Historical News
THE INLAND RIVERS LIBRARY of the Public
Library of Cincinnati and
Hamilton County has acquired during the
past year two large collections
of photographs of boats and other river
subjects. One collection was the
gift of Captain Frederick Way, Jr., and
the other is composed of prints of
negatives in the Howard National
Steamboat Museum. The library ac-
quired also by gift a collection from
the Greene Line, which includes
photographs, log books, account books,
menus, and advertisements, and log
books of Captain Calvin L. Blazier.
The library of the Historical and
Philosophical Society of Ohio has been
made the depository for a collection of
original deed books of Hamilton
County, 1788-1800. There is a microfilm
index of the records.
Richard G. Arms, director of the
society, attended the Institute on His-
torical and Archival Management in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, last summer.
Alice P. Hook, the society's librarian,
is national chairman of the picture
division of the Special Libraries
Association for the 1958-60 term.
The Institute of Early American History
and Culture has announced that
its second annual Institute Manuscript
Award will be presented in May
1959. Five hundred dollars will be paid
to the author of the best unpub-
lished work in early American history,
and the winning entry will be pub-
lished by the institute. Manuscripts
should be addressed to James M. Smith,
Editor of Publications, Institute of
Early American History and Culture,
Box 1298, Williamsburg, Virginia.
The institute's 1958 manuscript award
was presented to Lawrence H.
Leder, assistant director of research
and publications at Sleepy Hollow Res-
torations, Tarrytown, New York, for his
biographical study of Robert Liv-
ingston.
Watt P. Marchman, director of the
Rutherford B. Hayes Library, was
elected a vice president of the
Manuscripts Society at its meeting in Los
Angeles on July 10-12.
As editor of the Rutherford B. Hayes
Papers, Mr. Marchman was a guest
of the National Historical Publications
Commission at a special luncheon at
the Capitol in Washington on June 17.
The luncheon was followed by a
conference of editors of the various
projects of the commission.
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William D. Overman, director of the
Firestone Library and Archives,
read a paper on business archives at the
annual meeting of the Society of
American Archivists in Salt Lake City on
August 17-20. He was also
elected a fellow of the society.
The Miami University Library has
recently acquired as a gift from Mrs.
John B. Simpson a group of autographed
manuscripts of nationally prom-
inent men, including General Anthony
Wayne and Governor Samuel Hunt-
ington.
Louis Filler of the history department
at Antioch College was visiting
professor in the department of history
at Colorado College, Colorado
Springs, during the summer term.
Roger Williams was appointed to the
board of editors of the Antioch
Review, and Irwin Abrams was reappointed to the board for a
second term.
At Bowling Green State University,
Bernard F. Nordmann has retired
from the history staff, and William R.
Rock has been added to the depart-
ment as an instructor.
Donald Kagan, instructor in Greek and
Roman history at Capital Uni-
versity, has accepted a Fulbright award
for study in Greece.
After having received his master's
degree from Wayne University in
June, William Darcy has returned to
Capital to teach church history and
European survey courses.
Three new appointments have been made in
the history department at the
University of Cincinnati. Gene D. Lewis
of Southern Illinois University
was named assistant professor of
history, and Herbert F. Curry of the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin and Daniel Beaver
of Northwestern University were
appointed instructors in the department.
Alfred J. Bakewicz joined the history
staff of the University of Dayton
last September as an instructor.
Paul I. Miller, who has been lecturing
at the University of Ceylon on a
Fulbright award during the past year,
has resumed his teaching duties in
the history department at Hiram College.
Edmund W. Kearney and Raymond T. McNally
have left the history de-
partment at John Carroll University.
Newly appointed to the staff as assistant
professors are Michael S. Pap, who will
teach Russian history, and Thomas
E. Auge, who will conduct the classes on
modern Europe. George J. Prpic,
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who has been appointed instructor, will
teach classes in East European his-
tory.
In the history department at Kent State
University four new instructors
have been appointed for the current
academic year: William R. Coulter,
John A. Forman, James K. Irikura, and
John B. Robertson. William F.
Zornow of Kansas State College has been
appointed visiting assistant pro-
fessor for the year.
Sydney James has resigned from the Kent
staff. Robert Archer, who re-
ceived a Danforth fellowship, has a
leave of absence for study at Western
Reserve University.
Lawrence S. Kaplan had an article,
"NATO and the Language of Isola-
tionism," in the South Atlantic
Quarterly for Spring 1958, and Alfred A.
Skerpan had one entitled "Soviet
Policies Regarding Nationalities," in Social
Education for April 1958.
Phillip R. Shriver contributed Chapter
I, "Our First Citizens [the Indians
of the Area]," to Portage
Heritage, a sesquicentennial volume published by
the Portage County Historical Society
early in 1958. Sherman B. Barnes con-
tributed Chapter XI, "Religion and
Churches," to the same volume.
James M. Moore, who has his Ph.D in
history from the University of
California, joined the staff at Lake
Erie College in September as associate
professor of social studies. He was
formerly chairman of the social science
department at Boise Junior College in
Idaho.
George Blazier, librarian at Marietta
College, is planning publication this
coming year of a biography of Ephraim
Cutler and his son William Parker
Cutler and also a check list of
collections in the library.
At Ohio State University, Andreas
Dorpalen has been appointed pro-
fessor of German and recent European
history, and William T. Bulger, Rob-
ert Haan, and John C. Rule have been
appointed instructors. Charles Morley
has been promoted to the rank of
professor, and Mary Young to that of
assistant professor. Hans Baron, research
fellow of the Newberry Library,
will conduct a seminar in history during
the autumn quarter, 1958, as a
Mershon visiting professor of history.
Lowell Ragatz has received a Fulbright
award for teaching at the Univers-
ity of Tokyo.
Philip P. Poirier's The Advent of the
Labour Party, a 336-page study of
the British labor movement, was
published last July by the Columbia Uni-
versity Press. Dr. Poirier is at present
doing research in England on an Eli-
zabeth Clay Howald fellowship.
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Robert H. Bremner is working with Merle
Curti at the University of Wis-
consin during the academic year 1958-59.
Snyder N. Fisher received a Social
Science Research Council grant for
study in Turkey.
Foster Rhea Dulles was sent to Russia
last summer by the department of
state as a member of a six-man team to
visit Russian universities.
A Mershon post-doctoral fellowship for
the year 1958-59 was awarded
to Harry L. Coles to enable him to
continue his research and writing in the
field of national security.
Frank J. Pegues is a member of the
committee for the Ohio State Uni-
versity Mediaeval Conference for
1958-59.
Harold J. Grimm, chairman of the
department, has been named chairman
of the Herbert Baxter Adams prize
committee of the American Historical
Association.
John F. Cady, chairman of the history
department at Ohio University,
has been appointed a member of the
governor's committee on the Abraham
Lincoln sesquicentennial.
At the University of Toledo, Arthur R.
Steele has been promoted to the
rank of assistant professor of history.
Dr. Steele spent the past summer in
Spain carrying on research relating to
an eighteenth-century Spanish expedi-
tion to Peru.
Cecil E. Cody, on leave for 1957-58, has
been granted an extension of
leave for 1958-59 to continue his
teaching and research in the Philippines
on a Fulbright grant.
During the summer session at Toledo,
William J. McNiff of Miami Uni-
versity served as visiting professor,
and Wesley Bagby of West Virginia
University was visiting assistant
professor.
The Rev. W. Eugene Shiels, S.J.,
chairman of the department of history
and political science at Xavier
University, has been granted a leave of ab-
sence for the year 1958-59 to do
research and writing. Frank A. Peters is
acting chairman in his absence.
Edward J. Goodman had an article,
"Spanish Nationalism in the Struggle
Against Napoleon," in the Review
of Politics for July 1958. Dr. Goodman
addressed the Ohio Federation of African
Students on May 30, on "The Fu-
ture of Africa in International
Affairs," and the Sertoma Club of Cincinnati
on June 26, on "Brazil Today."
He also served on the sponsoring commit-
tee for the celebration of Pan-American
Day, 1958.