THE REPORT OF THE
FORTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
MORNING SESSION
The annual meeting of
the Ohio State Archaeologi-
cal and Historical
Society convened at 10 o'clock a. m.,
Tuesday, April 25,
1933, in the auditorium of the Mu-
seum and Library
Building of the Society. There were
present,
Miss Helen Bareis Mrs. George U.
Marvin
Mr. M. B. Binning Mr. O. F.
Miller
Mr. O. J. Demuth Mr. H. M.
Povenmire
Mr. Jerry Dennis Mrs. George
D. Reah
Mrs. Orson D. Dryer Mr. O. K. Reames
Mr. Dudley T. Fisher,
Sr. Mr. J. F. Roof
Mrs. George Florence Mr. Roy Sampson
Gen. George Florence Mr. H. C. Shetrone
Mrs. C. B. Galbreath Mr. George B.
Smith
Mr. C. B. Galbreath Miss Martha C.
Smith
Mr. Robert P. Goldman Mr. Iowa D. Smith
Mr. Joseph C. Goodman Mr. Marshall A. Smith
Mrs. Emily R. Gray Mr. A. C.
Spetnagel
Mr. Lawrence J. Gray Mr. Edward S. Thomas
Dr. J. M. Henderson Dr. W. O.
Thompson
Mr. John R. Horst Mr. John E.
Tritsch
Mrs. Arthur C. Johnson Mr. G. C. Tyler
Mr. Arthur C. Johnson Mr. C. C. Williams
Dr. Harlow Lindley
The meeting was called
to order by President Arthur
C. Johnson, who made
the following report:
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Members of the Society:
Another year has slipped by and we have
gathered here this
morning to enjoy that peculiar
companionship which the spirit of
this organization provides.
We have gathered again to hear a report
of the stewardship
of those who have been entrusted with;
the conduct of its affairs.
It has been a difficult year. But it is
the kind of a year which
proves that there is fundamental
justification for the existence
of such organizations as the Ohio State
Archaeological and His-
torical Society.
In looking backward over the period I
want to take this oppor-
tunity to commend the loyalty and
support which the membership
has manifested toward the Society, its
enterprises and its institu-
tions, and I want to pay tribute to the
members of your staff who
have labored so patiently and so
faithfully under discouraging and
adverse conditions.
I feel that I would be doing less than
my duty if I should fail
to warn the membership that our period
of trial and stress has
not been passed.
In my estimation the real test is still
to come. I refer, of
course, to the financial situation for
the biennium.
What will be our actual condition on
that score remains to be
determined, but we can hope for nothing
more than the fortune
of every other function of state
government.
We can rest assured that it will be no
less, except that all must
yield, in proportion to their importance
to the public good, to the
inexorable demand for food and clothing
and shelter which comes
from the unemployed and the unfortunate.
Constant contact with the state
administration proves that
state officials are not unmindful of our
interests and the impor-
tance of the work we are doing.
Men cannot live by bread alone. The
aesthetic must be served
or we return to sordidness. But I have
no intention to take your
time for preachments. You have come to
hear from your officers
and from your executives.
I hope that you will participate in this
meeting to the fullest.
It is your duty to the Society to
discuss its affairs in the most open
and democratic manner. It is your privilege to
criticise, to ques-
tion, to suggest. You are the
controlling power, in the final
analysis. Fiscal affairs naturally claim your interest.
I want to mention in passing that the
Society is fortunate in
its Treasurer who has demonstrated his capacity to
handle your
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Meeting 343
funds with rare judgment and a
meticulous attention to detail that
must win your admiration. I can vouch
for his standing at the
State House. I hope that he will explain
the Society's financial
situation in such detail that you will
understand perfectly the
status of both our public and our
private funds.
There are, I know, some who have served
this organization
long and well, who, by reason of the
burden of years or illness,
are not able to be with us. It is becoming that you
move to send
to all such a warm greeting of love and
respect before you leave
here today.
The President called for the report of
the Secretary.
The Secretary asked if the minutes of
the previous meet-
ing were desired and stated that they
had been published
in the proceedings. The President stated
if there was
no desire for the reading of the minutes
that would
be passed, in view of the fact that they
had already been
published and distributed to all the
members. He an-
nounced that the annual report of the
Secretary would
be in order.
Secretary Galbreath presented the
following report:
SECRETARY'S REPORT
The meeting of the Society on April 26,
1932, has been ade-
quately reported in the minutes which
have been read in your
hearing. A summary had previously been
published in the QUAR-
TERLY and MUSEUM ECHOES of the Society.
The annual meeting of the Board of
Trustees was held on the
afternoon of April 26, 1932. At this
meeting, the following officers
of the Society were chosen for the
ensuing year:
Arthur C. Johnson, President
Dr. W. O. Thompson, First Vice-President
Joseph C. Goodman, Second Vice-President
Oscar F. Miller, Treasurer
H. C. Shetrone, Director
C. B. Galbreath, Secretary, Librarian
and Editor
All the members of the staff and
employes on the staff of the
Society were reappointed to fill their
respective positions at the
compensation fixed in appropriations by
the General Assembly, as
indicated in the Treasurer's Report.
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In an adjourned session at 5 o'clock p.
m., preliminary steps
were taken for the appropriation by
condemnation proceedings of
two tracts of land in Highland County,
including essential portions
of the earthworks known as Fort Hill. A
committee was appointed
to report on the purchase of the library
of the late James S. Hine.
Six additional meetings of the Board of
Trustees were held
within the year on the following dates:
May 26, July 28 and
October 25, all in 1932, and January 24,
March 7 and March 14
in 1933.
Among the important items of business
transacted at these
meetings were the following: the
adoption of five by-laws, a copy
of which is appended to this report; the
purchase of the library
of the late Professor James S. Hine for
$1500.00 from the funds
of the Society; the repair of the Logan
Elm with funds raised by
the Ohio State Journal, assisted
by the Scioto Gazette and the
Circleville Herald; the
conditional acceptance of deeds for two
tracts of land in Licking County,
including the famous prehistoric
earthworks popularly known as the
"Fairground Circle" and the
"Octagon," both in the
immediate vicinity of the city of Newark;
the dropping of six employes and the
drastic reduction of the
salaries of the remaining members of the
staff to meet the de-
mands of the State Director of Finance;
the appointment of two
committees, one to determine the field
of the Society's rightful
activities, with Mr. Sater, as chairman,
and the other on mem-
bership and dues, with Miss Bareis as
chairman.
Stenographic reports of all meetings
have been kept and copied
to date, now numbering over 500
typewritten pages.
There have been accessioned 1581 books
and bound pamphlets
since the last report. Many of these have
been acquired through
exchanges.
There have been added to the newspaper
collection of the
library of the Society 1,031 volumes.
This brings the total up to
24,845 volumes in the collection. There
are now only three larger
newspaper collections in the United
States and the Society library
contains by far the largest collection
of Ohio newspapers in the
world. These have been in constant use
by students and instruc-
tors of the Ohio State University and other research
workers.
The manuscript Journal of the Northwest
Territory, prom-
inently mentioned in previous reports,
has been transcribed in our
library and is now in process of
publication in the Department of
State at Washington, D. C.
The monument to George Armstrong Custer,
erected by the
Society, was dedicated at his
birthplace, New Rumley, Ohio. The
program of the dedicatory exercises,
including addresses, was
published in the October QUARTERLY.
Report of the Forty-Seventh Annual
Meeting 345
The bicentennial of the birth of George
Washington was ex-
tensively celebrated within the past year. An extended
account of
the pageant representing Washington's journey on the
Ohio River
in 1770 was published in the QUARTERLY
for January, 1933.
The Ohio History Conference at a meeting
here went on
record in favor of the preparation of a
check-list of newspapers.
Within the past year, through the
commendable industry of Mr.
Simpson and his assistants, a check-list
of the 24,000 volumes of
newspapers in the library of this
Society has been made and is
now ready for the press. When published
it will be welcomed by
a great number of research workers and
by every research library
in the United States.
The work of the past year has been done
under a cloud of
"depression" that over-shadows
our country and other lands. It
has fallen with discriminating weight on
this institution. I regret
to report that because of shortage of
funds through no fault of
theirs, a number of employes have been
temporarily dropped from
the payroll of this Society and the
salaries of all others have been
substantially reduced. The world is
making history today. One
of the greatest contributions to that
history in this crisis is the
patient patriotism of the American
people--the so-called common
people upon whom this depression falls
with a nerve-wrecking
force not less destructive than the
shell shock of war.
The philosophy of the hour for the
depressed is to bear up
bravely and gather whatever of
consolation there may be in the
thought that they are of the army of
patient patriots, as valiant
and worthy as ever wrought and suffered
for home and country.
BY-LAWS
TRUSTEES' MEETINGS
Section I. The Board of Trustees shall
hold four regular
meetings each year on Tuesday of the
last full week of January,
April, July and October. The President
at any time may call, and
at the request in writing of five
members shall call, a special meet-
ing of the Board. At least three days'
notice of each meeting shall
be given in writing to the Trustees.
DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY SHALL ATTEND
THE MEETINGS
Section 2. The Director and Secretary
shall be present at all
meetings of the Trustees unless excused
by the Board. They may
participate in the consideration of
matters before the Board but
may not vote thereon.
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Publications
MUSEUM AND
LIBRARY HOURS
Section 3.
The Museum shall be open each day, except Sun-
days, from 8
a. m. to 5 p. m.; on Sundays from 1 to 5 p. m. The
Library shall
be open from 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays.
VACATIONS
Section 4.
Members of the staff of the Museum and Library
and employes of the
Society shall be entitled each year to two
weeks'
vacation.
AMENDMENTS
Section 5.
These by-laws may be amended or repealed at any
regular or
special meeting of the Board of Trustees by an affirma-
tive vote of
not less than two-thirds of the members present, pro-
viding such
affirmative vote shall be of not less than a majority of
the Board.
Written notice of the proposal to amend or repeal
shall be
given to each Trustee at least three days in advance of the
meeting at
which the vote is taken.
This report,
at the suggestion of the President, was
received,
commended and placed on file.
The
treasurer, Mr. Oscar F. Miller, made the fol-
lowing
report:
TREASURER'S
REPORT
A
RECAPITULATION OF THE REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE
OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FOR THE YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932.
Receipts:
Cash on hand
January I, 1932 ..... $ 8,112.64
Total cash
received in payment of
dues, books,
subscriptions, etc.... 4,427.89
Total
received from State Treasurer 142,418.09
Grand Total
Receipts .........................
$154,958.62
Disbursements:
Museum and
Library ............ $ 64,020.84
Big Bottom
..................... 223.06
Buffington
Island ................ 789.33
Campbell
Mound ................ 145.78
Campus
Martius ................ 2,875.56
Custer
Memorial ................ 428.30
Report of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting 347
Fallen Timbers ..................
1,991.10
Felix Renick ....................
.88
Fort Amanda ................... 805.63
Fort Ancient .................... 4,768.66
Fort Jefferson .................. 112.75
Fort Laurens ................... 2,164.70
Fort St. Clair ................... 2,228.48
Logan Elm ..................... 1,451.27
Miamisburg Mound..............
2.50
Mound City .................... 2,152.25
Schoenbrunn .
.................. 4,576.67
Seip Mound .................... 502.75
Serpent Mound ................. 2,978.30
Spiegel Grove .................. 8,467.25
Williamson Mound .............. 259.48
Grant Memorial ................. 1,881.76
Harrison Memorial .............. 1,073.87
Clark Monument ................ 412.25
Gnadenhutten Sesqui-Centennial ... 1,500.00
Fort Hill
....................... 7,754.98
Total Disbursements ............. $113,568.40
PLUS Cash advanced from time to
time and later refunded.........
1,033.68
Grand Total Disbursements .................. $114,602.08
Balance
...................................... $ 40,356.54
LESS
Lapse of appropriations House
Bill No. 624 .............................. 33,066.99
Total Cash Balance
............................ $ 7,289.55
Cash on hand December 31, 1932:
Current Fund ...................
$ 5,801.33
Fallen Timbers Subscription Fund. 1,488.22
Total Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1932............... $ 7,289.55
Respectfully submitted,
O. F. MILLER, Treas.
An itemized statement of disbursements was sub-
mitted as a part of the Treasurer's Report. It is in-
cluded in full in the typewritten minutes of the Society
348 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
where it can be examined at any time by
anyone
interested.
This was followed by request for
information in re-
gard to expenditures in the interest of
the preservation
of the Logan Elm. Mr. Miller explained
fully this item
in his report.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Columbus, Ohio, April 22, 1933.
Mr. C. B. Galbreath, Secretary,
The Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society,
Columbus, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
Pursuant to request, we have made the
annual audit of the
books of account of The Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society for the year ended December 31, 1932. Presented
here-
with is our report, which is comprised
of exhibits enumerated in
the foregoing Table of Contents.
Total Society receipts collected during
the year was $4,427.89,
as compared with $8,051.30, during 193I,
a decrease of $3,623.41.
However, of the total collected,
$1,033.68 was refunded by the
State, leaving a balance of $3,394.22,
from private sources. The
Society disbursed from its own funds
$4,217.30, advanced
$1,033.68 for expenses later refunded by
the State and transferred
$100.00 to the Permanent Fund.
The Society disbursed out of state
appropriations $109,351.10,
as against $144,014.12 for the year
1931.
At the close of the year, the Current
Fund totaled $5,189.55,
as compared with $8,112.64, at December
31, 1931, a decrease of
$2,923.09.
The Permanent Fund was increased by
$100.00 to a total of
$25,600. The total funds controlled by
the Society on December
31, 1932, was $32,789.55, as detailed in the schedule on
page 6.
The Society's accounting records were
again found to be in
good order and systematically arranged
and in agreement with
those of the State Auditor.
The report of the Treasurer has been
compared with the books
of account and found to be correct.
With appreciation for the cooperation
and courtesies extended
us, this report is Respectfully submitted,
(S) W.D. WALL,
Certified Public Accountant.
Report of the Forty-Seventh Annual
Meeting 349
For a more detailed account of
expenditures, see succeeding
pages of the Certified Accountant's
Report in typewritten records
of the Society.
Director Shetrone then read the
following report,
which was received and placed on file
with the Sec-
retary:
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
The unprecedented industrial, financial
and social conditions
of the present time naturally are
reflected in the museum world,
including our own institution. This was
true one year ago when
the members of the organization
assembled in Annual Meeting.
It is even more true today and, instead
of reviewing routine
activities, with which you are familiar
from the Society's publi-
cations, I shall comment briefly upon
our present status and future
prospects.
As recently as 1930 the science of
Museology had come to feel
itself on a stable and permanent basis.
Through trial and error,
which are but another way of spelling
experience, on the part of
the Museums of the country, and
interchange of ideas in the Na-
tional Museums Association these
institutions had taken their place
as acknowledged and accredited
educational factors of first im-
portance. While contributing to the
great body of individuals of
school age, through the public schools
and colleges, they went even
further and, acting on the plausible
though admittedly recent view
that commencement does not terminate the
process of education,
they furnished to adults, through visual
aids, opportunity for
further acquaintance with man and the
world in which he lives.
That this enviable position has been
sharply and definitely
retarded during the past two years is
not a matter of surprise,
since the fate of museums is the common
lot both of institutions
and individuals at this time. Museums
the world over not only
find themselves severely handicapped for
operating funds but are
experiencing the necessity of modifying
their service to meet new
world conditions. Museums which were
sufficiently farsighted to
procure for themselves bequests and
endowments during the pros-
perous years preceding 1929 are in a
fortunate position. Municipal
museums, particularly those in the
larger cities, since their public
is grouped closely about them, are able
to accord and to receive
the close personal interest so vital to
their existence. Regional and
state museums, where they lack
endowments, find themselves at
this time in a particularly trying
position. Financial and industrial
depression strikes disastrously at the
two usual sources of support
--membership fees and state appropriations. In our own
case,
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many members who in the existing
untoward conditions feel a
more than usual need for affiliation
with the organization, are un-
able to pay their fees. New members, to
take the place of those
discontinuing their memberships and the
not inconsiderable num-
ber lost to the Society through death,
to say nothing.of a needed
building up of membership, simply are
unavailable. As a result,
the membership roll during the past
biennium has definitely de-
creased.
The situation as regards appropriations
from the State is
equally depressing. Operating as an
educational institution and
on the basis of rendering a distinct
educational service to the
public, the Society for some years has
looked to the State as its
chief source of financial support. While
those of us directly con-
cerned with the administration of the
Museum and Library con-
tinue firm in the belief that the institution merits a
reasonable
degree of financial support by the
commonwealth, comparable at
least to that accorded other educational
agencies, state legislative
and executive officials have been less
enthusiastic in their attitude.
It is but natural perhaps that esthetic
activities should suffer
unduly in times of financial stress;
that the supposed essentials
of life should receive first
consideration; and that the augmented
need under conditions such as now
prevail for recreational and
intellectual facilities should be
underestimated.
At any rate, such is the situation which
confronts this Society
at this time. We are facing facts rather
than ideals, and the facts
must be considered. Just what the
procedure shall be is as much
of a puzzle as that which confronts
society in its every activity,
for the reason that no one apparently is
able to explain what is
wrong, much less to apply a remedy.
Humanity is passing through
a social revolution so unexampled in
scope as to defy visualization.
The times are demanding a new deal
without specifying what it
shall be. In addition to solving its
financial problems, museums
must revamp their programs to meet
demands. Those of us
intimately concerned frankly do not know
just what this will be.
At the forthcoming annual convention of
the American Associa-
tion of Museums, in June, these problems
will be the main theme
for discussion. Museum administrators
are hoping that by next
autumn the way out will be discernible.
In our own situation the factor which
would be of most
assistance, not from a financial
consideration but for the influence
accruing therefrom, is a strong
membership. This lacking, the
next best thing would be active interest
on the part of the existing
membership, something which, under the
circumstances, perhaps
is too much to expect. The Society is
fortunate in having, within
Columbus and Franklin County, 240
members. These are drawn
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Meeting 351
from our best citizens and comprise a
membership nucleus resid-
ing within easy reach of the Museum and
Library. A fair per-
centage of them make use of the
institution, but by far the greater
number seldom afford the staff the
encouragement of a visit.
Those who live at a distance from
Columbus cannot often visit the
Society's headquarters, while to many of
those living nearby, the
Museum is so close at hand as to be
taken as a matter of course.
If it were further away, they might feel
that it is more worth
while.
At a recent meeting of the Board of
Trustees, a member
whose counsel is respected and sought by
all, suggested that the
strength of the Society should rest in a
carefully selected and
perhaps numerically restricted Life
Membership; that conditions
for admission to such membership should
be definitely exacting
in order that those admitted should be
conscious of the honor
bestowed and of an opportunity afforded
for rendering a service.
A committee recently was appointed by
the Board to consider and
recommend needed changes in the
Society's membership require-
ments, fees and classifications. It is
suggested that this proposal
is worthy of careful consideration by
that committee.
In the meantime, with an admirable
membership personnel in
Columbus and Franklin county, although
smaller in numbers than
might be desired, it is suggested that
every means be taken to
encourage these local members to take an
active and sustained
interest in the Society; to visit and
make use of the Museum
and Library; to utilize the Auditorium
for meetings of appro-
priate organizations and clubs; to
attend and participate in the
Museum's lectures and meetings; to
"boost" the Society whenever
occasion permits and to influence
desirable persons to apply for
membership.
With the permission and assistance of
the Board of Trustees,
the Director will attempt in early
autumn to knit this local mem-
bership into a compact and active
nucleus, around which a state-
wide membership may be built. The latter
admittedly is a major
undertaking. It usually is approached
through a special staff
member, known as a Curator of Education
or as a Publicity
Agent, the dual duties of membership
building and publicity--
both of them vital to the welfare of a
successful membership
organization--being carried on by the
one specialist.
In concluding, it may be said that the
usual activities of the
Museum and Library, in so far as funds
permit, have been carried
on during the past year. Visitors to
both the Museum and the
Library have increased in numbers, owing
doubtless to more
leisure being available to the public.
The demand for talks and
lectures from members of the staff
continues undiminished, with
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the difference that a larger percentage
of requests are local and
from nearby points, since few
organizations and clubs have funds
to pay even travelling expenses of
speakers. The Loan Collec-
tions of the Museum, furnished free of
cost other than postage
to schools of the State, have not been
utilized as freely as was
expected. The schools and their teachers
have evinced definite
interest, but in many cases must forego
their use because of lack
of funds even for postal charges. County
superintendents, through
whom logically these collections should
be distributed, have shown
an apparent lack of interest, despite
the fact that the State De-
partment of Education has warmly
approved the Loan Collections.
The several departments of the Museum,
lacking funds for ex-
plorations and collecting, have made
good use of their time and
energies in intramural activities. Many needed studies
of material
already at hand, the work of cataloging,
classification and display,
have been made possible through
suspension of outside work.
Acquisitions of collections and
specimens has been normal; but
the small fund heretofore available for
purchase of material is
sadly missed, in view of the fact that
many needed specimens
might be purchased for a fraction of
their former value. The
Sunday afternoon lecture course,
conducted through the winter
season, proved to be an unqualified
success.
The Museum's service to the Columbus
public schools has
continued on a 100 per cent basis,
although some falling off is
indicated owing to lack of car-fare with
some pupils. This service,
comparable to that of a municipal
museum, is indicative of the
facility with which a museum with a
near-at-hand clientage, may
operate. We have "sold" our
institution to the city of Columbus.
Inability to extend a service to the
State at large has been in
part balanced by the Society's close
cooperation with our great
State University, which has extended us
unlimited appreciation
and assistance. With students from every
part of the State on the
campus, we have made a special point of
according them attention.
The Department of Art of the University
in particular has made
continued use of the collection in class
work; one outstanding
student did her practice teaching and is
now completing her
master's thesis in the Museum, with
others following the same
course.
Curtailment of appropriations
necessitated temporary release
of six members of the staff and deep
salary cuts for those remain-
ing. While regretting the abandonment of
certain plans and por-
tions of the program, we have been able
to "carry on" with, we
hope, credit to the Society.
We await with considerable anxiety, but
with continued hope
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Meeting 353
and expectancy, the action of the
Legislature and the administra-
tion on the forthcoming permanent
budget.
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
During the past year a number of
accessions have been made
to museum collections as per attached
list. In each case the proper
acknowledgment has been made and the
various items catalogued,
placed on exhibition, or stored as
seemed advisable.
As Staff Artist I take pleasure in
reporting the completion
and installation of a series of eighteen
decorative panels in the
South Hall of Archaeology. These panels
suggest the probable
method of using the various types of
stone implements exhibited
in nearby cases, and help to relieve the
somewhat cold and color-
less aspect formerly noticed in this
room.
As Curator of Minerals I may report the
addition of a num-
ber of specimens through an exchange
with the Dayton Public
Library Museum, also through donations.
The mineral collection
has been utilized as a source of
inspiration by students of design
in the Department of Fine Arts of the
Ohio State University
during the past year, and designs made
by them are now on ex-
hibition in the Museum.
LIST OF ACCESSIONS
The following accessions have been made
to Museum collec-
tions during the past year. Unless
otherwise noted, they have
been gifts.
Leland R. Adams, Akron, O. Map of Ohio
by Rufus Putnam,
papers and documents of historical
interest. Loan.
Mrs. Elmer Adell, Columbus. Gasoline iron.
Harry Allensworth, Columbus. Fireman's
helmet and trumpet.
Capt. W. J. Armstrong, Columbus. Army
overcoat.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Eng. Cremated
bones, Wittenham,
Berkshire, Eng.
A. J. Bancroft, Columbus. Powder flask
and hammer-stone.
The Bell Telephone Company. Model of
Bell's first telephone.
Miss Alice Boardman, Columbus. Lincoln
& Hamlin, Lincoln &
Johnson, Garfield & Arthur, and
Union State Ticket, ballots.
H. F. Brennan, Newark, 0. Muster Roll
Book and Militia Gen.
Orders. Loan.
T. S. Brindle, Sup't Ohio Canal
Commission, drawings of canal
aqueduct. Loan.
Walter D. Brown, Jackson, O. Sword and
cane. Loan.
The Bucher Engraving Company, Columbus. Airplane view
of
Columbus.
Vol. XLII--23
354 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
Prof. F. C. Caldwell, Columbus. Bill
file of old type and old-
time travelling bag.
Mrs. Marian Campbell, Bellefontaine, O.
Archaeological speci-
mens.
M. G. Chandler, Flint, Mich.
Miscellaneous specimens. Exchange.
Dr. H. R. Clark. Spencer carbine.
John R. Collings, Sup't Eastern Division
Transcontinental and
Western Air. Airplane propeller.
The Columbus Dental Mfg. Co. Case of
artificial teeth.
Frank R. Cunningham, Columbus.
Confederate sword.
Dayton Public Library Museum, Dayton, O.
Minerals in ex-
change.
Miss Mary E. Downey, Columbus. Basket
used by Nancy Zane
McLaughlin in 1860, and grain sack made
and used in family
of Dr. Downey.
Lloyd E. Enverard, Taylorsville, 0.
Archaeological specimens.
Purchase.
A. M. Fudge, West Alexandria, O.
Stalactites from Crystal
Cave, Ky.
W. W. Gard, Columbus. Spike from Ohio
River & Western R. R.
Tiffin Gilmore, Columbus. Elk meat as
prepared by Sioux Indians.
Dr. and Mrs. Burl Gray, New Vienna, O.
Ciphering book, map
of Ohio, and reprint of New York Daily
Times, Sept. 18, 1851.
Loan.
Mrs. Gwendolyn Kelley Hack. Bust of
Alfred Kelley and other
objects.
Rev. Shepherd F. Harriman, Bexley, O.
School bell used before
Civil War.
Paul Harsha, Hillsboro, O. Old time
boy's boots.
E. C. Hildebrand, Columbus. Children's
books and weaving
shuttles.
Carey Holiday, Hillsboro. Wooden sugar
trough.
Mrs. John Horst, Columbus. Siamese
specimens.
Joseph J. Horst, Columbus. Promissory
note of 1819.
Frank H. Howe, Columbus. Desk and books.
Indiana Historical Bureau, Indianapolis,
Ind. Prehistoric pipe.
Exchange.
Robert H. Jeffrey, Columbus. Three
photos of canal boats.
Dr. Howard Jones, Circleville, O.
Lithographic Stone used in
Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio.
Mrs. George W. Knight, Columbus. Carved
wooden stirrups from
Chile, and bullet molds.
Charles H. Lewis, Harpster, O. Painting
of Logan Elm.
Dr. Harlow Lindley, Columbus. China and
glassware. Loan.
Report of the Forty-Seventh Annual
Meeting 355
Miss Mary B. Little, Columbus. Toy
furniture and baby garment.
Loan.
F. F. McArthur, Oakland, Iowa. Silver
cup, spoon and docu-
ments of Duncan McArthur; also meal
scoop of pioneer times.
Miss Emmeline McClellan, Columbus.
Lady's costume and china.
Loan.
Prof. E. G. Mann Collection. McGuffey
readers and other speci-
mens.
Miss Clara Mark, Westerville, C. Fossil
wood.
Material from Centerville Enclosure,
Greene Co., 0., field work,
June, 1932.
Material from Oxford Village Site, Erie
Co., O., field work, June,
1932.
Material from Port Clinton Mound, field
work, June, 1932.
Material from Port Clinton Village Site,
field work, 1932.
Material from Wolford Mound, field work,
April, 1932.
Rev. E. Stacey Matheny, Chaplain Ohio
State Senate, Columbus,
O. World War relics.
Lester E. Milkey, Sandusky, O.
Archaeological specimens.
Frank Miller, Columbus. Irish pipe 100
years old.
R. H. Miller, Lewistown, O. Slate tube.
Mrs. Clara Schrieber Mills, Moorefield,
O. Early American scales.
D. L. Moody, Columbus. Chair made of
steer horns. Loan.
Joel Moorman, Indianapolis. Specimens of
early house construc-
tion.
Miss Ada R. Needels, Columbus. A side
saddle, cradle and picture.
Dr. O. H. Nihart, Edon, O. Collection of
coins. Loan.
Nitschke Bros., Columbus, Oil painting,
Frances Slocum.
Pictures of Civil War. Exchange.
H. H. Povenmire, Ada, O. Two pioneer
grave stones.
Mrs. E. O. Randall, Columbus. A lady's
coat and three costumes.
Miss Louisa M. Reinke, Cincinnati, O.
Archaeological specimens.
Dr. R. R. Remark, Morrow, O. Large stone
maul.
Miss K. Ritson, Columbus. Wax flowers,
framed.
The Scammel China Company, Trenton, N.
J. Washington Bi-
Centennial Plate.
F. H. Schmidt, Hillsboro. Powder flask
and table fork.
John Seip, Chillicothe, O. Mounted
specimen of Swallow-tailed
kite.
Frank Sharp, Kingston, O. Odd-shaped
stone. Loan.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slater, Piedmont, O.
Spinning jenny.
A. C. Spetnagel, Chillicothe. Potsherds
found near Westfall, O.
Miss A. C. Sprague, Los Angeles, Calif.
Quilt made of Ohio
State Fair Badges.
J. W. Stevenson, Delaware, O. Stone sink made in 1834.
356 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
Andrew Stovall, Columbus. Framed
picture, Capt. W. F. Bloor,
13th O. V. I. Loan.
Grant Swearingen, Circleville. Hazel hoe
and iron point for
plow.
United States Bi-Centennial Commission.
Medal.
Carl Vitz, Toledo, O. Erie &
Kalamazoo R. R. notes.
Mrs. S. A. Wearing, Columbus. Blue china
plate and lace bob-
bins, Paisley shawl, blue china plates,
brass candlesticks and
Indian basket. Loan.
Robert J. Wheaton, Bexley. Microscope of
late Dr. J. M.
Wheaton.
Warren Williams, Oak Hill, O. Spear
point.
Harry P. Wolfe, Columbus. Handwriting of
Woodrow Wilson.
John H. Zeier, Columbus. Sharp's
Carbine.
President Johnson announced that
miscellaneous
business would be considered in order
and drew atten-
tion to the expiration of the terms of
the following
trustees: Miss Helen Bareis, Mr. Beman
Dawes and
Mr. Oscar F. Miller. He appointed the
following nomi-
nating committee to prepare a ticket to
fill the vacancies:
Mr. John M. Horst, Mrs. Jessica Marvin
and Mr. Dud-
ley T. Fisher, Sr.
The election of the trustees was
declared in order
by the chairman. Mr. Horst, chairman of
the Commit-
tee on Nominations, reported in favor
of the election of
Miss Helen Bareis, Mr. Beman Dawes and
Mr. Oscar
F. Miller to succeed themselves. No
other nominations
were made and on motion of Mr. Fisher,
the Secretary
was instructed to cast the ballot of
the Society for the
nominees. This was done and the
nominees as named
were elected, each for the regular term
of three years.
Dr. Thompson made commendatory remarks
in re-
gard to the acquisition of properties
by the Society,
emphasizing especially the mounds near
Newark in Lick-
ing County. President Johnson thanked
Dr. Thompson
Report of the Forty-Seventh Annual
Meeting 357
for his contribution to the exercises
of the forenoon,
stating that as usual he had enriched
our program. Mr.
Shetrone followed with some interesting
remarks on
the same subject.
Mr. Horst made an extended and very
interesting
talk on the collection of books made
and presented by the
McGuffey Society and dwelt especially
on the work of
the committee on Early Ohio School
Books in collecting
262 volumes of the old Ohio School
Library and eight
volumes of other old Ohio school books.
These have
not yet been accessioned to the
library, as Mr. Horst
announced he is expecting to add many
more volumes
to the set before it is formally
transferred. He spoke
also of a labor union exhibit, which
exhibit is now in
the Museum of the Society. His father
had been a
member of that union in Germany.
Time still remaining before the close
of the forenoon
session, President Johnson requested
Secretary Gal-
breath to amplify his report on the
newspaper and manu-
script collections of the Society.
Secretary Galbreath
thanked the President and proceeded to
occupy a por-
tion of the remaining time. At the
conclusion of his
remarks, he announced the meeting of the
Pioneer So-
ciety of Franklin County and invited
the members to
attend.
Mrs. Dryer made some interesting
remarks on her
visit to the East the past winter,
stating that she saw
some of the institutions of
Philadelphia doing work
similar to our own.
The meeting then recessed until the
afternoon ses-
sion.