Notes and Queries
The National Historical Publications and
Records Commission is pleased to
announce that The Ohio Historical
Society is one of more than 10,000
institutions and organizations
throughout the country participating in the
production of a Directory of
Repositories of Historical Records. The guide,
which will provide summary information
on historical records of all types in as
many repositories as possible, is
expected to include many more institutions
than any prior publication in this field.
The directory will employ an automated
system permitting periodic revision and
update as well as computer-generated
printing. The system will permit the
production of small directories for
individual states or other areas. In
addition to summary information about the
geographical, chronological, subject,
and other characteristics of the records
held by each repository, the directory
will list the name, address, telephone
number, and hours and days of service of
each institution.
The editors of the Black Abolitionist
Papers Editorial Project, funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities
and the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission,
seek assistance in locating
correspondence, speeches, editorials,
and any other primary source materials of
black abolitionists from the period 1830
to 1865. Although the project is topical,
it focuses on nine prominent figures:
William Wells Brown, The Fortens
(Robert-James-Charlotte), Henry Highland
Garnet, William C. Nell, J. W. C.
Pennington, Charles Lenox Remond, Samuel
Ringgold Ward, David Ruggles,
and J. McCune Smith. Any assistance in
locating documents will ge greatly
appreciated. Contact the project at 100
Main Hall, University of Wisconsin, La
Crosse, Wisconsin 54601.
The Forest History Society has
established a biennial $500 award to the author
of the best book published in the field
of North American forest and conservation
history. An independent panel of judges
will evaluate nominated titles. The first
award will be given in 1977 for books
published in 1975 and 1976. Anyone
wishing to submit a nomination should
contact the Society at Box 1581, Santa
Cruz, California 95061.
Two recent articles on aspects of Ohio
history appearing in other journals are
"The Mercy Hospital Controversy
among Cleveland's Afro-American Civic
Leaders, 1927," by William Griffin,
Associate Professor of History at Indiana
State University, in The Journal of
Negro History, LXI, No. 4 (October 1976),
327-50; and "The Disappearance of
Ohio Yearly Meeting (Hicksite)," by Bruce
Crauder, in Quaker History, LXV,
No. 2 (Autumn 1976), 93-99.
Readers of Ohio History may want
to make note of the following recent
publications. The Library of Congress
has announced the publication of The
John Dunlap Broadside: The First
Printing of the Declaration of Independence,
by Frederick R. Goff. This is a detailed
account of the first printing of the
Declaration and contains large
photographs of early editions and background
notes on each. The book is available
from the Information Office, Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540; cost
is $15.00 hardbound and $7.00