MINUTES OF
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEO- LOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING, Columbus, Ohio, September 19, 1923. FORENOON SESSION 9 A. M. Pursuant to a call issued September 8, 1923, the So- ciety met and was called to order by President Camp- bell. The following members were present: |
Hon. James E. Campbell, Mr. E. F. Wood, Mr. George F. Bareis, Professor B. F. Prince, Mr. Henry J. Booth, General J. Warren Keifer, Colonel Webb C. Hayes, General Edward Orton, Jr., Dr. W. O. Thompson, Professor W. H. Siebert, Hon. Van A. Snider, Mr. A. G. Flickinger, Mr. H. R. McPherson, Mrs. Ivor Hughes, Miss Martha J. Maltby, Dr. F. C. Furniss, Professor Carl Wittke, Mr. John R. Horst, |
Mr. J. Frank Shumaker, Mr. Ransom C. Baker, Dr. H. O. Whitaker, Professor W. H. Cole. Mr. O. F. Miller, Mr. Frank Tallmadge, Dr. W. C. Mills, ,Mr. W. D. Wall, Professor H. C. Hockett, Mr. C. B. Galbreath, Mr. W. J. Sherman, Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, General George Florence, Mr. Dean M. Hickson, Mr. C. W. Justice, Mr. J. E. Tritsch, Mrs. Orson D. Dryer, Dr. E. P. Hills, |
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Mr. J. S. Roof, Mr. H. C. Shetrone, Mr. Jerry Dennis, Mr. George C. Parrett, |
Mr. Wm. H. Johnson, Dr. E. M. Hatton, Dr. W. H. Scott. |
Governor James E. Campbell was elected Chairman, and Mr. C. W. Justice was elected Secretary of the meeting. REPORT OF SECRETARY The Secretary, Mr. C. B. Galbreath, read his report, as follows: We are pleased to record unusual activity and
distinct progress in the work of the Society for the past
year. An ex- tended account of what has been accomplished
assuredly might be justified but your Secretary, in order not to
weary your patience, will present only a summary of his report
here, re- serving the right to present a more ample survey in
the printed record. Following the established custom, a notice of trips
made by the Secretary in the interest of the Society is
reported here: On October 2, a most interesting meeting was held
under the extended branches of the Logan Elm. There were
present on this occasion a large attendance of teachers and
pupils of the schools of Pickaway County together with a number of
citizens from
Circleville and the surrounding country. Dr. Howard Jones delivered an address which appeared in the
April QUARTERLY. The
Secretary was present in answer to a special invitation and spoke briefly. On October 4, the Secretary, together with other
officers of the Society, witnessed the inspiring and largely
attended Centenary celebration in honor of Rutherford Birchard
Hayes at Spiegel Grove State Park. A full account of this
celebration appeared in the April QUARTERLY. On October 29, by special invitation the Secretary,
in an address on the site of the old Felix Renick farm in
Ross County, Ohio, accepted for the Society a monument erected in
honor of Felix Renick who, on October 29, 1836, conducted here
the first sale of shorthorn cattle in America. Prominent
officers in the Shorthorn breeders organization were present and
participated in the interesting and unique exercises. The monument is
a native granite bowlder with bronze tablet fittingly
inscribed. Professor |
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Charles S. Plumb of Ohio State
University, cattle and general
live stock expert, who was very active
in the movement to
permanently mark the site where this
sale took place, delivered
an interesting address on the occasion
of the dedication of this
monument and has promised to write for
the QUARTERLY an
extended sketch of Felix Renick,
including an account of this
interesting meeting. The monument is an
appropriate one and
worthy the interest and care of our
Society.
On November 6, the Secretary
participated in the exercises
incident to the unveiling of a large
bowlder monument with
bronze tablet on the site of Old Fort
St. Clair near Eaton,
Preble County, Ohio. He spoke at the
unveiling of the monu-
ment and in the Court House in the
afternoon following this
event. The occasion was a most
interesting one and largely
attended. The exercises were under the
auspices of the His-
torical Society of Preble County and a
full account appeared in
the July QUARTERLY.
On April 21 the Secretary made a trip to
the Logan Elm
to try out the feasibility of
transplanting some seedlings of that
famous tree. He was joined here by Mr.
Frank Tallmadge,
Chairman of the committee. A careful
search disclosed a num-
ber of seedlings that had been cut to
mere stubs by the scythe
of the caretaker. These were
transplanted and are still alive
with prospects of a good growth the
coming year. The care-
taker was directed to spare the
seedlings just starting, with the
result that there is a very promising
prospect of the growth of
a grove of Logan Elms on the site of the
parent tree. A sub-
sequent trip was made to the Logan Elm
Park in this interest.
On June 13 a patriotic celebration was
held at the Logan
Elm under the auspices of the Daughters
and Sons of the Amer-
ican Revolution. The principal address
was delivered by United
States Senator Simeon D. Fess, and was
greatly enjoyed by a
large and appreciative audience. In the
absence of the Presi-
dent, Governor Campbell, the Secretary
welcomed the meeting
to the Park and the shade of the old
Elm.
On June 28 the Secretary made a second
trip to Eaton.
Ohio, to arrange for the transfer of
papers and relics that were
bequeathed by the late Sarah E.
Reynolds, a life member of
this Society. On this trip he also made
an examination of the
old site of Fort St. Clair with adjacent
property which, by
legislative act, is soon to be
transferred to the custody of this
Society.
On July 30 the Secretary went to
Cleveland to interview
Charles F. Brush, famous electrician,
inventor and a life mem-
ber of this Society, preparatory to
publishing in a future issue
of the QUARTERLY an account of his
inventions and contributions
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to science. This is to be one of a
series of sketches that will
include also Thomas A. Edison and
Orville Wright.
The minutes of the meeting of the
Trustees and the Finance
Committee are included in the year book
containing in extended
detail the work of the Society.
Following custom, however, a
brief notice of the meetings of these
two committees, held since
the last annual meeting, is here
presented.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
On September 23, 1922, a meeting was held to authorize the
Director of the Society, Dr.
William C. Mills, to proceed with
improvements for which funds had been
provided, at Campus
Martius, Fort Amanda Park and Fort
Laurens.
On October 28, 1922, a meeting was
held to determine the
obligations and rights of the Society
with reference to the
Spiegel Grove State Park property. The special committee
having this matter under consideration
made a brief preliminary
report.
On January 29, 1923, a meeting was held at which Colonel
Edward Orton, Jr., read a statement
transferring the library
of the Old Northwest Genealogical and
Historical Society to The
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society. He also made
a report of the activities of the
Memorial Building Committee.
Mr. Clarence D. Laylin made an exhaustive report for
the com-
mittee appointed to determine the
obligations and rights of The
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society relative to the
Spiegel Grove State property, concluding
with a summary of
findings as follows:
By virtue of the deed for the first ten
acre tract, The Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society,
as beneficiary, has acquired a de-
feasible, equitable fee in said tract.
The Society cannot deal with or dis-
pose of its title in such a way as to
cause a violation of any of the con-
ditions and covenants in the deed
without extinguishing the title of the
State; and as intimated it is believed
that the Society is without authority
to do or permit any act, the performance
of omission of which would
cause a reversion of the title, unless
the General Assembly of the State
should, directly or indirectly,
authorize or direct the abandonment of
Spiegel Grove as a State Park.
Subject to the foregoing, the Society
has, by virtue of said title, the
sole right to possession of the ten
acres, subject to the obligations and
rights of way, etc., referred to in this
memorandum.
The same comments apply to the deed to
the second ten acre tract
except that it is worthy of note that
the building erected thereon by the
expenditure of State funds (to which
additions are now being made
through the expenditure of trust fund
created by Colonel Hayes), would
become the property of the heirs of
Colonel Hayes should the title revert.
So long as the conditions, etc., are
complied with, however, the whole build-
ing is in the beneficial sense the
property of the Society; and the Society
has the right to determine all policies
with respect to its management and
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operation, except that the income of the
first trust fund as above ob-
served may be expended on this building
during the life-time of Colonel
and Mrs. Hayes, as observed in
connection with the discussion of the
obligations created by the first trust
agreement.
Under the deed for the five acre tract,
the State has acquired a
fee simple title, the beneficial
interest in which is in the Society, sub-
ject to trusts or covenants on the part
of the Society. * * * By this
same deed and delivery contemporaneous
therewith, all the personal
property formerly belonging to President
and Mrs. Hayes became the
property of the Society.
The right and title of the Society to
the personal property of
President and Mrs. Hayes is apparently
absolute. A default in any of
the obligations respecting the
residence, including that respecting its occu-
pancy by members of the Hayes family,
would not cause the title of this
tract to revert. So that the house and
the five acre lot on which it stands,
are the absolute property of the Society
as beneficiary, subject to the
reserved right of the Hayes family to
occupy the residence. It follows
that the Society is the sole judge of
the necessity of repairs, etc., on the
house, and of the expediency of making
alterations and erecting struc-
tures, etc., on the grounds, in this
tract. Under the first trust agreement,
the Society becomes entitled to all
books, etc., added to the library by the
expenditure of the income, and, as above
stated, is entitled to reports from
the Union Trust Company, the present
Trustee. By the supplemental
agreement, the Society has promised that
all such books, etc., shall for-
ever remain on the Spiegel Grove
premises as above stated.
It has already been stated that the
Society becomes the owner of the
buildings and structures erected at
Spiegel Grove by the expenditure of the
second trust fund.
The Society is so far a beneficiary
under the third trust agreement,
to which it is not a party, that it
becomes the owner of all books, etc.,
added to the library, and all
improvements added to the residence prop-
erty through the expenditure of the
income of this fund; but, as above
stated, it is not forced to accept the
benefits of this trust, unless it so
desires.
In conclusion, it may be said that
nothing in any of the agree-
ments or conveyances authorizes Colonel
Hayes or The Union Trust
Company to dictate how the state or the
Society shall administer or ex-
pend any moneys appropriated by the
State. In certain respects, all of
which have been pointed out, the failure
of the State to provide, through
the Society, for the proper care and maintenance
of the property, may
cause a reversion of title to part of
the real estate. In other respects,
such a failure may constitute a breach
of covenant or of trust to be
remedied or enforced by appropriate
legal proceedings, against the
Society. But in either of these events,
the question as to whether or not
the Society has discharged its
obligations, would not be determined by
the judgment or opinion of Colonel Hayes
or The Union Trust Company,
but by that of a Court of proper
jurisdiction.
Specifically, the Society is under no
obligations to expend any of
its moneys or secure any appropriations
for any additions to the library
and museum building or embellishments of
the ground save such as it
or the Legislature of the State may see
fit to make. If the amount in
the second trust fund is not sufficient
to complete the stack room addition
and the split boulder fence and to
provide the iron gate-ways, the Society
is under no obligations to complete
these improvements.
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A meeting was held June 26 to consider
matters incident
to the close of the fiscal year and a request of the
Emergency
Board for funds to construct a heating
plant at Spiegel Grove
State Park.
MEETINGS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
On October 24 a meeting was held to
consider the financial
obligations and the legal rights of the
Society with reference
to the Spiegel Grove State property. It
was occasioned by a
communication from Colonel Webb C. Hayes
to the effect that
he had cancelled his order to the Union
Trust Company to pay
money for the construction of the
addition to the Hayes
Memorial Building.
On November 1, a meeting was held
at which detailed con-
sideration was given to the budget
requests to be submitted to
the General Assembly. These requests as
agreed upon by the
committee were printed for the use of
the members of the Society
and the information of the General
Assembly.
Informal meetings were held on February
21 and March 19
preparatory to the presentation of
budget requests to the Finance
Committee of the House and the Finance
Committee of the
Senate respectively on these two dates.
It is scarcely necessary to report that
since the last annual
meeting of the Society the General
Assembly has been in session
and the budget of our increasing needs
has been considered.
The net result can be summed up briefly.
While the Society
did not get quite all it asked it
received at the hands of our law
makers the most satisfactory recognition
accorded in many years.
By their timely action the future of the
Society is assured and
it now enters upon a new era of
opportunity. An extended ac-
count of the legislative favor was
published by the Secretary in
the July issue of the QUARTERLY. A few items from
the new
appropriation must suffice for this
report.
1. $238,000 for the erection of a World
War Memorial
Wing to the building of the Society.
2. $6,000 a year for the Publications of
the Society, double
the amount appropriated in previous
years.
3. Increase in the salaries of a number
of the employes of
the Society.
4. Better provision for the care of the
various properties
of the Society, including especially
Logan Elm Park.
5. Provision for four additional
employes including one
library assistant.
6. An increase in appropriation for
books and manu-
scripts, also for specimens.
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7. An appropriation for a Photostat
Outfit which has al-
ready been installed.
This result is due to the harmonious
presentation of the
needs of the Society through committees,
officers and friends to
to the General Assembly, and to the
friendly attitude of the
General Assembly itself, including
especially the chairman of
the finance committee of the House,
Honorable Harry D. Sil-
ver, and the chairman of the finance
committee of the Senate,
Honorable J. F. Atwood. Among the
friends of the Society
who appeared before the committees of
the General Assembly
must be remembered General Chauncey B.
Baker and General
Harold M. Bush who spoke most
effectively in support of the
appropriation for the Memorial Wing.
LEGISLATION
The General Assembly not only
appropriated the items al-
ready mentioned, but made additional
appropriations and
passed three bills of special interest
to the Society as follows:
1. An
appropriation of $15,000 was made for real estate
and other improvements at the site of
old Fort St. Clair in
Preble County, Ohio.
2. A
bill introduced by Honorable Joseph H. Ebright of
Tuscarawas County appropriates $10,000
for the purchase and
preservation of the site of the village
of Schoenbrun.
3. A bill introduced by Honorable Thomas
L. Calvert of
Clark County appropriates $10,000 for
the construction of a
monument to General George Rogers Clark
and to commemorate
the battle of Piqua and the birthplace
of Tecumseh in Clark
County.
4. Honorable Harvey D. Cope is the
author of a bill, now
a law, that provides for the transfer of
newspaper files by
county commissioners to the custody of
this Society.
The three properties to be acquired are
all to pass to the
custody of this Society. The aggregate
appropriation for these
sites is $35,000. This is a considerable
sum but it looks small
compared with a bill introduced into the
Illinois legislature
providing for an appropriation of $250,000 for the
purchase of
a single famous Indian mound site in
that state. $2000 was
also appropriated for improvements on
the site of the battle
of Fallen Timbers.
THE LIBRARY.
A number of additions have been made by
gift to the li-
brary within the past year. Brief
mention is here made of the
most notable only of these:
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1. The library of the Old Northwest Genealogical and
Historical Society, reference to which
has already been made.
This large collection contains a number
of valuable books that
will be a distinct addition to the
library. In it are some dupli-
cates, the exact number of which has not yet been
determined,
and some government documents of no special value. It
con-
tains also many duplicate numbers of the
publications of that
Society which are now quite rare and
will be valuable for pur-
poses of exchange. This collection comes
to our Society through
the active interest of Colonel Edward
Orton, Jr., and the gen-
erous spirit of Spahr and Glenn, who
released all financial
claims on it, and the cordial
cooperation of Walter D. McKin-
ney and H. Warren Phelps. A full account
of this valuable ad-
dition will be published in the
QUARTERLY as soon as shelves
are provided and the books are properly
classified.
2. By will, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
Reynolds, a life mem-
ber who departed this life April 5,
1923, left to the Society a
large collection of Ohio newspapers many
of them of early date.
This collection has recently been
received but the boxes have
not yet been opened.
3. A collection of newspapers, chiefly
from Ohio, but in-
cluding a number of very early New
England items together
with old school text books and account
books formerly the
property of T. Tuller of Worthington,
purchased by Dr. Mills
with a large collection of historic
relics, was transferred to the
library. This collection like the others
still awaits arrangement
and binding.
4. Lieutenant J. Edgar Butler made a
distinct addition
to the collection of World War papers
previously presented by
him and added to these a German album of
the World War
in five volumes, portraying that great
struggle from the German
viewpoint.
5. The private library of Dr. Frank B.
Chapman, in-
cluding about one hundred volumes, was
presented to the li-
brary by his widow.
6. Many volumes were added within the
past year through
exchange with other historical
societies. These are all valuable
and some of them especially so.
7. With a small appropriation of $250 a
year, which was
all that was available prior to July 1,
1923, a few purchases
only were made of new books, but these
include some valuable
items, chiefly large standard histories
of the World War. Since
July 1, there have been added to the
library the new "Encyclo-
pedia Americana," "Abraham
Lincoln" in ten volumes by
Nicolay and Hay, together with other
standard lives of the
great Emancipator.
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8. A notable and very valuable addition
was made to the
Meeker Library which was purchased and
given by Honorable
Claude Meeker. It is the manuscript
history of Ohio in three
large volumes complete, which was
written by the well-known
newspaper correspondent and historian,
William A. Taylor,
for a publishing house of New York but
never printed.
The demands upon the library for
reference work have
steadily grown. This is chiefly through
correspondence. Every
day brings letters of inquiry. Many of
these are from outside
of the state in regard to Ohio history
and biography. While
the library is not equipped for extended
research work an ef-
fort has been made to give requested
information as far as
possible.
The work of cataloging the books that
have long been in
the library is still in progress. Within
the past year 1323 vol-
umes have been classified and 756
volumes accessioned. 1430
cards for the Meeker Library have been
prepared and are ready
to file while over 2000 cards for
preliminary reference to this
collection have been made.
The collection of items of current
historic interest is in-
dustriously continued. Newspaper
clippings, roughly classified,
have accumulated in large quantities.
Even in their present
state they have been found very useful.
When they are more
systematically arranged and indexed in
scrap-books, they will
constitute a most valuable record of
events.
A collection of newspapers covering the
issues from the an-
nouncement of the death of President
Harding to and including
account of the funeral obsequies at
Marion is a recent feature
of this work, now on exhibition in the
library. One word only
in regard to the publications of the Society.
It is hoped before
another year passes to arrange to
furnish regularly, as they are
issued, to every public library in the
state the annual bound
volumes of the QUARTERLY.
Since the last meeting of the Society
Governor A. V.
Donahey appointed as Trustees of the
Society Dr. F. C. Furniss
and Honorable Claude Meeker.
On motion of Mr. Wood, the report was
received,
and made a part of the records of the
meeting.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
The Treasurer, Mr. E. F. Wood, read his
report
as follows:
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1923.
1923.
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand July 1, 1922
....................... $2,305.64
World War Memorial Fund
July 1, 1922, trans. to
cash ...................................... 51,087.01
Campus Martius Fund July 1, 1922, trans. to cash.. 2,000.00
Life
Membership Dues
.......................... 505.00
Active Membership Dues ......................... 96.00
Refund by Webb
C. Hayes ....................... .60
Interest on Permanent Fund ..................... 1,053.70
Interest on Campus Martius Fund ................ 50.00
Interest on Balances ............................ 16.91
Gift of Masonic Lodge of Circleville, Ohio, paid by
Individual Members of Scioto Commandery
Knights
Templars
.......................... 160.00
Interest on World War Memorial Fund ........... 1,462.12
From State Treasurer on Sundry Appropriations... 50,274.27
Total Receipts ..
...................... $109,376.06
DISBURSEMENTS
Personal Service
Salaries
.................................
$17,620.00
Supplies
Office
..................................... 355.23
General Plant Supplies ...................... 658.44
Repairs
Museum and Library Building, Columbus ..... 358.03
Serpent Mound ............................ 200.00
Logan Elm Park ........................... 228.40
Fort Ancient Park ......................... 222.90
Big Bottom Park ........................... 44.44
Water Rent
................................... 49.20
Light, Heat and Power .... ............. 729.60
Express, Freight and Drayage ................... 165.41
Expenses of Trustees and Committees ............. 600.24
Telephone
Service
.............................. 87.33
Contingencies
Sundry
Expenses
.......................... 120.50
Publications
............................... 3,227.26
Reprinting Publications ..................... 15,017.81
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Field Work ................................ 2,010.95
Library Equipment ........................ 143.30
Museum
Equipment
........................ 160.20
Campus Martius Improvements .............. 2,031.00
World War Memorial Building .............. 46,834.90
Fort Laurens Park Improvement ............ 2,433.95
Fort Amanda Park Roadway, etc ............ 433.37
Division of Spiegel Grove State Park
Salaries ................................... 2,400.00
Wages .................................... 499.51
Architect Fees ............................. 400.00
Office Supplies ............................. 50.05
General Plant Supplies
...................... 175.00
Repairs -- Roof
........................... 2,758.00
Repairs -- General ......................... 522.38
Water .................................... 47.55
Light, Heat and Power ...................... 866.50
Telephone Service .......................... 21.00
Insurance
................................. 152.00
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$101,624.45
Transferred to:
Permanent Fund -- Life Memberships ........ 505.00
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$102,129.45
World War Memorial Fund, June 30, 1923.... 5,870.23
Cash on hand, June 30, 1923 ................ 1,376.38
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Total Disbursements ..................$109,376.06
PERMANENT FUND
Amount of Fund July 1, 1922...................
$21,074.00
Increase by Life Membership dues to June 30, 1923 505.00
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Total amount of Fund June 30, 1923 .........$21,579.00
This is invested in a 5% interest bearing Time
Certificate-
of Deposit issued by The Ohio State Savings Association
of Co-
lumbus, Ohio.
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the Annual Meeting 659
WORLD WAR
MEMORIAL FUND
Original
amount received from Ex-Gov. James M.
Cox ...................................... $47,440.21
Interest
received to and including June 30, 1922.... 3,646.80
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Total amount
of Fund July 1, 1922............... $51,087.01
Interest
received to June 30, 1923 ................. 1,462.12
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Total
......................................... $52,549.13
Paid during
the past year on approved estimates on
building ................................... 46,678.90
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Balance in
Fund June 30, 1923 ...................
$5,870.23
HAYES MEMORIAL
LIBRARY
AND
SPIEGEL GROVE
Total
disbursements made by the Society on account
of the above
named property as per figures con-
tained in the
above detailed report were.......
$7,891.99
Total receipts
from the State Treasurer on sundry
appropriations
for the care of this property
were ..............................$7,265.34
Paid from
other funds .............. 626.65
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Total .................................. $7,891.99
The above
$626.65 is made up of the following items:
Fire Insurance
on Building and Contents...... $152.00
Architect Fees
............................. 400.00
Expenses of
Chairman of Spiegel Grove Com-
mittee .................................... 71.15
Paid on
account of Invitations ............... 3.50
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Total
................................
$626.65
Respectfully
submitted,
(Signed) E. F.
WooD,
Columbus,
Ohio, Treasurer.
September 19, 1923.
On motion of
Mr. Bareis, seconded by Mr. Sherman,
the report was
received and made a part of the record
of the
meeting.
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
The Director, Dr. W. C. Mills, read his
report as
follows:
I take pleasure in submitting my second
report as Director
of the Museum. The past year has been
very successful in
many ways.
First. The attendance to the museum has
been very good
and exceeded in numbers that of previous
years. Practically
every state in the Union was represented
by visitors who were
touring the country in automobile and
were most numerous
during the months of June, July and
August.
The addition to the museum as a memorial
to the soldiers
of the World War is now under
construction and the first part
of the contract finished by the
contractors, D. W. McGrath and
Sons. The legislature at its last
session provided funds for its
completion.
The contract for the construction of the
west end of the
north wing and finishing the part of the
wing under construc-
tion has not been let. However, bids
will be received on Sep-
tember 29, at the office of the
Secretary of the Society for the
completion of the entire north wing. The
apparent delay in
construction will doubtless be explained
by the chairman of the
building committee.
The museum committee has not been called
together dur-
ing the year. It did not seem advisable
as no changes could be
made while the addition is not advanced
far enough to ask their
presence in conference to the use of
certain section, of the new
addition not provided for.
The Legislature in its last session
provided for a Curator
of Natural History at $2000 per year, a
Registrar and chief
clerk to the Director at $1500 and a cabinet
maker at $1800. I
have been successful in securing the
services of Mr. Howard R.
Goodwin, of Columbus, as Registrar and Mr.
G. R. Waitley, of
Worthington, as cabinet maker and both
entered upon their
work July 1.
I have not been able to secure a Curator
of Natural His-
tory although several applications have
been made. I hope in
due time to select a man capable of
filling the position.
THE ITINERARY OF THE DIRECTOR.
October, 1922. Visit to Miamisburg Mound.
November, 1922. Visit to
Marietta in connection with ac-
cepting the improvement of Campus
Martius.
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December, 1922. Chillicothe.
Spoke before Kiwanis Club
on "Mound City." Visited the Mound City Group
to estimate
work necessary to place the park in
condition.
January and February, 1923. Gave ten lectures before
clubs and church societies in Columbus.
March, 1923. Attended the meeting of
Anthropological
Association in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Visited Spiegel Grove.
April, 1923. Springfield. Spoke before
the Engineers Club
on Ohio Mounds.
April, 1923. Attended the Museums Association at
Charleston, S. C. at the same time acted
as delegate from the
Society to the 150th anniversary of the
founding of the first
museum in America at Charleston, S. C.
May, 1923. Visited New Philadelphia in
connection with
the exploration of Schoenbrun. Visited
Fort Laurens in refer-
ence to the improvement under
construction.
June, 1923. Visited Fort Laurens in the
interest of im-
provements upon the property.
July, 1923. Visited Logan Elm Park.
Visited New Phila-
delphia and site of Schoenbrun to report
to the committee on
purchase of the site of Schoenbrun.
August, 1923. Visited Marion on occasion
of the funeral
of President Harding.
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MUSEUM.
During the year the windows and doors
were painted on
the outside of the building. The work of
painting is very
laborious and was done by the janitors
and the superintendent
of the building. The floors of the north
and south halls of the
Archaeological Department were painted
and the cases cleaned
and polished.
The entire improvement cost only the
price of the material,
as the work was done by the
superintendent and his workmen.
FIELD WORK OF THE SOCIETY.
During the winter I sent Mr. Shetrone to
Morrow County
to look after the splendid specimen of a
mammoth skeleton that
was found in that county and he secured
the specimen by
purchase from funds provided by a few of
our trustees. This
specimen is the only almost perfect
specimen found in Ohio
and when it is mounted will be a very
good addition to our
museum.
Mr. Shetrone, Curator of Archaeology,
continued the ex-
amination of the Hopewell Group begun
last year and is mak-
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ing splendid progress in uncovering the
remnants of the mounds
in this wonderful group left by former
explorers. Mound No.
2 of
the group is where Squier and Davis found six hundred
large flint discs taken from the center
of the mound. Mr.
Moorehead in his examination of Mound
No. 2 removed
over
ten thousand of the discs, all taken
from the center of the
mound. Mr. Shetrone's examination
brought to light a number
of splendid burials, one placed in a
sarcophagus made of stone.
The graves were southeast and southwest
of the great deposit
of flint discs. Quite a deposit of flint
discs still remained in
situ on the west side of the deposit of flint. On the east
side
of the mound a large crematory was
unearthed, the western end
of which extended into the excavations
by former explorer but
was missed by them.
Mound No. 25, the largest of the group,
was more than
100 feet wide and more than 400 feet long and is of
special
interest because of the rich finds made
by former explorers. Mr.
Shetrone commenced his examination on
the south end of the
great mound removing the earth of which
it is composed to the
floor.
The season's explorations stopped at the
200 feet mark
leaving about 260 to 275 feet to
examine. Mr. Shetrone has
taken out thirteen burials, all of which
had stored with them
many ornaments and implements of copper,
silver, bone, crystal,
obsidian, mica, woven cloth, shells,
etc.
I anticipate that Mr. Shetrone will be
in the field earlier
next year, if possible, and complete the
exploration of the group.
The Society now owns the privilege of
examination of the large
Pricer Mound of the Seip Group, located
in the Paint Creek
Valley, and this mound will be examined
as soon as the Hope-
well Group is completed. The Pricer
Mound is perhaps the
largest mound in the Scioto Valley, 250 feet long, 150 feet wide
and 29
feet high and contains 16,000 cubic yards of
earth.
During the year the Field Museum of
Natural History
published "The Hopewell Mound Group
of Ohio" by Warren
K. Moorehead. The work of exploration
was done for the
department of anthropology of the
World's Columbian Exposi-
tion, Chicago, 1891-2. The collections
made from the Hope-
well Group are now owned by the Field
Museum of Natural
History, Chicago, and properly exhibited
in the new museum
building.
During the summer the Director spent
several days in ex-
amining the site of Schoenbrun to
determine if possible the
site of the first church and school
established in the Northwest
Territory. The examination brought to
light the small cellars
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which contained broken dishes and glass,
hunting knives, parts
of copper kettles, pieces of copper, wrought nails,
various parts
of flintlock guns, pieces of iron, axes
and numerous small
articles such as buttons, buckles, etc., verifying the
writings and
drawings of Zeisberger, the early missionary who
established
Schoenbrun.
THE VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF THE SOCIETY.
The Museum and Library building located
in Columbus is
in very good condition, although the
contractor in wrecking the
fire escape at the north end of the
building removed more wall
than was really necessary and permitted
the rain during the
summer to mar the walls in the northwest
corner of the build-
ing. The building was painted on the
outside and the floors
of the north and south Archaeological
Halls were painted.
Spiegel Grove State Park
The new addition to the Hayes Memorial
Library and
Museum is now practically completed and
some changes have
been made in the use of the rooms in the
new building.
The plan as contemplated in the
beginning was to use the
basement room as a museum but Colonel
Hayes has changed
this arrangement by placing the museum
on the first floor and
anticipates placing the library in the
basement. The heating
plant placed in the dwelling and
connected to the memorial
building by a tunnel was considered
dangerous and it was
deemed advisable to appear before the
Emergency Board, which
was done, and the sum of $8500 granted
to erect a separate heat-
ing plant and connect with building by
underground conduits.
The plans for the heating plant are in
the hands of the Highway
Department.
Fort Amanda Park.
The additional land for which the state
appropriated the
funds was purchased during the year. The
road from the high.
way to the monument is completed but the
new fence is not
complete.
Fort Laurens Park.
The building at Fort Laurens is complete
and is a very
commodious cottage of seven rooms with
basement. The roads
are completed and the planting of trees
provided for.
Campus Martius.
The retaining wall at Campus Martius is
complete and
Mr. Brennan, one of the local committee
on Campus Martius,
is having the old well repaired.
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Big Bottom Park.
The park is in fine condition. The fence
surrounding the
park is in good repair and the
inhabitants of the country sur-
rounding Stockport appreciate the
opportunities the park af-
fords.
Logan Elm Park.
One of the large limbs of the Logan Elm
had to be re-
moved and we now have a five foot
section on exhibition in
the building. During a heavy storm some
weeks ago another
limb was broken and perhaps will be
removed. The planting
of seedlings of the Logan elm within the
park is very commend-
able.
Mound City Group.
The appropriation recommended by the
Board of Trustees
for the restoration of Mound City for
some unaccountable
reason was left out of the appropriation
and it was not dis-
covered until after the bill had passed.
I feel that during the
coming year we should arrange to
commence the restoration of
the mounds.
The Director purchased the Y. M. C. A.
house on the
property and it is now the property of
the Society.
On the first of last April I finished my
quarter of a century
as head of the museum and with the
exception of the last few
years head of the library. I was
installed Curator April I,
1898 and my first act was to remove two
"For Sale" labels from
the cases where archaeological specimens
were placed on ex-
hibition and at once notified the owners
that their collections
were held subject to their order. Our
field explorations were
very successful from the beginning and
our collections soon be-
came known in the various parts of the
country. In 19O1 the Pan
American Exposition held in Buffalo, New
York, sent their
representative to Ohio to invite the
Society to make an exhibit
of archaeological interest at the
Exposition and the Exposition
Company paid all the expense of
transportation; the expense
of installation by the Curator and the
expense of a caretaker
selected by the Curator, who remained
with the collection during
the entire time of the exhibition. The
Society was awarded a
gold medal, the highest prize, against
all competitors.
Our collections grew so rapidly that the
small gallery of
Orton Hall was filled to overflowing.
One of the large rooms
on the second floor was assigned to the
Society and within
a year this room was inadequate for our
use. About one
year after I was elected Curator the Society elected me
librarian
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and asked me to collect together the
books belonging to the
Society that were for the most part kept
in a small case in the
State Library and others were held by
individuals. The Society
at that time had only a very few exchanges with like
societies
throughout the country. I at once opened
up correspondence
with all the historical and learned
societies of the country and
established an exchange and in
practically all cases was able
to complete sets of all the historical
societies of the United
States.
The University recognized our growth and
the desirability
of retaining the Society upon the Campus
and solicited the
Society to occupy the west half of the
second floor of Page
Hall, also the library stack room on the
same floor and two
rooms on first floor for our historical
exhibit and practically
the entire basement for storage.
In 1903 the Society was invited to make an exhibit at the
Louisiana Exposition at St. Louis,
Missouri. Our field work
was very productive of results and our
exhibits carried off the
"Grand Prize".
In 1907 the Society was again invited to make an
archaeological exhibit at the Jamestown
Exposition and again
we carried off the highest award, a gold
medal.
After our return from the Jamestown
Exposition with a
carload of show cases added to the
carload we received from
the Louisiana Exposition only a few
years before, Page Hall
was inadequate for our needs and the
University, recognizing
the importance of this institution to
the campus of the Uni-
versity, exerted its influence in our
behalf before the Legislature
of 1911-12 and an appropriation of $100,000 was secured.
The
University authorities suggested the
present site for the build-
ing which our Board of Trustees
accepted. After we moved
into our new building one of the
trustees said to me after look-
ing over the museum, "I guess this
will hold you now."
I feel we should co-operate more with
the University. We
give the students of the University the
use of our library and
in class work our archaeological
knowledge and we give to
the entire University body our museum
and we now feel that
since we have established a department
of natural history and
of history and extended the educational
features of these de-
partments that the University should
co-operate by depositing
with us their museum specimens and
confine themselves to a
working class room museum so the
specimens of the museum
character may become available to the
public.
I wish to thank the Board of Trustees
for their cordial co-
operation which was a great help in
building up a museum,
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Publications
some branches of which are not exceeded
at the present time
by any museum in the United States,
namely archaeology, and I
predict that the next quarter of a
century of field work will
place Ohio in the front rank in the
preservation of its antiq-
uities.
The following additions were made to the
Historical Col-
lection from October 2, 1922 to September
17, 1923.
Add. No. 92 -- Dr. E. C. Mills, Specimen
of Obsidian.
10-2-22.
Acc. No. 335 -- Charles Yancy, Buchanan,
Florida, Rattle-
snake Skin. 10-10-22.
336 -- C. A. Boggs, Columbus, Ohio,
Wooden Clock-
wheels. 10-10-22.
337 -- Mrs. Mary E. Boggs, Columbus,
Ohio, Pioneer
relics. 10-10-22.
338 -- A. G. Thurman, Columbus, Ohio,
Historic
Furniture. 10-10-22.
339 -- H. & E. Anderson, Peekskill,
New York, Model
of Gyroscope. 10-10-22.
340 -- Col. W. L. Curry, Columbus, Ohio,
Military
Badges. 10-10-22.
341 -- Prof. W. H. Foster, Iowa City,
Iowa, Pioneer
tobacco pouch. 10-11-22.
342 -- Albert E. Avey, Columbus, Ohio,
Loans Drum,
Mexican and Civil Wars.
343 -- C. Huddle, Animal heads. 5-12-22.
344 -- John Kuntzman, Mastodon leg-bone.
7-21-22.
345 -- G. S. Burrell, U. S. N., Fossils. 10-20-22.
346 -- Miss Elsie Jones, Dayton, Ohio,
French Medal
10-20-22.
Add. No. 145 -- G. M. Finkel, Filipino
Hat. 10-4-22.
Acc. No. 347 -- Mrs. Thomas Hibben,
Columbus, Ohio,
Pioneer and Indian specimens. 10-4-22.
Add. No. 260 -- Miss M. L.
Taylor, Columbus, Ohio, Eskimo
Moccasins.
Acc. No. 348 -- A. G. Rogers, Antique Clock. 10-14-22.
349 -- H. M. Herring, New Holland, Ohio,
Mastodon
Bones. 10-14-22.
350 -- Douglas N. Starr, Washington,
District of Co-
lumbia, Old locks and coins. 11-20-22.
351 -- Neal A. McCoy, Seville, Ohio,
Roman Coin.
10-20-22.
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352 --
Chas. B. Delany, Columbus, Ohio, Silk Badge.
12-26-22.
353 -- Mrs. R. G. Weitzell, Columbus,
Ohio, Speci-
mens of wood and ferns. 12-27-22.
Add. No. 347 -- Mrs. Thomas Hibben, Columbus, Ohio,
Indian
baskets, pipe and bag. 3-10-23.
354 -- Prof. H. P. Elwood, Ohio State
University,
Columbus, Ohio, War relics. 2-20-23.
355 -- Geo. T. Watters, Columbus, Ohio,
Rifle and
Ammunition. 2-20-23.
356 -- J. H. Tuttle, Columbus, Ohio,
Rifle, powder-
horn and bullet mould. 2-15-23.
357 -- Dr. F. R. Chapman, Flint-lock
pistols, pipes and
razors. 3-7-23.
358 -- W. A. Marshall, Columbus, Ohio,
Mounted
birds. 4-10-23.
Archaeological.
Acc. No. 279 -- John Scatterday,
Columbus, Ohio, Stone Head
(Aztec) and photos. 10-11-22.
280 -- A. H. Dewey, Rochester, New York,
Catlinite
Beads. 10-10-11.
281 -- The Ginther Mound Specimens,
exploration of
1922.
282 -- The Miesse Mound, Ross County,
Human
femur with flint arrow-point imbedded,
etc.
8-10-22.
283 -- The Hopewell Group, Ross County
explora-
tion of 1922.
284 -- The Dublin Gravel Bank,
exploration of April,
1922.
285 -- Hocking-Vinton flint deposits,
examined Oc-
tober 2-6, 1922.
286 -- Dr. E. C. Mills, Santa Fe, New
Mexico, 2
Metates. 10-10-22.
287 -- Pueblo Indian pottery. 10-12-22.
288 -- The I. N. Keyser collection,
Urbana, Ohio, pur-
chased. 7-15-22.
289 -- Chas. B. Delaney, Columbus, Ohio,
Shell
Bracelets, Cliff-dwelling, Arizona. 12-25-22.
290
-- C. M. Emerson, Columbus, Ohio, Moqui
In-
dian
pottery. 12-26-22.
291 -- Dr. F. R. Chapman, Columbus,
Ohio, Bequest,
prehistoric stone relics. 3-6-23.
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292 -- Two Birdstones, gravel burials, Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio. 3-29-23.
Add. No. 247 -- J. Rodney Gragg,
Bainbridge, Ohio, Addition
to collection. 3-29-23.
collection. 3-29-23.
293 -- Walter Hightshoe, Columbus, Ohio,
Deposits
specimens from Perry County, Ohio.
6-1-23.
294 -- Homer Edson, Middletown, Ohio,
presents
collection. 6-2-23.
295 -- Carlos Benson, Ohio State
University, '23.
Columbus, Ohio, Inca pottery. 6-8-23.
296 -- Howard R. Goodwin, Jr., Columbus,
Ohio, Flint
Arrow and Spear-points. 7-3-23.
297 -- Robert Goslin, Lancaster, Ohio, Human skull
and stone relics. 7-8-23.
Add. No. 247 -- J. Rodney Gragg,
Bainbridge, Ohio, Grooved
Stone Axe. 7-13-23.
Add. No. 23-- T. B. Bowers, Columbus,
Ohio. Arrow-head
and Bone Awl. 8-3-23.
298 -- Prof. W. L. Graves, Ohio State
University.
Columbus, Ohio, Celt. 8-11-23.
299 -- Prof. Wilber Stout, Ohio State
University.
Columbus, Ohio, Specimens of Flint,
Vinton
and Athens Co. July, August, September, 1923.
300 -- Mrs. Emily H. Miller, Columbus,
Ohio. Stone
Axes and Celts. 9-17-23.
Add. No. 199 -- Dr. Albert Cooper.
Columbus, Ohio, Axes,
Pestles and Arrow-heads. 9-17-23.
Natural History
Acc. No. 1 -- Howard R. Goodwin, Jr.,
Columbus, Ohio, pre-
presents 40 specimens of Minerals.
7-2-23.
2 -- G.
R. Waitley, Worthington, Ohio. Nineteen
mounted birds. Purchased 7-6-23.
3 -- J. Herman. Collection of Minerals
and Shells.
Purchased 7-13-23.
4 -- Philip Kientz. Snake-skin. 7-25-23.
5 -- Mrs. William N. King, Columbus,
Ohio. Col-
lection of shells. 8-3-23.
6 -- Mrs. Emily H. Miller, Columbus,
Ohio. Shells
and Minerals. 9-17-23.
7 -- A. O. Glock, Columbus, Ohio. Marine
specimens.
9-17-23.
8 -- Jacob Sherman, Columbus, Ohio.
Swan, mount-
ed. 9-17-23.
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Ethnological
Acc. No. 1 -- G. R. Waitley,
Worthington, Ohio. Seventy-four
specimens, purchased 7-6-23.
2 -- H. F. Burkey, Findlay, Ohio.
Indian horn spoon
and moose caller. 7-16-23.
3 -- Dr. E. C. Sherman, Columbus, Ohio.
Mexican
and Chinese hats and Indian coat of
beaded buck-
skin. 7-26-23.
On motion of Dr. Hatton, duly seconded,
the report
was received and made a part of the
record of the
meeting.
REPORT OF THE AUDITORS
Mr. Walter D. Wall read the report of
the Auditors.
Mr. Wall stated that in "the
course of the audit all
vouchers issued during the year and all
bank checks
drawn were examined and were found to
be correctly
entered and charged." "The
balance of appropriation
accounts were verified by comparison
with those dis-
closed by the records of the Auditor of
State." De-
tailed figures are given in his report
showing repairs
and expenditures and the condition of
the different
funds of the Society.
On motion of General Orton, seconded by
Mr. Gal-
breath, the report was received and
made a part of the
record of the meeting.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORT ANCIENT
AND WARREN COUNTY SERPENT MOUND
Dr. B. F. Prince, Chairman of the
Committee on
Fort Ancient and the Warren County
Serpent Mound,
read the report as follows:
Your Committee on Fort Ancient and
Warren County Ser-
pent Mound, though called several
times, has not been able to
meet as a body during the year. Your
chairman has made a
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number of visits to Fort Ancient and has
kept in touch with the
custodian. Minor repairs that were
necessary have been made
on the buildings. The road within the
Fort has been repaired
and a considerable amount of fence has
been built.
The expenditures on these objects has
amounted to $222.90,
a sum far too small, but it exhausted
the supply.
A sign "Fort Ancient" is now
swung over the entrance
gate, which gives the information the
visitors so often ask for,
whether they are really at the Fort.
Concerning the grounds within the walls,
your committee
reports that none of it except a small
spot is now under culti-
vation; the farming is done on grounds
outside the walls.
The inside of the walls has been
thoroughly cleaned and
they look well. There has been during
the last twenty-five years
a growth of brush in various places,
forming clumps, which ob-
scure the walls from view. The custodian
has commenced clear-
ing up this growth. It is work that
ought to be done. These
places should be put in such shape that
hereafter the mower
can run over the ground and keep it
clean. Some expenditures
of funds will be needed to complete this
work.
There has been much said about the
wearing away of cer-
tain portions of the walls which in time
will cause them to dis-
appear entirely. This apparent wearing
away of the walls is
especially noticeable on the wall within
the old fort leading to
the "Lookout." To that place
nearly every visitor goes. If they
walk, they certainly will walk on the
walls. It will, however, be
many generations before the walls will
entirely disappear, if it
can ever happen, but the walls are
wearing. Shall a wire fence
be erected to keep the people away from
the wall? Or shall
the people be kept from the
"Lookout"?
In time past the custodian has planted
sod at places, where
the erosion was greatest, but sod will
not attach itself to the
hard wall. Here is a problem for the
Society to solve.
Now another problem presents itself,
that of extending a
gravel road all the way to the
"Lookout." We must realize that
society is on wheels, and goes
everywhere with great rapidity;
autos are coming by the hundreds to the
Fort. There used to
be a well defined road leading to the
"Lookout," but an autoist
does not care for roads, when they do
not suit him, so, if pos-
sible, he makes one for himself. The old
road has been aban-
doned and new roads made until the
road-way is almost a
hundred feet wide. The only way to
regulate this is to make a
graveled road. This will be somewhat
expensive, but in time
must be done. This work cannot be done
out of our present
appropriation.
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Toilets were built twenty-five years ago
and have been re-
paired from time to time. New ones are now necessary.
They
will be built out of the appropriations
for general purposes.
A garage was built during the year
costing over $100,00, of
which amount the Society paid $50.00.
Your Committee would suggest the
feasibility of employing
an extra man, whose duties would keep
him on the ground all
the time. He could keep watch of the people,
and correct such
misdemeanors as occur, when crowds
gather at the Fort, save
the trees from danger of fire, clean the
grounds of scattered
paper and help keep in order, generally,
the premises.
The extent of the Fort with its many
acres, the great in-
terest taken in it by its many visitors,
and its silent message from
the past, call for a broader and more
ample treatment of Fort
Ancient.
Your Committee did not visit the Warren
County Serpent
Mound. It has no recommendation in
regard to it. One mem-
ber of your Committee promised to get
options on the land, but
he has not yet reported.
On motion the report was received and
made a part
of the record of the meeting.
MR. WOOD: "I ask that the report
be received and
the recommendations referred to the Trustees. I am
going to call the attention of the
meeting to the fact
that the gentleman who just read the
report to us has
served this Society for more than a
quarter of a cen-
tury, having been appointed a Trustee
something over
twenty-seven years ago by the Governor,
and reap-
pointed by all Governors until the
present year. It
seems to me, in view of the long
service rendered gratu-
itously by Dr. Prince, to The Ohio
State Archaeological
and Historical Society, that in acting
upon this report,
we cannot do less than accept it by a
rising vote, as an
expression of appreciation of the
splendid services ren-
dered by Dr. Prince."
Colonel Hayes stated that at a meeting
of the Board
of Trustees held shortly after the
retirement of Pro-
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fessor Prince from the board he [Col.
Hayes] pro-
posed that the Chairman appoint a
committee to report
on the services of Professor Prince and
of the late Vice-
President, Daniel J. Ryan. This
presumably has been
done. It is a poor plan to show the
appreciation of this
Society by a rising vote. It should
have been done by
the Trustees, if it was not done.
A rising vote was had and all present
arose, thus
accepting the report and expressing
their high regard
for Dr. Prince.
COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Dr. W. O. Thompson, Chairman of the
Committee
on Historical Societies, stated that
the committee had
not met and therefore he had no report
to make.
Dr. J. W. Dunham explained that he had
not been
able to meet with the Committee on Fort
Ancient and
Warren County Serpent Mound because of
his absence
in Florida. From information gathered
it was his opin-
ion that it would be possible for the
Society to acquire
the site of the Warren CountySerpent
Mound. He had
said to an agent for this property,
"You sell the prop-
erty and have that ten acres reserved,
and I will stand
security that we will pay it." He
thought the land
would not cost in excess of $800.
REPORT ON LOGAN ELM PARK
Mr. Frank Tallmadge, Chairman of the
Committee
on Logan Elm Park, read the report as
follows:
Two leaders have been destroyed by
storms. One in the
winter was given attention with funds
donated by the individual
members of the Knights Templars
Commandery at Circleville
Our grateful acknowledgment is due for
this considerable sum
and should be made to those donors
through Senator C. C. Chap-
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pelear. On Sunday, August 12th, the
velocity of the wind broke
off the second and largest of the
remaining two leaders. The
large branches were not disturbed, being
cabled to the trunk.
About the first of June the Elm was the
recipient of a glancing
blow from a stroke of lightning, with
the result only of the
loss of bark. Every attention possible
on the part of experts
has been rendered immediately after each
damage herein men-
tioned. The symmetry of the old monarch
has been in a degree
lost.
The increasing number of visitors called
for seats. This
need has been supplied by a requisition
for one dozen benches.
of suitable size and weight,
manufactured by a State Depart-
ment, which kindly furnished us with
free transportation of the
same to the Park.
We now have a large number of seedlings,
possibly one
hundred, with an average height of two
feet. These will be trans-
planted when the proper time arrives in
a place reserved near
the creek, and a grove established.
Seedlings from these seed-
lings can and will be carefully
preserved, and they will become
grandsons of the famous Logan Elm. Thus
the tree will live in
perpetuity.
It is recommended that the entrance road
be changed from
following close to the west line fence
to the center of our plat,
which will mean a new roadway about five
hundred feet in
length, the west side of the road to be
used for parking ma-
chines, and the ground east thereof
should be planted in trees,
with a view to transforming what is now
wholly of no purpose
into an arboretum, growing later into a
bird sanctuary. When
the trees are planted a hedge on the
north and west will be of
both service and beauty--service in
keeping at a safe distance
the ever-present automobiles. Shrubbery,
we suggest, should be
planted on the park side of the comfort
stations.
We acknowledge from as many persons the
gifts of five
young elms, all doing well. But in case
the plan of the Ar-
boretum is accepted and started, we
favor the planting of each
kind of native tree, the trees to be
named later for the persons
present at the Treaty, with the possible
exception of Simon
Girty.
In past reports we have referred to the
absence of many
names of those present on the copper
tablet of the Cresap Me-
morial, among them Colonel William C.
Crawford and Colonel
Andrew Lewis. Will our Society authorize
those missing names
supplied by ordering a second plate
imbedded on the east side
of said stone?
Vol. XXXII--43.
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After three years of constant efforts it
has been impossible
to procure an option for additional
land, now so much needed.
This is due to the entailment of the
Wallace Farm, which bor-
ders the Park on all sides. Congo Creek,
a clear, swift flowing
stream, is just beyond our east line
fence, and it should be made
accessible to our visitors. From May 6th
to September Ist there
were five thousand persons who placed
their names on the Reg-
ister in the cabin.
On motion of Mr. Wood the report was
received
and made a part of the record of the
meeting.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEMORIAL
BUILDING
General Edward Orton, Jr., Chairman of
the Com-
mittee on Memorial Building, read the
report as fol-
lows:
REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE FOR THE
WORLD WAR
MEMORIAL BUILDING TO THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOG-
ICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The organization of this Committee, the
personnel for
which was reported to the Board of
Directors on December
30th, 1921, has remained without change
during the year past
except for the addition of a strong
Sub-Committee, whose duty
it is to render advice and criticism
upon the artistic features
of the Memorial building, more
especially the proposed bronze
tablets and statuary. The names of these
new members of the
Committee are as follows:
Mr. William M. Hekking, Director,
Columbus Gallery of
Fine Arts.
Mr. Franz R. Huntington, President Board
of Trustees,
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts.
Mr. F. W. Schumacher, Ex-president,
Columbus Gallery
of Fine Arts.
Mr. John E. McCrehen, Member Columbus
Planning Com-
mission.
Miss Neva J. Collins, President City
Beautification Society.
Mr. Thomas Ewing French, Professor of
Engineering
Drawing, Ohio State University, and
President Book
Plate Club of America.
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Mr. George H. Bulford, Architect,
Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. John E. Hussey, Assistant,
Department Landscape
Architecture, Ohio State University,
former Direc-
tor Columbus Art School.
The bids for the partial erection of the
World War
Memorial Building were opened upon the
day of the last An-
nual Meeting, September 9, 1922. The best and lowest bidder
was found to be D. W. McGrath
& Sons of Columbus, Ohio,
at $52,500.00. This bid was slightly in
excess of the funds
available. A few minor changes were then
suggested by the
Architect omitting certain features to
be supplied later and thus
reducing the cost of construction to
$51,000,00, the amount
which with its accretion from interest,
the committee would
have available within the period to be
covered by construction.
To these changes the contractor agreed,
and a contract was
signed September 16, 1922. This contract
carried construction
of the empty shell of the building,
entirely without finish, up
to and including the floor of the second
story.
On September 18, 1922, the first
spade-full of earth for
the New Memorial Building was turned by
our honored Presi-
dent, James E. Campbell, whose honorable
record in the Navy
during the war of the Rebellion, made
his service in this ca-
pacity doubly appropriate. Brigadier General Chauncey B.
Baker, U. S. A., retired, representing
the American Legion,
turned the second spade-full and other
members of the Com-
mittee then followed.
During the fall and winter months
construction was vigor-
ously pushed, and by April, 1923, the
work had been carried
as far as was advantageous pending the
provision of funds for
its completion. Certain construction problems
required holding
back until it was known whether a
temporary roof would have
to be put over the incomplete building,
or whether it would be
carried on to completion during the
current building season.
After the beginning of construction, the
discussion of the
Memorial features, which had been held
in abeyance for some
months, was resumed, and the sculptor, Mr. Bruce W.
Saville,
was requested to meet a sub-committee
specially constituted for
the purpose of considering the artistic
side of the Memorial
feature. Three meetings of the
sub-committee were held, dur-
ing which the discussion explored the
whole field of possible
art treatment of the space, now rather
rigidly fixed by the build-
ing then under construction. By a
process of elimination, the
committee gradually worked back to the
point already reached
in the spring of 1922, when it was
tentatively decided that the
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central room on the first floor of the
Memorial building should
be itself so treated as to make it the
memorial, in place of mak-
ing the room as the receptacle of a
statue or other memorial
object. This conception was then finally
adopted by the Sub-
Committee, and the sculptor requested to
make a small model
of the proposed room, with four bronze
panels of large size,
showing (a) The Draft, (b) The Training,
(c) The Combat,
(d) The Victory, as the four outstanding
features of the World
War, differentiating it from all other
wars.
This model was made and submitted to a
meeting of the
whole Committee held on January 17, 1923. The general
con-
ception of the Sub-Committee on artistic
features was adopted,
and a structural change in the building
recommended by the
Committee was agreed to, raising the
ceiling of the central
memorial room three feet, in order to
assist in creating dignity
and refinement of its proportions. This
change in the construc-
tion was designed by the architect, and
executed by the con-
tractor, without any extra costs.
Estimates for the cost of completing the
building under
construction, and for the northwest
corner pavilion of 50 ft. x
50 ft., and for the completion of the
whole west wing of the
Museum Building were secured from the
architect, and it was
found that the blanket sum of
$400,000.00 which had been in-
serted in the Budget of the Finance
Committee for building
purposes, without consultation with the
building committee, did
not provide enough money to complete the
west wing, and was
more than enough to finish the Memorial
wing and the north-
west pavilion, including the item of
$50,000,00 for the bronze
memorial features.
Accordingly, at a meeting of the finance
committee and
some members of the building committee,
it was decided, with-
out stultifying the Society's Budget
request, that efforts before
the Legislature should be centered on
securing $238,000.00, to
complete the Memorial wing and the
northwest pavilion, in-
cluding memorial features.
The presentation of the needs of the
Society before both
Houses of the Legislature was made in
due course during
February and March and April, and the
Building Committee
was requested to make its own
presentation for the money to
go ahead with the building plans. This
it did, the speakers
being Generals Harold M. Bush, Chauncey B. Baker,
George
M. Florence and Edward Orton, Jr., on
both occasions.
The memorial purposes of the building
were stressed in
the appeal. The building appropriation
passed the House in
conference. This item of the bill was
disapproved by the
Minutes of the Annual Meeting 677
Governor, but was reinstated over the
veto by the Legislature
in the final session, largely through
the very effective and able
work of the President, Governor Campbell, who was on
the
scene till the issue was settled
favorably to our wishes.
On May 14, 1923, a meeting of the
committee was held to
settle the details of the new
construction for which provision
had been made by the general assembly.
This meeting dis-
cussed a number of questions, the most
important of which
was whether the type of construction
used in the old building
and in the World War Memorial wing so
far as constructed,
which used columns for supporting the
floors and ceilings over-
head, should be continued in the northwest
pavilion. It thought
this room should be built without the
columns, which would
necessitate the use of heavier girders
to support the floors. The
room without columns would then be
available for an auditorium
or meeting room, if it was desired to
use the space for that pur-
pose. If not desired for this purpose,
the room would be more
effective for exhibit purposes than if
the columns were used.
The expense of construction without
columns would be only
slightly greater. There was a very full
debate upon this point,
because it involved questions concerning
the ultimate use of
the space, which the Director felt was a
subject outside of the
scope of the building committee's duty.
At the end of the dis-
cussion, General Baker moved:
"That the architect be authorized
to prepare plans for the
construction of the northwest corner
room on the first floor in
such fashion that it may be practical to
use this room as an
auditorium, and that the room be
relieved from the use of
pillars."
This motion was adopted.
Architect Bradford was given the
necessary instructions
to proceed with the completion of the
plans, and his best
speed was requested. It was expected
that these plans would
be available by the 30th of June, at
which time the money ap-
propriated by the Legislature would be
available.
The Ohio State University building
program at this time
was found to be urgently demanding the
architect's service,
and in spite of frequent conferences
between the architect, the
University authorities and the building
committee, with the best
efforts to cooperate on the part of all,
it proved to be impossible
for the architect to carry through the
plans on the date pro-
posed on account of shortage of
draftsmen in his office and
inability to secure them, for which the
building committee of-
fered to advance the pay. As a
consequence, the plans were
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not actually ready for submission to the
Society until August
2nd.
On August 2nd a meeting of the committee
was called,
which was largely attended. After full explanation of the
plans the committee passed a resolution
authorizing the chair-
man and secretary of the committee to
formally approve the
plans and specifications as submitted.
The plans were signed
at once, and the architect then
proceeded to secure the necessary
approval of the various State boards and
commissions, which
have jurisdiction over state building
projects.
The architect's estimate showed an item
of $50,000.00 for
the provision of the bronze memorial
features of the building,
but the advertisement for bids did not
include the provision
of this bronze material. It was
explained that if possible the
authority of the proper officials would
be secured to permit the
employment of a first class sculptor who
would not only furnish
the plans and designs for his work, but
would also take the
contract to furnish the actual bronze
and erect it, thus putting
the entire responsibility for this
memorial work upon one man.
The approval of the various state
authorities to the archi-
tect's plans was secured gradually, the
last signature being secured
August 29th, on which date
advertisement for the construction
of the building was placed in the
newspapers. The opening
of the bids will occur on September 29th,
and the formal letting
of the contract will take place within a
few days thereafter.
The building committee has worked
energetically, and on the
whole successfully in carrying out this
program which will
somewhat more than double the space
available for the use of
the Society, and which will provide it
with memorial features
of the World War which the Committee
believes will exceed
in value and appropriateness anything
that has been attempted
in any other state thus far. The delays,
which have been many,
are those which seem inseparable from
the execution of building
projects by the state, but it is hoped
that the next annual
meeting can be held in the new and
completed structure.
During the reading of this report
General Orton ex-
hibited two charts, showing the plans
for, and the ap-
pearance of the Memorial Room as it will
appear when
completed, and explained the same to
those present. He
also explained that specifications for
the bronze work
have not been prepared, although an appropriation
of
$50,000 is available for that work. The
proper state
Minutes of the Annual Meeting 679
officials will have to be consulted,
together with the
architect, and a decision as to method
of procedure de-
cided upon. Mr. Saville, the sculptor,
who has worked
for this committee for two years,
without compensa-
tion, has made a written proposition to
the Highway
Department, stating the terms under
which he will do
this work, and what he proposes to
furnish; that is be-
fore the Director of Highways now. The
latter has
told me that he is well satisfied with
Mr. Saville's draft,
but in order that no questions will be
raised will prob-
ably take it up with the Board of
Control. The effort
of the committee is to get as much, and
as high quality,
of bronze for our money as possible. If
this work is let
through competitive bidding, it might
be difficult to get
good sculptors to bid, and if they did
bid we would be
pretty sure that about fifty per cent
of the money would
represent the sculptor's fee, and the
other fifty per cent
the cost of the work. The plan of Mr.
Saville is very
much better. He [General Orton] feels
sure that he
will, if awarded the contract, supply
much more bronze
than he would if tied up on
specifications and regula-
tions, because he is primarily an
artist, and will con-
stantly see additions which he will
take out of his share
rather than out of ours. It is to be
hoped the Commis-
sioner will permit the awarding of the
contract for the
bronze work to Mr. Saville.
The report was received and made a part
of the rec-
ord of the meeting.
REPORT OF THE MUSEUM COMMITTEE.
Mr. George F. Bareis, Chairman of the
Museum
Committee, read the report as follows:
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The Museum Committee have had no meeting
during the
current year, although the members of
the committee have been
interested in other activities of the
Society, especially in the
erection of the Memorial Wing of the
building. Every nook
and corner of every room and hall and
passage-way is stored
so full of unclassified and uncatalogued
material that it was
thought not necessary to solicit for
material by special effort.
And yet the most valuable material is
constantly coming. The
Field Work of the past season was very
valuable and unique
in results, especially in copper
specimens. These articles are
worth many times what it costs to secure
them, for instance the
string of 320 fresh-water pearls found
in one burial mound are
valued at from $10,000 to $15,000.
This year the museum committee is
anxious to have the
Building Committee have all the time and
attention possible at
this annual meeting, but next year we
hope to have many worth
while things to report.
On April 3, 1897, Mr. Warren K.
Moorehead resigned as
Curator, his resignation was not
accepted until August 27th.
Mr. Moorehead was trying to regain his
health in New Mexico.
In the meantime Mr. Clarence Loveberry
was acting Curator.
On December 28, 1897, the museum
committee reported that
Mr. Loveberry had added about 200
earth-works to the Archaeo-
logical Map of Ohio and had explored
ninety earthworks and
village sites, and that there was a
total of 19,110 specimens in
the Museum, with 200 volumes in the
library. By way of
reminiscence, I recall very well when
the Museum occupied a
little dingy upstairs room in the
Capitol building. Mr. Graham
was the only paid officer, and the
specimens were stored on top
of his office table, where almost any
one could help himself
to such as met his fancy. In April, 1898
-- following Mr.
Loveberry -- Mr. W. C. Mills became the
Curator and has now
given twenty-five years of the most
strenuous and devoted
service. In these years it has been my
good fortune to be as-
sociated with Dr. Mills, and I can
testify that he has literally
devoted all his energies, day and night,
to the task, which to
him was not a task but a joy and
delight. Dr. Mills told me
a few days ago that he has given in
actual overtime, during
these twenty-five years, one year and
seven months. During
these twenty-five years he has collected
one of the outstanding
archaeological museums of Ohio
Archaeology, in the world. He
has been a pioneer in many lines of
research, and is recognized
as one of the leading scientific
archaeologists of the day.
We hope, by another year, to be able to
display much of
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this fine and valuable material, and
also to make a start in the
installation of the new department of
natural history.
On motion the report was ordered
received and
made a part of the record of this
meeting.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SERPENT MOUND
Professor W. H. Cole, Chairman of the
Committee
on Serpent Mound, read the report as
follows:
Visitors to Serpent Mound Park who may
not have been
there for a few years will note some
changes.
At the entrance to the Park it will be
noticed that the board
archway over the gate with its legend
"Entrance to Serpent
Mound Park" which had fallen into
decay, has been replaced
by two concrete pillars, thirty inches
square and seven feet high,
surmounted with concrete globes. These pillars bear inde-
structible signs: "Serpent Mound
Park, Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society."
The wooden gate which did service for
many years has
been replaced by double iron gates.
The roadway up the hillside to the
effigy plateau remains
practically the same, as lack of
sufficient funds has made it im-
possible to rebuild it in permanent and
durable form. We have
had to be content with keeping the old
road in repair. But the
Park is worthy a roadway of modern
construction that will
prevent hillside washings.
The covering over the grotto at the
spring has been re-
moved, letting in the sunlight, making
the premises more sani-
tary. The brook that at freshet
overflowed into the spring has
been diverted, so that it now flows
around instead of into the
spring.
The old picket fence, enclosing the
Serpent Effigy, which
was falling down from decay, has been
replaced with a privet
hedge, reinforced with barbed wires
supported by neat, steel
posts driven along the line of the
hedge. The wooden gate at.
the entrance has been replaced by a neat
iron one, while two
Irish junipers mark the entrance.
Close to the left of the entrance is a
neat, small building
which serves as a registration booth, bearing
the legend: "Please
Register." This serves as a place where visitors may
con-
veniently register, where the
registration book may be safely
kept, and may also serve as an
admonition and reminder of
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the importance of the great Serpent
Effigy -- the object of su-
preme interest at the Park.
To the right of the entrance to the
effigy is a neat, sub-
stantial building, thirty by fifty feet,
which serves as a shelter
house for visitors in inclement weather.
In this building has
been installed a number of cases filled
with archaeological and
historical relics. This feature might be advantageously en-
larged. While the great Serpent Effigy
must always remain
the object of supreme interest at the
Park, valuable lessons
might be suggestively taught by a
display of objects of archaeo-
logical and historical interest. We earnestly commend this
feature to the thought of the Society.
For a number of years, as funds were
available, an effort
has been made to reforest portions of
the Park which had
been denuded of trees before it had
become the property of
the Society, and already about four
hundred trees have been
planted.
During the past year, in addition to
general care and up-
keep of the premises, the house and
other buildings have been
painted, together with the observation
tower. A part of the
line fences, for which the Society is
responsible, and which had
become unserviceable, have been rebuilt;
a hundred additional
shade trees have been planted;
improvements have been made
at the entrance to the Park and about
the Serpent Effigy.
During the year there have been 13,000 names of
visitors
registered, and the custodian estimates
that at least 5,000 did
not register -- making a total of 18,000
in all. This is the
largest number of visitors to the Park
in any single year.
It has been the policy of the committee
to keep on sale at
the Park, for visitors who might desire
it, inexpensive but ac-
curate archaeological and historical
literature, in the form of
books, pamphlets and cards. This is sold
at a price to cover
publication, that no expense may be
incurred by the Society.
During the year 1,240 pieces of such literature
have been sold.
The Custodian, Mr. Guy Wallace,
continues to render ef-
ficient and satisfactory service.
The report was received, made a part of
the record
of the meeting and its recommendations
referred to the
Board of Trustees.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPIEGEL
GROVE.
Mr. W. J. Sherman, Chairman of the
Committee on
Spiegel Grove, read the report as
follows:
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At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees held on
the
28th of October, 1922, the Spiegel Grove Building
Committee
of which General Edward Orton was chairman, was discon-
tinued and the duties of this Committee transferred to
the reg-
ular Spiegel Grove Committee and the undersigned
elected chair-
man thereof.
The Spiegel Grove Committee is pleased to report that
the
Annex to the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum
Building,
which was placed under contract by the Society, in June
1922,
has been completed (excepting as to lighting, fixtures,
book
stacks and sundry furnishings) and is being occupied by
the
Society at the present time.
The building fund of fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)
provided by Colonel Hayes was wholly available by or
before
October 1, 1922.
Although far from completed, the building itself was
ded-
icated with imposing ceremonies on October 4, 1922,
during
the exercises incident to the Centenary celebration in
honor of
Rutherford B. Hayes.
For the records we submit the following list of
contracts
executed, viz.:
Carl F. Steinle
.........Building
............... $43,901.17
Arthur W. Smith .......Plumbing and Heating.. 5,400.00
Moor-Pero Electric Co. .Electric Wiring ........ 450.00
Total
.....................................
$49,751.17
There has been delay on the part of these contractors
in
executing some of the minor requirements of the
contract and
at this writing your committee has not received for
payment from
Architect Bradford any of the final estimates.
The retained percentages on this account are as
follows,
to-wit:
Carl F. Steinle ................................. $2,566.51
Arthur W. Smith ............................... 1,161.50
Moor-Pero Electric Co.
.......................... 50.00
Total ...................................... $3,778.01
It will be noted the above contracts do not include
lighting
fixtures for which there is an increasing urgent need
as the
Autumn days grow shorter. The estimated cost of these
fix-
tures fully installed is $500.00.
There is a very
considerable amount of money ($20,821.26
on July 1, 1923), in the Hayes Memorial Library
Book Fund,
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available at once for historical books,
but no book stacks have
been provided for them. Your committee
respectfully recom-
mends the immediate purchase of stacks
sufficient for say 5,000
volumes at this time as the existing
book fund will provide for
approximately that number of volumes.
The Book Committee recently appointed by
the President
comprises the following members, to-wit:
Messrs. Siebert (Chairman), Thompson,
Hayes, Meeker,
Johnson, Packard, Sherman and Miss Lucy
Keeler.
The rearranging and cataloguing of the
books of the ex-
isting library (approximately 8,000
volumes) is progressing
satisfactorily under the supervision of
the attendant, Mrs. Dor-
othy E. Wright.
The regular librarian has not as yet
been appointed, as it
has proved difficult to find one of
experience who would be
satisfied with a budget appropriation of
$1500.00.
The property generally has been well
maintained under the
supervision of our efficient caretaker,
Mr. Alfred Gowing, but
for whose watchfulness last winter,
while burning soft coal,
when anthracite was impossible to
obtain, the residence might
have been destroyed by fire.
We regret to report some damage to
books, pictures and
valuable manuscripts in the library
building, during the period
from early October, 1922, to early
January, 1923, when the
building was closed to the public, owing
to the non-completion
of the heating system and the failure to
secure a supply of
anthracite coal.
The crowding of four heating furnaces
(two for the resi-
dence and two for the Memorial building)
into the basement of
the residence created an extreme fire
hazard, which attracted
the attention of the insurance people
and the State authorities
and brought forth considerable
criticism. Thanks, however, to
the friendly attitude of the State
Emergency Board, there will
be constructed immediately under the
supervision of the State
Architect Hirsch, a new heating plant
separate, apart and quite
independent of both residence and
Memorial building. For this
new plant we are advised there is
available at the present time
the sum of $8,500.
In this connection we believe it is
proper to call attention
to the urgent need of more insurance on
the contents of the
residence. Under a policy expiring July
18, 1927, we are now
carrying but $3,000 on contents and in
the judgment of your
Committee this is nowhere near enough
and should be increased
immediately to say $15,000. We request
action by the Society
in conformity with the above
recommendation.
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The local telephone company in the absence of the then
Chairman of the Spiegel Grove Committee hurriedly tried to
install a telephone line with the posts along the Buckland Ave.
or southern frontage of the State Park. An application for
injunction was verified by the Chairman of the Spiegel Grove
Committee and the work itself was stopped. Immediately there-
after the President of the Society verified an amended petition
drawn under directions of the Attorney General and when the
case was finally decided by the Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, the decision was in our favor and the poles were ordered
removed within sixty days. Subsequently the Telephone Co.
appealed the case to the Circuit Court where it is set for hearing
at the October (1923) term. It is of the greatest importance
that the case be followed up to secure the fruits of the legal
victory gained in the Court of Common Pleas.
The Memorial Building has been kept open Sunday after-
noons during the recent summer months through the courtesy of
the members of the Colonel Croghan Chapter. D. A. R. The
Sunday attendance of visitors has been as follows:
Maximum .................................. 158
Minimum .................................. 56
Average .................................... 111
The week day attendance from August 15th to September
7th inclusive has been as follows:
Maximum ................................. 90
Minimum .................................. 8
Average ................................... 50
We desire to bring definitely before the Society a request
that hereafter all appropriations for such items as registrar, as-
sistant librarian, cataloguer, index clerk, janitors, binders, cab-
inet-maker, watchman, office, stationery, water, light, heat,
power, express, drayage, traveling expenses, communications,
contingencies, printing, etc., be made available where they will
do the most good and serve the best interest of the Society as a
whole, regardless of whether the call comes from Columbus,
Fremont or elsewhere. We respectfully maintain that such a
course of procedure would not in the least violate either the
letter, the spirit, or the intent of the Appropriation Act.
On motion of Dr. W. O. Thompson the report was
accepted and the recommendations made therein re-
ferred to the Board of Trustees.
Minutes of the Annual Meeting 687
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORT MEIGS,
FORT MIAMI,
FORT AMANDA AND THE BATTLEFIELD OF
FALLEN TIMBERS
Mr. W. J. Sherman, Chairman of the
Committee on
Fort Meigs, Fort Miami, Fort Amanda and
the Battle-
field of Fallen Timbers, read the
report as follows:
Fort Meigs:
This property has been splendidly
improved and well cared
for by the Ft. Meigs Commission, during
the past year.
The burial place of more than three
score of the Pennsyl-
vania volunteers known as the
"Pittsburgh Blues" has been
suitable monumented by the Pennsylvania
Historical Society.
The formal dedication by the several
historical and patriotic
societies interested, will take place at
an early date.
Fort Miami:
There have been no developments of
interest during the
past year. The property is still in
private possession and should
be acquired by the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society, because of its historical
importance and because of the
well preserved earthworks, marking the
site of the old Fort.
Fort Amanda:
The cemetery and grounds are being
maintained in good
condition. Minor improvements have been
made to the roads,
walks and fences and a valuable addition
to the lands heretofore
owned by the Society has been acquired
since our last report.
Battlefield of Fallen Timbers:
Your Committee appealed to the last
session of the Legisla-
ture for an appropriation of $40,000 for
an equestrian statue
of Mad Anthony Wayne, but was successful
only to the extent
of securing $2,000 for
improving the grounds by grading, plant-
ing and the building of roads, all of
which will be undertaken
in the near future.
On motion the report was accepted and
ordered
made a part of the record of the
meeting.
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Dr. F. C. Furniss stated that he had
been informed
that there is no set of the bound
volumes of the reports
of this Society in the Governor's
mansion, and inas-
much as those volumes are in most
public institutions
of the state, he moved that a set of
the volumes be for-
warded to the Governor's mansion, and
kept complete
in the future.
The motion was duly seconded and
carried.
General J. Warren Keifer stated that
appropria-
tions have been made, by the
Legislature, for a monu-
ment on the battlefield of Piqua and
the birthplace of
Tecumseh. He has been in the habit of
saying that the
most important battle, in its results,
of the Revolution-
ary War was fought partly over the farm
on which he
was born, which extends to and includes
this battlefield
and the birthplace of Tecumseh, in
Clark county. "You
can investigate that", said he,
"Tecumseh was then
only twelve years old. This was his
first battle. The
Indians were defeated, not only
Shawanoes but Wyan-
dots and some others. They were driven
back by
George Rogers Clark, August 5, 1780.
This territory
was claimed by Great Britain, and even
Benjamin
Franklin was willing at one time to
concede the claim
to this territory, but some
Revolutionary statesmen in-
sisted that the battle fought August 5,
1780, at Piqua,
gave the territory by right of conquest
to the United
States. They insisted on the title not
being conceded,
and it was not. The pioneers came and
settled the coun-
try, and instead of becoming a part of
Canada there
have been preserved to the United
States, by reason of
that battle, the territories northwest
of the Ohio River
-- Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin, and
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we have opened a way across the plains
to the Pacific
Ocean. Now, what battle was more important than
that?" General Keifer's remarks
were greeted with ap-
plause.
Mr. Galbreath stated that he had a
matter to pre-
sent, of considerable importance to the
Society but of
no special importance to him
personally. It is a sug-
gestion for a very brief modification
of the Constitu-
tion, and "I offer this
resolution, and am entirely indif-
ferent as to its adoption."
Be it resolved by The Ohio State Archaeological and His-
torical Society, That that part of
article 2, section 2, of the
Constitution which reads,
"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 twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
shall be entitled to life
membership,"
be amended to read as follows:
"Any person who shall make a
donation to the Society or con-
tribute a service the value of which shall be determined by the
Trustees to be not less than twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) shall
be entitled to life membership."
Colonel Hayes: Mr. Chairman, this is
the second
time at our annual meeting that, after
the dinner bell
has rung, proposed amendments to the
constitution have
been presented by Mr. Galbreath.
Amendment of the
constitution is a serious matter. It
should not be done
in this haphazard way. At our last
meeting the amend-
ments were passed. I objected. I had no
objection to
the amendment, but this is not a proper
way to amend
the constitution. It should be printed
and submitted to
us, and then acted on at the next
meeting, in fact I be-
lieve it would be well to have a
committee appointed to
revise the constitution.
The resolution was seconded by
Professor Cole.
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An aye and nay vote being taken, the
Chairman was
in doubt as to the result, and called
for a standing vote.
The result of this vote was: Aye, 16;
nay, 11.
The resolution was duly adopted.
Colonel Hayes moved, and it was
seconded, that a
committee be appointed to revise the
constitution.
The Chairman being in doubt as to
result of an aye
and nay vote, called for a standing
vote. The vote re-
sulted as follows: Aye, 7; nay, 14.
The motion was defeated.
On motion of Professor Cole the meeting
recessed
to 1:45 P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:45 P. M.
The meeting was called to order by
President Camp-
bell.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY.
Mr. C. W. Justice, Chairman of the
Committee on
Necrology, read the report as follows:
During the past year the following
members of our Society
have passed away:
Dr. N. B. C. Love, Perrysburg, December
29, 1922.
Mr. Spencer B. Newberry, Bay Bridge,
November 28, 1922.
Mrs. S. E. Reynolds, Eaton, April 5, 1923.
Hon. Daniel J. Ryan, Columbus, June 15, 1923. Mr. Ryan
was Vice President of the Society at the
time of his death.
Mr. R. C. M. Hastings, Columbus, April
13, 1923.
Mr. W. D. Brickell, Columbus, August 7,
1923.
Dr. R. S. Dunlap, Columbus, January 20, 1923.
Mr. Martin B. Bushnell, Mansfield, May
1, 1923.
Mr. W. H. Rayner, Springfield, June 26,
1923.
On motion the report was received and
ordered
placed on file.
President Campbell stated that three
Trustees
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should be elected, to succeed Dr. W. O.
Thompson,
Colonel Webb C. Hayes and General
Edward Orton
Jr., whose terms expire. Mr. George F.
Bareis moved:
That Dr. W. O. Thompson, Colonel Webb
C. Hayes
and General Edward Orton, Jr., be
elected Trustees to
succeed themselves. The motion was
seconded and
carried.
Professor W. H. Siebert stated that the
President
of this Society, the President of the
University, and
the Historical Department of the
University joined two
years ago in extending an invitation to
the American
Historical Society, requesting that
organization to meet
in Columbus this year. Shortly after
Christmas they
will hold their annual meeting in
Columbus. Cities all
over the country bid for the meetings
of the American
Historical Association. At their
meeting two years ago,
in St. Louis, a tentative vote favored
Columbus for the
meeting this winter. At the New Haven
meeting that
vote was confirmed. Wherever the American
Historical
Society meets the Mississippi Valley
Historical Society
meets, and the Political Science
Association generally
meets in the same city. It is
understood that the Po-
litical Science Association will meet
here this coming
summer. It is customary for local and
state associa-
tions to extend hospitality, and it is
hoped the Trustees
of The Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society
will take action, either at their
annual meeting or some
meeting in the near future, appointing
a committee,
with the President as Chairman, ex
officio, with power
to act in making arrangements, in
co-operation with the
local committee, for such courtesies as
it may be thought
best to extend to the members of these
several Societies
when they come here, on the Thursday,
Friday and
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Saturday after Christmas. That meeting
is the great-
est meeting of historians in the
country, and their ses-
sions will be open to the public, there
will be plenty of
newspaper publicity, so that all will
know when the ses-
sions occur.
Professor Siebert moved: That the
Chairman ap-
point a committee of five, with power
to act, in making
proper arrangements to extend
hospitality to the Amer-
ican Historical Society and the Ohio
Associated Socie-
ties when they meet here in December.
The motion was seconded by Mr.
Galbreath.
Professor Siebert explained that the
Associated So-
cieties mentioned are a part of the
American Historical
Society, and that the motion therefore
covers only the
American Historical Society.
The motion was carried.
The Chairman appointed as the Committee
the fol-
lowing members of this Society:
Dr. W. H. Siebert, Dr. W. O. Thompson,
Professor
Carl Wittke, General Edward Orton, Jr.,
and Mr. C. B.
Galbreath.
Dr. W. O. Thompson stated that he would
have to
withdraw from the meeting, and wished
to make a re-
quest that some time be given to the
matter of the his-
torical work at Spiegel Grove and the
question of an
editorial force in connection with the
QUARTERLY. He
stated that he would be glad to
introduce a motion if it
were a proper time, but did not want to
delay and get
into a discussion. He stated that some
one would pre-
sent the question in his own name, or in
the name of
Dr. Thompson if desired.
President Campbell at this point called
upon Gov-
ernor A. V. Donahey, who was present,
and responded
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in a brief address that greatly pleased
the audience.
Governor Donahey's address is found on
a preceding
page of this issue of the QUARTERLY.
The Chairman presented Dr. T. C.
Mendenhall, who
delivered the annual address on
"The Town of Tall-
madge, Delia Bacon and
Shakespeare." This address,
which is published in full in this
issue of the QUAR-
TERLY, is one of the most valuable
contributions that
the Society has received for many
years.
The Chairman presented Mrs. Orson D.
Dryer, who
delivered an address on Cornstalk, the
great Ohioan In-
dian Chief, who led the confederated
tribes against the
Virginians in the Dunmore War. Her
address, which
held the close attention of the
audience, is found in full
elsewhere in this issue of the QUARTERLY.
PROFESSOR W. H. SIEBERT: "Dr. Thompson de-
parted a while ago, and left it to me
to make his motion.
I had little opportunity to talk with
President Thomp-
son, but think I know, from what
conversation we did
have, and other conversations that have
taken place,
what is in his mind. His idea is that
the QUARTERLY
publication of this organization can be
brought into
closer touch with some of the younger
historians within
the borders of this state, and outside
its borders, who
are making special studies in the field
of Ohio history.
To that end he suggests this motion, if
I am to be per-
mitted to formulate it:
That the President of this Society be
requested to name a
committee of five from the membership of
the Ohio Historical
Commission, to serve in connection with
the editor of the
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, as a
board of
editors for the purpose of selecting,
and if necessary securing,
articles contributed for publication in
that QUARTERLY. The de-
cision or choice of material for
publication to be in the hands
of a majority of this editorial board,
or advisory board.
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"I think that is the substance of
the motion."
PRESIDENT CAMPBELL:
"Selected from what body?"
PROFESSOR SIEBERT: "From the Ohio Historical
Commission. I would say that is
suggested as a select
body of men, representing different
parts of the state,
who are in touch with investigators
throughout the
state and even beyond the borders of
the state. I have
no desire to limit the membership,
except that that was
suggested as perhaps giving a body of persons
well
qualified for this purpose."
PRESIDENT CAMPBELL: "I asked for
information,
not knowing who belongs to that
commission. If a com-
mittee is selected at all should it not
be a committee of
seven, five to be from that commission?
It might look
to an outsider as though the historical
commission
wants to run our Society."
PROFESSOR SIEBERT: "I am willing to remove that
provision entirely, having the utmost
confidence in our
President."
MR. BAREIS: "I wonder whether it
wouldn't be
best to refer this to the Board of
Trustees for further
action? I move that the subject matter
of Professor
Siebert's motion be referred to the
Board of Directors
for action."
The motion was duly seconded and
carried.
MR. GALBREATH: "I want to explain
to the Society
why I offered the amendment to the
constitution. It
was intimated to me that, because of
some special serv-
ices that had been rendered, there were
certain persons
we ought to elect life members of this
Society, and I
was requested to submit their names. In
looking up the
constitution I saw that I could not
constitutionally do
this, and so I offered, on the spur of
the moment, that
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amendment. I make a motion now that Clarence D.
Laylin, who has performed more than one hundred
dollars' worth of services for this
Society if charged
for, free; Senator C. C. Chappelear,
who is doubly en-
titled to this honor -- having
furnished us with money
amounting to more than the required sum
of $25, and
services worth a great deal more; General
Chauncey
B. Baker, General Harold M. Bush,
Senator J. F. At-
wood, and Representative Harry D. Silver be made life
members of this Society."
The motion was duly seconded.
General Edward Orton, Jr., suggested
there be
added to the motion the words: "in
recognition of serv-
ices performed."
The suggested amendment was accepted by
both
mover and second, and the motion as
amended duly
carried.
General Edward Orton presented the
following res-
olution:
WHEREAS, The Director of this Society
has completed a
period of twenty-five years' continued
labor in the employ of
this Society, and through this period
has rendered to the people
of the great commonwealth of Ohio a
signal service in his
several capacities as Curator of
Archaeology and Director of
the Museum, and
WHEREAS, during the
period of his incumbency the arch-
aeological collection of this Society
has risen from a little known
and unimportant stage until it has now
become the most repre-
sentative collection of material
illustrating the life, habits and
history of the unknown peoples who have
inhabited the Mis-
sissippi Valley in centuries past, and
his fame, which extends
beyond the limits of Ohio and the United
States, has made
this collection known in the museums of
the world, and
WHEREAS, Dr. Mills, by his constant and
intensified schol-
arship and his constantly broadening use
of other parallel
sciences in explaining relics of these
ancient civilizations, has
raised this museum from a mere
collection of curiosities up to
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a point where it has become of deep
scientific significance and
outstanding human interest, therefore
Be it resolved, That the Trustees and the members of The
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society hereby tender
their greetings to Director Mills on
this Twenty-Fifth Anni-
versary of the beginning of his service
and render official ac-
knowledgments for his fidelity and the
value of his services
in the past, and bid him Godspeed in his
progress on that never
ending quest for knowledge which endows
the human breast,
of which his own past furnishes so fine
an exemplification.
Be it further resolved, That these resolutions shall be suit-
ably engrossed, signed by the officers
and Trustees of the So-
ciety and presented in permanent form to
Director Mills.
GENERAL ORTON: "I move the
adoption of this
resolution." Mr. Galbreath
seconded the motion.
The resolution was adopted.
Captain Webb I. Vorys was introduced by
Secre-
tary Galbreath. Captain Vorys responded
by present-
ing to the Society a beautiful silk
banner, or flag, ex-
quisitely embroidered by the gentle
women of Genoa,
Italy, and presented by them to the
332nd Regiment at
the close of the Italian campaign in
the World War.
He stated that the men of that regiment
preferred not
to have the flag furled forever and
placed in the rotunda
of the State House; that they desired
to start a move-
ment which would influence other
military organiza-
tions to bring to the Society relics
and mementos of the
great war particularly when the new
wing to the build-
ing is completed. He felt that a fine
collection should
be housed in this building. With this
historic and price-
less flag were also transferred to the
custody of the So-
ciety two others: one a beautiful silk
flag from the ladies
of Alliance, Ohio; the other a silk
flag, handsomely em-
broidered, from "The Young Italy
Inc." of New York
City. These two flags were presented to
the 332nd Reg-
iment on its return from the World War.
The remarks
698 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications of Captain Vorys were enthusiastically received as the large, silk flag presented by the ladies of Genoa was unfurled. Mr. Galbreath moved that Captain Webb I. Vorys be made a life member of the Society. The motion was duly seconded and carried. PRESIDENT CAMPBELL: "The motion is carried and we will consider that a vote of thanks." On motion of Mr. Wood the meeting adjourned. |
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MINUTES OF
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEO- LOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING, Columbus, Ohio, September 19, 1923. FORENOON SESSION 9 A. M. Pursuant to a call issued September 8, 1923, the So- ciety met and was called to order by President Camp- bell. The following members were present: |
Hon. James E. Campbell, Mr. E. F. Wood, Mr. George F. Bareis, Professor B. F. Prince, Mr. Henry J. Booth, General J. Warren Keifer, Colonel Webb C. Hayes, General Edward Orton, Jr., Dr. W. O. Thompson, Professor W. H. Siebert, Hon. Van A. Snider, Mr. A. G. Flickinger, Mr. H. R. McPherson, Mrs. Ivor Hughes, Miss Martha J. Maltby, Dr. F. C. Furniss, Professor Carl Wittke, Mr. John R. Horst, |
Mr. J. Frank Shumaker, Mr. Ransom C. Baker, Dr. H. O. Whitaker, Professor W. H. Cole. Mr. O. F. Miller, Mr. Frank Tallmadge, Dr. W. C. Mills, ,Mr. W. D. Wall, Professor H. C. Hockett, Mr. C. B. Galbreath, Mr. W. J. Sherman, Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, General George Florence, Mr. Dean M. Hickson, Mr. C. W. Justice, Mr. J. E. Tritsch, Mrs. Orson D. Dryer, Dr. E. P. Hills, |
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