RESEARCH PROJECTS IN OHIO HISTORY
Compiled by WILLIAM D. OVERMAN
A recent survey indicates that there are
thirteen biographies
and nearly thirty monographs and
treatises in preparation or com-
pleted, but not published, dealing with
the history of Ohio or the
Ohio Valley. A list of these,
alphabetically arranged by author,
includes the following:
Nellie C. Armstrong and Glenn A.
Blackburn, Historical
Bureau, Indianapolis, "John Tipton
Papers" (progress); Leland
D. Baldwin, University of Pittsburgh
Press, "The Keelboat Age
on Western Waters" (completed);
John D. Barnhart, Louisiana
State University, "First
Constitutions of Ohio Valley States"
and "Southern Migration into the
Old Northwest" (progress);
Lester J. Cappon, University of
Virginia, "History of Southern
Iron and Steel Industry from the
Colonial Period to the Present"
(including Kentucky and Tennessee; vol.
I to 1865, promised in two
years); Charles H. Coleman, Charleston,
Illinois, "Clement L.
Vallandigham" (1940); Harold E.
Davis, Hiram College, "Burke
Aaron Hinsdale" (completed),
"Dictionary of Indian Place Names
in Ohio" (nearing completion) and
"Elisha Whittlesey and the
Formation of the Whig Party in
Ohio" (projected); Randolph C.
Downes, Hartwick College, "Indian
Relations in the Ohio Valley
in the 18th Century" (completed);
Russell J. Ferguson, University
of Pittsburgh, editing, Reynold's
"My Connection with the Atlanta
and Great Western Railway, 1851-63"
(progress); Robert S.
Fletcher, Oberlin College, "History
of Oberlin College" (progress),
"The Lane Seminary Rebellion"
(nearly completed) and "Charles
G. Finney" (progress); Paul W.
Gates, Cornell University, "The
Disposal of the Public Domain"
(progress); W. L. Halstead,
Louisville, "Life of Murat
Halstead" (progress); Fred H. Harring-
ton, University of Wisconsin,
"Horace N. Allen: an Ohio Diplomat"
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(nearly completed); Historical Records
Survey (Ohio), "Inven-
tories of Governmental and Church
Records," "Bibliography of
Ohio History and Literature,"
abstracting and editing "Joshua R.
Giddings Papers" and "Survey
of Historic Sites in Ohio" (progress);
Louis C. Hunter, American University,
"Steamboat Transportation
in the Ohio Valley" (progress);
Louise P. Kellogg, Wisconsin
Historical Society, documents on
"Last Years of the Revolution on
the Upper Ohio" (progress);
Lawrence J. King, Earlham College,
"Jonathan T. Plummer: an Early
Indiana Botanist" (progress);
Muriel Kinney, Woodbury, Connecticut,
"John Carey: an Ohio
Pioneer" (progress); Margaret
Koehler, Ohio State University,
"The Public Career of Judson
Harmon" (Ph. D. thesis); Harlow
Lindley, Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society, "His-
tory of the Quakers in the Old
Northwest" and "History of Earl-
ham College" (progress); John O.
Marsh, Columbus, Ohio, "The
American Party in Ohio" (progress);
Haynes McMullen, Univer-
sity of Illinois, "Life of Robert
Clarke" (progress); Jeannette P.
Nichols, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania,
"John Sherman" (progress)
and "Silver Diplomacy" (nearly
completed); Mrs. Raymond D.
Osburn, Columbus, Ohio, "History of
Music in Ohio" (progress);
William D. Overman, Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society, "The Defunct Colleges and
Normal Schools in Ohio" (prog-
ress); Hewson L. Peake, Sandusky, Ohio,
"History of the Fire-
lands" (progress); Benjamin H.
Pershing, Wittenberg College,
"Edward Tiffin" (completed);
Josephine E. Phillips, Marietta,
Ohio, "Wagons Away"
(completed), "Commodore Abraham Whip-
ple" (progress) and
"Blennerhassett in Business" (projected); M.
Avis Pitcher, Downers Grove, Illinois,
"Gentlemen Merchants and
Traders in the Ohio Valley,
1760-1820" (Ph. D. thesis); Edward
G. Reilley, Western Reserve University,
"The Anti-Slavery Move-
ment in the Western Reserve" (Ph.
D. thesis); James H. Roda-
baugh, Ohio State Museum, "History
of Miami University" (nearly
completed); Frank J. Roos, Ohio State
University, "History of
American Architecture" (with
sections on the Ohio Valley); Ophia
D. Smith, Oxford, Ohio, "Historic
Houses of Old Oxford" (com-
pleted) and "Early Music in
Southwestern Ohio" (projected);
Marianne Thalmann, Wellesley College,
"Friedrich Hassaurek"
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(progress); Albert T. Volwiler, Ohio
University, "President Ben-
jamin Harrison" (progress); Arthur
S. Watts, Ohio State Univer-
sity, an article on "Ceramic and
Glass Industry in Ohio"; Clarence
L. Weaver, Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society,
"Evidences of Culture in Ohio,
1825-1850" (projected).
The History of Ohio under the
general editorship of Carl
Wittke, to be published by the Ohio
State Archaeological and His-
torical Society, is in an advanced stage
of preparation. Two of
the volumes are promised for this year.
Authors of the individual
volumes are Beverley W. Bond, Jr.,
University of Cincinnati; Wil-
liam T. Utter, Denison University;
Philip D. Jordan, Miami Uni-
versity; and Francis P. Weisenburger and
Eugene H. Roseboom,
of the Ohio State University. Other
authorities are contributing
sections of the final volume and special
chapters in the introductory
volume.