HISTORICAL NEWS
Historical Societies
ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Mrs. Harry B. Longsworth, Secretary
and Editor
The October and December issues of the Reporter
(Nos. 33
and 34) are devoted to an article on the
"Faurot Opera House"
in Lima. The story was prompted by the
contemplated razing of
the Faurot Block. The Opera House,
constructed in 1881 at a
cost of $225,000.00, was said to have
been the finest between
New York and Denver.
The Society opened the season's meetings
on October 30, with
a lecture by Wilhelm A. Amstutz, of
Bluffton, on "How and
Where I Found Old Records."
BELMONT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
F. Hamilton Hibbard, President
The following members are serving as the
Society's officers:
F. Hamilton Hibbard, Barnesville,
President; A. H. Mitchell, Jr.,
St. Clairsville, Vice President; Miss
Marguerite Brown, St.
Clairsville, Secretary; A. Van Patton,
St. Clairsville, Treasurer.
CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Arthur R. Altick, Secretary
The 48th annual meeting of this
organization was held in the
Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Building, November 12. Mr.
Arthur R. Harper, Field Representative,
Ohio Division of Con-
servation and Natural Resources, gave
the principal address.
GRANVILLE, OHIO, HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Mrs. Charles B. White, Treasurer
The following members of this Society
are now serving as
its officers: Arthur Wright Jones,
President; James Cox, Sec-
retary; Mrs. Charles B. Wright,
Treasurer; Dr. William T. Utter,
Chairman of Executive Committee.
98
HISTORICAL NEWS 99
HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF
OHIO
Virginius C. Hall, Director-Librarian
Out of town visitors to the Library have
been more numerous
during the present year than in the
past. This is likely the result
of two factors: easier transportation
and increasing publicity
through newspapers and by window
displays. The fall issue of
the Bulletin of the Society
carried an interesting article on the
Cincinnati Fire Department from 1808 to
the present. The author,
John Bunker, is the son of a Cincinnati
fire chief and the great
nephew of another.
The annual meeting of the Society was
held at the Laws
Memorial Auditorium, Monday, December 2.
Dr. Theodore C.
Blegen, Dean of the Graduate School,
University of Minnesota,
spoke on the subject, "Taking Stock
of Our Folk Culture."
MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Donald J. Lynn, President
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society
assisted Mahoning
County in observing the 100th
Anniversary of the founding of
its annual fair in Canfield in 1846, by
sponsoring an exhibit of
articles closely connected with the
early growth of the County
and State. An effort was made to present
historical items having
particular interest to each of the
County's townships. All of the
exhibits were carefully selected from
the Society's collection of
early Americana now on display in its
museum in the Reuben Mc-
Millan Library, and consisted largely of
household articles made
and used by early settlers in the
various townships. Appropriate
legends indicated the historical nature
of each township exhibit
and the name of the early family to whom
such article at one time
belonged. These township exhibits also
included early manu-
scripts, as for instance a book of
"Transcripts of the Survey of
Records of the Town of Campfield, Alias
Canfield, in the Connec-
ticut Western Reserve," dated 1798,
poll books dating from 1807,
minutes of early town meetings, church
records, early deeds from
the State of Connecticut in 1787,
commissions as sheriff, pam-
phlets, portraits, paintings, and many
other articles of interest
relating to the history and settlement
of Mahoning County. The
|
100 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
QUARTERLY exhibit was under the supervision of Mrs. Ernest A.
Goodman, Recording and Corresponding Secretary of the Society,
and Miss Eva A. Scott, Regent of the Mahoning Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, ably assisted by various
members of the Chapter, who appeared in the costume and dress of
that period. The Mahoning Valley Historical Society was first
organized September 10, 1875, and was incorporated November 19,
1909. The Society was formed for the purpose of collecting
and pre- serving relics, books, records, and manuscripts
connected with the history of the Mahoning Valley from its earliest
settlement, the development of its resources in agriculture, mining,
and manu- facturing, its progress in education, and in general
to perpetuate and continue such history. In 1876 the Society
published a vol- ume entitled Historical Collections of the
Mahoning Valley which contains much source material on the history of the
Valley. Its latest catalog was published in 1938. Its code of
regulations pro- vides for a board of five or more trustees, a
president, three vice presidents, a recording secretary, a corresponding
secretary, and a treasurer. Trustees elected for 1946-1947 are: |
|
J. C. Argetsinger Hugh Bonnell Mrs. Henry A. Butler Joseph G. Butler, III Mrs. Ernest A. Goodman |
|
William J. Hitchcock, Jr. Donald J. Lynn Mrs. Franklin B. Powers James L. Wick, Jr. |
|
Officers of the Society are: President ................Donald J. Lynn 1st Vice President ........Mrs. Henry A. Butler 2nd Vice President........Joseph G. Butler, III 3rd Vice President........ Mrs. Franklin B. Powers Recording and Correspond- ing Secretary ........Mrs. Ernest A. Goodman Treasurer ...............James L. Wick, Jr. Assistant Treasurer ....... Joseph G. Butler, III |
HISTORICAL NEWS 101
MEDINA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Mrs. Mary S. Griesinger, President
The item of greatest interest is the new
Medina County
history which has been the special
research project for this year.
It is modeled after the Northrup 1861-65
plan, each township
writing its own history. Manuscripts are
now coming in and the
final copy is expected to be ready for
publication around the first
of the year.
OHIO HUGUENOT SOCIETY
H. B. Diefenbach, President
The twelfth annual meeting of the Ohio
Huguenot Society
was held at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in
Columbus Saturday,
September 21, 1946, with the
President, Dr. H. B. Diefenbach,
presiding at the sessions. The State
Council meeting was held
one hour previous to the general meeting
and brought forth many
interesting matters regarding the Ohio
Society. Following the
luncheon Dr. William H. Hildreth, of the
Department of English
of Ohio State University, was the guest
speaker. His topic was
"Ohio, Viewed by Early Travellers,
1795-1830." It was a most
interesting talk, and many questions
were asked Dr. Hildreth
who is making a specialty of collecting
early descriptions of the
State from old letters, manuscripts, and
books.
During the business session the Society
voted to contribute
$25.00
to the Huguenot Federation project for
French Relief.
It was also decided to add several books
on Huguenot subjects
to those already owned by the State
Society for use in assisting
prospective members to prove their
Huguenot ancestral descent.
The President reported the new Year
Book almost ready for
printing and showed the new application
papers prepared for use.
After the officers gave their reports,
Mrs. H. B. Diefenbach, Vice
President of the Huguenot Federation,
brought greetings from
that organization, and ranking officers
of other Ohio organizations
were introduced. Mrs. Orion King,
Chairman of the Nominating
Committee, submitted the report of her
committee, nominating
for office for the next two years: Dr.
H. B. Diefenbach, Presi-
dent; John C. Pearson, Vice President;
Dr. B. H. Pershing,
102 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
QUARTERLY
Chaplain; Miss Ruth W. Ripple, Recording
Secretary; Mrs. Jesse
E. Chance, Corresponding Secretary; Miss
Mabel Lee Mackoy,
Treasurer; Miss Waive B. Ripple,
Registrar; Mrs. Orion King,
Consulting Genealogist. The President
appointed Mrs. John S.
Heaume and William M. Pettitt as members
of the Council. Dur-
ing the past year the following new
members have been admitted:
Mrs. Roy H. Williams, Mrs. Jesse E.
Chance, Miss Ellen Collette
Little, Mrs. Asa C. Dawson, Mrs. Mark C.
Stevens.
A number of new members were elected to
membership and
will receive their invitations. It was
decided to hold the next
meeting in Columbus. The time for this
meeting will be, as
always, the third Saturday in September.
SCIOTO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Russell Stockham, President
A unanimous vote to purchase the Kinney
Home on Waller
Hill for a museum featured the October
meeting of the Scioto
County Historical'Society.