... THE HARMAR EXPEDITION OF 1790 THE HARMAR EXPEDITION OF 179 0 By RANDOL PH G ADAMS At the last meeting of the American Historical Association December 1939 the chief of the General Staff of the United States Army made some very critical remarks about the teaching of military history in the United States He expressed the wish that teachers would tell and that text-books would relate the uncomplimentary and unvarnished truth about the ineptitude with which the United States has conducted its wars ...
... 304 Ohio Arch 3 04 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications ADDRESS OF GENERAL BRINKERHOFF General Roeliff Brinkerhoff of the Board of Park Commissioners in his address spoke as follows We have met here today to dedicate a monument to one of the earliest and most unselfish of Ohio benefactors His name was John Chapman but to the pioneers he was everywhere known as Johnny Appleseed The field of his operations in Ohio was mainly the valleys of the Muskingum river and its tributaries and his ...
... INTRODUCTORY REMARKS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS By PHILIP C NASH LADIES AND GENTLEMEN It is my very great pleasure and honor to declare open the sessions of the Maumee Valley International Historical Convention It was 146 years ago that the Battle of Fallen Timbers was fought and all the events that we are commemorating in this Convention occurred more than a century ago There has been an orderly and gradual development of civilization in this neighborhood and in this country ever since those days ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA NEW TRUSTEES OF THE SOCIETY REV WILLIAM HENRY RICE D D Among the historic characters who played a thrilling and imperishable part in the early annals of Ohio were the three Moravian missionaries Christian Frederick Post David Zeisberger and John Heckewelder From the last named in direct descent is the Rev W H Rice for many years past a life and active member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and at the last annual meeting February 26 elected a ...
... THE CHILLICOTHES THE CHILLICOTHES BY R W MCFARLAND LL D In any pioneer history of Ohio or of the West in general the word Chillicothe is found as the Indian name of a town As there were several of these it may be well to mention some points so as to identify the one intended 1 Chillicothe-Howe's Ohio and other histories speak of a town of this name on the Great Miami river It was on the site of the present city of Piqua 2 ChillicotheOften called Old Chillicothe This was about three miles north ...
... Annual Report of the Society for 1960 Annual Report of the Society for 1960 AFTER LAST YEAR ' S extensive report of the Society's development through its seventy-five years we shall offer but a simple review of the activities for 1960 At the end of each year the heads of the divisions and the departments prepare annual reports which are submitted to the director These statements supply most of the information from which the Society's annual report is compiled The work of the Society is after ...
... GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME L GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME L Aberdeen O 118 American Periodical Literature Index Abolitionists 262 to Early 316 Aboriginal Man 141-4 American Philosophical Society336 Ackley Horace 340 American Public Health Association Adams Co250 365 382 Adams John 58 American Republicans 20 Adams John Quincy 21 American Revolution 4 17 25 31 33 Adams Randolph G12 47 99 36 37 44 60 66 71 72 74 85 86 87 Adams Samuel 186 88 244 274 Adena Mounds 203 American State Papers 317 Adena Plain ...
... SOME DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF OHIO SOME DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF OHIO BY GEORGE DAVENPORT KRATZ AKRON In undertaking to edit the following expresses and communications I have made no attempt to form any connection between them or to draw any conclusions from the import of the letters taken separately The nature of the communications prohibits such a procedure My part has been merely to preface several of the documents with a few remarks relative to the state of affairs at the time they were ...
... BOOK BOOK REVIEWS CHARLES EVANS HUGHES AND THE ILLUSIONS OF INNOCENCE A STUDY IN AMERICAN DIPLOMACY By Betty Glad Urbana University of Illinois Press 1966 365p bibliography and index 595 Charles Evans Hughes Secretary of State under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge 1921-1925 is considered important because he carried major responsibility for the definition of the foreign policy followed by the United States up to the eve of World War II p 1 Miss Glad divides her study into three ...
... KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT by ROBERT H BAHMER Every time I am introduced as an archivist I am reminded of the story that was written back in 1935 by one of the Washington newspaper columnists who writes about government people The story appeared shortly after the National Archives was established and our big building at Seventh and Pennsylvania Avenue was constructed The first archivist of the United States had just been appointed and there was some publicity about the ...
... ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1945 To THE OFFICERS TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Herewith is submitted the Annual Report of the Society for the year 1945 The cooperation and the many courtesies which you have shown to the staff personnel during the year are greatly appreciated Respectfully submitted April 1 2 19 46 HENRY C SHETRONE Director REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR The year 1945 was a ...
... MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Board of Trustees of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met in annual session in the Trustees' Room of the Museum and Library Building at 1 o'clock p m Tuesday April 24 1934 The following trustees were present Mr Arthur C Johnson Sr President Messrs Goldman Eagleson Miller Goodman Florence Sater and Mrs Dryer Director Shetrone ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY JUNE 1887 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE COLONIAL SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES1 THE formation of this society comes at an opportune moment In a little more than three years a century will have elapsed since the first permanent white settlement was made within the limits of the great region Northwest of the River Ohio That settlement was the beginning not only of this good State of Ohio but also of Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin which have all ...
... William D William D Gallagher Champion of Wester Literary Periodicals By JAM ES A TAGUE DURING THE 1830's a number of attempts were made in Ohio to create a successful literary journal one that would be devoted to subjects other than the predominant interests of the majority of the newspapers and magazines of the day The existing media for the most part published articles on religion politics and growth of the area and there were few local outlets for the aspiring author if he did not write on ...
... LORI D LORI D GINZBERG Women in an Evangelical Community Oberlin 1835-1850 Women and men joined the first coeducational college in order to create both a model Christian community and trained missionaries for the world's enlightenment and regeneration' Oberlin College was not a feminist experiment for the concept of feminism did not truly exist It was an evangelical project in which women were an integral part An understanding of why certain women came to Oberlin and what they found there may ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson By MICHAEL LES BENEDICT New York W W Norton amp Company Inc 1973 x 212p notes appendix bibliographical essay and index Cloth 695 paper 245 Among the countless studies of American political institutions few have dealt with impeachment Historians and political scientists writing about Reconstruction or President Andrew Johnson have avoided treating his impeachment in depth Although few scholars any longer accept the once ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXXVI INDEX TO VOLUME XXXVI A B Abolitionism in Ohio 193-194 DemoBaatz Capt C L Fort Laurens the crats denounce 212 Liberty League Story of the Acquisition of its Site resolutions 237 Free Soilers 240 by the State of Ohio 480-486 adpassim dress at unveiling of Boundary-line Absquatulators 278-280 295 monument 582-583 Adams Mrs Cecelia McMillen 16 Bailey Dr Gamaliel 232 Adams Charles F 250 283 Baird Prof F S 499 Adams County Ohio 133-134 Baker Phoebe 5 8 An Adventure with the ...
... DONALD J DONALD J RATCLIFFE Politics in Jacksonian Ohio Reflections on the Ethnocultural Interpretation Who voted for the two great political parties in Jacksonian Ohio Those historians who have asked this question have usually given two sorts of answers Some have seen the popular basis for the party division in essentially socioeconomic terms Occasionally they have detected a class conflict between rich and poor but more commonly they have followed Frederick Jackson Turner in seeing the ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews The Papers of Ulysses S Grant Volume III October 1 1861-January 7 1862 Edited by JO HN Y SIMON Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press 1971 xxv 479p chronology maps illustrations calendar and index 1500 The Papers of Ulysses S Grant Volume IV January 8-March 31 1862 Edited by JOHN Y SIMON Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press 1972 xxv 520p chronology maps illustrations calendar and index 1500 Like their subject these volumes of Ulysses S Grant's personal ...
... PROCEEDINGS 287 PROCEEDINGS 287 MR STOUT To honor Mr Sater I think it would be very fitting that these resolutions become a part of the Minutes of our Society Will someone make a motion to that effect A motion was made by Mr Spetnagel and seconded by Mr Roof that these resolutions be made a part of the Minutes of the Society The motion was unanimously carried Mr Spetnagel chairman of the Nominating Committee then made the following report Speaking for your Nominating Committee I wish to ...