THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS*
The committee found that limitations of
time made it necessary
to rely on questionnaires in compiling a
bibliography of the historical
writings of Ohioans during the year
1949. Members of the Ohio
Academy of History, staff members of
departments of history in the
state's colleges and universities, and
officials of local historical societies
were asked to list their writings. In
relying on the use of the questionnaire
the committee was aware that the
bibliography would not be complete
but could discover no better way of
acquiring the desired information
in the time available to its members.
A tabulation of the items reported
reveals that there were twenty-
six articles and five books pertaining
to phases of the history of Ohio.
Twenty-three articles and four books
dealt with phases of the history
of the United States other than Ohio
topics. Only three articles in
modern European history and one on
ancient history were reported.
One scholar contributed four
bibliographical studies in the field of
modern European history. The final list
of publications also includes
two articles on Far Eastern history and
a chapter contributed to a book
on southern Asia.
This statistical summary indicates that
among those who chose to
write on historical subjects the vast
majority were interested in American
history and particularly in that segment
of the nation's history which took
place in Ohio. The major emphasis in
these writings is political but
there are a few notable exceptions where
the subjects are in the fields
of intellectual and social history. An
increasing number of Ohio his-
torians are manifesting an interest in
political protest movements. While
a few writers are now giving attention
to the progressive movement in
Ohio, no one reported a study of the
contributions of Ohio to political
and economic orthodoxy although few
would contend that these have
been slight. No studies of the history
of farming, of labor, or of
industry were reported although Ohio has
been a leader in both industry
* This report was presented to the Ohio
Academy of History at its annual meeting
at Columbus, April 21, 1950. It is published
at the request of the academy.
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