Minutes of the Meeting of the
Ohio Academy of History,
Columbus, April 4, 1959
THE
OHIO
ACADEMY OF HISTORY held its twenty-sixth
annual meeting
at the Ohio State Museum on Saturday,
April 4, 1959.
Three concurrent morning sessions were
devoted to a variety of
topics. Alfred D. Low of Youngstown
University, as chairman of the
section on modern European history,
introduced David C. Riede of the
University of Akron and Grover C. Platt
of Bowling Green State
University, who presented papers
entitled, respectively, "National So-
cialism and the Catholic Church"
and "German Social Democracy,
1946-1958: An Appraisal."
Discussion was led by Irwin Abrams of
Antioch College. In the area of American
history, with Francis P.
Weisenburger of Ohio State University in
the chair and James H.
Rodabaugh of the Ohio Historical Society
leading the discussion, Wil-
liam G. Keener of the Ohio Historical
Society presented a paper on "His-
torical Villages: Fact, Fiction, and
Function" and Walt P. Marchman
of the Rutherford B. Hayes Library one
on "Research Projects at the
Rutherford B. Hayes Library."
Richard A. Thompson of Ohio Univer-
sity was chairman of the third session,
a seminar on American foreign
policy. A paper by Thomas LeDuc of
Oberlin College, "Exports as
the Most Consistent Theme in American
Foreign Policy," which had
been distributed prior to the meeting,
was the focal point of the discus-
sion, in which Lawrence S. Kaplan of Kent
State University, Harris
G. Warren of Miami University, and the
speaker took the lead.
Paul I. Miller of Hiram College,
president of the Academy, presided
at the luncheon, which was served to 105
persons at the Ohio Union.
The Certificate of Award for Historical
Achievement in 1958 was pre-
sented to John F. Cady of Ohio
University for his book, A History of
Modern Burma. The announcement was made by Donald P. Gavin of
John Carroll University, chairman of the
Committee on Awards. The
president, after reading Article VII,
Section 2, of the Ohio Academy
of History Constitution, recognized the
secretary-treasurer, who pre-