TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE OHIO
STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
May 31, 1911.
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the
Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society was held
in the Hunter Society
Room, Page Hall, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, at
two o'clock P. M., Wednesday, May 31,
1911. The following
members were present:
Prof. M. R. Andrews, Marietta,
Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal Winchester,
Mr. A. J. Baughman, Mansfield,
Mr. H. E. Buck, Delaware,
Mr. C. H. Gallup, Norwalk,
Hon. J. W. Harper, Cincinnati,
Mr. Almer Hegler, Washington, C. H.,
Prof. W. C. Mills, Columbus,
Mr. E. O. Randall, Columbus,
Mr. L. P. Schaus, Columbus,
Mr. Z. T. Smith, Upper Sandusky,
Dr. H. A. Thompson, Dayton,
Dr. H. O. Whittaker, New Burlington,
Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus,
Dr. G. F. Wright, Oberlin,
Mr. W. Z. Zuck, Columbus.
Messages of regret, because of their
inability to attend the
meeting, were received from M. B.
Bushnell, B. F. Prince, R.
E. Hills, D. J. Ryan, N. B. C. Love and
C. S. Dana.
The meeting was called to order by the
President, Dr. G.
Frederick Wright, who stated that the
first thing in order would
be the reading of the minutes of the
last Annual Meeting.
Secretary Randall said he would follow
his habitual custom
in regard to the reading of the minutes
by simply referring the
members of the society to the published
report of the meeting
in our annuals. From the written report
which he had in hand
detailing at length the proceedings of
the last Annual Meeting,
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336 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
he had made a condensation which appears
in the published an-
nual of our Society for 1910. To that abbreviated report, he
referred the members of the Society. It
would take an hour
to read the full stenographic report
from the volume of minutes.
The Secretary then briefly reviewed the
chief points of the last
Annual Meeting from the published report
of Volume 19. These
minutes, as thus disposed of, were
approved by a vote of the
Society.
The Secretary then read in substance his
annual report,
covering the past year of the
proceedings of the Society.
REPORT OF SECRETARY.
MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
June 30th (1910) a meeting of the
Trustees, all of whom had
been notified of the meeting, was held
at 8:30 A. M., at the residence of
Colonel Webb C. Hayes, Spiegel Grove,
Fremont, Ohio. There was pres-
ent a majority of the Board of Trustees
as follows: Messrs. Andrews,
Bareis, Baughman, Buck, Harper, Hills,
Prince, Randall, Schaus, Thomp-
son, Wright and Mills. The meeting had
been called for the purpose
of considering the proposals of Colonel
Webb C. Hayes, who had pre-
viously (March 30, 1909) deeded to the
State of Ohio under the cus-
todianship of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society, ten
acres of Spiegel Grove, embracing the
part facing on Buckland Avenue
and including the historic Harrison
Trail. That deed had been accepted
by the Society, approved as to form by
the Attorney General of the
State, properly recorded with the
Recorder of Sandusky County at Fre-
mont and delivered July 13th, 1909, to
the Auditor of State, its legal
custodian. A full account of this
transaction is found in the pub-
lished report of the last annual
meeting.
Colonel Hayes at this meeting (June 30,
1910) proposed to deed
to the State of Ohio, under the
custodianship of the Ohio State Arch-
aeological and Historical Society, its
use and benefit, the remaining fif-
teen acres of Spiegel Grove. Said
donation to be in two separate deeds,
one for ten acres, the portion facing on
Hayes Avenue. This deed was
similar to the one for the previous ten
acres, save as to certain require-
ments of care and preservation and
conditions of its use by the students
of a normal school, should any such be
located at Fremont. This deed
was dated March 10, 1910, and was
accepted by the Trustees of the
Society. It was later approved as to
form by the Attorney General of
the State, recorded by the Sandusky
County Recorder on November 15,
1910, and delivered by Secretary Randall
to the Auditor of State, No-
vember 22, 1910. That left the five acre
portion for final disposition.
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For this acreage a conditional deed by
Colonel Hayes was drawn and
placed in the hands of Secretary
Randall. This deed provided that the
five acres in question would be
transferred to the State of Ohio under the
custodianship of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society
for its use and benefit upon the
condition that said Society should
within three years erect or cause to be
erected on said grounds a fire
proof building for the Hayes Library and
Museum. When such build-
ing was erected the Society should come,
through the donation of
Colonel Hayes, into possession of the
Haves Library, consisting of thou-
sands of rare and valuable Americana,
the documents and papers of the
Hayes presidential administration and
the collection of foreign and his-
torical relics now possessed by Colonel
Hayes. The Hayes residence,
however, is to be retained in the
trusteeship of certain named trustees
for the use and occupancy now and
hereafter of the Hayes heirs. This
munificient offer of Colonel Hayes was
likewise accepted by the Trus-
tees, subject of course to their ability
to fulfill the conditions of the
proposed gift.
At this meeting the following Standing
Committees for the Society
were appointed for the ensuing year:
FORT ANCIENT: Messrs. Prince, Martzolff
and Mills.
MUSEUM AND LIBRARY: Messrs. Wright,
Schaus and Gallup.
FINANCE: Messrs. Wood, Ryan and Bareis.
PUBLICATION: Messrs. Ryan, Randall and
Wood.
SERPENT MOUND: Messrs. Harper, Randall
and Prince.
BIG BOTTOM PARK: Messrs. Martzolff,
Bareis and Gallup.
SPIEGEL GROVE: Messrs. Wright, Ryan and
Randall.
After the meeting of the Trustees, at
the invitation of Colonel
Hayes, the Trustees took automobiles and
accompanied by Senator T.
A. Dean and several prominent citizens
of Fremont and several ladies
of the Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the party
proceeded to Port Clinton and visited
the site of Old Fort Sandusky.
From Port Clinton a launch conveyed the
party to Put-in-Bay Island,
where landing was made and the site of
the proposed Perry's Victory
monument was inspected.
The party returned to Fremont in the
evening.
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* * *
Following up the matter to its
conclusion, of the securing of the
Spiegel Grove property and the
fulfillment of the conditions for the
acquiring of the Hayes Library,
Secretary Randall stated that the Society
had first hoped, with a hope amounting
to almost expectation, that the
State Normal School Commission,
appointed by Governor Harmon for
the selection of two State Normal School
sites, and consisting of Messrs.
C. L. Martzolff, W. H. Johnson, L. D.
York, J. S. Hummel and N. J.
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338 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Catrow, would
decide upon Fremont as the proper place for the north-
west Normal
School. In that event the State could properly erect the
library
building for the Normal School and the Society combined upon
the grounds of
Spiegel Grove, which would make an unsurpassed cam-
pus for the
said School. But this expectation was frustrated by the
selection on
the part of the Normal School Commission of Bowling
Green for the
northwest school site.
This project
having failed the officers of the Society opened nego-
tiations with
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, with a view to securing from him
the amount
required for the Hayes Library Building. Personal visits
were made upon
Mr. Carnegie in behalf of the Society by President G.
F. Wright,
Trustee Myron T. Herrick and Col. Webb C. Hayes. After
various plans
had been considered and some partially agreed upon, in
April (1911)
Mr. Carnegie offered the Society the sum of $60,000 for a
building,
provided the Society or the County of Sandusky would, in ad-
dition to
housing the Hayes Library therein, conduct a county circulating
library for the
maintenance of which $6,000 annually were to be raised
by the Society
or county. This amount of maintenance the County
Commissioners
took under consideration, with little likelihood of ac-
ceding to the
proposition, when the problem was solved by the appro-
priation by the
Legislature of $50,000 as hereinafter related.
LEGISLATIVE
APPROPRIATIONS.
As to the
regular appropriations asked and obtained by the Society,
the following
statement is made:
In accordance
with their previous appointment by the Board of
Trustees, the
Treasurer (Wood) and Secretary (Randall) of the So-
ciety and the
two Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Bareis and Ryan, met on
December 16th
(at the house of Secretary Randall) and made out the
following
budget to be asked of the forthcoming (1911) Legislature.
Current
Expenses .......................................... $3,000.00
(This is $300
more than has ever before been requested).
Field Work,
Fort Ancient and Serpent Mound...............
2,500.00
(To this sum
$300 was further asked on account of the
care of
Spiegel Grove)
............................ 300.00
Publications ................................................. 3,300.00
(The same which
has been asked for the past three
years).
When the matter
of Spiegel Grove was brought before the Finance
Committee of
the House by Secretary Randall, he explained to the Com-
mittee that the
two deeds by Col. Hayes to the State of Ohio for the
Society
covering ten acres each, respectively, of Spiegel Grove, had been
accepted by him
(the Secretary) for the Society, he had taken them each
to the Attorney
General, who had simply endorsed them "Approved in
Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting. 339
Form by the Attorney General." The
Attorney General maintained that
this property deeded direct to the State
could not be accepted by the
State except by a Special act of the
Legislature or by some act of the
Legislature acknowledging
possession. The Secretary therefore
fully
explained to the Finance Committee (of
the House) that by appropriat-
ing the $300 for the care of Spiegel
Grove the Legislature legally ac-
cepted the property for the State. In
the appropriation bill for 1912 the
same sums were asked as above.
The budget committee of the Society also
agreed at its meeting to
insert in the budget asked the sum of
$50,000 for each year (1911-1912),
making $100,000 in all, for the erection
and equipment of a building to
be located-as understood-on the campus
of the Ohio State Univer-
sity. That item read in each bill:
"Building for Museum and Library
purposes to cost $100,000 complete,
$50,000."
In the second appropriation bill (1912)
the House Committee of
its own volition inserted the sum of
$7,000 for the republication of the
20 annual volumes-including the one for
1911-five sets each to be
furnished the members of the
Legislature, and the balance of the total
publications printed to go to the
Society for its disposition.
There appeared before the Finance
Committee of the House, in
behalf of these appropriations, (except
the one of $7,000), Dr. W. O.
Thompson, Dr. G. F. Wright, Prof. W. C.
Mills and Mr. E. O. Ran-
dall. No hearing was had before the
Finance Committee of the Senate.
Both bills were introduced in the House
and passed without any
opposition whatever to the items for our
Society. On reaching the
Senate the bills were referred to the
Senate Finance Committee and
there approved, and the day that they
were to be reported out-two
weeks before the final adjournment of
the Legislature-Secretary Ran-
dall was summoned to the cloak room of
the Senate, in which were con-
vened Chairman H. L. Goodbread of the
House Finance Committee, and
other members of the House Committee,
and Senator W. N. Shaffer,
Chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, and other members. The
statement was made to Secretary Randall
that this joint committee
meeting had agreed to all of the items
asked for by the Society in the
two bills and in addition were prepared
to insert the sum of $50,000,
$20,000 in each bill, for the erection
of a building at Spiegel Grove,
$5,000 in each bill for the improvement
of Hayes and Buckland Avenues.
Items for the amendments, in proper form
for insertion in the two
bills, were at once prepared and
inserted in each bill as follows:
For erection and equipment of Hayes
Commemorative Library
and Museum Building, on Spiegel Grove,
Fremont, same
to be property of the State of Ohio,
under custodianship
of the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society,
to confirm title with conditional
donation by Col. Webb C.
Hayes, to cost complete,
$40,000.00...................... $20,000.00
340 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
For the proportion of the State of Ohio
on account of im-
provement of abutting property of the
Spiegel Grove State
Park for the street paving (1,300 ft.)
on Hayes and
(2,000 ft.) on Buckland Avenues, State's
proportion com-
plete, $10,000.00 .
.............................. . $5,000.00
The appropriation bills with the
amendments in question were re-
ported out of the Finance Committee to
the Senate. Owing to disagree-
ments between the House and Senate, as
to other amendments, both
appropriation bills then went to a
Conference Committee where they re-
mained until May 31st-the day of the
Annual Meeting of the Society
-when the Legislature met for final
adjournment. On this day named
both bills finally passed the House and
the Senate and on June 14th
Governor Harmon signed both bills,
thereby approving all appropria-
tions for the Society. Thus the Society
secured two long desired and
deserved buildings at the hands of the
79th General Assembly.
For the successful outcome of their
efforts the officers and mem-
bers of the Society are greatly indebted
to Chairman H. L. Goodbread
(Wyandot), of the House Finance
Committee and his associate mem-
bers, R. M. Billingslea (Butler), John
Cowan (Putnam), P. A. Walling
(Pickaway), H. Fellinger (Cuyahoga), H.
M. Finley (Morgan), R. R.
Kennedy (Allen), A. P. Black (Ashland),
G. M. Wilber (Union),
Hanby R. Jones (Franklin), F. R.
Gusweiler (Hamilton), J. L. Pocock
(Paulding), and E. E. Miller (Monroe);
and also to Chairman W. N.
Shaffer (Paulding), of the Senate
Finance Committee and his associate
members, T. A. Dean (Sandusky), G. K.
Cetone (Montgomery), I. A.
Huffman (Butler), C. H. Keller (Lucas),
John Krause (Cuyahoga),
E. T. Crawford (Carroll), L. R. Andrews
(Lawrence), S. F. McDonald
(Ashtabula), H. L. Yount (Darke), F. T.
Dore (Seneca), and William
Green (Coshocton).
The appropriations for the Society met with
almost universal ap-
proval by the members both of the House
and the Senate. The regular
appropriations (for the Society) and the
items for a permanent building
in Columbus met with no adverse vote or
criticism and the Spiegel
Grove amendment met with slight
objection and that only in the House.
The Society is especially indebted to
Senator Thomas A. Dean of Fre-
mont, for the appropriation secured for
the Spiegel Grove Library and
Museum Building.
These appropriations with the facilities
and opportunities they afford
the Society will place it in the front
rank of similar state societies in this
country.
In this consummation acknowledgment
should be made to the friendly
cooperation of Governor Harmon, who for
many years has been a Life
Member of the Society and who has
participated in several of its public
proceedings and always when called upon
been active in its interests.
Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting. 341
PUBLICATIONS.
It will be recalled that in the
legislative appropriation bill for 1910
was the item for $6,000 for the
reprinting of the (then) 18 volumes of
the Society's annuals. Those volumes
were reprinted and five complete
sets sent (in December, 1910) to the
members of the 78th General As-
sembly. During the year 1910 the usual
four Quarterlies were issued,
making the 19th volume of the Society,
regarded as one of the best
ever issued. It contains the first
installment of the Zeisberger manu-
scripts on the Ohio Indians. The January Quarterly for 1911 was
promptly issued and the April Quarterly
is in process of appearance.
The Society also has in press and will
issue in a short time, a
volume on the "Poems on Ohio,"
being an anthology of all poems that
can be found relating to Ohio. Some 150
have been collected by Prof.
C. L. Martzolff who also annotates the
volume. One thousand copies
will be issued.
ITINERARY OF SECRETARY.
Since the last Annual Meeting (May 13,
1910), the Secretary as
representative of the Society made the
following trips:
May 24-26. Represented the Society at
the Annual Meeting of the
Mississippi Valley Historical Society at
Iowa City, Ia. Addressed the
meeting, giving report of the work done
by our Society.
June 30th. Attended Trustee meeting at
Spiegel Grove.
July 29th to August 5th. Attended annual
meeting at Madison,
Wis., of the Wisconsin Archaeological
Society. Addressed the meeting
on the archaeological work of the Ohio
Society. Spent several days in
the Manuscript Department of the
Wisconsin Historical Society, selecting
manuscripts on Ohio history from the
Draper collection and had tran-
scripts made for the publication in the
Ohio Society's Quarterly.
September 9th. In company with
Vice-President Ryan, went to
Cincinnati to consult with members of
the Society in Cincinnati, con-
cerning a proposed banquet of the
Cincinnati members of the Society.
Finally determined not to hold such
banquet.
September 22d. With Vice-President Ryan,
visited Spiegel Grove
to confer with local authorities
concerning the proposed Hayes Library
Building.
October 27th. Attended annual meeting of the Ohio Society,
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Addressed the meeting on the
work of our Society and the value of
marking historic sites.
November 11th. With Curator Mills and
Trustee Schaus inspected
the locality of Flint Ridge in Licking
County.
PERRY'S VICTORY CENTENNIAL.
The Secretary reported concerning the
Perry's Victory Centennial
and the relation of our Society to it,
that an advisory historical and
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educational committee had been appointed
by the Perry's Victory Com-
mission to cooperate with said
commission. The historical committee
was as follows: Dr. G. Frederick Wright,
President of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society,
Oberlin; C. H. Gallup, President
of the Firelands Historical Society,
Norwalk; Prof. Isaac J. Cox, Pres-
ident of the Ohio Valley Historical
Society, Cincinnati; William H.
Cathcart, President of the Western
Reserve Historical Society, Cleve-
land; D. K. Hollenbeck, President of the
Maumee Valley Historical
Society, Perrysburg; E. O. Randall,
Secretary of the Ohio State Arch-
aeological and Historical Society,
Columbus. The educational Committee
was as follows: President A. B. Church,
Buchtel College, Akron; Pres-
ident Charles W. Dabney, University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati; President E.
W. Hunt, Denison University, Granville;
President C. E. Miller, Heidel-
berg University, Tiffin; Prof. E. E.
Brandon, Miami University, Oxford;
President A. T. Perry, Marietta College,
Marietta; Prof. A. S. Root,
Oberlin College, Oberlin; Prof. C. L.
Martzolff, Ohio University, Athens;
President Charles F. Thwing, Western
Reserve University, Cleveland;
Prof. R. T. Stevenson, Ohio Wesleyan
University, Delaware; President
Charles G. Heckert, Wittenberg
University, Springfield; President
William O. Thompson, Ohio State
University, Columbus; President
Walter G. Clippinger, Otterbein
University, Westerville.
These committees, or most of the members
named, met at the
Chittenden Hotel, Columbus, on October
10, 1910, Mr. Webster P. Hunt-
ington, Secretary of the Ohio Perry's
Victory Commission, having charge
of the meeting. Dr. W. O. Thompson was
made chairman and the
afternoon was spent in discussing plans
for the historical and educa-
tional features of the proposed
centennial.
A committee of five members from those
present was appointed
to prepare and report at a later meeting
a tentative program relative to
the historical and educational interests
of the proposed celebration. That
committee as named consists of Messrs.
Gallup, Randall, Stevenson,
Cathcart and Root.
The meeting adjourned, subject to the
call of this special sub-com-
mittee.
TRUSTEES APPOINTED.
On May 9th (1911) Governor Harmon
appointed B. F. Prince and
E. O. Randall Trustees of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society for the term ending February 18,
1914. Both these were re-
appointments.
Prof. B. F. Prince was first appointed a
trustee by Governor Bush-
nell in 1899 and was reappointed by
Governor Nash, 1902; by Governor
Herrick in 1905; and by Governor Harris
in 1908 and now by Governor
Harmon in 1911.
Mr Randall was first appointed by
Governor William McKinley in
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1893; he was subsequently reappointed by Governor
Bushnell, (twice)
1896 and 1899; by Governor Nash, 1902; by Governor
Herrick, 1905;
by Governor Harris, 1908; and now by Governor Harmon in
1911.
LIFE MEMBERS.
Since the last Annual Meeting of the Society the
following per-
sons have qualified as Life Members of the Society:
Mr. Waldo C. Moore, Lewisburg,
Mr. Basil Meek, Fremont,
Mrs. Eleanora C. Alms, Cincinnati,
Dr. W. B. Rosamond, Gilmore,
Mr. David E. Phillips, Columbus,
Prof. A. B. Stout, Madison, Wis.,
Miss Julia M. Haynes, Fremont,
Mr. Birchard A. Hayes, Toledo,
Mrs. Fanny Hayes Smith, Annapolis, Md.,
Prof. W. H. Venable, Cincinnati.
In conclusion the Secretary, after stating recognition
was due Prof.
W. C. Mills for his tireless, indefatigable and
effective aid rendered in
the campaign with the legislature for the appropriation
for the build-
ings, congratulated the members of the Society on the
bright outlook
for the future. It passed last year the 25th
anniversary, the first quar-
ter of a century. The officers have struggled
patiently, zealously and
faithfully in behalf of the purposes of the Society.
"Some of us," said
be, "Dr. Wright, Dr. H. A. Thompson, D. J. Ryan,
G. F. Bareis and others
recall the early days when the affairs bore a
discouraging outlook, but
now the silver lining behind the late clouds has burst
into a golden
shower of riches for the Society. Its future was
assured and achieve-
ments of large measure are within easy
accomplishment."
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
(For the year ending May 1, 1911).
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, May
1, 1910................................ $1,497 02
Life M
embership Dues
...... ................................ 100 00
Active M
embership Dues
..................................... 99 00
Subscriptions ............................................... 23 75
Rebate on Fire Insurance...
................................ 1 80
Athletic Association, O. S. U. (printing, etc.)
................. 13
00
Logs sold at Fort Ancient ............... .................... 16 07
Books sold ................................................. 131
30
Interest .........................................
........... 379 23
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Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
From Treasurer of State:
Appropriation for current Expenses
..................... 2,842
41
Appropriation
for Publications
.......................... 2,722 52
Appropriation for Field Work, etc
...................... 2,403
80
Appropriation for Reprinting Publications
............... 6,000
00
Total
.............................................. $16,229 90
DISBURSEMENTS.
Express, Freight and
Drayage ................................ $226 94
Expenses of Trustees and Committees
........................ 276
90
Field W ork ................................................. 660 60
Big Bottom Park ............. ............................. 6 00
Fort Ancient,
Care and Repair............................... 362 25
Serpent Mound, Care and
Repair............................. 251
00
Spiegel Grove Park
.......................................... 126 90
Publications ................................................. 2,662 67
Reprinting Publications
..................................... 6,000
00
Salaries (3) ................................................. 2,300 00
M useum and Library......................................... 857 69
Job Printing
................................................ 4
00
Postage
......................................... .......... 65 74
Sundry Expenses
........................................... 35
46
Refunded
to State Treasurer ............................ .... 105 47
Transferred to Permanent Fund
............................. 615
00
Balance on hand, M ay
1st, 1911 ............................... 1,573 28
Total ..................................................
$16,229 90
The Permanent Fund now amounts to seven thousand five
hundred
and fifty dollars ($7,550.00).
Respectfully submitted,
E. F. WOOD, Treasurer.
REPORT OF CURATOR.
Prof. Mills as Curator and Librarian made a detailed
report of
the work accomplished in those departments during the
past year.
The making of the Archaeological Atlas has rapidly
progressed
towards completion and of the 88 counties in the state
67 are now
practically complete, leaving but 21 to be examined and
mapped. An-
other year will see the work in its full
accomplishment.
Recommendation was made that the Society carry on
explorations
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during the coming (1911) summer and that
the work upon the Atlas
be delayed until the early autumn.
The following additions have been made
to the museum during the
year.
Mr. Almer Hegler, Washington C. H.; two
additions to his already
donated collection, consisting of axes,
celts, arrow and spear points, and
grave artifacts, found in Fayette
county.
Mr. William Stout of Scioto county;
several fine spear points,
some of them of a type peculiar to the
county.
Mr. Philip Hinkle, Cincinnati; casts of
the Cadle and the Turpin
pipes; also, a collection of pottery,
hammer stones, celts and axes picked
up on the village site of the Turpin
farm.
The Rev. C. G. Watson, Washington, D.
C.; a pipe found in War-
ren county about the year 1850.
Prof. Ross C. Purdy; a number of ceramic
specimens consisting
of reef tile and brick made in Ohio as
early as 1812.
Mr. S. H. Canmacher, Columbus; a number
of archaeological speci-
mens which he had taken from Inca graves
in Peru, consisting of woven
fabrics.
The Tribune Printing Company, Covington;
an old Adams printing
press, the first one of its kind used in
Ohio.
Mr. Harlow Park, Logansport, Ind.; a wooden ink-stand which
was thrown out of a window of the old
Ohio State House during the
fire in 1852.
Mr. Henry Buck, Delaware; an old drug
sign printed in Columbus
in 1838.
Mr. William Korst, Chillicothe; a
Philippine ethnological collection
secured by him in the Philippines in
1900.
Mr. G. W. Starrett, Columbus; a section
of one of the first At-
lantic cables.
The Hon. C. C. Muhlbach, member of the
79th General Assembly
from Highland county; a small
archaeological collection of special in-
terest and value.
Mr. F. C. Hite, Thornville; a wooden
shovel made in Thorn town-
ship, Perry county, in 1802.
Mr. John Ross, Malta; two archaeological
specimens consisting of
a grooved stone axe and a large spear
point found in that section.
Mr. George S. Porter, formerly of
Columbus but now of Chicago,
loaned a large collection of
ethnological specimens from the Orient.
Mr. Pearl J. Smith, Chillicothe; an
archaeological collection taken
from a mound directly south of that
city.
Prof. and Mrs. A. E. Vinson, Tucson,
Arizona, presented a Navaho
metate.
During the year the library has made
great progress and the records
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now show 4,263 bound volumes entered
upon the accession book. The
growth has been constant and steady from
exchanges and donations.
During the year Mr. Henry Buck,
Delaware, presented the Society
50 volumes of old books pertaining to
early Ohio history.
Prof. E. O. Randall presented the
Society Ridpath's History of the
World in 8 volumes and a complete set of
the latest edition of the Ency
clopedia Americana, in sixteen octavo
volumes.
The Society has also received from the
Virginia State Library a
set of the journals of the House of
Burgesses. This set of journals
will be completed in fifteen volumes;
eight of which have been printed.
During the year the Curator has visited
many museums in the East;
especially those of Boston, Salem,
Andover, New York City, and Wash-
ington. The object being to secure, if
possible, the latest designs in
museum construction.
CHANGES IN THE CONSTITUTION.
It was proposed that the constitution be
changed to the effect
that in Article II, Section I, the
membership of the Society be
divided into three classes, instead of
four as heretofore, and
that the Corresponding Members class be
eliminated. This was
proposed because the Corresponding
Members had been of little
or no avail to the Society. Such members
had heretofore been
entitled to the publications of the
Society; moreover it was diffi-
cult to decide upon the merits of a
Corresponding Member. This
proposition was accepted and the article
above made to read:
"The membership of this Society
shall be divided into three
classes, designated as follows: Life
Members, Active Members
and Honorary Members." In
accordance with this action, Sec-
tion 4 of Article II of the Constitution
which defines the char-
acter and requirements of Corresponding
Members was elim-
inated from the constitution.
Another change in the constitution
proposed and adopted
was that the Governor of Ohio be made ex
officio a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Society.
It was moved and car-
ried that to the close of Section I,
Article III, the paragraph
be inserted: "The Governor of the
State of Ohio shall be ex
officio a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Society."
At this point in the proceedings of the
meeting Mr. A. J.
Baughman reported that the health of our
esteemed President
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Emeritus, General R. Brinkerhoff, is
fast failing and that his
physical condition at the present time
(May 31st) is very
alarming.
In view of this statement Mr. G. F.
Bareis offered resolu-
tions of sincere solicitude for the
welfare of our President Emer-
itus and expressing the hope that his
days might be prolonged.
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
It devolved upon this meeting to elect
five Trustees to suc-
ceed the five whose terms expired at
this time. These latter
were: Mr. R. E. Hills, Delaware; Mr. H.
E. Buck, Delaware;
Hon. Albert Douglas, Chillicothe; Prof.
C. L. Martzolff, Athens,
and Dr. G. Frederick Wright, Oberlin.
A Committee on Nominations was
appointed, which, after
due consideration reported as
follows: Trustees for the en-
suing three years, (1911-1914), G.
Frederick Wright, Oberlin;
Col. Webb C. Hayes, Fremont; Hon. F. W.
Treadway, Cleve-
land; Dr. W. O. Thompson, Columbus, and
Mr. H. E. Buck,
Delaware. These gentlemen as named were
duly elected.
SPIEGEL GROVE COMMITTEE.
By formal motion and vote the following
named members
of the Society were made a permanent
standing committee to
act as an advisory and controlling
board, in behalf of the So-
ciety, in all matters concerning Spiegel
Grove homestead:
The President of the Society, ex
officio: Dr. G. Frederick Wright.
The President of the United States, ex
officio: Hon. William H.
Taft.
The Governor of Ohio, ex officio: Hon.
Judson Harmon.
Former Governor of Ohio: Hon. Myron T.
Herrick.
The Donors of the Property: Birchard A.
Hayes, Col. Webb C.
Hayes and Mrs. Fanny Hayes Smith.
This committee, it was explained, would
not have the over-
sight of the erection of the proposed
museum and library at
Spiegel Grove, but would have general
supervision of the prop-
erty named when such building should
have been erected.
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BUILDING COMMITTEE.
In view of the fact of the appropriation
of $100,000 for a
building for the Society at Columbus, a
committee on building
was called for and after some discussion
the following perma-
nent committee for that purpose was
named:
Hon. Judson Harmon, ex officio,
Dr. G. Frederick Wright,
Mr. G. F. Bareis,
Mr. D. J. Ryan,
Mr. L. P. Schaus,
Prof. W. C. Mills,
Mr. E. F. Wood,
Mr. E. O. Randall.
The appointment of a Building Committee
for Spiegel
Grove was left to the Executive
Committee.
ANNUAL MEETING OF TRUSTEES.
Immediately after the adjournment of the
Annual Meeting
of the Society there was held the Annual
Meeting of the Board
of Trustees. Those present were:
H. A. Baughman, L. P. Schaus, H. A.
Thompson, G. F. Wright, H.
E. Buck, C. H. Gallup, E. F. Wood, M. R.
Andrews, J. W. Harper, E. O.
Randall, G. F. Bareis, W. C. Mills, ex
officio.
There being a quorum present, after the
Secretary had read
the minutes of the proceedings of the
last Annual Meeting of
the Trustees, the Trustees proceeded to
the election of officers
of the Society for the ensuing year, and
the officers elected were
as follows:
President, G. Frederick Wright,
1st Vice-Pres. G. F. Bareis,
2nd Vice-Pres. D. J. Ryan,
Secretary and Editor, E. O. Randall,
Treasurer, E. F. Wood,
Curator and Librarian, W. C. Mills.
Upon suggestion the following five men
were named as the
five members of the Board of Trustees to
complete the Executive
Committee, which is to consist of the
officers of the Society and
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five other Trustees: Mr. L. P. Schaus,
Prof. B. F. Prince, Mr.
H. E. Buck, Dr. H. A. Thompson and Hon.
J. W. Harper.
The Executive Committee, therefore, now
comprises Messrs.
Bareis, Buck, Harper, Mills, Prince,
Randall, Ryan, Schaus,
Thompson (H. A.), Wright and Wood.
The newly elected President, Dr. Wright,
acknowledged his
election in the following remarks:
"I feel highly honored by
the courtesy which you have shown me,
and I feel highly honored
by the gift which Col. Hayes has given
to this Society. If I
was not a member of this Society at its
organization, I have
been a member for almost 25 or 26 years, and have
followed its
interests I think I might say with
unselfish devotion. It has
been the vocation of my life to give
attention to the antiquities
more than to history, and feel highly
honored in working for
such a Society as this; and now that I
have time, and since Car-
negie has pensioned me, I have nothing
else to devote my energy
to except to the Society, and I shall do
that certainly rather
than anything else."
The appointment of further committees on
buildings or
otherwise was referred to the Executive
Committee with power
of appointment.
The matter of compensation for the
salaried officers of the
Society was left to the action of the
Executive Committee.
The Building Committee for the main
building appointed
by the meeting of the Society, was
approved by the meeting of
the Trustees, with the understanding
that this committee was
only for the purpose of supervising the
construction of the main
building. It was decided that this
Building Committee after it
had chosen its architect and plans,
should report to a full meet-
ing of the Board of Trustees, or a
meeting so called, before
proceeding with the construction of the
building.
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE OHIO
STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
May 31, 1911.
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the
Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society was held
in the Hunter Society
Room, Page Hall, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, at
two o'clock P. M., Wednesday, May 31,
1911. The following
members were present:
Prof. M. R. Andrews, Marietta,
Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal Winchester,
Mr. A. J. Baughman, Mansfield,
Mr. H. E. Buck, Delaware,
Mr. C. H. Gallup, Norwalk,
Hon. J. W. Harper, Cincinnati,
Mr. Almer Hegler, Washington, C. H.,
Prof. W. C. Mills, Columbus,
Mr. E. O. Randall, Columbus,
Mr. L. P. Schaus, Columbus,
Mr. Z. T. Smith, Upper Sandusky,
Dr. H. A. Thompson, Dayton,
Dr. H. O. Whittaker, New Burlington,
Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus,
Dr. G. F. Wright, Oberlin,
Mr. W. Z. Zuck, Columbus.
Messages of regret, because of their
inability to attend the
meeting, were received from M. B.
Bushnell, B. F. Prince, R.
E. Hills, D. J. Ryan, N. B. C. Love and
C. S. Dana.
The meeting was called to order by the
President, Dr. G.
Frederick Wright, who stated that the
first thing in order would
be the reading of the minutes of the
last Annual Meeting.
Secretary Randall said he would follow
his habitual custom
in regard to the reading of the minutes
by simply referring the
members of the society to the published
report of the meeting
in our annuals. From the written report
which he had in hand
detailing at length the proceedings of
the last Annual Meeting,
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