Ohio History Journal

FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHI STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTOR- ICAL SOCIETY   SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO, Wednesday, October 6, 1926. 9:00 A. M. The meeting was called to order by Secretary C. B. Galbreath. There were present:

B. F. Prince, Arthur C. Johnson, C. B. Galbreath, Mrs. C. B. Galbreath, Edward Orton, Jr., H. R. McPherson, Mrs. H. R. McPherson, Mrs. Howard Jones, Mrs. Anna M. Keirn, Dr. J. M. Dunham, E. F. Wood, Dr. F. C. Furniss, Dr. William C. Mills, Theodore A. Wegener, Joseph C. Goodman, B. H. Pershing, H. C. Shetrone, Van A. Snider, Mrs. Van A. Snider, R. C. Baker, Mrs. R. C. Baker, J. S. Roof, Mrs. J. S. Roof,

Walter D. McKinney, Dr. H. O. Whitaker, W. E. Peters, John R. Horst, William L. Curry, Mrs. Orson D. Dryer, Miss Martha J. Maltby, Mrs. Hazel Charles, Mrs. C. O. Hipple, W. H. Cole, George F. Bareis, Silas W. Courtright, Jerry Dennis, H. R. Goodwin, Harley Angelo Tuttle, C. W. Justice, H. G. Simpson Mrs. Earl J. Knittle, Mrs. Ivor Hughes, Mrs. Oscar Lear, Mrs. Christian F. Jaeger, Mrs. William J. Belhon, James S. Hine.

Vice President George F. Bareis moved that Presi- dent Arthur C. Johnson be elected Chairman of the meeting. Carried. (603)

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Mr. H. R. McPherson moved that Charles W. Jus-

tice be elected Secretary of the meeting. Carried.

Mr. C. B. Galbreath read the Secretary's Report as

follows:

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

The past year has been one of unusual achievement and

planning for larger things to come. The completion of the Me-

morial Wing to the Museum and Library Building and its formal

dedication on April 6, 1926, constitute a monumental mile-stone

in the history of the Society. These events of primary impor-

tance are set forth at length in the QUARTERLY of the Society,

and a pamphlet soon to issue from the press designed as a hand-

book for the Committee on Membership. They need not be de-

tailed in this report.

The additions to the Museum belong to the report of the Di-

rector of the Society. To the Secretary is left only the record

of additions to the Library and other matters coming directly

within the scope of his duty as set forth in the Constitution of the

Society.

While additions to the Library for the most part have been

in the line of previous purchases and gifts, some of the volumes,

papers and manuscripts have been of unusual interest and value,

and a few of them have been unique and almost priceless.

Among the sets completed is one that is neither unique nor

priceless, but very convenient and important, especially if kept up

to date as subsequent volumes are issued. I refer to the Lineage

Book of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Our file is

now complete and we have a standing order to keep it so.

The clipping, classification and placing in scrapbooks of the

news items and editorials relating to the World War and other

matters of state or local history have been carried steadily for-

ward with the limited student help and indexers now authorized.

The bound newspapers which may be sent from the different

counties to this library under the law enacted in 1923, of course

duplicate the clippings kept in the scrapbooks, but there will be a

distinct advantage in having a large portion of this material in-

dexed in volumes of convenient size. The indexes to these volumes

will to some extent serve as an index to the newspapers of the

period covered.

Within the past year a large addition of bound Ohio news-

papers has come into the custody of the Society. Your Secretary,

in his first report at the annual meeting held December 15, 1920,

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suggested the enactment of a law permitting county commission-

ers to send their newspapers, under certain conditions, to the

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Such a meas-

ure was passed by the General Assembly in 1923, received the

approval of Governor Donahey, and is now a law. Under its

provisions, 1847 volumes of bound newspapers have been trans-

ferred within the year to the library of the Society. The roller

shelves that were expected to hold the files from every county of

the state are now filled and not more than one-half of the vol-

umes that will probably arrive here before the close of next year

are now on these shelves. In other words, the entire available

space assigned to the library since the erection of the new wing

is occupied and the provision of more space for its growth is a

duty to which the Society cannot too early direct its energies.

Located as we are, at the main entrance to the grounds of

the Ohio State University, with its large and rapidly growing De-

partment of Journalism, the logical place for the state's collection

of newspaper files is here, and if proper space is provided for

them they will naturally and inevitably gravitate hither. Not only

will the files of Ohio papers already in the possession of the state

come here, but private collections that are awaiting a safe and

proper depository will certainly find a place in the library of the

Society.

The state moves with deliberation in any new work that it

undertakes. The person who expects to see prodigies performed

on the "afternoon of the same day" under state authority is apt to

be disappointed.

It is almost six years since the groundwork for a great col-

lection of Ohio newspapers in this building was suggested.

Neither money nor space was available. The plan advocated con-

templated a small expenditure of money and the employment of

an assistant to gather in the newspapers. The Society was fortu-

nate in securing the services of Mr. Harold G. Simpson, a news-

paper man, to fill this important post. From the beginning of

his employment here, he has been an enthusiast in this work. The

results of his labors thus far are an ample testimonial to his fit-

ness for the position. After almost six years of preparation, we

are now ready to build up a library worthy of Ohio on the sources

of the state's history.

For the second time since he entered upon his duties a little

more than six years ago, the Secretary is able to report addi-

tions to the manuscript collections of the Society. At the annual

meeting of 1920, the addition of the John Brown manuscripts,

the gift of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Alexander, was announced. With-

in the past year Mr. Alexander has added to this collection, in the

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handwriting of Mrs. Alexander's father, John Brown, Jr., Owen

Brown's account of the Battle of Black Jack, Kansas, in 1856.

This account is well written and of unusual importance as a de-

scription, by a participant, of the first pitched battle between pro-

slavery and anti-slavery forces -- prophetic of the Civil War that

followed five years later.

Professor Reginald C. McGrane presented about one hun-

dred manuscript letters from, the correspondence of Honorable

Allen G. Thurman, United States Senator, candidate for Vice-

President of the United States, and the first president of the Ohio

State Archaological and Historical Society.

The most notable collection of manuscripts thus far received

by the Society is the letters and papers of Winthrop Sargent, a

Revolutionary soldier, Secretary of the Northwest Territory un-

der Arthur St. Clair, and in the absence of the latter, Governor

of that Territory, until 1798, when he became Governor of the

Mississippi Territory. The manuscript papers of Sargent that

have come to the Society cover a wide range of time and subject.

Some of them antedate the Revolution. Most of them cover the

dates of his service as Secretary of the Northwest Territory.

These papers number all told one thousand and seventy-one.

They are of varied length and importance. Some of them are

brief notes on a single page. Others cover many pages. In-

cluded among them is the manuscript journal of the first legis-

lature of the Northwest Territory that met in a formal way. This

legislature consisted of the governor and the judges of the North-

west Territory. It assembled in Cincinnati, May 29, 1795, and

continued in session until August 20 of that year. The members

constituting the legislature during this session were Governor

Arthur St. Clair, presiding; and Judges John Cleves Symmes

and George Turner. This manuscript copy of the proceedings of

that legislature, which had for years been industriously sought,

was found in complete form in the collection now in the posses-

sion of the Society and is evidently in the handwriting of Arm-

istead Churchill, the clerk of the legislature. This is one of the

papers of this unusual collection that is worth to the Society more

than its weight in gold.

For this collection the Society is under obligation to one of

its life members, Winthrop Sargent VII, of Philadelphia, Penn-

sylvania. The following very interesting letter has recently come

to the Society:

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SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1926.

MR. C. B. GALBREATH, Secretary,

Editor and Librarian

The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society,

High Street and Fifteenth Ave., Columbus, O.

DEAR MR. GALBREATH:

I have your communication of September 25th. I also received your

acknowledgment of papers that I sent you concerning Governor Winthrop

Sargent. I have been in the hospital all summer and am just getting

around. I have another batch of papers relative to the Governor's move-

ments, which I will send you as soon as possible.

With kindest regards,

Yours very truly,

WS-W                         (Signed) "WINTHROP SARGENT."

It will thus be seen that what has already been received from

this worthy representative of one of the most distinguished fam-

ilies of America is simply the herald of other treasures yet to

come.

Among the gifts received within the past year is a collection

of books, chiefly American history, from   Miss Mae Siebert,

daughter of the late John Siebert, a veteran of the Civil War, and

ten sumptuously bound volumes entitled "America," issued by

the Americanization Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars

of the United States, presented by that good and generous patron

of our Society and member of the Board of Trustees, Honorable

Claude Meeker.

The record of the Society includes many meetings of the

different committees and only two meetings of the Board of

Trustees since the last annual meeting. These two meetings,

however, were both important. The first was held December 9,

1925, to consider among other things the report of the State

Architect for bids on book stacks, shelving and improvements in

the basement room of the library. This is the room which is now

filled with newspapers, chiefly in bound form. The other meet-

ing of the Board was held on June 17, 1926. At this meeting

President Johnson offered as the matter of outstanding interest

the following question for consideration: Shall an effort be made

to secure an appropriation for the completion of the Museum and

Library Building of the Society? The President briefly expressed

himself as emphatically in favor of a movement looking to the

completion of the building at the earliest possible date. He drew

attention to the fact that if the appropriation is made by the next

General Assembly it will be perhaps three and one-half years

before the building could be completed. By that time the addi-

tional room would be needed for the Museum and Library collec-

tions of the Society. After a general expression of opinion by

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the members of the Board present, Mr. Bareis, First Vice-Presi-

dent of the Society, moved that the Trustees take the preliminary

steps necessary to secure an appropriation for the completion of

the Museum and Library Building. The motion was unanimously

carried. Thus it will be seen that the past year has been a notable

one in achievement and in forward-looking plans for the future.

An important meeting of the Library Committee was held

September 21, at which the recommendations of Doctor Alexan-

der C. Flick and Wallace H. Cathcart, at the dedication of the

Memorial Wing, were presented by the Secretary. Among these

was the following statement from Mr. Cathcart:

"I have been anxious to see some action by the Legislature

for the preservation of the real history of Ohio as contained in

the state archives. I think it would make anyone here sick to go

into the basement of the State House as I have many times done,

and see the records and files of this state, manuscripts of the

period of the Civil War, scattered over the floor, where any one

going into the room would walk on them. Go into the Governor's

office and try to find papers of the previous governors who have

been in office. If the State Historical Society could get hold in

some way of those records and safeguard them, I think it would

be one of the greatest advance steps they could take."

Professor Siebert moved that the chairman of the Commit-

tee appoint three members whose duty it shall be to visit Governor

Donahey and solicit his interest and cooperation in ways and

means for the preservation and systematic arrangement of the

archives of the state government. The Chairman of the Library

Committee appointed a committee of three, with Professor Sie-

bert as Chairman, to visit the Governor for the purpose set forth

in the motion.

In the meantime the manuscripts already in the possession

of the Society are to be calendared and arranged. For lack of

this, many of them are now inaccessible. There should also be

made in a single volume an index to the serial publications of the

Society. Frequent requests have been made for this from libra-

ries and schools.

Within the past year the Secretary visited Campus Martius

at Marietta, the Serpent Mound Park in Adams County, Fort

Ancient Park, Miamisburg Mound, Fort Amanda Park, and Lo-

gan Elm Park. The first two of these properties of the Society he

viewed as a member of the delightful touring parties conducted

by Doctor Furniss and Mr. Bareis, under the direction of Mr.

Joseph C. Goodman, Chairman of the Tours Committee.

Respectfully submitted,

(Signed) C. B. GALBREATH.

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The Secretary stated that since the preparation of

the foregoing report, another important original docu-

ment has been added to the Society's collection. The

United States Government is supposed to have the early

census records of the state, but the record for 1810 is

said to be very meager, some of the reports of census-

takers having disappeared. A few days ago a man, too

modest to permit his name to be mentioned here, donated

to the Society two volumes that were rescued from a

dump-wagon on its way to rag-pickers or the dump. In

those early days we had the single tax -- a tax on land

-- in Ohio, and these two volumes contain the names,

in manuscript form, of all the owners of real estate in

Ohio in 1810, so we have something that, in a measure,

takes the place of the census of that year -- a priceless

possession that could not be duplicated.

Mr. E. F. Wood then read the Treasurer's Report

as follows:

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE

OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HIS-

TORICAL SOCIETY, FOR THE YEAR

ENDING JULY 1, 1926

 

RECEIPTS

Cash on hand July 1st, 1925:--

In  General Fund   ..................$1,203.64

Cash Advanced for Field Work (prior

to  July  1, 1925) ..................  200.00

In World War Memorial Fund...... 2,351,05

$3,754.69

Life  Membership          dues ..........................                                          725.00

Active Membership         Dues ........................                                            124.00

Books sold ....................................                                                            519.00

Cash transferred from World War Memorial Fund..                                 21.91

Interest on Permanent Fund .....................                                                1,150.00

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Interest on World War Memorial Fund ...........                    50.67

Interest on Savings Accounts .....................                         39.01

Refund of cash advanced for Field Work ..........                   200.00

Refund by Dr. A. C. Flick ......................                             50.00

Sale of Logs at Ft. St. Clair.....................                              27.78

Papers sold ...................................                                       52.46

Refund by State Treasurer for Walks.............                      70.00

Refund by State Treasurer for Bronze Caps........                500.00

Refund by State Treasurer for Repairs ............  137.11

From State Treasurer on Sundry Appropriations as follows:--

House Bill No. 622.

Main Building, Columbus, Ohio.

Office Supplies .......................  $24.29

Print  Paper  .........................   174.78

Express, Freight and Drayage ..........                                    11.32

Communications .....................                                             12.25

Contingencies ........................                                                  5.82

Publications .............. ...........  4,242.13

Addition to Museum and Library Build-

ing  ...............................  28,507.50

 

$32,978.00

Division of Spiegel Grove State Park.

Repairs  ...................................    163.99

Serpent Mound Park

Repairs ...................................     26.78

Fort St. Clair.

Residence .................................   3,921.00

Fallen Timbers.

Improvement of Grounds ....................   1,668.90

House Bill No. 517.

Museum and Library Building.

Salaries  ............ .............  $32,860.67

Wages ..............................                                                    762.45

Office Supplies .......................                                            149.42

Postage  .........................                                             197.62

General Plant Supplies ...........                                    294.47

General Plant Materials ..........                                   3,121.74

Print Paper  ......... ........... .                                             78.82

Repairs  ..........................                                             403.17

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W ater  Rent  ......................                                          34.80

Light, Heat and Power............                                 866.14

Express, Freight and Drayage .......                               98.67

Traveling Expenses ..............                                        324.86

Communications ..................                                        142.35

Contingencies  ....................                                         31.59

Publications .....................                                        4,520.79

Exploration and Field Work........                             2,930.78

Natural History Field Work........                                 379.75

Books, Manuscripts, etc............                              1,364.68

Museum Collections ..............                                     137.25

Restoration of Mound City Group..                       1,973.82

Universal Woodworking Machine..                              600.00

4 Cases Metal Book Shelving .......                               44.94

3,528 feet Metal Book Shelving.....                          2,249.71

426 Roller Metal Shelves..........                                    40.48

Type for Printing Plant ...........                                    99.45

Plastering, Painting and Refitting

Basement    ........................  1,048.67

Furniture and Supplies for Printing

Plant  ...........................    56.86

$54,813.95

Division of Spiegel Grove State Park.

Salaries ..........................                                          $3,785.09

W ages   ..........................                                              450.00

Fuel       ............................                                            400.00

Office    Supplies ....................                                     84.55

General Plant Supplies .............                                   73.73

Repairs  ..........................                                             159.93

Repairs                              159.93

Water Rent.                           13.51

Light, Heat and Power ............ 1,499.04

Communications .................                                         48.05

Re-roofing Hayes Residence.......                             3,789.21

 

$10,403.11

Division of Fort Ancient Park.

Salaries      .........................                                      $360.00

Repairs       .........................                                      292.63

Communications ..................                                    18.10

Fencing .........................                                           120.88

Walks ..........................                                             125.00

Roadways .......................                                             150.00

$1,066.61

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Division of Serpent Mound Park.

Salaries .........................                                               $240.00

Repairs .........................                                              139.69

Communications ..................                                         7.00

General Plant  ....................                                           49.19

Toilet ............................   100.00

$535.88

Division of Logan Elm.

Salaries  .........................                                             $50.00

Communications ..................                                        20.00

General Plant  ....................   159.93

$229.93

Division of Schoenbrunn.

Wages ....................................     $25.00

 

Division of Fort St. Clair.

Salaries ..........................                                              $275.00

Wages ..........................                                               300.00

Telephone and Electric line Extension                        478.00

 

$1,053.00

Division of Fort Laurens.

Residence  .................................  $624.24

Total Receipts and Balances ............$114,932.11

 

 

DISBURSEMENTS

Museum and Library Building, Columbus, Ohio.

Personal Service.

Salaries     ......................... $32,860.67

W ages      .... .....................    762.45

Supplies.

Office Supplies ...................   173-71

Office Equipment .................                                       27.00

Postage .........................                                             197.62

General Plant ....................                                         294.47

Materials.

General Plant ....................                                         3,121.74

Print Paper ......................                                          253.60

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Open Order Service.

Repairs  ..........................                                            403.17

W ater   Rent  ......................                                       34.80

Light, Heat and Power.............                                   866.14

Express, Freight and Drayage.....                                109.99

Traveling Expenses ...............                                     796.22

Communications ..................                                   177.70

Contingencies ....................                                      142.24

Publications ......................                                      8,884.67

Exploration and Field Work.......                             2,930.78

Natural History Field Work......                                 379.75

Additions and Betterments.

Books, Manuscripts, etc ............ 1,364.68

Museum Collections ..............                                    137.25

Restoration of Mound City Group...                     1,973.82

Universal Woodworking Machine...                           600.00

4 Cases Metal Book Shelving ........                            44.94

3,528 feet Metal Book Shelving.....                         2,249.71

426 Roller Metal Shelves...........                                 40.48

Type for Printing Plant ............                                  99.45

Plastering, Painting and Refitting

Basement ...................    1,048.67

Furniture and Supplies for Printing

Plant ........................     56.86

Addition to Museum and Library

Building ..................... 28,507.50

World War Memorial Fund--Sundry

Bills Paid ...................  2,379.81

Sundry Expenses Dedicating World

War Memorial Wing ...........                               616.63

Curtains  .........................                                            390.85

Wiring Rotunda ..................                                        118.75

Lettering Marble Panels...........                                    250.00

 

$92,296.12

Division of Spiegel Grove State Park.

Personal Service.

Salaries  .........................                                         $3,785.09

Wages ..........................                                               450.00

Cataloguer  .......................                                          112.07

Supplies.

Fuel       ............................                                          400.00

Office   Supplies  ...................                                   184.55

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Materials.

General Plant ....................     73.73

Open Order Service.

Repairs ..........................                                               323.92

Water Rent ......................                                            13.51

Light, Heat and Power ............                                1,499.04

Communications ..................                                        48.05

Re-roofing Hayes Residence........                           3,789.21

 

$10.679.17

Division of Fort Ancient.

Personal Service.

Salaries ..........................   $360.00

Open Order Service.

Repairs .........................                                               292.63

Communications ..................                                        18.10

Additions and Betterments.

Fencing .........................                                               120.88

Walks ..........................                                                 125.00

Roadways .......................                                             150.00

$1,066.61

Division of Serpent Mound Park.

Personal Service.

Salaries  .........................  $240.00

Open Order Service.

Repairs ..........................     166.47

Communications ..................                                       7.00

General Plant  ....................                                          49.19

Additions and Betterments.

Toilet ........................... 100.00

Insurance ........................      15.83

 

$578.49

Division of Logan Elm.

Personal Service.

Salaries .........................    $50.00

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Open Order Service.

Communications ..................                                        20.00

General Plant ....................                                       159.93

 

$229.93

Division of Schoenbrunn.

Personal Service.

Wages ..........................      $25.00

 

$25.00

Division of Fort St. Clair.

Personal Service.

Salaries ..........................                                           $275.00

Wages ..........................                                                 300.00

Additions and Betterments.

Telephone and Electric Line Exten-

sion  .........................                                       478.00

Buildings ........................                                           3,921.00

$4,974.00

Division of Fort Laurens.

Residence ..................................     624.24

Division of Fallen Timbers.

Improvement of Grounds ...........   1,668.90

Care of George Rogers Clark Monument

and Grounds ......................     50.10

World War Memorial Fund

Balance Transferred to General Cash    21.91

Balance Transferred to Permanent Fund.                         1,000.00

Cash Advanced for Field Work........                                     500.00

Balance on Hand June 30, 1926........                                1,217.64

Total Disbursements and Balances.. 114,932.11

 

PERMANENT FUND.

The Balance in this fund on July 1, 1925, was... $23,000.00

Added, during the year, from Life Membership

Dues received ..........................     725.00

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Added, from interest received during the year

in  part  ................................  275.00

Total in Permanent Fund on June 30, 1926.. $24,000.00

This amount is invested at 5% per annum, pay-

able semi-annually, in The Ohio State Savings

Association, as evidenced by certificate No. C-

22571.

Respectfully submitted,

(Signed) E. F. WooD,

Treasurer.

 

Mr. E. F. Wood then read the Report of the Au-

ditor.

AUDITOR'S REPORT

SEPTEMBER 16, 1926.

"MR. C. B. GALBREATH, Secretary,

The Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society,

Columbus, Ohio.

DEAR SIR:

Having completed our annual audit of the books of account

of Mr. E. F. Wood, Treasurer of your Society, for the fiscal

year ended June 30, 1926, we submit herewith our report con-

taining such statements and schedules as will reflect in summary

the financial transactions for the year and condition of the treas-

ury as at June 30, 1926.

The balance of the Current Fund at July 1, 1926,

was  ............................................. $1,403.64

There was received during the year

revenues of $3,007.92, out of which was

credited to Current Fund the sum of....$  2,007.92

There was also transferred from the

World War Memorial Fund ............    2,351.05

Appropriations paid during the year by

the State amounted to ................. 107,510.48

making total receipts of................ .$111,869.45

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The total disbursements for the year were 112,055.45

which indicates an excess of disburse-

ments over receipts of ..............................  86.00

resulting in a balance of Current Fund

at  June  30,  1926,  of ..............................$1,217.64

"On page 3 and 4 will be found a Statement of Cash Receipts

and Disbursements for the year ended June 30, 1926, giving a full

analysis of the above.

"At July 1, 1925, the balance of the Permanent

Fund   was  ...................................... $23,000.00

There was received during the year

from Life Memberships ................ $ 725.00

and interest earned on Permanent Fund

was ...................................  1,150.00

making  a  total  of ......................$1,875.00

However, there was added to the Per-

manent Fund out of the above amount

received   only ....................................  1,000.00

making a balance as at June 30, 1925, of .............$24,000.00

"The above balance of the Permanent Fund is represented

by Certificates of Deposit No. 22571 of the Ohio State Savings

Association, dated July 1, 1926.

"The remainder of income from this fund remained in the

Current Fund.

"The Society's Permanent Investment at the

beginning  of the year was ........................$966,137.27

There has been added to the above

during the fiscal year as follows:

Land:

Fort Ancient ...........$ 245.88

Fallen Timbers ......... 1,668.90

Fort St. Clair ..........  478.00 $ 2,392.78

Buildings and Structures:

Museum and World War

Memorial ...........$31,988.47

Serpent Mound..........    100.00

Fort Laurens...........                         624.24

Fort St. Clair .......                             3,921.00

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George Rogers Clark

Monument .............     50.10                               36,683.81

Library and Museum Equipment....                         3,118.44

Books  ...........................                                          1,364.68

Museum   Exhibits .................     137.25

$43,696.96

Gifts and Director's Valuation upon

additions to Museum's exhibits acquir-

ed through field work..............     2,200.00

Total addition to properties .....            45,896.96

Total Permanent Investment June 30,1926 ....$1,012,034.23

"During the course of our audit all checks and vouchers were

examined and found to be correct.

"The balance of appropriation accounts was verified by

comparison with records kept by the Auditor of the State.

"Respectfully submitted,

(Signed) W. D. WALL

Certified Public Accountant."

President Johnson stated that Gerard Fowke, not

more than ten days ago, stated he had visited the mu-

seum and would appraise the archaeological collections

at a million dollars.

Mr. W. C. Mills read the following:

 

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR

One of the articles of incorporation of the Ohio State Ar-

chaeological and Historical Society states that the Society was

formed for the purpose of promoting a knowledge of archaeology

and history, especially of Ohio, and to establish and maintain a

museum of prehistoric relics and natural or other curiosities or

specimens of art or nature promotive of the objects of the As-

sociation. I take great pleasure in submitting my fifth annual

report as Director of this established museum.

During the year the Superintendent of the Building estab-

lished a new form of taking care of the building, by which it is

constantly guarded either by a day-watchman, a night-watch-

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man, or a janitor, and in this way it is under the care of someone

at all hours of the day or night.

Practically the entire time of the Director has been taken up

in superintending the various departments and formulating plans

for the various exhibits. We were able to occupy the new wing

entirely after the 6th of April, at which time the memorial

features were dedicated.

The four large bronze panels that were placed in the ro-

tunda of the new wing were completed the latter part of December

and were forwarded to the museum from New York, where they

were made by the American Art Foundry Company. These

panels, although very heavy and unwieldy, were placed in posi-

tion without the slightest mishap long before the dedication. I

cannot say too much in praise of The American Art Foundry

of New York City, and the Muth Brothers of this city, for the

careful way in which the bronze panels were set. The dedica-

tion of this part of the building came on the 6th of April, and a

more inclement day could possibly never have been selected.

The Committee on Dedication will doubtless make a report, and

the Director will not need to go into detail concerning this dedi-

cation further than to say that it was a success in every way.

During the year the cabinet-maker, Mr. J. S. Waite, has

been working alone and during that time he has made twenty-

five (25) cases; four of these cases were made by salvaging the

large case that we had at the entrance to the Historical Museum,

which was so large and unwieldy that it did not seem to fit into

our scheme of display, and the case was salvaged and the lum-

ber and glass were used in making four new wall-cases, three of

which are used in the display of ceramics and one in the dis-

play of blankets in the anthropological room on the second floor.

The case originally cost the Society two hundred and fifty

($250.00) dollars, and it was purchased with a view to using the

large plate glass that it contained, and I consider that the value

of the glass at the time of purchase was practically five hundred

($500.00) dollars, so we originally purchased the glass at fifty

per cent discount. The cases, as we now have them, would cost

two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars each, so that the four

cases would practically be worth one thousand ($1,000.00)

dollars, and we secured them for two hundred and fifty ($250.00)

dollars, plus a small amount for lumber, amounting to perhaps

twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) and the necessary labor

in their construction. Therefore, the Society is at least five

hundred ($500.00) dollars ahead in this one transaction.

Four large table cases were also constructed, and these were

made from cases purchased from a downtown wholesale jewelry

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firm. These cases were salvaged and used in constructing the

four table-cases that are worth two hundred and fifty ($250.00)

dollars each. From these cases we also secured sufficient lumber

to make the large center case in the Hopewell Room. This had

to be. made so that it could be taken apart at any time for cleaning,

and we find that Mr. Waite was able to accomplish this without

much trouble. This case contains a replica showing one mile

square of the Hopewell group and I think it is one of the most

comprehensive of all models that we have in the museum.

Besides these cases, Mr. Waite constructed ten large table-

cases used in the Hopewell room and the Archaeological display

room adjoining to the east; he also constructed five large cases for

the display of birds--these are located in the Department of

Natural History; made a case for the mummy presented by Dr.

J. Morton Howell, Minister of the United States to Egypt;

and constructed a case to take care of the glass dress worn by

Maxine Elliott, and presented by the Cambridge Glass Company.

Mr. Waite has also been doing all sorts of carpenter work

about the building; in the preparation of the audience room all

of the work that was needed for the completion was performed

by him. He made three mezzanine floors in the basement to

care for lumber and has also made hundreds of trays for cases and

hundreds of platforms for the mounting of birds, etc. In other

words he is a great handy man about the place and we anticipate

that during the next year he will be able to turn out more cases

than during the past year, as the cabinet-maker was used in many

ways during the dedication, such as building the platform in front

of the building, and afterwards removing it, framing pictures and

other small things that only a carpenter can do.

I was once told by a museum director that one of the great-

est essentials is to have a cabinet-maker who can do things from

the making of a case to the hanging of a portrait, and I have come

to the conclusion that he is perhaps one of the most essential em-

ployes of the building. However, some members of our Board

of Trustees have felt that it would perhaps be better to secure

from some case-manufacturing company the greater bulk of our

show-cases, as by doing so it would not be necessary to wait for

the cases to be made in the building but we could give the order

to some outside firm and have them made there and then brought

in. I rather think that this would perhaps help matters in secur-

ing a quick display, where new rooms are available for that pur-

pose.

Mr. Starling L. Eaton, Superintendent of the Building and

Grounds and in charge of the Print Shop, has been very busy

with the printing press during the past year and has set one

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hundred and forty-seven (147) forms upon which he made

thirty-two thousand one hundred forty-four (32,144) impres-

sions. You will understand that he does all of this work in con-

nection with his duties as Superintendent of the Building.

Mr. Eaton also had the outside windows of the building

painted during the year and this work was all done by the janitors

of the building during spare time when they could be taken from

other necessary work about the building. I feel that this has been

a great saving to the institution, as the upper floors of the build-

ing had to be reached by ladders, and I feel assured that it is no

small task to do this work.

During the year, he has had painted and put in condition the

three captured German cannon, which are now placed in the

court back of the building, awaiting final disposition. These

cannon had to be thoroughly scraped and the rust entirely removed

before any paint was applied and then a coat of red lead was put

on the cannon, which was afterward covered by dark green

paint. The remainder of the consignment of World War trophies,

given us by the United States Government, has been received and

the various specimens carefully cleaned and in many instances

painted. The following specimens have been received and pre-

pared for exhibition. The accession number of war trophies

is 695, and wherever you see 695 you will note this is a trophy

presented by the United States Government. The list is as fol-

lows:

One 76 mm Minnenwerfer, one 170 mm Minnenwerfer,

one Spandau German Cannon, two German Krupp Guns, one

German Trench Mortar 55 mm., five German Machine Guns with

Mounts, five German Machine Guns, Maxim model, 1908,

One Austrian German Machine Gun, one German Mauser anti-

tank Rifle, one Air Craft German Machine Gun, Maxim model,

one Air Craft German Machine Gun, parabellum, light weight,

eight German Mauser Rifles, model 1898,  eight German Mann-

licher Rifles, 1888, eight German Mauser Carbines, magazine,

model 1898, eight German Mauser single shot Rifles, 1871, eight

German Mauser repeating Rifles, model 1871 to '74, eight

Austrian Mannlicher Rifles, model 1895, eight Miscellaneous

Rifles, five Grenade Throwers, one Potato-masher type Grenade,

one Cartridge Case, long brass 77 mm., one Cartridge Case, brass

Howitzer, 105, one Cartridge Case, brass Howitzer, 150 mm.,

one Cartridge Case, brass Railway Gun, 173 mm., one Brass

Cartridge Case, Howitzer, 210 mm., one Cartridge Case, brass,

250 mm., Gun, eight Enlisted Men's Sabers, one Officer's Sword,

eight Plain Bayonets, eight Saw tooth Bayonets, two Sets of

body Armor, eight Steel Helmets, eight Uhlan Helmets, eight

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Uhlan Lances, one Gas Mask, eight Infantry Canteens, eight

Medical Canteens, one Glass Canteen, one Large Artillery Map

showing fighting line.

Practically none of these specimens have been placed on

exhibition simply because we have not had sufficient space

to do so, but we are accumulating the necessary cases and material

so that when the time comes the specimens can be placed on ex-

hibition with all labels attached.

Mr. H. C. Shetrone, Curator of Archaeology, spent the

greater part of the fall and winter in preparing and opening the

Hopewell room and in getting in shape material for the ex-

hibition room in the new wing. I am happy to say that he was

able to open this room in time for dedication and it has attracted

the attention of archaeologists throughout t he country. Mr.

Shetrone also finished restoring the great Mound City group

and this restoration was well done. He deserves great credit

in carrying this out and completing the work so satisfactorily,

and we hope within the next few years that Mound City Park will

be one of the finest and best in the country.

On the first of July Mr. Shetrone continued work in the

great Seip Group near Bainbridge, and he was very fortunate in

bringing to light burials that have produced material heretofore

unknown. Unfortunately for Mr. Shetrone, as well as the prog-

ress of the Society, on the afternoon of the 28th of August, while

removing material from one of the finds, a part of the bank above

gave way and caught Mr. Shetrone as well as a visitor. Mr.

Shetrone was struck on the back of the neck, which bore him to

the ground, and practically covered him up and it was some few

minutes before he could be uncovered. He felt, at the time, that

he was not seriously injured and wished to continue with the work,

but it became apparent that his injuries were more serious than

he realized and he was taken to the hospital in Chillicothe,

where he remained until Friday, September 10th. His injuries

proved more serious than was at first anticipated; however, on

Saturday, September 11th, he superintended the removal of a

great sacrificial offering of more than passing interest, as it

contained one of the large ceremonial axes, weighing in the

neighborhood of twenty-eight (28) pounds, similar to the great

ceremonial axe taken out of the Hopewell Group by Mr. Moore-

head. It is perhaps the second largest in size. On Tuesday,

September 14th, the work was closed for the season of 1926.

Professor James S. Hine, Curator of the Department of

Natural History has spent the time during the year in moving

the collections of Natural History from the Department of

Zoology to the rooms of the Ohio State Archaeological and His-

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torical Society and preparing the specimens for exhibition. The

Department of Zoology also presented the Society with a number

of cases in which the specimens were exhibited at the Zoology

Building.

We soon found that the space allotted for Natural History

was outgrown and it was found that more elaborate exhibition

rooms should be provided. The one large room on the second

floor at the west end of the new wing was set aside for Natural

History in addition to the rooms in the basement, and Mr.

William Rindsfoos, President of the Brunson Savings Bank, and

Honorary Curator of Natural History of our institution, has

agreed to supply the necessary groups, such as the deer, black

bear, grizzly bear, mountain sheep, etc., to completely fill this

room and to secure these animals at his own expense. We con-

sider this a very liberal offer of Mr. Rindsfoos and he is at once

taking steps to secure the necessary groups and is at the present

time in the northern country securing a group of bears. Mr.

Rindsfoos has also sent a number of mounted heads to be placed

on the walls of this room. These consist of the elk, deer, moun-

tain goat and mountain sheep.

It is the intention of the Curator of Natural History to se-

cure groups representative of all Ohio animals, and he has already

secured sufficient material for a group of the fox, ground-hog,

skunk, racoon, and oppossum, and he is working hard to secure

the mountain lion and other animals once abundant in the state

but no longer found therein.

Already the Director has found that the building is in-

adequate for our needs, and that all available space will be more

than taken by the collections we now have on hand. I now urge

the Board of Trustees to take steps to provide for future growth

of this growing institution, and hope that the two remaining

wings can be secured by an appropriation from the next Legis-

lature.

Mr. H. R. Goodwin, Registrar and Honorary Curator of

Mineralogy, has recorded one hundred and eleven (111) ac-

cessions and made the historical file and catalogue-card that goes

with each accession. In addition to his duties as Registrar and

Honorary Curator of Mineralogy, Mr. Goodwin has devoted

much time to working out the designs from the copper plates

taken from the Hopewell Group and adapting these designs to

rugs, carpets, curtains, dress-goods, wall-paper, etc. These have

been of special interest to the students of designing and many stu-

dents of the University are now utilizing these designs for their

benefit.

A few of the more important accessions made during the year

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are the World War trophies from the government; flags and docu-

ments of the 332nd infantry; World War relics loaned by Captain

John L. Hamilton; a dress made of glass for Maxine Elliott in

1901; World War relics loaned by Mr. G. R. Weaver, Columbus,

Ohio; World War relics presented by Reverend Arthur H.

Limouze, Columbus, Ohio; an Egyptian mummy presented by

Dr. J. Morton Howell, United States Minister and Envoy Extra-

ordinary to Cairo, Egypt. The Archaeological collections number

from 333 to 350 inclusive. The collection of the late J. C. Sample,

of Perrysville, O., was presented by Mrs. Elizabeth Sample. Mr.

D. S. Leech of Lima, Ohio, presented a very wonderful specimen,

the effigy of a fish, found by Mr. Leech's father many years ago.

Considerable attention has been given to the Mineral col-

lections. Labels have been made giving name, composition, local-

ity and uses of the mineral, as well as the name of the donor.

It is proposed to form a collection of the various minerals found

in Ohio and some progress has been made in this direction. The

Ohio shales exposed along Paint Creek have been examined and

fine specimens of quartz, pearl-spar, barite and calcite in crystal-

lized form have been found, lining cavities in concretions weath-

ered out of the Ohio shale. Pyrite and marcasite have also been

found in the lower strata and this may have been the source of

the nodules found in the mounds of the Hopewell Group.

The following additions have been made to the Museum:

Accessions to Historical Collections.

648 (Addition) Coins and curios; presented by Mr. C. M.

Emerson, Columbus, O. 10-7-25.

37 (Addition) Wooden bowl and cotton cloth; presented by

Miss Zarel Jones, Honolulu, T. H. 10-7-25.

686 Civil War uniform (part); presented by Mr. John J. Ross,

Northfield, O. 10-7-25.

687 World War relics; loaned by Mr. Harold A. Barnhart,

Chillicothe, O. 10-8-25.

688 Publications; from The Archaeological Institute of America,

10-12-25.

689 Early Ohio pottery; presented by Mr. Irving Kreager,

Brownsville, O. 10-15-25.

690 Early Ohio pottery; presented by Mr. George McMasters,

Brownsville, O. 10-15-25.

208 (Additional) Dulcimer; presented by Mr. Homer Zimmer-

man, Sugar Creek, O. 10-15-25.

691 Statuary--Lincoln, Stanton and Grant; purchased. 10-16-25.

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692 Lincoln campaign button, 1864; presented by Mr. James P.

Smith, Columbus, O. 10-26-25.

693 Relics of "The Shenandoah;" presented by Mr. Robert Potts,

Columbus, O. 9-10-25.

521 (Addition) Picture of Logan Elm; presented by Mr. A. C.

Spetnagel, Chillicothe, O. 11-6-25.

487 (Addition) Baby carriage; presented by Mr. Rodney Gragg,

Bainbridge, O. 11-9-25.

694 Sword of Civil War, and spools from old loom; presented

by Mrs. J. E. Clark, Columbus, O. 11-9-25.

608 (Addition) Coverlet, powder horn and hunting bag; pre-

sented by Mr. M. E. Thrailkill, Columbus, O. 11-18-25.

695 World War trophies -- cannon, rifles, military equipment;

United States Government allotment. 11-18-25.

696 Specimen of penmanship executed by Professor W. H. H.

Perry; loaned by Mr. Charles A. Perry, Columbus, O.

11-30-25.

697 Glass vase; presented by Mr. M. B. Binning, Columbus, O.

11-30-25.

524 (Addition) Revolvers, pistols, etc.; loaned by Mr. W. E.

Hightshoe, Columbus, O. 12-7-25.

186 (Addition) Doll; presented by Mrs. R. J. Gardiner, Colum-

bus, O. 12-7-25.

698 Belt ornament of Civil War; presented by Mr. John Finn;

Washington D. C. 12-11-25.

256 (Addition) World War relics; presented by Mr. Charles E.

Jarvis, Columbus, 0. 1-5-26.

699 Piece of tree with bullet, Gettysburg. Pennsylvania; pre-

sented by Mr. George M. Charters, Columbus. O. 12-30-25.

504 (Addition) Piece of wood from U. S. Frigate "Constitution."

1-15-26.

700 Piece of wood from the "St. Lawrence," Perry's flagship;

Erie Public Museum. 1-15-26.

701 Confederate and State Bank Notes; presented by Mr. Nel-

son Fleming, Columbus, O. 1-22-26.

702 Side-saddle; presented by Mrs. G. D. Selby, Portsmouth, O.

1-26-26.

524 (Addition) Revolver and pistol; loaned by Mr. W. E. Hight-

shoe, Columbus, O. 2-7-26.

703 Land Warrant of 1825; presented by Mr. George E. Bell,

Toledo, O. 2-10-26.

524 (Addition) Belgian shotgun; loaned by Mr. W. E. Hight-

shoe, Columbus, O. 2-14-26.

704 Flags and Documents of the 332nd Infantry; from Adju-

tant General's office. 3-6-26.

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705 Curios collected by the late Lieutenant Fred H. LeFavor;

presented by Miss Julia M. LeFavor, Columbus, O. 3-8-26.

706 Guns, pistols, swords, etc., captured in Cuba; presented by

General Chauncey B. Baker, Columbus, O. 3-23-26.

707 Musket, 1817, and books; presented by Mr. Charles R. Hunt,

Columbus, O. 3-29-26.

708 World War relics; loaned by Captain John L. Hamilton, Jr.,

Overbrook Drive, Columbus, O. 3-29-26.

215 (Addition) Drum and bugle of Civil War; presented by Mr.

Stanley M. Sells, Columbus, O. 4-3-26.

709 World War relics; loaned by Mr. Merrill G. Beck, Colum-

bus, O. 4-12-26.

695 (Addition) War trophies from United States Government.

4-15-26.

710 Bass horn used in Civil War, and cannon ball; presented by

Mrs. Scott Spears, West Union, O. 4-16-26.

524 (Addition) Flintlock pistol, and revolver; loaned by Mr.

Walter E. Hightshoe, Columbus, O. 4-19-26.

533 (Addition) Book and obsolete type of nails; presented by

Mr. F. M. Boyles. 5-1-26.

711 World War relics; presented by Mr. G. S. Dill, Columbus,

O. 5-1-26.

712 Antiques; presented by Mrs. Mary D. Neiswender, Colum-

bus, O. 5-6-26.

713 Yoke for Oxen, antique beds, etc.; presented by Mr. Elmer

Hart, Columbus, O. 5-6-26.

714 World War medals; loaned by Mr. James L. Clark, Seaman,

O. 5-15-26.

614 (Addition) Dress made of glass cloth; the Cambridge Glass

Co., Cambridge, O. 5-17-26.

715 Civil War camp desk and banner; loaned by Miss Ann

Siebert and sisters. 5-18-26.

716 Obsolete surgical instruments, and books; presented by Mr.

George E. Suck, Columbus, O. 5-19-26.

524 (Addition) Shrapnel fuse from St. Mihiel drive; loaned

by Mr. W. E. Hightshoe, Columbus, O. 5-20-26.

717 Film "Boost Ohio;" presented by Boost Ohio Committee,

Ohio State University. 6-3-26.

97 (Addition) Two coverlets and embroidered portieres; pre-

sented by Mrs. S. J. Coleman and Miss M. Comly. 6-21-26.

718 Machete; presented by Mr. C. F. Hottes, Columbus, O.

6-21-26.

719 Wood from Andersonville prison; presented by Mr. Iowa

D. Smith, Columbus, O. 6-21-26.

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720 Flare gun used in World War; presented by Mr. Charles

Timmons, Columbus, O. 6-21-26.

721 Sofa used by Gov. Worthington; bequeathed by Mrs. Sarah

M. Siewers, M. D. 6-26-26.

722 Embroidery; presented by Mrs. H. O. Evans, Troy, O.

6-24-26.

723 Sword of Civil War; presented by Miss Sadie D. Chapman,

Huntington, W. Va. 7-1-26.

724 World War relics; loaned by Mr. G. R. Weaver, Columbus,

O. 7-2-26.

725 Section of tree with shot and shell from Chickamauga; pre-

sented by Dr. F. C. Larimore, 19 N. Main St., Mt. Vernon,

O. 7-9-26.

726 World War relics; presented by Rev. Arthur H. Limouze,

Columbus, O. 7-13-26.

727 Egyptian Mummy; presented by Dr. J. Morton Howell,

United States Minister and Envoy Extraordinary to Cairo,

Egypt. 7-29-26.

728 Ox Yoke; loaned by Mr. Robert H. Jeffrey, Columbus, O.

7-30-26.

729 Mexican Note (Villa issue) and World War Cartoons; pre-

sented by Mr. Guy Tilden, Canton, O. 7-31-26.

266 (Addition) Iron Husking Peg; presented by Mr. F. S

Turner, 193 Clinton Heights Ave., Columbus, O. 8-6-26.

730 Spinning Wheel; loaned by Mr. George E. Sidel, 2212 N.

High Street, Columbus, O. 8-10-26.

731 Columbian Exposition Tickets, 1893; presented by Mr.

Charles Lephart, 61 W. Eleventh Ave., Columbus, O.

8-10-26.

732 Embroidery, tray and fan of early times; loaned by Mrs.

Lizzie Myers, 308 Nineteenth Ave., Columbus, O. 8-17-26.

733 Poster giving Toll Gate Rates on Columbus and Johnstown

Plank Road and Turnpike; presented by Mr. L. K. Spencer,

590 Weber Road, Columbus, O. 8-19-26.

734 The A. M. Woolson Collection of Fire-arms, Swords, and

Miscellaneous Curios, received from the Administrator of

the Woolson Estate, Toledo, O. 9-18-26.

735 French Coin; presented by Mr. W. D. Rees, 26 E. Spring-

field Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 9-18-26.

736 Belt worn during riots in Cincinnati, Ohio; shows dent made

by bullet; presented by Mr. John C. Tyler, Columbus, O.,

who wore the belt. 9-24-26.

737 Small Bell, from the Neil House which burned down No-

vember 6, 1860; and a relic of the World War; presented by

Mr. Charles F. Mosher, Columbus, O. 9-27-26.

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39 (Addition) Historical specimens belonging to the Seip Fam-

ily; presented by Mr. John Seip, Chillicothe, O. 9-27-26.

738 Historical specimens; presented by Mr. C. V. Sigler, Colum-

bus, O. 9-27-26.

37 (Addition) Collection of seeds from Honolulu, T. H.; pre-

sented by Miss Zarel Jones. 9-30-26.

739 Indian Beadwork, Moccasins and Regalia of J. High Red-

thunder, Sioux Medicine Man, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Presented by Mr. Peter M. Ambos, Columbus, O. 10-1-26.

Accessions to Archaeological Collections.

333 Unfinished Stone Axe; presented by Mr. Charles Gray, Bain-

bridge, O. 10-19-25.

334 Celt and Discoidal; presented by Mrs. J. E. Clark, Columbus,

O. 11-7-25.

335 Flint Cores and Arrow Points; loaned by Mr. Pearley

Mohler, Brownsville, O. 12-8-25.

12 (Addition) Specimens of Flint; presented by Professor Wil-

bur Stout, Ohio State University. 1-4-26.

336 Two Banner Stones; presented by Mr. W. S. Anderson, Gal-

loway, O. 1-15-26.

337 Grooved Stone Axe; presented by Mr. W. S. Stuter, Chicago,

Ill. 2-10-26.

338 Arrow and Spear Points; presented by Mr. S. L. Eaton,

Columbus, O. 2-10-26.

339 Archaeological specimens; presented by Mr. Oren Chambers,

Delaware, O. 3-12-26.

340 Archaeological specimens from Sylvester Collection, Mc-

Arthur, O. 3-16-26.

341 Archaeological specimens; purchased from Mr. A. L. Addis,

Wolf Lake, Ind. 4-5-26.

342 Archaeological specimens; loaned by Mr. J. D. Flexer, Co-

lumbus, O. 4-5-26.

343 Archaeological specimens; loaned by Mr. Merrill G. Beck,

Columbus, O. 4-12-26.

344 Archaeological specimens; presented by Mrs. R. H. Tref-

finger, Columbus, O. 5-3-26.

311 (Addition) Flint Blade and Pipe; Mr. C. F. Jones, Higby,

O. 5-20-26.

345 Arrowheads (6); presented by Mr. George Weaver, Jr.,

Hilliards, O. 5-23-26.

275 (Addition) Material from Fox Field; presented by Mr.

Philip Hinkle, Cincinnati, O. 5-26-26.

346 Three pottery vessels, Arizona; presented by Mr. George M.

Charters, Columbus, O. 7-9-26.

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347 Celt, Axe and Spear Point; presented by Mr. John Rothwell,

Columbus, O. 7-10-26.

348 Human skeleton from mound; presented by Mr. R. H.

Copenhaver, Mt. Sterling, O. 7-26-26.

349 Archaeological collection of Professor J. C. Sample, Perrys-

ville, O.; presented by Mrs. Elizabeth Sample. 8-11-26.

350 Effigy Fish; presented by Mr. D. S. Leech, Lima, O. 8-21-26.

Accessions to Natural History Collections:

DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY

3 Collection of mounted birds; presented by Mr. Francis M.

Thompson, attorney, Columbus, O. 12- -25.

4 Flamingo and Whooping Crane, mounted; presented by Co-

lumbus Audubon Society. 12- -25.

5 Collection of mounted birds; purchased from Mr. Thomas

M. Earl, Columbus, O. 12- -25.

10 Collection of mounted birds (164 mounts; loaned by Ohio

State University. 12-22-25.

 

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

20 Collection of mounted animals (19 mounts); loaned by Ohio

State University. 12-22-25.

3 Mink, male and female, and Skunk, mounted; purchased

from Mr. Thomas M. Earl, Columbus, O. 12- -25.

 

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY

1 (Addition) Minerals (11 varieties); presented by Mr.

James G. Manchester, New York. 7- -26.

2 Hematite Iron Ores; presented by Mr. Fred Schaad, Colum-

bus, O. 10-22-25.

9 Collection of Iron Ores; presented by Professor Wilbur

Stout, Ohio State University. 12-18-25.

11 Native Copper, Galena and Quartz Geodes; presented by Mr

George M. Charters, Columbus, O. 12-30-25.

22 Celestite and Fluorite, and Sphalerite; from Professor Mar-

tin Kleckner, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, O. In exchange.

4-9-26.

35 Silver Ores (14 specimens); presented by Mr. Alvin H.

Dewey, Rochester, N. Y. 4-17-26.

36 Calcite, crystallized; collected by H. R. Goodwin for Museum

Collection. 8-7-26.

 

DEPARTMENT OF CONCHOLOGY

8 Shells and Corals; presented by Miss Julia M. LeFavor,

Columbus, O. 3-8-26.

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I wish to call the attention of the Society to the growing in-

terest in the preservation of the great Seip Mound that is now

under examination; it has come to me from several sources that

it certainly would be a fine addition to our parks to have this

mound properly restored and preserved as a park, and to that end

Mr. John Seip, a life member of our Society and a man interested

in archaeological remains, has offered to deed to the Society a

sufficient amount of land for a drive from the main road to the

mound, and at the east end of the mound, enough for a park.

However, the main part of the mound would have to be pur-

chased. If this land could be purchased and the mound restored,

I am satisfied that it would be a great addition to our outdoor

museum parks.

In this connection I wish to say that at Mound City the

Committee on that group has sold part of the building donated

to the Society for the purpose of a caretaker's house, as it was

found that the building was entirely too large and the amount

of money necessary for its repair too great for the Society to

undertake its repair and maintenance, therefore the western part

of the building, which was formerly used as a large audience

room, was sold for one hundred forty ($140.00) dollars. The

plan, as adopted by the Committee, is to restore the remainder

of the building and get it in shape for a caretaker. I am satis-

fied that this will meet the approval of the Society.

On May 14, 15 and 16, the Central Section of the American

Anthropological Association met in Columbus with headquarters

at the Museum. Representatives from the various states as far

south as Texas were here and enjoyed the papers that were pre-

sented. On the afternoon of Saturday, May 15th, our Society

extended to the Association a trip to Fort Ancient, Serpent

Mound Park, and other places of archaeological interest, return-

ing here on Sunday evening, May 16th. Many of the anthropol-

ogists had never had the opportunity of visiting these various

parks owned by the Society and they felt that this was a great

privilege and they benefited by it. In No. 3, Volume V of the

Wisconsin Archceologist, a complete account of the meeting is

recorded and it was stated by the editor that it was the most

interesting and eventful meeting which it (the Central Section

of the American Anthropological Association) has ever held. It

was a great opportunity for the anthropologists throughout the

central west to visit our Museum and ascertain for themselves

the work that is being done in Ohio, which in every way was

commended by this Association.

I wish to express to the President and the Board of Trustees

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my deep appreciation of their cooperation in the welfare of the

Museum.

Respectfully submitted,

(Signed) WILLIAM C. MILLS.

Mr. John R, Horst, Chairman of the Committee on

 

EARLY OHIO SCHOOL BOOKS

stated that the Ray collection is almost complete, and

progress is being made in securing other books used in

the early schools of the state. As to the McGuffey

books, while the Committee is still seeking the First

Readers of the 1843 and 1885 editions and the Third

Reader of the 1857 edition, it is ready to turn the col-

lection over to the Society. It is desired, however, that

a ceremony of some kind be arranged for the occasion.

Any date will be satisfactory to the Committee if suffi-

cient notice be given. Mr. Horst's remarks were greeted

with applause.

Professor B. F. Prince read the Report of the Com-

inittee on

FORT ANCIENT

as follows:

Your Committee on Fort Ancient has held two meetings at

the Fort during the year. Nearly all the members were present

each time.

One year ago, owing to the great drought, the well gave out,

and the grounds were practically without water. Several mem-

bers of the Committee authorized the digging of another well.

This was done at an expense of $210.50. The second well has

been a relief on visiting days, when many hundreds of persons

are at the Fort. The grounds have been put in order by trimming,

save in a few places.

There has been no farming during the year within the walls

of the Fort, save about two acres in the north end. The barns

have been recovered, the walk from the house to the roadway has

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been made, and some needed repairs on the house have received

attention. The roadway from the house leading to the Old Fort

has been regraveled in places, and some fencing has been made.

The Committee felt justified at its late meeting in calling the

attention of the Board of Trustees to the following needs:

As all know, the country has passed from horse and carriage

to that of the automobile. The number of people who frequent

places of resort has greatly increased. This is seen in the great

number of vehicles that come to Fort Ancient. The road they

travel when on the inside was made more than thirty years ago.

It has been renewed from time to time. When made it was a

single track road and so has remained to this day. Your Com-

mittee advocates making it a double track road, in order that

vehicles when passing each other need not leave the roadbed.

The road should have a width of fourteen feet. Not less than

$3,000.00 should be appropriated for this improvement.

Your Committee is convinced that more care should be ex-

pended in keeping the grounds in order. This cannot be done by

the labor of a single person. When the crowds come, there should

be some one to look after their wants and serve them as far as

possible. Such person could see that fires are not built against

trees, and clean up the grounds by removing all paper left by

visitors.

Your committee believes that an expenditure of $800.00 per

year would secure such help as would be necessary to accomplish

all services needed.

The several hundred yards of roadway built about ten years

ago, and which served its purpose well, is now well worn and

needs repairing.

The money expended for the year has been:

The Well ........................ $210.50

Cement Walk .....................   125.00

Barns, Repairs on House, Fencing,

Repair of Road............... 197.91

Salary of Custodian ...............  360.00

Total Expense ................ $893.41

(Signed) B. F. PRINCE,

J. W. DUNHAM,

JOHN G. SMITH,

WM. C. MILLS,

H. C. SHETRONE.

Committee.

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President Johnson stated that the reports of the

Committees on the various Parks should be given great

attention. On last Sunday he attended the Ohio History

Day celebration at Logan Elm Park, and was absolutely

amazed by the number -- literally thousands -- in at-

tendance. The celebration lasted practically all after-

noon, and great interest was displayed by those present.

The American people are turning to outdoor life -- pic-

nics, camping, and things of that sort. Our reserva-

tions and parks are growing in importance. The So-

ciety should give more attention to their operation, ex-

tension and the addition to their numbers.

At this point the President appointed Mr. George F.

Bareis, Mr. E. F. Wood and Mr. H. R. McPherson as

a Committee on Nominations of Trustees. The terms

of Dr. W. O. Thompson, General Edward Orton, Jr.,

and Colonel Webb C. Hayes expire.

Professor W. H. Cole read the report of the Com-

mittee on

SERPENT MOUND PARK

The general conditions during the past year have been good.

The services of the Custodian, Mr. Guy Wallace, have been rea-

sonably satisfactory.

The frequent rains of the summer have kept the grass green,

and the young forest trees recently planted, growing. In a few

years we hope to have the plateau, which was under cultivation

at the time the property was purchased, reforested.

The hedge about the serpent effigy was somewhat damaged

by the cold weather the past winter, but is coming up again.

During the year additional toilet accommodations for ladies

have been provided. The observation tower has been repainted

and enough paint purchased to paint the dwelling and the shelter

house. Some needed repairs have been made on the porch. The

barn and out-buildings have been whitewashed.

A concrete platform has been built around the well to carry

away the waste water and to make conditions more sanitary and

more comfortable.

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The custodian reports that during the year twenty-two thou-

sand visitors to the park have registered; and he estimates that

fully as many more did not register, making at least forty-four

thousand people who visited the park during the year. This is

the largest number of visitors in a single year in the history of

the park. This may be due, in part, to the improved road from

Hillsboro to Peebles, which passes by the park.

(Signed) W. H. COLE,

WM. C. MILLS.

Committee.

President Johnson: The President made an ex-

periment in the appointment of Committees last year.

It seemed the Preble County Historical Society wished

to act, as an organization, as the Committee on Fort St.

Clair, our good friend Mr. McPherson conveying the re-

quest. The President acted accordingly, and would like

to hear from Mr. McPherson on Fort St. Clair, and the

manner in which the plan worked out.

Mr. McPherson stated that he had no report on that

phase of activities at Fort St. Clair. He then read the

Report of the Committee on Fort St. Clair, as follows:

 

FORT ST. CLAIR

Since January 1, 1926, the Preble County Historical Society

has been the committee in charge of Fort St. Clair Park. As

chairman of that organization I have this opportunity to present

a report as follows:

As a matter of information I shall present a few details

which should prove of interest to many of our members. Fort

St. Clair is located about one mile southwest of Eaton, Preble

county, and borders upon State Route No. 122. It was there that

Kentucky riflemen, forming a portion of St. Clair's army, fought

an engagement on November 6, 1792, with Indians under direct

leadership of the famous Little Turtle. A captain, sergeant, and

four privates fell in this engagement and lie buried in properly

marked graves adjoining the site of the stockade. A monument

erected to their memory by Major W. H. Ortt, of our Society,

was dedicated, with fitting ceremony, on November 6, 1922. Mr.

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C. B. Galbreath, Secretary of this Society, was present and de-

livered the dedicatory address.

In the fall of 1921, the Preble County Historical Society

was organized and this small group of individuals set about to

induce the state to purchase the site of Fort St. Clair and im-

prove it into a park worthy of consideration. After an intensive

campaign, this aim was successfully achieved and the Legislature,

in the late winter of 1922-1923, appropriated $15,000.00 for that

purpose. Seventy-six acres were purchased at a cost of $10,-

ooo.oo, and $5,000.00 additional was appropriated for buildings

and roadways. Title to this tract of land was vested in the State

of Ohio in the fall of 1923 and placed under the control of the

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.

Since that time buildings have been erected, driveways con-

structed, and the grounds fenced, improved and beautified in

numerous ways. Eleven acres were planted to trees in the spring

of 1925 by the State Forestry Department. This field of trees

is growing rapidly and is intended to stand as a model of forest

propagation in that section. The highway leading to the park

entrance from State Route No. 122 was improved a year ago,

jointly by the State and County. It is now regularly maintained

by the county system.

On March 15, 1926, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Charles were em-

ployed as park custodians and we feel that we have been most

fortunate in our choice. Mr. and Mrs. Charles have been diligent

in their efforts to please the public during this season, and it is

certain that the popularity of the park has been increased by

their zeal.

During the present season many improvements have been

made at the park. A considerable stretch of roadways has been

graveled and some regraveled. A fine group of playground ap-

paratus and swings were recently installed--the gift of our gen-

erous Major Ortt. Many tables and benches were placed in the

park this summer as gifts from various organizations of the

county. Four horse-shoe courts were also built and equipped.

Two one-inch field pieces, or light artillery, were recently secured

for us through our Congressman, Hon. Roy G. Fitzgerald, and

now stand at the park entrance. A contingent of small World

War trophies, recently awarded to Preble county, has been re-

ceived and will be placed in our museum. We understand more

will come soon.

Early last spring we secured the services of Miss Elusina

Lazenby, of the Ohio State University, a landscape expert, and

we began a landscaping program to embrace the park entrance

and the proximity of the newly-erected residence buildings. Con-

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siderable planting was done in the spring and the program will be

renewed next spring. We have had the entire park placed to blue-

print and the landscaping program will be continued under Miss

Lazenby's direction.

Two small bridges will soon be built in the park from an

appropriation of $300 from the last Biennial Assembly.

We have been planning recently for the erection of a shelter

house in the park. The public demand for such a building has

been so insistent recently that we are anxious to provide for this

near necessity. A committee has been working on the matter,

which is now in the hands of our architect, Mr. Hiestand, of

Eaton. When his estimate for our building is complete, we hope

to have it embodied in our next budget request. We are planning

to erect a building which will be adequate for future needs, as

well as a credit to the park.

Since last spring the Preble County Historical Society has

completed a number of improvements at the park and paid for

them from its own funds. Chief among these were: cement-

block poultry house, $170; cement open-top rear porch and side-

walks, $35; shrubbery for landscaping, $20; clover and timothy

seed for sowing fourteen acres, $35; spouting, ditching and

piping, $17. In addition to this we have paid freight charges on

fifteen hundred forest trees for replanting our project, freight

on two pieces of artillery and the war trophies. We have also

been paying, monthly a portion of the custodian's salary. In

order to provide funds for these things, we gave benefit picture

shows and an ice cream social, which latter effort netted us about

$120. We also prevailed upon more than fifty representative

citizens of our county to pledge $5.00 annually for three years

for improvements at the park. This was easily accomplished and

these donors thereby feel a keener interest in the park.

Probably the most pleasing and reassuring feature of this

report comes now when we report the interest manifested by the

general public in the park. Considering the fact that this has

been the first full season during which the park has been open,

and then not to its fullest extent, the public response has been be-

yond our highest hopes.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles report, through conservative estimate,

that 15,000 persons have visited the park during the season --

thus far -- from April 1 to September 15. They report twenty-

seven reunions, thirty-five picnics, one hundred small group

picnics, and one convention session -- that of the State Conven-

tion of Universalist Churches, in June. They state that not

less than fourteen thousand automobiles have driven through

the park this summer. On different Sundays, group gatherings

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have brought more than one hundred persons to the park on

a single day. Three thousand three hundred and thirty-six names

have been secured on a register which has been offered to the

public at such times as the custodians could carry it to them.

When the shelter house is completed, the register will be available

permanently.

Our custodians report no complaints or criticisms; that the

public is delighted; and practically every reunion voted to return

next season. We can safely predict that this park will be even

more popular next summer. To prove this, recent reunions and

gatherings have taken up collections totalling more than one hun-

dred dollars, which has been presented to us for the purpose of

equipping the shelter house and museum.

The committee feels elated at the early success of your park

Fort St. Clair, and most cordially invites you to visit it and en-

joy its natural beauty.

(Signed)  H. R. MCPHERSON.

Mr. Wood stated that it is very unusual for a com-

mittee in charge of a property of the Society to pay out

money, and secure money for the property from others;

that he believed the Society should tender a vote of

thanks to the Preble County Historical Society. He

moved:

That this Society extend a vote of thanks to the Preble

County Historical Society as a mark of appreciation of the un-

selfish work of that Society in caring for Fort St. Clair, and that

the Secretary be directed to notify the proper officials of the

Preble County Historical Society of this action by our Society.

Mrs. Dryer seconded the motion. Carried.

Mr. H. R. McPherson next read the Report of the

Committee on

 

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

as follows:

As Chairman of the Historical Society Committee, I am,

indeed, sorry to report little progress on behalf of this committee

during the past year. Such a state of inactivity, on the part of

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the committee, is, I believe, somewhat excusable. The Chairman

promised something from the hands of this committee in the re-

port at the last annual meeting, and made some effort to that end.

After some conference with the Chairman of this organiza-

tion it was deemed advisable to call the various members of the

Historical Societies Committee together in a meeting here to dis-

cuss the future policy of the committee, and the method to dis-

patch such policies. The matter of paying the expenses of the

various committee members to Columbus for such a meeting from

the funds of the Society was considered by the Board of Trus-

tees, but owing to depletion of funds the matter was deferred until

such time as the funds become available for such purposes. At

the suggestion of the Board of Trustees and our Chairman, the

matter is still pending.

I am firm in the belief that this committee should become

active and that there is unlimited opportunity for it. Every

county in the State should be organized to reap its historical re-

sources.

And to that end the matter is commended to the Board of

Trustees of this Society for its earnest consideration. We hope

that funds will be forthcoming, in the near future, for a meeting

of the Historical Societies Committee -- and possibly for more

than that -- could it be possible to secure an appropriation of

some consequence in order to pay the expense of an organizer

of County Historical Societies in the State, on part time at least,

if such a plan were considered advisable and practical?

Just as quickly as funds are available, as quickly as these

matters can be settled, and as quickly as the Board of Trustees

can decide its part of the program, I feel safe in saying that this

committee will get busy and undertake to accomplish something.

(Signed)    H. R. MCPHERSON,

Chairman.

President Johnson: I want to pledge my best ef-

forts in support of Mr. McPherson's plan, whether as

President of this Society or as a mere member of the

Board of Trustees after today's election. I think the

Board of Trustees should provide the small sum Mr.

McPherson asks to carry on this work.

Another project of the Society is in somewhat simi-

lar shape. Mr. Sherman is not here, and I ask Mr. Gal-

breath to read his report. I ask that special attention

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be given to the portion dealing with Fallen Timbers.

The State and Federal Governments fell short in their

appropriation for that park. Mr. Sherman and I con-

ferred, and I suggested that as Fallen Timbers is prac-

tially at Toledo's threshold, the people of Toledo

should join in carrying out the plan. Mr. Sherman

agreed to undertake to raise $25,000. It has been a long

drawn out fight, would have discouraged anybody ex-

cept Mr. Sherman. I think he will be successful.

Secretary C. B. Galbreath then read Mr. Sherman's

report, which follows:

Your Committee on

 

FORT MEIGS, FORT MIAMI and FALLEN TIMBERS

respectfully report as follows:

 

FORT MEIGS

A tract of forty-two acres on the right bank of the Maumee

River directly opposite the village of the same name, includes

the site of the old Harrison Fort, the earthworks of which are

still plainly in evidence. They proved invincible when attacked

by the united forces of Proctor and Tecumseh in May, 1813. An

imposing gray granite shaft, erected by the State, marks this

historic spot. The grounds are splendidly maintained by the

Commission appointed by the Governor and are under the im-

mediate supervision of an excellent caretaker.

 

FORT MIAMI

Built in 1680 by Lieutenant-Governor Frontenac as a French

Military Trading Post, abandoned shortly thereafter for a loca-

tion farther west, re-built by the English Governor Simcoe in

1794, abandoned in 1796 after the treaty of Greenville, occupied

and abandoned by the American forces and re-occupied and re-

abandoned by the British General Proctor in the War of 1812,

this ancient fortress has the distinction of being not only the old-

est in the State, but as having triumphantly floated the flags

of three nations. At the time of the Battle of Fallen Timbers,

it was occupied by Major Campbell, the British Commander,

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with about two hundred regulars and two hundred and fifty

militiamen and by Colonel McKee, the British trader, whose

property was destroyed by Wayne. The title to this historic spot

with its remarkably well preserved earthworks is still in private

possession. The owners are not disposed to sell at a price which

would likely interest the Society, though the three acres compris-

ing the Fort and the river approaches should belong to the State.

 

FALLEN TIMBERS

Subsequent to our last annual report in which a semi-officially

approved plan was outlined for the construction of the concrete

foundation and a finished granite pedestal of the proposed Wayne

Memorial, trusting to a future grant from the Legislature of an

appropriation for the bronze superstructure, your Chairman re-

ceived a communication from President Johnson suggesting that

an effort be made by the Committee to raise the $25,000 ad-

ditional funds needed for a creditable Memorial by means of a

local subscription. This request came at a time when Toledoans

had already planned a series of drives for local charities covering

the entire fall, winter and spring season and involving a very

large amount of money. Summer vacations followed and caused

additional delays, but still we have hopes for a successful can-

vass some time this fall, one generous business man having al-

ready pledged twenty per cent of the entire amount needed, con-

ditional only on our raising the balance. In the event our local

canvass should be unsuccessful we are planning to appeal again

to the Legislature for the additional funds needed.

(Signed) W. J. SHERMAN,

Chairman.

Curator H. C. Shetrone read the report of the Com-

mittee on

MOUND CITY GROUP

first stating that Chairman A. C. Spetnagel prepared

the report but that he would be unable to attend the

meeting. The report is as follows:

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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WORK OF RESTOR-

ING AND PARKING OF THE MOUND CITY GROUP,

IN CAMP SHERMAN, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO

Under instruction of the Director, the Curator of Archae-

ology spent the month of October, 1925, on the preliminary work

of restoring the Mound City Group of Prehistoric Earthworks,

located in Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, preparatory to con-

verting the area, turned over to the Society by the War Depart-

ment, into a State Park.

This area, approximately fifty-seven acres in extent, ex-

tends eastward from the public highway to the Scioto River,

with East Liverpool Street its northern, and Portsmouth Street

its southern boundary; in other words, the area comprises the

Camp Sherman Sections N and O.

Conditions of the tract of land at the time of beginning the

work of reconstruction were briefly as follows: In those portions

of Sections N and O where the mounds and their accompanying

earthwork are located, there remained as obstructions the con-

crete bases of the latrines; the greasetraps, and a great deal of

rubbish resulting from razing of barracks. On the area border-

ing the river were more than twenty large dead trees, killed as a

result of picketing horses thereto. The entire area was grown up

in weeds, brush and saplings, approximately three acres being

heavily covered with Virginia creeper of large size.

The concrete bases in Section N were broken up and hauled

to the sites of adjacent mounds to be restored; several of these

bases in Section O were similarly disposed of, and the remainder

are being handled as explained later on in this report.

Approximately eighty wagon-loads of trash and debris were

gathered up and dumped into ravines and washes adjacent to the

river.

The acreage grown up with Virginia creeper was grubbed

over with mattocks, and locust and other heavy brush were

similarily disposed of, to prepare the area for plowing. In order

to destroy as much weed seed as possible, as much of the area

was burned over as would lend itself to this procedure.

The dead trees adjacent to the river were cut down and

burned.

Section N, that is the portion thereof on which the mounds

are located, and the entire strip of land lying between the rail-

road and the river, from East Liverpool Street south to Blue-

field Street, was deep-plowed, the object of this being three-

fold; the procedure serves to locate the sites of undetermined

mounds and the presence of any archaeological evidences not here-

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tofore discovered. In plowing the above areas, all ditches and

roadways which will not be desirable in the park plans, were

plowed and leveled.

A large supply of electric light poles and railroad ties, which

had been piled along the railroad on and adjacent to the northeast

turn of the earthen enclosure, were removed to government land

north of East Liverpool street.

No attempt was made to complete the restoration of any

given mound, but all of those whose location was evident, in

Section N, received their quota of broken concrete from latrine

bases and a considerable amount of grading by scrapers of ad-

jacent earth.

The northernmost of the two latrines on the Society's acre-

age, was repaired and supplied with door and windows and a

padlock and used as a tool and storage house.

In the absence of any action looking to the utilization and

preservation of the Y. M. C. A. building, facing on Mansfield

Road, temporary repairs were made. It is presumed that the east-

ern and smaller portion of this building will be made into a care-

taker's house. With this in view, windows and doors were taken

from the larger (western) portion, which is in very bad repair,

and used to make the smaller portion somewhat secure against

further deterioration as a result of the winter snows and rains.

This section is in fair condition and will pass through the winter

without marked additional deterioration. The lumber in the

larger portion should go far toward effecting necessary repairs

on the eastern section, and should further afford some lumber to

be used for shelter house or other desired purposes.

With respect to additional concrete latrine bases, in Section

O: it was found that each one yields, upon being wrecked, suf-

ficient metal -- lead packing and iron pipe -- to sell at approxi-

mately $2.00. Two men, with sledges and bars are able to wreck

and pile two floors daily, thus affording a return, in scrap metal,

of $2.00 per day per man. Two of the workmen were willing,

when no other labor was available, to wreck and pile the con-

crete of these bases, in return for the scrap. It was thought to

be an economical proceeding to permit them to do so.

As a result of one month's presence on the site, the pos-

sibilities of the area as a State Park are most impressive. There

are some handicaps which, for the present, cannot well be elimi-

nated; the railroad passing through the eastern part of the en-

closure, will continue to be used indefinitely, as a connection be-

tween the Veterans' Hospital and the main line railroad. While

the streets or driveways at the north and south borders of the

proposed park are ideally located, those at the east and the west

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-- Mansfield Road and Charlestown Avenue, respectively -- are

not so happily located, since both intersect and cross over and

through the mound area within the earthen enclosure. The lo-

cation of these two driveways might be changed at some future

time.  Two intersecting drives -- Bluefield and Steubenville

Streets -- should be eliminated; this can easily be done as they

are merely graveled drives.

The Y. M. C. A. building, which offers much needed sup-

ply of lumber and housing facilities, should be looked after at

the earliest possible moment, as deterioration under present con-

ditions is rapid.

Report on the Work of Restoring and Parking of the Mound

City Group in Camp Sherman, Ross County, Ohio,

1925-1926

The following brief report is a summary of the work done

in 1925 and 1926, toward the restoration and parking of the

Mound City Group of Prehistoric Earthworks, under the fund

of $2,000 provided by the State Legislature for the purpose.

Working under instructions of the Director of the Museum, and

with the cooperation of the Chairman of the Mound City Com-

mittee, the Curator of Archaeology spent the month of October,

1925, in preparing the area of approximately fifty-six acres turned

over to the Society by the War Department for the actual work

of restoration and parking. The results of these activities were

set forth in a Preliminary Report tendered to the Director, at

the close of operations, which Report precedes this one. The

efforts of the 1925 survey were concentrated on the clean-off

of debris from the tract, in felling and burning dead and un-

desirable trees, in grubbing, mowing and plowing, and in break-

ing up and removing cement floors of cantonment buildings, all

of which is reported in detail in the foregoing report. The cost of

the 1925 operations was $683.39, leaving a balance from the orig-

inal fund of $2,000 of $1,316.61 for use in the operations of 1926,

all of which is now expended.

The work this season covered the period from May 25 to

July 1. All Mounds of the Group -- twenty -- four in number-

and the earthen wall enclosing them were restored to as nearly

their original locations, form and size as it was possible to deter-

mine, and the immediate vicinity of the mound area was mowed

and cleared of brush and other obstacles.

The work of restoring the Mounds and the Wall entailed

some difficulties, and the labor involved was somewhat greater

than had been anticipated. This was due to several factors.

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Most of the smaller mounds, and several of intermediate size had

been practically obliterated in the construction of the cantonment,

while the enclosing Wall, with the exception of a portion of

the eastern side, had been completely graded down, creating

something of a problem in supplying earth for their rebuilding.

Two of the three large central mounds (numbers 3 and 7) pre-

sented difficulties owing to the presence around their outer mar-

gins of large quantities of coarse gravel and stones, with which

the structures originally were covered. It was almost impossible

either to plow or scrape these masses of earth and stones, which

had to be loosened with picks preparatory to conveyance by dump

scrapers onto the mound, which has a height of eighteen feet.

Heavy rains throughout the season also impeded progress.

No difficulty was encountered in locating the course of the

wall, even where it had been completely eradicated by cultivation

and grading. On its south side, a slight compromise from its

original position was made, in order that advantage might be

taken of the adjacent graveled driveway (Bluefield Street) which,

owing to the fact that it passes through the mound area, was un-

desirable and unneeded. Thus in one operation, material for con-

struction of the Wall was secured and the roadway disposed of.

With the exception of three or four of the smaller mounds, which

had entirely disappeared, original locations of the tumuli were

definitely determined as a result of plowing the area; positions

of the exceptions were approximated from the Squier and Davis

map. Comparison of this old map with the restored group will

show that it errs in many respects and that it does not represent

an exact survey.

Following a decision of the Mound City Committee, which

on June 19th met at the site, the larger portion (to the westward)

of the old "Y" building located on the park area, was offered for

sale. Chairman Spetnagel succeeded in disposing of the part-

structure for $150.00, which sum will be used for roofing, paint-

ing and otherwise repairing the remaining smaller portion, to be

used as a cottage for a caretaker and for shelter house purposes.

This work will proceed shortly, when money accruing from the

sale is available.

With the work of actual restoration of the Mound City

tumuli completed, there remains much to be done. Presumably

the restored mounds and wall will suffer somewhat from washing

as a result of heavy rains. A desirable procedure insofar as the

mounds proper are concerned, would be the sodding of their

bases, to a height of three feet. Abundance of fine blue-grass sod

is available on the park tract, in the pasture-land adjacent to

the river. Sodding of the mound bases, prior to the time when

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they shall have settled well, did not seem advisable; nor would

it have been possible owing to lack of funds.

Careful leveling and grading of the park area, or as much of

it as may be deemed advisable, remains as a task for the future.

A preliminary step would be the breaking up of the entire tract

and seeding it to wheat. This would facilitate leveling and

grading, by thorough harrowing or disking, and dragging, and the

wheat stubble would afford a good nurse-crop for grass, by

sowing, with the wheat, proper amounts of timothy and blue-

grass seed. An arrangement probably could be made for the

seeding of the area to wheat this next autumn which would afford

the Society some monetary returns. However, it should not be

expected that a prospective farmer could do this on the usual

half-and-half basis, since, owing to underground impediments and

other causes, the work of seeding would be much more difficult

than ordinarily.

In the interest of the general welfare of the site, it seems

strongly advisable that a tenant, caretaker, or temporary over-

seer should be on the tract, who might look after it to some ex-

tent in return for the privilege of living in the house, provided

that such can be made habitable.

The Society and the Park Committee are indebted to Doctor

Rowland, in charge of the United States Veterans' Hospital,

and his farm manager, Mr. Godden, and to Superintendent Mc-

Donald, of the United States Reformatory, for many favors and

unstinted assistance in carrying on the work of restoration.

(Signed) A. C. SPETNAGEL,

Chairman.

H. C. SHETRONE,

Curator.

The Committee on

 

NECROLOGY

reported as follows:

With regret we report the death of the following members

of the Society:

Hon. Rufus B. Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1924.

Mrs. Mary C. L. Stevenson, Dresden, Ohio, January 9, 1925.

Mr. R. R. Walker, 528 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio,

March 16, 1925.

Hon. Birchard A. Hayes, Toledo, Ohio, January 24, 1926.

Mr. Hayes was a son of President Rutherford B. Hayes and a

brother of Colonel Webb C. Hayes, a Trustee of this Society.

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Mr. George H. Ganson, 2916 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleve-

land, Ohio, March 10, 1926.

Mrs. S. J. Coleman, Burlington Hotel, Washington, D. C.,

April 18, 1926.

Mr. E. Vernon Moore, Lewisburg, Ohio, May 4, 1926.

Mr. John Scheerer, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 16, 1926.

Mr. John J. Adams, Columbus, Ohio, July 17, 1926.

Major F. S. Sullivant, Columbus, Ohio, November 8,

1925.

Mr. D. W. Lash, Bolivar, Ohio.

It is recommended that the Society furnish to the chairman

of the committee index cards and two card-index boxes; the

cards will be prepared, arranged in alphabetical order, and one

of the indexes will be delivered to the President of the Society,

the chairman of the committee retaining the other. Death notices

published in newspapers will then be checked with the card-

index system, and when the passing of a member of the Society

is thus disclosed the Secretary of the Society will be promptly

notified of that fact.)          C. W.

(Signed) C. W. JUSTICE,

Chairman.

Mr. Galbreath supplemented the report by reading

a list of members secured since the last annual meeting

of the Society, stating that not all of these new members

paid the membership fee in cash, although most of them

did so pay. The Secretary moved that, as a mark of

special honor, the new members be elected life members

of the Society by the Society. The motion was sec-

onded and carried. The following is a list of the life

members thus elected:

C. F. Luckhart, 709 Brunson Bldg., Columbus, Ohio.

Prof. Clayton C. Kohl, State Normal College, Bowling

Green, Ohio.

G. J. Gazeley, 9205 Marshall Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

John F. Johnley, First National Bank Bldg., Portsmouth,

Ohio.

James G. Manchester, 160 Pondfield Road, Bronxville, N. Y.

Harold Robert McConnell, % Dr. Price Moody, Bartlett,

Ohio.

Dan W. Williams, Apt. 43, Hotel Charminel, Columbus,

Ohio.

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N. Speckman, 868 E. Chestnut St., Coshocton, Ohio.

Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser, 420 N. State St., Girard, Ohio.

Alvan Tallmadge, 1639 Granville St., Columbus, Ohio.

John Otice Kerr, Utica, Ohio.

B. F. Strecker, Marietta, Ohio.

Prof. T. N. Hoover, Athens, Ohio.

Carl Armstrong, 348 Warren Ave., Youngstown, Ohio.

Miss Olive F. McKim, 2 Columbia Terrace, Parkersburg,

W. Va.

Miss Josephine Klippart, 275 E. Town St., Columbus, Ohio.

Miss Sarah J. Cutler, Marietta, Ohio.

Venice J. Lamb, 1002 Bryson St., Youngstown, Ohio.

Jesse B. Twigg, 100 W. Spring St., Columbus, Ohio.

Edward MacTaggart, The Anchorage, Marietta, Ohio.

Charles A. Jones, U. S. Senate (Secretary to Senator Frank

B. Willis), Washington, D. C.

Bessie Thompson Randall, 2020 Tremont Road, Upper Ar-

lington, Columbus, Ohio.

James J. Tyler, N. D., Packard Apartments, Warren, Ohio.

O. H. Hutchings, 302 Lexington Ave., Dayton, Ohio.

W. E. Peters, Rooms 6 and 7, Peters Bldg., Athens, Ohio.

Charles A. Bitzer, 323 W. Parkwood Drive, Dayton, Ohio.

Charles V. Critchfield, Fairmont, W. Va.

C. L. Baatz, 217 Wales Road, Massillon, Ohio.

Wilton Marion Krogman, 229 S. Kenilworth Road, Oak

Park, Illinois.

Michael G. Heintz, 3637 Evanston Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.

J. E. Baker, 565 Maple Ave., Newark, Ohio.

J. D. Brooke, 1070 Fair Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

F. A. Collins, Hillsboro, Ohio.

J. W. Tannehill, 1521 Neil Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

Mrs. George U. Marvin, 1509 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio.

Mr. Bareis, Chairman of the

 

MUSEUM COMMITTEE

stated that in the past the committee has presented written reports

at the annual meetings of the Society, but now the Museum speaks

for itself. During the summer he viewed the skeleton of a mas-

todon found near Johnstown, Ohio. He endeavored to secure

it for the Museum, and believes this may eventually be accom-

plished. Mr. George B. Smith of Dayton has extended an invita-

tion to members of the Society to visit that city, promising an

interesting program.  Mr. Smith states that Orville Wright

and his sister, and possibly Mr. Kettering, will join the visitors.

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It is planned to visit the industrial plants of Dayton and the won-

derful flood-prevention work. If Mr. Wright accompanies the

visitors on their tour it may be a profitable day for the Society --

we may secure the first successful airship of the Wright brothers.

This plane, while not in Dayton, has not been sent to England.

If the Society secures the airplane and the mastodon skeleton

a place to exhibit them must be provided, and the Society should

make every effort possible to secure an appropriation to complete

the building.

President Johnson stated that some of the members of the

Board of Trustees of the Society contributed toward the purchase

of a very fine skeleton of a mammoth. The Museum Committee

should have this mounted and placed on exhibition as soon as

possible.

FORT LAURENS

Colonel W. L. Curry, Chairman of the Committee

on Fort Laurens, stated that Mr. D. W. Lash, a member

of the Committee, died during the past year. He was

succeeded by his son, Harry D. Lash. He then read the

following report of the Committee.

Your committee on Fort Laurens beg leave to report as

follows:

All expense for erection of the cottage has been paid by the

State. The cottage was rented for $15.00 per month until June

1, 1926, when the renters moved out, and it is now vacant.

Mr. Lash reports that he will, as authorized, put on the

spouting and paint as soon as the weather will permit, but there

has been such continued rain that he has not been able to complete

this work.

The Boy Scouts have established a camp south of Fort

Laurens, about a half mile, and made a driveway across the canal

at the extreme north end of the tract.

The Community Association are extremely anxious to have

the tract surveyed and planned by a landscape gardener, so that

trees may be planted by their association, the Society of the Sons

of the American Revolution and other societies.

The citizens of the community wish to assist in making the

grounds attractive and comfortable for tourists, by planting shade

trees, and such trees should be planted in a proper manner and

not haphazard.

The driveway is now being graveled and will be in a good

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condition for visitors next year. It is reported that there has

not been the usual number of visitors during the present year.

The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution are

very much interested in this historic Fort, and when the grounds

are made attractive we can so announce in our Yearbook, and

many of our members will no doubt be attracted, and will be

cordially received by members of the Community Association.

As Secretary of the Ohio Society, Sons of the American

Revolution, I am now preparing the manuscript for our Year-

Book, in which will be published a history of the battles fought

on Ohio territory.

Battles are usually judged by the number of casualties in

action, and of bloodless battles little note is taken. Make inquiry

of a school-boy or college student about the decisive battles of

the world, and he will discourse intelligently about the campaigns

of Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon, but ask him about the

battles fought in Ohio and you will be met with an incredulous

smile. Nevertheless, there have been many decisive battles where

the numbers engaged were few and the casualties correspondingly

small.

Some of the battles fought within the borders of Ohio were

just as decisive as Waterloo or Gettysburg. The Battle of Point

Pleasant, fought on the borders of our State, October 10, 1774,

and within gun-shot of the Ohio shore, was a great and decisive

battle and the most important ever fought on the continent be-

tween Americans and Indians. That battle is now known to our

best historians as the "first battle of the Revolution."

It has been suggested by one of our members that the His-

torical Society could have this history bound in a small booklet

for distribution to tourists, and to our own patriotic citizens. It

could be published in eight or ten short pages at a small expense.

I will be pleased to furnish the copy without any expense to the

Historical Society. The committee is of opinion that the dis-

tribution of this important Ohio history would be appreciated by

tourists and add another chapter to Ohio's great war history.

Respectfully submitted,

(Signed) W. L. CURRY,

Chairman.

President Johnson stated that the Society should

promptly take advantage of Colonel Curry's very gener-

ous offer to furnish manuscript for the proposed pam-

phlet on Fort Laurens.

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Colonel Curry stated that the Secretary had re-

ceived letters from two members of the Committee,

which he would place on file.

 

NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

Mr. George F. Bareis, for the Committee on Nomi-

nations reported that the Committee recommended the

election of Doctor W. O. Thompson, Columbus; General

Edward Orton, Jr., Columbus, and Colonel Webb C.

Hayes, Fremont, to succeed themselves as Trustees of

the Society.

Mr. Bareis moved

That the Secretary cast the Ballot of the Society for the three

gentlemen named.

Carried.

Secretary Galbreath cast the ballot of the Society

for Doctor W. O. Thompson, General Edward Orton,

Jr., and Colonel Webb C. Hayes, who were declared

duly elected Trustees for the term of three years.

At this point the meeting adjourned, to reconvene at

two o'clock.

AFTERNOON SESSION

President Johnson called the meeting to order.

Mr. Joseph C. Goodman read a joint report of the

Committees on

 

TOURS AND MEMBERSHIP

as follows:

The Tours Committee and the Membership Committee are

so nearly parallel in the purposes and identical in their members,

that I am taking the liberty of offering a joint report for the two

committees.

These committees met in joint session several times during

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the early part of the year and the Tours Committee had several

separate meetings. No definite action was taken by the Mem-

bership Committee other than to prepare certain material for ac-

tivities which are now under way.

The Tours Committee planned and carried out two trips.

The first party left Columbus on April the 29th at eight

o'clock in the morning under the captaincy of Dr. F. C. Furniss.

We stopped at Newark visiting Octagon Mounds at the Newark

Country Club, then proceeded to Zanesville where we were met

by the local D. A. R. and other representatives and had lunch

together. Thence we went to Cambridge and on to Marietta for

the night.

At Marietta we visited well-known points of interest, Campus

Martius, the Log Cabin, College and other places. In the evening

a banquet was served at Lafayette Hotel. At this meeting there

were about sixty-five members of our party and an equal number

of Marietta citizens. Several short addresses were made by

citizens of Marietta, followed by the Honorable John E. Sater,

then president of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.

The following day we left by the way of the route along

Ohio River, which brought us in sight of Blennerhasset Island.

Thence we proceeded to Athens where a luncheon meeting was

held, at which short addresses were made by citizens of Athens

and members of our party; thence through Lancaster to Lithop-

olis, where the Wagnalls Memorial was visited, and on to Co-

lumbus. Our party was made up of representatives from Cleve-

land, Dayton, Waverly and other points outside of Columbus.

The second trip was made on May 29th and 30th under the

captaincy of Mr. George F. Bareis. We went first to Circlevile

where we were joined by a very interesting group, then we pro-

ceeded to Logan Elm where Judge Maurice H. Donahue read

Chief Logan's address and other short addresses were made.

From Logan Elm we proceeded to Chillicothe and were met at

Mound City by Mr. Albert Spetnagel, a member of the Tours

Committee, who piloted us around these mounds, as well as into

Chillicothe, where a luncheon meeting was held with a very rep-

resentative local group. After lunch we went to Adena, the for-

mer home of Governor Worthington; thence to Seip Mound, and

from there to Hillsboro, where we stopped for the night. The

Hillsboro Business Men's Association had arranged a very

sumptuous banquet and violated our hitherto fixed rule of paying

our own expense. It was a very delightful meeting in every

sense. An early start was made the next morning and we went

on to Fort Ancient where considerable time was spent reviewing

these remains. We were met here by Mr. George B. Smith, mem-

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ber of the Committee from Dayton, accompanied by a representa-

tive group of Dayton citizens who piloted us to Miami Mound

where a short stop was made, thence into Dayton where dinner

was served and a short meeting held. At Dayton we visited the

Conservancy Works, the Wright Aviation Field, and other points

of interest. This closed our activities for the day.

There is no question that both of these trips were highly en-

joyable and instructive for all who took part in them. The ad-

vantages of these tours may be summarized as follows:

1. They induce our members and others to visit points of

historical and scenic interest in Ohio.

2. They acquaint non-members and members alike with the

activities of the Society.

3. They bring about some publicity of the Society through-

out the State.

4. They have a tendency to increase the membership of the

Society.

The one objection to this activity is that it requires the time

and attention of some individual and encroaches on the time of

the Secretary and his assistants.

On each of these trips a charge was made which included

all of the meals and hotel accommodations for the trip, plus

a moderate addition intended to cover printing, entertainment of

guest and sundry expenses. There is a small balance left over

in this fund which will be available for future activities and no

doubt, if it is found desirable, this slight balance could be used

to defray the expense of clerical service without burdening the

Secretary with the same. The charges did not in any case cover

transportation, but the Committee undertook in a number of in-

stances to provide transportation for persons who desired to go

but had no automobile of their own. This led to some incon-

venience and complications and this should be reduced to the

minimum.

Above all things it is greatly to be desired that people

throughout the state of Ohio be encouraged as much as possible

to visit the historical places in Ohio. Any activity that tends to

bring this about will be a great benefit not only to the Society

itself but to its members and the State.

(Signed) JOSEPH C. GOODMAN,

Chairman.

The following report was submitted by the Committee on

LOGAN ELM PARK

The following report on Logan Elm Park is submitted for

your consideration and approval. There has been no apparent

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change in Logan Elm during the past year. The famous old tree

continues to hold its own against the elements. More than four

thousand visitors registered at the park during July, and pos-

sibly as many or more in August, could they have been checked.

Some time during the first week of August a sneak thief carried

away the register, and either the same party or another ran an

automobile through the wire fence near the creek. This makes

it more apparent that we should have a caretaker on the grounds,

at all times. The present caretaker lives half a mile from the

park, thereby making it impossible to give it proper supervision.

The peaceful purchase of additional ground cannot be consum-

mated at this time. A plan is being worked on, and if success-

ful will clear the way of all difficulties.

Respectfully submitted,

(Signed) GEORGE FLORENCE,

Chairman.

CAMPUS MARTIUS

At the request of Mr. Galbreath I send a report on the

Campus Martius property, as Mr. Dawes left the work in the

hands of the resident members of the committee.

A caretaker was employed in the spring and since that time

the house has been open for visitors on an average of three times

a week. The grass has been cut regularly and the grounds are

in good condition.

When we were about to begin repairs on the building last

fall we were told that any improvement amounting to over five

hundred dollars must be approved by the State Architect and for

months we besought him to come down. He appeared the first

of June and after looking over the house, said it must be weather-

boarded and that he would send specifications for the work.

Hearing nothing more Mr. Brenan called on him on September

2nd, while in Columbus, and he promised to attend to it at once.

After considering his recommendation and discussing the

matter with other interested persons, your committee does not

approve of his plan as it would take away the old look and leave

nothing for other necessary repairs. With the roof repaired,

timbers strengthened, some preservative put on the sides, new

steps, and some painting and restoring on the inside, it would be

put in good condition, and made very attractive with some old

furniture which has been promised us.

The old house, with its interesting site and history, has

aroused great interest in all tourists, and the people in Marietta

are looking forward to the time when it will be restored and

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made worthy of the many heroic events in the history of our state

which it perpetuates.

(Signed) WILLIA D. COTTON,

Member of Campus Martius Committee.

The Chairman of the Committee on

 

BIG BOTTOM PARK

submitted the following report:

The local grange held its annual picnic in the park on

August 28th. They put the grounds in good condition and re-

paired the pump. A part of their program consisted of a pageant

of the "Massacre" at that place in 1791. They built a block-

house at the upper end of the park next to the river and roped

in a space for the pageant stand, the crowds of people and the

cars. The picnic proved to be a success in every way with the

exception of some annoyance due to a local party without any

authority. The people who witnessed the pageant state it was

the best of the kind they ever saw, and have asked that it be

put on again. The crowd was the largest since the dedication.

Work will soon begin on the state highway that passes the

park. Provision should be made for the care of the place when

the road is completed, as the traffic will be greatly increased.

(Signed) ENFIELD BROKAW,

Chairman.

Dr. F. C. Furniss, Chairman of the Committee on

 

PUBLICATIONS

read the following report:

The OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY

has been issued this year for January and April. The January

number is of unusual interest, because of the very complete and

attractive report of Mr. H. C. Shetrone, the Curator of Archae-

ology, on the exploration of the "Hopewell Group of Prehistoric

Earthworks." The April number includes a valuable contri-

bution on "Education in Territorial Ohio," by W. Ross Dunn,

M. A., Cincinnati. Ohio. This monograph in large measure fills

a gap in the educational history of Ohio.

The July number of the QUARTERLY is in press. It con-

tains a very full account of the dedication of the Memorial Wing

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of the Museum and Library Building, together with all the ad-

dresses and a number of illustrations. To this has been added

a brief history of the Society by the Secretary. It is intended to

use this material, in part, in an intensive campaign for an increase

in the membership of the Society.

The fifth and final volume of the "Diary and Letters of

Rutherford B. Hayes" is now in type and will soon be ready for

distribution.

There is an increasing demand for the publications of the

Society, and an unusually large number of these have been dis-

tributed in the past year.

Mr. Galbreath read the following brief report of

 

FORT AMANDA PARK

On September 19, in company with Honorable Thomas E.

Bowsher, I visited Fort Amanda Park. The monument and the

immediate surroundings were found to be in good condition.

The grove, which is much frequented by visitors and where a

number of family and other reunions are held annually, showed

evidences of neglect. Papers were littered about on the ground

and no adequate provision was made for the comfort of visitors.

The grave of Captain Enoch Dawson, a short distance from

the monument, has been neglected. The grass has disappeared

from about it and some of the earth has been washed away. The

headstone is still in good condition and it would not be difficult

to put this tomb in respectable shape. This is the grave of a

soldier who was killed by an Indian while the Fort was in process

of erection.

The outstanding needs of the Park are:

1. A shelter house.

2. Repair of the grave above referred to, by surrounding

it with concrete curbing surmounted by low iron fence.

Fort Amanda Park is the only grove with historic associa-

tions in this section of the State. There is adjacent to it a wood

lot that might very properly be purchased and made a part of the

Park. An improved highway now borders the Park and it is

readily accessible. The roadway into the Park needs repairs.

President Johnson: For the benefit of those not

present at the morning session, I wish, briefly, to ex-

plain that it is the adopted policy of the Board of Trus-

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tees to go forward with the completion of this building,

and it has been decided to ask the Legislature at its next

session for an appropriation sufficient to carry out that

policy. That having been decided, the next step in the

project is to prepare a tentative plan upon which to base

estimates in asking for the necessary appropriation.

General Orton, having done such a remarkable piece of

work for this organization as Chairman of the Building

Committee for this Memorial Wing, was designated to

continue at the head of the Building Committee, to go

forward with this plan. He has a tentative plan in hand,

which he will now explain to the Society at large.

 

GENERAL EDWARD ORTON, JR.,

spoke as follows:

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: While the folders

explaining this project for completing the building are being

passed among you, I may say that you will perhaps wonder

how a photograph of a building not in existence could be shown

as is the case in the folder. If you will look at the upper pic-

ture on page 2, you will see a life-like view of just how the

Museum and Library building will look when that south wing

is completed. It was made from a photograph of the north

wing reversed and retouched to get rid of the entrance, steps

etc. I had the fun of mystifying our good Director, Mr. Mills,

for a moment, as to how such a thing could be done. He was

somewhat like the farmer when he first saw the giraffe in the

New York Zoological Gardens -- he watched it walking about for

quite a long time, speechless, but finally ejaculated, "There ain't

no such animal."

As President Johnson has told you, the Trustees have for-

mally committed themselves to the policy of completing this

building. He has asked me not only to explain the plan to you,

but also to present some ideas about the best way to proceed to

get the necessary funds. It will get us nowhere to make drawings

of the building we would like to erect, unless we are equally

skilful and persistent about finding ways and means to turn our

drawings into brick and steel and stone.

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Before I take up the financing proposal, I will ask you kindly

to look at the folder, and go with me over the floor plans. Con-

sidering first the plans for the first floor you will notice that the

two wings already built are shown in black, while the proposed

new wings, completing the square, are shown in light shading.

You will also observe that as the plan of the old part of the

building is drawn, it is different from the building as it now is.

The present offices on the first floor were not intended to be per-

manent, and all the partitions are made to be easily removed.

leaving a big exhibit hall on the south end, an exact counter-

part of the room on the north. Museum space on the first floor

front is too valuable to be used for offices permanently, and now

that the time is ripe for a change, the offices are to be moved

upstairs into the south wing. If this plan is carried out, it will

mean that the basement, the first floor and second floor of the

whole east wing of the Museum, the most valuable space we have,

will be devoted to exhibits. Next, look at the south wing on the

first floor plan, you will see the Library reading room on the

southwest corner. It will be the same size as this room except

there will be no space cut out of the corner for stairways, as was

done with the room we are now in. Around the walls will be

bookcases for the commonest reference volumes. The center

space will be filled with reading tables. A noiseless floor covering

should be installed. The vast majority of the books, all of the

rare and valuable ones, will be in the stack-room, occupying the

rest of the new south wing. This stack-room will be two stories

high, the book stacks starting on the basement floor and running

up to the ceiling of the first floor giving room for four tiers of

metal stacks. The total capacity of the room, thirty-three feet

wide, one hundred and thirty feet long and twenty-eight feet

high, will be approximately 360,000 volumes.

Compared to the twenty or thirty thousand books we now

have, this seems a very great expansion, and the question comes

to your mind, do we need so much extra capacity as that? Re-

member that the State of Ohio is a going concern. It never stops

nor will its wants stop. Remember that this Society represents

the State, and its work will progress more and more actively as

the decades roll by. It is our business now to provide a structure

which will take care of this more and more rapid growth for a

considerable period. Most of you have not seen the collection

of newspaper files Mr. Galbreath has been accumulating. If

you will go down to see the room in the south end of the base-

ment, which he has filled in something less than a year, I think

you will no longer doubt the need of so large a room for our

future book stacks.

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The Library of this Society has hardly made a start, thus

far. Nothing has been done yet in Ohio to preserve the archives

of the State. After records get old and out of active use, they

are in the way and are cast aside and stuffed into every nook

and cranny of all the office buildings of the State. These records

are priceless for posterity but terribly in the way just now. We

need an archives department badly, and the archives of the State

would fill such a Library as is here planned very quickly. For

this purpose alone, if there were no other, the expenditure is

fully justified.

But, besides the present general historical Library, and our

big file of Ohio newspapers, and the archives of the State alone,

and not touching the job of caring for obsolete records of the

eighty-eight counties, there is still the State Library to consider.

A large part of its work belongs closely with the Legislature --

reference material for the use of committees. Also, there is a

large and active circulating library department doing good work

among Ohio communities. But there is a great accumulation also

of valuable material, not of use for Legislative purposes, or gen-

eral circulation, and greatly in the way of both. This material

also should come here for care as it is the very kind of material

here needed. Here it would find use.

All of these considerations will sufficiently explain, I think,

why space for 360,000 volumes is now suggested. It errs, if any-

thing, on being too low, rather than too high.

With a library of 360,000 volumes, and an adequate reading-

room for their use, a place where the physical work of condition-

ing books can be done must be provided. A space 50 x 50 feet

in the basement is set apart for that use. With what is shown

on this plan, we should have a library barely commensurate with

what is done in this field in many other States.

On the plan as drawn, this room will remain, for the time

being at least, the Auditorium of this Society. The staircases in

the southeast corner of the room will be removed. The stair-

way is a temporary affair, made necessary by the State laws when

this wing was erected, but as the new wings go in, the require-

ments will change. The passageways shown on the drawing will

permit people to make a complete circuit of the building, without

entering either the Auditorium  or Library, which is as it

should be. There will be many times when this room will be

filled with people listening to a lecture or holding a meeting,

while other crowds interested in seeing the collections, will pass

by without interfering in any way. This applies to the Library

also.

The future requirements of the Society may demand an

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auditorium of larger size than this. We can seat two hundred and

fifty to three hundred people comfortably in this room, but we

may come to the place where we will want to seat a thousand--

if so, the court in the interior of this proposed building could be

utilized. That question has been raised and the plans so far made

will easily permit such a use of that space, if it becomes necessary

or desirable, so that, as we go along now, using this room, we are

not shutting off our future possibilities for expansion in this

respect.

In the west wing you will see provision made for the serv-

ices -- stairways, toilets and a fine elevator, from which every

floor of the building can be reached, including the roof. Provi-

sion is made for a small room on the roof, in which the prepara-

tion of skeletons and skins desired for the Natural History exhibit

can be done.

I shall not go over the other floors in detail. On the second

floor plan you will note a row of offices is planned: the Board

of Trustees, the Director's office, the Secretary's office, the clerks

and stenographers, offices for the Curators and Field Staff, etc.,

so that under this plan, the entire administrative force of officers

will be located on one floor, and will be able to work to much

better advantage.

On the last page of the folder are given a few ideas as to

what getting this addition will mean to the work. Anyone inter-

ested in the Society's work in any one of its branches, can see

what is needed. In the past, we have never, as a group, made a

united effort to push our projects through. I do not believe, with

some six or seven hundred life members, we have ever been able,

in any serious or effective way, to marshal ten per cent. of man

and woman power back of any single project. And we must get

together, if we expect to complete this building.

When we planned this World War wing which we are now

occupying, we had the tremendous inspiration of the World War,

and the appeal of the soldiers, in our favor. We went to the

Legislature, with men wearing uniforms speaking for the soldiers

of Ohio, demanding the building of a War Memorial. We have

no such appeal in asking for the completion of the building.

Furthermore, remember that we had a donation amounting to

the sum of fifty thousand dollars, which provided the art fea-

tures of this Memorial Wing; that money came from the Camp

Sherman fund, and was a powerful argument, because we did

not go to the State empty-handed. We asked it to complete what

we had already begun.

That idea is still capable of use. We can say we have here

one-half of a complete building and that we need the other half.

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The Legislature will ask why, and it is up to you to show why

we want it and why we should have it.

On the question of cost, the architect's estimate is $282,000

to complete the structure, with no fancy fleatures included.

That does not provide for the book-stacks or fixtures or furnish-

ings. We do not need to build the entire book-stack at once. I

have estimated that at the beginning we can get along with $15,000

or $20,000 worth of stack; with $30,000 we can do much more.

If the bare building is to cost $280,000, we shall want $300,000, to

cover equipment of the offices, and the Library. That should

be the amount asked, I think--$300,000.00.

Director Mills told you a little about the Natural History

Museum this morning but he didn't say enough about it. There

is a tremendous field there. He now has lots of material still

packed in boxes. The amount of space he will get for arch-

aeology in the new building, as it is planned, will not let him un-

pack more than half of the material he already has. Mr. Gal-

breath has filled a room in one year with material of the greatest

historical value--files of newspapers of the State, going back

many years--the source material for future histories.

The sad fact is, that the historic material in Ohio is rapidly

being lost and dissipated. The acquisition of what material is

still extant in the state, much of which can be had for the ask-

ing, and which can be had by the use of energy and organiza-

tion, will soon become impossible. This material is steadily

getting less through the acquisitions of collectors from  other

states, who come here to garner what we neglect. If we do not

act now, in another generation our opportunity will be lost.

Now is the time to act.

Senator Fess told us yesterday that the car-loadings in this

country in the last fifteen weeks amounted to more than one

million full car-loads each week, and last week to one million one

hundred and fifty thousand. There never has been in any coun-

try, anywhere in the history of the world, anything approaching

traffic of that magnitude. That traffic means that commodities

are being moved; that means money is being made, that there is

labor for all; that this country is more prosperous than any other

country has ever been. Now, therefore, when the country is

prosperous, is a good time to go to the Legislature, and tell them

that we want to save this historical material while it can be saved;

we want to accumulate it before it is gone, that we want the State

of Ohio to appreciate its past as other states appreciate theirs.

That is your job. A real effort on the part of the members of

this Society, each seeing the members of the Legislature in his

own district, will bring success.

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President Johnson then introduced Mr. Walter D.

McKinney, a life member of the Society, who had pre-

viously presented the rare original painting of Simon

Kenton, and who had brought to the meeting a painting

of Thomas Walker Cridland. Mr. McKinney came for-

ward with the painting in its pioneer frame, which he

presented to the Society in the following interesting and

informing address.

 

THOMAS WALKER CRIDLAND

Two years ago it was my privilege to place in the custody

of this Society, the portrait of Simon Kenton, the Kentucky and

Ohio pioneer, which had been in the family of Thomas Walker

Cridland for almost ninety years.

At that time, I made some remarks about Kenton, also about

the portrait, the hand-made frame and the man who made it, and

who had preserved the portrait. These remarks were published

in the QUARTERLY of January, 1925.

Today it is my added privilege to place in the custody of

this Society, the portrait of the man who made the frame around

the portrait of Simon Kenton and also that around his own por-

trait, and who also was a Kentucky-Ohio pioneer, Thomas Walker

Cridland, of Lexington, Kentucky, and Dayton, Ohio.

This portrait and frame, like the others, have at least three

qualities which should make them of value and acceptable to the

Society, namely: The historical value of the subject, the artistic

value of the portrait, the workmanship of the frame.

I shall speak briefly on these in reverse order.

 

THE FRAME

The frame, like the one on the Kenton portrait, was designed

and made by Cridland; the processes were fully described in the

QUARTERLY before mentioned, but to those who have not read the

article or who may not have access to it, I desire to. say that the

frame was made of rough pine, two by four studding, carved into

form by hand; the ornamentation was made of glue putty, from

hand-made originals and then covered with gold leaf, making the

beautiful frame you see. Such a frame required about two

months to make and as it was made some eighty years ago and

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was hand-wrought, should pass as a fairly good antique, prized

in these days.

THE PORTRAIT

The portrait was painted by Edwin Cridland of Newport,

Kentucky, an artist of the highest order, from 1840 to 1875.

It was he that painted the famous picture of "still life", an old

violin on a barn-door. So perfect was this painting in every detail

that when it was first exhibited, a fence was built around it to

prevent persons from touching it to, see if it were a real painting.

This artist painted with almost photographic detail and

smoothness. My recollection is that he received two hundred and

fifty dollars for this picture and that later it sold for many thou-

sands of dollars.

With all his talents he could not turn his art into money.

He would paint only as the spirit moved him; would not sell an

original painting except under great necessity and then at a sac-

rifice; and his portrait painting had to be done to suit him and

not his customers. He died in humble circumstances, but as I

remember him, he was a high-class, artistic gentleman. He was

a cousin of Thomas W. Cridland who was about thirty to thirty-

five years of age when this portrait was painted.

 

THE SUBJECT

Thomas Walker Cridland, born in Leicester, England, Oc-

tober 1, 1811, came to America with his parents and his grand-

father's family in 1820 and settled in Philadelphia. There he was

apprenticed to a frame- and looking glass-maker. In 1834, he left

Philadelphia with his wife and babe, and settled in Lexington,

Kentucky. Here he engaged in business as an artist, frame-

maker, gilder, portrait and landscape painter.

About 1840, learning of the discovery or rather development

of the daguerreotype, he journeyed back to Philadelphia to learn

from Samuel F. B. Morse himself the art of the daguerreotype.

Samuel Morse was not only the inventor of the telegraph, but was

one of the foremost artists of his day (a painter and sculptor),

and associated with John W. Draper in making the first practical

daguerreotype--Cridland had made frames for Morse in Phil-

adelphia.

With apparatus, plates, chemicals, etc., Cridland returned to

Lexington, and became, as far as he was ever able to learn, the

first man to introduce the photographic art west of the Alleghanies,

and made the first daguerreotype.

Then came the ambro type (commonly called the "amber

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type"); the ferro type or tintype, the photograph and today we

have the last word in the Vitaphone, the moving, speaking photo-

graph.

So much for Cridland's activities in introducing the photo-

graphic art into this section of the United States. Art was his

means of livelihood and he was indeed an artist in temperament

and in the highest meaning of the word.

But in a man's service to his fellow man, uninspired by gain

or self-enjoyment, lies his true value to society; and there should

be a place in history for such strong, modest characters as Thomas

Walker Cridland, who did so much for the liberty of the bodies

and souls of the men and women of America.

About the time that Cridland came to, Lexington, Kentucky,

the anti-slavery agitation began to take form. In the rear of his

residence was a slave-pen and sales-market, and he and his family

were obliged to listen day and night to harrowing sounds and to

witness heart-rending scenes, husbands separated from wives,

children from parents, sold and widely separated.

Elijah Lovejoy was murdered in Illinois for advocating anti-

slavery. The North and South were both alarmed by what might

be the economic effects of anti-slavery. Cassius M. Clay, a young

Kentucky firebrand, had, while at Yale College, caught the spell

from William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, and fear-

lessly took up the discussion of anti-slavery in Lexington. Crid-

land took up the cause. He also made frequent trips to Cincin-

nati for goods and materials, where he met Lyman Beecher and

his family. His adventures and experiences with escaping slaves

cannot be rehearsed here, but they were recited from time to

time to Lyman Beecher, his son Henry Ward and his daughter,

Harriet Beecher Stowe. The latter also visited Cridland in Lex-

ington, to see for herself, and there obtained much of the at-

mosphere of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

During this tremendous agitation, was born the famous (or

at the time infamous) "Underground Railway", an invisible chain

of determined and fearless men, who inspired by righteousness,

aided certain black men, women and children (slave and free)

to reach the free land north of the Ohio River. Cridland became

a member of this "chain" at one of the starting points. (My

mother tells of black men being placed under her bed with the

admonition to her not to fear if she heard any noise during the

night, for all would be well.)

It is history how Cassius Clay had his print shop destroyed

and was obliged to leave Kentucky, and how the anti-slavery agi-

tators and workers were driven out of the South. With them

came Cridland in 1852 to Cincinnati and then to Dayton, where

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he lived the remainder of his life, except for a few years in Cali-

fornia.

In 1859, at Dayton, he made a photograph of Abraham

Lincoln pronounced one of the best ever made of Lincoln. It

was copied extensively.

However, he continued his efforts for equal rights of man

and woman everywhere. He was not a public speaker nor writer,

but powerful and convincing in conversation.

He counted among his friends the great liberty-loving minds

of his day, including the Clays, the Beechers, William Lloyd

Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, Mary A. Livermore,

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the great artists

of his time.

His religious thoughts were in harmony with those of Rev.

William Ellery Channing, that distinguished Unitarian divine

who found God and good in everything. Cridland loved the

trees, the streams, the beasts, the birds, the flowers and all man-

kind. He walked with them and talked with them and repro-

duced them in his paintings. The last act of his life was to finish

a landscape of a Southern California scene. He brought it home

and laid him down to rest amidst those he loved--a fitting ending

for a long and useful life. He died at Los Angeles, California,

November 25, 1891, and was buried at Dayton, Ohio.

He truly "touched no subject that he did not adorn." Thomas

Walker Cridland was my grandfather. (Applause.)

A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. McKinney

for his gift and address.

President Johnson: "We are somewhat unfortu-

nate in the matter of our program, because of the unex-

pected absence of Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Jones, who

were here, prepared to take part, but were called away

at the last moment, yesterday, by the illness of the only

sister of Mr. Jones.   I have here a letter from    Mrs.

Jones, addressed to Mr. Galbreath, expressing regret at

their inability to be present, and promising to address

the Society at some future date. I think I need offer no

other explanation of their absence from the meeting.

We sincerely trust that Mr. and Mrs. Jones will come

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back and meet with us another time, so that you may

hear Mrs. Jones and enjoy remarks by her husband.

"By way of explanation Mr. Galbreath wishes to

say a few words, and make a brief statement about some

very valuable and rare manuscripts added to the library

during the past year. I will give him the honor of in-

troducing the speaker of the day."

Secretary Galbreath drew attention to one of the

most notable manuscript gifts ever made to the State or

any of its agencies. He stated that Winthrop Sargent

VII of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had within the past

summer forwarded to the Society a collection of the

papers of Winthrop Sargent, Secretary of the North-

west Territory, 1788-1798.* This collection includes one

thousand and seventy-one manuscript papers, chiefly

letters, official and personal, some of which antedate the

Revolution. Among the documents of especial value to

the Society is the manuscript Journal of the first legis-

lative body of the Northwest Territory that met in for-

mal capacity. Governor St. Clair and the judges of the

Territory made up this legislative body. There were

four judges of the Territory but only two were present

at this session which began on the 29th day of May,

1795, and continued until the 20th of August of that

year. The Journal, carefully written with pen or quill,

is well preserved and every word of it distinctly legible.

It was not known to be in existence until it was found

with the Sargent papers presented to the Society. Only

three members participated in the proceedings of this

legislative body, Governor Arthur St. Clair, and Judges

 

* Winthrop Sargent, with the other principal officers of the North-

west Territory, was appointed on October 5, 1787, to enter upon the

duties of his office February 1, 1788.

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John Cleves Symmes and George Turner. The remain-

ing judge was not present.

The results of the proceedings of this legislative

body were published in what came to be known as the

Maxwell Code, so named because it was printed by Wil-

liam Maxwell, editor and proprietor of The Sentinel of

the North-Western Territory, the first newspaper pub-

lished within the limits of that territory. The Maxwell

Code was the first book published in the territory.

After inviting attention to this Journal, Secretary

Galbreath stated that it was fitting that the Society

should be favored with a paper on Winthrop Sargent

following the announcement of this notable gift. He

then introduced Professor B. H. Pershing of Witten-

berg College, who read the paper on Winthrop Sargent

that is published elsewhere in this issue of the QUAR-

TERLY.

Professor Pershing presented his carefully prepared

paper with fine effect and it was heard with interest

throughout. Its conclusion was greeted with hearty

applause and a vote of thanks was extended to Profes-

sor Pershing.

Mr. Bareis stated that Mr. George B. Smith of Day-

ton, who extended an invitation to the members of the

Society to visit his city, was present and might wish to

withdraw his invitation.

Mr. Smith: "The invitation stands, it will not be

revoked. You honored us, as the record shows, by a

short visit last spring. That visit came during a heavy

storm and you did not complete your investigations of

our city. We want you to come back and stay a day or

two, we will show you much of interest historically and

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in other lines. I wish to not only repeat the invitation

to the members of the party of last spring, but to all

members and friends of the Society who by some mis-

hap missed us last spring." (Applause.)

The meeting adjourned.

 

MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF

TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL

AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO,

October 6, 1926, 1:00 P. M.

Mr. Goodman called the meeting to order.

There were present:

Messrs. Johnson, Goodman, Florence, Bareis, Fur-

niss, Orton, and Mrs. Dryer.

Mr. Bareis moved:

That all officers now serving the Society be reelected to their

respective offices at the salaries hereto fixed by appropriation or

otherwise.

General Florence seconded the motion.

Mr. Johnson: "Mr. Chairman, I want to say that I

am in no way interested in my reelection as President.

I am perfectly willing to serve with the limited time I

have at my disposal for the affairs of the Society--I

hope to have more time to devote to this work in the fu-

ture--but unless the Board is perfectly satisfied with

the time and attention I have given the organization I

do not wish to be again elected. I had hoped someone

who can give more time to the organization than I can

would be elected."

Mr. Goodman: "May I be permitted to make a few

remarks as a member of the Board and not as chairman

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