ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1945
To THE OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, AND MEMBERS
OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
Herewith is submitted the Annual Report
of the Society for
the year 1945.
The cooperation and the many courtesies
which you have
shown to the staff personnel during the
year are greatly
appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
April 12, 1946. HENRY C. SHETRONE, Director.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
The year 1945 was a notable one in the
annals of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society. Beginning concur-
rently with a new Constitution, it
witnessed several events and
activities of more than usual
importance, and saw the beginning
of reconversion from war-time to
peace-time status.
The Constitution. In view of the rapid growth of the So-
ciety's activities and correspondingly
increased responsibilities the
former Constitution, which had served so
well during a long
period of years, no longer sufficed to
meet the needs of a new and
ever-changing world. The present Constitution, which was
adopted by the Society's membership in
1943, became effective
as of January 1, 1945.
Special Events and Activities.
The State legislature appropriated funds
for construction of
an addition to the Society's Museum and
Library building.
Three additional Memorial areas were
acquired and funds for
the purchase of two others were
provided, while construction
and additional acreage in several
Memorials were made possible
through legislative appropriation.
The Fort Ancient Archaeological Museum
building was re-
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modeled, and a unique exhibit
illustrating the life of the prehis-
toric Indian inhabitants of the site was
installed.
The Society served as sponsor of (1)
the Treaty of Greene
Ville Painting by Howard Chandler
Christy and (2) as co-
sponsor of the Treaty of Greene Ville
Sesquicentennial Com-
memoration.
Together with the Ohio State University,
the Society co-
sponsored the 30th annual meeting of the
(national) Association
for the Study of Negro Life and History,
and installed a special
exhibit for the occasion.
Reconversion. During the early part of 1945 the Museum
and Library staff, in addition to
routine service, continued to
cooperate with Federal, State and local
agencies in the interest
of the war effort. With the close of the
war, the program once
more was directed toward peace-time
needs, and by the end of
the year it became possible to envision
in some measure the
changed conditions which educational and
historical organizations
must face.
Financial. The largest legislative appropriation in the So-
ciety's history, totaling $1,024,675, is
indicative of favorable rec-
ognition by the public and the State
government of the organi-
zation's service as a historical and
educational agency, and at the
same time imposes a responsibility for
efficient and economical
expenditure. Of this amount the Museum
and Library received
$193,300 for administration, maintenance
and personal service;
the Division of State Memorials, for
similar purposes, $196,175,
and for additions and betterments,
including an addition to the
Museum and Library building, $605,200.
Other appropriations
were: for the Treaty of Greene Ville
paining, $20,000; for the
Treaty of Greene Ville Sesquicentennial
Commemoration, $10,000;
for Durbin Ward House, and the Harriet
Beecher Stowe House,
$15,000 each; for the Indian Agency House and adjacent land,
near Piqua, $50,000; for land
and improvements at Fort Hill
State Memorial, $8,000, and for other
Memorial properties lesser
sums. For an addition to the Campus
Martius Museum building
and enlargement of the grounds, through
acquisition of several
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adjacent city properties in Marietta,
the legislature appropriated
the sum of $110,000.
Newly acquired Memorial properties
placed in custody of the
Society are: the Durbin Ward House,
Lebanon; the Harriet
Beecher Stowe House, Cincinnati, and the
Treaty of Greene Ville
State Memorial, at Greenville.
Prospective additional Memorial
properties for which funds were
appropriated are: the site of the
Indian village of Wapatomika, near
Zanesfield, and the Indian
Agency House, near Piqua.
Staff Personnel. In view of the increased responsibility de-
volving upon the Director, the Board of
Trustees at their April
meeting created the position of Vice
Director and elected Erwin
C. Zepp to the post. Mr. Zepp continued
to serve as Curator of
State Memorials until October 1, when
Richard S. Fatig was
named Curator of the Division.
The duties of the Vice Director during
the year included gen-
eral assistance to the Director in
administering the activities of
the staff; representing the Society's
interests in planning for post-
war developments, and in supervising the
Society's participation
in the Greene Ville Treaty
Sesquicentennial painting and com-
memoration. He kept constant contact
with the artist, Howard
Chandler Christy, until completion of
the painting and worked
closely with the legislative and the
Greenville committees in plan-
ning and promoting the commemoration.
Co-sponsorship of the
dual Greene Ville projects resulted in
nation-wide recognition of
the Society and of individuals and
committees who assisted in
carrying them to completion. Persons of
national and State
prominence attended both the unveiling
of the painting and the
commemoration ceremonies at Greenville.
Among the Vice Director's important
additional activities
were: editorship of the Midwest
Museums Quarterly; chairman-
ship of National and State Parks
Section, American Association
of Museums; membership in American
Institute of Park Execu-
tives, and other national, State and
local organizations.
Legislative appropriations made possible
increases in salaries
of staff members proportionate to those
granted to employees
under civil service.
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
The activities of the Director in all
essential respects are the
activities of the several departments
under his direction, and vice
versa, since both are closely coordinated. The following
curatorial
reports are condensed from detailed
reports of the heads of de-
partments, on file in the Director's
office as matters of record.
Department of Archaeology, Richard G. Morgan, Curator.
The principal contribution of this
department in the exhibit field
for 1945 was the installation of the
Fort Ancient Museum in the
Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren
County. This project,
begun in 1944, was completed in March,
when the museum was
formally opened to the public. The
exhibits were planned to in-
terpret the life of the prehistoric Fort
Ancient Peoples who occu-
pied the Anderson Village Site located
at the foot of the plateau
on which the prehistoric fortification
is situated. Different phases
of the life of the pre-Columbian
inhabitants are shown by special
panels depicting the Village,
Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing,
Household Life, Personal Adornment and
Social Life, Manufac-
turing Processes, Burial Customs, and
Prehistoric Indian Cultures
of Ohio. This museum is designed as a
functional unit for a
specific purpose and embodies modern
display techniques and
lighting effects. Research and
interpretive details for the project
were furnished by the archaeologist and
his assistant; panels by
Dr. James Grimes and others of the
Department of Fine Arts,
Ohio State University; lettering by Miss
Louise Hill; pictorial
maps by Miss Joanne Hohenstine; plans
for remodeling and build-
ing by Cyril H. Webster, the Museum
Technician.
The Hopewell Mounds Hall in the Ohio
State Museum was
redecorated and symbolic panels,
designed by art students under
direction of Professor Paul Bogatay,
were mounted on the walls.
A special exhibit, the History of the
Negro, dealing mainly
with the Negro in Ohio, but including
African art material in-
tended to serve as a background for the
Negro in America, was
installed in History Hall.
Other activities of the curator included
the assembling of
loan collections for the
Exhibition. of American Indian Art
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Mexico City, and for the Toledo Museum
of Art; the furnishing
of specialized information to research
workers in several scien-
tific institutions; cooperation with the
University of Kentucky in
research on prehistoric Indian cultures;
continuation of work on
the Bibliography of Ohio Archaeology,
and in lecturing before
sociology classes of the Ohio State
University.
An important contribution of this
department was the publi-
cation of a new booklet entitled Fort
Ancient, written by the
curator. This booklet includes
information gained through re-
cent explorations which throws new light
on the interpretation
of the prehistory of the Fort Ancient
area, including the Anderson
Village Site.
Department of History, John O. Marsh, Curator. The cura-
torship of this department had remained
vacant since the resig-
nation of William D. Overman in 1943,
until October 1, when
John O. Marsh assumed the position on
his return from overseas
duty. During the vacancy in the position
the work of the depart-
ment had been shared by various members
of the staff, particu-
larly by the Research Associate and the
Public Relations Secre-
tary, who have looked after accessions,
cataloging and general
routine duties.
Since his return to the curatorship, Mr.
Marsh has brought
the department up to its former status,
and has assisted the
Director in affiliating regional and
county historical societies with
the State Society, under the provisions
of the recently enacted
legislation authorizing county
commissioners to extend financial
aid to such organizations. The curator
of the department has
devised a project whereby eventually all
regional and county his-
torical societies may become affiliates.
in the interest of a state-
wide service through cooperation.
Department of Natural History, Edward S. Thomas, Curator.
This department is rapidly assuming
place as headquarters for
study material and information on the
natural history of the State.
The curator served as chairman of the
Museum's Special
Exhibits Committee, and assumed personal
responsibility for sev-
eral seasonal and timely exhibitions. In
collaboration with Conant
and Rausch, he published a scientific
contribution on the Prairie
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Garter-snake, a species new for Ohio;
also a paper on the Medical
Exhibit, in the Society's Quarterly, and
several articles in
Museum Echoes.
The curator made a total of 17 field
trips, and collaborate??
with the Columbus Audubon Society in a
series of 12 public
"Bird Walks and Talks," two of
which were conducted by the
curator in person. He has lectured
before numerous groups and
has contributed technical papers to
scientific publications. The
number of accessions to the department's
collection of natural
history material during the year, as a
result of field trips and con-
tributions was unusually large.
Research Associate, James H. Rodabaugh. The duties of
the Research Associate have included
preparation or supervision
of historical research for the Society
and its several departments;
cooperation with, and research and
writing for projects of State
governmental offices, local communities
and other groups and
agencies; the writing, editing and
preparing for publication of
periodicals and booklets; and directing
of the activities of the
Ohio War History Commission.
The Research Associate has rendered
assistance to the Greene
Ville Painting project; to the Greene
Ville Sesquicentennial Com-
mission; the prospective Piqua
sesquicentennial celebration, 1946;
the Ohio Development and Publicity
Commission and many
others; he has added some 3000 items to
the Bibliography of
()hio History, in preparation; and has
given assistance to a num-
ber of professional individuals in
educational and governmental
circles.
The Research Associate has edited and
prepared for publica-
tion The War Records Collector, a
monthly publication of the
American Association for State and Local
History, of which he
is editor; the Communikay, monthly
publication of the Ohio War
History Commission, and others. His
publications include Schoen-
brunn and the Moravian Missions in
Ohio and Guide to the Paint-
ing, The Signing of the Treaty of
Greene Ville, both in collabora-
tion with Mary Jane Gorman Meyer, and
numerous articles and
reviews in various publications.
Since the establishment of the Ohio War
History Commis-
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sion, the Society has continued to
contribute to this activity by
furnishing supervision in the person of
a member of the staff.
During the past year the Research
Associate has assumed this
responsibility, with the title of
Director. The commission now
possesses the accounts of well over 100
Ohio industries during
the war years. The most extensive
collection of material received
during the year is the official records
of the Ohio State Council
of Defense. From these, Mary Jane Meyer,
secretary to the
commission, has written a history of the
council's activities. The
commission maintains contacts with
Federal war agencies, as the
War Production Board, Selective Service,
and the United States
Employment Service. Records of the WPB
in Ohio have been
made available to the commission, and
Selective Service in Ohio
keeps the commission informed as to
plans for disposition of its
records. The commission continues its
regular collecting proc-
esses, and the work of local commissions
continues to progress.
Division of State Memorials, Richard S. Fatig, Curator.
This division continued under the
curatorship of Erwin C. Zepp
until October 1, when Mr. Fatig,
erstwhile Supervisor of District
No. 4, was appointed to the position.
The activities of the division
for 1945 included general supervision and administration of
State
Memorials, planning of post-war
improvements, and promotion of
the Society's interests throughout the
State.
During the past seven years the division
has operated as four
districts, the actual supervision of the
field work being handled
by three field supervisors, the
assistant curator and the curator.
During this period the number of such
properties increased from
38 to 51. In the first two months of the
present administration
a careful survey of the entire field was
made. The data secured
indicated the necessity of revising the
field organization, due to
the greatly increased operating
responsibility. The resulting or-
ganization consists of seven districts,
each administered by a
supervisor.
Maintenance of the several areas was
limited to repairs, re-
conditioning, and necessary items of
upkeep, because of the con-
tinued shortage of materials. In
addition to the rehabilitation of
the Fort Ancient Museum, a new service
building was erected at
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Schoenbrunn to replace the structure
destroyed by fire in 1944.
Following the abandonment of gas
rationing, there was a notice-
able increase in visitation and use of
all Memorial areas. Attend-
ance for the year was 650,290, an
increase of 30 percent over 1944.
J. R. Lawwill returned from duty in the
Navy in December,
and resumed his connection with the
division as Landscape Archi-
tect. Edward C. Englehart of New
Philadelphia was appointed
Supervisor of District No. 7 as of
October 1. Headquarters of the
district are at Schoenbrunn Village
State Memorial. The curator
engaged actively in professional and
civic activities, attended con-
ventions, and made a number of addresses
during the year.
Additional Staff Activities.
Maintenance, Starling L. Eaton,
Superintendent. It has been
the aim of the Superintendent of
Maintenance to make of the
Museum and Library building a model for
other public buildings
in the matter of upkeep and condition,
and the fact that he fre-
quently is consulted in the matter is
significant of the efficiency of
the maintenance staff. In addition to
routine duties, the Super-
intendent has custody of the Society's
publication stock, incom-
ing and outgoing loan collections, and
others.
Public Relations, Irma P. Anderson,
Secretary. In 1945 the
Society received more publicity through
newspapers, periodicals
and other channels than in any previous
year. A total of 75 pub-
lications accorded the organization
space for feature and news
stories and editorial comments, as
compared with 42 during 1944,
a total of 375 separate items from
municipal, county, local and
neighborhood newspapers. At intervals
during the year Columbus
radio stations carried spot
announcements and interviews concern-
ing exhibitions, lectures and other
activities.
A total of 12,000 Calendars of Events
were distributed
through various agencies and
organizations. The secretary ad-
dressed 22 groups, comprising 515
individuals during the year
and, in addition, served as curator of
the Museum's collection of
textiles. She has done research on
textiles, particularly as re-
gards spinning and weaving, and
contributed an article on Ohio
Coverlets to the magazine, Antiques. As
a member of the Ex-
hibits Committee she was directly
responsible for several displays.
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Irene C. Stahl, Financial Secretary,
whose special duties are
reflected in the Treasurer's Report,
contributed liberally of her
time in assisting other departments and
staff members and made
talks before several groups. Cyril H.
Webster, the Museum's
Technician, has been most helpful in
many ways, particularly in
cooperation with the Vice Director.
Other members of the staff
who have contributed to the year's
accomplishments are Gertrude
Bell, Information Clerk, and P. Freeman
Mooney, Museum As-
sistant. Members of the Library staff
have cooperated freely
with the Museum personnel in a
coordinated effort to make cer-
tain the satisfactory functioning of the
organization.
SPECIAL SERVICES TO SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC
In addition to the regular service
rendered by the several
departments of the Museum and Library,
certain supplemental
services have been devised to meet
special needs. For those who
can and do visit the Museum building
there are available the dis-
plays and facilities of the Museum and
Library, together with
special exhibits, lecture courses and
conducted tours. For those
living in remoter districts of the State
who cannot visit the Mu-
seum in person, there is provided an
extensive Loan Collection
Service consisting of educational and
visual aids materials, which
are sent gratis by parcel post to
teachers and schools requesting
them. Also a series of radio
dramatizations of Ohio historical
subjects, on the Ohio School of the Air,
is maintained. An in-
formation service, through personal
inquiry, telephone and cor-
respondence, serves both groups.
The Loan Collection Service comprises 375 separate selec-
tions of archaeological, mineral and
insect specimens, historical
photographs, and natural history
kodachrome slides. During the
1944-45 school year, 569 collections
were requested by Ohio
schools and were studied by 100,000
students from third grade
through high school.
A total of 31 radio dramatizations were
sponsored over the
Ohio School of the Air during the year.
These programs, under
the title "Once Upon a Time in
Ohio," were presented weekly
over Station WOSU, and were based on
incidents and episodes
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in Ohio history. The scripts, written by
Margaret C. Tyler, were
produced by students of radio drama,
Ohio State University,
under direction of Edgar A. Sprague,
production manager of
WOSU. Scripts were planned and audited
by a Museum com-
mittee, of which Helen M. Mills of the
Library staff, who served
as narrator, was chairman.
Program with Columbus Schools. Miss Olive Clevenger,
teacher assigned to the Museum program
by the Columbus Public
Schools, has continued in charge since
inception of this service
in 1929. During 1944-45 a total of 312
school groups, compris-
ing 10,742 pupils, attended the Museum
classes. The popularity
of the Special Exhibits is reflected in
the fact that teachers sched-
uled more than 100 lessons on them.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Director takes this opportunity to
acknowledge the active
and helpful interest of officers,
trustees and members of the So-
ciety in the activities of the staff,
and to commend the continued
loyalty and industry of the staff
personnel. They have shown a
sustained interest in their professional
activities through affilia-
tion with professional, historical, and
scientific organizations and
have attended and participated in
meetings and conventions when-
ever this was possible.
Special thanks are due the Columbus Dispatch,
the Columbus
Citizen, the Ohio State Journal and other newspapers
throughout
the State for according the Society
publicity in their columns.
Radio stations WBNS and WOSU have
favored the Society on
numerous occasions.
RECOMMENDATIONS
With the completion of the prospective
addition to the So-
ciety's headquarters building and in
order to care for the growing
demands for service by the public, it is
imperative that additional
personnel and facilities be provided in
the immediate future. It
is recommended that the Board of
Trustees, at the next biennial
session of the State legislature,
request funds sufficient to meet
this need, and to complete the Museum
and Library building in
accordance with the existing master
plan.
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
The Secretary of the Society, Dr. Harlow
Lindley, who is
also Editor and Librarian, submits the
following report:
During the year 1945, three meetings of
the Board of Trus-
tees were held. The first of these was
the annual meeting of the
board held April 6, reported in the
July-September issue of the
Quarterly. The second meeting occurred July 6, and gave con-
sideration to three matters of
outstanding importance--the report
of a Committee on a Policy for the
Society, the report of a Com-
mittee on Salary Adjustments, and a
report on plans for perma-
nent improvements. All these reports
were approved and are on
file in the Secretary's office with the
official minutes. The third
meeting of the board was held September 21, at which time Presi-
dent Arthur C. Johnson, Sr., presented
to the members for their
consideration a set of fundamental
principles pointing the way to
the Society's objectives. These
principles were approved by the
members and a number of committees were
appointed to carry
them into action. At this meeting,
action was taken to establish
a McKinley Trust Fund to embody the
endowment of the Mc-
Kinley Memorial at Canton.
During the year three meetings of the
Executive Committee
were held as follows: January 31,
October 29, and November 26.
During 1945, 84 names were added to the
membership list.
These consisted of 58 annual members,
seven contributing mem-
bers, four sustaining members and 15
life members of whom 11
were honorary. The total membership of
the Society as of Jan-
uary 1, 1946, was 705 as compared with
621 at the beginning of
the year. The present membership is
classified as follows: 338
annual; 14 sustaining; 28 contributing;
325 life. Since the last
membership list was published in July,
1941, 193 new members
have been added; of this number, over
one-third joined the So-
ciety in 1945. Membership dues recorded
in the Secretary's office
amounted to $1265.43 for the year 1945
as compared with
$1182.99 for the year 1944.
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The sale of the Society's publications
through the Secretary's
office amounted to $2012.94, of which
sum $1290.75 was derived
from the sale of sets of the History
of the State of Ohio and
$722.19
from the sale of miscellaneous items,
making a total in-
come of $3278.37 from membership dues
and sale of books.
During the year the Secretary addressed
ten meetings in Ohio
and five outside the State. He gave the
Recognition Day address
at Earlham College in May and was guest
speaker at the annual
meeting of the West Virginia Historical
Society in October. He
was on the program of the annual meeting
of the Society of
American Archivists at Indianapolis in
October. He is a member
of the governing Council of the American
Association for State
and Local History.
Correspondence relating to the interests
of the Society was
heavier than usual because the Society
has become better known
in the State and outside the State.
The terms of service of Arthur C.
Johnson, Judge Carl V.
Weygandt, and A. C. Spetnagel as
trustees expire at the time of
the next annual meeting in April, 1946.
From year to year the Secretary of the
Society has made
various suggestions for new projects for
the Society. Due to
war conditions and other circumstances,
many of these sugges-
tions have not been acted upon, but, by
referring to the Secre-
tary's annual reports for previous
years, these may be found. In
connection with this report, he wants to
urge the completion of
the Bibliography of the History of Ohio
to supplement the six-
volume History of the State of Ohio and
the preparation, under
the direction of the Society, of a
Dictionary of Ohio Biography.
EDITORIAL REPORT
In addition to the publication of the
regular periodicals of
the Society--Museum Echoes and
the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Quarterly--the Secretary, who is ex-officio Editor
of the Society, assisted by Bertha E.
Josephson, editorial asso-
ciate, Clarence L. Weaver, assistant
editor, and Arthur D. Mink,
acting head of the Newspaper Department,
has been responsible
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for the publication of the Title List
of Ohio Newspapers com-
piled by Mr. Mink; The Amphibians of
Ohio, Part 1, The Frogs
and Toads (Order Salientia), by Charles F. Walker; and the
preparation of the manuscript on Union
List of Ohio Newspapers
Available in Ohio. This volume was also compiled by Mr. Mink
and went to press in 1945; it will be
available early in 1946. The
editorial department has also handled a
second edition of County
and Local Historical Material in the
Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society Library, compiled by Mr. Weaver and
Helen M. Mills.
THE LIBRARY
Helen M. Mills, of the Reference
Department, Mr. Weaver,
of the Cataloging Department, Mr. Mink,
of the Newspaper De-
partment, and Miss Josephson, of the
Department of Documents,
embracing historical manuscripts, maps,
broadsides, and public
archives, have filed detailed reports
with the Librarian for per-
manent record, and this brief report on
the Library is made from
these.
During the year 1560 volumes were added
to the Library's
collection. Of these 739 were purchased;
598 were gifts; 207
were obtained through exchanges; and 16
were review copies.
Two hundred and sixty-nine periodicals
were regularly secured,
of which 170 were obtained on exchange,
57 through gift, and
42 by regular paid subscriptions.
The Picture Collection is in the custody
of the Library and
2500 pictures were cataloged during the
year. The Reference
Librarian wrote 1200 letters and cards
to various parts of the
United States and Canada in answer to
historical and genealogical
inquiries and the Librarian himself
wrote 520 of a similar char-
acter. The Reference Department also
prepared 1000 books and
pamphlets for binding and 500 volumes
were completed and placed
in magafiles. Approximately 500
references were taken care of
in the Library including hundreds of
telephone calls. The head
of the Reference Department has also
given much time to the
radio program of the Society.
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QUARTERLY
The Newspaper Department carried out two
major programs
during the year: service to patrons, and
the preparation of the
two books referred to in the editorial
report. In spite of war
conditions which prevented the normal
use of the Newspaper
Department, 800 persons used the
department during the year;
service was rendered to 400 persons by
letters, and telephone calls
numbered 900.
During the year 72 collections, ranging
in size from one
item to large collections, were added to
the Department of Docu-
ments, and 110 collections of
manuscripts. Twelve map collec-
tions were added by gift and 17 by
purchase. A collection of
muster rolls numbering 176 items was
acquired through the office
of the Adjutant General of Ohio. In
addition to the State Ar-
chives received from the Adjutant
General's office and the 29
maps acquired, the manuscript
acquisitions for the year totaled
182 different collections and approximately 10,000 items. All of
these acquisitions have been examined,
wrapped, labelled and
given temporary cards in their
respective catalogs. A limited
number have already been cataloged
completely. In addition, cata-
loging has been completed on 94
collections of manuscripts and
these are listed in the January-March,
1946, issue of the Quarterly
as "Manuscript Catalog: Abb to
Camp." In addition to use by
various members of the Society's staff
for research and exhibit
purposes, and by faculty and students of
Ohio State University,
the manuscript collections have been
used by 47 persons from
outside the State.
The Library maintained a series of
library exhibits during
the year planned and executed by Miss
Josephson.
During the year the head of the
Department of Documents
was appointed program chairman for the
Society of American
Archivists and planned and carried
through the program of the
organization's annual meeting in
Indianapolis, November 6-7,
1945. She had an article in the July,
1945, issue of the Amer-
ican Archivist entitled "How Can We Improve Our Historical
Societies ?"
Many inquiries for State archival
information came from
individuals and organizations, but
principally from the various
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY 277
departments of the State of Ohio,
including particularly the Gov-
ernor's office and the Secretary of
State's office. Research in the
archival material is, however, most
unsatisfactory because the
Society lacks the means and personnel to
carry out the necessary
preliminary work preparing it for use. A
Public Records Com-
mission was created by the last General
Assembly and it is hoped
that this Society may find it
sympathetic and cooperative as re-
gards the State's valuable records.
The Cataloging Department of the Library
handled 3492
books during the year. Cards typed, read
and filed to catalog
the books amounted to 18,243.
Robert Clark, as bookbinder and
repairer, has rendered val-
uable service during the year and has
furthered the interests of
the Society in other ways. J. Edgar
Cantrell, on leave of absence
in essential war industry, returned to
his former position as as-
sistant in the Newspaper Department on
October 1, 1945. Four
members of the Library staff were still
on duty in national service
during the entire year: Lieutenant
Laurence H. Bartlett, Lieu-
tenant Andrew J. Ondrak, Jr., Lieutenant
(j.g.) Elizabeth C.
Biggert, and Sergeant Robert C. Wheeler.
In addition to those already mentioned
in this report, credit
should be given to Mrs. Winifred Smith,
Assistant Reference
Librarian, acting also as accession
clerk and file clerk, Adrian
Pickering, assistant in the Newspaper
Department, Miss Jane
Morgan, assistant in the Cataloging
Department, for faithful and
efficient services during the year. And
in conclusion a word of
appreciation is due Margaret Stutsman
who has not only served
efficiently as secretary to the Editor
and Librarian, but has also
rendered excellent service to the
Society in other departments.
278 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
QUARTERLY
REPORT OF THE
TREASURER
To the Trustees and
Members of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical
Society--
Following is a report
of the Receipts, Disbursements and
Balances of the
various accounts of the Society for the year 1945
with the exception of
The President William McKinley Fund
and the appropriation
contained in House Bill No. 477 of the
General Assembly of
Ohio for the 1945-1946 biennium.
In October the Society
entered into an Agency Agreement
with the Trust
Department of the Ohio National Bank of Colum-
bus in connection
with the McKinley Fund with the understanding
that the Trust
Department would report transactions concerning
the Fund on June 30
of each year. Due to this fact it was im-
possible to include
the McKinley Fund in this report. House
Bill No. 477 was an
Act "To create a post war reserve fund, to
make appropriations
for equipment and capital expenditures." A
total of $595,200 was
appropriated to the Society of which amount
$350,000 was for the
purpose of erecting a new wing to the
Museum and Library
Building. A full report of this appropri-
ation bill will be
made with the report for the year 1946:
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
COMBINED STATEMENT OF
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
STATE, CURRENT,
MEMORIAL AND PERMANENT FUNDS
FOR THE YEAR 1945
Balance, January 1, 1945................$ 50,638.96
Less: Portion
belonging to McKinley
Fund
............................ 5,392.54
Balance
......................$ 45,246.42
Receipts
Current Fund Income:
General Account
..........$ 3,611.33
U. S. Grant
Memorial...... 85.00
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John
Hancock Klippart Me-
morial ................. 49.35 3,745.68
Permanent
Fund Income:
Life
Memberships ........... 400.00
State
Memorials:
Concession Account
................. 13,128.61
State
Appropriations:
House
Bill No. 484 ........$222,680.00
Less:
Balance unused ...... 24,654.07 198,025.93
Total .......................... $260,546.64
Plus:
Cash Advanced Refunded
Current
Funds ............$ 324.50
Memorial
Funds ......... 1,519.18 1,843.68
Total
Receipts .................. ...... $262,390.32
Disbursements
Museum
and Library ..................$ 90,691.84
State
Memorials:
Administration ..................$ 9,277.40.
District
One
Mound
City (Headquarters) ......... 5,214.36
Big Bottom
........................ 450.51
Buffington
Island .................. 198.00
Fort
Hill ........................ 4,806.49
Leo Petroglyph
.................... 105.97
Logan
Elm ........................ 148.90
Renick Monument
..................
Seip
Mound ........................ 49.85
Serpent
Mound .................... 3,449.80
Tarlton
Cross ...................... 199.47
280 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
District Two
Fort Ancient
(Headquarters) ......... 10,113.52
Fort Ancient
Museum ................ 3,793.92
George
Rogers Clark ................. 2,236.89
Dunbar House
...................... 1,072.48
Fallen
Timbers ..................... 963.91
Fort Amanda
...................... 966.74
Fort
Jefferson ...................... 10.80
Fort
Recovery ...................... 1,468.94
Fort St.
Clair ....................... 2,856.53
Grant
Birthplace .................... 2,808.95
Grant School
House .................. 962.23
Harrison
Tomb ..................... 1,121.06
Miamisburg
Mound ................. 988.21
Rankin House
...................... 251.76
Greenville
Painting ................. 19,869.04
Greenville
Treaty ................... 9,998.16
Durbin Ward
House ................. 125.99
District
Three (Headquarters, Central Office)
Campus
Martius Museum ............ 7,737.96
Campbell
Mound .................... 71.25
Flint
Ridge ........................ 46.45
Hanby House
...................... 796.94
Hayes
Memorial .................... 8,828.35
Kelleys
Island ...................... 326.45
Mound
Builders .................... 2,883.91
Octagon ........................... 598.92
Our House
........................ 473.82
W right
............................ 6.20
District
Four
Schoenbrunn
Village (Headquarters).. 11,207.12
Custer
Monument ................... 25.00
Ft. Laurens
........................ 1,612.83
Garfield
House ..................... 2,832.07
Gnadenhutten
Monument ............ 107.25
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REPORT OF THE SOCIETY 281
McCook House ..................... 30.71
Zoar
Village ....................... 2,174.96
McKinley Tomb
.................... 223.63
Total ..........................$214,185.54
Plus: Cash Advances
................ 1,777.26
Total
Disbursements ...................... 215,962.80
Balance ..............................$ 46,427.52
To
prove:
Balance
in
Ohio
National Bank of Columbus, Main
Office,
Checking Account ...........$ 3,652.68
Ohio
National Bank of Columbus, Uni-
versity
Office, Checking Account ..... 3,049.59
Bolivar
State Bank, Bolivar, Checking
Account
......................... 198.04
Ohio
State Federal Savings and Loan,
Savings
Account No. 03482 .........
2,505.21
United
States Treasury Notes
No. 17187/88
..............$2,000.00
34131 .. . .............. 1,000.00
19593
.................. 1,000.00
C-17186 ............... 1,000.00
34129/30
............ 2,000.00
393616F/17F
.......... 148.00
C38741/42 ............. 200.00
22541A/42B
........... 2,000.00
7115E/16F/17H
........ 3,000.00
C38819/20 ............. 200.00
C654363/64
........... 2,000.00
C1112929
.............. 74.00
V154786F/87F ......... 7,400.00
22,022.00
282 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
QUARTERLY
United States Postal
Notes
No. 283394D/99D ..........$2,250.00
M641-615D/621D ...... 5,250.00
M1044399D/405D;
M1044407D/409D ....
7,500.00
15,000.00
$46,427.52
Represented by
Balances in
Current Fund:
Treasurer's General
Account ........$ 5,677.14
John Hamilton Kline
Memorial Fund. 2,398.04
U. S. Grant Memorial
Fund ......... 5,855.23
Fallen Timbers
Subscription Fund... 68.31
$ 13,998.72
Memorials Fund
.................. 7,049.59
John Hancock Klippart Fund
........ 2,505.21
Permanent Fund
.................. 22,874.00
$ 46,427.52
Respectfully
submitted,
OSCAR F. MILLER, Treasurer.
By: IRENE C. STAHL, Financial
Secretary.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1945
To THE OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, AND MEMBERS
OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
Herewith is submitted the Annual Report
of the Society for
the year 1945.
The cooperation and the many courtesies
which you have
shown to the staff personnel during the
year are greatly
appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
April 12, 1946. HENRY C. SHETRONE, Director.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
The year 1945 was a notable one in the
annals of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society. Beginning concur-
rently with a new Constitution, it
witnessed several events and
activities of more than usual
importance, and saw the beginning
of reconversion from war-time to
peace-time status.
The Constitution. In view of the rapid growth of the So-
ciety's activities and correspondingly
increased responsibilities the
former Constitution, which had served so
well during a long
period of years, no longer sufficed to
meet the needs of a new and
ever-changing world. The present Constitution, which was
adopted by the Society's membership in
1943, became effective
as of January 1, 1945.
Special Events and Activities.
The State legislature appropriated funds
for construction of
an addition to the Society's Museum and
Library building.
Three additional Memorial areas were
acquired and funds for
the purchase of two others were
provided, while construction
and additional acreage in several
Memorials were made possible
through legislative appropriation.
The Fort Ancient Archaeological Museum
building was re-
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