A CHRONOLOGY
By WILLIAM D. OVERMAN
1822--First effort at organizing a
historical society in Ohio.
1831--Historical and Philosophical
Society of Ohio.
1875--Ohio Archaeological Society
founded at Mansfield.
1885--OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
organized, Allen Granberry Thurman,
president; Albert
Adams Graham, secretary.
1887--Francis
Charles Sessions, second president; publication of
the first QUARTERLY, in June.
1888--Centennial Celebration at
Marietta, April 7.
1889--Society given quarters in the
State House.
1890--Centennial Celebration at
Gallipolis, October 16-19.
1891--Joint resolution adopted directing
the governor to appoint
a Board of Trustees for the Society;
Society became the
custodian of Fort Ancient.
1892--Rutherford Birchard Hayes became
the third president.
1893--Roeliff Brinkerhoff became the
fourth president.
1894--Emilius Oviatt Randall became
secretary; Museum col-
lection moved to Orton Hall, Ohio State
University.
1895--Warren King Moorehead made curator
of archaeology.
1898--William Corless Mills became
curator of archaeology; Cen-
tennial Celebration at Gnadenhutten,
September 29.
1900--Society became the custodian of
Serpent Mound.
1901--Society exhibited at Pan-American
Exhibition in Buffalo.
1902--The Society was given rooms in
Page Hall, Ohio State
University.
1903--Centennial Celebration of Ohio's
admission into the Union,
held in Chillicothe, May 20, 21.
1904--Society exhibited at Louisiana
Purchase Exhibition in St.
Louis.
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OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
QUARTERLY
1905--Big Bottom Park acquired by the
Society.
1907--The Society made a
"gold-medal" exhibit at the James-
town Ter-centenary, September 11.
1912--George Frederick Wright became
fifth president; Society
became custodian of Logan Elm.
1913--Perry's Victory was celebrated at
Put-in-Bay, September
10. Henry Clyde Shetrone became
assistant curator of
archaeology.
1914--Dedication of the Museum and
Library of the Society,
May 30.
1916--Dedication of the Hayes Memorial
at Spiegel Grove.
1917--The Society became the custodian
of Fort Laurens; the
Gard Library and the Coonskin Library
were presented
to the Society.
1919--James Edwin Campbell became sixth
president; Campus
Martius deeded to Society.
1920--Charles Burleigh Galbreath became
secretary.
1921--William Corless Mills became
director; Henry Clyde She-
trone became curator of archaeology.
1923--Society became custodian of Mound
City; the Meeker
Library was presented to Society.
1925--Arthur Charles Johnson became
seventh president of the
Society.
1926--North wing and World War Memorial
dedicated, April 6.
1927--The Sargent Papers and the Old
Northwest Genealogical
Collection presented; State Archives
division organized.
1928--Henry Clyde Shetrone became
director; Museum Echoes
first published; the William Corless
Mills Archaeological
Collection and Library presented.
1929--The new south wing occupied
February 3; Society be-
came custodian of Miamisburg and Seip
mounds; the
Dawson Library and the Comly Papers
presented.
1930--First volume of the Ohio
Historical Collections published;
twenty cabins reconstructed at
Schoenbrunn; the Felch
Library and the Giddings Collection
presented to the So-
ciety.
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1931--The Journal of the Northwest
Territory presented by
John H. James; the Hine Library
received; the Custer
Memorial dedicated.
1932--The Venable Collection presented;
the Society became the
custodian of Fort Hill and Glacial
Grooves on Kelly's
Island.
1933--The Society became the custodian
of Mound Builders
Park; the monument at Buffington Island
was dedicated.
1934--Harlow Lindley became secretary;
Society became custo-
dian of Fort Jefferson and Flint Ridge.
1935--Fiftieth Anniversary.