Ohio History Journal

RESEARCH PROJECTS IN OHIO HISTORY

 

Compiled by WILLIAM D. OVERMAN

 

 

A recent survey indicates that there are thirteen biographies

and nearly thirty monographs and treatises in preparation or com-

pleted, but not published, dealing with the history of Ohio or the

Ohio Valley. A list of these, alphabetically arranged by author,

includes the following:

Nellie C. Armstrong and Glenn A. Blackburn, Historical

Bureau, Indianapolis, "John Tipton Papers" (progress); Leland

D. Baldwin, University of Pittsburgh Press, "The Keelboat Age

on Western Waters" (completed); John D. Barnhart, Louisiana

State University, "First Constitutions of Ohio Valley States"

and "Southern Migration into the Old Northwest" (progress);

Lester J. Cappon, University of Virginia, "History of Southern

Iron and Steel Industry from the Colonial Period to the Present"

(including Kentucky and Tennessee; vol. I to 1865, promised in two

years); Charles H. Coleman, Charleston, Illinois, "Clement L.

Vallandigham" (1940); Harold E. Davis, Hiram College, "Burke

Aaron Hinsdale" (completed), "Dictionary of Indian Place Names

in Ohio" (nearing completion) and "Elisha Whittlesey and the

Formation of the Whig Party in Ohio" (projected); Randolph C.

Downes, Hartwick College, "Indian Relations in the Ohio Valley

in the 18th Century" (completed); Russell J. Ferguson, University

of Pittsburgh, editing, Reynold's "My Connection with the Atlanta

and Great Western Railway, 1851-63" (progress); Robert S.

Fletcher, Oberlin College, "History of Oberlin College" (progress),

"The Lane Seminary Rebellion" (nearly completed) and "Charles

G. Finney" (progress); Paul W. Gates, Cornell University, "The

Disposal of the Public Domain" (progress); W. L. Halstead,

Louisville, "Life of Murat Halstead" (progress); Fred H. Harring-

ton, University of Wisconsin, "Horace N. Allen: an Ohio Diplomat"

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(nearly completed); Historical Records Survey (Ohio), "Inven-

tories of Governmental and Church Records," "Bibliography of

Ohio History and Literature," abstracting and editing "Joshua R.

Giddings Papers" and "Survey of Historic Sites in Ohio" (progress);

Louis C. Hunter, American University, "Steamboat Transportation

in the Ohio Valley" (progress); Louise P. Kellogg, Wisconsin

Historical Society, documents on "Last Years of the Revolution on

the Upper Ohio" (progress); Lawrence J. King, Earlham College,

"Jonathan T. Plummer: an Early Indiana Botanist" (progress);

Muriel Kinney, Woodbury, Connecticut, "John Carey: an Ohio

Pioneer" (progress); Margaret Koehler, Ohio State University,

"The Public Career of Judson Harmon" (Ph. D. thesis); Harlow

Lindley, Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, "His-

tory of the Quakers in the Old Northwest" and "History of Earl-

ham College" (progress); John O. Marsh, Columbus, Ohio, "The

American Party in Ohio" (progress); Haynes McMullen, Univer-

sity of Illinois, "Life of Robert Clarke" (progress); Jeannette P.

Nichols, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, "John Sherman" (progress)

and "Silver Diplomacy" (nearly completed); Mrs. Raymond D.

Osburn, Columbus, Ohio, "History of Music in Ohio" (progress);

William D. Overman, Ohio State Archaeological and Historical

Society, "The Defunct Colleges and Normal Schools in Ohio" (prog-

ress); Hewson L. Peake, Sandusky, Ohio, "History of the Fire-

lands" (progress); Benjamin H. Pershing, Wittenberg College,

"Edward Tiffin" (completed); Josephine E. Phillips, Marietta,

Ohio, "Wagons Away" (completed), "Commodore Abraham Whip-

ple" (progress) and "Blennerhassett in Business" (projected); M.

Avis Pitcher, Downers Grove, Illinois, "Gentlemen Merchants and

Traders in the Ohio Valley, 1760-1820" (Ph. D. thesis); Edward

G. Reilley, Western Reserve University, "The Anti-Slavery Move-

ment in the Western Reserve" (Ph. D. thesis); James H. Roda-

baugh, Ohio State Museum, "History of Miami University" (nearly

completed); Frank J. Roos, Ohio State University, "History of

American Architecture" (with sections on the Ohio Valley); Ophia

D. Smith, Oxford, Ohio, "Historic Houses of Old Oxford" (com-

pleted) and "Early Music in Southwestern Ohio" (projected);

Marianne Thalmann, Wellesley College, "Friedrich Hassaurek"

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(progress); Albert T. Volwiler, Ohio University, "President Ben-

jamin Harrison" (progress); Arthur S. Watts, Ohio State Univer-

sity, an article on "Ceramic and Glass Industry in Ohio"; Clarence

L. Weaver, Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society,

"Evidences of Culture in Ohio, 1825-1850" (projected).

The History of Ohio under the general editorship of Carl

Wittke, to be published by the Ohio State Archaeological and His-

torical Society, is in an advanced stage of preparation. Two of

the volumes are promised for this year. Authors of the individual

volumes are Beverley W. Bond, Jr., University of Cincinnati; Wil-

liam T. Utter, Denison University; Philip D. Jordan, Miami Uni-

versity; and Francis P. Weisenburger and Eugene H. Roseboom,

of the Ohio State University. Other authorities are contributing

sections of the final volume and special chapters in the introductory

volume.

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