THE GENEALOGICAL SECTION
REPORTED BY HELEN S. FULLER
The joint session of the Columbus
Genealogical Society and
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society took place
at 7 P.M., April 1, in the auditorium of
the Ohio State Museum.
Frank A. Livingston presided and John F.
Carlisle presented a
paper on "William Holmes McGuffey,
His History and
Genealogy," in which he pointed out
McGuffey's position con-
cerning the selection of reading
material adapted to the minds of
children. He then traced the ancestry of
McGuffey and his life
activities and told the story of the
McGuffey Readers and the basic
ideas upon which they were developed. He
also told of the origin
of the McGuffey Societies. The second
paper of the evening was
an informal one by Mrs. William S. Van
Fossen who discussed
the subject: "Records as Related to
Patriotic Hereditary Socie-
ties." She discussed the relation
of data to membership in the
various patriotic societies, including
the Daughters of American
Colonists, the Daughters of the American
Revolution and the
Daughters of 1812. She pointed out
the difficulties in establishing
a record of a lineage for the Daughters
of 1812 because military
records for that period are so sketchy.
Mrs. Van Fossen's paper
will be published in the Ohio
Genealogical Quarterly sometime in
1942.
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OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY ANNUAL BUSINESS SESSION
10:00 A.M., APRIL 24, 1942, OHIO
STATE MUSEUM
The Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting of the
Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society convened
in the auditorium of the
Museum at 10:00 A.M. on April 24, 1942. Mr. Arthur
C. John-
son, President of the Society, called
the meeting to order.
President Johnson, in his brief
introductory remarks, re-
ferred to the small attendance caused,
no doubt, by the fact that
the Society had met jointly with the
Ohio Academy of History
earlier in the month. He suggested that
the reading of the
minutes of the last annual meeting be
dispensed with since they
had been printed in the QUARTERLY which
had been sent to all
members. He called attention to the
expiration of the terms of
three members of the Society's Board of
Trustees, Judge Carl V.
Weygandt, Dr. Carl Wittke and Mr. Oscar
F. Miller, and he
appointed Mr. Harry Goodbread, Professor
T. N. Hoover and
Mr. Eugene Rigney as members of a
committee to nominate
successors to fill these vacancies.
At this point Mr. John F. Carlisle moved
that the next item
of business be consideration of the
proposal to amend the Society's
constitution, since Dr. George W.
Rightmire, chairman of the
committee in charge of the voting on
this proposal, had to leave
early to teach a class. This motion,
seconded by Professor T. N.
Hoover, was unanimously passed.
President Johnson then authorized the
distribution of the
ballots to members. Following this was a
discussion by members
as to certain points in the proposed
constitution. President John-
son urged that all members vote and that
there be no change in
the wording of the constitution as
submitted, since this would be
unfair to members who had voted by mail.
Mr. Carlisle moved that the proposed
constitution be returned
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OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE, 1942 205
to the committee which had drafted it
and that it be resubmitted
to the Society at a later meeting for
action. This motion was de-
feated when a tie vote was decided by
the vote of the President.
President Johnson then asked for a
tabulation of the votes on
the adoption of the proposed
constitution. The result of this
tabulation was 22 in favor of and 19
against its adoption.
President Johnson next called for the
report of the Treasurer.
The Financial Secretary read the letter
of transmittal of Mr. W. D.
Wall, Certified Public Accountant, to
the Society's Treasurer,
Mr. Oscar F. Miller.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
April 20, 1942.
MR. O. F. MILLER, TREASURER
DEAR SIR:
We have completed the annual audit of
the books of account of The
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society for the year ended De-
cember 31, 1941. Presented herewith is
our report. From the schedule of
the Society's Receipts and Disbursements
it will be found that the total
of receipts collected during the year
was--$11,227.49 less advances refunded
and bequests in the amount of $8,260.27
which leaves a total of $2,967.22
from revenue sources as compared with
$2,230.27 for the year 1940, an
increase of $736.95 [this increase is
due entirely to the advance sale of the
History of the State of Ohio].
Total disbursements from Society Funds
amounted to $3,705.50; less
non-revenue disbursements totaling
$2,264.37; leaving a total of expenses
paid from Society Funds of $1,441.13.
This leaves a balance of $1,526.09
representing an excess of revenue
receipts over expenses paid from Society
Funds for the year 1941.
Included in the above income figure was
$18.75 of interest of Certificates
of Deposit from the Hamilton Kline
Memorial Fund which was credited to
the checking account carried at the
Bolivar State Bank, Bolivar, Ohio. The
balance in the Kline Fund is $2,336.79.
The Depositor's claim for $437.03
against the Bolivar State Bank still
continues unchanged.
The Statement of Receipts and
Disbursements of commissary operations
in many of the State Memorials is
presented on page 3 [207/8]. This shows
total receipts of $20,219.60, less cash
advances of $480.86 and bequests
credited to this fund of $2,042.00,
leaving total revenue receipts of $17,-
696.72, as compared with $14,799.55 for
1940, an increase of $2,850.43.
Direct expenditures in connection with
operations were $12,546.40 as com-
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pared with $10,058.65 for 1940, an
increase of $2,487.75. The Society also
disbursed from this fund $4,422.56 for
equipment, improvements and better-
ments of the memorials and $480.86 in
cash advances. The balance of
$128.53 at January 1, 1941, of the
bequest of $500.00 from Eliza Beulah
Blackford was expended during the year.
The Memorials Fund had a bal-
ance at December 31, 1941, of $4,339.39.
Presented on page 4 [207/8] is a
Statement of Receipts and Disburse-
ments of commissaries operation at the
State Memorials which also shows
cumulative balances from operations at
the beginning of the year, results of
operation for the year and cumulative
results of operation for the commis-
saries to December 31, 1941.
The total of State Legislative
Appropriations was $190,956.00 and an
Emergency Appropriation of $5,000.00
[for the purchase of Cedar Swamp],
making a total of $195,956.00. Of this
amount, $26,431.48 was not disbursed,
leaving $169,524.52 expended during the
year. These amounts represent an
increase in appropriations of $32,133.37
and an increase in expenditures of
$39,940.64.
During the year the Society was in
receipt of a gift of $6,359.19 from
the Brown County U. S. Grant Memorial
Association of Georgetown, Ohio,
$6,200.00 of which amount was in U. S.
Treasury coupon bonds and U. S.
Treasury notes and $159.19 in cash. One
$1,000.00 bond was sold, the pro-
ceeds plus interest amounting to
$1,082.81, which was transferred to the
State Memorials Fund. The cash of
$159.19 was also deposited to the credit
of this account. The balance of
$5,200.00 is a part of the Society's Current
Fund. The receipt of this gift was
pursuant to and under authority of
House Bill No. 170 passed March 27,
1941, and signed by the Governor
March 31, 1941. Also, contract of
"President Grant's School House" on
Lot No. 35, Georgetown, Ohio, with an itemized
list attached was a part
of the above gift.
On completion of payment for Zoar
Village on December 16, 1941,
$1,000.00 was donated to the Society.
This also was deposited to the credit
of State Memorials Fund.
The books of the Society were found in excellent
condition and in
balance and the several fund balances,
as stated herein, are supported by
bank statements, savings pass books,
bonds and certificates of deposit.
Respectfully submitted,
W. D. WALL,
Certified Public Accountant.
OHIO
HISTORY CONFERENCE, 1942
207
The
Ohio State Archaeological & Historical Society
Combined
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
State,
Society and State Memorial Funds for the Year 1941
RECEIPTS
Cash
Balance, January 1, 1941........ $ 7,552.16
Society
Cash Receipts ................. $ 11,227.49
State
Memorials Fund (Concessions)..
20,219.60
State
Appropriation House Bill 665... $190,956.00
State
Emergency Appropriation ........
5,000.00
Total
Appropriations ............ $195,956.00
Less:
Balance December 31, 1941, unused
26,431.48
Net
Amount from State Appropria-
tions
........................
169,524.52
Total Receipts .................... 200,971.61
Total ........................... $208,523.77
DISBURSEMENTS
Museum
and Library .................
$ 76,233.31
Museum
and Library Additions and Bet-
terments
..................... 506.00
State
Memorials Administration ....... 5,256.49
Big
Bottom ......................... 166.80
Chas.
Willing Byrd Marker.......... 499.66
Buckeye Furnace
.................... 36.00
Buffington
Island .................... 42.75
Campbell
Mound ..................... 75.00
Campus
Martius...................... 9,919.54
Cedar
Swamp ....................... 4.438.50
Custer
Monument .................... 103.74
Dunbar
Historic House ............... 867.71
Fallen
Timbers ..................... 758.35
Flint
Ridge ......................... 35.84
Fort
Amanda ....................... 977.07
Fort
Ancient ........................ 7,680.69
Fort
Hill ........................... 3,698.39
Fort
Jefferson ....................... 70.66
Fort
Laurens ........................ 1,531.23
Fort
Recovery ....................... 2,080.08
Fort
St. Clair ....................... 3,109.23
Fort
St. Clair Blackford Fund ........ 137.06
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QUARTERLY
Gnadenhutten
......................... 107.12
Grant
Birthplace .................... 2,554.66
Grant
School House .................. 2,840.36
Hanby
Historic House ............... 889.22
Wm.
Henry Harrison ................ 939.66
Hayes
Memorial ..................... 7,144.70
Kelley's Island
...................... 431.07
Logan
Elm .......................... 481.08
Miamisburg
Mound .................. 872.20
Mound
Builders' ..................... 3,565.81
Mound
City ......................... 4,989.30
McCook
House ...................... 11,250.00
Octagon
............................. 236.80
Leo Petroglyph
...................... 82.15
Rankin
.............................. 691.62
Felix
Renick ........................ 26.50
Schoenbrunn
.........................
16,189.91
Seip
Mound ......................... 67.68
Serpent Mound
..................... 4,684.34
Tarlton
Cross ....................... 145.99
Zoar
Village ......................... 14,264.95
National
Road Booklets ............... .22
Total
Disbursements ............. $190,679.84
Balance
December 31, 1941........... $ 17,843.98
Represented
by:
Klippart
Memorial Fund......... 2,285.70
Current
Fund Checking Account.. 2,673.83
Current
Fund Savings Account... 1,008.22
Brown
County U. S. Grant Me-
morial
Association ...........
5,200.00
State
Memorials Fund Checking
Account
.....................
4,339.39
Kline
Memorial Fund:
Checking
Account ...........$ 336.79
Certificates
of Deposit ........ 2,000.00 2,336.79
Balance
as above.................
$ 17,843.93
Respectfully
submitted,
O. F.
MILLER, Treasurer.
President
Johnson in commenting on
the report of the
Treasurer
expressed the hope that the report for next year would
OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE, 1942 209
be as good as the present one. He then
called for the report of
the Director.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
The Director takes pleasure in
presenting herewith to the Trustees and
Members of the Society his annual report
for the year ended March 31,
1942. During the past year the Museum
and its several departments have
utilized to the utmost funds and
personnel at its disposal. It may be as-
sumed, as a matter of course, that with
the outbreak of the current war
the Museum is bending every effort
toward cooperation with State and
federal governments in the interest of
final victory for the Allies.
In time of war, men and nations think in
terms of guns and ships. This
unfortunately must be the attitude of
those of us who are concerned with
the preservation of America and the
American way of life. Man, in com-
mon with all animate creation is endowed
with the instinct of self-preserva-
tion, not alone as an individual but as
a group. Yet man alone, of all ani-
mate creation possesses an attribute
peculiarly his own, without which he
cannot live. This indispensable
attribute may be termed "culture"--an
intangible something in contrast to the material
procedure of living and fight-
ing to live. Culture is a concomitant of
mind; of the thing which sets
man apart from the so-called lower
animals. It is spiritual and esthetic in
character. Its age-old importance is a
matter of record from the time of the
early Greek philosophers to the present.
That "man cannot live by bread
alone" is as old as the Scriptures.
Scanning the pages of history, one is
impressed by the fact that almost
without exception where nations have
suffered extinction or submergence,
there has been a corresponding precedent
neglect of the culture aspects
of life. Thus it becomes obvious that
the preservation of "our way of
life" is a two-fold undertaking.
Able-bodied men and women must join
in the all-out effort to win the war,
but just as necessary, for those who
remain at home, is the conservation of
the social structure upon which our
civilization rests. Thus at the very
outset, those of us whom you have
charged with the administration of the
Society's affairs were framing the
query: "What can we do?" The
answer was obvious. We could and would
serve as a cultural center for our
Commonwealth. And that is what we are
doing.
It should be more widely known that to
England is due the credit for
the current interest in and support of
museums here in America. Through-
out the present struggle, when museums
have been damaged by the ex-
igencies of war, the English forthwith
have repaired or rebuilt these essen-
tial institutions in the interest of
public morale. This attitude is reflected
in our Federal Government and again in
our own State Government. The
interest and support of the incumbent
administration is most gratifying and
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encouraging. You may be interested to
learn how your Society has pro-
ceded to serve the State and the Nation.
ALL OUT FOR DEFENSE. The Society, its
personnel, plant and
facilities have been made available to
the various State and federal agencies
for the successful prosecution of the
war. The Director had occasion to
be among the first to sound the clarion
call for museums at the recent
convention of the Central Section of the
American Association of Museums,
at Ft. Wayne, in a paper entitled
"The Museum and the Defense Program."
Here in the Museum we have installed
exhibits showing Ohio's part in the
war. The auditorium has been made
available for the several registrations
of enrolees and for various educational
and patriotic groups.
Looking to the defense of the Society's
physical properties and of the
public use of the same, the precautions
suggested by State and federal au-
thorities have been taken. In order that
the Museum and Library Staff
should have basic training in methods of
protection against air raid, in-
cendiarism, sabotage and other threats,
Starling L. Eaton, superintendent
of maintenance, was designated as Building
Leader, in cooperation both with
the Ohio State University and the
Fifteenth Ward. He has completed
the requirement of 15 hours basic
training and 20 hours first aid, and has
been designated as an air-raid warden.
The essentials of this basic train-
ing have been passed on to other members
of the Staff, with the result
that the Museum and Library building now
is prepared to meet any emer-
gencies.
The Division of State Memorials, of
which Mr. E. C. Zepp is curator,
was authorized to take similar measures
for the forty-two memorial areas
in the custody of the Society. All
facilities, personnel, trucks, etc., have
been placed at the disposal of the
State. Most of the thirty-five employees
in the memorial areas have completed the
standard Red Cross first-aid
courses; six have been assigned to duty
as air-raid wardens, while several
others are identified with air patrol
and auxiliary police duty.
The Ohio Committee for Conservation of
Cultural Resources, charged
with devising ways and means for
protecting valuable materials in museums,
libraries, State and local archives, was
organized early in January at the re-
quest of the National Resources Planning
Board. In response to invita-
tions, representatives of museums and
libraries throughout the State met
at the Museum and planned to carry out
the responsibilities of the com-
mittee. The Director of the Society was
elected as permanent Chairman,
with Secretary Lindley and Curator
Overman as local members. Since its
organization, this committee, in
cooperation with the Ohio Historical Rec-
ords Survey, has succeeded in
disseminating pertinent literature and in-
formation to virtually every museum,
library, courthouse and to other places
where valuable materials, books and
documents exist. In addition, a sur-
vey of space available to institutions
outside Ohio for storage of similar
valuables has been completed.
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The Director, in cooperation with Drs.
Lindley and Overman, called
on the Governor of Ohio in the interest
of organizing an Ohio War History
Commission. This proposal met with a
warm reception on the part of the
Governor, and the commission now is
actively functioning, with Dr. Carl
Wittke as Chairman and Dr. Overman as
Executive Secretary. The Mu-
seum serves as headquarters for the
commission.
DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES. The Department
of Archaeology,
under the charge of Richard G. Morgan,
Curator, and H. H. Ellis, Assist-
ant Curator, cooperated with the Ohio
State University during the past sum-
mer in the exploration of a prehistoric
mound on the Dunlap farm, a few
miles north of Chillicothe. Curator
Morgan has completed a report on the
examination of a prehistoric Indian site
at Fairport Harbor, which report
will be published shortly; he served as
coeditor of unpublished archaeologi-
cal field notes of the late Warren K.
Moorehead in the Illinois Valley, which
were published recently by the American
Philosophical Society; he devised
several archaeological displays for
State Memorials from surplus material
in the Museum; and he carried on the
routine duties of the department.
Mr. Ellis, as technician for the Lithic
Laboratory, continued experi-
ments on the various techniques of
working stone and flint, in the inter-
est of rediscovering the methods
employed by the prehistoric peoples of
Ohio. This project was greatly advanced
through the employment for a
period of two months of Donald E.
Crabtree, of Idaho. As a result of
his experienced cooperation, the
laboratory now has mastered virtually all
the techniques of the prehistoric
flint-chipper. Mr. Ellis has completed
a final report on the work of the
laboratory which will be published shortly.
He also delivered a number of lectures
on Ohio prehistory at Ohio State
University, and participated in a number
of radio broadcasts.
For the Department of History, Dr.
Overman has remodeled the hall of
history; has completed a model of a
water-driven pioneer grist mill; has
devised new displays, and has furnished
factual material for thirty-two
separate broadcasts over the local
university station, under the series "Ohio
Builds a Nation" and "You Are
Ohio." In addition to routine duties he has
served as Archivist for the Library and
as Secretary of the Ohio War His-
tory Commission; has contributed a
chapter on "Education" for the new six-
volume History of the State of Ohio; has
written a number of book re-
views and technical contributions to
historical publications. He also is serv-
ing as a committee member of several
State and national organizations.
Edward S. Thomas, Curator of Natural
History, in addition to the
heavy routine of his department, has
prepared 1,000 natural-color slides of
natural history subjects for the
Museum's visual aids service to Ohio public
schools; has compiled a valuable list of
references to Ohio wildlife in early
Ohio newspaper files; has delivered
numerous lectures before educational
groups; and more recently has prepared a
seasonal display for the Museum
on "Spring Comes to Ohio."
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Mr. E. C. Zepp, Curator of State
Memorials, and his assistant, J. R.
Lawwill, have had a busy and a
profitable year. In addition to the defense
measures mentioned above, they have
cooperated with the Ohio Develop-
ment and Publicity Commission in
preparing a display to be exhibited in
various cities of the State; prepared
and issued a new edition of the book-
let Ohio Cherishes Her Historic
Tradition; conducted several historical and
archaeological tours over the State, and
have carried forward the develop-
ment of the forty-two State Memorials
directly in their charge. Curator
Zepp's report for the past year shows an
attendance of visitors to the
Memorials of 1,200,000, which breaks all
previous records. He anticipates
a decrease in attendance for the current
year, because of the war, and fore-
sees greater interest in the historic
and recreational factors in these areas.
As a result of the generosity of the
recent State legislature, substantial
additions and improvements have been
made. The so-called "King's Pal-
ace" and the historic Gardens at
Zoar Village, Tuscarawas County; the
McCook House, at Carrollton, home of the
famous "Fighting" McCook's,
of Civil War fame; and Cedar Swamp, a
unique bit of the northland which
the glacial invasion failed to
eliminate, have been acquired. Funds for pur-
chasing additional land at Fort Ancient,
Warren County; Fort Hill, High-
land County; and for repairing and
improving the Garfield home, at Mentor,
were appropriated. Mr. A. C. Spetnagel,
Chillicothe, a Trustee of the
Society, donated funds for a small
museum building at Mound City, Chilli-
cothe, and the late Mrs. Lillian B.
Sturm bequeathed to the Society her
house at Zoar village and a substantial
sum for its maintenance.
The Educational Service of the Museum
has been augmented during the
past year. Loan Collections of actual
specimens, photographs and book-
lets designed for use in the public
schools of Ohio, have been used by more
than 50,000 students and teachers.
Groups visiting and receiving personal
guide service totaled over 6,000
persons; a total of 32 radio broadcasts,
previously mentioned, and the 1,000
natural-color slides prepared by Curator
Thomas, are a part of the Educational
Service. In addition to her duties
as secretary to the Director, Winnie N.
Waite has served as secretary for
the Visual Aids section of the Educational
Service. In keeping with its
policy, the Museum confines its
offerings to those needs only which are
not available from other sources. The service to the Columbus
public
schools, under the supervision of Miss
Olive Clevenger, teacher, has reached
over 12,000 pupils during the year. In
addition, Miss Clevenger inaugurated
and completed a series of Saturday
classes for the schools of Franklin
County. This innovation has been most
successful.
FURTHERING THE INTERESTS OF THE SOCIETY.
The an-
nual convention of the American
Association of Museums, to which the
Society played host as of last June,
served to acquaint the country at large
with the importance of our activities
and accomplishments. The Director
attended the meeting of the Council of
the Association held in New York
OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE, 1942 213
City last December, and was reelected to
the council, which is the gov-
erning body for the national
organization. This it may be assumed re-
flects the high standing of the Society
in museum circles. The Director
served as chairman of a committee which
drafted a new constitution for
the Midwest section of the Museums
Association, meeting in Fort Wayne;
prepared a bibliography of the late
Gerard Fowke for the Dictionary of
American Biography; wrote a chapter on the "Ohio Aborigines" for
the
current History of the State of Ohio;
assisted in organizing and was elected
vice-president of a new section (Section
K, anthropology) of the Ohio
Academy of Science, and addressed
numerous civic and educational groups
over the State.
On authorization of the Board, Irma P.
Anderson, formerly director
of the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum,
Coshocton, was added to the Staff
as Public Relations Secretary, as of
November 1, 1941. Mrs. Anderson is
proving most efficient in her efforts to
increase the Society's membership
and to make the organization more widely
known. In the interest of im-
proving the Museum as a cultural center,
several additional facilities have
been provided, and a number of displays
are being modernized. The Super-
intendent of Maintenance, Mr. Eaton, and
his staff, have rendered yeoman
service in caring for the building and
in making repairs. Irene C. Stahl,
as Financial Secretary, Gertrude Bell,
as Information Clerk, James S.
Waite, Cabinet-maker, and P. F. Mooney,
Museum Assistant, and others of
the Staff, have served well and
faithfully.
We regret to report the death of Grover
C. Koons, Staff Photographer,
in December, 1911. His place has been
filled by Oliver J. Williams.
H. C. SHETRONE, Director.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Thank you, Mr.
Director. Those of
us who are in close contact with the
institution must always be
amazed at the enormous amount of work
which is being done and
the fine character of that work in all
departments of the institution.
In order to break the program for a
moment, I will call for the
report of the Nominating Committee.
The Nominating Committee unanimously
recommended the
reelection of Carl V. Weygandt, of
Lakewood, Carl Wittke, of
Oberlin, and Oscar F. Miller, of
Columbus. The President called
for nominations from the floor. There
being none, the Secretary
was instructed by the Chairman to cast
the ballot for each of the
nominees.
President Johnson then called for the
report of the Secretary,
who prefaced his report with the
announcement that he had re-
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ceived messages from two of the Trustees
expressing regret in not
being able to attend the meeting. These
were Mr. W. E. Levis, of
Toledo, who is in government service in
Washington, and Dr. Carl
Wittke, who was ill.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
To THE TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE OHIO
STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
The Secretary presents to the Board of
Trustees and Members of the
Society his ninth annual report for the
year ending March 31, 1942, it being
the Annual Report for the fifty-sixth
year of the Society.
I. Secretarial Duties
In addition to the routine duties of the
Secretary, there have been a
number of activities which have required
his attention.
During the year he has served as a
member of the Council of the new
American Association for State and Local
History and appeared on the
program of the first annual meeting held
in Hartford, Connecticut, in Octo-
ber, 1941, speaking on "Raising the
Standards of Historical Society Work."
At this time and place he also
represented the Society at the annual meeting
of the Society of American Archivists,
and on the same trip appeared on
the program of a general library conference held in Philadelphia. He
arranged the program and was chairman of
the Librarians Section of the
American Association of Museums.
During the year, as the chairman of the
Ohio Committee of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Anthony Wayne
Memorial Association, he has or-
ganized the association on a State-wide
basis with a general committee for
the State as a whole.
Addresses were given before the annual
meeting of the Michigan State
Historical Society where he was called
upon to assist in an advisory way
in the drafting of a new constitution
for the society; the annual State
meeting of the Society of Mayflower
Descendants; the Sons of the Amer-
ican Revolution; and four local
historical societies, three of which were in
process of organization.
Several weeks before the United States
officially entered the present
World War, the Secretary took the
initiative in a movement to create an
Ohio World War Commission to collect,
organize and preserve material
concerning Ohio's interests and
activities in the struggle. Later Dean Carl
Wittke of Oberlin College, who had been
a member of a similar commission
in the previous World War, approached
the Governor of Ohio and such a
commission was created. Professor
Wittke, a Trustee of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society
was chosen Chairman of the commis-
sion and William D. Overman, Curator of
History and Archivist, was elected
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Executive Secretary. The materials
collected here will become a part of
the Society's Library.
Time has been required in connection
with the sponsoring of the Ohio
Writers' Project, the Historical Records
Survey and the State Newspaper
Index project.
The demand upon the Secretary's office
through correspondence is in-
creasing constantly. During the
six-month period, beginning August 1,
the Secretary dictated or wrote 2,424
letters while his secretary added to
this 240 letters personally composed.
These were in reply to over 3,000
letters and postal cards. Eighteen
hundred telephone calls were answered.
(Careful statistics on the office load
were compiled for the period August
1 to February 1.)
Plans are already being made, with the
approval of the Board of Trus-
tees to commemorate the life and
historical activities of Henry Howe as a
part of the program of the Ohio History
Conference and Annual Meeting
of the Society in April, 1943.
This year's Ohio History Conference,
while held earlier than the An-
nual Business Meeting, was well attended
and interesting programs were
presented. A report of the conference
appears elsewhere in this issue.
Membership
The total membership of the Society as
of April 1, 1942, was 631 as
compared with 609 last year. During the
year 5 life members (two of
them honorary), 1 sustaining member, 2
contributing members, and 33 an-
nual members were added. During the year
a Public Relations Secretary
functioning under the supervision of the
Director has been appointed, and
gives promise of strengthening the
membership very materially.
Trustees
During the year one new Trustee has been
appointed by the Governor,
Mr. William E. Levis of Toledo.
The terms of Oscar F. Miller, Carl V.
Weygandt and Carl Wittke as
Trustees elected by the Society's
members expire at this time.
II. Publications
In addition to the two regular
periodical publications, marked progress
has been made on the History of the
State of Ohio which has claimed the
attention of the whole editorial staff.
During the past year volumes II
and III have been completed and Volume
VI is now in press and should
be available in June. The manuscripts of
Volumes IV and V are in the
Editor's hands for final preparation for
publication. It now seems certain
that the entire history published in six
volumes will be available during
1942 if sufficient funds are secured to
cover the cost of printing.
Much praise has been expressed
concerning the volumes already pub-
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lished. Five hundred volumes were set
aside for sale with the understand-
ing that sets should not be broken. It
was thought advisable to delay a
sales campaign until the history was
complete. However 118 sets have
already been ordered.
Several manuscripts have been submitted
to the Editor for criticism
and possible publication but funds have
not been available and the staff has
had no free time for their final
preparation because of the heavy duties
entailed by the work on the History
of the State of Ohio.
III. The Library
During the year, 3,478 volumes have been
added to the Library. Because
of the small book fund available, only
488 of these were purchased. Of
the remaining volumes, 1090 were gifts;
622 were obtained through ex-
change, and 55 were received for review
in our publications. There were
1,223 pamphlets which have been bound
separately or filed in boxes.
The total number of periodicals received
was 313, representing 67
gifts, 200 exchanges and 46 cash
subscriptions. The library now contains
50,826 volumes exclusive of newspapers.
In the Newspaper Division the Library
receives 67 Ohio dailies, and 11
out-of-state dailies; 66 weeklies and
semiweeklies; and 5 foreign-language
papers printed in Ohio.
In addition to these current files, the
Library has also received 506
wrapped volumes and 118 bound volumes,
or 38,667 issues during the past
year. During the year the Newspaper
Library answered 2,677 personal calls
for newspapers besides carrying on a
large correspondence with those peo-
ple unable to come to the Library for
their research.
Particular mention should be made of the
Newspaper Index and Micro-
film Project which the Society has
sponsored for three and one-half years
under the supervision of Laurence H.
Bartlett, head of the newspaper de-
partment. This has not only produced
seven excellent reference works and
aids to research in the form of the
index but has also given the Society one
of the finest collections of newspaper
microfilms in the world. The micro-
film, now going through the final
checking process, will provide the research
student with approximately 500,000 feet
(eight newspaper pages to the foot)
of seven Ohio newspapers, thereby
facilitating research and assuring preser-
vation as well as economy in storage.
The index to this film, as well as
the original files, offers bound volumes
of proper name and subject annota-
tions, completely cross referenced, of
all Ohio news and opinion in the
Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Co-
lumbus Ohio State Journal, Toledo
Blade, Dayton Journal and the Youngs-
town Vindicator. These films
represent a cost of over $75,000 but have
cost this Society nothing in cash.
Although the War effort has reduced
the project personnel considerably,
volumes are still being printed and
bound. To date, there have been 33
yearly editions produced with several
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more in process. Distribution of the
volumes is being made from coast to
coast at the bare cost price of fifty
cents per volume. In this connection
it is to the Society's credit that many favorable comments have been re-
ceived regarding the excellent work done
on these volumes and the goodwill
thus bestowed upon the Society as
sponsor is of great value and does much
to add to our growing reputation as a
progressive and far-sighted. organiza-
tion. The index and microfilm have given
us something of which to be
proud. Completion of this important work
is our immediate aim and al-
though production will be slow in the
next year or two we are hopeful
of eventually indexing at least 100
years of Ohio newspapers.
The Catalogue Department of the Library
has catalogued and made
ready for library use 4,061 books, the
cards typed and filed numbering
10,197. Approximately 1,400 books have
been placed on shelves for which
no cards have been typed and filed.
Approximately 4,200 accessioned books
and pamphlets are in the Catalogue
Department waiting to be catalogued.
Mr. Weaver, head of this department,
deserves mention for his faith-
ful, conscientious work in cataloguing,
as well as in assisting with the edi-
torial work. His work is the most
technical in the Library and he has
never had sufficient and proper help.
Manuscripts
During the year many additions of great
value have been made in the
Manuscript Department. This type of
material is of outstanding value to
a library of a historical society.
Perhaps the most outstanding collection
added during the year was the
"James and Sarah Walker Collection" pre-
sented by Dr. Claude F. Walker of
Darien, Connecticut. Mr. Walker is a
member of the Society. The Walker family
came to Ohio in 1801, and
was a very prominent one in the making
of Ohio, and the collection is rich
in historical, genealogical and
biographical material.
Archives
Seven truck loads of papers from the
State House, principally from the
Governor's office, were transferred to
the Public Archives Section of the
Library during the year.
Reference Department
An increased burden has devolved upon
Miss Mills during the year
due to changes in the staff occasioned
by the Draft, curtailment of WPA
help and increased demands on the
resources of the library for reference
work. In addition to her usual duties,
she has had to assume the genealogi-
cal work as well.
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The Staff
The Library staff has suffered very
materially as a result of the Gov-
ernment's defense and war policy. Laurence H. Bartlett, head of the
Newspaper Department; K. W. McKinley,
Assistant Librarian in charge of
manuscripts and archives; and Andrew J.
Ondrak, Jr., Assistant Reference
Librarian, have all been called into the
service of their country, Messrs.
Bartlett and Ondrak to the Army, and Mr.
McKinley to the Navy. Miss
Lois Hiestand, the secretary to the
Secretary-Editor-Librarian, resigned
July 1, 1941. Miss Bertha E. Josephson,
previously Editorial Associate of
the Mississippi Valley Historical
Review and technical editor of the Albert
J. Beveridge Memorial Fund, was secured
to fill the vacancy, and serve as
Editorial Associate on publications.
Harold C. O'Neal was appointed as
temporary Reference Assistant in charge
of manuscripts and archives.
The greatest single need at present in
order to make the Library more
efficient is additional space and
equipment. We cannot give proper care
and service until this need is met.
Respectfully submitted,
HARLOW LINDLEY,
Secretary, Editor, and Librarian.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Thank you, Mr.
Secretary. This is
another evidence of the good work being
done by the institution.
At this point President Johnson called
attention to an ad-
dress by Dr. Randolph C. Downes,
entitled "Ohio Population
Trends, 1920-1940" which had been
scheduled for the program.
Because of the lateness of the hour and
with Dr. Downes' consent,
the address was omitted. It appears on
the pages immediately
following this report.
The meeting then adjourned.
HARLOW LINDLEY, Secretary