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
148 OHIO HISTORY
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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149
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
150 OHIO HISTORY
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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151
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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155
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
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Wisconsin, and who served many
years as a professor of American history
at Indiana University, R. Carlyle
Buley's The Old Northwest will be
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