountain sheep.
It is the intention of the Curator of Natural
History to se-
cure groups representative of all Ohio
animals, and he has already
secured sufficient material for a group
of the fox, ground-hog,
skunk, racoon, and oppossum, and he is
working hard to secure
the mountain lion and other animals once
abundant in the state
but no longer found therein.
Already the Director has found that the
building is in-
adequate for our needs, and that all
available space will be more
than taken by the collections we now
have on hand. I now urge
the Board of Trustees to take steps to
provide for future growth
of this growing institution, and hope
that the two remaining
wings can be secured by an appropriation
from the next Legis-
lature.
Mr. H. R. Goodwin, Registrar and
Honorary Curator of
Mineralogy, has recorded one hundred and
eleven (111) ac-
cessions and made the historical file
and catalogue-card that goes
with each accession. In addition to his
duties as Registrar and
Honorary Curator of Mineralogy, Mr.
Goodwin has devoted
much time to working out the designs
from the copper plates
taken from the Hopewell Group and
adapting these designs to
rugs, carpets, curtains, dress-goods,
wall-paper, etc. These have
been of special interest to the students
of designing and many stu-
dents of the University are now
utilizing these designs for their
benefit.
A few of the more important accessions
made during the year
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are the World War trophies from the
government; flags and docu-
ments of the 332nd infantry; World War
relics loaned by Captain
John L. Hamilton; a dress made of glass
for Maxine Elliott in
1901; World War relics loaned by Mr. G.
R. Weaver, Columbus,
Ohio; World War relics presented by
Reverend Arthur H.
Limouze, Columbus, Ohio; an Egyptian
mummy presented by
Dr. J. Morton Howell, United States
Minister and Envoy Extra-
ordinary to Cairo, Egypt. The
Archaeological collections number
from 333 to 350 inclusive. The
collection of the late J. C. Sample,
of Perrysville, O., was presented by
Mrs. Elizabeth Sample. Mr.
D. S. Leech of Lima, Ohio, presented a
very wonderful specimen,
the effigy of a fish, found by Mr.
Leech's father many years ago.
Considerable attention has been given to
the Mineral col-
lections. Labels have been made giving
name, composition, local-
ity and uses of the mineral, as well as
the name of the donor.
It is proposed to form a collection of
the various minerals found
in Ohio and some progress has been made
in this direction. The
Ohio shales exposed along Paint Creek
have been examined and
fine specimens of quartz, pearl-spar,
barite and calcite in crystal-
lized form have been found, lining
cavities in concretions weath-
ered out of the Ohio shale. Pyrite and
marcasite have also been
found in the lower strata and this may
have been the source of
the nodules found in the mounds of the
Hopewell Group.
The following additions have been made
to the Museum:
Accessions to Historical Collections.
648 (Addition) Coins and curios;
presented by Mr. C. M.
Emerson, Columbus, O. 10-7-25.
37 (Addition) Wooden bowl and cotton
cloth; presented by
Miss Zarel Jones, Honolulu, T. H. 10-7-25.
686 Civil War uniform (part); presented
by Mr. John J. Ross,
Northfield, O. 10-7-25.
687 World War relics; loaned by Mr.
Harold A. Barnhart,
Chillicothe, O. 10-8-25.
688 Publications; from The
Archaeological Institute of America,
10-12-25.
689 Early Ohio pottery; presented by Mr.
Irving Kreager,
Brownsville, O. 10-15-25.
690 Early Ohio pottery; presented by Mr.
George McMasters,
Brownsville, O. 10-15-25.
208 (Additional) Dulcimer; presented by Mr. Homer Zimmer-
man, Sugar Creek, O. 10-15-25.
691 Statuary--Lincoln, Stanton and
Grant; purchased. 10-16-25.
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692 Lincoln campaign button, 1864;
presented by Mr. James P.
Smith, Columbus, O. 10-26-25.
693 Relics of "The
Shenandoah;" presented by Mr. Robert Potts,
Columbus, O. 9-10-25.
521 (Addition)
Picture of Logan Elm; presented by Mr. A. C.
Spetnagel, Chillicothe, O. 11-6-25.
487 (Addition) Baby carriage; presented
by Mr. Rodney Gragg,
Bainbridge, O. 11-9-25.
694 Sword of Civil War, and spools from
old loom; presented
by Mrs. J. E. Clark, Columbus, O. 11-9-25.
608 (Addition) Coverlet, powder horn and
hunting bag; pre-
sented by Mr. M. E. Thrailkill,
Columbus, O. 11-18-25.
695 World War trophies -- cannon,
rifles, military equipment;
United States Government allotment.
11-18-25.
696 Specimen of penmanship executed by
Professor W. H. H.
Perry; loaned by Mr. Charles A. Perry,
Columbus, O.
11-30-25.
697 Glass vase; presented by Mr. M. B.
Binning, Columbus, O.
11-30-25.
524 (Addition) Revolvers, pistols, etc.;
loaned by Mr. W. E.
Hightshoe,
Columbus, O. 12-7-25.
186 (Addition) Doll; presented by Mrs. R. J. Gardiner,
Colum-
bus, O. 12-7-25.
698 Belt ornament of Civil War;
presented by Mr. John Finn;
Washington D. C. 12-11-25.
256 (Addition) World War relics;
presented by Mr. Charles E.
Jarvis, Columbus, 0. 1-5-26.
699 Piece of tree with bullet,
Gettysburg. Pennsylvania; pre-
sented by Mr. George M. Charters,
Columbus. O. 12-30-25.
504 (Addition) Piece of wood from U. S.
Frigate "Constitution."
1-15-26.
700 Piece of wood from the "St. Lawrence,"
Perry's flagship;
Erie Public Museum. 1-15-26.
701
Confederate and State Bank Notes; presented by Mr. Nel-
son Fleming, Columbus, O. 1-22-26.
702 Side-saddle; presented by Mrs. G. D. Selby, Portsmouth,
O.
1-26-26.
524 (Addition) Revolver and pistol;
loaned by Mr. W. E. Hight-
shoe, Columbus, O. 2-7-26.
703 Land Warrant of 1825; presented by
Mr. George E. Bell,
Toledo, O. 2-10-26.
524 (Addition) Belgian shotgun; loaned
by Mr. W. E. Hight-
shoe, Columbus, O. 2-14-26.
704 Flags and Documents of the 332nd
Infantry; from Adju-
tant General's office. 3-6-26.
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705 Curios collected by the late
Lieutenant Fred H. LeFavor;
presented by Miss Julia M. LeFavor,
Columbus, O. 3-8-26.
706 Guns, pistols, swords, etc.,
captured in Cuba; presented by
General Chauncey B. Baker, Columbus, O.
3-23-26.
707 Musket, 1817, and books; presented
by Mr. Charles R. Hunt,
Columbus, O. 3-29-26.
708 World War relics; loaned by Captain
John L. Hamilton, Jr.,
Overbrook Drive, Columbus, O. 3-29-26.
215 (Addition) Drum and bugle of Civil
War; presented by Mr.
Stanley M. Sells, Columbus, O. 4-3-26.
709 World War relics; loaned by Mr.
Merrill G. Beck, Colum-
bus, O. 4-12-26.
695 (Addition) War trophies from United
States Government.
4-15-26.
710 Bass horn used in Civil War, and
cannon ball; presented by
Mrs. Scott Spears, West Union, O.
4-16-26.
524 (Addition) Flintlock pistol, and
revolver; loaned by Mr.
Walter E. Hightshoe, Columbus, O.
4-19-26.
533 (Addition) Book and obsolete type of
nails; presented by
Mr. F. M. Boyles. 5-1-26.
711 World War relics; presented by Mr.
G. S. Dill, Columbus,
O. 5-1-26.
712 Antiques;
presented by Mrs. Mary D. Neiswender, Colum-
bus, O. 5-6-26.
713 Yoke for Oxen, antique beds, etc.;
presented by Mr. Elmer
Hart, Columbus, O. 5-6-26.
714 World War medals; loaned by Mr.
James L. Clark, Seaman,
O. 5-15-26.
614 (Addition) Dress made of glass
cloth; the Cambridge Glass
Co., Cambridge, O. 5-17-26.
715 Civil War camp desk and banner;
loaned by Miss Ann
Siebert and sisters. 5-18-26.
716 Obsolete surgical instruments, and
books; presented by Mr.
George E. Suck, Columbus, O. 5-19-26.
524 (Addition) Shrapnel fuse from St.
Mihiel drive; loaned
by Mr. W. E. Hightshoe, Columbus, O.
5-20-26.
717 Film "Boost Ohio;"
presented by Boost Ohio Committee,
Ohio State University. 6-3-26.
97 (Addition) Two coverlets and
embroidered portieres; pre-
sented by Mrs. S. J. Coleman and Miss M.
Comly. 6-21-26.
718 Machete; presented by Mr. C. F.
Hottes, Columbus, O.
6-21-26.
719 Wood from Andersonville prison; presented by Mr.
Iowa
D. Smith, Columbus, O. 6-21-26.
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720 Flare gun used in World War;
presented by Mr. Charles
Timmons, Columbus, O. 6-21-26.
721 Sofa used
by Gov. Worthington; bequeathed by Mrs. Sarah
M. Siewers, M. D. 6-26-26.
722 Embroidery; presented by Mrs. H. O. Evans, Troy, O.
6-24-26.
723 Sword of Civil War; presented by Miss Sadie D. Chapman,
Huntington, W. Va. 7-1-26.
724 World War relics; loaned by Mr. G.
R. Weaver, Columbus,
O. 7-2-26.
725 Section of tree with shot and shell
from Chickamauga; pre-
sented by Dr. F. C. Larimore, 19 N. Main
St., Mt. Vernon,
O. 7-9-26.
726 World War relics; presented by Rev.
Arthur H. Limouze,
Columbus, O. 7-13-26.
727 Egyptian Mummy; presented by Dr. J. Morton Howell,
United States Minister and Envoy
Extraordinary to Cairo,
Egypt. 7-29-26.
728 Ox Yoke; loaned by Mr. Robert H.
Jeffrey, Columbus, O.
7-30-26.
729 Mexican Note (Villa issue) and World War Cartoons; pre-
sented by Mr. Guy Tilden, Canton, O.
7-31-26.
266 (Addition) Iron Husking Peg;
presented by Mr. F. S
Turner, 193 Clinton Heights Ave.,
Columbus, O. 8-6-26.
730 Spinning Wheel; loaned by Mr. George E. Sidel, 2212 N.
High Street, Columbus, O. 8-10-26.
731 Columbian Exposition Tickets, 1893;
presented by Mr.
Charles Lephart, 61 W. Eleventh Ave.,
Columbus, O.
8-10-26.
732 Embroidery, tray and fan of early times; loaned by Mrs.
Lizzie Myers, 308 Nineteenth Ave.,
Columbus, O. 8-17-26.
733 Poster giving Toll Gate Rates on
Columbus and Johnstown
Plank Road and Turnpike; presented by
Mr. L. K. Spencer,
590 Weber Road, Columbus, O. 8-19-26.
734 The A. M. Woolson Collection of
Fire-arms, Swords, and
Miscellaneous Curios, received from the
Administrator of
the Woolson Estate, Toledo, O. 9-18-26.
735 French Coin; presented by Mr. W. D. Rees, 26 E. Spring-
field Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 9-18-26.
736 Belt worn during riots in
Cincinnati, Ohio; shows dent made
by bullet; presented by Mr. John C.
Tyler, Columbus, O.,
who wore the belt. 9-24-26.
737 Small Bell, from the Neil House which burned down No-
vember 6, 1860; and a relic of the World
War; presented by
Mr. Charles F. Mosher, Columbus, O.
9-27-26.
628 Ohio Arch. and: Hist. Society Publications
39 (Addition) Historical specimens
belonging to the Seip Fam-
ily; presented by Mr. John Seip,
Chillicothe, O. 9-27-26.
738 Historical specimens; presented by
Mr. C. V. Sigler, Colum-
bus, O. 9-27-26.
37 (Addition) Collection of seeds from
Honolulu, T. H.; pre-
sented by Miss Zarel Jones. 9-30-26.
739 Indian Beadwork, Moccasins and
Regalia of J. High Red-
thunder, Sioux Medicine Man, Pine Ridge,
South Dakota.
Presented by Mr. Peter M. Ambos,
Columbus, O. 10-1-26.
Accessions to Archaeological
Collections.
333 Unfinished Stone Axe; presented by
Mr. Charles Gray, Bain-
bridge, O. 10-19-25.
334 Celt and Discoidal; presented by
Mrs. J. E. Clark, Columbus,
O. 11-7-25.
335 Flint Cores and Arrow Points; loaned
by Mr. Pearley
Mohler, Brownsville, O. 12-8-25.
12 (Addition)
Specimens of Flint; presented by Professor Wil-
bur Stout, Ohio State University.
1-4-26.
336 Two Banner Stones; presented by Mr.
W. S. Anderson, Gal-
loway, O. 1-15-26.
337 Grooved Stone Axe; presented by Mr.
W. S. Stuter, Chicago,
Ill. 2-10-26.
338 Arrow and Spear Points; presented by
Mr. S. L. Eaton,
Columbus, O. 2-10-26.
339 Archaeological specimens; presented
by Mr. Oren Chambers,
Delaware, O. 3-12-26.
340 Archaeological specimens from
Sylvester Collection, Mc-
Arthur, O. 3-16-26.
341 Archaeological specimens; purchased
from Mr. A. L. Addis,
Wolf Lake, Ind. 4-5-26.
342 Archaeological specimens; loaned by
Mr. J. D. Flexer, Co-
lumbus, O. 4-5-26.
343 Archaeological specimens; loaned by
Mr. Merrill G. Beck,
Columbus, O. 4-12-26.
344 Archaeological specimens; presented
by Mrs. R. H. Tref-
finger, Columbus, O. 5-3-26.
311 (Addition) Flint Blade and Pipe; Mr.
C. F. Jones, Higby,
O. 5-20-26.
345 Arrowheads (6); presented by Mr.
George Weaver, Jr.,
Hilliards, O. 5-23-26.
275 (Addition) Material from Fox Field;
presented by Mr.
Philip Hinkle, Cincinnati, O. 5-26-26.
346 Three pottery vessels, Arizona;
presented by Mr. George M.
Charters, Columbus, O. 7-9-26.
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347 Celt, Axe and Spear Point; presented
by Mr. John Rothwell,
Columbus, O. 7-10-26.
348 Human skeleton from mound; presented
by Mr. R. H.
Copenhaver, Mt. Sterling, O. 7-26-26.
349 Archaeological collection of
Professor J. C. Sample, Perrys-
ville, O.; presented by Mrs. Elizabeth
Sample. 8-11-26.
350 Effigy Fish; presented by Mr. D. S. Leech, Lima, O.
8-21-26.
Accessions to Natural History
Collections:
DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY
3 Collection of mounted birds; presented
by Mr. Francis M.
Thompson, attorney, Columbus, O. 12-
-25.
4 Flamingo and Whooping Crane, mounted;
presented by Co-
lumbus Audubon Society. 12- -25.
5 Collection of mounted birds; purchased
from Mr. Thomas
M. Earl, Columbus, O. 12- -25.
10 Collection of mounted birds (164
mounts; loaned by Ohio
State University. 12-22-25.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
20 Collection of mounted animals (19
mounts); loaned by Ohio
State University. 12-22-25.
3 Mink, male and female, and Skunk,
mounted; purchased
from Mr. Thomas M. Earl, Columbus, O. 12-
-25.
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY
1 (Addition) Minerals (11
varieties); presented by Mr.
James G. Manchester, New York. 7- -26.
2 Hematite Iron Ores; presented by Mr.
Fred Schaad, Colum-
bus, O. 10-22-25.
9 Collection of Iron Ores; presented by
Professor Wilbur
Stout, Ohio State University. 12-18-25.
11 Native Copper, Galena and Quartz Geodes; presented by Mr
George M. Charters, Columbus, O.
12-30-25.
22 Celestite
and Fluorite, and Sphalerite; from Professor Mar-
tin Kleckner, Heidelberg University,
Tiffin, O. In exchange.
4-9-26.
35 Silver Ores (14 specimens); presented
by Mr. Alvin H.
Dewey, Rochester, N. Y. 4-17-26.
36 Calcite, crystallized; collected by
H. R. Goodwin for Museum
Collection. 8-7-26.
DEPARTMENT OF CONCHOLOGY
8 Shells and Corals; presented by Miss
Julia M. LeFavor,
Columbus, O. 3-8-26.
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I wish to call the attention of the
Society to the growing in-
terest in the preservation of the great Seip Mound that
is now
under examination; it has come to me from several
sources that
it certainly would be a fine addition to
our parks to have this
mound properly restored and preserved as
a park, and to that end
Mr. John Seip, a life member of our
Society and a man interested
in archaeological remains, has offered
to deed to the Society a
sufficient amount of land for a drive
from the main road to the
mound, and at the east end of the mound,
enough for a park.
However, the main part of the mound
would have to be pur-
chased. If this land could be purchased
and the mound restored,
I am satisfied that it would be a great
addition to our outdoor
museum parks.
In this connection I wish to say that at
Mound City the
Committee on that group has sold part of
the building donated
to the Society for the purpose of a
caretaker's house, as it was
found that the building was entirely too
large and the amount
of money necessary for its repair too
great for the Society to
undertake its repair and maintenance,
therefore the western part
of the building, which was formerly used
as a large audience
room, was sold for one hundred forty
($140.00) dollars. The
plan, as adopted by the Committee, is to
restore the remainder
of the building and get it in shape for
a caretaker. I am satis-
fied that this will meet the approval of
the Society.
On May 14, 15 and 16, the Central
Section of the American
Anthropological Association met in
Columbus with headquarters
at the Museum. Representatives from the
various states as far
south as Texas were here and enjoyed the
papers that were pre-
sented. On the afternoon of Saturday,
May 15th, our Society
extended to the Association a trip to
Fort Ancient, Serpent
Mound Park, and other places of
archaeological interest, return-
ing here on Sunday evening, May 16th.
Many of the anthropol-
ogists had never had the opportunity of
visiting these various
parks owned by the Society and they felt
that this was a great
privilege and they benefited by it. In
No. 3, Volume V of the
Wisconsin Archceologist, a complete account of the meeting is
recorded and it was stated by the editor
that it was the most
interesting and eventful meeting which
it (the Central Section
of the American Anthropological
Association) has ever held. It
was a great opportunity for the
anthropologists throughout the
central west to visit our Museum and
ascertain for themselves
the work that is being done in Ohio,
which in every way was
commended by this Association.
I wish to express to the President and
the Board of Trustees
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my deep appreciation of their
cooperation in the welfare of the
Museum.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) WILLIAM C. MILLS.
Mr. John R, Horst, Chairman of the
Committee on
EARLY OHIO SCHOOL BOOKS
stated that the Ray collection is
almost complete, and
progress is being made in securing
other books used in
the early schools of the state. As to
the McGuffey
books, while the Committee is still
seeking the First
Readers of the 1843 and 1885 editions
and the Third
Reader of the 1857 edition, it is ready
to turn the col-
lection over to the Society. It is
desired, however, that
a ceremony of some kind be arranged for
the occasion.
Any date will be satisfactory to the
Committee if suffi-
cient notice be given. Mr. Horst's
remarks were greeted
with applause.
Professor B. F. Prince read the Report
of the Com-
inittee on
FORT ANCIENT
as follows:
Your Committee on Fort Ancient has held
two meetings at
the Fort during the year. Nearly all the
members were present
each time.
One year ago, owing to the great
drought, the well gave out,
and the grounds were practically without
water. Several mem-
bers of the Committee authorized the
digging of another well.
This was done at an expense of $210.50.
The second well has
been a relief on visiting days, when
many hundreds of persons
are at the Fort. The grounds have been
put in order by trimming,
save in a few places.
There has been no farming during the
year within the walls
of the Fort, save about two acres in the
north end. The barns
have been recovered, the walk from the
house to the roadway has
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been made, and some needed repairs on
the house have received
attention. The roadway from the house
leading to the Old Fort
has been regraveled in places, and some fencing has
been made.
The Committee felt justified at its late
meeting in calling the
attention of the Board of Trustees to the following
needs:
As all know, the country has passed from
horse and carriage
to that of the automobile. The number of
people who frequent
places of resort has greatly increased.
This is seen in the great
number of vehicles that come to Fort
Ancient. The road they
travel when on the inside was made more
than thirty years ago.
It has been renewed from time to time.
When made it was a
single track road and so has remained to
this day. Your Com-
mittee advocates making it a double
track road, in order that
vehicles when passing each other need
not leave the roadbed.
The road should have a width of fourteen
feet. Not less than
$3,000.00 should be appropriated for
this improvement.
Your Committee is convinced that more
care should be ex-
pended in keeping the grounds in order.
This cannot be done by
the labor of a single person. When the
crowds come, there should
be some one to look after their wants
and serve them as far as
possible. Such person could see that
fires are not built against
trees, and clean up the grounds by
removing all paper left by
visitors.
Your committee believes that an
expenditure of $800.00 per
year would secure such help as would be
necessary to accomplish
all services needed.
The several hundred yards of roadway
built about ten years
ago, and which served its purpose well,
is now well worn and
needs repairing.
The money expended for the year has
been:
The Well ........................ $210.50
Cement Walk ..................... 125.00
Barns, Repairs on House, Fencing,
Repair of Road............... 197.91
Salary of Custodian ............... 360.00
Total Expense ................ $893.41
(Signed) B. F. PRINCE,
J. W. DUNHAM,
JOHN G. SMITH,
WM. C. MILLS,
H. C. SHETRONE.
Committee.
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President Johnson stated that the
reports of the
Committees on the various Parks should
be given great
attention. On last Sunday he attended
the Ohio History
Day celebration at Logan Elm Park, and
was absolutely
amazed by the number -- literally
thousands -- in at-
tendance. The celebration lasted
practically all after-
noon, and great interest was displayed
by those present.
The American people are turning to
outdoor life -- pic-
nics, camping, and things of that sort.
Our reserva-
tions and parks are growing in
importance. The So-
ciety should give more attention to
their operation, ex-
tension and the addition to their
numbers.
At this point the President appointed
Mr. George F.
Bareis, Mr. E. F. Wood and Mr. H. R.
McPherson as
a Committee on Nominations of Trustees.
The terms
of Dr. W. O. Thompson, General Edward
Orton, Jr.,
and Colonel Webb C. Hayes expire.
Professor W. H. Cole read the report of
the Com-
mittee on
SERPENT MOUND PARK
The general conditions during the past
year have been good.
The services of the Custodian, Mr. Guy Wallace, have
been rea-
sonably satisfactory.
The frequent rains of the summer have
kept the grass green,
and the young forest trees recently
planted, growing. In a few
years we hope to have the plateau, which
was under cultivation
at the time the property was purchased,
reforested.
The hedge about the serpent effigy was
somewhat damaged
by the cold weather the past winter, but
is coming up again.
During the year additional toilet
accommodations for ladies
have been provided. The observation
tower has been repainted
and enough paint purchased to paint the
dwelling and the shelter
house. Some needed repairs have been
made on the porch. The
barn and out-buildings have been
whitewashed.
A concrete platform has been built
around the well to carry
away the waste water and to make
conditions more sanitary and
more comfortable.
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The custodian reports that during the
year twenty-two thou-
sand visitors to the park have
registered; and he estimates that
fully as many more did not register,
making at least forty-four
thousand people who visited the park
during the year. This is
the largest number of visitors in a
single year in the history of
the park. This may be due, in part, to
the improved road from
Hillsboro to Peebles, which passes by
the park.
(Signed) W. H. COLE,
WM. C. MILLS.
Committee.
President Johnson: The President made
an ex-
periment in the appointment of
Committees last year.
It seemed the Preble County Historical
Society wished
to act, as an organization, as the
Committee on Fort St.
Clair, our good friend Mr. McPherson
conveying the re-
quest. The President acted accordingly,
and would like
to hear from Mr. McPherson on Fort St.
Clair, and the
manner in which the plan worked out.
Mr. McPherson stated that he had no
report on that
phase of activities at Fort St. Clair.
He then read the
Report of the Committee on Fort St.
Clair, as follows:
FORT ST. CLAIR
Since January 1, 1926, the Preble County
Historical Society
has been the committee in charge of Fort
St. Clair Park. As
chairman of that organization I have
this opportunity to present
a report as follows:
As a matter of information I shall
present a few details
which should prove of interest to many
of our members. Fort
St. Clair is located about one mile
southwest of Eaton, Preble
county, and borders upon State Route No.
122. It was there that
Kentucky riflemen, forming a portion of
St. Clair's army, fought
an engagement on November 6, 1792, with Indians under
direct
leadership of the famous Little Turtle. A captain,
sergeant, and
four privates fell in this engagement
and lie buried in properly
marked graves adjoining the site of the stockade. A
monument
erected to their memory by Major W. H.
Ortt, of our Society,
was dedicated, with fitting ceremony, on
November 6, 1922. Mr.
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C. B. Galbreath, Secretary of this
Society, was present and de-
livered the dedicatory address.
In the fall of 1921, the Preble County Historical Society
was organized and this small group of
individuals set about to
induce the state to purchase the site of
Fort St. Clair and im-
prove it into a park worthy of consideration. After an
intensive
campaign, this aim was successfully
achieved and the Legislature,
in the late winter of 1922-1923,
appropriated $15,000.00 for that
purpose. Seventy-six acres were
purchased at a cost of $10,-
ooo.oo, and $5,000.00 additional was
appropriated for buildings
and roadways. Title to this tract of
land was vested in the State
of Ohio in the fall of 1923 and placed
under the control of the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society.
Since that time buildings have been
erected, driveways con-
structed, and the grounds fenced,
improved and beautified in
numerous ways. Eleven acres were planted
to trees in the spring
of 1925
by the State Forestry Department. This
field of trees
is growing rapidly and is intended to
stand as a model of forest
propagation in that section. The highway
leading to the park
entrance from State Route No. 122 was improved a
year ago,
jointly by the State and County. It is
now regularly maintained
by the county system.
On March 15, 1926, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Charles were em-
ployed as park custodians and we feel
that we have been most
fortunate in our choice. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles have been diligent
in their efforts to please the public
during this season, and it is
certain that the popularity of the park
has been increased by
their zeal.
During the present season many
improvements have been
made at the park. A considerable stretch
of roadways has been
graveled and some regraveled. A fine
group of playground ap-
paratus and swings were recently
installed--the gift of our gen-
erous Major Ortt. Many tables and
benches were placed in the
park this summer as gifts from various
organizations of the
county. Four horse-shoe courts were also
built and equipped.
Two one-inch field pieces, or light
artillery, were recently secured
for us through our Congressman, Hon. Roy
G. Fitzgerald, and
now stand at the park entrance. A
contingent of small World
War trophies, recently awarded to Preble
county, has been re-
ceived and will be placed in our museum.
We understand more
will come soon.
Early last spring we secured the
services of Miss Elusina
Lazenby, of the Ohio State University, a
landscape expert, and
we began a landscaping program to
embrace the park entrance
and the proximity of the newly-erected
residence buildings. Con-
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siderable planting was done in the
spring and the program will be
renewed next spring. We have had the
entire park placed to blue-
print and the landscaping program will
be continued under Miss
Lazenby's direction.
Two small bridges will soon be built in
the park from an
appropriation of $300 from the last
Biennial Assembly.
We have been planning recently for the
erection of a shelter
house in the park. The public demand for
such a building has
been so insistent recently that we are
anxious to provide for this
near necessity. A committee has been
working on the matter,
which is now in the hands of our
architect, Mr. Hiestand, of
Eaton. When his estimate for our
building is complete, we hope
to have it embodied in our next budget
request. We are planning
to erect a building which will be
adequate for future needs, as
well as a credit to the park.
Since last spring the Preble County
Historical Society has
completed a number of improvements at
the park and paid for
them from its own funds. Chief among
these were: cement-
block poultry house, $170; cement
open-top rear porch and side-
walks, $35; shrubbery for landscaping, $20; clover and
timothy
seed for sowing fourteen acres, $35;
spouting, ditching and
piping, $17. In addition to this we have
paid freight charges on
fifteen hundred forest trees for
replanting our project, freight
on two pieces of artillery and the war
trophies. We have also
been paying, monthly a portion of the
custodian's salary. In
order to provide funds for these things,
we gave benefit picture
shows and an ice cream social, which
latter effort netted us about
$120. We also
prevailed upon more than fifty representative
citizens of our county to pledge $5.00
annually for three years
for improvements at the park. This was
easily accomplished and
these donors thereby feel a keener
interest in the park.
Probably the most pleasing and
reassuring feature of this
report comes now when we report the
interest manifested by the
general public in the park. Considering
the fact that this has
been the first full season during which
the park has been open,
and then not to its fullest extent, the
public response has been be-
yond our highest hopes.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles report, through
conservative estimate,
that 15,000 persons have visited the
park during the season --
thus far -- from
April 1 to September 15. They report twenty-
seven reunions, thirty-five picnics, one
hundred small group
picnics, and one convention session --
that of the State Conven-
tion of Universalist Churches, in June.
They state that not
less than fourteen thousand automobiles
have driven through
the park this summer. On different
Sundays, group gatherings
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have brought more than one hundred
persons to the park on
a single day. Three thousand three hundred and
thirty-six names
have been secured on a register which
has been offered to the
public at such times as the custodians
could carry it to them.
When the shelter house is completed, the
register will be available
permanently.
Our custodians report no complaints or
criticisms; that the
public is delighted; and practically
every reunion voted to return
next season. We can safely predict that
this park will be even
more popular next summer. To prove this,
recent reunions and
gatherings have taken up collections
totalling more than one hun-
dred dollars, which has been presented
to us for the purpose of
equipping the shelter house and museum.
The committee feels elated at the early
success of your park
Fort St. Clair, and most cordially
invites you to visit it and en-
joy its natural beauty.
(Signed) H. R. MCPHERSON.
Mr. Wood stated that it is very unusual
for a com-
mittee in charge of a property of the
Society to pay out
money, and secure money for the
property from others;
that he believed the Society should
tender a vote of
thanks to the Preble County Historical
Society. He
moved:
That this Society extend a vote of
thanks to the Preble
County Historical Society as a mark of
appreciation of the un-
selfish work of that Society in caring
for Fort St. Clair, and that
the Secretary be directed to notify the
proper officials of the
Preble County Historical Society of this
action by our Society.
Mrs. Dryer seconded the motion. Carried.
Mr. H. R. McPherson next read the
Report of the
Committee on
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
as follows:
As Chairman of the Historical Society
Committee, I am,
indeed, sorry to report little progress
on behalf of this committee
during the past year. Such a state of
inactivity, on the part of
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the committee, is, I believe, somewhat
excusable. The Chairman
promised something from the hands of
this committee in the re-
port at the last annual meeting, and
made some effort to that end.
After some conference with the Chairman
of this organiza-
tion it was deemed advisable to call the
various members of the
Historical Societies Committee together
in a meeting here to dis-
cuss the future policy of the committee,
and the method to dis-
patch such policies. The matter of
paying the expenses of the
various committee members to Columbus
for such a meeting from
the funds of the Society was considered
by the Board of Trus-
tees, but owing to depletion of funds
the matter was deferred until
such time as the funds become available
for such purposes. At
the suggestion of the Board of Trustees
and our Chairman, the
matter is still pending.
I am firm in the belief that this
committee should become
active and that there is unlimited
opportunity for it. Every
county in the State should be organized
to reap its historical re-
sources.
And to that end the matter is commended
to the Board of
Trustees of this Society for its earnest
consideration. We hope
that funds will be forthcoming, in the
near future, for a meeting
of the Historical Societies Committee --
and possibly for more
than that -- could it be possible to
secure an appropriation of
some consequence in order to pay the
expense of an organizer
of County Historical Societies in the
State, on part time at least,
if such a plan were considered advisable
and practical?
Just as quickly as funds are available,
as quickly as these
matters can be settled, and as quickly
as the Board of Trustees
can decide its part of the program, I
feel safe in saying that this
committee will get busy and undertake to
accomplish something.
(Signed) H. R. MCPHERSON,
Chairman.
President Johnson: I want to pledge my
best ef-
forts in support of Mr. McPherson's
plan, whether as
President of this Society or as a mere
member of the
Board of Trustees after today's
election. I think the
Board of Trustees should provide the
small sum Mr.
McPherson asks to carry on this work.
Another project of the Society is in
somewhat simi-
lar shape. Mr. Sherman is not here, and
I ask Mr. Gal-
breath to read his report. I ask that
special attention
Forty-First Annual Meeting 639
be given to the portion dealing with
Fallen Timbers.
The State and Federal Governments fell
short in their
appropriation for that park. Mr.
Sherman and I con-
ferred, and I suggested that as Fallen
Timbers is prac-
tially at Toledo's threshold, the
people of Toledo
should join in carrying out the plan.
Mr. Sherman
agreed to undertake to raise $25,000.
It has been a long
drawn out fight, would have discouraged
anybody ex-
cept Mr. Sherman. I think he will be
successful.
Secretary C. B. Galbreath then read Mr.
Sherman's
report, which follows:
Your Committee on
FORT MEIGS, FORT MIAMI and FALLEN
TIMBERS
respectfully report as follows:
FORT MEIGS
A tract of forty-two acres on the right
bank of the Maumee
River directly opposite the village of
the same name, includes
the site of the old Harrison Fort, the
earthworks of which are
still plainly in evidence. They proved
invincible when attacked
by the united forces of Proctor and
Tecumseh in May, 1813. An
imposing gray granite shaft, erected by
the State, marks this
historic spot. The grounds are
splendidly maintained by the
Commission appointed by the Governor and
are under the im-
mediate supervision of an excellent
caretaker.
FORT MIAMI
Built in 1680 by Lieutenant-Governor
Frontenac as a French
Military Trading Post, abandoned shortly
thereafter for a loca-
tion farther west, re-built by the
English Governor Simcoe in
1794, abandoned in 1796 after the treaty
of Greenville, occupied
and abandoned by the American forces and
re-occupied and re-
abandoned by the British General Proctor
in the War of 1812,
this ancient fortress has the
distinction of being not only the old-
est in the State, but as having
triumphantly floated the flags
of three nations. At the time of the
Battle of Fallen Timbers,
it was occupied by Major Campbell, the British Commander,
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with about two hundred regulars and two
hundred and fifty
militiamen and by Colonel McKee, the
British trader, whose
property was destroyed by Wayne. The
title to this historic spot
with its remarkably well preserved
earthworks is still in private
possession. The owners are not disposed
to sell at a price which
would likely interest the Society,
though the three acres compris-
ing the Fort and the river approaches
should belong to the State.
FALLEN TIMBERS
Subsequent to our last annual report in
which a semi-officially
approved plan was outlined for the
construction of the concrete
foundation and a finished granite
pedestal of the proposed Wayne
Memorial, trusting to a future grant from
the Legislature of an
appropriation for the bronze
superstructure, your Chairman re-
ceived a communication from President
Johnson suggesting that
an effort be made by the Committee to
raise the $25,000 ad-
ditional funds needed for a creditable
Memorial by means of a
local subscription. This request came at
a time when Toledoans
had already planned a series of drives
for local charities covering
the entire fall, winter and spring
season and involving a very
large amount of money. Summer vacations
followed and caused
additional delays, but still we have
hopes for a successful can-
vass some time this fall, one generous
business man having al-
ready pledged twenty per cent of the
entire amount needed, con-
ditional only on our raising the
balance. In the event our local
canvass should be unsuccessful we are
planning to appeal again
to the Legislature for the additional
funds needed.
(Signed) W. J. SHERMAN,
Chairman.
Curator H. C. Shetrone read the report
of the Com-
mittee on
MOUND CITY GROUP
first stating that Chairman A. C.
Spetnagel prepared
the report but that he would be unable
to attend the
meeting. The report is as follows:
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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WORK OF
RESTOR-
ING AND PARKING OF THE MOUND CITY GROUP,
IN CAMP SHERMAN, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO
Under instruction of the Director, the
Curator of Archae-
ology spent the month of October, 1925, on the preliminary work
of restoring the Mound City Group of
Prehistoric Earthworks,
located in Camp Sherman, Chillicothe,
Ohio, preparatory to con-
verting the area, turned over to the
Society by the War Depart-
ment, into a State Park.
This area, approximately fifty-seven
acres in extent, ex-
tends eastward from the public highway
to the Scioto River,
with East Liverpool Street its northern,
and Portsmouth Street
its southern boundary; in other words,
the area comprises the
Camp Sherman Sections N and O.
Conditions of the tract of land at the
time of beginning the
work of reconstruction were briefly as
follows: In those portions
of Sections N and O where the mounds and
their accompanying
earthwork are located, there remained as
obstructions the con-
crete bases of the latrines; the
greasetraps, and a great deal of
rubbish resulting from razing of
barracks. On the area border-
ing the river were more than twenty
large dead trees, killed as a
result of picketing horses thereto. The
entire area was grown up
in weeds, brush and saplings,
approximately three acres being
heavily covered with Virginia creeper of
large size.
The concrete bases in Section N were
broken up and hauled
to the sites of adjacent mounds to be
restored; several of these
bases in Section O were similarly
disposed of, and the remainder
are being handled as explained later on
in this report.
Approximately eighty wagon-loads of
trash and debris were
gathered up and dumped into ravines and
washes adjacent to the
river.
The acreage grown up with Virginia
creeper was grubbed
over with mattocks, and locust and other
heavy brush were
similarily disposed of, to prepare the
area for plowing. In order
to destroy as much weed seed as
possible, as much of the area
was burned over as would lend itself to
this procedure.
The dead trees adjacent to the river
were cut down and
burned.
Section N, that is the portion thereof
on which the mounds
are located, and the entire strip of
land lying between the rail-
road and the river, from East Liverpool
Street south to Blue-
field Street, was deep-plowed, the
object of this being three-
fold; the procedure serves to locate the
sites of undetermined
mounds and the presence of any
archaeological evidences not here-
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tofore discovered. In plowing the above
areas, all ditches and
roadways which will not be desirable in
the park plans, were
plowed and leveled.
A large supply of electric light poles
and railroad ties, which
had been piled along the railroad on and
adjacent to the northeast
turn of the earthen enclosure, were
removed to government land
north of East Liverpool street.
No attempt was made to complete the
restoration of any
given mound, but all of those whose
location was evident, in
Section N, received their quota of
broken concrete from latrine
bases and a considerable amount of grading by scrapers
of ad-
jacent earth.
The northernmost of the two latrines on
the Society's acre-
age, was repaired and supplied with door
and windows and a
padlock and used as a tool and storage
house.
In the absence of any action looking to
the utilization and
preservation of the Y. M. C. A.
building, facing on Mansfield
Road, temporary repairs were made. It is
presumed that the east-
ern and smaller portion of this building
will be made into a care-
taker's house. With this in view,
windows and doors were taken
from the larger (western) portion, which
is in very bad repair,
and used to make the smaller portion
somewhat secure against
further deterioration as a result of the
winter snows and rains.
This section is in fair condition and
will pass through the winter
without marked additional deterioration.
The lumber in the
larger portion should go far toward
effecting necessary repairs
on the eastern section, and should
further afford some lumber to
be used for shelter house or other
desired purposes.
With respect to additional concrete
latrine bases, in Section
O: it was found that each one yields,
upon being wrecked, suf-
ficient metal -- lead packing and iron
pipe -- to sell at approxi-
mately $2.00. Two men, with sledges and bars
are able to wreck
and pile two floors daily, thus
affording a return, in scrap metal,
of $2.00 per day per
man. Two of the workmen were willing,
when no other labor was available, to
wreck and pile the con-
crete of these bases, in return for the
scrap. It was thought to
be an economical proceeding to permit
them to do so.
As a result of one month's presence on
the site, the pos-
sibilities of the area as a State Park
are most impressive. There
are some handicaps which, for the
present, cannot well be elimi-
nated; the railroad passing through the
eastern part of the en-
closure, will continue to be used
indefinitely, as a connection be-
tween the Veterans' Hospital and the
main line railroad. While
the streets or driveways at the north
and south borders of the
proposed park are ideally located, those
at the east and the west
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-- Mansfield Road and Charlestown
Avenue, respectively -- are
not so happily located, since both
intersect and cross over and
through the mound area within the
earthen enclosure. The lo-
cation of these two driveways might be
changed at some future
time.
Two intersecting drives -- Bluefield and Steubenville
Streets -- should be eliminated; this
can easily be done as they
are merely graveled drives.
The Y. M. C. A. building, which offers much
needed sup-
ply of lumber and housing facilities,
should be looked after at
the earliest possible moment, as
deterioration under present con-
ditions is rapid.
Report on the Work of Restoring and
Parking of the Mound
City Group in Camp Sherman, Ross County,
Ohio,
1925-1926
The following brief report is a summary
of the work done
in 1925
and 1926, toward the restoration
and parking of the
Mound City Group of Prehistoric
Earthworks, under the fund
of $2,000 provided by the State
Legislature for the purpose.
Working under instructions of the
Director of the Museum, and
with the cooperation of the Chairman of
the Mound City Com-
mittee, the Curator of Archaeology spent
the month of October,
1925, in preparing the area of
approximately fifty-six acres turned
over to the Society by the War
Department for the actual work
of restoration and parking. The results
of these activities were
set forth in a Preliminary Report
tendered to the Director, at
the close of operations, which Report
precedes this one. The
efforts of the 1925 survey were
concentrated on the clean-off
of debris from the tract, in felling and
burning dead and un-
desirable trees, in grubbing, mowing and
plowing, and in break-
ing up and removing cement floors of
cantonment buildings, all
of which is reported in detail in the
foregoing report. The cost of
the 1925 operations was $683.39, leaving
a balance from the orig-
inal fund of $2,000 of $1,316.61 for use
in the operations of 1926,
all of which is now expended.
The work this season covered the period
from May 25 to
July 1. All Mounds of the Group --
twenty -- four in number-
and the earthen wall enclosing them were
restored to as nearly
their original locations, form and size
as it was possible to deter-
mine, and the immediate vicinity of the
mound area was mowed
and cleared of brush and other
obstacles.
The work of restoring the Mounds and the
Wall entailed
some difficulties, and the labor
involved was somewhat greater
than had been anticipated. This was due
to several factors.
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Most of the smaller mounds, and several
of intermediate size had
been practically obliterated in the
construction of the cantonment,
while the enclosing Wall, with the
exception of a portion of
the eastern side, had been completely
graded down, creating
something of a problem in supplying
earth for their rebuilding.
Two of the three large central mounds
(numbers 3 and 7) pre-
sented difficulties owing to the
presence around their outer mar-
gins of large quantities of coarse
gravel and stones, with which
the structures originally were covered.
It was almost impossible
either to plow or scrape these masses of
earth and stones, which
had to be loosened with picks
preparatory to conveyance by dump
scrapers onto the mound, which has a
height of eighteen feet.
Heavy rains throughout the season also
impeded progress.
No difficulty was encountered in
locating the course of the
wall, even where it had been completely
eradicated by cultivation
and grading. On its south side, a slight
compromise from its
original position was made, in order
that advantage might be
taken of the adjacent graveled driveway
(Bluefield Street) which,
owing to the fact that it passes through
the mound area, was un-
desirable and unneeded. Thus in one
operation, material for con-
struction of the Wall was secured and
the roadway disposed of.
With the exception of three or four of
the smaller mounds, which
had entirely disappeared, original
locations of the tumuli were
definitely determined as a result of
plowing the area; positions
of the exceptions were approximated from
the Squier and Davis
map. Comparison of this old map with the
restored group will
show that it errs in many respects and
that it does not represent
an exact survey.
Following a decision of the Mound City
Committee, which
on June 19th met at the site, the larger
portion (to the westward)
of the old "Y" building
located on the park area, was offered for
sale. Chairman Spetnagel succeeded in
disposing of the part-
structure for $150.00, which sum
will be used for roofing, paint-
ing and otherwise repairing the remaining smaller
portion, to be
used as a cottage for a caretaker and
for shelter house purposes.
This work will proceed shortly, when
money accruing from the
sale is available.
With the work of actual restoration of
the Mound City
tumuli completed, there remains much to
be done. Presumably
the restored mounds and wall will suffer somewhat from
washing
as a result of heavy rains. A desirable
procedure insofar as the
mounds proper are concerned, would be
the sodding of their
bases, to a height of three feet.
Abundance of fine blue-grass sod
is available on the park tract, in the
pasture-land adjacent to
the river. Sodding of the mound bases,
prior to the time when
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they shall have settled well, did not
seem advisable; nor would
it have been possible owing to lack of
funds.
Careful leveling and grading of the park
area, or as much of
it as may be deemed advisable, remains
as a task for the future.
A preliminary step would be the breaking
up of the entire tract
and seeding it to wheat. This would
facilitate leveling and
grading, by thorough harrowing or
disking, and dragging, and the
wheat stubble would afford a good
nurse-crop for grass, by
sowing, with the wheat, proper amounts
of timothy and blue-
grass seed. An arrangement probably
could be made for the
seeding of the area to wheat this next
autumn which would afford
the Society some monetary returns.
However, it should not be
expected that a prospective farmer could
do this on the usual
half-and-half basis, since, owing to
underground impediments and
other causes, the work of seeding would
be much more difficult
than ordinarily.
In the interest of the general welfare
of the site, it seems
strongly advisable that a tenant,
caretaker, or temporary over-
seer should be on the tract, who might
look after it to some ex-
tent in return for the privilege of
living in the house, provided
that such can be made habitable.
The Society and the Park Committee are
indebted to Doctor
Rowland, in charge of the United States
Veterans' Hospital,
and his farm manager, Mr. Godden, and to
Superintendent Mc-
Donald, of the United States
Reformatory, for many favors and
unstinted assistance in carrying on the
work of restoration.
(Signed) A. C. SPETNAGEL,
Chairman.
H. C. SHETRONE,
Curator.
The Committee on
NECROLOGY
reported as follows:
With regret we report the death of the
following members
of the Society:
Hon. Rufus B. Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio,
in 1924.
Mrs. Mary C. L. Stevenson, Dresden,
Ohio, January 9, 1925.
Mr. R. R. Walker, 528 East Broad Street,
Columbus, Ohio,
March 16, 1925.
Hon. Birchard A. Hayes, Toledo, Ohio,
January 24, 1926.
Mr. Hayes was a son of President
Rutherford B. Hayes and a
brother of Colonel Webb C. Hayes, a
Trustee of this Society.
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Mr. George H. Ganson, 2916 Fairmount
Boulevard, Cleve-
land, Ohio, March 10, 1926.
Mrs. S. J. Coleman, Burlington Hotel,
Washington, D. C.,
April 18, 1926.
Mr. E. Vernon Moore, Lewisburg, Ohio,
May 4, 1926.
Mr. John Scheerer, Cincinnati, Ohio, May
16, 1926.
Mr. John J. Adams, Columbus, Ohio, July
17, 1926.
Major F. S. Sullivant, Columbus, Ohio,
November 8,
1925.
Mr. D. W. Lash, Bolivar, Ohio.
It is recommended that the Society
furnish to the chairman
of the committee index cards and two
card-index boxes; the
cards will be prepared, arranged in
alphabetical order, and one
of the indexes will be delivered to the
President of the Society,
the chairman of the committee retaining
the other. Death notices
published in newspapers will then be
checked with the card-
index system, and when the passing of a
member of the Society
is thus disclosed the Secretary of the
Society will be promptly
notified of that fact.) C. W.
(Signed) C. W. JUSTICE,
Chairman.
Mr. Galbreath supplemented the report
by reading
a list of members secured since the
last annual meeting
of the Society, stating that not all of
these new members
paid the membership fee in cash,
although most of them
did so pay. The Secretary moved that,
as a mark of
special honor, the new members be
elected life members
of the Society by the Society. The
motion was sec-
onded and carried. The following is a
list of the life
members thus elected:
C. F. Luckhart, 709 Brunson Bldg.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Prof. Clayton C. Kohl, State Normal
College, Bowling
Green, Ohio.
G. J. Gazeley, 9205 Marshall Ave.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
John F. Johnley, First National Bank
Bldg., Portsmouth,
Ohio.
James G. Manchester, 160 Pondfield Road,
Bronxville, N. Y.
Harold Robert McConnell, % Dr. Price
Moody, Bartlett,
Ohio.
Dan W. Williams, Apt. 43, Hotel
Charminel, Columbus,
Ohio.
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N. Speckman, 868 E. Chestnut St.,
Coshocton, Ohio.
Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser, 420 N. State
St., Girard, Ohio.
Alvan Tallmadge, 1639 Granville St.,
Columbus, Ohio.
John Otice Kerr, Utica, Ohio.
B. F. Strecker, Marietta, Ohio.
Prof. T. N. Hoover, Athens, Ohio.
Carl Armstrong, 348 Warren Ave.,
Youngstown, Ohio.
Miss Olive F. McKim, 2 Columbia Terrace,
Parkersburg,
W. Va.
Miss Josephine Klippart, 275 E. Town
St., Columbus, Ohio.
Miss Sarah J. Cutler, Marietta, Ohio.
Venice J. Lamb, 1002 Bryson St.,
Youngstown, Ohio.
Jesse B. Twigg, 100 W. Spring St.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Edward MacTaggart, The Anchorage,
Marietta, Ohio.
Charles A. Jones, U. S. Senate
(Secretary to Senator Frank
B. Willis), Washington, D. C.
Bessie Thompson Randall, 2020 Tremont Road,
Upper Ar-
lington, Columbus, Ohio.
James J. Tyler, N. D., Packard
Apartments, Warren, Ohio.
O. H. Hutchings, 302 Lexington Ave.,
Dayton, Ohio.
W. E. Peters, Rooms 6 and 7, Peters
Bldg., Athens, Ohio.
Charles A. Bitzer, 323 W. Parkwood
Drive, Dayton, Ohio.
Charles V. Critchfield, Fairmont, W. Va.
C. L. Baatz, 217 Wales Road,
Massillon, Ohio.
Wilton Marion Krogman, 229 S. Kenilworth
Road, Oak
Park, Illinois.
Michael G. Heintz, 3637 Evanston Ave.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
J. E. Baker, 565 Maple Ave., Newark,
Ohio.
J. D. Brooke, 1070 Fair Ave., Columbus,
Ohio.
F. A. Collins, Hillsboro, Ohio.
J. W. Tannehill, 1521 Neil Ave.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. George U. Marvin, 1509 N. High St.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Bareis, Chairman of the
MUSEUM COMMITTEE
stated that in the past the committee
has presented written reports
at the annual meetings of the Society,
but now the Museum speaks
for itself. During the summer he viewed
the skeleton of a mas-
todon found near Johnstown, Ohio. He
endeavored to secure
it for the Museum, and believes this may
eventually be accom-
plished. Mr. George B. Smith of Dayton
has extended an invita-
tion to members of the Society to visit that city,
promising an
interesting program. Mr. Smith states that Orville Wright
and his sister, and possibly Mr.
Kettering, will join the visitors.
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It is planned to visit the industrial
plants of Dayton and the won-
derful flood-prevention work. If Mr.
Wright accompanies the
visitors on their tour it may be a
profitable day for the Society --
we may secure the first successful
airship of the Wright brothers.
This plane, while not in Dayton, has not
been sent to England.
If the Society secures the airplane and
the mastodon skeleton
a place to exhibit them must be
provided, and the Society should
make every effort possible to secure an
appropriation to complete
the building.
President Johnson stated that some of
the members of the
Board of Trustees of the Society
contributed toward the purchase
of a very fine skeleton of a mammoth.
The Museum Committee
should have this mounted and placed on
exhibition as soon as
possible.
FORT LAURENS
Colonel W. L. Curry, Chairman of the
Committee
on Fort Laurens, stated that Mr. D. W.
Lash, a member
of the Committee, died during the past
year. He was
succeeded by his son, Harry D. Lash. He
then read the
following report of the Committee.
Your committee on Fort Laurens beg leave
to report as
follows:
All expense for erection of the cottage
has been paid by the
State. The cottage was rented for $15.00
per month until June
1, 1926,
when the renters moved out, and it is now vacant.
Mr. Lash reports that he will, as
authorized, put on the
spouting and paint as soon as the
weather will permit, but there
has been such continued rain that he has
not been able to complete
this work.
The Boy Scouts have established a camp
south of Fort
Laurens, about a half mile, and made a
driveway across the canal
at the extreme north end of the tract.
The Community Association are extremely
anxious to have
the tract surveyed and planned by a
landscape gardener, so that
trees may be planted by their
association, the Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution and other
societies.
The citizens of the community wish to
assist in making the
grounds attractive and comfortable for
tourists, by planting shade
trees, and such trees should be planted
in a proper manner and
not haphazard.
The driveway is now being graveled and
will be in a good
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condition for visitors next year. It is
reported that there has
not been the usual number of visitors
during the present year.
The Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution are
very much interested in this historic
Fort, and when the grounds
are made attractive we can so announce
in our Yearbook, and
many of our members will no doubt be
attracted, and will be
cordially received by members of the
Community Association.
As Secretary of the Ohio Society, Sons
of the American
Revolution, I am now preparing the
manuscript for our Year-
Book, in which will be published a
history of the battles fought
on Ohio territory.
Battles are usually judged by the number
of casualties in
action, and of bloodless battles little
note is taken. Make inquiry
of a school-boy or college student about
the decisive battles of
the world, and he will discourse
intelligently about the campaigns
of Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon,
but ask him about the
battles fought in Ohio and you will be
met with an incredulous
smile. Nevertheless, there have been
many decisive battles where
the numbers engaged were few and the
casualties correspondingly
small.
Some of the battles fought within the
borders of Ohio were
just as decisive as Waterloo or
Gettysburg. The Battle of Point
Pleasant, fought on the borders of our
State, October 10, 1774,
and within gun-shot of the Ohio shore,
was a great and decisive
battle and the most important ever
fought on the continent be-
tween Americans and Indians. That battle
is now known to our
best historians as the "first
battle of the Revolution."
It has been suggested by one of our
members that the His-
torical Society could have this history
bound in a small booklet
for distribution to tourists, and to our
own patriotic citizens. It
could be published in eight or ten short
pages at a small expense.
I will be pleased to furnish the copy
without any expense to the
Historical Society. The committee is of
opinion that the dis-
tribution of this important Ohio history
would be appreciated by
tourists and add another chapter to
Ohio's great war history.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) W. L. CURRY,
Chairman.
President Johnson stated that the
Society should
promptly take advantage of Colonel
Curry's very gener-
ous offer to furnish manuscript for the
proposed pam-
phlet on Fort Laurens.
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Colonel Curry stated that the Secretary
had re-
ceived letters from two members of the
Committee,
which he would place on file.
NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
Mr. George F. Bareis, for the Committee
on Nomi-
nations reported that the Committee
recommended the
election of Doctor W. O. Thompson,
Columbus; General
Edward Orton, Jr., Columbus, and
Colonel Webb C.
Hayes, Fremont, to succeed themselves as
Trustees of
the Society.
Mr. Bareis moved
That the Secretary cast the Ballot of
the Society for the three
gentlemen named.
Carried.
Secretary Galbreath cast the ballot of
the Society
for Doctor W. O. Thompson, General
Edward Orton,
Jr., and Colonel Webb C. Hayes, who were
declared
duly elected Trustees for the term of
three years.
At this point the meeting adjourned, to
reconvene at
two o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION
President Johnson called the meeting to
order.
Mr. Joseph C. Goodman read a joint
report of the
Committees on
TOURS AND MEMBERSHIP
as follows:
The Tours Committee and the Membership
Committee are
so nearly parallel in the purposes and
identical in their members,
that I am taking the liberty of offering
a joint report for the two
committees.
These committees met in joint session
several times during
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the early part of the year and the Tours
Committee had several
separate meetings. No definite action
was taken by the Mem-
bership Committee other than to prepare
certain material for ac-
tivities which are now under way.
The Tours Committee planned and carried
out two trips.
The first party left Columbus on April
the 29th at eight
o'clock in the morning under the
captaincy of Dr. F. C. Furniss.
We stopped at Newark visiting Octagon
Mounds at the Newark
Country Club, then proceeded to
Zanesville where we were met
by the local D. A. R. and other
representatives and had lunch
together. Thence we went to Cambridge
and on to Marietta for
the night.
At Marietta we visited well-known points
of interest, Campus
Martius, the Log Cabin, College and
other places. In the evening
a banquet was served at Lafayette Hotel.
At this meeting there
were about sixty-five members of our
party and an equal number
of Marietta citizens. Several short
addresses were made by
citizens of Marietta, followed by the
Honorable John E. Sater,
then president of the Columbus Chamber
of Commerce.
The following day we left by the way of
the route along
Ohio River, which brought us in sight of
Blennerhasset Island.
Thence we proceeded to Athens where a
luncheon meeting was
held, at which short addresses were made
by citizens of Athens
and members of our party; thence through
Lancaster to Lithop-
olis, where the Wagnalls Memorial was
visited, and on to Co-
lumbus. Our party was made up of
representatives from Cleve-
land, Dayton, Waverly and other points
outside of Columbus.
The second trip was made on May 29th and
30th under the
captaincy of Mr. George F. Bareis. We
went first to Circlevile
where we were joined by a very
interesting group, then we pro-
ceeded to Logan Elm where Judge Maurice
H. Donahue read
Chief Logan's address and other short
addresses were made.
From Logan Elm we proceeded to
Chillicothe and were met at
Mound City by Mr. Albert Spetnagel, a
member of the Tours
Committee, who piloted us around these
mounds, as well as into
Chillicothe, where a luncheon meeting
was held with a very rep-
resentative local group. After lunch we
went to Adena, the for-
mer home of Governor Worthington; thence
to Seip Mound, and
from there to Hillsboro, where we
stopped for the night. The
Hillsboro Business Men's Association had
arranged a very
sumptuous banquet and violated our
hitherto fixed rule of paying
our own expense. It was a very
delightful meeting in every
sense. An early start was made the next
morning and we went
on to Fort Ancient where considerable
time was spent reviewing
these remains. We were met here by Mr.
George B. Smith, mem-
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ber of the Committee from Dayton,
accompanied by a representa-
tive group of Dayton citizens who
piloted us to Miami Mound
where a short stop was made, thence into
Dayton where dinner
was served and a short meeting held. At
Dayton we visited the
Conservancy Works, the Wright Aviation
Field, and other points
of interest. This closed our activities
for the day.
There is no question that both of these
trips were highly en-
joyable and instructive for all who took
part in them. The ad-
vantages of these tours may be
summarized as follows:
1. They induce our members and others to visit points of
historical and scenic interest in Ohio.
2. They acquaint non-members and members
alike with the
activities of the Society.
3. They bring about some publicity of
the Society through-
out the State.
4. They have a tendency to increase the
membership of the
Society.
The one objection to this activity is
that it requires the time
and attention of some individual and
encroaches on the time of
the Secretary and his assistants.
On each of these trips a charge was made
which included
all of the meals and hotel
accommodations for the trip, plus
a moderate addition intended to cover
printing, entertainment of
guest and sundry expenses. There is a
small balance left over
in this fund which will be available for
future activities and no
doubt, if it is found desirable, this
slight balance could be used
to defray the expense of clerical service
without burdening the
Secretary with the same. The charges did
not in any case cover
transportation, but the Committee
undertook in a number of in-
stances to provide transportation for
persons who desired to go
but had no automobile of their own. This
led to some incon-
venience and complications and this
should be reduced to the
minimum.
Above all things it is greatly to be
desired that people
throughout the state of Ohio be encouraged as much as
possible
to visit the historical places in Ohio. Any activity
that tends to
bring this about will be a great benefit not only to
the Society
itself but to its members and the State.
(Signed) JOSEPH C. GOODMAN,
Chairman.
The following report was submitted by
the Committee on
LOGAN ELM PARK
The following report on Logan Elm Park
is submitted for
your consideration and approval. There
has been no apparent
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change in Logan Elm during the past
year. The famous old tree
continues to hold its own against the
elements. More than four
thousand visitors registered at the park
during July, and pos-
sibly as many or more in August, could
they have been checked.
Some time during the first week of
August a sneak thief carried
away the register, and either the same
party or another ran an
automobile through the wire fence near
the creek. This makes
it more apparent that we should have a
caretaker on the grounds,
at all times. The present caretaker
lives half a mile from the
park, thereby making it impossible to
give it proper supervision.
The peaceful purchase of additional
ground cannot be consum-
mated at this time. A plan is being
worked on, and if success-
ful will clear the way of all
difficulties.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) GEORGE FLORENCE,
Chairman.
CAMPUS MARTIUS
At the request of Mr. Galbreath I send a
report on the
Campus Martius property, as Mr. Dawes
left the work in the
hands of the resident members of the
committee.
A caretaker was employed in the spring
and since that time
the house has been open for visitors on
an average of three times
a week. The grass has been cut regularly
and the grounds are
in good condition.
When we were about to begin repairs on
the building last
fall we were told that any improvement
amounting to over five
hundred dollars must be approved by the
State Architect and for
months we besought him to come down. He
appeared the first
of June and after looking over the
house, said it must be weather-
boarded and that he would send
specifications for the work.
Hearing nothing more Mr. Brenan called
on him on September
2nd, while in Columbus, and he promised
to attend to it at once.
After considering his recommendation and
discussing the
matter with other interested persons,
your committee does not
approve of his plan as it would take
away the old look and leave
nothing for other necessary repairs.
With the roof repaired,
timbers strengthened, some preservative
put on the sides, new
steps, and some painting and restoring
on the inside, it would be
put in good condition, and made very
attractive with some old
furniture which has been promised us.
The old house, with its interesting site
and history, has
aroused great interest in all tourists,
and the people in Marietta
are looking forward to the time when it
will be restored and
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made worthy of the many heroic events in
the history of our state
which it perpetuates.
(Signed) WILLIA D. COTTON,
Member of Campus Martius Committee.
The Chairman of the Committee on
BIG BOTTOM PARK
submitted the following report:
The local grange held its annual picnic
in the park on
August 28th. They put the grounds in
good condition and re-
paired the pump. A part of their program
consisted of a pageant
of the "Massacre" at that
place in 1791. They built a block-
house at the upper end of the park next
to the river and roped
in a space for the pageant stand, the
crowds of people and the
cars. The picnic proved to be a success
in every way with the
exception of some annoyance due to a
local party without any
authority. The people who witnessed the
pageant state it was
the best of the kind they ever saw, and
have asked that it be
put on again. The crowd was the largest
since the dedication.
Work will soon begin on the state
highway that passes the
park. Provision should be made for the
care of the place when
the road is completed, as the traffic
will be greatly increased.
(Signed) ENFIELD BROKAW,
Chairman.
Dr. F. C. Furniss, Chairman of the
Committee on
PUBLICATIONS
read the following report:
The OHIO
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
has been issued this year for January
and April. The January
number is of unusual interest, because
of the very complete and
attractive report of Mr. H. C. Shetrone,
the Curator of Archae-
ology, on the exploration of the
"Hopewell Group of Prehistoric
Earthworks." The April number
includes a valuable contri-
bution on "Education in Territorial
Ohio," by W. Ross Dunn,
M. A., Cincinnati. Ohio. This monograph
in large measure fills
a gap in the educational history of
Ohio.
The July number of the QUARTERLY is in
press. It con-
tains a very full account of the
dedication of the Memorial Wing
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of the Museum and Library Building,
together with all the ad-
dresses and a number of illustrations.
To this has been added
a brief history of the Society by the
Secretary. It is intended to
use this material, in part, in an
intensive campaign for an increase
in the membership of the Society.
The fifth and final volume of the
"Diary and Letters of
Rutherford B. Hayes" is now in type
and will soon be ready for
distribution.
There is an increasing demand for the
publications of the
Society, and an unusually large number
of these have been dis-
tributed in the past year.
Mr. Galbreath read the following brief
report of
FORT AMANDA PARK
On September 19, in company with
Honorable Thomas E.
Bowsher, I visited Fort Amanda Park. The
monument and the
immediate surroundings were found to be
in good condition.
The grove, which is much frequented by
visitors and where a
number of family and other reunions are
held annually, showed
evidences of neglect. Papers were
littered about on the ground
and no adequate provision was made for
the comfort of visitors.
The grave of Captain Enoch Dawson, a
short distance from
the monument, has been neglected. The
grass has disappeared
from about it and some of the earth has
been washed away. The
headstone is still in good condition and
it would not be difficult
to put this tomb in respectable shape.
This is the grave of a
soldier who was killed by an Indian
while the Fort was in process
of erection.
The outstanding needs of the Park are:
1. A shelter house.
2. Repair of the grave above referred
to, by surrounding
it with concrete curbing surmounted by
low iron fence.
Fort Amanda Park is the only grove with
historic associa-
tions in this section of the State. There is adjacent
to it a wood
lot that might very properly be
purchased and made a part of the
Park. An improved highway now borders
the Park and it is
readily accessible. The roadway into the
Park needs repairs.
President Johnson: For the benefit of
those not
present at the morning session, I wish,
briefly, to ex-
plain that it is the adopted policy of
the Board of Trus-
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tees to go forward with the completion
of this building,
and it has been decided to ask the
Legislature at its next
session for an appropriation sufficient
to carry out that
policy. That having been decided, the
next step in the
project is to prepare a tentative plan
upon which to base
estimates in asking for the necessary
appropriation.
General Orton, having done such a
remarkable piece of
work for this organization as Chairman
of the Building
Committee for this Memorial Wing, was
designated to
continue at the head of the Building
Committee, to go
forward with this plan. He has a
tentative plan in hand,
which he will now explain to the
Society at large.
GENERAL EDWARD ORTON, JR.,
spoke as follows:
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
While the folders
explaining this project for completing
the building are being
passed among you, I may say that you
will perhaps wonder
how a photograph of a building not in
existence could be shown
as is the case in the folder. If you
will look at the upper pic-
ture on page 2, you will see a life-like
view of just how the
Museum and Library building will look
when that south wing
is completed. It was made from a
photograph of the north
wing reversed and retouched to get rid
of the entrance, steps
etc. I had the fun of mystifying our
good Director, Mr. Mills,
for a moment, as to how such a thing
could be done. He was
somewhat like the farmer when he first
saw the giraffe in the
New York Zoological Gardens -- he
watched it walking about for
quite a long time, speechless, but
finally ejaculated, "There ain't
no such animal."
As President Johnson has told you, the
Trustees have for-
mally committed themselves to the policy
of completing this
building. He has asked me not only to
explain the plan to you,
but also to present some ideas about the
best way to proceed to
get the necessary funds. It will get us
nowhere to make drawings
of the building we would like to erect,
unless we are equally
skilful and persistent about finding
ways and means to turn our
drawings into brick and steel and stone.
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Before I take up the financing proposal,
I will ask you kindly
to look at the folder, and go with me over the floor
plans. Con-
sidering first the plans for the first
floor you will notice that the
two wings already built are shown in
black, while the proposed
new wings, completing the square, are
shown in light shading.
You will also observe that as the plan
of the old part of the
building is drawn, it is different from
the building as it now is.
The present offices on the first floor
were not intended to be per-
manent, and all the partitions are made
to be easily removed.
leaving a big exhibit hall on the south
end, an exact counter-
part of the room on the north. Museum
space on the first floor
front is too valuable to be used for
offices permanently, and now
that the time is ripe for a change, the
offices are to be moved
upstairs into the south wing. If this
plan is carried out, it will
mean that the basement, the first floor
and second floor of the
whole east wing of the Museum, the most
valuable space we have,
will be devoted to exhibits. Next, look
at the south wing on the
first floor plan, you will see the
Library reading room on the
southwest corner. It will be the same
size as this room except
there will be no space cut out of the
corner for stairways, as was
done with the room we are now in. Around
the walls will be
bookcases for the commonest reference
volumes. The center
space will be filled with reading
tables. A noiseless floor covering
should be installed. The vast majority
of the books, all of the
rare and valuable ones, will be in the
stack-room, occupying the
rest of the new south wing. This
stack-room will be two stories
high, the book stacks starting on the
basement floor and running
up to the ceiling of the first floor
giving room for four tiers of
metal stacks. The total capacity of the
room, thirty-three feet
wide, one hundred and thirty feet long
and twenty-eight feet
high, will be approximately 360,000
volumes.
Compared to the twenty or thirty
thousand books we now
have, this seems a very great expansion,
and the question comes
to your mind, do we need so much extra
capacity as that? Re-
member that the State of Ohio is a going
concern. It never stops
nor will its wants stop. Remember that
this Society represents
the State, and its work will progress
more and more actively as
the decades roll by. It is our business
now to provide a structure
which will take care of this more and
more rapid growth for a
considerable period. Most of you have
not seen the collection
of newspaper files Mr. Galbreath has
been accumulating. If
you will go down to see the room in the
south end of the base-
ment, which he has filled in something
less than a year, I think
you will no longer doubt the need of so
large a room for our
future book stacks.
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The Library of this Society has hardly
made a start, thus
far. Nothing has been done yet in Ohio
to preserve the archives
of the State. After records get old and
out of active use, they
are in the way and are cast aside and
stuffed into every nook
and cranny of all the office buildings
of the State. These records
are priceless for posterity but terribly
in the way just now. We
need an archives department badly, and
the archives of the State
would fill such a Library as is here
planned very quickly. For
this purpose alone, if there were no
other, the expenditure is
fully justified.
But, besides the present general
historical Library, and our
big file of Ohio newspapers, and the archives of the
State alone,
and not touching the job of caring for
obsolete records of the
eighty-eight counties, there is still
the State Library to consider.
A large part of its work belongs closely
with the Legislature --
reference material for the use of
committees. Also, there is a
large and active circulating library
department doing good work
among Ohio communities. But there is a
great accumulation also
of valuable material, not of use for
Legislative purposes, or gen-
eral circulation, and greatly in the way
of both. This material
also should come here for care as it is
the very kind of material
here needed. Here it would find use.
All of these considerations will
sufficiently explain, I think,
why space for 360,000 volumes is now
suggested. It errs, if any-
thing, on being too low, rather than too
high.
With a library of 360,000 volumes, and
an adequate reading-
room for their use, a place where the
physical work of condition-
ing books can be done must be provided.
A space 50 x 50 feet
in the basement is set apart for that
use. With what is shown
on this plan, we should have a library
barely commensurate with
what is done in this field in many other
States.
On the plan as drawn, this room will
remain, for the time
being at least, the Auditorium of this
Society. The staircases in
the southeast corner of the room will be
removed. The stair-
way is a temporary affair, made
necessary by the State laws when
this wing was erected, but as the new
wings go in, the require-
ments will change. The passageways shown
on the drawing will
permit people to make a complete circuit
of the building, without
entering either the Auditorium or Library, which is as it
should be. There will be many times when
this room will be
filled with people listening to a
lecture or holding a meeting,
while other crowds interested in seeing
the collections, will pass
by without interfering in any way. This
applies to the Library
also.
The future requirements of the Society
may demand an
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auditorium of larger size than this. We
can seat two hundred and
fifty to three hundred people
comfortably in this room, but we
may come to the place where we will want
to seat a thousand--
if so, the court in the interior of this
proposed building could be
utilized. That question has been raised
and the plans so far made
will easily permit such a use of that
space, if it becomes necessary
or desirable, so that, as we go along now, using this
room, we are
not shutting off our future
possibilities for expansion in this
respect.
In the west wing you will see provision
made for the serv-
ices -- stairways, toilets and a fine
elevator, from which every
floor of the building can be reached,
including the roof. Provi-
sion is made for a small room on the
roof, in which the prepara-
tion of skeletons and skins desired for
the Natural History exhibit
can be done.
I shall not go over the other floors in
detail. On the second
floor plan you will note a row of
offices is planned: the Board
of Trustees, the Director's office, the
Secretary's office, the clerks
and stenographers, offices for the
Curators and Field Staff, etc.,
so that under this plan, the entire
administrative force of officers
will be located on one floor, and will
be able to work to much
better advantage.
On the last page of the folder are given
a few ideas as to
what getting this addition will mean to
the work. Anyone inter-
ested in the Society's work in any one
of its branches, can see
what is needed. In the past, we have
never, as a group, made a
united effort to push our projects
through. I do not believe, with
some six or seven hundred life members,
we have ever been able,
in any serious or effective way, to
marshal ten per cent. of man
and woman power back of any single
project. And we must get
together, if we expect to complete this
building.
When we planned this World War wing
which we are now
occupying, we had the tremendous
inspiration of the World War,
and the appeal of the soldiers, in our
favor. We went to the
Legislature, with men wearing uniforms
speaking for the soldiers
of Ohio, demanding the building of a War
Memorial. We have
no such appeal in asking for the
completion of the building.
Furthermore, remember that we had a
donation amounting to
the sum of fifty thousand dollars, which
provided the art fea-
tures of this Memorial Wing; that money
came from the Camp
Sherman fund, and was a powerful
argument, because we did
not go to the State empty-handed. We
asked it to complete what
we had already begun.
That idea is still capable of use. We
can say we have here
one-half of a complete building and that
we need the other half.
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The Legislature will ask why, and it is
up to you to show why
we want it and why we should have it.
On the question of cost, the architect's
estimate is $282,000
to complete the structure, with no fancy
fleatures included.
That does not provide for the
book-stacks or fixtures or furnish-
ings. We do not need to build the entire
book-stack at once. I
have estimated that at the beginning we
can get along with $15,000
or $20,000 worth of stack; with $30,000
we can do much more.
If the bare building is to cost $280,000, we shall
want $300,000, to
cover equipment of the offices, and the Library. That
should
be the amount asked, I
think--$300,000.00.
Director Mills told you a little about
the Natural History
Museum this morning but he didn't say
enough about it. There
is a tremendous field there. He now has
lots of material still
packed in boxes. The amount of space he
will get for arch-
aeology in the new building, as it is
planned, will not let him un-
pack more than half of the material he
already has. Mr. Gal-
breath has filled a room in one year
with material of the greatest
historical value--files of newspapers of
the State, going back
many years--the source material for
future histories.
The sad fact is, that the historic
material in Ohio is rapidly
being lost and dissipated. The
acquisition of what material is
still extant in the state, much of which
can be had for the ask-
ing, and which can be had by the use of
energy and organiza-
tion, will soon become impossible. This
material is steadily
getting less through the acquisitions of
collectors from other
states, who come here to garner what we
neglect. If we do not
act now, in another generation our
opportunity will be lost.
Now is the time to act.
Senator Fess told us yesterday that the
car-loadings in this
country in the last fifteen weeks
amounted to more than one
million full car-loads each week, and
last week to one million one
hundred and fifty thousand. There never
has been in any coun-
try, anywhere in the history of the
world, anything approaching
traffic of that magnitude. That traffic
means that commodities
are being moved; that means money is
being made, that there is
labor for all; that this country is more
prosperous than any other
country has ever been. Now, therefore,
when the country is
prosperous, is a good time to go to the
Legislature, and tell them
that we want to save this historical
material while it can be saved;
we want to accumulate it before it is
gone, that we want the State
of Ohio to appreciate its past as other
states appreciate theirs.
That is your job. A real effort on the
part of the members of
this Society, each seeing the members of
the Legislature in his
own district, will bring success.
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President Johnson then introduced Mr.
Walter D.
McKinney, a life member of the Society,
who had pre-
viously presented the rare original
painting of Simon
Kenton, and who had brought to the
meeting a painting
of Thomas Walker Cridland. Mr. McKinney
came for-
ward with the painting in its pioneer
frame, which he
presented to the Society in the
following interesting and
informing address.
THOMAS WALKER CRIDLAND
Two years ago it was my privilege to
place in the custody
of this Society, the portrait of Simon
Kenton, the Kentucky and
Ohio pioneer, which had been in the
family of Thomas Walker
Cridland for almost ninety years.
At that time, I made some remarks about
Kenton, also about
the portrait, the hand-made frame and
the man who made it, and
who had preserved the portrait. These
remarks were published
in the QUARTERLY of January, 1925.
Today it is my added privilege to place
in the custody of
this Society, the portrait of the man who
made the frame around
the portrait of Simon Kenton and also
that around his own por-
trait, and who also was a Kentucky-Ohio
pioneer, Thomas Walker
Cridland, of Lexington, Kentucky, and
Dayton, Ohio.
This portrait and frame, like the
others, have at least three
qualities which should make them of
value and acceptable to the
Society, namely: The historical value of
the subject, the artistic
value of the portrait, the workmanship
of the frame.
I shall speak briefly on these in
reverse order.
THE FRAME
The frame, like the one on the Kenton
portrait, was designed
and made by Cridland; the processes were
fully described in the
QUARTERLY before mentioned, but to those
who have not read the
article or who may not have access to
it, I desire to. say that the
frame was made of rough pine, two by
four studding, carved into
form by hand; the ornamentation was made
of glue putty, from
hand-made originals and then covered
with gold leaf, making the
beautiful frame you see. Such a frame
required about two
months to make and as it was made some
eighty years ago and
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was hand-wrought, should pass as a
fairly good antique, prized
in these days.
THE PORTRAIT
The portrait was painted by Edwin
Cridland of Newport,
Kentucky, an artist of the highest
order, from 1840 to 1875.
It was he that painted the famous
picture of "still life", an old
violin on a barn-door. So perfect was
this painting in every detail
that when it was first exhibited, a
fence was built around it to
prevent persons from touching it to, see
if it were a real painting.
This artist painted with almost
photographic detail and
smoothness. My recollection is that he
received two hundred and
fifty dollars for this picture and that
later it sold for many thou-
sands of dollars.
With all his talents he could not turn
his art into money.
He would paint only as the spirit moved
him; would not sell an
original painting except under great
necessity and then at a sac-
rifice; and his portrait painting had to
be done to suit him and
not his customers. He died in humble
circumstances, but as I
remember him, he was a high-class,
artistic gentleman. He was
a cousin of Thomas W. Cridland who was
about thirty to thirty-
five years of age when this portrait was
painted.
THE SUBJECT
Thomas Walker Cridland, born in
Leicester, England, Oc-
tober 1, 1811, came to America with his
parents and his grand-
father's family in 1820 and settled in
Philadelphia. There he was
apprenticed to a frame- and looking
glass-maker. In 1834, he left
Philadelphia with his wife and babe, and
settled in Lexington,
Kentucky. Here he engaged in business as
an artist, frame-
maker, gilder, portrait and landscape
painter.
About 1840, learning of the discovery or
rather development
of the daguerreotype, he journeyed back
to Philadelphia to learn
from Samuel F. B. Morse himself the art
of the daguerreotype.
Samuel Morse was not only the inventor
of the telegraph, but was
one of the foremost artists of his day
(a painter and sculptor),
and associated with John W. Draper in
making the first practical
daguerreotype--Cridland had made frames
for Morse in Phil-
adelphia.
With apparatus, plates, chemicals, etc.,
Cridland returned to
Lexington, and became, as far as he was
ever able to learn, the
first man to introduce the photographic art west of the
Alleghanies,
and made the first daguerreotype.
Then came the ambro type (commonly
called the "amber
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type"); the ferro type or tintype,
the photograph and today we
have the last word in the Vitaphone, the
moving, speaking photo-
graph.
So much for Cridland's activities in
introducing the photo-
graphic art into this section of the
United States. Art was his
means of livelihood and he was indeed an
artist in temperament
and in the highest meaning of the word.
But in a man's service to his fellow
man, uninspired by gain
or self-enjoyment, lies his true value
to society; and there should
be a place in history for such strong,
modest characters as Thomas
Walker Cridland, who did so much for the
liberty of the bodies
and souls of the men and women of
America.
About the time that Cridland came to,
Lexington, Kentucky,
the anti-slavery agitation began to take
form. In the rear of his
residence was a slave-pen and
sales-market, and he and his family
were obliged to listen day and night to
harrowing sounds and to
witness heart-rending scenes, husbands
separated from wives,
children from parents, sold and widely
separated.
Elijah Lovejoy was murdered in Illinois
for advocating anti-
slavery. The North and South were both
alarmed by what might
be the economic effects of anti-slavery.
Cassius M. Clay, a young
Kentucky firebrand, had, while at Yale
College, caught the spell
from William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell
Phillips, and fear-
lessly took up the discussion of
anti-slavery in Lexington. Crid-
land took up the cause. He also made
frequent trips to Cincin-
nati for goods and materials, where he
met Lyman Beecher and
his family. His adventures and
experiences with escaping slaves
cannot be rehearsed here, but they were
recited from time to
time to Lyman Beecher, his son Henry
Ward and his daughter,
Harriet Beecher Stowe. The latter also
visited Cridland in Lex-
ington, to see for herself, and there
obtained much of the at-
mosphere of "Uncle Tom's
Cabin."
During this tremendous agitation, was
born the famous (or
at the time infamous) "Underground
Railway", an invisible chain
of determined and fearless men, who
inspired by righteousness,
aided certain black men, women and
children (slave and free)
to reach the free land north of the Ohio
River. Cridland became
a member of this "chain" at
one of the starting points. (My
mother tells of black men being placed under her bed
with the
admonition to her not to fear if she
heard any noise during the
night, for all would be well.)
It is history how Cassius Clay had his
print shop destroyed
and was obliged to leave Kentucky, and
how the anti-slavery agi-
tators and workers were driven out of
the South. With them
came Cridland in 1852 to Cincinnati and
then to Dayton, where
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he lived the remainder of his life,
except for a few years in Cali-
fornia.
In 1859, at Dayton, he made a photograph
of Abraham
Lincoln pronounced one of the best ever
made of Lincoln. It
was copied extensively.
However, he continued his efforts for
equal rights of man
and woman everywhere. He was not a
public speaker nor writer,
but powerful and convincing in
conversation.
He counted among his friends the great
liberty-loving minds
of his day, including the Clays, the
Beechers, William Lloyd
Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia
Mott, Mary A. Livermore,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B.
Anthony, and the great artists
of his time.
His religious thoughts were in harmony
with those of Rev.
William Ellery Channing, that
distinguished Unitarian divine
who found God and good in everything.
Cridland loved the
trees, the streams, the beasts, the
birds, the flowers and all man-
kind. He walked with them and talked
with them and repro-
duced them in his paintings. The last
act of his life was to finish
a landscape of a Southern California
scene. He brought it home
and laid him down to rest amidst those
he loved--a fitting ending
for a long and useful life. He died at
Los Angeles, California,
November 25, 1891, and was buried at
Dayton, Ohio.
He truly "touched no subject that
he did not adorn." Thomas
Walker Cridland was my grandfather.
(Applause.)
A vote of thanks was extended to Mr.
McKinney
for his gift and address.
President Johnson: "We are
somewhat unfortu-
nate in the matter of our program,
because of the unex-
pected absence of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
J. Jones, who
were here, prepared to take part, but
were called away
at the last moment, yesterday, by the
illness of the only
sister of Mr. Jones. I have here a letter from Mrs.
Jones, addressed to Mr. Galbreath,
expressing regret at
their inability to be present, and
promising to address
the Society at some future date. I
think I need offer no
other explanation of their absence from
the meeting.
We sincerely trust that Mr. and Mrs.
Jones will come
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back and meet with us another time, so
that you may
hear Mrs. Jones and enjoy remarks by
her husband.
"By way of explanation Mr.
Galbreath wishes to
say a few words, and make a brief
statement about some
very valuable and rare manuscripts
added to the library
during the past year. I will give him
the honor of in-
troducing the speaker of the day."
Secretary Galbreath drew attention to
one of the
most notable manuscript gifts ever made
to the State or
any of its agencies. He stated that
Winthrop Sargent
VII of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had
within the past
summer forwarded to the Society a
collection of the
papers of Winthrop Sargent, Secretary
of the North-
west Territory, 1788-1798.* This
collection includes one
thousand and seventy-one manuscript
papers, chiefly
letters, official and personal, some of
which antedate the
Revolution. Among the documents of
especial value to
the Society is the manuscript Journal
of the first legis-
lative body of the Northwest Territory
that met in for-
mal capacity. Governor St. Clair and
the judges of the
Territory made up this legislative
body. There were
four judges of the Territory but only
two were present
at this session which began on the 29th
day of May,
1795, and continued until the 20th of
August of that
year. The Journal, carefully written
with pen or quill,
is well preserved and every word of it
distinctly legible.
It was not known to be in existence
until it was found
with the Sargent papers presented to
the Society. Only
three members participated in the
proceedings of this
legislative body, Governor Arthur St.
Clair, and Judges
* Winthrop Sargent, with the other
principal officers of the North-
west Territory, was appointed on October
5, 1787, to enter upon the
duties of his office February 1, 1788.
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John Cleves Symmes and George Turner.
The remain-
ing judge was not present.
The results of the proceedings of this
legislative
body were published in what came to be
known as the
Maxwell Code, so named because it was printed by Wil-
liam Maxwell, editor and proprietor of The
Sentinel of
the North-Western Territory, the first newspaper pub-
lished within the limits of that
territory. The Maxwell
Code was the first book published in the territory.
After inviting attention to this
Journal, Secretary
Galbreath stated that it was fitting
that the Society
should be favored with a paper on
Winthrop Sargent
following the announcement of this
notable gift. He
then introduced Professor B. H.
Pershing of Witten-
berg College, who read the paper on
Winthrop Sargent
that is published elsewhere in this
issue of the QUAR-
TERLY.
Professor Pershing presented his
carefully prepared
paper with fine effect and it was heard
with interest
throughout. Its conclusion was greeted
with hearty
applause and a vote of thanks was
extended to Profes-
sor Pershing.
Mr. Bareis stated that Mr. George B.
Smith of Day-
ton, who extended an invitation to the
members of the
Society to visit his city, was present
and might wish to
withdraw his invitation.
Mr. Smith: "The invitation stands,
it will not be
revoked. You honored us, as the record
shows, by a
short visit last spring. That visit
came during a heavy
storm and you did not complete your
investigations of
our city. We want you to come back and
stay a day or
two, we will show you much of interest
historically and
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in other lines. I wish to not only
repeat the invitation
to the members of the party of last
spring, but to all
members and friends of the Society who
by some mis-
hap missed us last spring."
(Applause.)
The meeting adjourned.
MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF
TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO,
October 6, 1926, 1:00 P. M.
Mr. Goodman called the meeting to
order.
There were present:
Messrs. Johnson, Goodman, Florence,
Bareis, Fur-
niss, Orton, and Mrs. Dryer.
Mr. Bareis moved:
That all officers now serving the
Society be reelected to their
respective offices at the salaries
hereto fixed by appropriation or
otherwise.
General Florence seconded the motion.
Mr. Johnson: "Mr. Chairman, I want
to say that I
am in no way interested in my
reelection as President.
I am perfectly willing to serve with
the limited time I
have at my disposal for the affairs of
the Society--I
hope to have more time to devote to
this work in the fu-
ture--but unless the Board is perfectly
satisfied with
the time and attention I have given the
organization I
do not wish to be again elected. I had
hoped someone
who can give more time to the
organization than I can
would be elected."
Mr. Goodman: "May I be permitted
to make a few
remarks as a member of the Board and
not as chairman
FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHI STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTOR- ICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO, Wednesday, October 6, 1926. 9:00 A. M. The meeting was called to order by Secretary C. B. Galbreath. There were present: |
B. F. Prince, Arthur C. Johnson, C. B. Galbreath, Mrs. C. B. Galbreath, Edward Orton, Jr., H. R. McPherson, Mrs. H. R. McPherson, Mrs. Howard Jones, Mrs. Anna M. Keirn, Dr. J. M. Dunham, E. F. Wood, Dr. F. C. Furniss, Dr. William C. Mills, Theodore A. Wegener, Joseph C. Goodman, B. H. Pershing, H. C. Shetrone, Van A. Snider, Mrs. Van A. Snider, R. C. Baker, Mrs. R. C. Baker, J. S. Roof, Mrs. J. S. Roof, |
Walter D. McKinney, Dr. H. O. Whitaker, W. E. Peters, John R. Horst, William L. Curry, Mrs. Orson D. Dryer, Miss Martha J. Maltby, Mrs. Hazel Charles, Mrs. C. O. Hipple, W. H. Cole, George F. Bareis, Silas W. Courtright, Jerry Dennis, H. R. Goodwin, Harley Angelo Tuttle, C. W. Justice, H. G. Simpson Mrs. Earl J. Knittle, Mrs. Ivor Hughes, Mrs. Oscar Lear, Mrs. Christian F. Jaeger, Mrs. William J. Belhon, James S. Hine. |
Vice President George F. Bareis moved that Presi- dent Arthur C. Johnson be elected Chairman of the meeting. Carried. (603) |