MINUTES
OF THE
NINTH
ANNUAL MEETING.
STATE
LIBRARY ROOM, STATE CAPITOL.
COLUMBUS,
OHIO, February 20, 1894.
The
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met in
annual
session with the President, Gen. Roeliff Brinkerhoff, in
the
chair.
The
following members were present:
Gen.
Roeliff Brinkerhoff, President. ........... Mansfield.
Rev.
Wm. E. Moore, Vice President ............ Columbus.
S. S.
Rickly, Treasurer ........ .... ..... Columbus.
E. O.
Randall, Secretary ............ ......
Columbus.
Prof.
Geo. F. W right ......... ..... ............ Oberlin.
Judge
W. J. Gilmore ........... ..................
Columbus.
George
F. Bareis .............. ................... Canal Winchester.
R. S. H
ills ............................ ........... Delaware.
Bishop B. W. Arnett ...... ............ ........... Wilberforce.
Prof.
N. S. Townshend. .......................... Columbus.
Major
E. C. Dawes...... ........................ Cincinnati.
Hon.
Elroy M. Avery . ..........................
Cleveland.
Hon. M.
D. Follett . ................
.. Marietta.
Dr. E.
L. Herrick .............................
Columbus.
Dr. H.
A. Thompson. ............................ Dayton.
Prof.
W. K. Moorehead . ........ ...... Columbus.
Hon. L.
B. Wing ...................
Newark.
Judge
J. H. Anderson. .......................... Columbus.
Dr. D.
H. Gard .........................
......... Columbus.
J. J.
Janney ...................
................... Columbus.
Upon
call for the reading of the minutes of the annual
meeting
of the last year, Assistant Secretary Randall explained
that
there had been no annual meeting held in 1893, conse-
quently,
there were no minutes. The intention had been to hold
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the annual meeting and elect officers at
Chicago in 1893, but
owing to the question which arose as to
the legality of such pro-
ceedings, there was no meeting held.
The Assistant Secretary also stated that
he held a copy of
the detailed report of the Society's
proceedings for the past year,
made to the Governor of Ohio, consisting
of some eighty type-
written pages of legal cap. This report,
which was a very com-
plete and valuable one and ought to be
preserved in the archives
of the Society and published when
possible, was much too
lengthy for reading at this time.
However, at the solicitation of
the Governor, who objected to having the
report printed in its
original shape because too extensive, a
condensed report had
been made containing the substance of
the same, comprising
seventeen pages.
Thereupon this condensed report for 1893
was read by the
Secretary, who supplemented the same by
a statement con-
cerning the disposition of the Society's
possessions since their
return from the World's Fair. He said
that all that part of the
exhibit which was of a purely
archaeological character had been
placed in cases in the gallery of Orton
Hall at the Ohio State
University. The pictures and matters
especially of an historical
nature had been stored in the basement
of Orton Hall, and nego-
tiations are in progress with the
Trustees of the University look-
ing to securing proper quarters for
them.
The President stated that he had read
Mr. Graham's report
in full and considered it a very
valuable one, which ought to be
put in print as soon as possible. It
contained a report of Pro-
fessor Wright on Ohio in the Glacial
Period which was especially
valuable.
It was moved by Judge Gilmore, that as
the full report had
not been read, and the condensed report,
made at the suggestion
of the Governor, had been substantially
read, that the record of
this meeting show why the report proper
was not read, and why
the condensed report was substituted;
also, that the original re-
port be received to await further order
of the Society, which
presumably will be to order same printed
at the proper time.
Motion seconded and carried.
The report of the Treasurer, which is
also embodied in the
Minutes of the Ninth Annual Meeting.
405
report to the Governor, was read by the
Secretary, and upon
motion of Judge Gilmore the same was
received and approved.
Upon call for report from the Executive
Committee, Mr.
Randall stated that the ground was
substantially covered in the
report read; that since the close of the
World's Fair the Com-
mittee had been looking after the
reception and proper placing
of the Society's collections, and
overseeing the publication of
the two volumes which had been printed,
and supervising the
general affairs of the Society.
Upon motion of Mr. Randall a committee
of three was ap-
pointed by the chair to make nominations
for vacancies on the
Board of Trustees, which committee
consisted of Messrs. Ran-
dall, Bareis and Follett.
Owing to the fact that no annual meeting
was held last year,
the five Trustees whose terms expired in
1893 held over, and as
the terms of five more expired this
year, it necessitated the elec-
tion of ten Trustees at this time,-the
five who succeed those
holding over from last year to be
elected for two years, and the
other five for the full term of three
years.
The committee were allowed to retire in
order to formulate
their report, whereupon Dr. Moore
presented the following reso-
lution, which was unanimously adopted
and a copy ordered to be
sent to Mr. Graham:
Resolved, 1. The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
desires to put on record its high
appreciation of its Secretary, Mr. A. A.
Graham, who from the beginning of the
Society under its present organ-
ization has been most efficient in
promoting in every way the objects for
which the Society was formed. The tastes
of Mr. Graham for history and
archaeology, and his acquirements in
these branches of knowledge, gave
him eminent fitness for the position
which he has held constantly as the
Secretary of the Society, and the
custodian of its collections. His wide
acquaintance with the history and location
of the works of the prehistoric
people, and his knowledge of those who
have gathered stores of the relics
of the Mound Builders, enabled him, with
their co-operation, to be chiefly
instrumental in gathering, at the recent
Columbian Exposition in Chicago,
a collection of the archaeological
treasures of Ohio worthy of the Society,
superior in value to any other such
display.
II. The Society regrets the failure of
his health, which for the time
at least has withdrawn him from the
active work on which his heart is set.
We would tender him our deepest sympathy
in his illness and assure him
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of our hope and prayer that he may soon
be restored to his wonted health
and usefulness.
III. That a copy of the above
resolutions be sent to Mr. Graham.
Mr. Walter K. Moorehead rose to inquire
whether he might
at this time present a proposition which
he had to make to the
Society. He was given permission to
proceed, and at some
length explained the great need of a
strictly scientific line of
investigation of the mounds and ancient
earthworks of Ohio,
deploring the time lost and great waste
which had resulted from
the desultory and unscientific character
of the exploration of
these places hitherto. He stated that he
had been engaged by
the Ohio State University to take charge
of the department of
archaeology in Orton Hall, and received
a small salary from the
University. He wished, in connection
with his work there, to
make some arrangement with this Society
by which there would
be co-operation of the two forces in the
matter of exploration in
Ohio. The University could give him no
money for field work,
and he offered to this Society his
services free to take charge of
the archaeological work of same,
agreeing to carry on such work
in a thoroughly scientific manner,
providing the Society would
allow him some money for field work,
this money to be used for
field work alone.
Upon the question being asked as to
whether this proposi-
tion came from Mr. Moorehead, or from
the Trustees of the
University, Mr. Moorehead said that his
instructions from Pro-
fessors Scott and Orton were such that
they would countenance
any outside work he might do for any
institution in the State,
but they had no money to give outside of
the institution. He
further stated that whatever money he
would raise outside the
institution would be used in field work;
and if he offered to the
Society his services free, he was to
have some money to do field
work.
Mr. Rickly moved that this proposition
be referred to the
new Executive Committee. Seconded.
Remarks were made commendatory to Mr.
Moorehead and
his work by General Brinkerhoff and
Professor Wright.
Judge Gilmore offered an amendment to
Mr. Rickly's mo-
Minutes of
the Ninth Annual Meeting. 407
tion, which
was accepted by him, making it read as follows:
"The
proposition of Mr. Moorehead shall be referred to the
Executive
Committee, with power to appoint such sub-committee
and do such
other acts as may be necessary to bring about a
complete
understanding between the Ohio State University and
this Society,
and also a mutual understanding as to the powers
and duties of
Mr. Moorehead."
Vote was
taken upon the motion as amended and the same
unanimously
adopted.
At this point
the Nominating Committee reported nomina-
tions made,
as follows:
For members
of the Board of Trustees, to serve two years:
Prof. N. S.
Townsheud, Prof. G. F.
Wright,
Major E. C.
Dawes, Dr. Wm. E.
Moore,
Hon. John
Sherman.
For members
of the Board of Trustees, to serve three years:
S. S. Rickly, Hon. Elroy M.
Avery,
Geo. F.
Bareis, Hon.
Calvin S. Brice,
Bishop B. W.
Arnett.
Upon motion
of Mr. Rickly, seconded by Judge Gilmore,
the rules
were suspended and the Secretary instructed to cast the
ballot of the
Society for the nominees presented by the Nomi-
nating
Committee to this body.
The ballot
was so cast by the Secretary, and the gentlemen
declared
elected as recommended by the Nominating Committee.
Mr. Bareis
moved that as the Governor is not in the city,
and therefore
the customary greetings of the Society in conven-
tion can not
be tendered him now, that Mr. Randall and Judge
Gilmore be
appointed a committee of two to wait upon the
Governor when
he returns and bear to him the greetings of
the Society;
also to suggest to him the reappointment of his
appointees on
the Board of Trustees whose terms have expired.
Motion
seconded and carried unanimously.
Mr. Randall
moved that the petition to the Legislature,
urging the
purchase by the State of the plates, copyrights, etc.,
necessary to
the publication of Henry Howe's History of Ohio,
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be endorsed by the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society.
Mr. Rickly offered an amendment, which
was accepted by
Mr. Randall, providing that the
President and Secretary sign
the petition for the Society.
Seconded by Mr. Rickly.
Judge Gilmore spoke in favor of the
purchase of the plates
by the State, but thought that did not
go far enough. He
thought they should be purchased by the
State and turned over
to this Society, and that the
Legislature should make proper
appropriation to enable the Society to
publish the same, and
that it should control the distribution
of the books, under direc-
tion of the Legislature. He did not
favor the idea of the State
becoming a publisher of historical
works.
Mr. Randall stated that his
understanding was that it was
the intention that the State should
publish the work as a State
publication, and possibly to have it
distributed throughout the
counties and reach the public schools in
some way.
Mr. Frank Howe, who was present, was
appealed to for
information on the subject in question.
He stated that the idea
was to have the State purchase the
plates and print the books as
a historical report, to be used as
exchanges from the State
Library for the Historical Society, and
also in the public schools
as a book of reference. He said that it
was already in use in
the schools in thirty-five counties of
the State; and if owned and
printed by the State it could be
furnished to the schools at cost
of printing, so that the printing would
not be an item of expense
to the State. He also said that as the
plates must be sold, if not
sold to the State, they would be bought
by a speculator and fur-
nished to the schools at three or four
times the amount for which
they could be printed and furnished by
the State.
Professor Wright thought the greatest
value of the owner-
ship of the book by the State lay in the
possibilities for ex-
change. He thought with such a work we
could secure almost
anything from this country and Europe in
exchange. He
favored its control by the Society.
General Brinkerhoff and Dr. Moore
endorsed the sentiments
Minutes of the Ninth Annual
Meeting. 409
expressed and thought the Society ought
to control the publica-
tion and distribution of the book.
Judge Gilmore thought it might be
disastrous to encumber
the original bill with a demand for
turning the use and control
of the book over to the Society, and
favored the original propo-
sition.
Motion put to vote and carried.
Judge Gilmore moved that a committee of
three be ap-
pointed, whose duty it shall be to meet
with the author of the
bill, with the power to make the
suggestion that the plates, copy-
rights, etc., be purchased and turned
over to this Society for
publication. Seconded by Dr. Moore and
carried.
Committee appointed by the Chair as
follows: Judge Gil-
more, Judge Anderson and Dr. Moore.
Dr. Moore moved the appointment of a
committee by the
Society to revise and codify the
constitution, which has been
amended in various forms, and present
same at next annual
meeting.
Seconded by Dr. Arnett, Carried.
Committee appointed: Mr. E. O. Randall,
Dr. Moore and
Mr. E. F. Wood.
President Brinkerhoff announced a
meeting of the Board of
Trustees with the newly elected members
immediately after the
adjournment of this body, for election
of officers and the trans-
action of other necessary business.
Attention was also called to the joint
meeting to be held in
the evening with the Legislature, and
all urged to attend.
Upon motion of Mr. Rickly, seconded by
Mr. Randall,
meeting adjourned.
E. 0. RANDALL,
Secretary.
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STATE LIBRARY ROOM, STATE CAPITOL,
COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 20, 1894.
Immediately upon adjournment of the
Society the Board of
Trustees convened, fourteen being
present viz.: Messrs. Brinker-
hoff, Rickly, Moore, Wright, Gilmore,
Bareis, Hills, Arnett,
Townshend, Dawes, Avery, Follett,
Thompson, Randall.
After selecting Bishop Arnett as
temporary chairman and
Mr. Randall as temporary secretary, the
Board proceeded to the
election of officers.
Upon call for nominations for President,
General Brinker-
hoff was nominated by Judge Gilmore.
Upon motion of Mr.
Randall, seconded by Mr. Rickly, the
rules were suspended
and General Brinkerhoff elected by
acclamation.
Dr. Moore was nominated for First Vice
President and upon
motion of Mr. Randall, properly
seconded, the rules were sus-
pended and Dr. Moore elected by
acclamation.
Hon. Elroy M. Avery was nominated by
Professor Wright
for Second Vice President. Moved by Professor
Wright, sec-
onded by Mr. Randall, that the rules be
suspended and Senator
Avery be elected by acclamation.
Carried.
A. A. Graham nominated by Dr. Thompson
for Secretary.
This was followed by considerable
discussion as to the advisabil-
ity of the re-election of Mr. Graham,
owing to the present con-
dition of his health. While all agreed
that his long years of
faithful service deserved recognition
and reward, yet it was
thought by some that owing to the fact
that Mr. Graham was in
Arizona and in poor health, and owing to
other conditions which
could not at this time be explained;
also in view of the low
financial condition of the Society, the
election of Secretary and
fixing of salary had better be left to
be settled by the Executive
Committee after it had been ascertained
what action the present
Legislature would take in regard to
appropriations. The Society
had no means, but on the contrary was
very much in debt.
Owing to this state of affairs, Mr.
Rickly moved that the
election of Secretary be postponed until
more is known about
how means are to be procured with which
to pay the salary.
Minutes of the Ninth Annual
Meeting. 411
Seconded by Judge Gilmore, with addition
of giving power of
election to the Executive Board.
Dr. Thompson thought Mr. Graham could be
elected and
the matter of salary left in abeyance
until such a time as it could
be fixed. He had a letter from Mr.
Graham, asking him to
attend the meeting and advise him
immediately of the Society's
action, and he knew that Mr. Graham was
anxiously awaiting
such news.
Professor Wright inquired how the salary
was fixed, to
which Dr. Thompson replied that it was
done by the Trustees.
General Brinkerhoff and Mr. Bareis
expressed themselves as
of opinion with Dr. Thompson, and
thought the Society owed
Mr. Graham re-election.
Mr. Rickly explained that his motion was
not made out of
any want of sympathy for Mr. Graham, but
that the Society was
a body disbursing trust funds, and while
no salary had been
fixed at this meeting, if Mr. Graham was
re-elected it would be
upon previously fixed salary. He thought
that a little reflection
might enable the Board to reach the
conclusion these gentlemen
had asked for, and yet not plunge it
into a difficulty from which
it might not be easy to extricate
itself.
Upon vote being taken, Mr. Graham was
declared elected.
Mr. E. O. Randall was unanimously chosen
Associate Sec-
retary.
Mr. Rickly was nominated for Treasurer
and unanimously
elected.
Dr. Moore moved that the Executive Board
consist of,
besides the officers of the Society,
Judge Gilmore and Colonel
Parrott. Seconded. Carried.
Judge Gilmore moved, first, that this
Society create the
office of Stenographer and Typist, and
elect to fill the same a sten-
ographer and typewriter operator, who shall
discharge the duties
incumbent upon such an office; that
there shall be no salary paid
to such an officer, but for compensation
shall receive regular
rates for such work as is done: second,
that Mrs. Benigna G.
Kalb be elected to fill the office, as she
is a regular contributing
member. Seconded and unanimously
carried.
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Upon request of Mr. Rickly, the offiee
of Assistant Treas-
urer was created and Mr. Wood was
elected to fill the office.
Mr. Bareis moved that the Secretary's
salary be fixed at this
time, if it could be done provisionally;
that is, to be paid at the
rate of $100 per month, providing the
Society should get an
appropriation from the Legislature.
Mr. Wood suggested it would be better to
be made con-
tingent upon securing a large enough appropriation
to justify
the payment of such a salary.
Mr. Randall moved that the matter of
salaries be deferred
until the appropriation should be fixed,
or until the Executive
Committee should decide in relation to
the finances of the
Society what could be done. He said that
he made this sugges-
tion in all loyalty to Mr. Graham, and
while he thought Mr.
Graham was entitled to all the Society
could do for him, yet
before the Board committed itself in the
matter of salaries, he
thought the trustees should carefully
look into the financial con-
dition of the Society. He explained at
some length the indebted-
ness of the Society and the difficulties
which must be faced in
appearing before the Finance Committee
of the Legislature to
ask for an appropriation.
Mr. Hills moved, as an amendment to Mr.
Bareis' motion,
that the matter of salary for the
Secretary or secretaries be re-
ferred to the Executive Committee with
authority to act. Mr.
Bareis accepted the amendment, and the
motion as amended was
seconded and carried.
Mr. Hills spoke at some length of the
necessity of offering
some social attraction to members at the
time of the annual
meetings, in the way of a banquet or
other "blow-out," and
thought some such arrangement would
result in enlarging the
membership of the Society to a large
degree, and stimulating
interest in its work.
Mr. Randall endorsed Mr. Hill's remarks
and said that the
Committee had this year contemplated
such an affair, but in
deference to the stringency of the times
it had been abandoned.
Mr. Randall said it was his opinion, as
well as that of others,
that the Society should return to the
custom of having monthly
meetings, at which it had been the
custom, when such meetings
Minutes of the Ninth Annual
Meeting. 413
had been held, to have read some
valuable papers, which drew
good audiences and enlarged the work of
the Society.
Upon taking the Chair, President
Brinkerhoff in a few words
thanked the Society for the honor of
re-election, and said that he
would do his best to further its
interests.
The first meeting of the Executive
Committee was called for
February 21, at 3 P. M., standard.
On motion the Society adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
On the evening of February 20, instead
of the usual annual
banquet, the Society held a public
meeting in the House of
Representatives at 8 P. M. The house was
filled with an audi-
ence consisting of members of the
Legislature, members of the
Society, and citizens of Columbus. In
the absence of Governor
McKinley, who had been requested to
preside, General Brinker-
hoff occupied the Chair, and delivered a
most admirable address
on the purposes and value of the
Society, entiled, "Why We
Exist." Prof. G. F. Wright spoke at
length upon "What We
Have Accomplished." The Hon. C. P.
Griffin spoke upon "The
Importance of the Society." Vice
President Dr. Moore upon
"The Department of Personal History
as Pertaining to the
Society." The Hon. Alexander Boxwell,
Speaker of the House,
made an earnest appeal to the members of
the Legislature,
advocating the purchase by the State of
the remainder of Fort
Ancient. His discourse was made the more
interesting from the
fact that the large map of Fort Ancient,
owned by the Society,
and made from drawings by Mr. Warren K.
Moorehead, was
hung upon the wall of the House of
Representatives, where it
could be seen and studied by the
members.
The meeting was pronounced by the members
of the Society
one of the most successful ever held.
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.