EMILIUS OVIATT
RANDALL.
1850-1819.
This issue of the QUARTERLY is a
memorial to Emilius Oviatt
Randall, Secretary of the Ohio State
Archaeological and His-
torical Society from February, 1894, to
the date of his death,
December 18, 1919, a period of
twenty-five years. Through all
that time he was editor of the OHIO
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HIS-
TORICAL QUARTERLY. Its pages bear the impress of his
character
- his industry, his literary merit as
historian and his devotion to
his native state. They constitute a
more enduring memorial than
the spontaneous tribute of a host of
friends and appreciative
readers within and beyond the borders
of Ohio.
With the poignant regret at the death
of our secretary comes
a feeling of pride in the contemplation
of his achievements and
character. In no better way can the
appreciative estimate of
both be presented than through the
testimonials of those who
were in close touch with his life work.
These are set forth on
the following pages with supplemental
notes and quotations
from his writings.
It is a noteworthy coincidence that Mr.
Randall's first liter-
ary work, so far as known, was as
editor and that his last contri-
bution was to The Ohio Newspaper, published
by the department
of journalism of the Ohio State
University. From the proceeds
of his youthful editorial venture he
realized sufficient to pay in
part the expenses of a trip to the
Paris exposition of 1867, the
reminiscences of which furnished the
material for an informing
and delightful address fifty years
later before the Kit-Kat Club
-the last extended and carefully
prepared address that he de-
livered.
The Kit-Kat Club held a service in
honor of the memory of
Mr. Randall at the Chittenden Hotel,
Columbus, O., February
1, 1920, at 3 o'clock P. M. The program
and tributes are here
given in full:
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