MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY
Friday, April 5, 1946
The Ohio Academy of History held its
annual meeting in
connection with the Ohio College
Association at the Deshler-
Wallick Hotel, April 5, 1946.
Fifty-three persons attended the
luncheon meeting and heard Professor
Foster Rhea Dulles speak
on "Russian-American
Relations." His talk was followed by a
report on the work of the Ohio War
History Commission by its
director, Dr. James H. Rodabaugh.
President Wm. E. Smith presided over the
afternoon session.
Three papers were read: "The Horse
and Mule in Ohio to 1865,"*
R. L. Jones of Marietta College;
"Industrial Beginnings in Ohio,"
W. A. Mabry of Mt. Union College;
"Without Geography or
Chronology," Frank Esterquest of
Western College.
The business session which followed was
one of the most
significant in the history of the
academy. A Committee on Con-
stitution with Harold E. Davis as
chairman was appointed at
the annual meeting in 1944. (There was
no meeting in 1945 be-
cause of war-time restrictions on
transportation.) A report of
this committee was read by A. Sellew
Roberts which, after dis-
cussion and minor amendments, was adopted.
Constitution of the Ohio Academy of
History
"To perfect the organization of the
Ohio Academy of His-
tory in existence since 1932, the
members of the Academy here-
with adopt the following articles of a
constitution:
"I. Purpose of the organization: To
enable the historians
of the State of Ohio to assume their
rightful role in such historical
activities within the state as research,
the formation of archives,
historical instruction in the schools,
state and local historical activi-
ties and publications, and to aid in the
elevation of the general
level of historical consciousness
throughout the state.
* To be published in a forthcoming
number of the Mississippi Valley Historical
Review.
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