THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
CALL FOR ANNUAL MEETING.
COLUMBUS, October 1, 1921.
The annual meeting of the Ohio State
Archaeological and
Historical Society will be held in the
Museum and Library Build-
ing of the Society, Wednesday, October 12, 1921. The forenoon
session, which opens at half past nine
o'clock, will be devoted
entirely to the reading of reports and
other matters of routine
business. It should not be concluded,
however, that this session
will be devoid of general interest. The
members are therefore
urged, if possible, to be present and
hear the reports of the
progress of the work of the Society
through the past year.
In the afternoon, beginning at two
o'clock, will be rendered
a very interesting program. About one
year ago there was re-
ceived in the museum of the Society the
largest single collection
of John Brown relics to be found in any
museum of this country.
These were transferred to the custody of
the Society by Mrs.
T. B. Alexander, of Put-in-Bay, the
granddaughter of John
Brown. Since that time Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel I. Richards of
Salem, Ohio, have transferred to the
library the coffin in which
the body of Edwin Coppoc, one of John
Brown's lieutenants,
was sent to Salem, Ohio, after his
execution at Charlestown,
Virginia.
The afternoon session will be devoted in
part to addresses
on the anti-slavery controversy in Ohio
with special reference
to the Harper's Ferry raid. Some of the
descendents of John
Brown are expected to be present at the
meeting.
Do not fail to be with us if you can
possibly arrange to
attend this interesting meeting.
Sincerely yours,
C. B. GALBREATH,
Secretary.
JAMES E. CAMPBELL, President.
(502)
Thirty-Sixth Annual
Meeting 503
MINUTES OF THE
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
MEETING
OF
THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY BUILDING,
COLUMBUS, OHIO,
October 12, 1921.
9:30 A. M.
The meeting was called
to order by President Campbell.
The following members
were present:
James E. Campbell, William C.
Mills,
E. F. Wood, Henry
J. Booth,
Daniel J. Ryan, Daniel
Hosmer Gard,
B. F. Prince, W. D.
McKinney,
Arthur C. Johnson, H. R. McPherson,
George F. Bareis, J. S. Roof,
Helen Bareis, Frank
Tallmadge,
Col. Webb C. Hayes, Van A. Snider,
Mrs. Webb C. Hayes, W. H. Cole,
Rev. W. M. McDermott, Austin J. Wilson,
D. E. Buck, H.
C. Shetrone,
C. B. Galbreath, C. W.
Justice,
Prof. H. C. Hockett, Miss Martha J.
Maltby,
Mrs. Charles A.
Covert, Verne C.
Rittenhouse,
Mrs. S. E. Reynolds, Lee E. Dimond,
J. Frank Shumaker, Charles S. Kay,
R. S. Dunlap, Edith
W. Kay.
Col. W. L. Curry,
On motion of President
Campbell, Mr. George F. Bareis
acted as Chairman of
the meeting.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The report of the
Secretary, which at his request was in-
formally passed,
appears in full in the typewritten records of
the Society. It is summarized
here as follows:
"A meeting of the
Board of Trustees was held in the office
504
Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
of Mr. E. F. Wood, Treasurer of the
Society, June 29, 1921, for
the purpose of complying with the
provisions of the 'reorgan-
ization code.' The action of the Board
was published in the
July Quarterly, pages 349-351.
"A meeting of the Finance Committee
was held at the office
of President Campbell, August 9, 1921, to authorize
the payment
of certain bills and consider an appeal
to the Controlling Board
for the transfer of certain funds appropriated
for the Society.
"The Finance Committee had a number
of informal meetings
preparatory to submitting to the Finance
Committees of the Gen-
eral Assembly budget requests for the
two years commencing
July 1, 1921. These requests in printed form
were distributed at
the last annual meeting of the Society.
The requests were pre-
sented to the Finance Committees of both
branches of the Leg-
islature. A portion of these only were
granted. The Legislature
refused to appropriate any money for the
erection of an addition
to the building of the Society and also
refused to raise salaries
of subordinate employees, ridiculously
low, to approximately
what is paid for the same work in other
departments of the state
service. This has necessitated providing
necessary additions to
these salaries from other sources. No
increase was made in the
appropriation for books, papers and
manuscripts. This leaves
the Society as formerly largely
dependent upon voluntary con-
tributions for additions to the library.
"The importance of collecting in
the library of the Society
files of newspapers published in the
state is repeated and em-
phasized. The library cannot perform its
function to the state
and especially to the State University
without substantial addi-
tions to original sources of its
history.
"Attention is called to the fact
that while the Legislature
did not make a number of important
appropriations requested
it did appropriate $19,300 for which the
Society had made no
request.
"Honorable C. C. Crabbe introduced
a bill in the House of
Representatives providing for the
publication of the Diaries and
Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes. This
passed both houses and
is now a law. It makes ample provision
for publishing these
important manuscript papers.
"Within the past year the Secretary
visited the Logan Elm
Park, Campus Martius, Big Bottom Park,
Fort Laurens and
Spiegel Grove. He attended a most
interesting meeting at the
old Campus Martius house- the former
home of General Israel
Putnam -to accept, for
the Society, a bronze tablet with which
the Daughters of the American Revolution have marked
this
house and site as the most historic in
Ohio.
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"The people of the state should be encouraged more
and
more to visit places of historic interest now under the
custody of
the Society. The reports from five of these indicate
that within
the past year they have been seen by the following
number of
visitors respectively:
State Museum and Library Building ...................
60,000
Fort A ncient
.......................................... 15,000
Serpent M
ound Park ................................. 12,600
Logan Elm Park ..................................... 10,000
Spiegel Grove State Park ............................. 4,500"
The report of the Treasurer was read by Mr. E. F. Wood,
as follows:
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR
THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1921.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand July 1, 1920- including special
funds.......... $5,157
09
Life M
embership Dues
..................................... 423 00
Active Membership Dues ................................... 74 00
Refunded by C. B. Galbreath
............................... 703
36
Books
Sold................................................ 286 76
Subscriptions
.............................................. 23
00
Interest on Permanent Fund .......... ...................... 945 46
Interest ....................................... .......... 100
00
World War Memorial Bldg. Fund thru James M. Cox..... 47,440 21
Interest
on same
........................................... 1,185 60
Interest on Campus Martius Fund
........................... 50
00
From State
Treasurer on Sundry Appropriations ........... 41,201
28
Total Receipts
......................................... $97,589 76
DISBURSEMENTS.
Personal Service:-
Salaries
............................................... $18,949 98
Wages
................................................ 100 00
Supplies:-
Office ................................................ 318
39
Hayes Memorial Building .............................. 40 20
General Plant
.......................................... 166 24
Repairs and Upkeep:-
Main Building at Columbus ............................ 158 37
Fort
Ancient Park
..................................... 250 35
506 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Serpent M ound Park ................................... 161 58
Logan Elm Park.
...................... .............. 239 05
Big Bottom Park .................................... 6 00
W ater R ent
................................................ 75 64
Light, Heat and Power
.................................... 1,794
78
Express,
Freight and Drayage ............................. 10520
Expenses of Trustees and Committees
....................... 457
29
Telephone
Service .............. ............................ 9795
Contingencies:-
Auditing .......................
....................... 35 00
Premium on
Bond .........................
........... 15
00
Fallen Timbers Survey, etc ............................. 75 21
Sundry Expenses
....................................... 75 35
Publications
.............................................. 13,000
00
Field Work
................................................ 499 06
Library Equipment
......................................... 95 91
M useum Equipment
........................................ 747 00
Insurance ................................................. 25 00
Transfers to:-
M emorial
Building Fund
............................... 48,625 81
Campus Martius Fund .................................. 2,200 00
Perm anent Fund
........................................ 1,370 00
Total Disbursements .............................. 93,885 60
Balance on Hand June 30,
1921............................. 3,704
16
$97,589 76
The Permanent Fund now amounts to the sum of $19,880
00.
Respectfully submitted,
E. F. WooD,
Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE AUDITORS,
Mr. Wood then read the report of the Auditors, as
follow:
COLUMBUS, 0HIO,
August 24, 1921.
MR. C. B. GALBREATH, Secretary,
The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society,
Columbus, Ohio.
DEAR SIR:-
In accordance with the request of Mr. E. F. Wood,
Treasurer
of your Society, we have made our annual audit of your
hooks
of account for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and herewith
present our report with schedules supporting same.
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Annual Meeting 507
July 1, 1920,
the balance of the current fund was...........
$5,157 09
The general
cash receipts for the year were.....
$3,791 18
In addition
to this, the World War Memorial
Building Fund
amounting to................ 47,440
21
was received.
The appropriations paid by
the Treasurer
of State amounted to......... 41,201
28
making a
total
of.......................... $92,432 67
Eliminating
the World War Me-
morial
Building Fund of........ $47,440 21
and interest
thereon ............ 1,185 60
$48,625 81
The Campus
Martius Fund of.. 2,200 00
and transfers
to the Permanent
Fund of
...................... 1,370 00
the net
disbursements for the
year amount
to................ 41,689 79
Making a
total expenditure and transfer of..
93,885 60
This shows an
excess of expenditures and transfers over
receipts, in
the Current Fund of................... 1,452
93
which reduces
the balance in the Current Fund to... $3,704
16
on June 30,
1921. Further detail of the Cash Receipts and Dis-
bursements will be
found on page 3 of this report.
The above
balance of the Current Fund is composed of the
following:-
Checking
Account-Capital City Bank .................... $1,287 50
Certificate
of Deposit:-
Ohio State
Savings Association No. 74627 ..............
2,000 00
Savings
Accounts:-
Ohio State
Savings Association No. 40017 .............. 516
66
Ohio State Savings
Association No. 81700.............. 100
00
$3,904 16
Less: Amount
Held for Campus Martius Fund........ 200
00
Total Current
Fund as shown above .................... $3,704
16
508 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Your Permanent Fund is represented by the Ohio State
Savings Association Certificate of Deposit No. 3143
for. $19,880 00
The balance on July 1, 1920, was .................... 18,510
00
An increase for the year of........................... $1,370
00
This resulted from:-
Interest on Permanent Fund ..................... $945
46
Life Memberships ............................ 423
00
Transfer from Current Funds .................... 1
54
Total as
above........................................ $1,370 00
The special funds held are:
The World War Memorial Building Fund, amounting to....
$48,625 81
Composed of:-
Certificate of Deposit-Ohio State Savings Association
No. 872 ..........................................
$47,424 69
Certificate of Deposit-Ohio State Savings Association
No. 2898 ........................................ 1,185 60
Savings Account-Ohio State Savings Association No.
40017 ............................................ 15 52
Total as above ................................... $48,625 81
And the Campus Martins Fund amounting
to................ $2,200
00
Consisting of :-
Certificate of Deposit-Ohio State Savings Association
No. 18056 ....................................... 2,000 00
Amount held in Current Fund ......................... 200
00
Total as above................................... $2,200 00
The Property Investment, as shown by the Balance Sheet
(page 1) is........................................... $569,447 98
The balance July 1, 1920, was .............................. 568,450 02
A n increase of............................................. $997 96
Which is represented by purchases during the year, of:-
B ooks
..........
......................... $95 91
Archaeological and Historical Exhibits....... 247
00
Library and Museum Equipment ............. 540
20
Buildings
and structures ..................... 114 85
Total as above .................................. $997 96
Thirty-Sixth
Annual Meeting 509
Journal entries,
covering this increase to the Society's prop-
erty investment, are
found on page 6* of this report and we would
suggest that proper
ledger accounts be opened and posted with
entries submitted
with this and our reports of 1918, 1919 and
1920.
Checks drawn against
the Current Fund, were examined
and the cash balance has been
reconciled with the bank balance
as shown on page 4.*
The Vouchers covering disbursements were
also examined and
found to be correct. Appropriation balances,
as shown by your
books, were compared with those as shown by
the Auditor of State
and were found to agree.
We found the books of
account to be in their usual neat
and accurate
condition.
Respectfully
submitted,
W. D. WALL,
Certified Public
Accountant.
THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY -BALANCE SHEET AS AT JUNE 30, 1921.
ASSETS.
Cash:
Checking Account
........................ $1,287
50
Savings Account
........................... 632 18
$1,919 68
Certificates of
Deposit:
Current Fund
............................ 2,000
00
Permanent Fund
......................... 19,880
00
Campus Martius Park
Fund ............... 2,000
00
World War Memorial
Building Fund....... 48,610
29
---- 72,490 29
Real Estate:
Land ..................................... $107,640
92
Buildings and
Structures:
Balance June 30,
1921.... $186,378 55
Additions during
year.... 114 85 186,493 40
....... 294,134 32
Equipment and
Exhibits:
House Furniture and
Fixtures............. $32,347 00
Library and
Museum Equipment:
Balance June 30,
1920.... $30,883 37
Additions During
Year... 540 20
_________ 31,423 57
*Page numbers of
typewritten report.
510 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Archaeological and Historical Ex-
hibits:
Balance June 30, 1920 ......... 180,050 00
Additions During Year ........ 247 00
___________180,297 00
Books:
Balance June 30, 1920 ......... 28,800 18
Additions During Year........ 95 91
______28,896 09
Paintings ...................................... 2,000 00
Automobile ..................................
. 350 00
275,313 66
$643,857 95
CONTRA.
Current Fund-E. F. Wood, Treasurer .................... $3,704
16
Permanent
Fund Invested
.................................. 19,880 00
World War Memorial Building Fund Invested
.............. 48,625
81
Campus Martius Fund Invested .............................. 2,200
00
Society's
Property Investment
.............................. 569,447 98
$643,857 95
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY-POST CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE AS AT
JUNE 30, 1921.
Dr. Cr.
World War Memorial Building Fund............ ..........
$48,625 81
Campus Martius ..................... ......... .......... 2,200 00
State
Treasurer
............................... $1,061 72
E. F. W ood, Treasurer ......................... 54,529 97
Cash
.......................................... 3,704 16
Secretary
...................................... 120 02
Superintendent of Buildings ..................... 22
21
Office
Supplies
..............................C-4 2 91
General Plant Supplies .....................C-11 8
63
Repairs .....................................F-1 190 14
W ater ......................................F-3 14 36
Light, Heat and Power....................F-4 167
52
Freight, Express and Drayage ...............F-5 67
Traveling Expense .........................F-6 171
Contingencies ...............................F-8 15 40
Publications ................................F-9 6 48
Field Work ................................F-9 1
39
Additions and Betterments ...................G-2 49
27
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Library Equipment .......................G-31 461 01
Investments
...................................
19,880 00
Permanent Fund .............................. 19,880 00
$75,471 69 $75,471 69
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY-STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DIS-
BURSEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1921.
Balance, July 1, 1920-Current Fund
....................... $5,157 09
RECEIPTS.
Life Membership Dues ......................... $423 00
Active Membership Dues ....................... 74 00
Subscriptions
.................................. 2300
Books Sold .................................... 286 76
Interest on Permanent Fund........ $925 50
Interest on Savings Accounts....... 19 96
Interest on World War Memorial
Building Fund ................ 1,185 60
Interest on Campus Martius Fund.. 100 00
Interest on Current Fund Certificates 50 00
__________2,281 06
Refund on Salary- C. B. Galbreath ............ 703 36
World War Memorial Building Fund ........... 47,440 21
$51,231 39
From State Treasurer on Appropriations........ 41,201 28
Total Receipts
......................................
$92,432 67
$97,589 76
DISBURSEMENTS.
Personal Service:
Salaries ...................... $18,949 98
Wages ....................... 100 00
$19,049 98
Supplies :
Office ........................ $318 39
Hayes' Memorial Building..... 40 20
General Plant ................ 166 24
524 83
512 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Repairs and Upkeep:
Museum and
Library Building. $158
37
Fort Ancient Park............ 250 35
Serpent Mound Park.......... 161 58
Logan Elm Park .............. 239 05
Big Bottom
.................. 6
00
815 35
Insurance ..................................... 25
00
Water ......................................... 75
64
Light, Heat and Power ........................ 1,794
78
Freight, Express and Drayage .................. 105 20
Traveling Expenses ............................ 457
29
Telephones
.................................... 97 95
Contingencies:
Bond Premium
............... $15
00
Auditing
..................... 3500
Telephone and Telegram ....... 4 65
Flowers for Funerals......... 29 30
Fallen Timbers Survey........ 75 21
Sundries ...................... 41 40
----------200 56
Publications ................................... 4,201
24
Reprinting Publications ......................... 13, 000 00
Field Work ................................... 499
06
Library Equipment ........................... 95
91
Museum Collections
........................... 197
00
Museum Equipment
........................... 550
00
Transfers to:
Permanent Fund ............. $1,370 00
World War Memorial Build-
ing Fund ................ 48,625 81
Campus Martius Fund......... 2,200 00
52,195 81
Total
Disbursements
.................................. $93,885 60
Balance on hand, June 30, 1921-Current Fund...... $3,704 16
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY--BANK RECONCILIATION AS AT
JUNE 30, 1921.
Balance as per Pass Book dated July 1, 1921, Citizens'
Trust
and Savings Bank, Capital City
Branch................ $1,339 04
Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting 513
Less Outstanding Checks:
Check No. 2332 ........................... $25 00
Check No. 2333 ........................... 25 00
Check No. 2334 ........................... 1 54
51 54
Net Amount in Checking Account
..................... $1,287 50
Certificates of Deposit:
No. 872-World War Memorial Building
Fund ................................ $47,424 69
No. 2898-World War Memorial Building
Fund ................................ 1,185
60
No. 81056-Campus Martius Park......... 2,000
00
No. 74627- Current Fund ................ 2,000
00
52,610 29
Savings Accounts:
No. 40017 ................................ $532 18
No. 81700 ................................ 100 00
632 18
Total Cash Charged to Treasurer of Society
................ 54,529 97
Less: Special Funds Held:
World War Memorial Building Fund....... $48,625 81
Campus Martius Fund ..................... 2,200 00
50,825 81
Balance Current Fund as per Cash Account
Ledger..... $3,704 16
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY-STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1921.
Balance Amount Ap-
July 1, propriated
Code. 1920. During
Year.
Personal Service:
A-1. Salaries .......................... $1,022 21 $17,895 00
Personal Service:
A-2. W ages
...........................
......... 100 00
C-Supplies:
C-4. Office Supplies .................... 28 80 300 00
Personal Service:
C-11. General Plant Supplies............ 17 175 00
F-1.
Repairs
........................... 56 900
00
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514 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
F-3. W
ater ............... ................ .. . 9000
F-4. Light, Heat and Power............ 62 30 1,900 00
F-5. Freight, Express and Drayage ..... 80 87 150 00
F-6. Traveling Expenses .......
........ ......... 150 00
F-7. Communications .................. ......... 93 00
F-8. Contingencies ..................... 20
47 50 00
F-9. General Plant Service:
Publications
.................. 1,207 72 3,000 00
Explorations and Field Work.. 45 500
00
Reprinting Publications........ 13,000 00 .........
G-Additions and Betterments:
G- 2. Buildings-Shelter House (Serpent
M ound)
...................... 143 45 .........
G-31. Library Equipment ................ 1 21 500 00
G-31. Museum Equipment ............... 475 00 .........
G-31. Capital
Equipment ................ 142 65 .........
G-32. M
iscellaneous ......... ............ 224 44 .........
$16,410 30 $25,803
00
Transfer
Code. of Funds. Total.
Personal Service:
A -1.
Salaries
..........................
......... $18,917 21
Personal Service:
A-2. W
ages ........................... ......... 100 00
C-Supplies:
C-4.
Office Supplies ......
.......... . ......... 328
80
C-Supplies:
C-11. General Plant Supplies ............ ........ 175
17
F-1. Repairs ....... ...................... 900
56
F-3. W
ater ............................ ......... 90 00
F-4. Light, Heat and Power............ ........ 1,962 30
F-5. Freight, Express and Drayage ..... $125 00 105 87
F-6. Traveling Expenses ............... 125 00 275 00
F-7. Communications .................. 4 95 97 95
F-8.
Contingencies
..................... 4 95 65 52
F-9. General Plant Service:
Publications
.................. ......... 4,207
72
Exploration and Field Work. .. ......... 500
45
Reprinting Publications ..... ......... 13,000
00
Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting 515
G-Additions and Betterments:
G-2. Buildings-Shelter House (Serpent
M ound)
...................... .......
. 143 45
G-31. Library Equipment ............... ......... 501 21
G-31. Museum
Equipment ...... ........
......... 475 00
G-31. Capital
Equipment .............. ........ 142 65
G-32.
Miscellaneous
..................... ......... 224
44
$42,213 30
Cash Drawn
from State Balance
Code. Treasurer. Lapsed.
Personal Service:
A-1.
Salaries
..........................
$18,774 98 .........
Personal Service:
A-2. Wages ........................... 100 00 .........
C-Supplies:
C-4. Office
Supplies .................... 325
89 .........
C-Supplies:
C-ll. General Plant Supplies............ 166 54 .........
F-1.
Repairs
.......................... 710 42 .........
F-3. Water .......................... 75 64 .........
F-4. Light,
Heat and Power ........... 1,794
78 .........
F-5. Freight, Express and Drayage..... 105 20 .........
F-6. Traveling Expenses .............. 273 29 .........
F-7. Communications .................. 97 95 .........
F-8. Contingencies ..................... 50 12 .........
F-9. General Plant Service:
Publications . ............. .... 4,201 24 .........
Exploration and Field Work... 499 06 .........
Reprinting
Publications ....... 13,000
00 .........
G-Additions and Betterments:
G-2. Buildings-Shelter House (Serpent
M ound) ............... ........ 94 18 .........
G-31. Library Equipment ............... 40 20 .........
G-31. Museum
Equipment ........ ..... 475 00 .........
G-31. Capital Equipment ................ 142 65 .........
G-32.
Miscellaneous
.................... 224 44 .........
$41,151 58 .........
516 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Balance
Total De- June
30,
Code. ductions. 1921.
Personal Service:
A-1.
Salaries
..........................
$18,774 98 $142
23
Personal Service:
A -2. W
ages ........................... 100
00 .........
C-Supplies:
C-4. Office Supplies .................... 325 89 2 91
C-Supplies:
C-11. General Plant Supplies............. 166
54 8 63
F-1. Repairs ........................... 710 42 190 14
F-3. W ater ............................ 75 64 14 36
F-4. Light, Heat and Power............ 1,794
78 167 52
F-5. Freight, Express and Drayage..... 105
20 67
F-6. Traveling Expenses ............... 273
29 1 71
F-7. Communicati ns .................. 97 95
.........
F-8, Contingencies ..................... 50 12
15 40
F-9. General Plant Service:
Publications
.................. 4,201 24 6 48
Exploration and Field Work... 499 06 1 39
Reprinting Publications........ 13,000 00 .........
G-Additions and Betterments:
G-2. Buildings-Shelter House (Serpent
M ound)
...................... 94 18 4927
G-31. Library Equipment ............... 40
20 461 01
G-31. Museum Equipment ............... 475
00 .........
G-31. Capital Equipment
................ 142 65 .........
G-32. M
iscellaneous ............. ....... 224 44 .........
$41,151 58 $1,061
72
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY- ADJUSTMENT ENTRIES.
B ooks
............................................. $95 91
To Society's Permanent Investment
.......................... $95 91
For expenditure made during year and charged to
Library Equipment, Ledger page 252:
Archaeological and Historical Exhibit
............... 247 00
To Society's Permanent
Investment...........................
247 00
For expenditures made during year and charged as
follows:
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Ledger Page.
Account. Amount.
257 Museum Collections ......... $197 00
260 Museum Equipment......... 50 00
$247 00
Library and Museum Equipment .................... 540 20
To
Society's Permanent Investment
........................... 540 20
For expenditures made during year and charged as
follows:
Ledger Page.
Account. Amount.
190 Supplies-Hayes'
Mem. Bldg. $40 20
260 Museum Equipment......... 500 00
$540 20
Buildings and Structures
........................... 114 85
To Society's Permanent Investment
........................... 114 85
For expenditures made during year and charged to
Logan Elm Repairs-Ledger page 214.
On motion, duly seconded, the Reports of the Treasurer
and
Auditor were ordered approved and placed on file.
CURATOR'S REPORT.
The Report of the Curator, Dr. William C. Mills, was as
follows:
"An increased interest in the museum has been
unmistakably
manifest during the year. This is shown principally by
the in-
crease in the number of visitors, both locally and from
distant
parts of Ohio, as well as other states and various
countries of
Europe.
"The schools of Columbus and near-by towns have
been
making use of the museum by sending classes to it. Upon
their
return topics are assigned in history and archaeology,
fully illus-
trated in the museum. This brings the pupils to the
museum,
individually, perhaps several times before, their theme
is complete
and thus fully establishes the value of the museum as a
part of
the educational system of the state.
PRESENT CONDITION OF THE MUSEUM.
"From time to time during the year we have been
com-
pelled
to store, for a short period, a number of collections that
have been on exhibition for some years, in order that
new col-
lections may be shown. This has proven very
unsatisfactory as
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many persons are disappointed in not
being able to see the speci-
mens previously shown, when they come to
the museum.
"Again I wish to call the attention
of the Society to the
absolute need of an extension to our building, to
adequately ac-
commodate the growing collection in
every department.
"The repairs upon the building have
been more extensive
during the past year than in any recent
year. The roof had to be
entirely gone over with a coat of
tar-paint, and other improve-
ments made upon the parapet walls and
other parts of the build-
ing. This was all done under the
direction of the superintendent
of the building, Mr. Eaton. During the
year the rotunda was
given a coat of paint as well as many of
the walls in the various
rooms of the building which needed
attention. This required the
spare time of the entire force for
approximately two months.
The superintendent of the building is
now painting the floors
in the building. The upper north room in
the archaeological
hall is finished; the south room will be
completed next week.
The audience room has received a new
coat of paint, and the
early settler's room and rotunda room
will receive similar treat-
ment in due time. It has been the habit
of the superintendent
to watch where repairs are needed and
have them made before
any material damage is done, and in this
way we are able to
keep the building in a fine condition at
all times.
"I need only to say that the
working force of the museum
under my direction is perfectly
harmonious in every way and
we have no trouble in keeping the
building and grounds sur-
rounding the building in good condition.
EXPLORATION WORK OF THE SOCIETY.
"When the facts concerning the
explorations by the Society
at the Mound City Group were presented
to the Finance Com-
mittee of the House and Senate, they
granted the request of the
Society for funds sufficient to carry
forward the work at Camp
Sherman, and $2,000 was granted
in 1921
and a
like sum for
1922.
"We anticipate finishing the work
at Camp Sherman as soon
as the buildings are removed from some
of the small mounds,
and when the work of examination is
complete and the report
written you will fully appreciate what a
thorough examination
means to the Society. For years we have
been laboring under
false impression as a result of
interpretations by Squier and
Davis, after their superficial
examination and their report pub-
lished in Ancient Monuments of the
Mississippi Valley, 1846.
This report was sent broadcast over the
country as a public
document, and sanctioned by the
scientific department of our
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government. The Society in its
examination of the mounds and
village sites is looking for facts which can be
revealed only by a
thorough examination and in the case of
Mound City we find
that the interpretation made by Squier and Davis is not
borne
out by our examination.
"During the latter part of August
and the first half of
September, I directed Assistant Curator
Shetrone to go to Ham-
ilton, Butler county, and examine a
burial ground located north
of the city a short distance, and
situated on what is known as
Campbell's Island. Some years ago the
Society came into pos-
session of a number of splendid pieces
of pottery of unmistak-
able Arkansas type, purported to have
been found in graves
dug up from time to time on the island.
The examination by
our survey did not discover any of the
Arkansas type. Dr.
Good, a local collector, presented to
the Society a very large
and fine piece of pottery, and he has in
his cabinet several more
pieces from this same island, but they
represent the large Fort
Ancient Culture, and the pottery found
by our survey is purely
the Fort Ancient Culture. The Campbell
Island site did not
prove to be a large one, and was soon
finished. The survey
then made an examination of the Hine
mound situated on the
farm of Mr. Hine and located five miles
south of Hamilton. The
mound proved to belong to the Fort
Ancient Culture, and several
of the skeletons found in the mound had
pottery placed with
them.
"I consider the field work this
year of special importance,
first, because of information concerning
the great Hopewell
Culture at Mound City, and the Fort
Ancient Culture at Camp-
bell island and at the Hine mound; and,
second, because of the
splendid collection of artifacts found
at Mound City fully illus-
trating the handicraft of this culture,
the highest in Ohio, and
the finding of a number of splendid
pieces of pottery fully
illustrating the handicraft of the Fort
Ancient Culture in Ohio.
"During the year the following
collections have been re-
ceived at the Museum:
ARCHAEOLOGICAL.
"Dr. L. D. Frescoln, Philadelphia,
Pa., presented the re-
mains of an Indian which had been placed
in a tree, northern
Montana.
"Mr. A. C. Spetnagel presented
skeleton from Fairgrounds
Mound, Chillicothe, Ohio.
"Mr. Lowell Roudebush, New
Richmond, Ohio, added a
number of specimens to his collection in
the museum.
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"Mr. J. R. Gragg, Bainbridge, Ohio,
made three different
additions to his collection during the
year.
"Mr. S. W. Courtright, Lancaster,
Ohio, a collector for
many years in his neighborhood near
Lancaster, presented his
collection to the museum; it consisted
of stone axes, pestles,
ceremonials, spears and arrow points.
"Mrs. Almer Hegler, of Washington
C. H., Ohio, added to
the Almer Hegler collection a rare copper
spud-axe, and a cop-
per spear found in Fayette county, Ohio,
1882.
"Mr. E. S. Drake, Columbus, Ohio,
presented pipes and
other specimens from Cherokee, North
Carolina.
"Mr. Park Johnston, of Brownsville,
Ohio, presented a fine
spear point, five and one-quarter inches
in length, found on
Flint Ridge.
"Dr. Joseph H. Todd, of Wooster,
Ohio, presented his en-
tire collection of archaeological
specimens, found in Wayne
county and along the head-waters of the
Muskingum river, which
represents the result of over sixty
years of vigilant collecting.
Dr. Todd examined many mounds and
village sites, and the
collection is rich in fine specimens of
axes, celts, banner stones,
bird stones, ceremonial axes, hammers,
pestles and objects taken
from mounds and graves of the region.
The collection has not
been cataloged, but it will number not
far from 25,000 specimens.
"Mr. H. S. Kanmacker, of Peru,
South America, but
formerly of Columbus, Ohio, presented a
number of Peruvian
pottery vessels taken from the old
Peruvian graves, as well as
more than thirty-five pieces of woven
fabrics taken from the
graves.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
"Mr. W. A. Harris, of Jamestown,
Ohio, presented framed
certificate of service to one
hundred-day men, Ohio volunteers,
signed by Abraham Lincoln, President of
the United States; also
a Confederate $20 bill.
"Mrs. Silas Martin, Columbus,
presented a painting by
Professor Silas Martin, known as 'The
Might of the Republic;'
also a collection of mounted birds,
placed under glass. The
mounting was done by Oliver Davey, a
noted naturalist and
taxidermist of Columbus.
"Mr. David J. Pugh, Columbus,
presented relics from the
Italian war zone, collected by Mr. Pugh
during the World War.
"Mr. William North, Columbus, presented an old Miller
musket, made in Meriden, Connecticut,
1864.
"Mr. W. A. Ireland, Columbus,
presented an old wooden
door-lock, which was presented to him by Patsy O'Brien
who
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took it from the cabin of his
grandfather, William Haines, who
lived near Harveysburg, Ohio.
"Mr. J. A. Raynor, Piqua, Ohio,
presented a number of
pioneer relics from Miami county.
"Mr. D. E. Hollis, Ashtabula, Ohio,
presented a fragment
of silk flag carried by the 25th 0. V.
I., Civil War.
"Mr. William A. Marshall, Columbus,
deposited his col-
lection of fire-arms, consisting of
revolvers, pistols and guns.
This collection is of unusual size and
interest, containing prac-
tically all the early forms of small
firearms.
"Mr. Herbert Brooks, Columbus,
presented a framed Amer-
ican symbolical engraving, entitled
'Triumph of Liberty,' and
dated 'New York, September, 1793.'
"The Ohio State University
presented the first automobile
in Columbus, used by Campbell
Chittenden.
"Mr. C. L. Adkins, Dayton, Ohio,
presented a model of a
Civil War ram-steamboat, used on the
Mississippi river by the
United States during the Civil War.
"Miss Betsy Kauffman, Columbus,
presented Indian beaded
bag, an Eskimo fishing tackle, and
Chinese slippers.
"Mr. John Marshall, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, presented
pioneer Columbus items, photographs and
announcements.
"Mr. C. G. Watson, Columbus, presented
a collection of
sea mosses from the California coast.
"Miss Lulie Jones, Columbus, sent
from Honolulu a box of
shells, corals and other natural history
objects.
"Mrs. James Osborne, Columbus,
presented a number of
pioneer relics.
"Lieutenant D. E. Stuber, Columbus,
added a number of
relics to his collection from overseas.
"Received from the State Auditor's
office framed photo-
graphs of the State Board of
Equalization, 1880, 1881 and 1890;
also two war service banners.
"Mr. J. R. Vernon, Salem, Ohio,
presented a set of old
brass handcuffs, said to be the first
used in the Ohio penitentiary.
"Mr. Thomas Kirk, Columbus,
presented a dressed doll of
an early date.
"Mr. O. D. Brandenburg, Madison,
Wisconsin, presented a
sword and sash of Captain V. Dornek, Co.
K., 15th Ohio In-
fantry.
"Mrs. L. J. Beauchamp, Hamilton,
Ohio, presented an old
flute, used in 1716.
"Mr. Eugene Whitmore, Columbus,
presented a number of
geological specimens.
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"Lieutenant O. H. Griffin, 2716
Westerville Road, presented
a very large collection of overseas
relics, collected by him on
the battle fields of France.
"Mr. G. M. Finckel, Columbus, Ohio,
presented army bis-
cuits brought from the war zone by Mr.
Carl Fishback, Co-
lumbus.
"Dr. E. C. Mills added a number of
archaeological and
historical specimens to the collection
of his father, the late
William B. Mills.
"Mr. H. P. Legg, presented an
ox-yoke and spinning wheel,
to be added to his already large
collection.
"Mr. G. R. Waitley, Worthington,
Ohio, presented a num-
ber of anthropological and historical
specimens, consisting of
objects from western Indian battle
fields.
"Mr. W. W. Ladd, of Bookwalter,
Fayette county, presented
a strand of fence wire, twisted together
by the cyclone which
visited that region in March, 1917.
"I wish to express my deep
appreciation to the Trustees for
their kind consideration during the past
year.
"WM. C. MILLS."
On motion, duly seconded, the report was
ordered received
and placed on file.
Mr. Galbreath moved, and it was carried,
that the chairman
of the meeting appoint a committee of
three to nominate can-
didates to fill the vacancies which now
exist on the Board of
Trustees. The chair appointed Col. Webb
C. Hayes and Messrs.
Arthur C. Johnson and H. R. McPherson.
Mr. D. J. Ryan, for the
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS
reported that the manuscript of the
first volume of the Diaries
and Letters of President Rutherford B.
Hayes is in the hands
of the printer; the volume is partly in
type, and the galleys have
been proof read. The editing was done by
Professor Charles
Richard Williams, of Princeton, who was
the biographer of
Rutherford B. Hayes. He has taken all
the letters and diaries,
from 1833 to 1893, edited them, arranged
them in regular form,
is reading the proof and attending to
all the literary work con-
nected with their publication. I can report progress on that
matter. Our regular publications are
progressing as they have
for years. The Secretary is editing the
Quarterly and getting
it out on time.
The report was accepted and ordered
placed on file.
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The Committee on the Library had no
report to make.
None of the members of the Committee on
Historical Sites
being now alive, no report was made.
FORT ANCIENT
Prof. B. F. Prince read the report of
the Committee on
Fort Ancient, as follows:
Two attempts were made during the year
to have a meet
ing of the entire Committee on Fort
Ancient at that place, but
the members were unable to meet at the
time named. The
Chairman made a number of visits during the year.
"The grounds are in the usual good
condition. The fencing
is not in good repair. It has been years
since most of it has
been built. The time has come now when a
larger appropriation
of funds must be made for repairs. With
the number of visitors
that go to the Park daily, the state
owes it to itself to have
everything in good shape. But this
cannot be done unless the
funds are adequate to the demands. The
fences around the
house and barns should be renewed. The
visitor should get his
first impression of the Fort, by seeing
a neatly kept lawn, with
all immediate surroundings in first
class condition. This cannot
be done without an expenditure of means.
To get these will
require a strong effort on the part of
this Society, to impress
the Legislature of the state with the
amount of funds required
for the betterment of its own property
at Fort Ancient.
"Another demand which has been
presented before, is for
the erection of a modest house for the
use of the employe of the
custodian. Such person should be
conveniently near to assist
and relieve at times when the custodian
must be absent from the
Fort.
"Let it be remembered that the days
of the horse and car-
riage have passed and that the auto has
made people forty
and even sixty miles away visitors, who
come with their ques-
tions, wants and desires, all of which
must receive attention.
The Society should bring this matter to
the attention of the
state authorities.
"The shelter house also needs
attention. The floor which
was put down twenty-eight years ago is
getting in a dilapidated
condition, but I think that there is
still money enough in the
fund to the credit of the Fort to re-lay
the floor, which work will
be done yet this season.
"The number of persons who visited
the Fort during the
past year was about 15,000.
Special expenses for the year were as
follows:
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L
um ber ...................................................... 10 20
Roof of House............................................... 22 88
L
im e ........................................................ 6 06
F
ence ....................................................... 73
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40
"(Signed) B. F. PRINCE."
The
report was ordered received and placed on file.
Professor
Prince added that he visited the Fort, accom-
panied
by Representative Charles S. Kay, on last Wednesday.
Mr.
Kay had never visited the Fort before, and was greatly im-
pressed
with its importance and its condition.
He expressed
the
belief that more money should be appropriated by the State
to
care for this 300 acre park.
SPIEGEL
GROVE
Col.
Webb C. Hayes read the Report of the Committee on
Spiegel
Grove, as follows:
"On
behalf of the Spiegel Grove Committee I beg leave
to
submit the following report:
"The
twenty-five acres comprising Spiegel Grove State
Park
was deeded to the State of Ohio for the use and benefit
of
The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society on
March
30, 1909, with two subsequent deeds. All the remaining
real
estate in Sandusky County owned on that date by the donor
of
Spiegel Grove was deeded in trust, on April 3, 1909, to a
'Trustee
for Spiegel Grove,' with full power to handle, manage,
control
and sell the same, for the benefit of the Spiegel Grove
properties.
I was the original Trustee for Spiegel Grove but
resigned
on leaving for the World War in 1917, and appointed
The
Union Trust Company of Cleveland as my successor as
Trustee
for Spiegel Grove. The net proceeds from the sale of
real
estate $35,000, is now held in the Spiegel Grove Trust Fund,
and
there remains unsold real estate in town allotments to the
possible
value, at current prices when sold, of about $100,000.
The
income from the Trust Fund on account of real estate is
used
toward upkeep, care and maintenance of the Spiegel Grove
Park
including the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum and
the
Hayes residence, which is to be maintained as a typical
American
Home of the last half of the Nineteenth Century, and
used
for residential purposes only. Any income from the sale of
real
estate in excess of that required for the maintenance of the
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Spiegel Grove properties is to be added
to the income received
from a fifty thousand dollar endowment
fund for the purchase of
books for the Hayes Memorial Library.
The State of Ohio
appropriated $50,000 toward the erection
of a fireproof library
building, but $10,000 of this sum was
contributed for the paving of
the three city streets on the three
sides of the Spiegel Grove State
Park. The Memorial Building has cost as
it stands today about
$100,000, and an addition in
architectural harmony has been ar-
ranged for which will double the
capacity of the Museum, and
have a stack-room capacity of 200,000 books. The
estimated
cost of $50,000 has been pledged and the
building will be erected
just as soon as the city of Fremont
fulfills its promises to pro-
vide city water for the lakes in the
park and the prescribed fire
protection to be secured by connecting
up the dead ends of water
lines, on Buckland Avenue and Hayes
Avenue, through the
Soldiers' Memorial Parkway, originally
dedicated by the Trustee
for Spiegel Grove, which was a condition
precedent to the be-
ginning of work on the Hayes Memorial
Building some ten years
ago.
An interesting feature of the proposed
stack-room addition
is the incorporation within it of a
reproduction of the present
library room of Dr. Charles Richard
Williams of Princeton, New
Jersey, the biographer of Rutherford B.
Hayes, who is now
editing "Sixty Years of Diaries and
Letters of President Hayes,
1833-1893," which are soon to be
published in the 'Hayes Series'
of The Ohio State Archaeological &
Historical Society publica-
tions. The Hayes series will include the
two volumes of Dr.
Williams' Life of Rutherford B. Hayes,
and perhaps four or
five volumes of Diaries and Letters. Dr.
Williams has hereto-
fore presented to the Society the plates
of the Life of Hayes and
is now completing the editing of the
Diaries and Letters. Cu-
riously enough, Dr. Williams' library
room, which is to be re-
produced, was formerly the library room
of President Woodrow
Wilson during his entire term as
Governor of New Jersey and
then until his inauguration as President
of the United States,
and the house itself was erected on
property belonging to Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland after his
retirement from Washington to
Princeton.
"The Spiegel Grove State Park, the
Hayes Memorial library
and Museum, and the Hayes Residence have
all been kept in fine
condition during the absence of the
Chairman of the Spiegel
Grove Committee while visiting the
battlefields of France and
Belgium, during which time the Vice
Chairman, Mr. Irvin T.
Fangboner, of Fremont, gave careful
attention and supervision
to the property. The only untoward event happening
during his
temporary absence on business for the
day was an attempt by
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the Fremont Home Telephone Company and
the Ohio Power
Company, * * * * * , who succeeded in
erecting a line of
poles with temporary wires, unattached,
however, along the
beautiful front of the State Park.
Previous attempts were made
by these companies, some years ago, but
an arrangement was
made by which a right of way was given
them through property
of the Trustee for Spiegel Grove, which
answered every purpose
of those companies and supplied every
patron on Buckland
Avenue within the corporate limits of
Fremont with telephone
and electric connection.
"A special meeting of the Spiegel
Grove Committee was
called, and after all the members of it,
together with our Presi-
dent, had assented thereto, a temporary
injunction was applied
for and granted, looking to the removal
of poles and wires, the
committee retained Mr. Harry E. Garn, of
Fremont, to draw the
petition and the matter has since been
formally laid before the
Attorney General who will have charge of
the case, by President
Campbell. * * * It is urged that President Campbell, and
Messrs. Ryan and Treadway of the Spiegel
Grove Committee,
all lawyers, be appointed to help in
securing prompt action by
the Attorney General, and to represent
the Society in this action.
The present General Assembly of Ohio
appropriated $500
for metallic book-shelves and drawers in
which the valuable
papers belonging to the Society can be
stored, and also appro-
priated $1200 for a Librarian and
Cataloguer. This sum, how-
ever, has proved to be insufficient to
secure the services of a
trained cataloguer, which the quality of
the books and manu-
scripts demand, and it is hoped that an
additional sum will be
secured.
"During the past year, between four
and five thousand vis-
itors have been served, and the present
librarian very much de-
sires to have a register for visitors
provided by the Society.
"Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) WEBB C. HAYES,
"Chairman Spiegel Grove Conmmittee."
The report, on motion duly carried, was
received and placed
on file.
LOGAN ELM PARK
Mr. Frank Tallmadge read the report of
the Committee on
Logan Elm Park, as follows:
"We report an increased number of
visitors during the
present season, probably reaching ten
thousand, if we add to
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the registration those who enter the
Park and do not take the
trouble to write their names in the
register.
"We renew our recommendations of
last December for the
acquisition of additional acreage in the
manner as then outlined,
the necessity for which has become more
apparent. We recom-
mend that no automobiles be allowed
north of the cabin and to
this end a permanent barricade be placed
to prevent the same;
that a line be drawn to run from the
creek to the west fence
at the cabin. This will give space for
pedestrians to move about
from the tree to the memorials.
Otherwise the automobiles stop
in the bottom of the wedge (the Park
unfortunately being in the
shape of the letter 'V'). All visitors
should be allowed free
access to read the inscriptions. The
barricade such as proposed
will be more effective than an
ever-present custodian. This
barricade plan was used two years ago
when the Logan Memorial
was dedicated and was effective.
"We recommend a third tablet to be placed on the Cresap
Memorial to contain the names of
additional persons who were
present at the Treaty. Our Secretary and
Librarian has the
names of nine so present, not recorded
on the original tablet.
Among them, Col. Crawford, Col. Andrew
Lewis and others al-
most as prominent. It has been suggested
after the additional
names of those present are placed on the
glacial rock to have at
the Park a reunion of descendants of all
those present at the
Treaty.
"The roots of the Elm suffer from
the tramping of feet of
the visitors and have become exposed.
The bare places should
have a covering of earth. Your attention
is called to a recent
photograph of the tree which indicates
its continued growth and
vigor.
"Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) "FRANK TALLMADGE,
"Chairman."
Mr. Tallmadge stated that no complete
list of the soldiers
and officers present when the Dunmore
treaty was made exists.
Lord Dunmore had fifteen hundred, and
Col. Andrew Lewis had
fifteen hundred soldiers. Cornstock had
only fifteen hundred
and the English but three hundred. That
was the reason they
desired peace. It is encouraging to
discover additional names,
because no other list will ever be
known. The Indian trail from
the Ohio River to the Shawnee villages
two miles north of the
Logan Elm, ran on the west side of Congo
Creek, about fifty
feet from the trunk of the Logan Elm.
Mr. Sharp, an elderly
gentleman who lives within a mile of the
Logan Elm, told me
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(Tallmadge) that his father had shown
him that Indian trail,
plainly visible when he was a boy. Of course it had
been
plowed since, but it should be marked - the people
should have
the historical facts. This could be placed on the
additional tablet
our Secretary intends to have placed on the memorial,
which will
give the additional names mentioned. There is no doubt
about
the location of the trail, and no doubt concerning its
being
visible when Mr. Sharp was a boy.
MR. BOOTH : "I wish to make a
motion which I think is
pertinent to the report just made by Mr.
Tallmadge, the Chair-
man of the Committee. I move that a committee of three
be
appointed by the Chairman, not to
include myself, to consider
and report at a future meeting of this
Society upon the advis-
ability of securing more land to be
added to the present Logan
Elm Park, which I believe consists of
four and three-tenths
acres."
The motion was seconded.
MR. BOOTH: "In support of that
motion I would like to
say that the Logan Elm is the most
historic tree in the United
States, west of the Allegheny Mountains.
It is probably two
hundred and fifty years old, or more;
the girth measure, at a
considerable distance above the ground,
is more than twenty-two
feet; the spread of the branches from
tip to tip has been variously
stated; it is claimed by some who have
visited the tree and claim
they have taken measurements, to be one
hundred and sixty-five
feet. I helped measure it about a year
ago, with a tape-line, I
did not make it quite so large as that.
The branches extend
in one direction so far that the stock
in the adjoining pasture may
reach over and clip off the ends of the
branches. This should
be avoided in the future, if possible.
Therefore there should be
additional land acquired on the west
side of the present acreage,
and because of the little stream running
about forty feet from
the trunk of the tree on the north, or
northwest, side, and as the
roots of the tree drink from that stream
the Park should be ex-
tended west and northwest, that we may
control the stream for a
greater distance. I remember my service
on the Board of
Trustees of the Ohio State University
with Hon. Rutherford B.
Hayes - and I hope I will not offend
anybody when I say he
was not only the most distinguished but
most efficient member
of that Board of Trustees during its
history - and he discussed
with me the proposition I am now about
to state. It had his
approval then, and I am sure would have
it now. That is, if
that Park is to be worthy of maintenance
by the State of Ohio,
something should be done similar to what
was done to make
Mt. Vernon the historic spot it is. In
other words, there ought
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to be more land, a greater variety of
forest growth promoted -
trees can be maintained there in honor
of great citizens of Ohio.
We have a few monuments. We have one
great tree. It will
eventually die, and are we to leave it
then the Logan Elm Park,
with a few little monuments, or shall we
make it a Logan Elm
Park worthy of commemorating the great
historic event which
gives to it its name? The adoption of my
motion will cost
nothing in money, it is simply a
proposition to put in concrete
form what the policy of this Society
shall be with reference to
Logan Elm Park."
MR. BAREIS: "It is strange there is
but one tree."
MR. BOOTH: "Other trees have been
planted, but did not
thrive-you cannot get trees to thrive on
thirty-five dollars a
year. I also note that with many times
that appropriation avail-
able, the trees on the grounds of the
State House present a
sorry appearance, and that the condition
of those trees is a
disgrace to the people of the State of
Ohio."
The motion for the appointment of the
special committee
carried. Chairman Bareis stated he would
ask President Camp-
bell to appoint the committee later.
SERPENT MOUND
The report of the Committee on Serpent
Mound was read
by Mr. Cole, as follows:
"The Committee on Serpent Mound
Park beg leave to re-
port that the property is in excellent
condition. The Custodian,
Mr. Guy Wallace, has been diligent and
efficient in the care of
the Park.
"During the current year 12,600
visitors registered, and
the Custodian estimates that the number
not registering at 1,000.
The large registration is secured by existing
conditions. The
chief attraction being the Serpent
Effigy, a booth has been erected
at the entrance of the effigy enclosure,
where visitors can con-
veniently and comfortably register.
"During the year the entrance to
the Park has been improved
by placing concrete balls on the
columns, and indestructible
signs bearing the legend 'Serpent Mount
Park.'
"A solid concrete wall has been
placed under the shelter
house and museum, to take the place of
the pillars on which, for
lack of funds, at the time, the building
was placed. All is now
substantial and enduring.
"During the year the observation
tower, erected to afford
an ample view of the Serpent Effigy, has
been given a coat of
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paint. The barn roof has also been
painted; the building and
the fences have been whitewashed.
"Paint has been purchased for
painting the residence and
other buildings at the Park, and as soon as he can
conveniently
do so, the Custodian will paint the
buildings.
"The trees planted in the Park are
doing well and soon the
plateau, which was under cultivation
when the ground was pur-
chased, will be reforested, and will be
one of the most beautiful
of the State Parks.
"It has been the policy of your
Committee in the administra-
tion of the Park to increase interest
and information concerning
the work of the Society, and toward this
end the Museum has
been established in the Shelter House,
which is earnestly com-
mended to the fostering care of the
Society.
"To the same end, that of
disseminating information, the
Committee has prepared some inexpensive
but reliable literature
for sale at the Park. This literature
consists of a map and
guide of the Great Serpent Mound, a
pamphlet of twenty-five
pages; a large folding card, six by
fourteen inches, on one side
of which is a large cut of the Effigy,
and on the reverse side a
map of the Park together with historical
and descriptive notes
of interest to the general reader.
During the current year, to
meet a growing demand, the Committee has
prepared a regular
post card of the Effigy containing cut
and descriptive matter.
This literature is without expense to
the Society, it being sold
at a price sufficient to cover the cost
of printing.
"Of this literature thirteen
hundred copies have been sold
during the past year.
"The chief object of attraction at
the Park is, and always
will be, the wonderful, mysterious,
thought-provoking Serpent
Effigy! There it lies, prone upon the
plateau, as it has lain for
centuries, puzzling the archaeologist,
who racks his brain in his
efforts to make it give up its secrets,
which probably will never
be known till that Great Day when 'we
shall know as we also
are known.'
"Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) "W. H. COLE,
"WM. C. MILLS,
"Committee."
No formal report was made by the
Committee on
BIG BOTTOM PARK
but Curator Mills stated he had visited
the Park during the fall
and found it in splendid condition.
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FORT MIAMI, FORT MEIGS AND THE
BATTLEFIELD OF
FALLEN TIMBERS
The report of the Committee on Fort
Meigs, Fort Miami
and the Battlefield of Fallen Tnmbers,
was read by the Secretary.
"The only important action during
the past year of your
Committee on Fort Miami, Fort Meigs and
battle field of Fallen
Timbers was the recording and delivery
to your Secretary of the
deed to a suitable site for a monument
marking the battle of Fallen
Timbers, and commemorating the
achievements of Mad Anthony
Wayne, one of the greatest Military
Commanders and accom-
plished diplomats of the early history
of our country.
"Your Committee was naturally
disappointed to learn that
the Board deemed it inopportune to
request from the last legis-
lature an appropriation for landscaping
and monumenting, which
under the terms of the gift of land must
be completed within
a period of seven (7) years, but we hope
for definite action
along these lines in the near future.
"In anticipation of such action we
have secured and here-
with submit for your critical inspection
a suggestion for an
equestrian statue of General Wayne which
may prove acceptable
to your Board - a beautiful conception
and quite different from
the tall, graceful shaft at Fort Meigs,
in plain view across the
Maumee River.
"In the passing of Dr. Wright, our
much esteemed friend
and fellow member of this Committee, we
have met with a dis-
tinct loss. His place will be difficult
to fill. His vast fund of
historic information and his modest,
quiet way of imparting it,
were a source of inspiration to the
Committee. His pleasing
personality made collaboration with him
a delightful task. With
sorrowing heart we record this slight
tribute to his memory.
"Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) "W. J. SHERMAN,
"Chairman."
The report was ordered received and
placed on file.
WARREN COUNTY SERPENT MOUND
Professor Cole stated that he was a
member of the Warren
County Serpent Mound Committee, by appointment some
years
ago. Dr. Dunham, however, assumed the burden of the
work.
There is not much to report. The
condition of the Serpent
Effigy is about the same as it has been for some time.
Nothing
can be done in the way of securing title
to the land, at this time.
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The present occupant of the property has
a life estate only, but
while he lives no deed can be secured.
Dr. Dunham has relatives
living in the vicinity of the mound, and
agreed to keep track of
the matter and as soon as the property
was for sale to report
that fact to the Society.
FORT LAURENS
Col. W. L. Curry read the report of the
Committee on
Fort Laurens, as follow:
"The Committee appointed to
investigate the condition of
the land surrounding Fort Laurens,
purchased by the state, and
to use their influence on behalf of the
Society to secure an ap-
propriation for improvement, take
pleasure in filing their report.
"It was ascertained that the land
purchased by the state
is a beautiful tract located on the west
bank of the Tuscarawas
river, containing twenty-eight and a
fraction acres.
"A few years ago the citizens of
the village of Bolivar and
vicinity erected an arch marking the
site of the fort with an in-
scription giving the date of erection of
the fort, the date
evacuated, and the date of the purchase
of the land by the State.
There is also planted on either side of
the arch a number of
beautiful oak trees.
"When the legislature convened in
January, 1921, members
of the Committee had a conference with
Hon. Oscar M. Hines,
member of the Legislature representing
Tuscarawas county. As
the members of the Committee were very
desirous that an ap-
propriation should be made for the
improvement of the Park,
Mr. Hines introduced a bill asking for
an appropriation of $3,000
for that purpose; the Committee pledged
their support in favor
of the bill.
"Your Committee then appealed to
members of the Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution
for their influence. A
meeting of the Board of Managers was
held, and a number of
prominent members of the Society took
the matter up with mem-
bers of the Legislature, and the
appropriation was made for the
full amount requested.
"In conferring with citizens
interested, residing near where
the fort is located, it was found that they generally
were in favor
of erecting a substantial fence around
the grounds, also building
a good boulevard, and planting trees to
beautify the park, as the
first improvements. It is suggested that these citizens
should be
consulted by the Committee appointed to
superintend the im-
provements. Your Committee has found in
their conference
with citizens and officials, that many
persons are not familiar
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with the history of Fort Laurens.
Therefore, a brief synopsis
along historical lines may be of
interest to many citizens.
"The fort was erected by command of
General Washington,
and is located in Tuscarawas county,
Ohio, about one mile be-
low the village of Bolivar on the west
bank of the Tuscarawas
river, and was erected in November and
December, 1778. Gen-
eral McIntosh superintended the
construction, and had under his
command 1200 troops of the American army. It
was the first
fort erected west of the Ohio river
during the war of the
Revolution, and was named for the
President of Congress.
When the fort was completed, a garrison
of 150 soldiers of the
13th Virginia Infantry was stationed in
the fort for defense.
During the winter of 1778-1779, they
were besieged by a large
force of Indians under the renegade,
Simon Girty. This little
band of brave Americans suffered from
intense cold and hunger
but held their position against the
attacks of the Indians, during
all of that winter, with a loss of
fourteen by death.
"Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) "W. L. CURRY,
"F. W. TREADWAY,
"Committe."
On motion the report was ordered
received and placed on
file.
Curator Mills reported that Mr.
Kettering, who secured the
Great Miamisburg Mound for the Society,
is engaged in im-
proving the land, and making a park of
it. As soon as this
work is finished he expects to turn the
property over to the
Society. Just how soon this will be done
is uncertain, but the
property will be in excellent condition when we receive
it.
Secretary Galbreath stated that his
report as Secretary
covered the report of the Committee on Campus Martius.
COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY.
Curator Mills read the Report of the
Committee on
Necrology, as follows:
"The committee on necrology regrets
to report the follow-
ing deaths during the year:
"Mr. Lindsay Cremeans, Berlin Cross
Roads, Jackson
County, Ohio. Mr. Cremeans was a patron of the Society,
pre-
senting a fine collection of
archaeological specimens a number of
years ago. His death occurred on the
20th of September, 1917,
but we were not notified of this fact
until this year.
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"Mr. Brainerd B. Thresher, of
Dayton, Ohio, died in 1920.
He was a collector of archaeological
material and a life member
of the Society.
"Dr. H. A. Thompson, Dayton, Ohio,
was a life member,
and very active in the early days of the
Society. Dr. Thompson
was at one time a Trustee of the
Society, and very faithful and
efficient in his work in its behalf.
"Professor Samuel C. Derby died
March 28, 1921. Profes-
sor Derby was one of the charter members
of the Society; his
death leaves Mr. D. H. Gard the only
surviving charter member.
Professor Derby was very much interested
in the general welfare
of the Society.
"Professor George Frederick Wright,
Oberlin, Ohio, was
a life member, past president and
president emeritus at the time
of his death, April 20, 1921. Professor
Wright was deeply in-
terested in every phase of the Society's
work. Tributes to his
memory were published in the April
number of the QUARTERLY.
"Mr. B. D. Hills, Rochester, New
York, life member, died
April 18, 1921. Mr. Hills formerly lived
in Columbus, and
while here took a deep interest in the
Society's welfare.
"Mrs. Alice E. Peters, Columbus,
Ohio, a life member, died
April 11, 1921.
"Professor George B. Kauffman, life
member, died April 28,
1921.
"Miss Anna E. Riordan, life member,
Columbus, died May
18, 1921.
"Mr. Aaron A. Ferris, life member,
attorney, living at
Granville, Ohio, died November 9, 1920.
"Rev. Byron R. Long, Columbus, Ohio,
a life member of
the Society and a man greatly interested
in its work, died
August 8, 1921.
"Mr. E. R. Montfort, life member,
Cincinnati, died August
12, 1921.
"Mr. Randolph S. Warner, Columbus,
life member of the
Society, died October 4, 1921.
"Mr. Florian Giaque, life member,
Cincinnati, died May
8, 1921.
"Dr. Franklin H. Darby, life
member, died August 29, 1921.
(Signed) "WM. C. MILLS."
The Committee on Nominations, by its
Chairman, Col. Webb
C. Hayes, placed in nomination as
Trustees of the Society, for
terms which expire in 1924, George F. Bareis, Canal
Winchester;
Beman G. Dawes and Edwin F. Wood, both
of Columbus,
Col. Edward Orton, Jr., was nominated to
fill the vacancy caused
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by the death of President Emeritus
George Frederick Wright,
which term expires in 1923. On motion of
Governor Campbell,
the above named members of the Society
were duly elected
trustees for the terms named.
Col. Webb C. Hayes stated that he
desired to recommend
the appointment by the President of a
committee to supervise the
erection of a "World War
Annex" to the Museum Building, said
annex to be built and paid for from
funds now on hand and to
be used for the preservation of World
War relics now on hand
and to be received.
Mr. Wood seconded the recommendation,
which was duly
carried.
The Committee on World War History made
no report,
President Campbell stating that he was
not aware that he was
chairman of that committee, and
therefore prepared no report.
Col. W. L. Curry, a member of the
committee, stated that he is
in correspondence with various veterans
of the World War,
and is endeavoring to have a history of
the 166th Ohio Regiment
written, that regiment having been
originally the 14th Ohio, the
old regiment of Col. Curry.
Professor Prince introduced
Representative Charles S. Kay
of Clark County who made an appreciative
and encouraging ad-
dress. He described with much interest a
recent visit to Serpent
Mound and urged better appropriations by
the General Assembly.
Mr. Kay's address was received with
manifestations of cordial
approval.
FORT AMANDA
Secretary Galbreath reported that Fort
Amanda, located
near the boundry between Allen and
Auglaize counties, is now
in the custody of the Society.
Mr. Galbreath spoke as follows:
"The General Assembly appropriated
$2800 to be expended
by this Society in improvements at Fort
Amanda and the pur-
chase of real estate adjacent thereto.
This virtually places an-
other historic site under the control
and care of the Society. A
monument a few years ago was erected
there under the direction
of a committee appointed by the
Governor. This Society is now
to have charge of the monument, site and
adjacent property
when purchased. Of course it is not
necessary to suggest that
it will be in order to appoint a
committee on Fort Amanda."
MR. RYAN:
"I wish to present a matter to the
Society.
Professor Charles Richard Williams, who
wrote the two volume
biography of Rutherford B. Hayes, and now has entire
charge of
the editing of the Diaries and Letters of President
Hayes, has
been working on the last named
publication for two years. This
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is entirely a labor of love on his part;
he received no compensa-
tion either from this Society or Col.
Hayes. The work will be
one of the most valuable contributions
to American political
literature since Blaine wrote his Twenty
Years in Congress. It
is going to create a sensation when
published. President Hayes
came to the Presidency in one of the
most trying periods in our
history. In his diaries he has written
his whole heart feelings
on that period. One of the most
interesting things in it is the
appointment of his cabinet. When Mr.
Harding was making
up his cabinet I read over this matter
of the formation of the
cabinet of Hayes. He was here as
Governor. He states in his
diary on February 17th that
he would never consider any recom-
mendation for a membership in the
cabinet until it was deter-
mined whether he was going to be
President. In the meantime
he gives the names of men who came to
see him and urged this ap-
pointment and that appointment but Mr. Hayes refused to
consider
any appointment until February 26th,
when the first vote indicated
how the contest was going. Don Cameron
of Pennsylvania was
one of the great Republican senators,
Mr. Blaine was a powerful
senator, as was Mr. Morton of Indiana.
The great Republican
senators undertook to control his
nominations for his cabinet.
One by one he turned down each of the
great Republican sen-
ators. This statement is intended to
give you an idea of the im-
portance of the work being done at
Princeton, N. J. It was
important that this work should be done
by a man capable of
doing it. I do not believe we had a man
in Ohio capable of doing
it. I think within the next year we will
have these diaries and
letters ready for publication. I now
move, as a matter of appre-
ciation of the work being done by Mr.
Williams, that he be made
a life member of this Society as a mark
of recognition of his
literary work in the preparation of the
diaries of Rutherford B.
Hayes." Carried.
Mr. Claude Meeker, Chairman of the
Library Committee,
being absent, Mr. Ryan stated that a
report would be prepared
and submitted at a later date.
On motion of Governor Campbell the Board
of Trustees
was requested to create a committee on
publicity.
Mr. Johnson urged a vigorous campaign to
extend the mem-
bership and influence of the Society and
that its functions be
reorganized. He made a motion that the
Society refer this mat-
ter to the Board of Trustees for such
action as it sees fit to take.
Mr. Wood seconded the motion which,
after thorough discussion,
was unanimously carried.
Mr. Walter D. McKinney stated that he is
arranging to
transfer to the Society the original oil
painting of Simon Kenton.
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This is the only painting made from life
of Kenton and was de-
signed originally for the state of
Kentucky. It was painted
in 1785 and will be a valuable addition
to the portraits now in
the possession of the Society.
MR. GALBREATH: "I desire to offer an
amendment to the
Constitution, as follows:
"Resolved, That Section 2, Article III of the Constitution
be amended by the addition of the
sentence 'Seven members of
the Board of Trustees shall constitute a
quorum'."
The motion was duly seconded and
carried.
Mr. Wood offered the following amendment
to the Con-
stitution:
"Resolved, That Section I, Article III of the Constitution
be amended by the addition of the
following paragraph:
"'The Governor of the State of Ohio
shall be ex-officio a
member of the Board of Trustees of the
Society; also the Super-
intendent of Public Instruction as
provided by the "administra-
tive code", approved April 26,
1921.'"
The amendment was duly carried.
MR. WOOD: "I move that the
President and Secretary be
requested to send a message to President
Harding and to Secre-
tary of State Hughes, on behalf of this
Society, expressing the
sympathy of the Society with the
purposes of the coming con-
ference on limitation of armament, and
our earnest hope that
the purposes of said conference may be
realized in fullest
measure."
The motion was duly seconded and
carried.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The afternoon session opened on schedule
time. A most
interesting and inspiring address was
delivered by General J.
Warren Keifer, devoted chiefly to
reminiscences of the anti-
slavery movement and the Civil War.
Especially thrilling was
his description of the reception, by that part of the
army with
which he was connected, of the news of
the issue of Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation. It is hoped
that this address may
be available for publication in whole or
in part in a future
issue of the QUARTERLY.
Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, author of
the well known and
authoritative work, The Underground Railroad, read
a paper
on this subject which held the closest
attention of the audience.
It is planned to publish this later in
the QUARTERLY.
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The Secretary, Mr. Galbreath, closed the
afternoon session
with an account of the capture, imprisonment and
execution of
Edwin Coppoc, who was with John Brown at
Harper's Ferry,
dwelling particularly on the plan of
Cook and Coppoc to escape
from jail at Charleston and the story of
the coffin of Coppoc
which is now in the museum of the
Society. This account in
ampler form is found elsewhere in the
present issue of the
QUARTERLY.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEEES
SOCIETY BUILDING,
October 12, 1921.
1 :30 P. M.
Present: Messrs. James E. Campbell,
Daniel J. Ryan, E. F.
Wood, George F. Bareis, Webb C. Hayes,
W. H. Cole, Arthur
C. Johnson and W. O. Thompson.
Mr. C. B. Galbreath, Secretary, Editor
and Librarian, and
Curator W. C. Mills were also present.
Mr. Wood moved that James E. Campbell
act as chairman
of the meeting and nominated Mr.
Campbell for the position of
President of the Society. The motion was
unanimously carried.
On motion of Mr. Wood, duly seconded,
George F. Bareis
was elected First Vice President.
Mr. Bareis nominated Daniel J. Ryan for
Second Vice Presi-
dent. Seconded and carried.
On motion of Mr. Ryan, duly seconded, C.
B. Galbreath was
elected Secretary, Editor and Librarian.
MR. WOOD: "Might it not be well, before we go any
further
in this organization, to consider the
question raised by Mr.
Johnson in the meeting this
morning?"
Mr. Johnson stated that his motion was
that the matter of
reorganization be referred to the Board
of Trustees for such
action as it deemed best.
On motion of Mr. Wood, seconded by Mr.
Johnson, it was
decided to consider the question of
reorganization of the Society's
activities.
On motion of Mr. Wood the President was
authorized to
appoint a commitee of three to draw a
plan for the reorganiza-
tion of the Society along lines
suggested by Mr. Johnson and
present the same at a meeting to be held
next week.
After a short discussion it was agreed
to hold the meeting
to consider the report of the committee
on reorganization on
Tuesday next, at 2:30 P. M. at the
office of Treasurer Wood.