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for the purpose of recapturing the lost
arts of prehistoric man in the
utilization of flint and other lithic
materials, and for the establishment of
a laboratory of actual materials to be
used for purposes of comparison.
This project, it will be recalled, was
financed by Messrs. Arthur C.
Johnson and H. Preston Wolfe, pending
other sources of support. The
Director had hoped that the Lithic
Laboratory might become a permanent
activity of the Museum, through State
appropriation. However, because
of a tendency to economize on the part
of the present administration, there
is no prospect for the present of funds
from this quarter. In the mean-
time, our original sponsors continue to
finance the Laboratory, in the hope
that funds may be forthcoming from some
other source.
The accomplishments of the Lithic
Laboratory for the fifteen months
of its existence are entirely
satisfactory. The uninitiated can have little
conception of the vast amount of detail,
mostly unspectacular, which has
attended the undertaking, before the
ultimate objectives can be realized.
Up to date an exhaustive world-wide
bibliography has been compiled, a
library has been inaugurated, samples of
lithic materials have been secured
from several states and from France and
England, and a large amount of
basic experimentation has been carried
through.
In a paper entitled "Some
Unfinished Business in Cultural Anthro-
pology" read before the Ohio Valley
Sociological Society, Dr. John P.
Gillin, noted anthropologist and writer,
has this to say regarding the project:
"Part of the unfinished business in
archaeology is to advance scien-
tific interpretation of results so that
other scholars may grasp the human,
cultural problems so far as possible of
the societies whose remains are
excavated. One significant attempt along
this line is being made by the
Lithic Laboratory for the Eastern United
States at the Ohio State Mu-
seum.... [Director] Shetrone and his
associates have set out to investigate
thoroughly the muscular skills involved
in manufacture, sources of supply,
uses and distribution of stone implements.
When they have carried their
program through we should have for the
first time a clear appreciation of
the lithic industries which have engaged
the major part of man's industrial
activity during ninety-nine per cent of
his existence upon the earth. The
Lithic Laboratory operates on the theory
that stone artifacts are not merely
given data in themselves, but that each
artifact represents a human and
cultural problem which some individual,
conditioned by his group culture,
solved."
H. C. SHETRONE, Director.
List of Accessions
Accessions to the archaeological and
historical collections of the Society
herewith listed, have been acknowledged
and recorded, and placed on exhibi-
tion or stored, as seemed most
desirable. All are gifts unless otherwise
noted.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Department of
History
Item Donor Address
Badge, Union
Veteran Legion, 1861-
1865 Norbert
Tople Columbus
Silk apron of
1875 Mrs.
Lilian Fisher Columbus
Auto license
plates, 1915 J. G.
May Columbus
Infant's
dress of 1866 Mrs.
Edna Williams Columbus
Fish spears Division
of Conservation Ohio
Graphophone,
horn and records Mrs. Robert
I. Miles Columbus
Medical
manikin, 1853 Mrs.
Warner P. Simpson Columbus
Invitation to
cotillon party, 1850 John Dolle Columbus
Rocker,
ladder back James
Waite Columbus
Spike from
Commodore Perry's
flagship, Niagara W. P. Huntington Columbus
List of
members of Ohio Constitu-
tional
Convention, 1850 Mrs.
R. A. Walkley* Lancaster
Tiles from
church in Holland Brig.
J. P. Gourlay Columbus
Stemmed glass Dr.
Means Columbus
Antique
spectacles F.
W. Fuller Columbus
Autograph of
Garibaldi Ray
D. Cuneo Columbus
Fragment of Shenandoah Walter D. Tallman Columbus
Crimping
iron, 1870 Miss
Jennie C. Mussel-
man Sidney
Broad axe and
tailor's "goose" J. R.
Horst Columbus
Photographs
of membership certifi-
cates, old
Cincinnati fire companies William Polosky Cincinnati
Foreign coins Ned
Barnes Lakewood
Table, curio
cabinet, curio table,
minerals,
shells Sullivant
Estate / Columbus
Watch of
Civil War period Dr.
Frank W. Gardner Columbus
Certificate
of Military Service Mrs.
Eugenia N. Mor-
rell St. Louis
Badge,
"Covered Wagon" M.
B. Binning Columbus
Carpenter's
planes Prof.
Charles Foulk Columbus
Miniature log
cabin Dr.
C. C. Ross Columbus
Election ballots, 1861, Jefferson N
a s h u a,
Davis for
President, and others Frank A. Dearborn N.
H.
Medal Tercentennial
Committee New Haven,
Conn.
German cap
ornament Paul
McCullogh Columbus
Bass viol Mrs.
Jessie Bill Clark St. Paul,
Minn.
* Asterisk indicates loan.
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Item Donor Address
Badge Maj.
H. S. Bryan Columbus
Book, shirt
and waistcoat H.
P. Knapp Delaware
Saddle bags
and marriage certificate Miss Dorothy Reed Columbus
Coffee
grinder, cherry stoner, and
apple parer R. E.
Kinnear Columbus
Civil War
sword Mrs.
R. W. Porter Lewisburg,
Pa.
Tickets to
World's Columbian Ex-
position,
Chicago, 1893 Fred W. Hart Columbus
"Wooden
nickels," N. W. Territory
Celebration R. F. Fletcher Portsmouth,
Photo of J.
J. Cramer, soldier of
Civil War Mrs.
W. W. Cramer Globe, Ariz.
Tintypes 0.
C. Cooper Coalton
Speech on
Digestion, by Dr. Mahala
P.
Seuter Rev. Henry
J. Simpson Flint, Mich.
Civil War
papers of John McCurdy Moundsville,
Sawhill R.
S. Virtue* W. Va.
Civil War
relics Mrs.
Kathryn Wesler Columbus
Coach mailbag J. M.
Menhorn, Jr. Akron
Sword cane T.
B. Hayes Columbus
Maul and
wedge, for splitting rails Dr. C. C. Ross Columbus
Quilt of 1813 Miss
Lois Robinson Sidney
Antique
basket W.
J. Davidson Columbus
Mixing bowl,
china Mrs.
Dora Gibson
Davidson Columbus
Diary and
Biography of R. L. Sharp William H. Sharp Columbus
Furniture and
portrait of J. H. Mrs. Grace J. Clark Indianapolis,
Giddings Estate Ind.
Chart of
interurban cars and routes Miss Harriet E. Wilson West Jeffer-
in Ohio son
Sample of
flax A.
F. Scott Youngstown
Daguerreotypes
and early photos Mrs. J. S.
Harrell Columbus
Chair of Mrs.
William McKinley Columbus Women' s
Club Columbus
Address of
Ohio State Journal Car-
riers,
1842 C. E.
Harker Dover
Wooden
roller, basket, and musical
instrument Mrs. E. W. Boxley Columbus
Picture of
Jonathan Farrar
Report of
stock sale, London, O., Dr. Kirby
Farrar Est. London
1853
* Asterisk
indicates loan.
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Item Donor Address
Early
pottery W. P. Bauer Zanesville
Photo
of William McKinley, auto-
graphed Charles
H. Sloan Columbus
Surgical
instruments Dr. Arthur Thomas Minerva
Souvenir
of G. A. R. Encampment, Ft.
Collins,
Columbus,
1888 H. B. Deane Colo.
Ohio
auto license plates, 1907 to
1939,
incl. C. A.
Swoyer Columbus
Department
of Archaeology
Broken
slate and flint pieces, vari-
ous
localities H.
R. McPherson Columbus
Material
from Flint Ridge R.
G. Morgan & R. (Field
Goslin Work)
Replicas
of clay figurines from Tur- Peabody
ner
Mounds Dr. C. C.
Willoughby Museum,
Harvard
University
Material
from the Florence Mound, R. G. Morgan &
R. Exploration
Fox,
O. Goslin directed by
R.
G.
Morgan,
1938
Archaeological
specimens W. E.
Gibbs Columbus
Copper
chisel, Ecuador Rev.
Harry Rimmer Duluth,
Minn.
Hematite
cone Darius
Mathias Rockbridge
Department
of Mineralogy
Specimens
of polished agate A.
C. Spetnagel Chillicothe
Topaz
crystal Elmon
McDaniels Columbus
Specimens
of Albite and Microcline Miss Polly S. Robinson Ohio State
University
Quartz
geodes Arthur
R. Harper Columbus
Hematite
geode James
Samuels Altoona, Pa.
Olivine
and Augite Percy
D. Steele Honolulu,
H.
I.
Lithic
Laboratory Materials
From Furnished by Address
California E. N. Johnson Concord, Calif.
Indre
& Loire, Dr. Nels C. Nelson American Museum of Natural
France History,
N. Y.
Indiana R. G. Morgan & H. H. (Field
Work)
Ellis
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From Furnished by Address
Indiana G. A. Black Indiana Historical Society
Illinois U. S. National Mu-
Washington, D. C.
seum
Illinois Frank C. Baker Urbana
Kentucky Robert Bell Marion
Kentucky William J. Webb University of Kentucky,
Lexington
Kentucky H. H. Ellis (Field Work)
Michigan S. E. Sanderson & S.
Detroit, Mich.
S. Sanderson
Michigan H. H. Ellis (Field Work)
Minnesota Dr. A. E. Jenks University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis
Ohio Philip Kientz Columbus
Ohio, Florida
& Dr. W. V. Sprague Chauncey
Kentucky
Ohio Prof. Wilber Stout Dept. Geology, O. S. U.
Ohio Willis Magrath Alliance
Ohio H. R. Goodwin Columbus
Ohio H. R. Goodwin & R.
G. (Field Work)
Morgan
Ohio R. G. Morgan & H. H. (Field
Work)
Ellis
Rhode Island
& Maurice Robbins Attleboro, Mass.
Massachusetts
Tennessee Robert Goslin Columbus
Virginia John Wetzel Grand Rapids, Mich.
West Virginia H. H. Ellis (Field Work)
Wisconsin Milwaukee Public Mu- Milwaukee,
Wis.
seum
PRESIDENT
JOHNSON: I think that this report, given in a quiet
manner
without detail, conveys to you practically no conception of
the measure
of intensive work that has been done in this cultural
institution.
As we go on working out the problems which are
presented
year after year, they seem to become more and more
unspectacular.
There has been a constant endeavor, of course,
to reach out
and convey to the state of Ohio in particular and to
the public in
general the benefits of all of this labor, looking
toward
definite conclusions and specific results. That is the story
of scientific
endeavor. Director Shetrone, of course, has given
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you a picture of the duties, efforts and
results obtained by mem-
bers of the staff. I know of no
organization of this size that accom-
plishes as much with so little an outlay
of money as the staff
of this institution. I am particularly
appreciative to Director
Shetrone and to all of the members of
the staff for the fine results
that have been obtained, for the
interest that they have shown
and the intensive labor which they have
performed. I think this
has been most effective in the growth of
the organization and
I am very happy about it.
Although not all of the efforts of the
Society are along his-
torical lines, history, after all, is
the fundamental thing and I
believe there is no one among us who has
so clear a conception
of the function and duty of the Society
as has our secretary,
Dr. Harlow Lindley. It is due to his
efforts that our organiza-
tion has broadened out by cooperating
with the Columbus Gen-
ealogical Society, the Ohio Academy of
History, the Ohio Com-
mittee on Medical History and Archives
and the Ohio State
University. I think by combining these
kindred spirits the meet-
ings of these organizations will bring
results far more useful to
the state of Ohio as well as of more
benefit to our historical
society. Will the secretary read his
report with such comment
as he sees fit to make?
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE OHIO
STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
To THE TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE OHIO
STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
The Secretary herewith presents to the
Board of Trustees of the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society and to the members of
the Society as a whole his sixth annual
report for the year ending March
31, 1939, it being the annual report for
the fifty-third year of the Society.
This report is divided into three parts
corresponding to the duties
assigned to the Secretary.
I. Secretarial Duties.
Since the annual meeting held April 1,
1938, there have been three
meetings of the Board of Trustees and
two meetings of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Trustees, the
actions taken by the latter having
been regularly approved by the trustees
as a whole.