Ohio History Journal

Historical News

 

 

 

THE INLAND RIVERS LIBRARY of the Public Library of Cincinnati and

Hamilton County has acquired during the past year two large collections

of photographs of boats and other river subjects. One collection was the

gift of Captain Frederick Way, Jr., and the other is composed of prints of

negatives in the Howard National Steamboat Museum. The library ac-

quired also by gift a collection from the Greene Line, which includes

photographs, log books, account books, menus, and advertisements, and log

books of Captain Calvin L. Blazier.

The library of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio has been

made the depository for a collection of original deed books of Hamilton

County, 1788-1800. There is a microfilm index of the records.

Richard G. Arms, director of the society, attended the Institute on His-

torical and Archival Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last summer.

Alice P. Hook, the society's librarian, is national chairman of the picture

division of the Special Libraries Association for the 1958-60 term.

The Institute of Early American History and Culture has announced that

its second annual Institute Manuscript Award will be presented in May

1959. Five hundred dollars will be paid to the author of the best unpub-

lished work in early American history, and the winning entry will be pub-

lished by the institute. Manuscripts should be addressed to James M. Smith,

Editor of Publications, Institute of Early American History and Culture,

Box 1298, Williamsburg, Virginia.

The institute's 1958 manuscript award was presented to Lawrence H.

Leder, assistant director of research and publications at Sleepy Hollow Res-

torations, Tarrytown, New York, for his biographical study of Robert Liv-

ingston.

 

Watt P. Marchman, director of the Rutherford B. Hayes Library, was

elected a vice president of the Manuscripts Society at its meeting in Los

Angeles on July 10-12.

As editor of the Rutherford B. Hayes Papers, Mr. Marchman was a guest

of the National Historical Publications Commission at a special luncheon at

the Capitol in Washington on June 17. The luncheon was followed by a

conference of editors of the various projects of the commission.

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William D. Overman, director of the Firestone Library and Archives,

read a paper on business archives at the annual meeting of the Society of

American Archivists in Salt Lake City on August 17-20. He was also

elected a fellow of the society.

The Miami University Library has recently acquired as a gift from Mrs.

John B. Simpson a group of autographed manuscripts of nationally prom-

inent men, including General Anthony Wayne and Governor Samuel Hunt-

ington.

Louis Filler of the history department at Antioch College was visiting

professor in the department of history at Colorado College, Colorado

Springs, during the summer term.

Roger Williams was appointed to the board of editors of the Antioch

Review, and Irwin Abrams was reappointed to the board for a second term.

At Bowling Green State University, Bernard F. Nordmann has retired

from the history staff, and William R. Rock has been added to the depart-

ment as an instructor.

 

Donald Kagan, instructor in Greek and Roman history at Capital Uni-

versity, has accepted a Fulbright award for study in Greece.

After having received his master's degree from Wayne University in

June, William Darcy has returned to Capital to teach church history and

European survey courses.

Three new appointments have been made in the history department at the

University of Cincinnati. Gene D. Lewis of Southern Illinois University

was named assistant professor of history, and Herbert F. Curry of the Uni-

versity of Wisconsin and Daniel Beaver of Northwestern University were

appointed instructors in the department.

 

Alfred J. Bakewicz joined the history staff of the University of Dayton

last September as an instructor.

 

Paul I. Miller, who has been lecturing at the University of Ceylon on a

Fulbright award during the past year, has resumed his teaching duties in

the history department at Hiram College.

 

Edmund W. Kearney and Raymond T. McNally have left the history de-

partment at John Carroll University. Newly appointed to the staff as assistant

professors are Michael S. Pap, who will teach Russian history, and Thomas

E. Auge, who will conduct the classes on modern Europe. George J. Prpic,

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who has been appointed instructor, will teach classes in East European his-

tory.

In the history department at Kent State University four new instructors

have been appointed for the current academic year: William R. Coulter,

John A. Forman, James K. Irikura, and John B. Robertson. William F.

Zornow of Kansas State College has been appointed visiting assistant pro-

fessor for the year.

Sydney James has resigned from the Kent staff. Robert Archer, who re-

ceived a Danforth fellowship, has a leave of absence for study at Western

Reserve University.

Lawrence S. Kaplan had an article, "NATO and the Language of Isola-

tionism," in the South Atlantic Quarterly for Spring 1958, and Alfred A.

Skerpan had one entitled "Soviet Policies Regarding Nationalities," in Social

Education for April 1958.

Phillip R. Shriver contributed Chapter I, "Our First Citizens [the Indians

of the Area]," to Portage Heritage, a sesquicentennial volume published by

the Portage County Historical Society early in 1958. Sherman B. Barnes con-

tributed Chapter XI, "Religion and Churches," to the same volume.

James M. Moore, who has his Ph.D in history from the University of

California, joined the staff at Lake Erie College in September as associate

professor of social studies. He was formerly chairman of the social science

department at Boise Junior College in Idaho.

George Blazier, librarian at Marietta College, is planning publication this

coming year of a biography of Ephraim Cutler and his son William Parker

Cutler and also a check list of collections in the library.

At Ohio State University, Andreas Dorpalen has been appointed pro-

fessor of German and recent European history, and William T. Bulger, Rob-

ert Haan, and John C. Rule have been appointed instructors. Charles Morley

has been promoted to the rank of professor, and Mary Young to that of

assistant professor. Hans Baron, research fellow of the Newberry Library,

will conduct a seminar in history during the autumn quarter, 1958, as a

Mershon visiting professor of history.

Lowell Ragatz has received a Fulbright award for teaching at the Univers-

ity of Tokyo.

Philip P. Poirier's The Advent of the Labour Party, a 336-page study of

the British labor movement, was published last July by the Columbia Uni-

versity Press. Dr. Poirier is at present doing research in England on an Eli-

zabeth Clay Howald fellowship.

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Robert H. Bremner is working with Merle Curti at the University of Wis-

consin during the academic year 1958-59.

Snyder N. Fisher received a Social Science Research Council grant for

study in Turkey.

Foster Rhea Dulles was sent to Russia last summer by the department of

state as a member of a six-man team to visit Russian universities.

A Mershon post-doctoral fellowship for the year 1958-59 was awarded

to Harry L. Coles to enable him to continue his research and writing in the

field of national security.

Frank J. Pegues is a member of the committee for the Ohio State Uni-

versity Mediaeval Conference for 1958-59.

Harold J. Grimm, chairman of the department, has been named chairman

of the Herbert Baxter Adams prize committee of the American Historical

Association.

 

John F. Cady, chairman of the history department at Ohio University,

has been appointed a member of the governor's committee on the Abraham

Lincoln sesquicentennial.

 

At the University of Toledo, Arthur R. Steele has been promoted to the

rank of assistant professor of history. Dr. Steele spent the past summer in

Spain carrying on research relating to an eighteenth-century Spanish expedi-

tion to Peru.

Cecil E. Cody, on leave for 1957-58, has been granted an extension of

leave for 1958-59 to continue his teaching and research in the Philippines

on a Fulbright grant.

During the summer session at Toledo, William J. McNiff of Miami Uni-

versity served as visiting professor, and Wesley Bagby of West Virginia

University was visiting assistant professor.

 

The Rev. W. Eugene Shiels, S.J., chairman of the department of history

and political science at Xavier University, has been granted a leave of ab-

sence for the year 1958-59 to do research and writing. Frank A. Peters is

acting chairman in his absence.

Edward J. Goodman had an article, "Spanish Nationalism in the Struggle

Against Napoleon," in the Review of Politics for July 1958. Dr. Goodman

addressed the Ohio Federation of African Students on May 30, on "The Fu-

ture of Africa in International Affairs," and the Sertoma Club of Cincinnati

on June 26, on "Brazil Today." He also served on the sponsoring commit-

tee for the celebration of Pan-American Day, 1958.

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