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Notes and Queries

 

 

Recent promotions, appointments, and awards within the profession-

al community of Ohio historians include: Carolyn Komer joined the Bowl-

ing Green State University Center for Archival Collections as a part-time

conservator/bookbinder; Reuben G. Bullard and Willard W. Winter of the

Cincinnati Bible College recently served as core staff members of the Tel

Abila excavations in Jordan; Wilson Hoffman began his tenure as Thorn and

Frances Pendleton Professor of History at Hiram College; John van Atta of

Hiram College was awarded a grant for a summer research project, "Public

Lands and Political Economy in 19th Century America"; Hiram College's

Alice-Mary Talbott received an ACLS travel grant to present a paper at the

17th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies in Birmingham, England;

Wallace J. Kosinski returned to John Carroll University after spending the

1981-1982 academic year at the Jagiellonian University in Craco, Poland; Mar-

ian J. Morton of John Carroll University was awarded a fall 1983 Faculty Fel-

lowship and a summer 1983 NEH stipend for her work on the Cleveland Ma-

ternity Homes and Refuges; Barrett L. Beer of Kent State University received

a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship to the University of Trumso, Norway; Yen-

Chien Wang of Kent State University received a National Academy of Sci-

ences award for research in Peking, China; Stephen C. Morton of Kent State

University's American History Research Center and University Archives was

selected to serve on the Steering Committee of the College and University Ar-

chives PAG; William B. Scott of Kenyon College received a National Science

Foundation grant to complete his work on a history of The New School for

Social Sciences; Victoria Wyatt of Kenyon College received an NEH grant to

organize a West Coast Indian art exhibition for the Peabody Museum in New

Haven; The Ohio State University's Marvin R. Zahniser continued to serve

as Executive Secretary Treasurer of The Society for Historians of American

Foreign Relations; John C. Rule, John C. Burnham, and M. Les Benedict of

The Ohio State University served on national committees of the American

Historical Association; Austin Kerr and M. Les Benedict of The Ohio State

University received Fulbright Lectureship awards for the 1982-1983 aca-

demic year; Samuel C. Chu of The Ohio State University served as the Visit-

ing Sun Yat-sen Professor of China Studies at Georgetown University; John

C. Burnham of The Ohio State University served as Tallman Visiting Profes-

sor of History and Psychology at Bodoin College; The Ohio State Universi-

ty's professor Williamson Murray was selected to serve as Visiting Professor

at West Point Military Academy in autumn 1983; Marc L. Raphael of The

Ohio State University was invited to become the editor of American Jewish

History; Carter V. Findley of The Ohio State University was invited to serve

as an Associate Member of The Institute of Turkish Studies; Erving E.

Beauregard of The University of Dayton will be on sabbatical leave during

second term of 1983 to write a biography of John A. Bingham; Robert S.

Alexander replaced Leroy V. Eid as department chairperson at The Univer-

sity of Dayton; Edwin R. King of The University of Dayton received the Out-

standing Teacher Award in the College of Arts and Sciences; Donald T.

Critchlow of The University of Dayton received a grant from the Rockefeller

Foundation/Rockefeller University to study "Prostitution and the Crusade

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against Venereal Disease during World War II"; Ronald Lora, Robert Free-

man Smith, and Marvin L. Michael Kay received summer 1983 faculty re-

search awards from the University of Toledo; Vinton M. Prince, Jr., was ap-

pointed assistant professor of history at Wilmington College; the Ohio

Association of Historical Societies and Museums co-awarded "Best Local

History of a Community" to Carl Becker of Wilmington College for his book,

The Village: A History of Germantown, Ohio, 1804-1976; Morris Slavin and

Alvin W. Skardon retired from the Youngstown State University faculty.

Recent sabbatical leaves from the University of Toledo include: Charles

DeBenedetti during the spring 1983 quarter to work on his book Americans

and Arms: The Twentieth Century; Lorin Lee Cary during the 1983-1984 aca-

demic year to work on his book The Organizers: Workers Who Built Unions

1880-1980; William H. Longton during the fall 1983 and winter 1984 quarters

to work on a dictionary study entitled "The American Conservative Press";

and Robert Freeman Smith during the spring 1984 quarter to work on an arti-

cle, "The Eisenhower Administration and United States Relations with Lat-

in America."

 

The Ohio Historical Society recently published No Strength Without Un-

ion: An Illustrated History of Ohio Workers, 1803-1980, by Ray Boryczka and

Lorin Lee Cary. This work fills an important gap in the history of the state of

Ohio by presenting and analyzing the various currents of economic, political,

and social development affecting Ohio's workers. Funds for the preparation

and distribution of the work to junior and senior high schools as well as pub-

lic, college, and university libraries in the state were provided by the Ohio

General Assembly. The society also published a Selected Bibliography of

Black History Sources at the Ohio Historical Society during the last year. For

further information concerning these publications, please write to: Archives-

Library Division, Ohio Historical Society, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus,

Ohio 43211.

 

The annual spring meeting of the Ohio Academy of History will be held on

April 14, 1984, at the Ohio Historical Center. For further information contact

the Secretary-Treasurer of the Academy, Dr. Vladimir Steffel, Ohio State

University-Marion Campus, Marion, Ohio 43302.

 

The Illinois State Historical Society will host the Illinois History Symposi-

um December 2-3, 1983, in Springfield. The Fourth Annual Symposium will

feature papers and sessions on various aspects of the history, literature, art,

culture, politics, geography, archaeology, and anthropology of Illinois, Ohio,

and the Mississippi Valley.

The Abraham Lincoln Association, in cooperation with the Illinois State

Historical Society, will hold the Eleventh Annual Abraham Lincoln Sympo-

sium on February 12, 1984, at the Hall of Representatives in Springfield. Pa-

pers will be on phases of Lincoln's career or his relationships with associates

or events.

For information concerning either the Illinois History Symposium or the

Abraham Lincoln Symposium, contact: Roger D. Bridges, Illinois State His-

torical Library, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 62706.

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The Oral History Association, established in 1966, is a society of scholars,

local historians, and other individuals concerned with the application of pro-

fessional standards to the collection, preservation, dissemination, and use of

oral history testimony. For further information, contact the Oral History As-

sociation, N.T. Box 13734, Denton, Texas 76203.

 

Recent scholarly contributions by Ohio historians include: Guide to Local

Government Records at the Center for Archival Collections, by the Center for

Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University; From Pentecost to the

Present: A Short History of Christianity, by James B. North of the Cincinnati

Bible College; Croatia and the Croatians: A Selected and Annotated Bibliog-

raphy in English, by George J. Prpic of John Carroll University; Rebellion and

Riot: Popular Disorder in England During the Reign of Edward VI, by Barrett

L. Beer of Kent State University; The Most Ancient Testimony: Sixteenth Cen-

tury Christian-Hebraica in the Age of Renaissance Nostalgia, co-edited by

Lawrence S. Kaplan of Kent State University; Enumeration of Youth and Par-

tial Census for School Districts in Portage County, Ohio, 1832-1838, by Wil-

liam C. Johnson of University Archives and American History Research Cen-

ter at Kent State University; Political and Constitutional Ideas of the Court

Whigs, by Reed Browning of Kenyon College; A History of Kirtland, Ohio,

by Anne B. Prusha of Lakeland Community College; A Portrait Cast in Steel:

Buckeye International and Columbus, Ohio, 1881-1980, by Mansel G. Black-

ford of The Ohio State University; Criminal Justice in Colonial America,

1606-1660, by Bradley Chapin of The Ohio State University; Amos Bronson

Alcott: An Intellectual Biography, by Frederick C. Dahlstrand of The Ohio

State University; Wilhelm Liebknecht and the Founding of the German Social

Democratic Party, by Raymond H. Dominick III of The Ohio State Universi-

ty; A History of the United Jewish Appeal, 1939-1982, by Marc L. Raphael of

The Ohio State University; Self Help in the 1890s Depression, by H. Roger

Grant of The University of Akron; Old Franklin: The Eternal Torch, and arti-

cles in Continuity: A Journal of History, Horn of Africa, and Journal of Pres-

byterian History, by Erving E. Beauregard of The University of Dayton; an

article, "American Historians and Armaments: The View from Twentieth-

Century Textbooks," by Charles DeBenedetti of The University of Toledo

(Diplomatic History); Toledo: Gateway to the Great Lakes, by Charles Glaab

of The University of Toledo and Morgan J. Barclay; Reshaping America: So-

ciety and Institutions, 1945-1960, edited by Robert H. Bremner and Gary W.

Reichard of The Ohio State University; The Republic of Lebanon: Nation in

Jeopardy, by David Gordon of Wright State University; As Minority Be-

comes Majority: Federal Reaction to the Phenomenon of Women in the Work

Force, 1920-1963, by Judy Sealander of Wright State University; and A Mini-

ature View of the French Revolution: Section Droits de l'Homme, 1789-1795,

by Morris Slavin of Youngstown State University.

 

 

The Department of Urban Studies of the University of Akron has a num-

ber of assistantships available for students who wish to pursue Master's de-

grees. Program options include public administration and planning as well as

a flexible generalist program, all of which stress research methods and sta-

tistical training. Assistantships carry a remission of tuition and fees, including

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summer sessions, and a stipend of $2000 per semester or $4000 per year. The

department also offers an internship program for those students who do not

have professional work experience. For further information, contact James F.

Richardson, Department Head, Department of Urban Studies, The Universi-

ty of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325.

 

The Department of History at Miami University has received a grant from

Joseph W. Smith and the Standard Oil Company of California to support

graduate students in the archival program who are serving as consultants for

the William and Ophia Smith Local History Room at Oxford, Ohio Public

Library. During the spring of 1983, students inventoried archival and manu-

script materials and prepared a guide to the materials.

 

The Center for Archival Collections in conjunction with the Jerome Li-

brary has recently established a conservation laboratory at Bowling Green

State University. Services include microfilming and photograph duplication,

phase boxing, leather refurbishing, minor book repairs, washing and de-

acidification, and polyester encapsulation. For further information, contact

Regina Lemaster (419) 372-2411.

 

Victor B. Howard of Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, re-

cently authored a new book, Black Liberation in Kentucky: Emancipation

and Freedom.

 

Recent microfilm/manuscript accessions at Ohio historical societies, librar-

ies, and universities of interest to our readers include: early county records,

partially filmed by Latter Day Saints Genealogical Society and Ohio Histori-

cal Society, are on permanent loan from the Coshocton County Probate Court

and County Commissioners at the Coshocton Public Library; Della Moat,

Latty family, and Peasley family papers at the Defiance Public Library; docu-

ments and letters of the Hine, Bailey, and Skinner families at the Fairport

Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse; correspondence, articles, and pa-

pers of newspaper columnist Fred C. Kelley, and membership rosters and

correspondence of the 74th OVI at the Greene County District Library; John

S. Kenyon papers, Harold E. Davis World War I Pamphlet collection, and Li-

brary of Congress microfilm editions of Garfield papers at Hiram College; mi-

crofilm files of Kent State University Communications Services-May 4th, Of-

fice of the President, and Sports Information at Kent State University

Archives; Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation (Akron), Compara-

tive and International Education Society records, John Begala papers and of-

fice files from 1977 to 1980, Charles A. Mosher papers and office files from

1950 to 1976, Kent Business and Professional Women's Club records, and

Ashtabula County Probate Court naturalization records from the period

1873-1906 at the American History Research Center, Kent State University;

Gill Silk Mill, Free Produce Association, Friends Boarding School, Friends

Meetinghouse, Underground Railway, and early doctors, schools, and

roads manuscripts at the Mt. Pleasant Historical Center; Canton Repository

microfilm and personal papers of local personalities at the Stark County His-

torical Society/McKinley Museum of History, Science, and Industry; micro-

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film Toledo Area Metropolitan Park District Collection: Minutes of the Board

1929-1962, Aaron B. West diaries for 1853-1871, Toledo Federation of Art So-

cieties Collection of Minutes (1917-1976), Murphy Mortuary Collection from

1900-1970s, as well as the Lawrence D. Hiett photographic collection, the

Bauer-Stark-and-Lashbrook records, the Bentley Construction Company

records, the Britsch-Poseler-and-Lubeck records, and the Wachter Archi-

tectural records have been acquired by the Toledo-Lucas County Public Li-

brary; "The Waterville Rotary Club: The Early Years," by Harold Leather-

man, and "The Waterville Study," by Waterville 7th graders, at the

Historical Society of Waterville.

 

 

Major accessions during calendar year 1982 at the Ohio Historical Society

State Archives include: Weatherization Policy Advisory Committee files;

Ohio River Sanitation Commission files, 1946-1967; Women's Recognition Day

Ceremonies and Ohio Women's Hall of Fame files, 1978-1982; Ethics Com-

mission, financial disclosure statements, 1979-1980; Public Utilities Com-

mission Minutes, 1906-1931; Ohio Educational Broadcasting, Medical Mi-

crowave Project files, 1972-1981; Ohio Board of Regents, Chancellors'

correspondence, 1964-1980; Department of Insurance, examinations of do-

mestic companies, 1952-1975; State Bridge Commission minutes, 1935-1982;

General Assembly printed bills, 1888-1969; Ohio Penitentiary, prisoners' reg-

istration and index, 1900-1940; Department of Education, elementary and

secondary school principals' and inspection reports, 1976-1979; Division of

Public Works, director's journal, 1960-1970; Department of Tax Equalization,

real and personal property tax abstracts, 1965-1969; Land Use Review Com-

mittee files, 1974-1976; Department of Development, Director's correspond-

ence, 1947-1979; Governor's record of appointments, requisitions, pardons,

notaries public, and bills, 1955-1981; Governor's records, executive orders,

annual reports, and correspondence, 1975-1982; and General Assembly Joint

Select Committee on School Desegregation files, 1978.

The following collections from recent accessions of the Western Reserve

Historical Society are now open for research: papers of the Howard P. Eells

family, 1840-1978; diary of Laura L. Demsey, 1884; letters of Ann Austin

Harper, 1864-1908; papers of the Mary Paine Dewish family, 1834-1937; pa-

pers of William M. Milliken, 1855-1978; Civil War letters of William Foster,

Wilbur F. Hinman, and Samual K. Maguire; papers of Newton D. Baker,

1896-1932; papers of Paul Bough Travis, 1829-1959; papers of Anthony A.

Granata, 1969-1981; papers of David M. Miller, 1937-1976; papers of Paul and

Betty Younger, 1951-1976; records of twelve United Church of Christ associ-

ations and churches, 1860-1970; records of the Greater Cleveland Nurses

Association, 1900-1979; records of the Ohio Townsend Club and seven other

local clubs, 1935-1977; records of the Regional Church Planning Office, 1945-

1977; records of several Cleveland unions, 1882-1978; records of five Czech

organizations; records of the Kniola Travel Bureau, 1890-1960; and records of

the Printz-Biederman Company, 1914-1957.

 

The Antioch College Olive Kettering Library has been designated as the

official overseer of the Antioch University archives. The library repository

was approved by the university's board of trustees and has been awarded a

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$1,500 grant for equipment and supplies by the Yellow Springs Community

Foundation. Among some of the materials in the archives are Horace Mann

documents, early Antioch College papers, the collected papers of Arthur E.

Morgan, and the Dudley Dawson papers. Members of the standing commit-

tee are Ruth Bent, Nine Myatt, Irwin Abrams, Michael Anderson, Patrick

Nolan, Julie Overton, and Bruce Thomas.

 

The Department of Archives and Special Collections at the Ohio Universi-

ty Library has received funding to conduct a two-year "Records Manage-

ment Pilot Project." Priorities of the new project are: to inventory, analyze,

and appraise existing university records throughout the Athens campus; and

to establish records management pilot programs in a limited number of repre-

sentative units. Another function of the project will be to gather and analyze

data on records production, retention, storage, and usage. The department

hopes that this information, combined with a series of successful demonstra-

tion projects, will strengthen the arguments for developing a records manage-

ment program at the end of the two-year period.

 

The Kirtland Public Library has moved to a new address. Please direct

future correspondence to the Kirtland Public Library, 9258 Chillicothe

Road, Kirtland, Ohio 44094.

 

Ohio regional and local historical society and library activities include: a

study of "Pre-Civil War Rural Black Settlements in West-Central Ohio" com-

pleted by the Allen County Historical Society with the help of OAC and

OPH grants. The Aurora Historical Society recently received a grant from the

American Association of Museums to facilitate a museum assessment by

James Strider of the Ohio Historical Society's Local History Department.

The Bexley Historical Society assembled kits of historic pictures and back-

ground information, with fabric, floss, and directions to assemble quilts or

pillows which would celebrate that community's 75th anniversary. The Ca-

nal Fulton Heritage Society conducted an apprentice program for 5th, 6th,

and 7th graders and received an MAP Award for 1982. The History and Ge-

ography Department of the Cleveland Public Library completed a restoration

and preservation project which converted a collection of photographs to

microfiche for general use. The Defiance Public Library developed a local

history and genealogy department with an emphasis on Northwestern Ohio.

The Diocese of Cleveland drafted several chapters of an Ohio history. The

Ella M. Everhard Public Library in Wadsworth opened the Wadsworth

History Room, which houses newspapers, yearbooks, directories, programs,

pictures, and memorabilia of local interest.

The Fayette County Historical Society celebrated the centennial of the

Fayette County Court House with an art show featuring Archibald M. Wil-

lard originals. Daniel F. Prugh was appointed as director of The Franklin

County Historical Society and Roy Shafer the executive director of the Cen-

ter of Science and Industry (COSI) succeeding the late S. N. Hallock; Theo-

dore Kessel succeeded Susan Swenson as supervisor of the Center's histori-

cal area of operation. COSI received a grant from the estate of Mrs. George T.

Johnson, a gift of early American lamps from Mr. Edward Durell and the Un-

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ion Fork and Hoe Company, and a matching grant from the Yasenoff Founda-

tion. The Grand Rapids Historical Society is in the process of restoring the

Town Hall, acquiring a log cabin, and placing several bronze historical mark-

ers. Greene County District Library employee Julie M. Overton was voted a

Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society and reelected to the OGS Board of

Trustees, while volunteers Mildred Moore and Irene Hart completed a six-

year project of compiling clippings and information concerning Greene County

World War II veterans. The Hiram Township Historical Society received a

$250 grant and is in the development stage of restoring a century house for use

as a museum and library. The Jefferson County Historical Association Muse-

um received a grant for $25,000 from the John C. Williams Charitable Trust

for Steubenville and Weirton and is planning to open the Jefferson County

Land Office as a historical site. The Lakewood Public Library is currently in-

dexing its Lakewood Local History collection. The Madison County Histori-

cal Society received a $2,000 grant from the Madison county commissioners.

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society received a $500 grant from Ohio

Bell-Akron and a $400 grant from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. A

Stark Foundation grant, a Flowers Foundation grant, and an MAP grant were

awarded to the Massillon Museum, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary

during 1983.

The Massillon Public Library recently preserved the business and person-

al correspondence of Thomas Rotch and Arvin Wales. Restoration work con-

tinues on an 1806 store by the Mt. Pleasant Historical Center, the Mathews

House Museum by the Navarre-Bethlehem Township Historical Society, and

the 1875 Northampton Center Schoolhouse by the Northampton Historical

Society. The Northwest Franklin County Historical Society and Museum,

which is in the process of developing a historical village in Weaver Park,

received the 1982 Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums

awards for "Best Brochure" and "Outstanding Individual Achievements."

The Ohio Genealogical Society received an award of merit from the National

Genealogical Society in "recognition of distinguished work in American gene-

alogy," and is now actively indexing the Ohio 1880 Census. The Portage

County Historical Society continues excavation of the Mantua Glass Factory

site, work on the historic inventory of Portage County buildings, and publi-

cation of its historic postcard series. The Richland County Genealogical So-

ciety is compiling a family history of Richland County. The Rogue's Hollow

Historical Society continues to inventory century houses and buildings in its

township and county. The Southern Lorain County Historical Society/Spirit

of '76 Museum received a $1,000 Nordson Foundation grant, a $2,000 Stocker

Foundation grant, and a $1,000 challenge grant. The Stark County Historical

Society/McKinley Museum of History, Science, and Industry began construc-

tion of a "Street of Shops." Matthew Onion was appointed head of the Local

History and Genealogy Department of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Li-

brary and Theodore Ligibel joined the staff in the area of collection devel-

opment. The Washington County Historical Society is restoring

the 1845 Fearing house and preparing for the Marietta bicentennial during

1987-1988. The Historical Society of Waterville is restoring an 1838 house for

use as a museum.

Western Reserve Historical Society staff activities include: Jarius B.

Barnes, Director of the History Museum, served on a panel evaluating propos-

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als of humanities programs in museums and historical organizations for the

National Endowment of the Humanities in Washington, D.C.; Barry Bradley,

Associate Curator of Costumes and Textiles, was elected to the Board of Di-

rectors of the newly formed Midwest Regional Chapter of Costume Society of

America; Dennis Harrison, Curator of Manuscripts, continues to serve on the

Ohio Historical Records Preservation Advisory Board; Barbara Herman,

Public Relations and Communications Officer, was elected program chairman

of the Western Reserve Tourist Council Advisory Board and secretary of the

Ohio Travel Advisory Board; and Theodore A. Sande, Executive Director,

participated in the American Association of Museums' recent "Commission

on Museums for a New Century Open Forum" in Chicago. The Western Re-

serve Historical Society also received a National Humanities Repository

Grant for $122,935 from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a

$35,000 General Operating Support grant from the Institute of Museum Serv-

ices.

The Wolcott House Museum Complex received a grant from the Ohio

Museums Association/Ohio Arts Council and conducted an archaeological

dig at Ft. Miami under the direction of Dr. G. Michael Pratt. The Wood

County Historical Society continues to work on the development of the for-

mer Wood County Infirmary buildings and grounds for use as a farm and

house museum.

 

Ohio historical society and library publications of interest to our readers

include: Allen County Historical Society, Minutes of History, compiled by

Ray Schuck; Anderson Township Historical Society, A Village is Born (Mt.

Washington), by Stephen Smalley; Bellbrook Historical Society, a new Bell-

brook history; The Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, A

Guide to Genealogical Materials in the Dayton and Montgomery County Pub-

lic Library, compiled by Stanley Clarke Wyllie, Jr.; Findlay-Hancock County

Public Library, a notebook of genealogical bibliographies, compiled by Mar-

ilyn Markham; Fostoria Area Historical Society and Museum, "From River

Clyde to Tomachee," by Mrs. George Emahiser; The Highland County His-

torical Society, Highland Pioneer Sketches and Family Genealogies, by

Ayers, Blackburns: Today and Yesterday, and Bearers of the Pioneer Spirit, by

Frances Blackburn Hilliard; Lower Muskingum Historical Society (Olive

Tucker Museum), a quarterly magazine, Reflections; The Navarre-Bethlehem

Township Historical Society, Covered Wagons, Canals and Characters, by

Marilyn Cook and Dan Cooke; Northampton Historical Society, The Story of

the Restored Northampton Center School, by lone Hoffman; Northwest

Franklin County Historical Society and Museum, Quartoquecentennial of a

Pride Community: Hilliard, Ohio, 1853-1978 and Hilliard United Methodist

Church: 1855-1980, by Mary W. Miller; Norwalk Public Liibrary, Just Like

Old Times, vol. 1, by Henry R. Timman; NORWELD (Northwest Library

District), Genealogical Resources Guide: Northwest Ohio Libraries; Afro-

American Project/Ohio Historical Society, five biographies in Rayford W.

Logan and Michael R. Winston's Dictionaries of American Negro Biography,

by John E. Fleming; Portage County Historical Society, Portage County Bi-

Centennial Atlas, reprints of Portage Heritage (1957) and History, Portage

County (1885); Richland County Genealogical Society, Richland County Cem-

etery Records, History of Richland County, by A. J. Baughman, History of

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Richland County, by A. A. Graham, and Combined 1873 and 1896 Atlases of

Richland County; Rodman Public Library, Periodical Holdings of the Public

Libraries in Stark County, Ohio; Rogue's Hollow Historical Society, History

and Legends of Rogue's Hollow, 3rd printing, by Russell W. Frey; Toledo-

Lucas County Public Library, Toledo: Gateway to the Great Lakes, by Mor-

gan J. Barclay and Charles N. Glaab, and the 1982 Maumee Valley Historical

Calendar, by the Friends of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library;

Washington County Historical Society, Wills and Estate Settlements: Washi-

ngton County, 1788-1840 and Marriages: Washington County, 1788-1840, by

Elizabeth Cottle and Bernice Graham, and First United States Government

Post Offices in the North West Territory, 1794-1803, by Jerry B. Devol and

Richard B. Graham; Wood County Historical Society, a monthly newsletter,

The Black Chanticleer; Wood County Public District Library, Genealogical

Research Guide, compiled by Rebecca Hill, Grace Suebke, Tille Moyer, and

Allan Gray.

 

Project '87, sponsored by the American Political Science Association and

the American Historical Association to commemorate the bicentennial of the

Constitution, has several activities in progress: a volume of papers entitled

Liberty and Equality Under the Constitution; a sourcebook on the Constitu-

tion for secondary school teachers; seminars for college faculty; and a maga-

zine to chronicle the American Constitutional Bicentennial. For further infor-

mation on any of these programs, please write to: Project '87, 1527 New

Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

 

Indiana University Press in association with the Indiana Historical Society

is proud to announce the republication of R. Carlyle Buley's Pulitzer Prize-

winning work of American history, The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period 1816-

1840. That rare classic which appeals to specialist and general reader alike,

The Old Northwest is an unparalleled account of the pioneer period, the prob-

lems of settlers, and the westward movement of the American people. No

historian interested in the history of the region comprising Ohio, Michigan,

Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota can afford to be without

this important two-volume work. Based on nearly twenty-five years of re-

search by an important fourth-generation Hoosier who held degrees from In-

diana University and the University of Wisconsin, and who served many

years as a professor of American history at Indiana University, R. Carlyle

Buley's The Old Northwest will be republished during the fall of 1983. To or-

der or to obtain further information concerning The Old Northwest, please

contact the Sales Department, Ohio Historical Society, 1982 Velma Avenue,

Columbus, Ohio 43211.

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