Ohio History Journal

Notes and Queries

 

The Ohio Museums Association (OMA), a nonprofit statewide organization

of nature centers, zoos, art, science, history, and natural history museums,

has located its headquarters at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus,

Ohio. Although separate from the Ohio Historical Society, the OMA pro-

vides workshops, conferences, annual meetings, and a monthly newsletter to

OHS and other organizations throughout the state in an effort to provide ed-

ucational opportunities for staff development and to foster up-to-date informa-

tion concerning museum techniques and administration. For further informa-

tion contact Jeanne Ontko Suchanek, Director, Ohio Museums Association,

1985 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211.

The Ohio Academy of History will hold its annual spring meeting at Wit-

tenberg University on Friday and Saturday, 15 and 16 April 1988.

The University of Toledo's Department of History in cooperation with the

National Council on Public History and The Forum For History and Business

will present the Mid-America Public History Conference on April 29-30, 1988.

The conference, to be held at The University of Toledo at SeaGate Centre (a

downtown convention facility), will feature such topics as: "History in Public

and Private Policy Analysis," "Making the Past Accessible to the Public,"

and "Exploring History Where People Live." Exhibit space will be available

at the conference center for individuals and groups interested in displaying

public history materials. For more information about the Mid-America Pub-

lic History Conference contact Diane F. Britton, Department of History, The

University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606-3390, (419) 537-2845.

The University of Cincinnati Social History Conference will be held Octo-

ber 22, 1988. Those interested in submitting papers should submit a one-

page typed abstract by May 16, 1988. For further information, contact Nina

Mjagkij, Chair, Social History Conference, Department of History, 360 Mc-

Micken Hall, Mail Location 373, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

45221.

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, has put out a

call for the art works of painter, lithographer, surveyor, and mapmaker, Hen-

ry Walton (1804-1865), and for any information which would assist an exhibit

and catalogue in progress. Walton is known to have gone to California and

Michigan from New York State. Any information about Henry Walton, his

wife Jane B. Orr, or works with his signature would be welcome. To assist the

project, please contact Leigh Rehner Jones, Visiting Curator, 50 Balmville

Road, Newburgh, New York 12550.

John C. Fredriksen recently announced a publication agreement with

Edwin Mellen Press regarding his proposed reference book, The War of 1812:

An Illustrated Encyclopedia, and seeks contributions. The editor, hoping to

promote a truly comprehensive text with an international perspective-

encompassing all military, political, diplomatic, Native American, social, ar-

chival, and economic aspects of the war-is particularly interested in hearing

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from Canadian and British scholars. To contact, write to John C. Fredriksen,

7010 Jordan Avenue #5, Canoga Park, CA 91303.

At the 1987 Spring Meeting, the Ohio Academy of History awarded its

Distinguished Service Award to Stuart Givens of Bowling Green State Uni-

versity and Richard Smith of Ohio Wesleyan, the Publication Award (for

best book published by an Academy member during 1986) to Joseph H.

Lynch of The Ohio State University, and the Teaching Award to Ronald

Lora of the University Toledo.

The Kentucky Historical Society recently presented several important

awards for distinguished research and writing on Kentucky history. The

Governor's Award, given every four years for an outstanding book-length

contribution, was shared by Professor James A. Ramage of Northern Ken-

tucky University for his 1986 Rebel Raider: The Life of General John Hunt

Morgan, and by Professor George C. Wright of the University of Texas for his

1985 Life Behind A Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865-1930. The annual

Richard H. Collins Award was presented to Professor William E. Ellis of

Eastern Kentucky University for his article " 'The Harvest Moon Was Shin-

in' on the Streets of Shelbyville': Southern Honor and the Death of General

Henry H. Denhardt, 1937," which appeared in the Autumn 1986 issue of The

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society.

The New York State Historical Society recently announced its 1987

awards: The 1987 Kerr History Prize for best article in New York History to

Peter Francis, Jr., for his article, "The Beads That Did Not Buy Manhattan

Island," which appeared in the January 1986 issue; and a joint award of the

New York State Historical Association Manuscript Award to Elisabeth Perry

of Vanderbilt University for "Belle Moskowitz: Feminine Politics and the Ex-

ercise of Power in the Age of Alfred E. Smith," and to Matthew Dennis of

the University of California at Riverside for "Cultivating a Landscape of

Peace: The Iroquois New World."

Recent publications which might be of interest to our readers include: A

Guide to Major Manuscript Collections Accessioned and Processed by the Li-

brary of The Western Reserve Historical Society Since 1970, compiled by

Kermit J. Pike, published by the Western Reserve Historical Society; The

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, compiled and edited by David D. Van

Tassel and John J. Grabowski, published by the Indiana University Press in

association with the Case Western Reserve University; The City of Marietta,

Ohio: 1788-1987, A Bibliography, by Robert Frank Cayton, published by the

Marietta College Dawes Memorial Library; The Encyclopedia of American Re-

ligions, second edition supplement, by J. Gordon Melton, published by Gale

Research Company of Detroit, Michigan; an exhibition catalog and antholo-

gy, " . . Schools and The Means of Education Shall Forever Be Encouraged."

A History of Education in the Old Northwest, 1787-1880, edited by Paul H.

Mattingly and Edward W. Stevens, Jr., published by the Ohio University

Library; A Guide to Manuscript Collections of the Indiana Historical Society

and Indiana State Library, by Eric Pumroy with Paul Brockman, published

by the Indiana Historical Society; The Industrial Belt: An Annotated Bibliog-

raphy, by Thomas J. Schlereth, published by Garland Publishing, Inc.;

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and four works, A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly,

Volume 1: 1816-1899, Volume 2: 1901-1984, The Centennial History of the Indi-

ana General Assembly, 1816-1978, by Justin E. Walsh, and A Century of

Achievement: Black Hoosiers in the Indiana General Assembly, 1881-1986, by

Alan F. January and Justin E. Walsh, published by the Select Committee on

the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly in cooperation with

the Indiana Historical Bureau.

Recent reprints include: Harry N. Scheiber's Ohio Canal Era: A Case

Study of Government and the Economy 1820-1861 by the Ohio University/

Swallow Press; R. David Edmunds' The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire by

The University of Oklahoma Press; Rose Pesotta's Bread Upon The Waters

by the ILR Press/New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Cornell University; and three books, Clarence W. Alvord's The Illinois Coun-

try, 1673-1818, Theodore C. Pease's The Frontier State, 1818-1848, and Ar-

thur C. Cole's The Era of The Civil War, 1848-1870, in the Sesquicentennial

History of Illinois series by the University of Illinois Press.

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