Notes and Queries
The bicentennial of Daniel Drake
(1785-1852), pioneer physician-educator
of the Ohio Valley, occurs on October
20, 1985. The University of Cincinnati,
which he founded in 1819, is planning to
celebrate Drake and his accom-
plishments during the calendar year 1985
with essays and reviews of some of
his major works. It is planned to
assemble a number of his unpublished ora-
tions in a small, commemorative volume.
The Drake Bicentennial will culmi-
nate in a symposium on medical
education, to be held at the College of Medi-
cine on October 18, 1985. Enquiries
should be addressed to Charles A.
Aring, M.D., Chairman of the Daniel
Drake Bicentennial Committee, Depart-
ment of Neurology (525), University of
Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cin-
cinnati, Ohio 45267.
Recent promotions, appointments, and
awards within the professional
community of Ohio historians include: a
National Historical Publications and
Records Commission consultant grant of
$2500 to Antioch University; Donald
Bensch of Capital University has been
granted a sabbatical for the spring se-
mester of 1984-1985 to acquire some
experience in the field of public history;
Judy Wise of Clark Technical College
used an NEH summer institute during
1984 developing of a "new history"
course; Floyd Barmann of Clark Technic-
al College wrote the script for a TV
Documentary aired over WHIO, Channel
7/Dayton, entitled "War in the
Wilderness"; the Cleveland State University
History Department sponsored the
publication of volume twenty of The Re-
view, journal of the Ohio Council for the Social Studies;
John Heitmann
joined the history department of
University of Dayton as an assistant profes-
sor; David W. Robson joined the faculty
at John Carroll University in Sep-
tember 1984; Jeremy Rakowsky, professor
of history and political science at
Lorain County Community College,
received a NEH grant during summer
1984 to study at Yale; The Ohio State
University's Jack Martin Balcer re-
ceived the Outstanding Teaching Award
from the Arts and Sciences Student
Council in 1983 and one of ten Ohio
State University Alumni Awards for Dis-
tinguished Teaching in 1984; Alan
Beyerchen of The Ohio State University
served as a resident fellow at the
National Humanities Center in North
Carolina in the fall of 1984; Mansel
Blackford of The Ohio State University
received a Senior Fulbright lectureship
for Japan during 1985-1986; Ray-
mond H. Dominick III of The Ohio State
University, Mansfield Campus,
was awarded a research grant from the Deutsche
Akademischer Austau-
schdienst which allowed him to conduct
research in the Federal Republic
of Germany during May and June of 1983;
Lois Rita Helmbold of The Ohio
State University was awarded an Oberlin
College Charles A. Culpeper Post-
doctoral Fellowship for 1984-1985 and
declined a Newberry Library Exxon
Fellowship for 1984; Williamson Murray
and Allan Millett of The Ohio State
University received a major research
grant from the Office of Net Assess-
ment, Department of Defense, to study
military effectiveness; The Ohio State
University's Carole Rogel was elected to
a three-year term (1984-1987) as
President of the Society for Slovene
Studies; Lelia J. Rupp of The Ohio State
University received an Alumni Award for
Distinguished Teaching for 1983-
1984; Harold Hancock recently retired as
chairman of the History and Politi-
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cal Science Department at Otterbein
College, and his duties were assumed
by Stuart E. Knee; Roger D. Rya of the
University of Toledo received a travel
grant for $400 from the American Council
of Learned Societies; Larry Wilcox
of the University of Toledo received a
German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD) research award for two months in
Germany during the summer of
1983; Larry Gara of Wilmington College received
the 1984 Peace Prize of the
War Resisters League; William Jenkins of
Youngstown State University re-
ceived a Research Professorship to
further his study of the Ku Klux Klan in
Ohio; and Alvin W. Skardon and Agnes
Smith of Youngstown State Universi-
ty retired during 1983 and 1984.
David Curtis Skaggs, Professor of
History at Bowling Green State Universi-
ty, was recently named the editor of the
Northwest Ohio Quarterly. The new
mailing address for the Quarterly is:
Department of History, Bowling Green
State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
43403. Phone (419) 372-2030.
Dr. Alice Ingerson has been appointed
managing editor of the Journal of
Forest History, which has been edited by Ronald J. Fahl since 1976. Dr.
Da-
vid Potenziani has been named director
of research with responsibilities
that include project design and
supervision. The appointments were effective
September 1, 1984, when the Forest
History Society was relocated to Dur-
ham, North Carolina, where it is now
affiliated with Duke University. The
Forest History Society is a nonprofit
educational institution, founded in 1946
to advance historical understanding of
mankind's interaction with the forest
environment through programs in
research, publication, service, library, and
archival collecting.
Recent scholarly contributions by Ohio
historians include: The Corn Belt
Route: A History of the Chicago Great
Western Railroad Company, by H.
Roger Grant of the University of Akron; Marxist
Thought in Latin America,
by Sheldon B. Liss of the University of
Akron; Scientists and State: The
Social Relations of Science Movement
in Great Britain, 1931-1947, by Wil-
liam McGucken of the University of
Akron; Karl Weise's Expedition in East-
Central Africa, 1888-1891, edited by Harry W. Langworthy III of Cleveland
State University; The First Russian
Women Physicians, by Jeanette E. Tuve of
Cleveland State University; the 4th
edition of The Social Fabric of American
History, edited by John H. Cary and Julius Weinberg of Cleveland
State
University; Innocent XI: Pope of
Christian Unity, by Raymond J. Maras of
the University of Dayton; Purity and
Progress: A History of the Ohio Farmer's
Union, 1902-1982, by Roy Wortman of Kenyon College; A Social and
Intellec-
tual History of American Literature, by Michael Les Benedict of The Ohio
State University; Jelliffe: American
Psychoanalyst and Physician, by John C.
Burnham of The Ohio State University; Rebirth,
Reform and Resilience: Uni-
versities in Transition, 1300-1700, edited by James M. Kittelson of The Ohio
State University with Pamela J.
Transue; For the Common Defense: The Mili-
tary History of the United States, by Allan R. Millett of The Ohio State Uni-
versity with Peter Maslowski; Strategy
for Defeat, The Luftwaffe 1933-1945
and The Change in the European
Balance of Power, 1938-1939, The Path to
Ruin, by Williamson Murray of The Ohio State University; Approaches
to
Modern Judaism I, by Marc L. Raphael of The Ohio State University; the
second edition of The Islamic World, edited
by Marilyn Waldman of The
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Ohio State University with William H.
McNeill; an article, "A Demographic
Analysis of Colonial North Carolina with
Special Emphasis upon the Slave
and Black Populations," in Black
Americans in North Carolina and the South,
by Lorin Lee Cary and Marvin L. Michael
Kay of the University of Toledo; A
History of Urban America, third edition, by Charles N. Glaab of the Univer-
sity of Toledo; The United States and
the Latin American Sphere of Influence,
Volume II: Era of Good Neighbors,
Cold Warriors, and Hairshirts, 1930-1982,
by Robert F. Smith of the University of
Toledo; Edward F. Beale & The
American West, by
Gerald Thompson of the University of Toledo; The New
American Songster: Traditional Ballads and Songs of
North America, by
Charles W. Darling of Youngstown State
University; Salmon P. Chase: A Life
in Politics, by Frederick Blue of Youngstown State University; Lewis
and
Clark Among the Indians, by James Ronda of Youngstown State University;
Annexation or Reunification: Critical
Notes on One Conception, by George
Kulchycky of Youngstown State
University; and The Oberammergau Passion
Play: A Lance Against Civilization, by Saul Friedman of Youngstown State
University.
Gladys Hansen, San Francisco City
Archivist, currently researching the
earthquake of April 18, 1906, appeals to
anyone having knowledge of any per-
son killed in the 1906 disaster to
supply her with this information. Her cur-
rent total of 826 known dead far exceeds
the official figure of 478 given by the
1907 Board of Supervisors. The names of
the dead will be entered in the offi-
cial roster in the Public Library,
available to researchers in history and gene-
alogy. Please write to: Gladys Hansen,
Public Library, Civic Center, San
Francisco, CA 94102.
Ohio historical society and library
publications of interest to our readers
include: The Athens County Historical
Society and Museum, Athens County,
Ohio Index to the 1870 Federal Census
and Athens County, Ohio Index to
the
1880 Federal Census, both edited by Beverly Schumacher and Marvin Flet-
cher; Barberton Public Library, The
Story of Barberton, Ohio: The "Magic
City", by George Davis, A Heart Strangely Warmed 1784-1984:
Barber-
ton's United Methodist Churches
Bicentennial Celebration, Barberton Area
Churches, by Phyllis Taylor, and "New Portage, Ohio,"
by Llyn Conrad;
Canal Fulton Heritage Society, The
Canal Era 1814-1913; Cleveland Public
Library, A Guide to Studying
Neighborhoods and Resources in Cleveland,
edited by Edwin M. Miggins; a new History
of Palestine, Ohio, & German
Twp., Darke Co., Ohio, by Steven J. Miller, and a reprint of Beer's History
of
Darke Co., 0., 1880, by the Darke County Historical Society; Fairport Har-
bor Lighthouse and Marine Museum, Fairport:
A History; Findlay-Hancock
County Public Library, an index to Marriages:
Hancock County 1828-1865;
The Franklin County Historical Society, Andrew
Denny Rodgers III: A Biogra-
phy, by Daniel F. Prugh, and Landmarks: Columbus and
Franklin County, by
Daniel F. Prugh and Dennis Jay; Lakewood
Public Library, Genealogical
Bibliography and Supplement to Genealogical Bibliography; Meigs
County
Museum, Meigs County History, 1979 and
a reprint of Hardesty's Meigs
County History 1883; Mercer County Historical Museum, 1978 Mercer County,
Ohio History, edited by Joyce L. Alig, Celina, Ohio
Sesquicentennial, 1834-
1984, edited by Joyce L. Alig, and Mercer County
Cemeteries, Ohio; Mont-
gomery Historical Society, Ole'
Montgomery, by M.K. Jellenberg; New Bre-
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men Historic Association/The
Hehemann-Luelleman House, Sesquicentenni-
al Book and Ralph May Remembers; Wrecks and Rescues of the
Great Lakes,
by James P. Barry, for the Ohioana
Library; Ohio Genealogical Society, The
First 25 Years: 1959-1984, by Dr. H.S. Ritter; a reprint of Hardesty's atlas
Illustrated Historical Atlas of
Ottawa County, Ohio, by Ottawa County
Histor-
ical Society; Sandusky Library, At
Home in Early Sandusky, by Helen
Hansey; Ernest L. Henes' Historic
Wellington: Then and Now by the South-
ern Lorain County Historical Society;
Tuscarawas County Public Library,
Chronology of Tuscarawas County, Parts I (1750-1900), II (1900-1950), and
III
(1950-Present), by Ella L. Slough and Cheryl Foote; Shakers in the
West,
Shaker Education, and two reprints, Beer's History of Warren County
1882
and Combined Atlas of Warren County
1875, 1891 & 1903, by the Warren
County Historical Society; Western
Columbiana County Historical Society,
Johnston and Hull: A Genealogy of the
Families of Robert Johnston . . . Reu-
ben Hull ..., Christopher Johnston .
. ., and Arthur Johnston . . ., by
Amelia
May (Johnston) Van Dusem and Marion Karl
Johnston, edited by Hallie
(Johnston) Jones and William B. Moore;
and Wright-Patterson AFB Office of
History, "The History of Air Force
Logistics Command, FY1983," and Lo-
gistics: The History of Air Force
Logistics Command and Its Antecedents,
1921-1981.
Ohio regional and local historical
society and library activities include: the
Anderson Township Historical Society is
preserving the 1796 "Miller-
Leuser" log house and is acquiring
artifacts and data pertaining to the histo-
ry of Anderson Township (Hamilton
County); the Barberton Public Library
recently acquired a six-foot square map
of New Portage which James Fearon,
the Barberton Parks director, had built
for them; the Coshocton Public Li-
brary's Local History and Genealogy
collection continues to expand as it re-
cently added a new 60-drawer card
catalog; the Findlay-Hancock County
Public Library is very interested in
enlarging its genealogy collection and has
commenced a program in Oral History on
video cassettes; The Franklin
County Historical Society's Daniel F.
Prugh, director for 35 years, retired in
February 1984 and is now serving as the
society's executive secretary; the
Galion Historical Society is converting
the carriage house of Brownella Cot-
tage into a local history museum and
celebrates its 30th anniversary during
1985; Julie M. Overton, Coordinator of
Local History for the Greene County
District Library, was elected to a
two-year term as president of the Ohio Gen-
ealogical Society; the Johnstown
Historical Society works to maintain the
Old Opera House and runs a small museum
in the building; the Lima Public
Library received a CLEAD (Computer
Literacy Education and Develop-
ment) federal grant; the John McIntire
Public Library has a local history
book collection for Zanesville and
Muskingum County; The Mahoning Valley
Historical Society Library & The
Arms Museum recenty received The Silber
Collection of photographica which
includes numerous cameras and over
8,000 photographs, tintypes, cabinet
cards, and stereoviews, and also won
an honorable mention award in the Ohio
Museums Association Tri-State
Museum Publication Competition for their
May 1984 Endowment Fund bro-
chure; the Navarre-Bethlehem Township
Historical Society's book, Covered
Wagons, Canals and Characters, was used by two Ottawa, Ohio, schoolchil-
dren in a history project which won a
superior in the National History Con-
test held in Washington, D.C., last
summer; the Ohioana Library received a
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Walter Rumsey Maiven Grant and the
Lucille Loy Kuck Award during 1984;
the Ohio Genealogical Society is
indexing the 1880 census; the Porter Public
Library is indexing the Westlife newspaper
and is building a new library
slated for completion in early 1985; the
Southern Lorain County Historical
Society plans to issue a cup plate of
Wellington's Town Hall to mark that
building's 1985 centennial; The Village Historical
Society in Harrison is re-
constructing and restoring the home of
Othniel Looker, fifth governor of
Ohio, and hopes to have the home open in
1985; The Warren County Histori-
cal Society's Genealogical and
Historical Research Library is now reorgan-
ized and open to the public after
suffering water damage in the winter of
1983; and the Wright State University
Library's Department of Archives and
Special Collections planned and mounted
an exhibit of 56 original Wright
Brothers collection photographs which is
currently on a two-year tour spon-
sored by the Smithsonian Institution,
received $15,000 from the Hamilton-
Standard Corporation to mount the
exhibit, and also received $9800 from
the National Historical Publications and
Records Commission to preserve
and microfilm 6,000 nitrate negatives of
the Miami Conservancy District.
Recent microfilm/manuscript accessions
at Ohio historical societies, li-
braries, and universities of interest to
our readers include: a linnological
survey of Lake Anna and several
manuscripts-"New Portage," "The Geo-
graphic Structure of Barberton
Industries," and "Industrial Survey of Bar-
berton in its Youth"-at the
Barberton Public Library; a manuscript of Viola
D. Mansur at the Dayton and Montgomery
County Public Library. The State
Archives at the Ohio Historical Society
accessions include: Kent State trial
case files, 1971-79; Mobil vs. Marathon
(merger) case files, 1981; steel mill
water pollution control files,
1963-1980; printed bills on microfilm, 1940-1980;
constituent correspondence, 1983-1984;
death abstracts, 1949-1976; tabula-
tions of deaths by 50 selected causes of
death, 1960, 1965-67; tabulations of
illegitimate birth statistics; 1960-67;
tabulations of live birth statistics, 1959-
67; case files, 1935-69; highway
construction films, 1940-60; and highway
and road construction, 1907-20. The
Wright State University Department of
Archives and Special Collections
accessioned the William Hamberger Pa-
pers, 1865-1935; the Albert Pretzinger Collection,
1890-1950; and the Oscar
Edelman Papers, 1900-1940.
The fall meeting of The Midwest Archives
Conference, a non-profit organi-
zation of archivists, historians, and
librarians, will be held in Columbus,
Ohio, October 3 to 5, 1985. For further
information contact Mr. Robert Viol
by writing to the Ohio Historical
Society, 1985 Velma Avenue, Columbus,
Ohio 43211, or phone (614) 466-1500.