... MINUTES OF MINUTES OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY Deshler-Wallick Hotel Columbus Ohio April 8 1949 The Ohio Academy of History met in Columbus April 8 1949 in connection with the Ohio College Association More than one hundred persons attended the several sessions The morning session at 10 AM was devoted to a panel discussion on the subject American Cultural History as a Field of Specialization in the College and the Graduate School Members of the panel were Lyon N Richardson chief librarian ...
... PETER WITT 377 PETER WITT 377 irascible exterior and his biting invective there were qualities of honesty fidelity and generosity that made him the loyal sentimental friend of many people He had genuine oratorical gifts though he sometimes attacked unreasonably and without full information about the facts and he had a tongue that he always found it hard to curb He never attacked with a rapier A meat cleaver was his favorite tool as he himself readily admitted to his friends But he never lacked ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 66 NUMBER 3 JULY 1957 Social History A Nation Announcing Itself By PHILIP D JORDAN Twenty-odd years ago when the series entitled A History of American Life seemed a shining new constellation in the heavens of historiography a caravan of wise men journeyed by day and by night to Providence Rhode Island to stargaze These priests of Clio ministering to a general session of the American Historical Association were carried away with ...
... ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO SATURDAY May 4 1929 Present Messrs W O Thompson Arthur C Johnson George Florence George F Bareis E F Wood Claude Meeker F C Furniss Mrs Orson D Dryer and Trustee Emeritus B F Prince Secretary Galbreath and Director Shetrone were also present President Johnson What is the pleasure of the Board in the matter of the election of officers ...
... ECONOMIC BASIS OF OHIO POLITICS 1820-1840 ECONOMIC BASIS OF OHIO POLITICS 1820-1840 By HAROLD E DAVIS The Geographic Basis Ohio was destined by her geographic characteristics to be the scene of conflicting economic interests and hence of conflicting political interests The land has in some respects a natural unity but in many respects that unity is lacking By far the greater part of the area of the state lies in the valley of the Ohio River so that geographically economically and politically ...
... 328 OHIO HISTORY 328 OHIO HISTORY Book Reviews A Cartoon History of United States Foreign Policy 1776-1976 By the Editors of the Foreign Policy Association New York William Morrow and Company 1975 xi 210p illustrations guide to sources index Cloth 795 paper 395 The word cartoon in a title immediately creates an impression that a work is light is designed to entertain and is not meant to be taken seriously which is certainly the case with this book It is not a complete history of American ...
... VERNON L VERNON L VOLPE The Ohio Election of 1838 A Study in the Historical Method Historians are not immune from occasionally making minor errors such as misreading the results of a state election Unfortunately due to the nature of the craft one historian's lapse may assume the status of historical fact once it finds its way into the secondary literature where the original slip suddenly takes on a life of its own Through sheer repetition by other scholars a historical myth is created that is ...
... LETTER OF HON LETTER OF HON GEORGE B LORING READ AT THE C ELE BRATION BY R R DAWES WASHINGTON D C April 5 1888 SIR I have been requested by His Excellency Gov ernor Ames of Massachusetts to represent that Commonwealth at the Centennial Celebration of the first settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787 at Marietta Ohio I regret exceedingly that at a late hour I am compelled to deny myself the pleasure of being present on the occasion I feel it to be my duty however to ...
... Governor Rutherford B Hayes NOTES ON PAGE 191 GOVERNOR RUTHERFORD B GOVERNOR RUTHERFORD B HAYES 59 by DANIEL R PO R TER The spirits of a discontented Congressman from Cincinnati were decidedly lifted late in January 1867 by a letter from William Henry Smith Ohio's Secretary of State The letter sounded out Representative Rutherford B Hayes as a possible gubernatorial candidate This was the first indication Hayes received that he was being considered instead of incumbent Governor Jacob D Cox ...
... 90 OHIO HISTORY 90 OHIO HISTORY Three books by Louis Filler have recently been re-published Horace Mann on the Crisis in Education and Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and Freedom Second Edition with New Preface both by the University Press of America and A Dictionary of American Social Change by the Robert E Krieger Publishing Company Other books of interest are Social Action Collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin A Guide issued by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ...
... McCook Field 1917-1927 McCook Field 1917-1927 By MAURER MAURER IT IS FITTING that Dayton the birthplace of aviation should be the site of one of the great air fields of the United States Air Force And it is appropriate that the field which for many years has played a major role in the development of aircraft and equipment for the air force should bear the name of Wright The history of that air force activity in the Dayton area however goes back to a field that was not named for the Wright ...
... Minutes of the Meeting Minutes of the Meeting Of the Ohio Academy of History Columbus April 14 1956 The Ohio Academy of History held its spring meeting at the Ohio State Museum on Saturday April 14 1956 The morning session devoted to American history was conducted by Clarence P Gould of Youngstown College George W Knepper of the University of Akron presented a paper entitled Policemen or Protectors The British Standing Army in America 1760-1768 and Virginia B Platt of Bowling Green State ...
... THE FIRST PURELY REPUBLICAN FORM OF THE FIRST PURELY REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA BY WILLIAM M PETTIT The historical political controversy that raged in the years 1636-37 was over the demand of Anne Hutchinson that women be accorded equal political rights with men in Massachusetts Sir Harry Vane was elected governor in 1636 being a representative of the Hutchinson faction but in 1637 he was defeated by John Winthrop The General Court of Massachusetts tried the famous Hutchinson ...
... Garfield and Hayes Political Leaders of the Gilded Age by ALLAN PESKIN They are linked together in the public mind Garfield and Hayes along with Grant Arthur and Harrison--bearded Presidents for a Gilded Age To Thomas Wolfe They were the lost Americans their gravely vacant and bewhiskered faces mixed melted swam together Which had the whiskers which t il e burnsides which w as wh ich 1 Others besides Wolfe have had difficulty in sorting out the men from behind their beards Garfield and Hayes ...
... JAMES H JAMES H LEE The Ohio Agricultural Commission 1913-1915 When James M Cox assumed the governorship for the first time in 1913 Ohio agriculture was passing through a period of rapid transition The demographic expansion of the late nineteenth century had inflated land values and crop prices a trend which converted agriculture into a potentially highly profitable enterprise Ohio farmers responded by gradually transforming themselves into rural businessmen they specialized developed more ...
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 117 tion from his voice--he needed no pen--the subject-matter being wide and comprehensive He gave us the benefit of his thought and wit upon such topics as The Boston Tea Party Washington in the West Our First Inhabitants The Original Ohio Land Company etc etc but the crowning favor was bestowed just one year ago on Washington's birthday when his subject was Americanization at Home and Abroad We marveled as we sat enthralled by his eloquence how ...
... 34 Ohio Arch 34 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications search history other than that of our own state for noble ideas The story of the foundation of our state and its progress is like a romance Well did Washington say in the dark days of the Revolution when he was questioned as to what he would do if he met defeat that he would come out here and settle in the valley of the Muskingum Several years ago a friend of mine a lady of Ohio met an English woman whose whole idea of America was based ...
... McCormick Winter-Spring 2003 pp 19-26 PDF of this article CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2003 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved A High School to Remember The Greenfield Legacy of McClain Harris and Ittner By Virginia E McCormick McClain High School Greenfield Ohio Photo courtesy Virginia E McCormick As Supreme Court justices legislators and educators begin the twenty-first century wrestling with equitable funding for Ohio schools and the School Facilities Commission ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews The Rise of the National Guard The Evolution of the American Militia 18651920 By Jerry Cooper Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 1997 xviii 246 pages illustrations notes appendices selected bibliography index 4500 First line of defense or strikebreakers-politicians or professionals-social butterflies or warriors In this well-written and documented book Jerry Cooper traces the statutory history of the National Guard as it evolves from the volunteer soldiery to the ...
... A STUDY OF NOTABLE OHIOANS A STUDY OF NOTABLE OHIOANS By HARRY R STEVENS In the past three or four years there have been published many social studies of genius Data have been accumulated analyzed and interpreted problems have been defined and some answers attempted1 Underlying much of this seems to be the criticism formulated a century ago by De Tocqueville that American society being a democracy naturally tended to inhibit the development of genius individuality and leadership That challenge ...