Ohio History Journal

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND

HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1945

 

 

To THE OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, AND MEMBERS OF THE OHIO STATE

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY:

Herewith is submitted the Annual Report of the Society for

the year 1945.

The cooperation and the many courtesies which you have

shown to the staff personnel during the year are greatly

appreciated.

Respectfully submitted,

April 12, 1946.           HENRY C. SHETRONE, Director.

 

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR

The year 1945 was a notable one in the annals of the Ohio

State Archaeological and Historical Society. Beginning concur-

rently with a new Constitution, it witnessed several events and

activities of more than usual importance, and saw the beginning

of reconversion from war-time to peace-time status.

The Constitution. In view of the rapid growth of the So-

ciety's activities and correspondingly increased responsibilities the

former Constitution, which had served so well during a long

period of years, no longer sufficed to meet the needs of a new and

ever-changing world.  The present Constitution, which was

adopted by the Society's membership in 1943, became effective

as of January 1, 1945.

Special Events and Activities.

The State legislature appropriated funds for construction of

an addition to the Society's Museum and Library building.

Three additional Memorial areas were acquired and funds for

the purchase of two others were provided, while construction

and additional acreage in several Memorials were made possible

through legislative appropriation.

The Fort Ancient Archaeological Museum building was re-

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modeled, and a unique exhibit illustrating the life of the prehis-

toric Indian inhabitants of the site was installed.

The Society served as sponsor of (1) the Treaty of Greene

Ville Painting by Howard Chandler Christy and (2) as co-

sponsor of the Treaty of Greene Ville Sesquicentennial Com-

memoration.

Together with the Ohio State University, the Society co-

sponsored the 30th annual meeting of the (national) Association

for the Study of Negro Life and History, and installed a special

exhibit for the occasion.

Reconversion. During the early part of 1945 the Museum

and Library staff, in addition to routine service, continued to

cooperate with Federal, State and local agencies in the interest

of the war effort. With the close of the war, the program once

more was directed toward peace-time needs, and by the end of

the year it became possible to envision in some measure the

changed conditions which educational and historical organizations

must face.

Financial. The largest legislative appropriation in the So-

ciety's history, totaling $1,024,675, is indicative of favorable rec-

ognition by the public and the State government of the organi-

zation's service as a historical and educational agency, and at the

same time imposes a responsibility for efficient and economical

expenditure. Of this amount the Museum and Library received

$193,300 for administration, maintenance and personal service;

the Division of State Memorials, for similar purposes, $196,175,

and for additions and betterments, including an addition to the

Museum and Library building, $605,200. Other appropriations

were: for the Treaty of Greene Ville paining, $20,000; for the

Treaty of Greene Ville Sesquicentennial Commemoration, $10,000;

for Durbin Ward House, and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House,

$15,000 each; for the Indian Agency House and adjacent land,

near Piqua, $50,000; for land and improvements at Fort Hill

State Memorial, $8,000, and for other Memorial properties lesser

sums. For an addition to the Campus Martius Museum building

and enlargement of the grounds, through acquisition of several

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adjacent city properties in Marietta, the legislature appropriated

the sum of $110,000.

Newly acquired Memorial properties placed in custody of the

Society are: the Durbin Ward House, Lebanon; the Harriet

Beecher Stowe House, Cincinnati, and the Treaty of Greene Ville

State Memorial, at Greenville. Prospective additional Memorial

properties for which funds were appropriated are: the site of the

Indian village of Wapatomika, near Zanesfield, and the Indian

Agency House, near Piqua.

Staff Personnel. In view of the increased responsibility de-

volving upon the Director, the Board of Trustees at their April

meeting created the position of Vice Director and elected Erwin

C. Zepp to the post. Mr. Zepp continued to serve as Curator of

State Memorials until October 1, when Richard S. Fatig was

named Curator of the Division.

The duties of the Vice Director during the year included gen-

eral assistance to the Director in administering the activities of

the staff; representing the Society's interests in planning for post-

war developments, and in supervising the Society's participation

in the Greene Ville Treaty Sesquicentennial painting and com-

memoration. He kept constant contact with the artist, Howard

Chandler Christy, until completion of the painting and worked

closely with the legislative and the Greenville committees in plan-

ning and promoting the commemoration. Co-sponsorship of the

dual Greene Ville projects resulted in nation-wide recognition of

the Society and of individuals and committees who assisted in

carrying them  to completion.  Persons of national and State

prominence attended both the unveiling of the painting and the

commemoration ceremonies at Greenville.

Among the Vice Director's important additional activities

were: editorship of the Midwest Museums Quarterly; chairman-

ship of National and State Parks Section, American Association

of Museums; membership in American Institute of Park Execu-

tives, and other national, State and local organizations.

Legislative appropriations made possible increases in salaries

of staff members proportionate to those granted to employees

under civil service.

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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS

The activities of the Director in all essential respects are the

activities of the several departments under his direction, and vice

versa, since both are closely coordinated. The following curatorial

reports are condensed from detailed reports of the heads of de-

partments, on file in the Director's office as matters of record.

Department of Archaeology, Richard G. Morgan, Curator.

The principal contribution of this department in the exhibit field

for 1945 was the installation of the Fort Ancient Museum in the

Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren County. This project,

begun in 1944, was completed in March, when the museum was

formally opened to the public. The exhibits were planned to in-

terpret the life of the prehistoric Fort Ancient Peoples who occu-

pied the Anderson Village Site located at the foot of the plateau

on which the prehistoric fortification is situated. Different phases

of the life of the pre-Columbian inhabitants are shown by special

panels depicting the Village, Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing,

Household Life, Personal Adornment and Social Life, Manufac-

turing Processes, Burial Customs, and Prehistoric Indian Cultures

of Ohio. This museum is designed as a functional unit for a

specific purpose and embodies modern display techniques and

lighting effects. Research and interpretive details for the project

were furnished by the archaeologist and his assistant; panels by

Dr. James Grimes and others of the Department of Fine Arts,

Ohio State University; lettering by Miss Louise Hill; pictorial

maps by Miss Joanne Hohenstine; plans for remodeling and build-

ing by Cyril H. Webster, the Museum Technician.

The Hopewell Mounds Hall in the Ohio State Museum was

redecorated and symbolic panels, designed by art students under

direction of Professor Paul Bogatay, were mounted on the walls.

A special exhibit, the History of the Negro, dealing mainly

with the Negro in Ohio, but including African art material in-

tended to serve as a background for the Negro in America, was

installed in History Hall.

Other activities of the curator included the assembling of

loan collections for the Exhibition. of American Indian Art

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Mexico City, and for the Toledo Museum of Art; the furnishing

of specialized information to research workers in several scien-

tific institutions; cooperation with the University of Kentucky in

research on prehistoric Indian cultures; continuation of work on

the Bibliography of Ohio Archaeology, and in lecturing before

sociology classes of the Ohio State University.

An important contribution of this department was the publi-

cation of a new booklet entitled Fort Ancient, written by the

curator. This booklet includes information gained through re-

cent explorations which throws new light on the interpretation

of the prehistory of the Fort Ancient area, including the Anderson

Village Site.

Department of History, John O. Marsh, Curator. The cura-

torship of this department had remained vacant since the resig-

nation of William D. Overman in 1943, until October 1, when

John O. Marsh assumed the position on his return from overseas

duty. During the vacancy in the position the work of the depart-

ment had been shared by various members of the staff, particu-

larly by the Research Associate and the Public Relations Secre-

tary, who have looked after accessions, cataloging and general

routine duties.

Since his return to the curatorship, Mr. Marsh has brought

the department up to its former status, and has assisted the

Director in affiliating regional and county historical societies with

the State Society, under the provisions of the recently enacted

legislation authorizing county commissioners to extend financial

aid to such organizations. The curator of the department has

devised a project whereby eventually all regional and county his-

torical societies may become affiliates. in the interest of a state-

wide service through cooperation.

Department of Natural History, Edward S. Thomas, Curator.

This department is rapidly assuming place as headquarters for

study material and information on the natural history of the State.

The curator served as chairman of the Museum's Special

Exhibits Committee, and assumed personal responsibility for sev-

eral seasonal and timely exhibitions. In collaboration with Conant

and Rausch, he published a scientific contribution on the Prairie

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Garter-snake, a species new for Ohio; also a paper on the Medical

Exhibit, in the Society's Quarterly, and several articles in

Museum Echoes.

The curator made a total of 17 field trips, and collaborate??

with the Columbus Audubon Society in a series of 12 public

"Bird Walks and Talks," two of which were conducted by the

curator in person. He has lectured before numerous groups and

has contributed technical papers to scientific publications. The

number of accessions to the department's collection of natural

history material during the year, as a result of field trips and con-

tributions was unusually large.

Research Associate, James H. Rodabaugh. The duties of

the Research Associate have included preparation or supervision

of historical research for the Society and its several departments;

cooperation with, and research and writing for projects of State

governmental offices, local communities and other groups and

agencies; the writing, editing and preparing for publication of

periodicals and booklets; and directing of the activities of the

Ohio War History Commission.

The Research Associate has rendered assistance to the Greene

Ville Painting project; to the Greene Ville Sesquicentennial Com-

mission; the prospective Piqua sesquicentennial celebration, 1946;

the Ohio Development and Publicity Commission and many

others; he has added some 3000 items to the Bibliography of

()hio History, in preparation; and has given assistance to a num-

ber of professional individuals in educational and governmental

circles.

The Research Associate has edited and prepared for publica-

tion The War Records Collector, a monthly publication of the

American Association for State and Local History, of which he

is editor; the Communikay, monthly publication of the Ohio War

History Commission, and others. His publications include Schoen-

brunn and the Moravian Missions in Ohio and Guide to the Paint-

ing, The Signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville, both in collabora-

tion with Mary Jane Gorman Meyer, and numerous articles and

reviews in various publications.

Since the establishment of the Ohio War History Commis-

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sion, the Society has continued to contribute to this activity by

furnishing supervision in the person of a member of the staff.

During the past year the Research Associate has assumed this

responsibility, with the title of Director. The commission now

possesses the accounts of well over 100 Ohio industries during

the war years. The most extensive collection of material received

during the year is the official records of the Ohio State Council

of Defense. From these, Mary Jane Meyer, secretary to the

commission, has written a history of the council's activities. The

commission maintains contacts with Federal war agencies, as the

War Production Board, Selective Service, and the United States

Employment Service. Records of the WPB in Ohio have been

made available to the commission, and Selective Service in Ohio

keeps the commission informed as to plans for disposition of its

records. The commission continues its regular collecting proc-

esses, and the work of local commissions continues to progress.

Division of State Memorials, Richard S. Fatig, Curator.

This division continued under the curatorship of Erwin C. Zepp

until October 1, when Mr. Fatig, erstwhile Supervisor of District

No. 4, was appointed to the position. The activities of the division

for 1945 included general supervision and administration of State

Memorials, planning of post-war improvements, and promotion of

the Society's interests throughout the State.

During the past seven years the division has operated as four

districts, the actual supervision of the field work being handled

by three field supervisors, the assistant curator and the curator.

During this period the number of such properties increased from

38 to 51. In the first two months of the present administration

a careful survey of the entire field was made. The data secured

indicated the necessity of revising the field organization, due to

the greatly increased operating responsibility. The resulting or-

ganization consists of seven districts, each administered by a

supervisor.

Maintenance of the several areas was limited to repairs, re-

conditioning, and necessary items of upkeep, because of the con-

tinued shortage of materials. In addition to the rehabilitation of

the Fort Ancient Museum, a new service building was erected at

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Schoenbrunn to replace the structure destroyed by fire in 1944.

Following the abandonment of gas rationing, there was a notice-

able increase in visitation and use of all Memorial areas. Attend-

ance for the year was 650,290, an increase of 30 percent over 1944.

J. R. Lawwill returned from duty in the Navy in December,

and resumed his connection with the division as Landscape Archi-

tect. Edward C. Englehart of New Philadelphia was appointed

Supervisor of District No. 7 as of October 1. Headquarters of the

district are at Schoenbrunn Village State Memorial. The curator

engaged actively in professional and civic activities, attended con-

ventions, and made a number of addresses during the year.

Additional Staff Activities.

Maintenance, Starling L. Eaton, Superintendent. It has been

the aim of the Superintendent of Maintenance to make of the

Museum and Library building a model for other public buildings

in the matter of upkeep and condition, and the fact that he fre-

quently is consulted in the matter is significant of the efficiency of

the maintenance staff. In addition to routine duties, the Super-

intendent has custody of the Society's publication stock, incom-

ing and outgoing loan collections, and others.

Public Relations, Irma P. Anderson, Secretary. In 1945 the

Society received more publicity through newspapers, periodicals

and other channels than in any previous year. A total of 75 pub-

lications accorded the organization space for feature and news

stories and editorial comments, as compared with 42 during 1944,

a total of 375 separate items from municipal, county, local and

neighborhood newspapers. At intervals during the year Columbus

radio stations carried spot announcements and interviews concern-

ing exhibitions, lectures and other activities.

A total of 12,000 Calendars of Events were distributed

through various agencies and organizations. The secretary ad-

dressed 22 groups, comprising 515 individuals during the year

and, in addition, served as curator of the Museum's collection of

textiles. She has done research on textiles, particularly as re-

gards spinning and weaving, and contributed an article on Ohio

Coverlets to the magazine, Antiques. As a member of the Ex-

hibits Committee she was directly responsible for several displays.

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Irene C. Stahl, Financial Secretary, whose special duties are

reflected in the Treasurer's Report, contributed liberally of her

time in assisting other departments and staff members and made

talks before several groups. Cyril H. Webster, the Museum's

Technician, has been most helpful in many ways, particularly in

cooperation with the Vice Director. Other members of the staff

who have contributed to the year's accomplishments are Gertrude

Bell, Information Clerk, and P. Freeman Mooney, Museum As-

sistant. Members of the Library staff have cooperated freely

with the Museum personnel in a coordinated effort to make cer-

tain the satisfactory functioning of the organization.

SPECIAL SERVICES TO SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC

In addition to the regular service rendered by the several

departments of the Museum and Library, certain supplemental

services have been devised to meet special needs. For those who

can and do visit the Museum building there are available the dis-

plays and facilities of the Museum and Library, together with

special exhibits, lecture courses and conducted tours. For those

living in remoter districts of the State who cannot visit the Mu-

seum in person, there is provided an extensive Loan Collection

Service consisting of educational and visual aids materials, which

are sent gratis by parcel post to teachers and schools requesting

them. Also a series of radio dramatizations of Ohio historical

subjects, on the Ohio School of the Air, is maintained. An in-

formation service, through personal inquiry, telephone and cor-

respondence, serves both groups.

The Loan Collection Service comprises 375 separate selec-

tions of archaeological, mineral and insect specimens, historical

photographs, and natural history kodachrome slides. During the

1944-45 school year, 569 collections were requested by Ohio

schools and were studied by 100,000 students from third grade

through high school.

A total of 31 radio dramatizations were sponsored over the

Ohio School of the Air during the year. These programs, under

the title "Once Upon a Time in Ohio," were presented weekly

over Station WOSU, and were based on incidents and episodes

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in Ohio history. The scripts, written by Margaret C. Tyler, were

produced by students of radio drama, Ohio State University,

under direction of Edgar A. Sprague, production manager of

WOSU. Scripts were planned and audited by a Museum com-

mittee, of which Helen M. Mills of the Library staff, who served

as narrator, was chairman.

Program  with Columbus Schools.  Miss Olive Clevenger,

teacher assigned to the Museum program by the Columbus Public

Schools, has continued in charge since inception of this service

in 1929. During 1944-45 a total of 312 school groups, compris-

ing 10,742 pupils, attended the Museum classes. The popularity

of the Special Exhibits is reflected in the fact that teachers sched-

uled more than 100 lessons on them.

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Director takes this opportunity to acknowledge the active

and helpful interest of officers, trustees and members of the So-

ciety in the activities of the staff, and to commend the continued

loyalty and industry of the staff personnel. They have shown a

sustained interest in their professional activities through affilia-

tion with professional, historical, and scientific organizations and

have attended and participated in meetings and conventions when-

ever this was possible.

Special thanks are due the Columbus Dispatch, the Columbus

Citizen, the Ohio State Journal and other newspapers throughout

the State for according the Society publicity in their columns.

Radio stations WBNS and WOSU have favored the Society on

numerous occasions.

RECOMMENDATIONS

With the completion of the prospective addition to the So-

ciety's headquarters building and in order to care for the growing

demands for service by the public, it is imperative that additional

personnel and facilities be provided in the immediate future. It

is recommended that the Board of Trustees, at the next biennial

session of the State legislature, request funds sufficient to meet

this need, and to complete the Museum and Library building in

accordance with the existing master plan.

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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

The Secretary of the Society, Dr. Harlow Lindley, who is

also Editor and Librarian, submits the following report:

During the year 1945, three meetings of the Board of Trus-

tees were held. The first of these was the annual meeting of the

board held April 6, reported in the July-September issue of the

Quarterly. The second meeting occurred July 6, and gave con-

sideration to three matters of outstanding importance--the report

of a Committee on a Policy for the Society, the report of a Com-

mittee on Salary Adjustments, and a report on plans for perma-

nent improvements. All these reports were approved and are on

file in the Secretary's office with the official minutes. The third

meeting of the board was held September 21, at which time Presi-

dent Arthur C. Johnson, Sr., presented to the members for their

consideration a set of fundamental principles pointing the way to

the Society's objectives. These principles were approved by the

members and a number of committees were appointed to carry

them into action. At this meeting, action was taken to establish

a McKinley Trust Fund to embody the endowment of the Mc-

Kinley Memorial at Canton.

During the year three meetings of the Executive Committee

were held as follows: January 31, October 29, and November 26.

During 1945, 84 names were added to the membership list.

These consisted of 58 annual members, seven contributing mem-

bers, four sustaining members and 15 life members of whom 11

were honorary. The total membership of the Society as of Jan-

uary 1, 1946, was 705 as compared with 621 at the beginning of

the year. The present membership is classified as follows: 338

annual; 14 sustaining; 28 contributing; 325 life. Since the last

membership list was published in July, 1941, 193 new members

have been added; of this number, over one-third joined the So-

ciety in 1945. Membership dues recorded in the Secretary's office

amounted to $1265.43 for the year 1945 as compared with

$1182.99 for the year 1944.

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The sale of the Society's publications through the Secretary's

office amounted to $2012.94, of which sum $1290.75 was derived

from the sale of sets of the History of the State of Ohio and

$722.19 from the sale of miscellaneous items, making a total in-

come of $3278.37 from membership dues and sale of books.

During the year the Secretary addressed ten meetings in Ohio

and five outside the State. He gave the Recognition Day address

at Earlham College in May and was guest speaker at the annual

meeting of the West Virginia Historical Society in October. He

was on the program of the annual meeting of the Society of

American Archivists at Indianapolis in October. He is a member

of the governing Council of the American Association for State

and Local History.

Correspondence relating to the interests of the Society was

heavier than usual because the Society has become better known

in the State and outside the State.

The terms of service of Arthur C. Johnson, Judge Carl V.

Weygandt, and A. C. Spetnagel as trustees expire at the time of

the next annual meeting in April, 1946.

From year to year the Secretary of the Society has made

various suggestions for new projects for the Society. Due to

war conditions and other circumstances, many of these sugges-

tions have not been acted upon, but, by referring to the Secre-

tary's annual reports for previous years, these may be found. In

connection with this report, he wants to urge the completion of

the Bibliography of the History of Ohio to supplement the six-

volume History of the State of Ohio and the preparation, under

the direction of the Society, of a Dictionary of Ohio Biography.

 

EDITORIAL REPORT

In addition to the publication of the regular periodicals of

the Society--Museum Echoes and the Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Quarterly--the Secretary, who is ex-officio Editor

of the Society, assisted by Bertha E. Josephson, editorial asso-

ciate, Clarence L. Weaver, assistant editor, and Arthur D. Mink,

acting head of the Newspaper Department, has been responsible

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for the publication of the Title List of Ohio Newspapers com-

piled by Mr. Mink; The Amphibians of Ohio, Part 1, The Frogs

and Toads (Order Salientia), by Charles F. Walker; and the

preparation of the manuscript on Union List of Ohio Newspapers

Available in Ohio. This volume was also compiled by Mr. Mink

and went to press in 1945; it will be available early in 1946. The

editorial department has also handled a second edition of County

and Local Historical Material in the Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society Library, compiled by Mr. Weaver and

Helen M. Mills.

 

 

THE LIBRARY

Helen M. Mills, of the Reference Department, Mr. Weaver,

of the Cataloging Department, Mr. Mink, of the Newspaper De-

partment, and Miss Josephson, of the Department of Documents,

embracing historical manuscripts, maps, broadsides, and public

archives, have filed detailed reports with the Librarian for per-

manent record, and this brief report on the Library is made from

these.

During the year 1560 volumes were added to the Library's

collection. Of these 739 were purchased; 598 were gifts; 207

were obtained through exchanges; and 16 were review copies.

Two hundred and sixty-nine periodicals were regularly secured,

of which 170 were obtained on exchange, 57 through gift, and

42 by regular paid subscriptions.

The Picture Collection is in the custody of the Library and

2500 pictures were cataloged during the year. The Reference

Librarian wrote 1200 letters and cards to various parts of the

United States and Canada in answer to historical and genealogical

inquiries and the Librarian himself wrote 520 of a similar char-

acter. The Reference Department also prepared 1000 books and

pamphlets for binding and 500 volumes were completed and placed

in magafiles. Approximately 500 references were taken care of

in the Library including hundreds of telephone calls. The head

of the Reference Department has also given much time to the

radio program of the Society.

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The Newspaper Department carried out two major programs

during the year: service to patrons, and the preparation of the

two books referred to in the editorial report. In spite of war

conditions which prevented the normal use of the Newspaper

Department, 800 persons used the department during the year;

service was rendered to 400 persons by letters, and telephone calls

numbered 900.

During the year 72 collections, ranging in size from one

item to large collections, were added to the Department of Docu-

ments, and 110 collections of manuscripts. Twelve map collec-

tions were added by gift and 17 by purchase. A collection of

muster rolls numbering 176 items was acquired through the office

of the Adjutant General of Ohio. In addition to the State Ar-

chives received from the Adjutant General's office and the 29

maps acquired, the manuscript acquisitions for the year totaled

182 different collections and approximately 10,000 items. All of

these acquisitions have been examined, wrapped, labelled and

given temporary cards in their respective catalogs. A limited

number have already been cataloged completely. In addition, cata-

loging has been completed on 94 collections of manuscripts and

these are listed in the January-March, 1946, issue of the Quarterly

as "Manuscript Catalog: Abb to Camp." In addition to use by

various members of the Society's staff for research and exhibit

purposes, and by faculty and students of Ohio State University,

the manuscript collections have been used by 47 persons from

outside the State.

The Library maintained a series of library exhibits during

the year planned and executed by Miss Josephson.

During the year the head of the Department of Documents

was appointed program chairman for the Society of American

Archivists and planned and carried through the program of the

organization's annual meeting in Indianapolis, November 6-7,

1945. She had an article in the July, 1945, issue of the Amer-

ican Archivist entitled "How Can We Improve Our Historical

Societies ?"

Many inquiries for State archival information came from

individuals and organizations, but principally from the various

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departments of the State of Ohio, including particularly the Gov-

ernor's office and the Secretary of State's office. Research in the

archival material is, however, most unsatisfactory because the

Society lacks the means and personnel to carry out the necessary

preliminary work preparing it for use. A Public Records Com-

mission was created by the last General Assembly and it is hoped

that this Society may find it sympathetic and cooperative as re-

gards the State's valuable records.

The Cataloging Department of the Library handled 3492

books during the year. Cards typed, read and filed to catalog

the books amounted to 18,243.

Robert Clark, as bookbinder and repairer, has rendered val-

uable service during the year and has furthered the interests of

the Society in other ways. J. Edgar Cantrell, on leave of absence

in essential war industry, returned to his former position as as-

sistant in the Newspaper Department on October 1, 1945. Four

members of the Library staff were still on duty in national service

during the entire year: Lieutenant Laurence H. Bartlett, Lieu-

tenant Andrew J. Ondrak, Jr., Lieutenant (j.g.) Elizabeth C.

Biggert, and Sergeant Robert C. Wheeler.

In addition to those already mentioned in this report, credit

should be given to Mrs. Winifred Smith, Assistant Reference

Librarian, acting also as accession clerk and file clerk, Adrian

Pickering, assistant in the Newspaper Department, Miss Jane

Morgan, assistant in the Cataloging Department, for faithful and

efficient services during the year. And in conclusion a word of

appreciation is due Margaret Stutsman who has not only served

efficiently as secretary to the Editor and Librarian, but has also

rendered excellent service to the Society in other departments.

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REPORT OF THE TREASURER

To the Trustees and Members of the Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society--

Following is a report of the Receipts, Disbursements and

Balances of the various accounts of the Society for the year 1945

with the exception of The President William McKinley Fund

and the appropriation contained in House Bill No. 477 of the

General Assembly of Ohio for the 1945-1946 biennium.

In October the Society entered into an Agency Agreement

with the Trust Department of the Ohio National Bank of Colum-

bus in connection with the McKinley Fund with the understanding

that the Trust Department would report transactions concerning

the Fund on June 30 of each year. Due to this fact it was im-

possible to include the McKinley Fund in this report. House

Bill No. 477 was an Act "To create a post war reserve fund, to

make appropriations for equipment and capital expenditures." A

total of $595,200 was appropriated to the Society of which amount

$350,000 was for the purpose of erecting a new wing to the

Museum and Library Building. A full report of this appropri-

ation bill will be made with the report for the year 1946:

 

THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

COMBINED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

STATE, CURRENT, MEMORIAL AND PERMANENT FUNDS

FOR THE YEAR 1945

Balance, January  1, 1945................$  50,638.96

Less: Portion belonging to McKinley

Fund ............................   5,392.54

 

Balance ......................$ 45,246.42

Receipts

Current Fund Income:

General Account ..........$                        3,611.33

U. S. Grant Memorial......                        85.00

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY             279

 

John Hancock Klippart Me-

morial  .................    49.35     3,745.68

 

Permanent Fund Income:

Life Memberships       ...........          400.00

State Memorials:

Concession  Account  .................    13,128.61

State Appropriations:

House Bill No. 484 ........$222,680.00

Less: Balance unused ......  24,654.07   198,025.93

 

Total  .......................... $260,546.64

Plus: Cash Advanced Refunded

Current Funds ............$                          324.50

Memorial Funds .........                            1,519.18     1,843.68

 

Total Receipts  .................. ......  $262,390.32

 

Disbursements

Museum and Library ..................$ 90,691.84

State Memorials:

Administration  ..................$  9,277.40.

District One

Mound City (Headquarters) .........         5,214.36

Big  Bottom  ........................                                       450.51

Buffington Island ..................                  198.00

Fort Hill  ........................                         4,806.49

Leo  Petroglyph  ....................                                     105.97

Logan Elm ........................                       148.90

Renick  Monument  ..................

Seip Mound ........................                                        49.85

Serpent Mound  ....................                 3,449.80

Tarlton Cross ......................                    199.47

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District Two

Fort Ancient (Headquarters) ......... 10,113.52

Fort Ancient Museum ................                                3,793.92

George Rogers Clark .................                                  2,236.89

Dunbar House ......................                                      1,072.48

Fallen Timbers .....................                                          963.91

Fort Amanda ......................                                            966.74

Fort Jefferson ......................                                           10.80

Fort Recovery ......................                                      1,468.94

Fort St. Clair .......................                                        2,856.53

Grant Birthplace ....................                                     2,808.95

Grant School House ..................                                       962.23

Harrison Tomb .....................                                       1,121.06

Miamisburg Mound .................                                      988.21

Rankin House ......................                                           251.76

Greenville Painting .................                                     19,869.04

Greenville Treaty ...................                                     9,998.16

Durbin Ward House .................                                       125.99

District Three (Headquarters, Central Office)

Campus Martius Museum ............     7,737.96

Campbell Mound ....................                                        71.25

Flint Ridge  ........................                                             46.45

Hanby House ......................                                            796.94

Hayes Memorial ....................                                     8,828.35

Kelleys Island ......................                                           326.45

Mound Builders ....................                                      2,883.91

Octagon  ...........................                                               598.92

Our House ........................                                              473.82

W right ............................                                                 6.20

District Four

Schoenbrunn Village (Headquarters)..  11,207.12

Custer Monument ...................                                        25.00

Ft.  Laurens  ........................                                        1,612.83

Garfield House .....................                                       2,832.07

Gnadenhutten Monument ............                                     107.25

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY             281

 

McCook  House   .....................    30.71

Zoar Village  .......................                      2,174.96

McKinley     Tomb  ....................              223.63

 

Total    ..........................$214,185.54

Plus:  Cash   Advances ................  1,777.26

 

Total Disbursements ...................... 215,962.80

 

Balance  ..............................$  46,427.52

To prove:

Balance in

Ohio National Bank of Columbus, Main

Office, Checking Account ...........$  3,652.68

Ohio National Bank of Columbus, Uni-

versity Office, Checking Account .....  3,049.59

Bolivar State Bank, Bolivar, Checking

Account .........................     198.04

Ohio State Federal Savings and Loan,

Savings Account No. 03482 .........  2,505.21

United States Treasury Notes

No. 17187/88  ..............$2,000.00

34131  .. . ..............  1,000.00

19593 .................. 1,000.00

C-17186  ...............  1,000.00

34129/30 ............ 2,000.00

3₉₃616F/17F ..........                           148.00

C38741/42  .............                         200.00

22541A/42B ........... 2,000.00

7115E/16F/17H ........ 3,000.00

C38819/20 .............   200.00

C654363/64 ........... 2,000.00

C1112929 ..............   74.00

V154786F/87^F ......... 7,400.00

 

 

22,022.00

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United States Postal Notes

No. 28_3394D/₉₉D ..........$2,250.00

M641-615D/621D   ...... 5,250.00

M10₄₄₃₉9D/₄05D;

M1044407D/409D .... 7,500.00

 

 

15,000.00

 

$46,427.52

Represented by Balances in

Current Fund:

Treasurer's General Account ........$                        5,677.14

John Hamilton Kline Memorial Fund.                     2,398.04

U. S. Grant Memorial Fund .........                           5,855.23

Fallen Timbers Subscription Fund...                       68.31

 

$ 13,998.72

Memorials Fund ..................                                   7,049.59

John Hancock Klippart Fund ........                           2,505.21

Permanent Fund ..................                                    22,874.00

 

$ 46,427.52

Respectfully submitted,

OSCAR F. MILLER, Treasurer.

By: IRENE C. STAHL, Financial Secretary.

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