Ohio History Journal

THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETT,     SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO, Nov. 27, 1916. The meeting was called to order by First Vice President George F. Bareis. There were present Messrs:

George F. Bareis, E. O. Randall, F. W. Treadway, W. C. Mills, H. E. Buck, D. H. Gard, H. C. Shetrone, Frank Tallmadge, F. D. Hills, W. H. Cole, Edgar Butler, A. M. Schlesinger, E. C. Derby, Leonard Marker, J. M. Dunham, Almer Hegler,

D. J. Ryan, James E. Campbell, Webb C. Hayes, C. D. Slosson, W. C. Moore, W. L. Curry, E. F. Wood, E. E. Hockett, Van A. Snider, B. F. Prince, G. Frederick Wright, W. H. Siebert, J. S. Roof, W. D. McKinney, C. W. Justice.

There being thirty-one members of the Society present, the requisite quorum (ten), required by the constitution, was complied with.     SECRETARY'S REPORT. The report of the thirtieth annual meeting of the Society is found in Volume 24 of the Society annuals. Two sessions were held: the pre- liminary one, held May 21, 1915. This meeting adjourned to September 24th, 1915. The proceedings of these preliminary and adjourned meet- ings will be found in full on pages 544 to 582, inclusive, volume 24. The proceedings of the Society, worthy of record, since the date of the last annual meeting (September 24, 1915) are as follows: November 19, 1915, there was held a specially called meeting of the Trustees. Present Messrs. Ryan, Treadway, Wright, Buck, Cole, Prince, Schaus, Wood, Moore, Hayes and Randall. Absent, Messrs. Campbell, Thompson, Bareis and Herrick. (82)

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Mr. Schaus, chairman of the Spiegel Grove Building Committee,

made a full and formal report of the final actions of that committee.

It held its last meeting on November 13th, 1915, all the members being

present except Col. Hayes. The amount remaining due the contractor

was ordered paid. Final settlement was also made with the architect.

This closed the work of the building committee, and the final report on

the Hayes Memorial Building, by the committee, was received and ap-

proved. The committee received a vote of thanks from the Board of

Trustees for their long and trying services, and the committee was dis-

charged.

Mr. Ryan, speaking for the Spiegel Grove Building Committee--

of which he was a member-said that: "All credit is due to Mr.

Schaus, chairman of the committee, and public acknowledgment should

be made that he is the man who bore the chief burden. It would have

been almost impossible for the Society to have completed this work with-

out his assistance, because of his practical knowledge and his willing and

constant sacrifice of time and labor. He has done a great and splendid

work for the committee, and the Trustees of the Society, and the Society

itself, should feel under the greatest obligations to him."

Upon the discharge of the Spiegel Grove Building Commitee, which

consisted of Messrs. Schaus, Hayes, Ryan, Bareis and Mills, the care of

the Spiegel Grove property was transferred to the new Hayes Memorial

and Spiegel Grove Committee, consisting of Messrs. Hayes, Wright,

Treadway, Ryan, and Mills.

After report of the Finance Committee, by Mr. Wood, the salaries

of the paid officers of the Society were agreed upon, as follows:

Curator, $2,500.00; Assistant Curator, $1,500.00; Secretary, $1,000.00;

Chief Janitor, $900.00; Assistant Librarian, $840.00; Library Stenographer,

$720.00; Assistant Janitor, $660.00; Janitor, $600.00; Treasurer, $300.00;

Bookkeeper, $150.00; Assistant Librarian, Spiegel Grove, $500.00; Care-

taker, Spiegel Grove, $720.00; Caretaker, Fort Ancient, $300.00; Caretaker,

Serpent Mound, $240.00; Caretaker, Logan Elm Park, $25.00; W. L.

Curry, Civil War Historian, $2,000.00.

The Library Committee, consisting of Messrs. D. J. Ryan, G. W.

Knight, W. H. Scott, J. E. Campbell and W. L. Curry, reported

that it met on November 15th and 18th. The duties of this committee

having heretofore been included in the duties of the committee known

as the Museum and Library Committee, it is now proposed that the

Library Committee be a separate and distinct standing committee, having

full and exclusive authority over the general management of the library,

the policy of which management should be, in brief, to confine the library

purchases almost exclusively to books and material connected with the

history of Ohio and the Northwest Territory, and that it should be the

function of the committee to search for, and where possible obtain,

worth-while papers, books and manuscripts pertaining to this field; that

this committee should act in co-operation with the Library Council of

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the Ohio State University Library, with a view to avoiding unnecessary

duplication of books and other historical material. This report, with

minor details, after considerable discussion, was adopted. It was further

proposed, and adopted,-"That the employment of assistants in the

library of the Society should be by the Board of Trustees, on recom-

mendation of the Library Committee; that the direction and supervision

of the library assistants should be vested in the Librarian, under the

direction of the Library Committee."

Concerning the subject of the origin, growth and management of

the library, Curator Mills made an interesting and lengthy statement, to

the effect that the library had been turned over to his care in the year

1900, when the historical part of the library was moved to the Uni-

versity and placed in Orton Hall building. The library then owned by

the Society consisted of only about 260 volumes. It now consists of

some twelve thousand volumes. For the most part this library has grown

without a dollar of expense; only within the last few years have we

had money to purchase books, prior to which time the accessions to the

library were made by exchanges or through donations to the Society.

The library now possesses the largest collection of county histories of

any library in the city, even greater than that in the state library.

Reports of the various committees being called for, Secretary Ran-

dall reported for the committee on Publications, that the set of twenty-

three volumes of the annuals of the Society were being reprinted, in

accordance with the last appropriation bill, and it was hoped that they

would be ready for distribution at the beginning of the next year. The

October Quarterly was then in press, and would soon be ready to mail;

that completed volume twenty-four of the Society Annuals.

Curator Mills reported for the Museum Committee, consisting of

Messrs. Mills, Bareis, Hegler and Buck.

The Spiegel Grove Committee, through Col. Hayes, made a report,

suggesting certain changes be made in the plan of the heating plant in

the Memorial Library Building; that it would cost about $750.00 to make

the changes desired and proposed. Col. Hayes stated he would meet

this expense personally, as there was no fund coming from the state to

defray the same. The Trustees authorized the changes in the plans as

suggested. The thanks of the Trustees and the Society were extended

to Col. Hayes for his generosity in this matter.

 

 

FORT ANCIENT.

Prof. B. F. Prince made a report for the Committee on Fort An-

cient. The committee had authorized Mr. Cowen to make certain repairs

of the house of the custodian, the shelter house and the roadway. The

total expense was figured at about $200.00. Those improvements, so far

as the money allowance would go, had been or were being made.

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SERPENT MOUND.

Mr. Cole made a lengthy report concerning Serpent Mound, which

he had visited recently. He spoke highly of the care given the property

by the custodian, Daniel Wallace. The committee thought that $350.00

should be allowed for the improvement of Serpent Mound Park, par-

ticularly for the erection of a shelter house for the convenienve of tem-

porary visitors; certain improvements and repairs on the roof and portico

of the home of the custodian had been made, in accordance with direc-

tions given by Curator Mills to Mr. Wallace. The committee thought the

property ought to be adorned with additional shrubbery and trees, so as

to give it a more decorative and picturesque appearance. The suggestions

of the Serpent Mound Committee were approved, but no action could be

taken from their accomplishment, because of lack of funds for that

purpose.

There were no formal reports from the committees on Logan Elm,

Big Bottom Park, Harrison Memorial, History and Manuscripts, and

Necrology.

SPIEGEL GROVE.

The Committee on Spiegel Grove reported that they had decided to

hold the dedication ceremonies for the Hayes Memorial Library and

Museum Building on Memorial Day, May 30th, 1916. The chief address

o that occasion would be delivered by Charles Richard Williams, author

of the Autobiography of Rutherford B. Hayes. The fixing of this date

for this occasion was approved by the Trustees.

President Wright announced that Col. Hayes had set aside $50,000.00,

in the hands of The Citizens Savings and Trust Company, of Cleveland

the income of which was to be expended for books and historical ma-

terial for the library of Spiegel Grove. This announcement was received

with applause by the Trustees. This $50,000.00 is to be permanently in-

vested, and the income of which is to go to the purchase of books on

Americana for the library in the Hayes Memorial Library Building, at

Fremont. The books thus to be purchased to supplement, from time to

time, the unequaled collection of Americana left by the late President

Rutherford B. Hayes. This added resource, with the material already

secured, will make the library the finest and most complete collection of

strictly Americana, perhaps, in any library in this country, and thus

place the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society in the fore-

front of all similar institutions, and will make it the mecca among schol-

ars and students who desire to consult original literature pertaining to the

history of our country.

President Wright further stated that the amount of moneys Mr.

Hayes had previously expended, personally, upon the grounds and build-

ing, since donating the same to the state, amounts in round numbers to

$50,000.00. A formal vote of thanks was voted to Col. hayes for his

generous and magnificent donation of $50,000.00.

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The donations by Col. Hayes, and also that of $50,000.00 by his wife,

Mrs. Hayes, for a public hospital in Fremont, were fittingly observed by

the public on October 21, 1915, upon which occasion President Wright, of

the Society, presided. This event, is duly reported, beginning page 591,

volume 24 of the Society Annuals.

Mr. Treadway earnestly advocated the proposition that the fee for

life membership in the Society be raised from $25.00 to at least $50.00,

and that an honorary membership be established, the fee for which should

be not less than $100.00. He believed that the benefits which life mem-

bers are now receiving from the Society is entirely too great for the

small sum of $25.00. He knew of no other Society in the country where

so much could be obtained for so little, and he had no doubt that a large

list of members could be secured if efforts were properly put forth. The

matter was taken under advisement by the Trustees, but no definite action

was taken at this meeting.

On November 24th, 1915, Governor Myron T. Herrick tendered to

Governor Willis his resignation as Trustee of the Ohio State Archaeo-

logical and Historical Society, on the ground that he had just been

appointed to the Commission on Rural Credits, and that he would not be

able to render the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society the

time and consideration it deserved. The resignation was accepted by the

Governor, and Mr. William P. Palmer, President of the Western Reserve

Historical Society, Cleveland, was appointed to fill out the unexpired

term of Governor Herrick, which term would end February 18, 1916.

At the expiration of Mr. Palmer's partial term Governor Willis appointed

him Trustee for the Society for the regular term of three years. At the

same time he reappointed Hon. James E. Campbell (whose term expired

at that time) Trustee to succeed himself, for the term of three years,

ending February 18th, 1919.

There was no further meeting of the Trustees until April 14th, 1916,

when there was a special called meeting. There were present Messrs.

Wright, Ryan, Wood, Randall, Buck, Bareis, Schaus, Hayes, Prince, Cole

and Moore; Curator Mills was also present. Absent: Messrs. Campbell,

Thompson, Treadway and Palmer.

Reports of the various committees were called for. These reports

will be found in full in the stenographic report of the minutes in the

Secretary's Minute Book.

Treasurer Wood made an itemized statement of the balances of the

appropriation in the various funds, which would be available to the

Society until July 1st, 1916.

Secretary Randall stated that the reprints of the twenty-three vol-

umes of the society's annuals for the members of the Legislature, as pro-

vided by the appropriation bill of the last session, had been published,

boxed, and were being shipped to the members of the General Assembly.

Accompanying the bill of lading to each member was a circular prepared

by the Secretary, to the effect that the method of distributing the books

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was left to the Society by the General Assembly; that it was decided to

follow the usual course, and send each member of the general assembly

five complete sets, with the request that the books be distributed to

public and school libraries, rather than to individuals. Reports from

many members of the legislature indicated that as a general thing they

endorsed and were following that method of distribution.

Prof. Mills reported that he had secured the McCulloch collection

of archaeological specimens, and it was installed in the museum. The

collection of rifles and muskets owned by the Society had been placed in

upright cases and attached to the columns of one room. Mr. Mills fur-

ther reported that after several days of preparation, cataloguing and

boxing, the relics from the flag-room of the state house were, on Febru-

ary 28th (1916), transferred to the building of the Society. The total list

of the items was 1,177 -that made many more in number of specimens,

as in many instances one item included several specimens. This material

has been classified, properly labeled and placed in cases in the museum

department. This was the culmination of a plan which had been sug-

gested many years before, and often discussed by the committees of the

legislature. It is a great acquisition for the Society, and is a proper

outcome of this long discussed plan.

Prof. Wright made a lengthy report for the committee on His-

torical Sites, recommending that the Society obtain, repair and preserve

the Serpent Mound near South Lebanon, in Warren county, which is

second in importance only to the great Serpent Mound in Adams county.

This Warren county Serpent Mound had been surveyed and mapped by

Dr. C. L. Metz in 1892, and was visited a few years ago by Secretary

Randall and President Wright. An account of this prehistoric relic may

be found in the January number of the Quarterly for 1909. Professor

Wright further advocated securing the remains of Fort Miami, eight

miles south of Toledo on the west bank of the Maumee river, two or

three miles north of Fort Meigs, which latter fort is already owned by

the state and marked by a monument. Fort Miami was a military post

established by the British in 1786, and occupied by them until Wayne's

victory over the Indians at Fallen Timbers, August 20th, 1794, and was

again occupied by the British after General Hull's surrender in 1812.

A committee, consisting of Trustee Cole, Dr. Charles Hough of

Lebanon, and Prof. Mills, was appointed to enquire into the means of

obtaining and preserving Serpent Mound in Warren county. Messrs.

Sherman, Treadway and Buck were made a committee to consider the

matter of securing the site of Fort Miami.

Prof. Prince made a report on Fort Ancient, stating that certain

improvements which he specified had been made, the total cost being

$250.00. Many other improvements were still needed, such as regraveling

the roadway in the fort and replacing certain fences enclosing the

grounds; a new gateway should be built.

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Trustee Cole made an itemized report on the improvements made

at Serpent Mound, the total cost of which had been $66.75, in addition

to which $19.25 had been expended for the planting of certain fruit trees

adjacent to the house of the custodian. A book was provided, to secure

a complete registration of the visitors to the park. The custodian re-

ported that the number of visitors to the park would average in the

neighborhood of fifty a day.

Prof. Mills was authorized to attend the annual meeting of the

American Museum Association, to be held in May, at Washington.

The Secretary brought up the matter of a new general index of

the twenty-four volumes of the Annuals of the Society. As it stands

now, the first eleven volumes are not indexed separately, but there is

in the eleventh volume a general index, covering eleven volumes; all

volumes subsequent to that are independently indexed. It is greatly de-

sired that there be a new general index, completely covering the volumes

from one to twenty-four, in order to make the material thus published

by the Society easily available.

On May 30th, (1916) at Spiegel Grove, was held the dedicatory cere-

mony of the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum Building. The pro-

gram occupied the entire day, Governor Willis being present in the morn-

ing, and delivering an address, and the ceremony pertinent to the build-

ing itself, and the address of Charles Richard Williams upon "Ruther-

ford B. Hayes" was held in the afternoon, in which many speakers par-

ticipated. The entire proceedings of this day, including the addresses,

were published in the October Quarterly.

On October 21st, (1916) under the auspices of the Society, there was

celebrated at Logan Elm Park the dedication of a log-cabin recently

erected on the grounds of the park, the erection of a flag-pole, and raising

of a flag, and the unveiling of two tablets, one containing the names of

the Chiefs and pioneer army officers who took part in the treaty of recon-

ciliation at Camp Charlotte, between Lord Dunmore and Cornstalk, the

Chief of the Indian Confederacy, in November, 1774. The second tablet,

erected by the descendants of Michael Cressap, was a memorial to Captain

Michael Cressap. This occasion at Logan Elm was one of extreme

interest. Mr. Henry J. Booth delivered the address on the occasion

of the unveiling of the tablets. There were present twenty-two lineal

or collateral descendants of Michael Cressap, who was present at the

making of the treaty in 1774. These Cressaps took preliminary steps

at this time to organize a Cressap Association. The proceedings of this

day, in detail, with the addresses made, will be published in volume

twenty-six of Society Annuals.

In accordance with a circular sent out by the Secretary early in

September, asking the chairmen of the various committees to report to

Treasurer Wood the budget which they desired for the two years, 1916-

1917 and 1917-1918, for their respective committees, reports were made

to Mr. Wood, and early in October the finance committee held meetings,

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considered the reports made by the various committees and made out

the budget for the Budget Commissioner. It was placed in his hands

early in October. November 8th, Messrs. Wood, Randall and Mills met

the Budget Commissioner in the room of the finance committee of the

house, and went over the items asked for in the budget.

On November 15th news was received that Mr. Daniel Wallace, who

had been custodian of Serpent Mound since its acquisition by the So-

ciety, died on November 9th.

Since the last annual meeting the following parties have qualified

as life members of the Society:

W. H. Siebert, J. S. Bracken, H. J. Booth, Lowry F. Sater, W. R.

Lazenby, Dr. John M. Henderson, E. R. Sharp, E. M. Poston, all of

Columbus; Dean M. Hickson and Van A. Snider, of Lancaster; Mrs.

A. P. Brown, of Groveport; Robert G. Kinkead, Clintonville, and W. L.

Silvey, of Dayton.

Mrs. A. P. Brown is the author of the article in the October Quar-

terly, just published, concerning John Rarey, the horse-tamer. She has

donated to the Society some valuable and rare books and mementoes

formerly the property of John S. Rarey.

Treasurer Wood then made his report, as follows:

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR THE YEAR

ENDING JUNE 30, 1916.

 

RECEIPTS.

From July 1st, 1915 to July 1st, 1916.

Balance           onhand, July  1st,  1915 ............................                      $2,147 82

Life      M embership  Dues .....................................                                     240 00

Active Membership Dues ...................................                                          96 00

Subscriptions   ..............................................                                               41   00

Books  sold     ................................................                                             186 38

Interest           ....................................................                                         588 72

Payment  for  Supplies  Sold .................................                                       3     40

From State Treasurer on Sundry Appropriations............                         30,212 91

 

Total  .................................................                                           $33,516  23

 

DISBURSEMENTS.

Salaries  ......................................... .........  $12,855  00

Wages ....................................................                                                      250 00

Supplies  ......................................... .........                                                   483  70

Publications ...............................................                                            2,400 00

Library Equipment ........................................                                              226 40

Museum Equipment .......................................                                              647 90

General Plant Equipment ................................                                             108 29

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Repairs         and                                                                                                                    Upkeep  .......................................                                      236                 67

Water Rent ...............................................                                                                                                    44 10

Light,            H eat  and  Power ....................................                                                    1,280             64

Express         ......................................... .........                                                                                               73 39

Expenses of Trustees and Committees ......................                                                                            455 60

Telephone Rent ...........................................                                            93 28

Sundry Expenses:-

Auditing Books ...........................      $37 50

Meeting of Ohio Valley Historical Associa-

tion ...................................                                                                            84 30

Treasurer's Bond ..........................                                                                          15 00

Hayes Memorial Library, Court Costs......                                                       42 56

Hayes Memorial Library Dedication.........                                                       25 90

Sundry Expenses ..........................                                                                         77 41

_____-           282 67

Field Work ...............................................                                                                                                    999 79

Insurance Premiums ......................................                                                                                             99 00

Logan Elm Park, Care and Improvements ..................                                                                          112 40

Spiegel Grove Park, Care and Improvements .............                                                                        203 58

Serpent Mound Park, Care and Improvements .............                                                                      92 01

Additions  and  Betterments ......... ........................                                                                                 139         77

Fort Ancient, Care and Improvements ......................                                                                            245 84

Postage  ......................................... ........                                                                                                      80  00

Reprinting Publications ....................................                                                              8,500 00

Hayes Memorial Library Building ..........................                                                                              402 18

Transferred to Permanent Fund ...........................                                                                                    830 00

Balance  on  hand, June  30th,  1916 ..........................                                                    2,374             02

 

Total        .................................................                                                                  $33,516        23

 

Amount of Permanent Fund, June 30, 1916 ................ $12,500 00

(Signed) E. F. WooD, Treasurer.

 

The report of the Auditor being called for, Mr. W. D. McKinney

read the same, as follows:

COLUMBUS, OHIO, September 6, 1916.

The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, Honorable E. O.

RANDALL, Secretary, Columbus, Ohio.

DEAR SIR:- At the call of your Treasurer Mr. E. F. Wood for

the usual annual audit of the Books of Account of your Society the

same has been completed for the period June 1st, 1915 to June 30, 1916

inclusive, report of same containing statements and schedules represent-

ing the financial transactions for the period and the financial condition

at June 30th as follows:

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Page 1. Trial Balance as at June 30, 1916.

Page 2. Summary of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the

Period.

Page 3. Statement of Appropriations for the Period.

Page 4. Schedule of Appropriations for the Period.

The cash balance as stated herein is supported by the statement

reported by the bank and is set forth in the Bank Reconciliation at the

bottom of page 2. The personal verification of this account by comparison

with the books of the Auditor of State completes the support of this

balance.

We have also verified the certificate of deposit for $12,500.00, repre-

senting the permanent fund of your society.

The Books of the Treasurer were found in their usual good condi-

tion.

(Signed) J. J. MCKNIGHT,

Certified Public Accountant.

 

 

POST CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE JUNE 30, 1916.

Ledger

Folio.                                             DR.        CR.

3    State Treasurer ............................ $2,632 65

26   Personal  Services  A-2......................                          ........                 $50 00

28   Office    Supplies  C-4 ..........................                       ........                 3     85

32   General  Plant      Supplies......................                     ........                 13   70

34   Equipment   E-8  ............................. ........                 773                   60

36   Equipment   E-9  ............................. ........                 781                   99

38 Contract and Open Order Service General Re-

pairs   F-1  ..................................  ........                      600                   12

40 Contract and Open Order Service Water F-3........         11 90

41 Contract Open Order Service Light, Heat &

Power  F-4  ..............   ................ ........                      119                   36

42  Transportation  F-6  ......................... ........                 244                   17

43 Contract Open Order Service Communication

F-7  ......................................... ........     10  80

44 Contract Open Order Service Contingencies

F-8  ......................................... ........                          22                     50

45  Contract Open Order Service Field Work F-9      ........                          21

47 Fixed Charges, Insurance H-9......................                                           40

52  Cash  .......................................  ........  2,374               02

56 E. F. Wood, Treasurer..................... 2,374 02

150 Investment ................................. 12,500 00

151  Investment  .................................  .......  12,500  00

 

$17,506 67 $17,506 67

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SUMMARY OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR PERIOD.

(CURRENT FUNDS.)

July 1, 1915 to June 30, 1916.

Balance,  July  1,  1915........................... ...........  $2,147  82

 

RECEIPTS.

Life Membership Dues ...........................                                                $240 00

Active Membership Dues .........................                                                                    96 00

Subscriptions ....................................                                                       41 00

Books Sold .....................................                                                          186 38

Interest Received ...............................                                                      588 72

Supplies  Sold  ...................................                                                                              3                                              40

 

$1,155 50

From State Treasurer on Appropriation as per

Schedule ................................... 30,212 91   31,368 41

 

 

DISBURSEMENTS.

Transferred to permanent Fund ..................    $830 00

Care and Improvement-

Logan Elm Park.................... $112 40

Spiegel Grove Park................. 203 58

Serpent Mound Park ................    92 01

Fort Ancient ....................... 245 84     653 83

Salaries ......................................... 12,855 00

W ages  ........................................ ..                                                             250  00

Supplies .........................................                                                            483 70

Publications .....................................                                                         2,400 00

Library Equipment ..............................                                                    226 40

Museum        Equipment .............................                                             647 90

Repairs         and  Upkeep ..............................                                         236  67

Equipment ......................................                                                           108 29

Water Rentals ..................................                                                          44 10

Light,  Heat  and  Power..........................                                               1,280             64

Express, Freight and Drayage ....................                                          73 39

Expenses of Trustees and Committees ............                                    455 60

Telephone Rentals ..............................                                                     93 28

Sundry Expenses -

Auditing  ...........................                                                           $37 50

Hayes Memorial Library Dedication.                                    25 90

Treasurer's Bond ..................                                                       15 00

Hayes Memorial Library Court Costs                                   42 56

Meeting of Ohio Valley Historical

Association ...................                                                 84 30

Miscellaneous .......................                                                      77 41   282 67

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Field  W ork .....................................                                      999  79

Insurance      ........................................                                   99    00

Additions and Betterments........................                              139 77

Postage  ..........................................                                       80  00

Hayes Memorial Library Building ................                           402 18

Reprinting Publications .        ......................... 8,500 00       31,142 21

Balance  June      30,1916. .....................................              2,374 02

 

T otal  .................................................                        $33,516       23

 

Balance Capital City Bank per Pass Book......... $1,992 76

Add: Receipts not deposited ........ $70 86

July Checks cleared in June......... 325 00     395 86

 

$2,388 62

Less: Check No. 1725 outstanding.. $13 32

Transferred to Permanent Fund....       1 28     14 60

 

Adjusted Bank Balance.......................... $2,374 02

 

STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30, 1916.

Balance              Amount

June 30,     Appropriated

Appropriations For-                              1915.                                                               During Year.

Personal Service -

A-1   Salaries ......................                                $50 00    $12,855 00

A-2   Wages .......................                                50 00        250 00

Maintenance -

C-4  Office Publications ............                           3 35        300 00

Publications .       ....................                   2,400

C-11 General Plant Supplies ........                       123 57        250 00

E-8  Educational and Recreational

Equipment ..............                          ........            1,000 00

E-9  General Plant Service .........                         27 28           1,425 00

Other ...................                             18 18              100 00

Open Order Service-

F-1    General Repairs ..............                           50 78              925 00

F-3    W ater  .......................                                 8      30                 56  00

F-4    Light, Heat and Power.......                         386 45            2,400 00

F-6 Transportation   ...............                            93 23              750 00

F-7    Communication ...............                            9 37              105 00

F-8    Contingencies  ................    ........                        200  00

F-9 General Plant Service .........        3 83             1,000 00

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Additions and Betterments-

G-3 Non-structural Imp.-

Cement Walks, Museum.            3 75

Hayes Corn. Library.....     2,393 27

Fixed Charges-

H-7 Insurance ....................           50                                    99 40

Reprinting Archaeological Reports .......   ........            8,500 00

 

$3,221 86        $32,615 40

 

 

RECAPITULATION OF TOTALS.

Total Balance July 1, 1915..................                           $3,221 86

Amounts Appropriated during Period........                      32,615 40

 

Total  Appropriations  ...............................  $35,837  26

Amounts Lapsed During Period ..............                             $605 85

Cash Drawn from State Treasurer ...........                       32,498 76

 

Total W ithdrawals  .................................             $33,304  61

 

Total Balance June 30, 1916.........................              $2,632 65

 

STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30, 1916.

Transferred  Transferred

Open Order Service-                                                       From.                To.

F-1  General  Repairs  ...................                        ........                  $1,000  00

F-4 Light, Heat and Power ............                       $1,139 77

Additions and Betterments -

G-3 Non-structural Imp. -

Cement Walks, Museum ...........       ........       139 77

 

$1,139 77     $1,139 77

 

STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30, 1916.

Cash

Total                Drawn from

Appropri-        Amount           State

Appropriations For -                 ation.                            Lapsed.            Treasurer.

Personal Service -

A-1 Salaries ......... $12,905 00                           $50 00    $12,855 00

A-2 Wages ...........        300 00                     ........        250 00

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Maintenance -

C-4  Office ............                       303 25        3 25                     296 25

Publications ......                  2,400 00     ........               2,400 00

C-11 General Plant Sup-

plies ..........     373 57      123 57       236 30

E-8  Educational   and

Recreational

Equipment ...      1,000 00    ........       226 40

E-9 General Plant

Service .......                  1,452 28        27 28                647 90

Other ............                     118 18           ........                 113 29

Open Order Service -

F-1 General Repairs...                   1,975 78        30 78           1,344 88

F-3     Water ...........                     64 30                8 30               44 10

F-4    Light,  Heat and

Power ........                 1,646 68        246 68         1,280 64

F-6 Transportation ...                  843 23           91 12                507 94

F-7 Communication ...                 114 37              9 37               94 20

F-8  Contingencies .....                 200 00    ........                   177 45

F-9 General Plant

Service .......    1,003 83       3 83        999 79

Additions and Betterments -

G-3  Non-structural

Imp., Cement

Walks, Mu-

seum  .........      143 52       3 75        139 77

Hayes Cor. Li-

brary .........    2,393 27        7 42     2,385 85

Fixed Charges -

H-7   Insurance ........      99 40          50         99 00

Reprinting Archaeological

Reports .     ..............  8,500 00   ........              8,500 00

 

$35,837 26          $605 85       $32,598 76

 

STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30, 1916.

Total                Balance

Withdraw-             June 30,

Appropriations For-                               als.                        1916.

Personal Service-

A-1   Salaries ...................... $12,905 00

A-2   Wages .......................       250 00        250 00

Maintenance -

C-4  Office ........................         299 50          3 85

Publications ..................     2,400 00

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C-11 General Plant Supplies........      359 87         13 70

E-8 Educational and Recreational

Equipment ................   226 40             773 60

E-9  General Plant Service.........   675 18             777 10

Other ........................          113 29             4 89

Open Order Service -

F-1    General Repairs ..............     1,375 66         600 12

F-3    Water  .......................                             5240                  11  90

F-4    Light, Heat and Power.......  1,527 32          119 36

F-6 Transportation ...............       599 06             244 17

F-7     Communication ...............   103 57             10 80

F-8    Contingencies ................     177 45             22 55

F-9     General Plant Service......... 1,003 62                 21

Additions and Betterments -

G-3  Non-structural Imp., Cement

Walks, Museum     .........                    143 52

Hayes Com. Library...........  2,393 27

Fixed Charges -

H-7   Insurance ....................                             99 50           40

Reprinting Archaeological Reports.......  8,500 00

 

$33,204 61     $2,632 65

 

SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS JULY 1, 1915 TO JUNE 30, 1916.

Laws of Ohio 105-106, Page 678, H. B. No. 701.

Personal Service -

A-1   Salaries -

Secretary   ..........................        $1,000          00

Curator      ............................      2,500            00

Assistant    Curator  ...................  1,400            00

Two Assistant Librarians ...........  1,340 00

Stenographer  .......................                           720    00

Treasurer  ..........................                              300    00

ThreeJanitors        ..................... 2,160            00

Four  Caretakers     ....................  1,285            00

Bookkeepers  ........................                          150    00

Author "Ohio in the Civil War".....                   2,000 00

A-2   W ages  ..............................                                250  00

 

Total Personal Service...................... $13,105 00

Maintenance -

C  Supplies -

C-4  Office .................                    $300 00

Publication ............                2,400 00

C-ll General Plant .........                  250 00    2,950 00

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E Equipment -

E-8 Educational and Recre-

ational,  B o o k s,

Maps, Engravings,

etc.   ................  1,000  00

E-9 General Plant-

Museum Equipment..... 1,425 00

Other .................   100 00    2,525 00

F  Contract and Open Order Service-

F-1        General Repairs .  .........                                           925 00

F-3        W ater  ......................                                                  56  00

F-4 Light, Heat and Power.... 2,400 00

F-6 Transportation .............                                                   750 00

F-7 Communication .     ............                                            105 00

F-8 Contingencies ..............                                                  200 00

F-9 General Plant .    ........... 1,000 00  5,436 00

H   Fixed Charges and Contributions-

H-7 Insurance ..................     99 40              11,010 40

Printing and Distributing Archaeological Reports, Laws of

Ohio 105-106, Page 841, House Bill No. 721...........   8,500 00

 

Total Appropriations ........................... $32,615 40

 

On motion of Mr. Ryan, duly seconded, the reports of the Treas-

urer and Auditor were accepted, approved and ordered placed on file.

Curator Mills then submitted his report, as follows:

 

REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM.

During the year the Museum Committee held five meetings. At the

first meeting Mr. Buck was elected chairman and Mr. Hegler Secretary.

At the last meeting the matter of an addition to the building was

thoroughly discussed; looking over the building, the committee found

that every storage-place was filled with specimens that should be on

exhibition. During the last two summers we have been very successful

in our field work, and secured a great many valuable and interesting

archaeological specimens which should be placed on exhibition at once.

We emptied one entire row of cases in the north exhibition room, placed

the contents in storage, and installed the new specimens in the cases.

We have enough material in storage to fill another room as large as the

north room. A number of collections have been offered to us, which

would at least fill such a room. We need three times the space now

available to care for our historical exhibitions.

During the year 402 human skeletons were brought to the Museum,

We have, of course, no place to exhibit any of them. We plan to

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have a room devoted entirely to skeletal remains, which would make the

skeletons available for study. Colleges throughout the state would, no

doubt, take special interest in this collection, as material pertaining to

human history.

Every place of storage is now filled with material which should be on

exhibition. For this reason the Museum Committee felt it advisable to

ask the incoming legislature for an addition to our building, and after full

deliberation decided to ask for $50,000 a year for the next two years. We

have requested our Finance Committee to place this item in the budget,

and we hope all members of the Society will exert their influence to secure

this much needed addition.

The rotunda of the Museum building needed painting badly. An

estimate was recured from painters, which proved far beyond our means.

Finally, after consultation with the superintendent of the building, we de-

cided to do the work ourselves, which was done at a cost less than $100.00.

On February 27th I was directed by our Secretary to arrange for

the transfer of the specimens in the old relic-room of the state house to

the Museum. On the morning of February 28th we commenced taking an

inventory of the specimens, finishing on Thursday morning, March 2nd.

The inventory consists of forty-two pages of manuscript. There being

1,177 items listed, numbering more than 5,000 specimens. We placed the

specimens in the audience room, cleaned and recatalogued them, and en-

tered them upon our books as the property of the Society. While many

of the specimens were entirely destroyed by vermin and had to be dis-

carded, the bulk of the relics were cleaned and placed on exhibition. The

making of the card and accession catalogue of this material, and placing

the specimens in cases, took the spare time of our entire force during the

months of March and April, and the greater part of May.

On May 15th I was authorized to attend the meeting of The Ameri-

can Association of Museums, held in Washington, D. C., as a representative

of our Society. The meeting lasted three days; then the Association met

with the Federation of Arts. One entire week was devoted to listening

to papers and addresses on such subjects as: "Museums and the Public

Schools," "Use of Enlarged Photographs in Museums," "New Methods of

preparing  Natural History  Specimens," "Museum   Cases," "Museum

Floors," "Plans of Museum Buildings," etc. We profited by the experi-

ence of others. The meeting was an inspiration to every museum man in

attendance.

During the year many improvements were made to the campus lawn

surrounding the building. A number of shrubs and trees were planted.

In July Mr. William Fleischer, assistant janitor, resigned. On Sep-

tember 1st we secured the services of Mr. Elmer Hart, who has filled the

place with credit.

In our report last year we emphasized the need of a night-watchman

for the building. This year the Museum Committee has requested an ap-

propriation for that purpose, which we hope will be granted.

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We have also asked for an additional man to help in printing and

binding. This has become an important service. We are unable to print

the number of labels needed, and it was decided to attempt to secure a

man to do this work exclusively.

During the year the large collection taken from the Tremper Mound

was placed on exhibition. It occupies three single and one double case in

the north room, and is one of the most sought for collections in the Mu-

seum. The complete report of the exploration of the Tremper Mound

was published in the July Quarterly, 1916.

On June 29th we commenced field work for the year 1916. We

selected the mounds and village site directly across the river from the

Tremper Mound, on the farm of Mr. W. O. Feurt. This farm is five

miles north of Portsmouth, along the Scioto river. The site comprises

three mounds and a large village site. The three mounds were examined.

We unearthed therefrom more than 300 skeletons, and from the village

site surrounding the mounds we took 100 skeletons and many specimens

of artifacts. We had considered the Museum very rich in bone imple-

ments, but we were able to duplicate these bone implements many times

over, and secured many new types of specimens. We also found one new

animal, the porcupine, which we added to the fauna of the state.

The artifacts secured during the summer number more than 5,000,

now on exhibition. The report upon this work will be out sometime dur-

ing the coming spring.

During the year we secured, both by gift and purchase, a large num-

ber of private collections, archaeological and historical.

Mr. Truman B. Mills, Dayton, examined the Ulrich mound, located

near Farmersville, Montgomery county. Ohio, and took therefrom 43 leaf-

shaped flint blades, one very large flint blade (10 inches long), and one

leaf-shaped gorget; all of these were deposited in the Museum.

Dr. H. O. Whittaker, New Burlington, presented a number of speci-

mens, taken from a mound near New Burlington, Clinton county.

Dr. J. B. Nicklin, Chattanooga, Tenn., presented through Trustee H.

E. Buck, a very fine shell ornament, saucer shaped, with intricate conven-

tional engraved designs, taken from a mound in Tellico, Tenn., in 1910;

also a string of beads made from the columella of ocean shells, found

in a grave on Williams Island, in the Tennessee river.

Mr. J. A. Rayner, Piqua, presented specimens taken from the Keifer

mound, which he explored in 1908. Included in this collection is half of

an engraved tablet of sandstone, bearing on the face a finely wrought con-

ventional design, specimens of copper and disk shaped pieces of sandstone.

In January, 1916, a large collection of pre-historic Indian specimens,

assembled by the late Eber Hyde of Lancaster, was presented to the

Museum by his heirs. It consists of pipes, ceremonials of slate, axes,

hammers, pestles and arrow and spear points, knives and various objects

made of flint.

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Mr. T. W. Cowles, Columbus, presented a fine specimen of slate

gorget, found at Jeromeville, Ashland county.

From Mrs. Katherine D. Sharp, was received a very fine, rare cres-

cent ceremonial, found near London, Madison county.

Dr. N. H. Grove, Wyoming, Ohio, presented the Museum a cast of

a flat stone, having peculiar markings on one side. It was found by Mr.

George Gavitt in 1910, on the site of a large mound at Jacksonburg, But-

ler county.

Mr. Paul Esselborn, Portsmouth, presented the Museum a perfect

pottery vessel of rare type, found on the Bannon farm, nine miles north

of Portsmouth.

Mr. Fred M. Avery, Cleveland, presented to the Society several

grooved axes of granite; one fine celt and one hammer stone.

Mr. Bruce Rogers, superintendent of parks at Youngstown, pre-

sented to the Museum a pipe made of sandstone, conical in form, with

widely flaring rim at the top of the bowl, found while excavating in the

City Park in 1915.

Received from Mrs. Bessie G. McCullough her entire collection of

specimens found in Franklin, Darke and Coshocton counties. This collec-

tion consists of pestles, grooved axes, hammers, arrow and spear points,

knives, hematite specimens, pipes and ceremonial pieces, totaling 3,840

specimens.

Miss Kate Ayers, Columbus, presented two fine granite celts and two

cones - one of hematite.

Mr. G. W. Lorimer, Troy, presented a skull which had been pene-

trated by a flint arrow point, still in place. The skull was found three

miles below Piqua, while excavating for a railroad cut. He also pre-

sented a very fine bird-stone, with large, extended eyes.

Mr. S. C. Gray, Deavertown, presented a sandstone disk, with a

human face cut on one side. This was found near Deavertown, Ohio.

From Mr. J. P. Burkhart, West Salem, Wayne county, we secured

by purchase a very interesting collection, from the region of West Salem.

The collection consists of pestles, stone axes, hematite celts, chipped flint

implements, and numbers almost 500 specimens.

Mr. Edward S. Smith, Warren, presented a stone hoe, found on his

farm in Warren.

Mr. G. H. Heinisch presented his entire collection of Indian relics,

taken from the Heinisch mound, Gallia Street, Portsmouth, which consists

of a very fine ceremonial pick, 121/2 inches long, made of mottled granite,

and smoothly polished; several platform pipes and two very fine celts of

diorite, the latter highly polished. The collection consists of about 80

specimens.

Mr. Arthur W. Hall, Lakewood, presented six stone sinkers, found

in the Lake Erie district.

Mr. J. Gorrell, Holmesville, presented the Society a sandstone pipe,

found on his farm; also a large nodule of hematite used as a celt.

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Mr. Earl Truster, West Middletown, Butler county, presented a

lizard-shaped ceremonial found on his farm.

Mr. T. B. Bowers, Columbus, a life member of the Society, pre-

sented a leaf-shaped, unnotched type of arrow head, found while digging

out the bones of a mastodon, near Shadesville, in 1915.

Mr. Leonard Young, Columbus, presented a large black leaf-shaped

spear point, five inches in length, found on the ground of Camp Willis

while grading for the military camp, 1916.

Mr. Wilbur Stout has added several small additions to his collection

from Scioto county. He has also sent many specimens of flint, and Ohio

pipestone, from the various regions of Ohio.

From Mr. Thomas W. McCullough was secured, by purchase, his

entire collection of pipes, ceremonials, pestles, axes, hammers, knives,

arrow and spear points. This collection numbers 4,000 specimens.

Mr. Clay Barnes, Waverly, presented his excellent collection of pre-

historic stone relics, collected in the vicinity of his farm, near Sargents,

Pike county.

Mr. N. T. Patterson, Piketon, presented a small collection of archae-

ological specimens, from the region surrounding Piketon.

Mr. S. A. Barr, presented two necklaces made of shell, taken from a

mound on his farm, near East Monroe, Highland county.

We secured from Mr. J. W. Lorimer, by purchase, one of the finest

private collections in the state, numbering upward of 10,000 specimens,

typical of western and northwestern Ohio.

Dr. H. E. Twitchell, Hamilton, presented choice specimens from his

collection, which includes many specimens from mounds in Butler county.

Mr. Charles V. Wertz, Portsmouth, presented a number of fine speci-

mens from the Feurt village site.

Mr. Morris Hicks, Portsmouth, presented a splendid specimen, made

of cannel coal.

Mr. J. C. Shreve, Atlantic City, N. J., presented a number of archae-

ological specimens, taken from the shell heaps of Florida.

Mrs. L. C. Hoover, Laura, presented a small collection of archae-

ological specimens, collected at Laura, Miami county.

Mr. H. C. Shetrone, assistant curator, presented a very choice col-

lection of archaeological specimens, found in Franklin, Darke and Miami

counties.

Mr. King G. Thompson presented a specimen of 25c fractional cur-

rency.

Mr. H. E. Buck, Delaware, presented several bones of the mastodon,

and an early make of a glass flask.

Dr. Edward C. Mills, Columbus, presented a brick taken from the

Coliseum at Rome, and the first ballot box used in Franklin county.

Mr. Fred A. Bill, Minneapolis, Minn., presented a large spinning

wheel, used in Ohio in early days.

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Mrs. Jennie Talbott, Springfield, Ill., presented, through Mr. C. M.

Smith of Columbus, samples of silk and silk plush, woven in the first silk

factory west of the Alleghany Mountains, located at Mt. Pleasant, Jeffer-

son county.

Mrs. Mayme B. Stout, Beaver, presented a cavalry helmet of the

War of 1812.

Nitschke Brothers, Columbus, presented an old plummet found on

the site of the first jail in Columbus, and a piece of bone taken from a

tree, many feet from the ground.

Miss Ida Covault Schults, Cerro Gordo, Ill., presented a large

spear, used by her great-grandfather, Timothy Covault, in fighting In-

dians in the remote settlements near Ft. Washington (Cincinnati) in

1787, three years before Ft. Washington was established.

Mr. E. P. Elliott, Natal, South Africa, presented to the Museum

a splendid collection of native ornaments, consisting of necklaces, brace-

lets, snuff boxes, etc.

Mr. Samuel Butler, Columbus, presented a number of historic relics,

including an Indian scalp.

Mrs. W. O. Thompson, Columbus, presented a large piece of cloth

woven by natives of Central America.

Mr. J. J. Cramer, Los Angeles, Calif., presented a Henry rifle, used

in the civil war.

Mr. Almer Hegler, Washington C. H., presented a 6½c silver piece;

one Malay Kris and one double barreled Belgium pistol.

Mr. E. L. Clarridge, Columbus, presented paper money used by the

provisional Mexican government.

Prof. J. R. Taylor, Columbus, presented parts of an old spinning

wheel.

Mr. F. M. Alexander, Newark, presented a spur worn by Edward

Tiffin, first Governor of Ohio.

Mr. Harry W. Kennell, Dayton, presented a number of old political

tickets and newspapers.

Mr. George M. Finckel, Columbus, presented a most rare and valu-

able collection of U. S. cents, and a number of Colonial and State bank

notes.

Prof. Chas. E. Albright, Columbus, presented a splendid example of

Hawaiian grass skirt.

Mr. F. H. Nichols, Columbus, presented specimens from the pyra-

mids and paper money from Japan; also a paper bill found in the ruins

of a bank that had been destroyed, at Martinique.

Mrs. Mack Roberts, Dennison, presented tanned skins of various

animals.

Prof. S. C. Derby, Columbus, presented a variety of political and

convention badges.

Mrs. J. N. Searles, Stillwater, Minn., presented a quilt made in Ohio

in 1841. The quilt represents the highest art in needle work,

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We purchased from Mr. Aaron DuBois, Columbus, a beaded war

bonnet, which is the finest specimen of its kind in our collection.

Mrs. Sarah J. Coleman and Miss Marietta Comly, of Columbus, pre-

sented a collection of natural history specimens, owned by their father,

the late Dr. J. W. Comly.

Miss Anna E. Southard and Mrs. C. S. Moore, Columbus, presented

a collection of historical specimens pertaining to the Moore and Southard

families.

Mr. T. B. Bowers, Columbus, presented a very large collection of

early Ohio historical and pioneer specimens.

Mrs. Margaret McAllister Wilcox, Columbus, presented a collection

of pioneer objects used in the home of her father in Delaware county,

in the early days of the last century.

Mr. J. W. McCarty, Columbus, loaned a collection of specimens from

the Philippines.

A number of specimens of historic interest were received from the

heirs of the late Eber Hyde, Lancaster.

Mr. Frank Tallmadge, Columbus, presented a number of documents

concerning the early stage-coach days in Ohio.

Mr. A. E. Fletcher, M. D., of Byesville, presented, through Mr. Fred

Fletcher, Columbus, the lower jaw of a mammoth, found in 1914 along

Bird's Run, eight miles north of Cambridge.

Mr. John B. Gibson, a Kentucky soldier of the Union Army, pre-

sented a piece of the flag which was raised on the flag-staff at Cameron

Hill, Chattanooga, Tenn., by Union and Confederate veterans during their

reunion in 1881. The flag was raised after word had been received of

the assassination of President Garfield. The flag was divided between the

Union and Confederate soldiers.

We received from Prof. Edward Orton a promissory note, signed by

Josiah Wedgewood. The note illustrates the manner in which commercial

paper was endorsed and circulated in England in 1789. This specimen is

mounted under glass.

 

LOGAN ELM :

Mr. Tallmadge made the following report for the Committee on

Logan Elm Park:

Your committee has for four years had charge of the small tract of

land known as the Logan Elm Park, consisting of four and seven-tenths

acres, it having been presented to the Society, upon which is the tree

known as "Logan Elm," and a very handsome monument known as "Boggs

Monument." We have to report the past year as one of great activity

and progress. We have constructed upon the tract of land a building,

not a reproduction but the real thing, a log cabin, with all its old-time

accessories and equipment-it was very much needed as a shelter house.

On that subject I want to report that every Sunday, during good weather,

there is an average of one hundred automobiles visiting the park. This

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season there were placed there two memorials, one from the Cressap de-

scendants - Captain Michael Cressap - and one by our Society. The tab-

lets contain twenty names of those who were present at the Dunmore

Treaty in October, 1774, at that site. These memorials are not now per-

manently placed, because they are not embedded; we expect in the spring,

when we get more money, to place them upon a larger boulder, or upon

the present one built up, with a large face. As to the tree itself, I want

to report it has been vigorous during the year. Some insect attacked it

last season, which did not appear this season, because we were ready for

them. The tree's condition is due to the care of the late Professor

Lazenby. It has been suggested that our Society should pay as much at-

tention to other historical sites within the confines of Pickaway township

as we have paid to this little tract. There are, perhaps, half a dozen other

historical sites which are just as important. To these suggestions your

committee has made one reply, and that is that our Society cannot im-

prove other people's property.

 

SPIEGAL GROVE PARK:

Col. Hayes made the following report:

On Decoration Day, May 30th, 1916, the Hayes Memorial Library

and Museum was formally dedicated, an account of which appears in the

October, 1916, Quarterly.

On January 29th, 1916, an endowment of $50,000 was established, the

net income from which is to be devoted to the purchase of books, manu-

scripts and other articles of historical interest in line with the present

collections, when recommended and selected by the Archaeological and

Historical Society, and purchased by the Citizens Savings and Trust Com-

pany, as Trustee for the fund, if included under the terms of the trust.

The Trust Agreement provided, however, that during the life of the donor

and his wife, the income was to be expended by them as they saw fit, for

the benefit of the Hayes Memorial. Since the last annual meeting there

has been expended from the fund, $3,630.27; of this amount $856.20 was

used for the necessary changes in the boiler room and heating plant, and

$2,773.97 for the purchase of thirty-four portrait windows and for show

cases and additional furniture in the library and museum.

The immediate physical needs are: Iron bars and fly screens on

windows; coal storage supply; arrangement of specimens in museum and

printing of labels by Mr. Shetrone; a catalogue for the library.

The Memorial Building has been closed since November 18th, on

which day the supply of natural gas for fuel was cut off by the local

gas company.

The diaries of Rutherford B. Hayes, covering the period from 1834

to 1893, practically sixty years, have been ready for copying for the last

two years. The Librarian of the University of Texas desires to publish

them in the 20th volume of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, pub-

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lished by the Texas State Historical Association. Our Library Committee

has asked for an estimate of the cost. The copying and publishing of

these diaries should be done by our Society and no other.

The books of the library Americana practically fill the shelves of

the two large library rooms on the main floor. The large collection of

papers, pamphlets and letters, as yet unexamined, likewise fill the two

storage rooms on the third floor, and the exhibition cases in the museum

have in them perhaps two or three times as many articles as can properly

be shown to advantage. From the above it will be seen that if any addi-

tional books or curios are to be purchased with the income from the

endowment fund, or if the papers, pamphlets and letters on the third floor

are to be arranged so as to be accessible, it will be necessary to build an

addition to the present building. A library stack-room, two stories high,

would have four floors for books, sufficient for all time, with a capacity

of possibly 50,000 books. An addition 20 x30 feet in size, built off the

south side of the present building, and in architectural harmony with the

main building, would cost $10,000.

 

 

FORT ANCIENT:

Your committee on Fort Ancient has made a number of visits to the

Fort since our last annual meeting. During the year a number of improve-

ments have been made.

1st. The roadway at the entrance of the Old Fort was extended

through the marshy ground by laying a foundation of flat stones and

covering the same with gravel.

2nd. The shelter house has received a new roof.

3rd. Steps were made to the spring, which gives access to much

needed water.

The expense for these improvements has been reported to a mid-

year meeting.

The following further improvements have been made:

1st. A new well has been dug, near the shelter house, and provided

with pump.

2nd. The retiring houses have been repaired.

3rd. The roadway has been extended by graveling several hundred

feet toward the "look-out" at the northwest angle of the Old Fort.

The cost of these last improvements is $369.35. There is left a bal-

ance of $156.65, which will at once be used in the repair of the road in the

New Fort.

HARRISON MEMORIAL:

Mr. Ryan made the following report:

The committee on Harrison Memorial, consisting of Governor Camp-

bell as chairman, Mr. Randall and myself as associates, respectfully desire

to report: We visited Cincinnati, had a conference with the Harrison

Memorial Committee of the Cincinnati Business Men's Club, and with

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them visited the tomb of General Harrison at North Bend. We found

the tomb in a most dilapidated and disgraceful condition. There was four

inches of mud in the sepulchre, making it impossible for anybody to go

in the receptacle where the bodies of the Harrison family are deposited,

and there is no way to tell, from outward appearances, where General

Harrison lies. We had with us on that occasion Col. Russell B. Harrison,

son of President Benjamin Harrison, and great-grandson of General Har-

rison. It was agreed, in connection with the Cincinnati Committee, that

nothing should be done until options were procured for the adjoining

property. That is necessary before any steps are taken. The Cincinnati

people were to get these options. We haven't heard from the Cincinnati

Committee since, but it is possible at the coming session of Congress a

bill will be introduced, whereby an appropriation will be made by the

general government, conditioned that Ohio also make proper contribution.

 

 

FORT MIAMI AND FORT MEIGS.

The committee submitted the following report:

Your Committee on Fort Miami and Fort Meigs met at noon Octo-

ber 27, 1916, at the office of W. J. Sherman in the city of Toledo. Pres-

ident Wright, H. E. Buck and W. J. Sherman were present. Fort Miami

was inspected in the afternoon by your Committee accompanied by Mr.

Howard Lewis, of Toledo, one of the owners.

On the following day your Committee accompanied by Wm. Corlett,

President of the Maumee Valley Pioneer Association, inspected Fort

Meigs and afterwards "Turkey Foot" Rock and the battle field of Fallen

Timbers.

We now submit for your consideration the following report, viz:

 

FORT MIAMI:

Concerning the antiquity of Fort Miami and its early history we

find the following on pages 9 and 10 of Knapp's History of the Maumee

Valley, viz:

"One of these parties (of Frontenac, the French Governor of

Canada 1672-1682) found their way to the Miami or Maumee River

and in 1680 built a small stockade just below the site of Maumee City.

* * * On this very spot where the Fort of Maumee stood the British

in 1794 erected Fort Miami."

Knapp quotes above from Goodman's report and states that Good-

man obtained data from French records at Montreal and Quebec and

from papers at Albany and Harrisburg. Knapp also adds:

"Hence the occupation of the Maumee antedated that sought to be

established (1683) on the Detroit."

Graham in Vol 3, 0. A. H. S. P., page 301, speaks of "Fort Miami

the oldest fortification in Ohio" having been used by the French but a

short time and adds:

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"In 1785 the abandoned fort was rebuilt by the British who re-

mained in possession until the treaty of peace with the Indians."

Randall & Ryan say at page 559, Vol. 2, of their History of Ohio:

"In obedience to the terms of this treaty Fort Miami was yielded

to the Americans July 26, 1796."

Fort Miami was again occupied by the British during the war of

1812.

This old fort occupies a commanding site on the left bank of the

Maumee river less than two (2) miles in an air line below Fort Meigs.

The earth works are very well defined at the present time. The

property belongs to Messrs. Frank and Howard Lewis, of Toledo, but

who recently purchased it for residential purposes at a cost of approxi-

mately $12,000.00, for about seven acres, of which one-third is comprised

in what are known as "water lots." They now state that they do not

wish to sell the property, as they intend ultimately to live there.

 

FORT MEIGS:

This fort, directly opposite the Village of Maumee, and one (1)

mile above the Village of Perrysburg, was completed by General Har-

rison February 16, 1813. It was unsuccessfully attacked by the British

General Proctor in the summer of 1813. Concerning it Gunckal in his

"Early History of the Maumee Valley" says:

"Fort Meigs covered a space of nine (9) acres, but this was in-

creased to fourteen (14) acres during the second siege. It was the most

important and imposing of the fortifications in the Maumee Valley and

the great north west."

This property, still in a splendid state of preservation, belongs to

the State of Ohio. A beautiful marble shaft has recently been erected

in the center of the old fort. The care of this property is in the hands

of a commission of five appointed by the Governor.

Recent improvements made by the Commission include a com-

fortable and modern caretaker's residence and a system of good drive-

ways.

It is our understanding that the Fort Meigs Commission will prob-

ably be favorable to the acquisition by your Society of this valuable

property from the State and your Committee respectfully recommends

that the proper steps be taken to secure such action. The lands owned

by the State at this point embrace about 36 acres.

 

THE BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS:

On this famous battle field Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the In-

dians under "Little Turtle" and his British allies Aug. 20, 1794, and

paved the way for the treaty of peace signed at Greenville the follow-

ing year. This was the last battle with the Indians within the bound-

aries of the State of Ohio, and opened up this entire state for settle-

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ment. "Turkey Foot," Chief of one of the tribes, was slain, and "Turkey

Foot Rock" commemorates his memory and his death. The battle front

was two (2) miles in extent, but the clearings next to the river were

doubtless the scenes of the most severe fighting. "Turkey Foot Rock"

is near the river; and Presque Isle, rising abruptly from the bottom lands

to a height of fifty feet above the river, is near by. The acquisition of

Presque Isle and Turkey Foot Rock by your Society is favored by your

Committee. The lands to be acquired would comprise perhaps eighty

(80) acres, now highly improved and situated about three (3) miles

above Maumee. We have not conferred with the owners concerning the

matter.

LIBRARY COMMITTEE:

Mr. Ryan reported for the committee, as follows:

Since the last meeting of the Society the committee has had sev-

eral meetings. The committee has made investigations, looking for

proper literary matter for the library, at Chillicothe, and after a com-

plete survey it regrets to report a total lack of books, literature, pam-

phlets or manuscripts available. Years ago all of the original manu-

scripts of historical characters of Chillicothe were either sold to the

Western Reserve Historical Society, forwarded to Washington, or sold

to private parties in New York. The libraries have been disposed of,

principally to private purchasers. The committee has been disappointed

to find, at the most historic center of the state, no available material.

The committee finds in its constantly received catalogues of various sec-

ond-hand book concerns throughout the country a remarkable dearth of

material concerning Ohio. As a matter of purchase it is practically im-

possible to secure early Ohio literature--it has already been acquired

by private and public libraries. The Committee has within recent days

purchased a complete file of the Crisis, published here in Columbus by

Sam Medary during the war. The committee have purchased from a

Boston party some eighteen autograph letters of Salmon P. Chase, let-

ters written during his college days at Dartmouth and first residence in

Washington, D. C.

SERPENT MOUND:

W. H. Cole, chairman of the Serpent Mound Committee, submitted

the following report: When assigned to the care of the Serpent Mound

Park there was pending certain repairs on the home of the custodian,

consisting of a new roof on a portion of the house, replastering the

kitchen, rebuilding a veranda and papering certain rooms - in all amount-

ing to $40.00. This work was all done in a satisfactory manner.

We provided a book for the registration of visitors. During the

present year up to date, nearly eight thousand visitors registered their

presence, while many others did not register. In the past spring we

had planted an orchard, consisting of apple, cherry, pear and plum trees,

together with gooseberry, currants and strawberry bushes. We pre-

pared and had published a map and pamphlet, as a guide to the Serpent

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Mound. These are to be sold at the park by the custodian, at 25c, cloth

bound, and 10c paper bound. The revenue derived from this sale will

be turned over to the Treasurer of the Society, Mr. Wood.

In October we had the steel observation tower at the mound re-

painted. We also had the barn and the fences on the property white-

washed, and in October, under the direction of a landscape gardener,

and through his courtesy, we planted seventy ornamental forest trees.

The road from the entrance to the mound is in very bad condition,

owing to washouts, and should be repaired. Another pressing need is

that of a shelter house, and a rest room at the park.

It is our sad duty to report the death of our genial and efficient

custodian, Mr. Daniel Wallace, who died of typhoid fever on the morn-

ing of November 9, 1916. In addition to his long-time efficient service and

his genial personality, Mr. Wallace was an interesting character, from

the fact that he had been at the Park from the beginning of Prof. Put-

nam's explorations, and improvements, and was therefore familiar with

everything connected with its recent history. Mr. Wallace was a very

valuable man to the Society, and his place will be difficult to fill.

 

WARREN COUNTY SERPENT MOUND:

The committee on the contemplated purchase of the serpent mound

in Warren county simply had to report that they had visited the site,

found it very advantageously located on the banks of a creek, and there

are great opportunities there for a beautiful park. It is two and a half

miles west of Morrow. When in its complete condition it was about the

size, and very similar to the Serpent Mound in Adams county. The

committee found that about half the serpent, from the head, is in an

excellent state of preservation. It would not be a difficult thing for an

expert to restore it. It seemed to the committee a very desirable acqui-

sition for the Society.

 

BIG BOTTOM PARK:

Mr. C. L. Bozman made the following report as to the conditions

of Big Bottom Park. Have visited twice this season the landmark and

find things there in reasonably good shape, considering the great damage

done by flood of 1913, which demolished a portion of the fence and upset

the monument or rather the "spire" which has been placed in position.

Since the Society has come into possession of the Park a new public

road has been established at the rear of the park, thereby abandoning

the old road between park and river. I presume the park could be ex-

tended across this road.

 

NECROLOGY:

Mr. Mills reported the death of the following members during the

past year:

Col. John W. Harper, December 27, 1915.

Jeptha Gerard, December 15, 1915.

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Dr. W. B. Rosamond, May 15, 1916.

Charles A. Dana, August, 1916.

W. R. Lazenby, September 15, 1916.

Obadiah Brokaw, May 5, 1916.

E. H. Archer, September 2, 1916.

R. M. Voorhees, July 22. 1916.

J. T. Holmes, February 17, 1916.

Alfred A. Thomas, March 3, 1916.

Mrs. Mary McArthur Tuttle, September, 1916.

General E. B. Finley, August 21, 1916.

The nominating committee, which had been named by Mr. Bareis,

chairman of the meeting, consisted of Messrs. Prince, Gard and Cole.

This committee recommended the election of Messrs. L. P. Schaus, D.

J. Ryan and F. W. Treadway as Trustees, to succeed themselves, for the

term of three years. They were elected.

Two amendments to the constitution were proposed and adopted.

Section 2 of Article II provides that the payment at any one time of

twenty-five dollars shall constitute the person paying a life member.

That section was amended by striking out the word "twenty-five" and

inserting in lieu thereof "fifty", and furthermore in that section it was

provided that any person who shall make a donation to the Society, the

value of which is not less than fifty dollars, shall be entitled to life

membership.

The section as amended reads:

"Sec. 2. The payment at any one time of fifty dollars ($50.00)

to the Society shall constitute the person so paying a life member. Life

members shall be exempt from all further dues, and shall be entitled

to all the privileges of active membership. Any person who shall make

a donation to the Society, the value of which shall be determined by

the trustees to be not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be entitled to

life membership. Said life membership payments shall constitute a per-

manent fund to be invested at the discretion of the Trustees. The in-

come only of this fund to be used by the Society for such purposes as

the Trustees may direct."

It was then, without any definite action, agreed and understood by

the meeting that the amendment as to the fifty dollar membership fee

should not become effective until January 1st, 1917.

Article V, Section 1, now provides that the annual meeting shall be

held within thirty days after the end of the fiscal year of the Society.

That article and section was amended by striking out the word "thirty"

and inserting in lieu thereof the word "ninety."

Section 1, Article V, as amended reads:

"Section 1. The fiscal year of the Society shall end June 30, and

the annual meeting shall be held at Columbus within ninety days there-

after at the discretion of the President and Secretary. Due notice of the

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meeting shall be mailed by the Secretary to all members of the Society

at least ten days before such annual meeting is held."

The following were duly elected to life membership: Mr. Clay

Barnes, Waverley; Dr. H. E. Twitchell, Hamilton; Mr. A. J. Rayner,

Piqua; Prof. A. M. Schlesinger, Columbus; Mr. H. C. Shetrone, Co-

lumbus; Hon. Harry L. Goodbread, Nevada, Ohio; Dr. Wm. D. Tremper,

Portsmouth; Mr. W. O. Feurt, Portsmouth; Mr. Geo. H. Heinisch,

Portsmouth; Mr. Wilbur Stout, Sciotoville; Mr. Henry J. Booth, Co-

lumbus; Prof. John E. Bradford, Oxford.

On motion the meeting adjourned.

 

 

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.

SOCIETY BUILDING, NOVEMBER 27, 1916.

Present: Messrs. Wright, Ryan, Prince, Cole, Wood, Randall,

Buck, Bareis, Hayes, Treadway, Moore, Thompson, Campbell; absent,

Messrs. Schaus and Palmer.

The meeting was called to order by President Wright, who stated

that the first thing in order was the election of officers. The officers

elected for the ensuing year (1916-17) were as follows:

Mr. G. Frederick Wright, President; Mr. George F. Bareis, First Vice

President; Mr. Daniel J. Ryan, Second Vice President; Mr. E. O. Ran-

dall, Secretary; Mr. E. F. Wood, Treasurer and Mr. W. C. Mills, Curator.

Thereupon the salaries for the different officers and employes for the

year beginning July 1, 1917, were determined upon as asked for in the

forthcoming budget but subject to the legislative appropriations.

Mr. Wood stated that the salaries here fixed are for the year be-

ginning July 1, 1917, and the figures are those furnished the Budget

Commissioner.

All of the present employes of the Society were appointed for a

term ending June 30th, 1917.

Mr. Wood gave the names of the employes thus reappointed, as

follows: Oscar F. Miller, bookkeeper, Mr. H. C. Shetrone, assistant

curator; Mr. Starling Eaton, superintendent of building; Mr. John Gill

and Mr. Elmer Hart, janitors; Miss Bushfield, assistant librarian, Co-

lumbus building; Miss Grace Harper, stenographer; Mrs. Elizabeth P.

French, assistant librarian, Hayes Memorial Library; Mr. Warren Cowan,

caretaker, Fort Ancient; Mr. Chauncey Hawk, caretaker, Spiegel Grove

Park; Mr. Jerry Estell, caretaker, Logan Elm Park.

Dr. W. O. Thompson, who was present, stated briefly the attitude

which he thought the Society ought to take in regard to any cooperation

with the Ohio State University. The suggestion had been considered

that the Society cooperate with the historical department of the Uni-

versity, to the effect that a teacher of history, particularly relative to

Ohio history, be employed, the salary of whom should be shared by the

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