REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING
OF
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Forenoon Session--10 A. M.
In the absence of the president and
first vice-president, the
fifty-first Annual Meeting of the Ohio
State Archaeological and
Historical Society was called to order
by its secretary, Dr. Harlow
Lindley, who asked for nominations for a
chairman. A motion
was made by Oscar F. Miller that Dr.
Carl Wittke act as chairman
of the meeting. This motion was
unanimously carried.
DR. WITTKE: I appreciate this hearty and
genuine endorse-
ment and crave your indulgence for such
errors as I may make.
I shall now ask for the report of the
secretary.
DR. LINDLEY: I take it that the object
of these annual re-
ports of the director, secretary and
treasurer primarily is to give
the membership of the Society at least a
bird's-eye view of the
activities of the year. My annual report
covers three lines of
activity of the Society.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY,
APRIL 21, 1936-APRIL 20, 1937.
To the trustees and members of the Ohio
State Archaeological and
Historical Society:
The secretary submits his fourth annual
report for the year ending
April 19, 1937, it being the annual
report for the fifty-first year of
the Society.
Since the secretary is made responsible
for three phases of the
Society's activities, this report is
divided in three parts.
I. Secretarial Duties.
Since the last Annual Meeting the
trustees have held one special
and two regular meetings.
A called meeting was held at the Hayes
Memorial, Fremont, on
Tuesday, July 7, 1936, to consider
primarily a policy for the care and de-
velopment of our historical monuments
and memorials.
It was ordered that since according to
recognized authorities the
areas in the custody of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Society do not properly constitute parks
as that term is now interpreted,
that after December 31, 1936, these
areas be designated as Historical
Memorials.
A committee was appointed to determine
upon adequate standards
to which sites must attain before they
are eligible to be designated as State
Memorials and to make a study of the
historical and archaeological sites
now in the custody of the Society and
recommend which of these meet
the requirements of State memorials and
which should be, if, and when
this is possible, turned over to other
agencies for administration.
A committee also was appointed on the
recognition of the Society by
the State Legislature in determining
eligibility of prospective archaeological
and historical memorials and the
feasibility of charging admission to the
more important State memorials.
Those attending the meeting were
delightfully entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. Webb C. Hayes, II, of Speigel
Grove.
At the October meeting of the Board of
Trustees, consideration was
given to the Paul Lawrence Dunbar home
at Dayton, which had been put
in the care of the Society, and a report
concerning the development of
Zoar as an historical memorial was made.
The Board also approved the preparation
of plans for the completion
of the Museum Building as a WPA project.
Action was also taken
for the preparation of the budget for
1937 and 1938.
The trustees approved a resolution to
invite the American Association
of Museums to hold its annual 1938
meeting in Columbus.
At the January, 1937, meeting the Board
approved a plan presented
by the Secretary for a membership
campaign, and also approved a recom-
mendation for sponsoring a History of
Ohio, and authorized the drafting
of a bill to be presented to the Ohio
General Assembly providing for an
appropriation for this undertaking.
The Secretary reported a bequest made to
the Society by the late
Miss Josephine Klippart, a life member,
who willed the Society her
library, first selection of personal
property for Museum purposes, and
$2000 in cash.
The terms of Arthur C. Johnson, Sr.,
George Florence and A. C.
Spetnagel as trustees, elected by the
Society's members, expire this year.
Mr. Charles Spencer of Newark and Mr.
Orrel A. Parker of Cleve-
land have recently been appointed new
trustees by the Governor of the State.
During the year the secretary has
addressed twenty-five meetings
of various kinds, on invitation, in the
interests of the Society, has given
five broadcasts from Columbus,
Cincinnati and Wheeling, West Virginia,
and he has made trips to Washington, D.
C., Chicago and New York
City, in the interests of the Society's
work. These trips outside the State
were made with no expense to the Society
or the State.
The office work has been heavier this
year than ever before due to
increased demands made upon the Society,
increased activities, and par-
ticularly because of the various WPA and
NYA projects which the
Society has utilized.
Upon the request of the Northwest
Territory Celebration Commis-
sion of the United State Government, the
secretary has prepared a brief
history of the Old Northwest to be used
as a basis for a nation-wide
essay contest on some phase of Old
Northwest history. He has also been
asked to cooperate with both the Federal Commission and
the Northwest
Territory Celebration Commission of Ohio
in making the celebration plans
for 1937 and 1938.
Since the last annual meeting there have
been added to the member-
ship a total of forty-two names.
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MEETING 273
The total membership of the Society at
present is 702.
During the year the following changes
and additions have been made
in the staff of the Society:
Mrs. Clara Crabbe who had served as
secretary to the secretary,
editor and librarian for nine years was
forced to retire on account of ill
health May, 1936. She was given a leave
of absence but died November
19, 1936. Harold G. Simpson who had been
in charge of the Newspaper
Division of the Library for years
retired July 1, 1936, and Elmer Hart,
of the bindery retired October 1, 1936.
Richard Morgan was appointed
acting curator of archaeology as of May
1, 1936, and Erwin C. Zepp was
appointed assistant curator of parks as
of June 1. On account of the
retirement of Mr. Simpson, Laurence H.
Bartlett was appointed chief of
the Newspaper Division effective July 1,
1936. As assistant to the secre-
tary, editor and librarian, K. William
McKinley, formerly assistant refer-
ence librarian was appointed November 1,
1936, and Wayne P. McDer-
mott was appointed assistant reference
librarian. Edgar Cantrell was ap-
pointed assistant in the Newspaper
Division November 1, 1936.
II. Editorial Duties.
Four regular issues of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
QUARTERLY and twelve of the Museum
Echoes have been issued during
the year.
In spite of the fact that no regular
funds have been available from
State appropriations for special
publications, yet it has been possible to
publish three volumes of the Collection
Series during the year--German-
Americans and the World War (with
Special Emphasis on Ohio's Ger-
man-language Press), by Dr. Carl Wittke, head of the Department of
History, Ohio State University; The
Life and Times of Giles Richards
(1820-1860), by Mrs. Ophia Smith, of Oxford, Ohio; and Charles
Osborn
in the Anti-Slavery Movement, by Dr. Ruth A. Ketring, of Duke Uni-
versity, North Carolina. Other volumes
are now being considered for
future publication.
As mentioned before efforts are being
made to secure a sufficient ap-
propriation to publish an authoritative
history of Ohio under the direction
of the Society as sponsor in
commemoration of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the
establishment of civil government in the Old
Northwest Territory, which took place at
Marietta July 15, 1788.
III. The Library.
The past year has been one of unusual
activity in the Library, occa-
sioned primarily by reason of the fact
that we have been able to avail our-
selves of a number of WPA projects
without which we would have been
very seriously handicapped. However, the
fact that over half a hundred
people have been made available, this
has meant a very great added burden
on the various members of the staff of
the Library and Museum in plan-
ning and directing the work to advantage. In this
connection mention should
also be made of the valuable assistance
rendered by university students
assigned on NYA.
Three unusual collections of library
material have been received dur-
ing the year.
In September, 1936, the Library was able
to secure for a nominal
sum an unusual collection of books,
pamphlets, newspapers, maps and
manuscripts in the library of the late
D. L. Davis of Salem, Ohio. The
newspaper collection alone was worth
practically the cost of the whole
library. This library consisted of
approximately 5000 items.
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OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
The Klippart library willed to the
Society contained 4472 items and
was appraised at $903, although this was
a nominal appraisement.
Mrs. Edward Orton, Jr., gave to the
Library from the Orton home
375 volumes.
Miss Grace Bareis gave the Library 175
volumes of miscellaneous
material and Miss Clara Mark eleven
early volumes of the National
Geographic Magazine.
One thousand and forty-eight volumes
were secured by exchange
and 1461 volumes by purchase. The total
number of volumes accessioned
during the year was 5343. The Klippart
and Orton libraries have not yet
been accessioned. A large number of
books in the Davis library were
either duplicates or of a nature not
adaptable to our policy. It is thought
that these can be disposed of for more
than enough to pay for the entire
purchase.
The Library is receiving regularly 306
periodicals, sixty-two by gift,
203 on exchange and forty-one by
subscription.
Cataloguing Division.
Clarence L. Weaver, chief of the
Catalogue Division and editorial
assistant, deserves commendation for the
heavy responsibility which he has
borne during the year.
With no help outside of WPA he has
catalogued all books received
from
November, 1934, when he became a member of the staff, until
November, 1936. When he became a member
of the staff hundreds of
books were waiting in the cataloguer's
room and hundreds more were
stored on the top deck of the Library
stack room. All these have been
catalogued and checked for duplicates.
Many of the books received since
November, 1936, have been catalogued and
are now available.
The shelves of the Library have been
carefully read and many re-
visions have been made where the
previous catalogue was inadequate.
Under his direction with the help of WPA
the complete set of the
Societys QUARTERLY PUBLICATIONS
has been indexed on cards and is
ready for printing when funds are
available. Cross references have been
completed for the Library catalogue. An
author index to all books not
catalogued has been completed. A name
index has been started for use in
the Cataloguing Department and an
imprint catalogue has been started
An organization for recataloguing the
Library's books has been created
and the recataloguing is well under way.
As a result of this, cards will
be made in correct form; inaccuracies
will be corrected, subject listings
will be unified, books will be
relabelled more attractively and durably,
books will be repaired and all
imperfections discovered. The Library will
know what its holdings are and what
additions it would be desirable to
make.
Credit should also be given for Mr.
Weaver's excellent services as
editorial assistant for the Society. All
publications pass through his hands
for editorial preparation and proof
reading.
Manuscript Division
The Manuscript Division of the Society's
Library during the past
year has made great progress. For the
first time this material is begin-
ning to take on the semblance of a
systematically organized department.
During the past year some 700 portfolio
boxes containing approximately
65,000 manuscripts have been classified.
Most of these manuscripts had
to be unfolded, and pressed; many of
them had to be repaired and all of
them had to be sorted and placed in
order.
REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL
MEETING 275
The Society's holdings, in the form of
manuscripts, will soon be in
good physical condition. After that it
will be necessary to make an ex-
haustive catalogue. It was thought more
important that the manuscripts
be put in good repair as quickly as possible so the
catalogue was left to
be finished later.
The division has been enriched by the
following accessions during
the past year:
Mr. Gregg D. Wolfe of the Scioto Valley
Traction Company arranged
to transfer a large number of the early
records of the Traction Com-
pany to our vaults;
The scrap books of the late Mrs. J. B.
Foraker were presented to the
Library by her daughter;
Approximately 300 volumes of journals,
ledgers, and other business records
were added to the Woodbridge-Gallaher
collection from Marietta;
Along with the Klippart library which is
mentioned elsewhere were a
number of manuscripts, diaries,
photographs, etc., of John H. Klip-
part and his daughter, the late Miss
Josephine Klippart;
The Davis library also mentioned
elsewhere, contained a number of scrap
books, maps, photographs and business
records;
The Library also acquired a journal of
the general store business of
Calvin White of Mantua, Ohio;
Sixty-one letters from Royal Taylor to
Aristarchus Champion from
Chagrin Falls covering the period
1848-1872;
Profile maps of the Zanesville, Beverly
and Parkersburg Railway;
Seven maps of portions of Ohio made by
Samuel Morrison and presented
to the Society by the Indiana State
Library;
Records concerning the Harrison
Memorial;
Four letters to David King, Pickaway
County, Ohio, 1829-1840, a gift of
the Baker Library at Harvard;
Thirty-five photographs, broadsides and
legal papers dating back to 1818,
presented by Mathew McCoy of Cadiz,
Ohio;
Diary of Ezekiel Hover, 1801-1802,
covering a trip through Pennsylvania,
parts of New York, Canada and Ohio,
presented by Mary Longs-
worth Breese;
Service papers of Company C, 59th O. V.
I. of Georgetown, Ohio, pre-
sented by Nellie Egbert Curry;
Scrap books containing genealogical
material on the King and Pryor
families, presented by Mrs. C. E. Smith,
Mexico, Missouri;
Poll book of an election of 1852 at
Norwich, Ohio, presented by William
Kemper, Bremen, Ohio;
Forty John McLean letters written from
Cincinnati and Washington, dur-
ing the period of 1846-1848;
Two Land Patents presented by Howard
Whitehead, Columbus, Ohio;
Miscellaneous material concerning Joshua
Giddings, presented by Grace
Julian Clark, Indianapolis, Indiana;
Maps and letter books of the Civil War
period, presented by Miss Annie
T. Clarke;
Personal papers of Warren V. Clarke of
Mansfield in the 1830's and 1840's,
presented by Lillian D. Clarke of
Berkeley, California;
Manuscript by W. E. Gilmore concerning
Joseph Kerr, presented by J. M.
Woltz, Youngstown, Ohio;
Diary of Joseph Osborn and letter books
covering the period 1814-1858;
A letter from William Perry to John
Smith, the first senator from Ohio,
in 1808;
Hiram Hostetter Diary of 1863-1864,
containing many comments on the
conditions of Union troops in
Confederate prisons;
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AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Miscellaneous material concerning the
Damascus Scientific Academy of
Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1859 and
1860, presented by Mrs. Ida
Pickering;
Eighty-seven letters of John Russell and
Ezra Barnes Gould during the
Civil War period;
The Diary of Dan McAlister kept at Camp
Harrison in 1857, presented
by R. F. McAlister;
Records of subscriptions to the Fourth
Liberty Loan in Huron County,
Ohio;
Six miscellaneous letters concerning
early Ohio, presented by T. W. Mc-
Millan, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa;
Bond of the Sandy and Beaver Canal
Company in 1846, presented by
O. O. Eidenier, Colonial Heights, Ohio.
Map Division
In addition to the maps received and
noted with manuscript acces-
sions, the Society received a large
collection of maps of Franklin County
and Ohio from Col. George L. Converse.
Mr. Gregg D. Wolfe also
presented a large number of Ohio maps.
The Map Division is being reorganized
and arranged in such a way
that the maps in the possession of the
Society will be better preserved.
Broadsides, large photostats, posters
and maps are going to be housed in
portfolios made especially for that
purpose. All such portfolios will then
be filed flat on oversize shelves.
Newspaper Division
During the past year several
improvements have been made which
could not have taken place without the
aid of WPA funds. The most
important of these is that of collating
the entire newspaper collection. That
meant the turning of every page in each
volume in order to check title
histories, consolidations, and mutilated
or missing issues. Before this proj-
ect was undertaken, it was impossible to
tell from our records exactly what
each volume contained or to which family
or set of papers any one par-
ticular paper belonged. By doing this
work, we now have a relatively
accurate record of all our missing
issues together with allegedly correct
title histories.
We are also preparing to install a
chronological and alphabetical card
index with cross references. This not
only facilitates the use of the papers,
but also enables us to place all of the
same papers together. This system
also provides for a check list for all
of the papers listed both by the name
of the place of publication and the name
of the paper. In addition to
this a call number system has been
designed to replace the old location
system. Each set is given a number and
each volume in the set is num-
bered consecutively starting with the
first publication volume number. New
labels are being placed on all books and
new wrapping paper and labels
on all the unbound volumes.
The use of a call slip is also a new
development in this department.
The reason for this innovation is to
enable us to regulate the use of the
newspapers and to be able to have a
check on those who use them. Be-
sides giving his name and address and
the name of the paper and dates
he wishes to use, the reader must also give his reason
for using the files.
If this reason does not justify the use
of the files in our own minds, we
refuse the reader permission. However,
this does not often occur as most
of our readers are those who are here on
some worthy research problem.
The call slip also enables us to check
on how many readers use the Library.
REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 277
From November 1, 1936, when the call slip was first
used, to March 31,
1937, there were 932 calls for papers. Limiting the use
of the Library
as we do, this number is high for a five-month period.
In the past year there has been an increase in the
development of a
valuable duplicate collection which has made possible
the purchase and ex-
change of newspaper files with other libraries and
institutions. Through
the use of our duplicates in this manner, the Library
is able to obtain many
valuble files which it otherwise could not purchase.
The number of papers received by the Library from April
1, 1936,
to March 31, 1937, is as follows:
Bound Unbound Gifts Loans Purchases
Current Ohio ...................... 113 548 544 ... 117
Current Non-Ohio ................. 26 166 1 166 25
Non-Current Ohio.................. 187 353 443 13 84
Non-Current Non-Ohio ............. 44 124 137 20 11
General Miscellaneous .............. ... 236 236 ... ...
Total........................ 370 1427 1361 199 237
This table is given in number of volumes. By volume may
be meant
any size from one month to two years or more.
The Library is also receiving forty-one more Ohio
newspapers than
it was a year ago at this time, the total at present
time being 129. The
Library now possesses 17,320 bound volumes and 14,321
unbound volumes,
making a total of 31,641 volumes.
For directing this difficult and complex project Mr.
Laurence Bartlett,
chief of the Newspaper Division, deserves a word of
personal commen-
dation.
Archives Division
This division under the direction of Dr. William D.
Overman has
made during the year a complete inventory of State
archives both in the
custody of the Society and those in the State offices
and State House. The
work of calendaring the executive documents has gone
forward so that they
are one-half completed. Two hundred slip cases made in
the Society's
bindery by WPA workers have been used to file them and
to aid in prop-
erly cataloguing them. During the past year material
has been received
from the governor's office, among which was the
original proposal to the
Legislature to move the capital to Columbus, and all
notary and pardon
records down to 1928.
The Maintenance Department reports 81,479 volumes on
hand of our
publications--stock appraised at listed price at
$68,943.02. During the past
year 4,131 items were added to the stock and 3,231 were
shipped out in
various ways or sold at the Information Desk. Ten
volumes of unbound
QUARTERLIES were returned for binding, making a total
of 7,372 items
handled during the year by our Shipping Department.
WPA Work in Museum and Library Building.
To date the Society has received the benefit of 66,520
hours of work
on WPA projects in the Museum and Library Building.
This represents
an outlay in cash of approximately $45,600 of WPA
money. Of this total,
13,092 hours represented an outlay of $10,866 in cash
spent on building
maintenance projects. The remainder has been
distributed among the dif-
ferent departments in the building. This has cost the
Society $1,664.00 in
cash, all of which has been spent on materials.
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Some of the major accomplishments of
these WPA projects have
been mentioned elsewhere in the
secretary's report. It may be well to
recount some of them at this time.
The newspaper collection has been
collated and is in the process of
being catalogued. The Library has done a
great deal of indexing and
cataloguing which would not have been
done without WPA assistance.
The Bindery has done a great deal of
repair work as well as new binding.
The Manuscript Division has been
entirely rearranged, repaired and classi-
fied. The Archaeological and Natural
History Laboratories have had tech-
nical assistance. The maintenance
projects have done a great deal of
painting, roofing, water-proofing and
landscaping.
It might be well to state at this point
that the projects here described
are entirely separate from the Federal
Projects administered in the build-
ing, including the Historical Records
Survey and Federal Archives Survey
and the various park projects.
William McKinley has borne the immediate
responsibility of directing
these projects.
The Library has made outstanding
progress during the year. This
has entailed much more than ordinary
responsibility on the members of the
staff and without their hearty
cooperation and willingness to work regard-
less of time and personal expense the
work could not have been done. To
each of them so engaged, I wish to
express this word of appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HARLOW LINDLEY, Secretary, Editor and
Librarian.
DR. WITTKE: Ladies and gentlemen, you
have heard a re-
port which is largely informational and
unless you wish to discuss
the items thereof, I suggest that we
accept the report and make
it a part of the minutes.
MR. FISHER: I move that the Secretary's
Report be accepted
and made a part of the minutes.
This motion was seconded and carried.
DR. WITTKE: An item that might claim our
attention now
is that of the nomination of three
trustees whose terms have ex-
pired. I will ask Mr. Dudley Fisher,
Mrs. George U. Marvin and
Professor C. S. Plumb to serve on a
Nominating Committee to
fill these three vacancies. If this
Committee will have its report
ready by the end of the meeting it will
be appreciated. The next
item of business is the report of the
Director.
DIRECTOR SHETRONE: Mr. Chairman, members
of the So-
ciety:
When I assayed to write the Director's Report I had be-
fore me reports from the heads of six
distinct departments--
History, Archaeology, Natural History,
Maintenance, Registrar,
and State Memorials. The task of
abridging this information to
a point where it would not try your
patience too greatly was diffi-
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MEETING 279
cult indeed and I haven't yet succeeded
in doing so. I am going
to attempt to pick out some of the more
interesting details and
pass them on to you. You may find some
slight duplication with
respect to the report of the secretary.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR FOR THE YEAR
ENDING
APRIL 20, 1937
Beginning with the Department of
Archaeology (not only because it
is the oldest, in a dual sense, but
because alphabetically it heads the list):
Richard G. Morgan assumed position as
curator May 1, 1936, and has
rendered an excellent account of his
time by classifying storage materials
and assembling study collections;
cataloguing and classifying surplus ma-
terial according to types, and preparing
card indexes of same; installing
new collections; repairing and treating
perishable materials. He has defi-
nitely increased the service rendered by
the Department by means of lectures,
radio talks, articles for the press,
responses to requests for information,
and cooperation with other
institutions. The Department has had
the
assistance of a trained worker supplied
by WPA, and two NYA students.
Among the numerous accessions to the
archaeological collections, the
following are outstanding: Peruvian
archaeological specimens presented by
Miss Margaret Knight, Columbus;
archaeological collection presented by
Mr. Robert Goslin, Lancaster;
Scandinavian specimens presented by Mr.
Thomas Donkin, Cleveland; and (by
purchase) a large collection of Mex-
ican antiquities, assembled by Major H.
S. Bryan, Newark, Ohio, formerly
in the Mexican diplomatic service.
Virtually unique in this collection is an
original Mexican codex, and a series of
watercolor studies of the Aztec
emperor Montezuma and his court.
The Department of History under the able
guidance of Curator Over-
man, has progressed substantially.
Public demand for historical informa-
tion, research materials and
bibliographies has greatly increased.
The
State archives, which now include
practically all records from the gover-
nor's office prior to 1927, and of other
State departments since 1900, is
rapidly becoming a major activity of the
Department and in time should
be recognized through provision of
adequate space in a prospective addition
to the Museum and Library Building.
Three period rooms have been con-
structed under supervision of
Cabinetmaker Waite, by taking advantage
of WPA labor and funds. One of these
will be a memorial to the late
Josephine Klippart, Columbus artist; a
second to the late Alfred Kelly;
while a third will be a music room. The
Department is indebted to Mrs.
Edna M. Clark for authoritative
cooperation in arranging the Klippart
room. A pioneer weaving room is an
additional accomplishment of the
year, while a special exhibit
commemorating the 100th anniversary of the
American Patent System was set up by the
curator.
An additional historical loan
collection, comprising fifty sets of twenty
enlarged mounted photographs of pioneer
tools and utensils was prepared
by the staff photographer and made
available to the schools of the State.
This brings the total of such loan
collections to five series--two historical,
one archaeological, one natural history
and one mineral.
A state-wide WPA project under
supervision of Curator Overman
now has completed inventories of
eighty-six of Ohio's eighty-eight coun-
ties, one-half the records of towns of
over 1000 population, and one-half
the churches. Condensed inventories of
county archives are being mimeo-
graphed and deposited in some forty
libraries throughout the State.
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Accessions to the Department range all
the way from a bootjack to
what very properly may be considered the
rarest military relic in the State,
namely, the immense flag presented in
1864 to Ohio and in turn to Greene
County and to Cedarville township for
sending the most men per capita to
the Civil War, a loan from the D. A. R.
at Cedarville. Other important
accessions are: an excellent collection
of personal and historical items,
including old maps, a rare bedspread,
weapons and ethnological specimens,
presented by Colonel George L. Converse,
our esteemed member and friend;
a collection of chinaware, by Col. U. S.
Grant, 3rd; glassworkers' tools,
records and photographs, by Joseph
Slight; collections of old and rare
valentines, by Mrs. J. G. Mohler,
Columbus, and Mrs. Helen E. Jacoby,
Indianapolis; examples of early
footwear, by Miss Grace M. Bareis; books,
papers and records, by Rev. W. H.
Hannum, Columbus; and numerous
other items, no less appreciated.
The Department of Natural History,
Edward S. Thomas, curator, has
had a busy and profitable year. With the
aid of a large WPA personnel,
commendable progress has been made in
cataloguing the extensive collec-
tions of Ohio insects, birds and
mammals; in preparing distribution maps;
constructing storage and filing
cabinets; and collecting specimens for school
loan collections. In many respects the
collections of the Department are
now recognized as the best of their kind
in the State. Curator Thomas,
with volunteer assistants, largely on
his own time and entirely at his own
expense, has collected during the year
more than 6000 specimens of Ohio
insects. More than thirty accessions have
been contributed by members
and friends of the Society, for which
thanks are hereby accorded. Special
credit is due Dr. L. E. Hicks and Mr. L.
W. Campbell for valuable col-
lections of Ohio birds. Curator Thomas
has advanced the prestige of the
Society greatly through numerous
addresses, radio talks, conducted tours
and published contributions of a
scientific nature.
Owing to the presence in the Museum and
Library of numerous WPA
projects work of the Maintenance
Department has been increased to the ex-
tent that Superintendent Eaton and his
staff find their resources se-
verely taxed. However, the task has been
met in a most gratifying manner
and, in addition to a pretentious
program of building repairs and improve-
ments under WPA funds and labor has been
carried to completion. This pro-
gram comprised a new roof on the South
wing; waterproofing 3000 square
feet of foundation to exclude moisture;
replanting shrubbery adjacent to
the building; grading, supplying top
soil and seeding 6,000 square feet of
lawn; waterproofing and painting more
than 5,000 square feet of outer
walls; painting 11,000 square feet of
walls within the court; washing and
painting 5,850 square feet of interior
walls and ceiling; and various other
improvements. The cost of these repairs
to the Society was very nominal,
the labor and the greater portion of
materials being furnished by WPA.
Frequent dust storms out of the west
have contributed to the task of
cleaning 20,000 feet of glass.
The forty State Memorials (State parks)
in custody of the Society
have profited greatly during the past
year through resources of WPA and
the National Park Service, under the
energetic guidance of Curator Mc-
Pherson and Assistant Curator Zepp. A
number of smaller memorials
virtually have been brought up to date,
while the larger properties, as
Fort Ancient, Serpent Mound and
Schoenbrunn, will require from one to
two years' additional attention before
the improvements which they merit
will be completed. Some $200,000 have
been spent in this quarter, the
generosity of the two government agencies, thus
advancing these areas far
beyond what could be expected under
normal State appropriations.
The Hanby and the Dunbar homes, in
Westerville and Dayton, re-
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spectively, are the two more important
additions to the State Memorial
list during the year. A number of park
superintendents' residences have
been built and others are under
construction. Storage buildings, comfort
stations, shelters, roads, trails,
bridges, fences, parking areas, drinking
fountains, flagpoles--these are but a
few of the improvements to be credited
to the accomplishment of the year.
Landscaping, erosion control, planting
of trees by the thousands are others. A
modest estimate of the value of
these properties to the State and its
citizens is $2,000,000. Use of the park
areas by the public increases from year
to year. Continuation of federal
labor and funds bids fair to place Ohio's State
Memorials in a much more
satisfactory condition. The Society
cannot overestimate the aid accorded
by the National Park Service, through
CCC and WPA, in this important
development.
The several museum departments,
cooperating with the Library, pre-
pared and installed the official exhibit
in the Ohio Building at the Great
Lakes Exposition last season, and expect
to do the same the coming
summer. A radio symposium over Station
WOSU, covering all depart-
ments and activities of the institution,
was a feature of the past winter.
Since September the Columbus Public
Schools have sent 286 classes to the
Museum where they have received
instruction and studied exhibits under
the guidance of Miss Olive Clevenger.
The Museum Loan Collections
have been used extensively in the
schools of the State, each year bringing
an increase in the demands for this
service.
It is a pleasure to acknowledge, in
addition to those staff members
already mentioned, the satisfactory
services of H. R. Goodwin, registrar
and staff artist; G. C. Koons, staff
photographer; Irene Stahl, financial
secretary; Winnie N. Waite, the
director's secretary; Gertrude Bell, in-
formation clerk; James S. Waite,
efficient cabinetmaker and all-around
man, and, last but not least, the
individual members of the janitorial staff
for their untiring efforts.
The director himself has delivered the
usual number of addresses;
has published a study of the Folsom-like
implements found in Ohio, and
a paper on the historic and prehistoric
use of tobacco; he was honored
recently by election to the presidency
of the Michigan-Indiana-Ohio Mu-
seums Association; will offer a paper on
state museums at the forthcom-
ing convention of the American
Association of Museums at New Orleans;
another on prehistoric use of plant
materials before the Ohio Academy
of Science.
A word as to finances: We are now in the
midst of the biennial
struggle with the budget. Apparently the
Museum and Library appro-
priations will enable us to continue
about as at present. Funds for State
Memorials likely will be rather short.
Respectfully submitted,
H. C. SHETRONE, Director.
A list of accessions, prepared by
Registrar Goodwin is appended:
All of the accessions in the following
list are gifts unless otherwise
noted.
Sunshade, sugar tongs, inkstand, other
family relics, Frederick Butler,
Columbus.
Bone fish-hook, from Catawba Islands, H.
E. Lloyd, North Baltimore.
Revolver frame, Robert Cole, Columbus.
Amethyst, in exchange for archaeological
specimens, E. J. Williams, Colum-
bus.
Portrait of C. S. Vallandigham, framed,
Mrs. Ellena Hale, Alliance.
Boot-jack, Col. Townsend, Columbus.
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Girl's straw hat of 1850, Mrs.
Rensselaer W. Cox, Chicago, Illinois.
Confederate sword, Mrs. Florence M. F.
Matthews, and Mrs. Victor N.
Cushman, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati.
Stone adze, Alvin H. Young, Columbus.
Drain tile and lot of clay pipes, from
old pottery at Point Pleasant, Ohio.
Civil War sword, Mrs. L. S. Freeman,
Columbus.
Slate pendant or gorget, Mrs. H. D.
Glassburn, Columbus. Loan.
Eskimo fur garments, Prof. Willard
Berry, Department of Geology, Ohio
State University.
Medal of Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
Hon. George S. Myers, secre-
tary of State.
Glass plate and goblet, Cambridge Glass
Co., Cambridge.
Coverlet, woven by mother of Edwin
Coppock, 1830, Mrs. Ellena Hale,
Alliance.
Souvenir of Harrison Campaign, 1840, Dr.
Warren Coleman, New York,
New York.
Greenback banner, L. N. Johnson,
Columbus. Loan.
Books, papers, diaries, etc., from Symmes E. Brown Collection, M. S.
Brown, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Piece of frame of
"Shenandoah", Mary A. Rogers, Columbus.
Cap ribbon, U. S. S. Monterey, 1900,
Harry Kueven, Cincinnati.
Peruvian relics, Miss Margaret Knight,
Columbus.
Archaeological specimens, Robert Goslin,
Lancaster.
Silicified wood, Prof. W. C. Stehr, Ohio
University.
Colt revolver, H. O. Church, Brinkhaven.
Loan.
Typewriter of 1885, Mrs. Homer Emery,
Bloomingburg.
Tricycle, Scott Graham, Columbus.
Purchase.
Sword of Brigadier General Joseph Foos,
1812, Mrs. L. B. Kauffman,
Columbus. Loan.
Lithograph, Grant's birthplace.
Purchase.
Carpenter's brace, obsolete type, Leon
Schlosson, Lancaster.
Mineral specimens from Georgia, Lane
Mitchell, Atlanta, Georgia.
Pair of boots, pair of slippers, Miss
Grace M. Bareis, Canal Winchester.
Bedouin dagger and other weapons, Henry
W. Placier, Sarasota, Florida.
Reaping sickle, R. W. Shoemaker, Newark.
Sewing machine, coffee grinders, coffee
pot, cradle, Miss Fannie H. Nixon,
Salineville.
Picture of Marietta and Plat of City,
estate of John Mills, Marietta.
Fluorite, G. V. Greene, Cleveland. Exchange.
Collection of china, Col. U. S. Grant,
3rd, Fort DuPont, Delaware.
Gavel and Coat of Arms, Jesse K. Riley,
Bealsville.
Glass workers' tools and photographs,
Joseph Slight, Columbus.
Buffalo robe, wooden conduits, auger,
Mrs. H. P. Weber, Columbus.
Prase Opal, Wilfred C. Eyles, San
Francisco, Calif.
Mineral specimens. Exchange.
Spectacles, obsolete type, Mrs. J. F.
Baldwin, Columbus.
Archaeological specimens, Thomas Donkin,
Cleveland.
Picture, "Arkansas Traveler"
and other historical specimens, Mrs. Jessie
L. Stone, Delaware.
Old wooden lock, Howard B. Spain,
Columbus.
Alaskan Indian basket, Miss Harriet
Brocklehurst, Columbus.
Ballot box, Mrs. Mary Fulton Hunt.
Souvenir of Ohio Centennial, silk, Mrs.
W. K. Liggett, Columbus.
Wood from twin elms, Miss Josephine
Parrett, Columbus.
Historical specimens. Miss Annie T.
Clarke, Bexley, Columbus.
Cannon ball, 1812, Prof. Raymond C.
Osburn, O. S. U.
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Buck saw, E. E. Shedd, Columbus.
Mineral specimens from Oklahoma, Boodle
Lane, Galena, Kansas.
Early Ohio pottery. Purchase.
Minerals, Gerald U. Greene, Cleveland.
Exchange.
Old china, Mrs. Paul Smith Howard,
Woodstock.
Old valentines, autographs and papers,
Mrs. Helen E. Jacoby, Indianapolis,
Indiana.
Archaeological and ethnological
specimens, Major H. S. Bryan Collection.
Purchase.
Old china, Mrs. Howard E. Hamlin, Upper
Arlington, Columbus.
Ear of Indian corn from Arizona, Mrs.
James T. Blazer, Columbus.
Portrait of Gen. C. C. Walcutt and book
case, Mrs. Addie B. Williams,
Columbus.
Cutlass of Civil War time and books,
Genealogical Society of Columbus.
Loan.
Patchwork quilt, silk, Miss Martha B.
Hench, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Cast of pipe found in Mound City by
Squier and Davis, A. B. Cassel,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Bones of extinct beaver, Frank Shipley,
Grove City. Exchange.
Archaeological specimens, Carl Closson.
Exchange.
Scrap book of Columbus Cadets (Frederick
Shedd), Dudley Fisher, Sr.,
Columbus.
Book on French Chemistry, John L. Ware,
West Farmington.
Gravity scale, 1880, John R. Horst,
Columbus. Loan.
Minerals from California, Wilfred C.
Eyles, San Francisco, Calif.
Chinese Buddha, bronze, H. R. Goodwin,
Columbus. Loan.
Ballot box, books, papers and records of
historical interest, Rev. William
H. Hannum, Columbus.
Charcoal iron, obsolete type, George
Day, Columbus.
Sabre and Indian beaded objects, Colonel
G. L. Converse, Columbus.
Sketch of Harrison Memorial and spade,
Mrs. Robert Bonser Dayton.
Archaeological specimens, E. R.
Steinbruck, Mandan, North Dakota.
Arrow points, Henry Portman, Columbus.
Picture of Assembly of Ohio, 1864, John
R. Clark, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania.
Old valentines, Mrs. J. G. Mohler,
Columbus.
Pipestone figurine, B. G. Dawes,
Columbus.
Brick dated 1832 and Civil War medal,
Charles Binning, Roscoe.
Wood from Andersonville Prison, Rev. W.
R. Walker, Columbus.
Lace caps and beaded bags, Mrs. George
A. Jobes, Greenville.
Flag, Cedar Cliff D. A. R., Cedarville, Ohio. Loan.
Teeth of sperm whale, Forrest Fordham,
Toledo, Ohio. Loan.
Harpoon point from Alaska, Prof. Raymond
C. Osburn, O. S. U.
Spencer repeating rifle, bayonet,
cartridge box, J. M. Rochelle, Columbus.
Powder horn, powder flask and Indian
pipe, Col. G. L. Converse, Columbus.
Picture of Stephen A. Douglas, S. H.
Pierce, Fairfield.
High chair of 1818, Mrs. J. D. Hanks,
Columbus.
Bedspread, Col. George L. Converse,
Columbus.
Stone axe, miniature, Frazer Wilson,
Greenville. Loan.
Forty-five maps, Col. George L.
Converse, Columbus.
DIRECTOR SHETRONE (continuing): During
the year I have
made a study of and published a paper on
"The Folsom Phenom-
ena as Seen from Ohio" and am now
preparing a paper on "State
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Museums" for the
meeting of the American Association of Mu-
seums to be held at
New Orleans next month. A little later I
hope to tell you that
through the generosity of several members
and friends of the
Society, there has been established here in the
Museum a Lithic
Laboratory for the eastern United States. In
our archaeological
research we have come to the point where we
find that certain
conclusions and deductions cannot be had here in
our local area. In
order to learn something of racial identities,
antiquities, cultural
affiliations, trade routes, etc., we must know
more of these lithic
implements, not only for ourselves but that
we may extend a
service to the eastern United States. In this
connection, if it
should prove the will of the Board of Trustees
at their meeting this
afternoon, the director may go to Europe
in order to study the
methods of chipping flint in England.
DR. WITTKE: I am certain
that the members are impressed
by the multifarious
activities of this Society. It is remarkable
how the services of
this institution are gradually being intelligently
extended to reach a
larger State community. The usual motion
is now in order to
accept the report of the director.
REV. L. L. ROUSH: I move that the report of the director
be accepted and made
a part of the records.
This motion was
seconded and carried.
DR. WITTKE: Before
hearing from the Nominating Com-
mittee we will
conclude the series of reports by calling on the
treasurer.
RECAPITULATION OF THE
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF
THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR
ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1936.
Receipts:
Current Fund Cash
Balance, January 1, 1936................ $ 1,642.73
Society Fund Cash
Receipts:
Annual
Members.................. $ 424.50
Sustaining Members
............... 20.00
Life Members..................... 200.00
Subscriptions ..................... 24.14
Photographic
Work............... 122.96
Field Engineering ................. 385.00
Ohio Historical
Collections--Vol. 5. 550.00
Books Sold
....................... 373.46
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MEETING 285
Interest--Permanent
Fund......... 814.50
Interest--Current
Fund............ 10.00
Fallen
Timbers .................... 25.00
Octagon
State Memorial--Golf Club
Rental
......................... 750.00
Refunds
from Cash Advances ...... 1,946.69
$ 5,646.25
State
Appropriation:
Balance
from House Bill No. 341.. 13,276.28
Amended
Senate Bill No. 401...... 104,391.62
Emergency
Allotment ............. 900.44
$118,568.34
LESS:
Transfer to Revolutionary
Memorial
Commission -- Clark
State
Memorial .................. 3,473.96
LESS:
Balance December 31, 1936 843.76 114,250.62
Total Receipts
...................................... 119,896.87
TOTAL
CASH RECEIPTS...................... $121,539.60
Disbursements:
Museum
and Library................ $ 67,867.27
Big Bottom
......................... 442.69
Buffington
Island .................... 403.44
Campbell
Memorial .................. 68.89
Campus
Martius............ ...... 3,293.71
Clark
Memorial ..................... 139.29
Custer
Memorial .................... 199.96
Fallen
Timbers ..................... 1,095.64
Fort
Amanda ....................... 608.99
Fort Ancient ........................ 4,507.88
Fort Hill ........................... 2,039.13
Fort Jefferson ....................... 186.55
Fort Laurens........................ 2,278.64
Fort Recovery
...................... 1,127.34
Fort St. Clair ...................... 2,245.63
Gnadenhutten
....................... 423.43
Grant
Memorial ...................... 1,714.90
Harrison
Memorial .................. 1,088.62
Inscription
Rock .................... 102.00
Logan Elm
.......................... 916.60
Miamisburg
Mound .................. 1,031.74
Mound
Builders ..................... 2,503.35
Mound
City ......................... 2,500.00
Renick
Memorial .................... 4.52
Schoenbrunn
Memorial .............. 4,480.51
Seip Mound......................... 400.43
Serpent
Mound ...................... 3,014.05
Hayes
Memorial .................... 7,424.23
Williamson
Mound .................. 108.70
Removal
Grant's Cabin .............. 2,499.97
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QUARTERLY
Dunbar State Memorial
.............. 4,680.75
Octagon State
Park ................. 958.78
$120,357.63
ADD: Cash
Advanced-Refunded by State .....
433.20
Total
Disbursements................................ $120,790.83
BALANCE--December 31,
1936 .................... $ 748.77
Current Fund
Cash--Checking Account 538.77
Savings Account.. 10.00
Cash transferred to
Permanent Fund.. 200.00
TOTAL AS ABOVE .................
$ 748.77
Respectfully
submitted,
OSCAR F. MILLER, Treasurer.
DR. WITTKE: You have
heard the report of the treasurer.
What is your
pleasure?
DR. OVERMAN: I move
that the report of the treasurer be
accepted.
This motion was
seconded and unanimously carried.
DR. WITTKE: At this
point I will call on the Nominating
Committee.
MR. FISHER: The
Committee, after reviewing the matter,
has concluded that we
cannot do better than to renominate Arthur
C. Johnson, Albert C.
Spetnagel and George Florence for the three
trustees whose terms
expired this year. Of course, you under-
stand that
nominations may be made from the floor also.
MR. MILLER: I make a
motion that the nominations be
closed.
The motion was
seconded by Mr. Goodman and carried.
DR. WITTKE: The
motion has been made to ratify and also
to close these
nominations. [Voted.] I shall instruct the secretary
to cast the unanimous
ballot of the Society approving the re-elec-
tion of the three
gentlemen who have served so well in the past.
I think the Society
may be very happy at their re-election.
This action was
taken.
DR. LINDLEY: The
secretary has two or three matters which
should come before
the members as a whole. About ten or twelve
years ago provision
was made for a federal project of collating,
editing and
publishing the territorial papers of the United States
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MEETING 287
Government beginning with the Old
Northwest Territory. This
was carried through to completion. The
man chosen for this
work was Dr. C. E. Carter, a professor
of history of Miami
University. The value of the work has
been more and more
recognized and in his last message, the
President of the United
States stressed the importance of
continuing this series for all
of the territorial development of the
United States to the western
coast. The secretary of the State gave
his hearty endorsement
of the enterprise. It seems now that
there is a bare possibility
that the matter may be dropped for the
present at least unless those
who appreciate the value of such an
enterprise come to the rescue.
Yesterday I received a letter from the
editor of this series, asking
if I could get some sort of expression
from the Society. For-
tunately, the letter came before the
annual meeting of the trustees
of the Society was held. It seems to me
that if you are willing
to give such a vote of appreciation of
what has been done that it
would be well to do so.
DR. WITTKE: A very good statement. What
is your plea-
sure? Perhaps the proper procedure would
be that if the Society
approves, we instruct the secretary to
prepare the proper resolu-
tions. Is there a motion from the floor?
DR. LINDLEY: Mr. Chairman, I might say
for your informa-
tion that because of this enterprise the
valuable record which we
have here in this State, the original
journal of the secretary of the
Northwest Territory, has been made
available to research students
and any one interested. Otherwise, we
would have had the volume
here in our vaults inaccessible because
it is too precious to be used.
DIRECTOR SHETRONE: Mr. Secretary, is
a vote necessary in
this connection? Can we not simplify all
of it by the Society
tendering a vote of appreciation and
commendation?
Voted.
DR. LINDLEY:
Mr. Chairman, one matter which I think it
is
well to bring before the members here is
in connection with the
date of the Annual Meeting. Previous to
1932, the Constitution
provided that the Annual Meeting of the
Society should be held at
Columbus at any time within ninety days
from the first of January
of each year, at the option of the
president and secretary. Notice
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of each meeting should be mailed by the
secretary not less than
ten days prior thereto to each member at
the mailing address
registered by each member with the
Society.
This change was made primarily because
the Society thought
that a more suitable time for the
members as a whole, would be
after the winter months. However,
experience has shown that
each year difficulties have arisen
because of conflicting dates with
other meetings of an historical nature
which involve the interests
of many of our members and in several
instances it is impossible to
secure outside speakers because of
conflict in dates. It is thought
that by giving a little latitude much
more satisfactory arrangements
can be made in the interests of the
membership as a whole, and
for these reasons the amendment is
proposed.
It is proposed that article 5, section
I, of the Constitution be
amended to read:
The annual meeting shall be held in
Columbus during the month of
April at a date fixed by the President
and Secretary of the Society. Due
notice of the meeting shall be mailed by
the Secretary to all members of
the Society at least two weeks before
such annual meeting is held.
The present Constitution provides that
the annual meeting shall be held in
Columbus on Tuesday of the last full
week of April. Due notice of meeting
shall be mailed by the Secretary
to all members of the Society at least
ten days before such annual meet-
ing is held.
Another reason for this is that, more
and more, historical-
minded people who are not members of
this Society are be-
coming interested in the work of the
Society--the Ohio Academy
of History group, the genealogical
groups over the State, and
others--so that we see possibilities of
combining our meeting along
with some of theirs and thus developing
a community of interest.
I do feel that we should have an
expression from those of you who
are here. Do you feel that we should
retain this iron-clad rule
or do you approve of a change?
MR. GOLDMAN: I think the proposal
is well taken.
MR. MILLER: Mr. Secretary, do you have
any suggestion on
the change?
DR. LINDLEY: I suggest that the Society
appoint a committee
to consider possible amendments or
revision of the Constitution.
REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL
MEETING 289
MR. FISHER: I think that it is
immaterial when the Annual
Meeting is held. All that is necessary
is to hold an Annual Meet-
ing and there should be no hard and fast
rules about such things;
and it is not necessary to have the date
fixed in the Constitution.
DR. WITTKE: If the secretary feels it to
be desirable in the
light of this discussion he may ask that
the Board of Trustees
revise the Constitution in the regular
way. Is there any other
business?
At this point Mr. H. D. Lash and Mr. C.
J. Lebold asked
for the privilege of giving a report
concerning conditions at Fort
Laurens State Park. Mr. Lebold presented
the report.
DR. WITTKE: We are always glad to have
reports from the
parks. I take it that no action is
necessary at this time. It is
suggested that the report concerning
Fort Laurens be referred to
the Board of Trustees.
DR. LINDLEY: There are three
announcements. In the first
place I made reference in the
secretary's report for certain rules
which we have made in connection with
the Newspaper Library.
I want to say that the only thing we
have in mind in introducing
new policies is service to the State as
a whole. It has been neces-
sary in connection with the
reorganization of the Library and was
made in order to give more efficient
service to those who use the
Library and also to conserve the
property that we have. Changes
are being made for the sake of the good
of the people. If you
hear any complaint concerning this, and
I understand that there
have been some, I want you to know the
point of view which the
administration had in making the change.
In connection with this meeting some
special exhibits were
arranged primarily in keeping with
federal and State movements
in commemoration of the 150th
anniversary establishing civil gov-
ernment in the Northwest Territory.
There was mention made in the director's
report about the pe-
riod rooms just installed beyond the
rotunda in this section of the
building.
At one o'clock there will be the usual
annual meeting of the
Board of Trustees.
The afternoon session will convene at
two o'clock.
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DR. WITTKE: Are there any further announcements or fur-
ther business to come before the
meeting? Then, a motion to
adjourn will be in order.
MR. MILLER: I move that we adjourn.
This motion was seconded by Mr. Fisher
and carried.
ABSTRACT OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL
MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
HELD APRIL 20, 1937
The regular annual meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society was held in conjunction with
the Annual Meeting of the Society at the
Museum and Library building in
Columbus, on April 20, 1937, at 1:00 P.
M. The meeting was attended by
Trustees Eagleson, Bowsher, Florence,
Goldman, Goodman, Miller, Parker,
Rightmire, Spencer, Spetnagel, Wittke
and Wolfe. Director Shetrone and
Secretary Lindley were also present. In
the absence of President A. C.
Johnson, Sr., Mr. Freeman T. Eagleson
presided. Mr. Bowsher, State
director of education, an ex-officio
member of the Board of Trustees also
represented Governor Martin L. Davey at
the meeting. Mr. Spencer of
Newark and Mr. Parker of Cleveland were
recently appointed trustees of
the Society by the governor of Ohio as
of February 18.
Minutes of the January meeting, which
had been sent to all Board
members, were approved.
Mr. Eagleson called for reports from the
Committee on the Classi-
fication of State Memorials and the
Committee on Recognition of the
Society by the State Legislature in
determining eligibility of prospective
archaeological and historical memorials
and the feasibility of charging ad-
mission to the more important State
memorials. Mr. Lindley informed the
Board that the chairman of both of these
committees, Mr. George B.
Smith of Dayton, was no longer a member
of the Board of Trustees and
that he had reported that the press of
business had not allowed him to
investigate these matters. Mr. Goldman
made a motion, seconded by Mr.
Wittke that the president be authorized
to fill the vacancies on these com-
mittees. The motion carried. Mr.
Shetrone made a brief statement con-
cerning the possibility of charging
admission to some of the large State
parks and he suggested that at the next
meeting he would probably have
more definite information. The president
appointed Carl Wittke and Robert
P. Goldman to fill these vacancies and
Oscar F. Miller was designated
chairman of the committee.
The secretary read a communication from
the attorney-general of
Ohio concerning the Elizabeth E.
McFarland estate at Oxford, Ohio, in
which he requested an expression of
opinion from the Board of Trustees
relative to a compromise settlement of
the estate.
The secretary reported the status of the
Senate Bill No. 150 which
provides for a definitive history of
Ohio. He suggested that the chair
appoint a committee of one to see that
the bill receive due consideration.
The chairman appointed a committee of
three consisting of Messrs. Good-
man, Wolfe and Wittke, and commissioned
them to enlist the support of
the governor in its favor.
Mr. Eagleson read a portion of a letter
from Mr. Arthur C. Johnson
concerning the possibility for the
establishment in the Museum Building
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of a Lithic Laboratory for the eastern
United States. The director brought
out the fact that he believed that after
the first two years the laboratory
would not cost the Society anything and
that it was not necessary for the
Board to make any allotment for that
purpose. All that was required was
an approval of the director's activities
in setting up a laboratory. Mr.
Wolfe moved that the recommendation be
adopted and the matter be re-
ferred to Mr. Shetrone and Mr. Johnson for development.
This motion
was approved.
Mr. Eagleson read further from Mr.
Johnson's letter a suggestion
that the Board grant the director of the
Society a leave of absence which
would enable him to make a trip to
England to pursue the necessary studies
preliminary to establishing the Lithic
Laboratory. Mr. Johnson listed
several reasons why a trip was important
and made an additional recom-
mendation to the effect that the Society
pay the expenses of the director
while in England, expenses of passage to
be furnished from another source.
Dr. Rightmire asked to be further
enlightened concerning the sug-
gestion which had been made about the
possibility of returning the Squier
and Davis Archaeological Collection to
Ohio. The director explained that
this collection was owned by the British
Museum and that he had no
definite understanding with the museum
about a permanent loan of the
material but that he thought such a loan
might be possible if he could
work through his friend, Sir Arthur
Keith of the British Museum Associa-
tion. The director also stated that the
Squier and Davis matter was one
of the purposes of his trip but he
wanted the Board to feel that the trip
was justified on the basis of the study
preliminary to setting up the Lithic
Laboratory.
Mr. Spetnagel moved that the secretary
be appointed Acting Director
while Mr. Shetrone was absent in
England. The motion was seconded by
Mr. Spencer and approved.
The director reported briefly on the
status of the budget in the Legis-
lature. He said that the chief concern
at that time was over the appro-
priation for park administration.
A resolution was reported from the
business meeting of the Society
suggesting the appointment of a
committee to consider the advisability of
making certain amendments to the
Society's Constitution. Mr. Goldman
moved that the president be authorized
to appoint a committee of three to
report on such a revision. The motion was
approved. Mr. H. Preston
Wolfe, Mr. George Florence and Judge
Carl V. Weygandt were appointed.
The Membership Committee provided for at
the last meeting has
been appointed by the president and
consists of Kenneth William McKinley,
chairman, Laurence H. Bartlett and
William D. Overman from the staff
and Robert P. Goldman and Harold T.
Clark from the Board of Trustees.
Mr. Wittke moved that the Board reelect
the officers of the Society
who had served for the past year with
the exception of the second vice-
president, which office was made vacant
by the expiration of the term of
Wilber Stout, as a trustee. The motion
was carried. Mr. Spetnagel moved
that Mr. Goodman be elected second
vice-president. The motion was ap-
proved. The officers for the year are:
President, Arthur C. Johnson, Sr.
First vice-president, Freeman T.
Eagleson.
Second vice-president, Joseph C.
Goodman.
Secretary, Harlow Lindley.
Treasurer, Oscar F. Miller.
Director, H. C. Shetrone.
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Mr. Miller moved that the staff be
re-appointed for another year with
the present salaries. The motion was
carried.
The secretary read a letter from Mr. H.
Preston Wolfe, extending
an invitation from Mr. Johnson and Mr.
Wolfe to the members of the
Board to hold the July meeting at the
Wigwam, the country place of Mr.
H. P. Wolfe, near Reynoldsburg. To avoid
difficulty in the matter of
transportation, they will furnish those
members who desire to attend, with
accurate information as to how to reach
the place. Mr. Spencer moved
that the invitation be accepted. The
motion was seconded by practically
every member of the Board and
unanimously approved. The secretary
stated that, according to precedent, the
date of the next regular meeting
of the Board of Trustees would be July
27, 1937.
There being no further business to come
before the meeting, motion
was made and carried for adjournment.
HARLOW LINDLEY, Secretary.
Afternoon Session--2 P. M.
Dr. George W. Rightmire presiding.
The program of the afternoon session was
opened with a
vocal solo, entitled "Old Black
Joe," by Mrs. Irene Cotton Stahl,
financial secretary of the Society, who
also sang "Darling Nelly
Gray" as the closing number of the
afternoon program. The first
selection was chosen in appreciation of
the Stephen Collins Foster
Collection which was donated to the
Society by Josiah K. Lilly of
Indianapolis, Indiana. "Darling
Nelly Gray" was selected because
of the Society's efforts in the
restoration of the home of Benjamin
R. Hanby, its composer.
The annual address was given by
Professor Robert C. Binkley,
of Western Reserve University, his
subject being "History for a
Democracy." This address was
published in full in the January,
1937, issue of Minnesota History and
a condensation of the ad-
dress was published in the July, 1937,
issue of Museum Echoes.