... 178 Ohio Arch 178 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 3 MIGRATIONS AND THEIR LESSONS SERMON PREACHED IN THE OPERA HOUSE SUNDAY BY WASHINGTON GLADDEN OF COLUMBUS By faith Abraham when he was called obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance and he went out not knowing whither he went-Heb ix 8 This is the first notice in ancient records of that great movement westward which occupies so many chapters of the history of the human race From that unknown country ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews The Diaries of George Washington Edited by Donald Jackson Charlottesville The University Press of Virginia 1976 Vol I 1748-65 v 373p Vol II 1766-70 xvi 374p illustrations maps notes bibliography index 1500 each These two volumes mark the beginning of the most massive historical editing project in the nation's history-the writings of George Washington At the same time they represent the acme in the efforts of the National Historical Papers and Records Commission's ...
... The Rubber Industry in Ohio The Rubber Industry in Ohio By WILLIAM D OVERMAN Many of us think of the rubber industry in terms of tire sizes and a system of retail distribution centers It is this But for the past half century or longer it has also been one of the moving factors in the life not only of the United States but of the entire world Also when many of us think of rubber we think in terms of a few large companies and a few well-known products which they manufacture But the rubber ...
... HENRY L HENRY L TAYLOR On Slavery's Fringe City-Building and Black Community Development in Cincinnati 1800-1850 Scholars of the antebellum black urban experience have ignored the issue of the relationship between the city-building process and the development of the black community Most studies of the antebellum black experience published since Leon Litwack's North of Slavery have instead focused on legal aspects of racial discrimination the relationship between race and politics the ...
... Historical News Historical News THE OHIO-INDIANA AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION held its fall meeting at Kent State University on November 7 1959 Papers were read at the morning session on Clarence Darrow and the American Literary Tradition Abe C Ravitz of the department of English Hiram College Communal Societies on the American Frontier Hallock C Raup of the department of geography Kent State and Magazine Fiction Image or Mirage William Coyle of the department of English Wittenberg University ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Spring Meeting of the Ohio Academy of History will be held April 21-22 1995 at Otterbein College in Westerville Ohio For further information contact Donna L Van Raaphorst History Department Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus Cleveland Ohio 44130-5199 The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies of Saint Mary's University will be holding its 7th North American Fur Trade Conference in Halifax Nova Scotia on May 24-28 1995 The ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews In Pursuit of Happiness American Conceptions of Property From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century By William B Scott Bloomington Indiana University Press 1977 xi 244 p notes index 1250 Scott's admirably lucid survey traces not only changing conceptions of property rights but also alterations in expectations of what private ownership may contribute to the pursuit of happiness His spokesmen of American conceptions are mainly politicians jurists and social reformers ...
... ANDREW McILROY ANDREW McILROY No Interest No Time No Money Civil Defense in Cleveland in the Cold War In recent years historians have shown that fear of the atomic bomb pervaded all aspects of American life in the early cold war era Paul Boyer argued that the ever-present reality of the bomb was so great that it was built into the very structure of our minds giving shape and meaning to all our perceptions Magazines such as Life Time and Newsweek offered evidence through a wealth of articles ...
... Book Reviews Winter-Spring 2002 pp 65-93 Copyright 2002 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved This article is presented page by page according to the original print version If a sentence seems to end abruptly scroll down to continue with the next page BOOK REVIEWS A Social Contract for the Coal Fields The Rise and Fall of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund By Richard P Mulcahy Knoxville Tenn The University of Tennessee Press 2000 xiv 274p notes ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Recent promotions appointments and retirements within the academic community of Ohio historians include Lester Lee appointed as an Assistant Professor at Antioch College Gary R Hess will succeed Edmund J Danzinger as Department Chair at Bowling Green State University William R Rock has been named as a Graduate Advisor and Michael Moore as an Undergraduate Advisor at Bowling Green State University Virginia B Platt Professor Emeritus was recently appointed to ...
... JOSEPH A JOSEPH A HOWELLS Joseph A Howells was born at St Clairsville Belmont County Ohio September 1 1832 He was the son of William C and Mary Dean Howells and a brother of William Dean Howells For fifty-seven years he was foreman editor and proprietor of the Ashtabula Sentinel He was appointed American Con549 550 Ohio Arch 550 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications sul to Turk Islands British West Indies October 30 1905 He died August 10 1912 On July 19 1913 there was placed at the head ...
... HOWELLS' BLISTERING AND CAUTERIZING HOWELLS' BLISTERING AND CAUTERIZING by Louis J BUDD Assistant Professor of English Duke University As a sexagenarian describing his early manhood William Dean Howells reminisced If there was any one who had his being more wholly in literature than I had in 1860 I am sure I should not have known where to find him1 Such testimony cannot be ignored Yet it has encouraged our accepting too hastily the trite picture of still another introverted lad who quietly ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews A Covenant with Power America and World Orderfrom Wilson to Reagan By Lloyd C Gardner New York Oxford University Press 1984 xv 251p notes note on sources and further reading index 2295 Somehow it seems consistent with the character of this book that the author tells us his purpose at the end rather than the beginning Each chapter is really an 'essay' or think-piece and together they form a cluster around the principal themes of the liberal state its supporters and the ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews The Shawnee By Jerry E Clark Lexington University Press of Kentucky 1977 ix 99p illustrations bibliographical essay 495 Jerry E Clark's summary of the most important findings about the Shawnee is yet another addition to the award-winning Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf a series subsidized by the National Endowment for the Humanities and by numerous groups and individuals interested in Kentucky history Not intended to be an original contribution to knowledge The ...
... MARY DEAN VINCENT MOUND MARY DEAN VINCENT MOUND A B COOVER Mr Coover is a Life Member of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and has assisted Prof W C Mills in many of the archaeological explorations made by the Society Mr Coover acted as Curator of the Museum of the Society during the absence of Prof Mills while in charge of the Society's exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition It was during this time that Mr Coover made the explorations herein described - EDITOR Under directions ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Women and the American Labor Movement From Colonial Times to the Eve of World War I By Philip S Foner New York The Free Press Macmillan Publishing Co Inc 1979 xi 621p illustrations notes bibliography index 1595 The wealth of material on American working women in Philip Foner's new book should convince even the most intransigent critic of women's history that working women do have an active lively and moving history Foner making use of the growing body of excellent ...
... 288 Ohio Arch 288 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications erected their temple on the hilltop to the day of the traction car But that car like the one of Juggernaut is the irresistible chariot of the present that ruthlessly rolls over the veneration for the past The pamphlet prospectus in question devotes several pages to the history and description of the mound and properly presents it as one of the leading features which will make the proposed traction line a valuable and paying institution ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY S K Stevens President The Association is publishing a new quarterly journal titled American Heritage It will deal exclusively with the teaching of local community history in our schools historical societies museums and similar agencies throughout the United States and Canada The editor will be Miss Mary Cunningham well known for her work as editor of New York History and the New York State Historical Association's ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries A number of scholarly meetings of interest to Ohio History readers will be held in April The Ohio Academy of History holds its annual spring meeting April 28-29 at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow on the Ohio State University campus Ashland College hosts the regional-state meeting of the history honorary society Phi Alpha Theta on April 22 and a week later on April 29 the Ohio Academy of Medical History holds its annual meeting at the Howard Dittrick Museum ...
... MARC LEE RAPHAEL MARC LEE RAPHAEL The Industrial Removal Office in Columbus A Local Case Study Historical studies of American institutions and organizations have overwhelmingly concentrated on the national headquarters of such groups and generally ignored personalities and activities on the local level A look from the bottom-up might clarify the effect of national decisions on local branches the pressures local groups exerted upon national organizations the actuality of national policies and ...