... THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS The committee found that limitations of time made it necessary to rely on questionnaires in compiling a bibliography of the historical writings of Ohioans during the year 1949 Members of the Ohio Academy of History staff members of departments of history in the state's colleges and universities and officials of local historical societies were asked to list their writings In relying on the use of the ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Organizations ALLIANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Alliance Dorothy R Donaldson President David Ault has been serving as vice president of the society since the death of the former vice president Walter Ellet Wilberta Johnston has been acting secretary and treasurer during the prolonged illness of Mabel Hartzell The society participated in the observance of the state sesquicentennial with a special program in September Dr B J Stanton gave a historical address ...
... MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN AN AVERAGE CITY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN AN AVERAGE CITY CLEVELAND 1876-1900 by JAMES B WHIPPLE Instructor in History Western Reserve University I Studies of municipal politics have tended to emphasize the best governed city or the worst In many ways this may be an accurate reflection of the national scene where contemporaries were preoccupied with the same extremes Cleveland between 1876 and 1900 does not fall into either of these classifications Nevertheless taken as ...
... A CHRONOLOGY A CHRONOLOGY By WILLIAM D OVERMAN 1822--First effort at organizing a historical society in Ohio 1831--Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio 1875--Ohio Archaeological Society founded at Mansfield 1885--OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY organized Allen Granberry Thurman president Albert Adams Graham secretary 18 87--Francis Charles Sessions second president publication of the first QUARTERLY in June 1888--Centennial Celebration at Marietta April 7 1889--Society ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 99 George H Pepper Am Museum Nat History New York Harlan I Smith Am Museum Nat History New York Cecilie Seler Berlin Germany Hjalmar Stolpe Stockholm Sweden Luis A Herrera Uruguay Marshall H Saville New York Adelaf Breton London England C T Hartman Stockholm Sweden At the station before departure Mr Saville made a neat little speech in behalf of the guests thanking their hosts for the pleasure and profit of the day and three cheers were given by each party in behalf ...
... THE STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD IN OHIO THE STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD IN OHIO BY RUHL JACOB BARTLETT M A The admission of Ohio as a state into the Union marked the end of a long and bitter political contest both within and without the Northwest Territory It was that age old conflict between the forces that are progressive and those that are conservative for it must be remembered that the closing years of the 19th century marked a period of rapid political transition in American history The colonists ...
... DOCUMENTARY DATA DOCUMENTARY DATA By BERTHA E JOSEPHSON During recent months the Department of Documents which includes under its jurisdiction state archives manuscripts maps posters photostats and broadsides has catalogued and arranged in a vertical file about one hundred small and pamphlet-folder maps Some of the more important of these are ANDREWS REPORT FOR 1854 MAPS ACCOMPANYING THE ISRAEL D One showing railroads in U S in operation and progress in the fifties two of the St Lawrence ...
... Battle Flags of Ohio Battle Flags of Ohio 249 If you will incorporate this letter I will be much obliged It will explain why I was not there and will also show that I appreciated the patriotic and significant character of the occasion Trusting that this will meet with your approval and again thanking you for the kindness you have shown me in this matter which I assure you is highly appreciated I remain Very truly your etc Signed J B FORAKER HON D A LIGGITT Rushsylvania Ohio TRIBUTE OF EX-GOV ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 429 Reviews Notes and Comments 429 REV NATHANIEL BARRETT COULSON LOVE Rev Nathaniel Barrett Coulson Love was born in Rushville Ohio October 29 1830 He died at his home in Perrysburg Ohio December 29 1922 He had therefore passed his ninety-second birthday He was one of the pioneer ministers of Ohio His father William Love was Scotch-Irish his mother Susannah Force was of English and Scotch-Irish descent Rev Love was educated in the common schools and privately taught ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 289 Reviews Notes and Comments 289 in his Cincinnati speech Later on March 21 1864 he quoted from this message to a labor delegation that called upon him in Washington stating in conclusion that he had not changed his views on this subject DOCTOR HENRY SOLOMON LEHR A great educator to whom Ohio owes much has passed away At four o'clock on Monday morning January 29 1923 Dr Henry S Lehr aged eighty-five founder and former president of Ohio Northern University died at ...
... THE ANTI-GALLOWS MOVEMENT IN OHIO THE ANTI-GALLOWS MOVEMENT IN OHIO By ALBERT POST The criminal codes of colonial America were based on those of England but in the New World where the social structure and traditions were less binding these codes were modified by reducing the number of capital crimes In England during the eighteenth century over two hundred felonies were capital while in the North American colonies the average number was about twelve With the publication in 1764 of the Essay on ...
... Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 577 Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 577 end of the biennium but the improvement of the grounds has not yet been started We wish at this time to submit the following extract from the deed of conveyance to the Society from Miss Clarissa C Moor of the tract referred to above Provided always and these presents are upon this express condition that the premises hereby conveyed shall be used for a park and monument site and approaches Said grantee its successors and assigns ...
... A GUIDE TO THE COMMUNISTIC COMMUNITIES A GUIDE TO THE COMMUNISTIC COMMUNITIES OF OHIO BY KENNETH WILLIAM MCKINLEY One of the greatest obstacles to the study of the social sciences has been the inability to experiment Human lives cannot be molded and adjusted like so many pieces of metal or so many chemical elements For this reason it is important that history be made the laboratory of the social sciences The author of this brief guide therefore feels justified in presenting in an historical ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 333 ROBERT WHITE McFARLAND The Faculty of the Ohio State University as a mark of respect and wishing to preserve in some permanent form a simple record of the life of its late member and associate Robert White McFarland who died at his home Oxford Ohio October 23 1910 prepared the following memorial Professor McFarland was born in Champaign county Ohio June 16 1825 and was a descendant of Simon Kenton He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1847 and for four ...
... JOSEPH RAY1 JOSEPH RAY1 By JERRY DENNIS Joseph Ray was born in Ohio County Virginia now Ohio County West Virginia on November 25 1807 His ancestry was of English origin and can be traced back to John Ray the naturalist William Ray his father was born in Ireland in 1782 and had settled with his parents near West Liberty Virginia in 1789 On February 25 1807 William married Margaret Graham a native of Westchester County Pennsylvania They were among the early pioneers of the Upper Ohio Valley The ...
... THE CHALLENGE OF THE TIMES TO THE HISTORIAN1 THE CHALLENGE OF THE TIMES TO THE HISTORIAN1 by CARL WITTKE Professor of History and Dean of the Graduate School Western Reserve University The question is frequently asked nowadays Why do historians have so little influence in public affairs and why have men and women who have been especially trained to study and distill conclusions from the long experience of the past so little status as counselors and molders of public opinion in present-day ...
... MIAMI UNIVERSITY CALVINISM AND THE ANTIMIAMI UNIVERSITY CALVINISM AND THE ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENT 1 By JAMES H RODABAUGH Miami University is a daughter of the Old Northwest Its origins may be traced to the land grant made by Congress to John Cleves Symmes in 1787 According to the contract among the lands of the Symmes Purchase one township was to be reserved for an academy or college After years of controversy and litigation during which Symmes sold the reserved lands Congress in 1803 granted in ...
... 562 Ohio Arch 562 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Introductory Note For some months there has been in contemplation by interested parties a series of publications entitled Ohio Historical Collections It was first thought that the monographs of this series should be limited to political history Upon mature deliberation however it was decided to adopt a title more comprehensive in scope Volumes 1 and 2 of the series are political history and Volume 3 will be political and biographical ...
... JOSEPH B JOSEPH B FORAKER AND THE STANDARD OIL CHARGES1 by EARL R BECK Instructor in History Ohio State University In 1908 Joseph Benson Foraker then serving his second term in the United States Senate was one of the outstanding figures in politics in the nation Foraker had won national notice for his aggressive uncompromising fight against the Hepburn Rate Bill of 1906 and for his strident attacks upon the executive action of President Theodore Roosevelt which led to the discharge without ...
... DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS EARLY OHIO POSTAL ROUTES by WILLIAM D O VERMAN Director Library and Archives Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Akron Ohio Editor's Note Considerable interest has been indicated in Dr Overman's article on Early Ohio Postal Routes published in the January-March 1946 issue of the Quarterly pp 21-29 Particularly philatelists who specialize in early stampless covers have expressed appreciation for the article It has been suggested that the publication of the postal routes ...