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"Chapters in Ohio Progressivism: The Cincinnati and Dayton Bureaus of Municipal Research and Accounting Reform," by Richard K. Fleischman and R. Penny Marquette. Volume 97, , Summer-Autumn, 1988, pp. 133-144.
... RICHARD K RICHARD K FLEISCHMAN AND R PENNY MARQUETTE Chapters in Ohio Progressivism The Cincinnati and Dayton Bureaus of Municipal Research and Accounting Reform Introduction During the Progressive era in American history reformers attacked corruption bossism unbridled plutocracy and what they perceived to be the decay of traditional American morality Following the depression of 1893 one of the most severe in the nation's history many reformers focused on a new common cause-the appalling ...

"The Cincinnati Post and Municipal Reform, 1914-1941," Volume 79, Numbers 3 & 4, Summer-Autumn, 1970, pp. 231-242.
... GEORGE E GEORGE E STEVENS THE CINCINNA TI POST AND MUNICIPAL REFORM 1914-1941 City government in Cincinnati underwent a drastic overhaul in the 1920's Once called the worst governed city in the United States by Lincoln Steffens1 Cincinnati became a model of good government so quickly that the transformation amazed even the most idealistic reformers The new regime showed so complete a reversal of form from the old that it left observers dazed wrote Alvin F Harlow2 This reversal of form was made ...

"Charles Richard Williams," by Lucy Elliot Keeler. Volume 36, Number 3, July, 1927, pp. 326-331.
... CHARLES RICHARD WILLIAMS 326 CHARLES RICHARD WILLIAMS CHARLES RICHARD WILLIAMS BY LUCY ELLIOT KEELER In all the generation of able men now passing few possessed the vitality and social charm coupled with the keen intellect scholarly tastes and professional acumen of the late Charles R Williams It had seemed incredible that such bright sparkling springs of life could ever run dry His death on May 6 1927 at his home in Princeton New Jersey brought a sense of acute loss to a very wide and ...

"American Interests in the Pacific," by Homer B. Hulbert. Volume 22, Number 1, January, 1913, pp. 91-101.
... Ohio Valley Hist Ohio Valley Hist Ass'n Fifth Annual Meeting 91 on its passenger list to preserve the equilibrium of its cash account A fine line of side-wheel boats has always been maintained between Cincinnati and Louisville and who has not heard of those magnificent double-deckers the United States and America that nightly carried great cabins full of happy travellers between those two cities until one night a disastrous collision brought a brilliant career to a tragic ending But a ...

"NOTES AND QUERIES" Volume 112, p. 64, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 64.
... Notes and Queries Winter-Spring 2003 p 64 PDF of Notes and Queries CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2003 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved The Legislative History Editorial Board of the Capitol Square Foundation seeks an academically trained historian to write a single volume comprehensive history of the Ohio General Assembly from 1803-present The expectation is that this work will be suitable for publication by a university press with the final manuscript completed by March 1 ...

"Dr. Alva Curtis in Columbus: The Thomasonian Recorder and Columbus' First Medical School," by Jonathan Forman. Volume 51, Number 4, October-December, 1942, pp. 332-340.
... DR DR ALVA CURTIS IN COLUMBUS THE THOMSONIAN RECORDER AND COLUMBUS' FIRST MEDICAL SCHOOL By JONATHAN FORMAN M D In 1769 in the town of Astead New Hampshire was born one Samuel Thomson He lived and grew up as a farmer's son He became a keen observer of men and things He was particularly interested in all that he could learn about the healing art He was entirely self-taught and he learned from the Indians about him from the old women who were handy with the sick and from the medical books ...

"The Historical Commission of Ohio," Volume 27, Numbers 1 & 2, January-April, 1918, pp. 272.
... 272 Ohio Arch 272 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF OHIO One of the most interesting developments in connection with Ohio's preparations for carrying on a successful war has been the appointment of the Historical Commission by Governor James M Cox It is the function of the Historical Commission to collect and preserve the records from which a history of Ohio in the Great War may eventually be compiled The appointment is a recognition of the fact that a people ...

"The 'Little Steel' Strike: Conflict for Control," by Michael Speer. Volume 78, Number 4, Autumn, 1969, pp. 273-287.
... MICHAEL SPEER MICHAEL SPEER The Little Steel Strike Conflict for Control Historically strikes in the American iron and steel industry have been bloody affairs The 1892 Homestead strike and the 1919 steel strike stand as outstanding examples of industry's militant refusal to share the power of decision-making with labor representatives for steel management such strikes provided what amounted to an opportunity for crushing an incipient union movement By the mid-1930's however the conflict ...

"Unrecorded Incident of Morgan's Raid, An," by William Marion Miller. Volume 54, Number 2, April-June, 1945, pp. 169-170.
... AN UNRECORDED INCIDENT OF MORGAN'S RAID AN UNRECORDED INCIDENT OF MORGAN'S RAID BY WM MARION MILLER Many pages have been written concerning the exploits of the famous Confederate raider General John Morgan and the details of his famous expedition into Ohio and his subsequent capture have been ably discussed in this journal1 There exists however a vast amount of oral material--some of it legendary and apocryphal in character even to the extent of bordering on folklore Now and then one finds a ...

"Women, Higher Education, and the Home Front: Women Students at the University of Cincinnati During World War II," by Patrick F. Callahan. Volume 107, , Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 39-57.
... PATRICK F PATRICK F CALLAHAN Women Higher Education and the Home Front Women Students at the University of Cincinnati during World War II As the University of Cincinnati marked the first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor Dean of Women Katherine Ingle told the women students assembled at the Women's Convocation that We are surrounded by danger but there is also opportunity opportunity such as has come to no other generation of women to no other race of women1 Ingle foresaw the coming ...

"Preservation of Ohio Mounds," Volume 1, Number 3, December, 1887, pp. 288-289.
... NOTES NOTES PRESERVATION OF OHIO MOUNDS--Three years ago Professor F W Putnam in a letter to one of the editors of the QUARTERLY said The State of Ohio has an important trust in her keeping and one which has been neglected too long Even now many of the important works of the peoples who formerly lived in her beautiful valleys have been leveled by the plough or thoughtlessly destroyed in building towns and cities At the annual meeting for 1886 of the State Archaeological and Historical Society ...

"List of Life Members of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Who Have Been Elected and Who Have Qualified Since July 1, 1901," Volume 12, Number 4, October, 1903, pp. 444-445.
... 444 Ohio Arch 444 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications ored guest at their gatherings and re-unions He was a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Sons of the American Revolution being president of the Benjamin Franklin Chapter Columbus Ohio at the time of his death General Wright for many years past had taken an active part in the work of The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society He was a life member February 25 1897 Governor Asa ...

"Protective Legislation in Ohio: The Inter-war Years," by Patricia Brito. Volume 88, Number 2, Spring, 1979, pp. 173-197.
... PATRICIA BRITO PATRICIA BRITO Protective Legislation in Ohio The Inter-war Years During the 1920s protective legislation-legislation that applied only to women and was intended to preserve the health and safety of the female worker-made obvious the conflict between orthodox trade union theory and the expeditious achievement of economic goals The American Federation of Labor and its Ohio affiliate the Ohio State Federation of Labor subscribed to the doctrine of voluntarism the idea that labor's ...

"Sisterhood, Inc.: The Status of Women Commission Movement and the Rise of Feminist Coalition Politics in Ohio, 1964-1974," by Kathleen A. Laughlin. Volume 108, , Winter-Spring, 1999, pp. 39-60.
... KATHLEEN A KATHLEEN A LAUGHLIN Sisterhood Inc The Status of Women Commission Movement and the Rise of Feminist Coalition Politics in Ohio 1964-1974 Phyllis Schlafly's STOP ERA organization campaigned vigorously against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment ERA in Ohio during the early 1970s Armed with loaves of bread tied with pink ribbons bus loads of STOP ERA supporters came to the state capitol in Columbus to lobby against the Amendment when the Ohio House of Representatives' State ...

"Country Store in American Social History, The," by Thomas D. Clark. Volume 60, Number 2, April, 1951, pp. 126-144.
... THE COUNTRY STORE IN AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY THE COUNTRY STORE IN AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY by THOMAS D CLARK Professor of History University of Kentucky Any rural American over forty years of age and possessed of a sound memory often lets his mind wander back to the countryside and conditions of his youth Many institutions and symbols of the past are reminiscent of a life of peace and contentment There was the country church where he worshipped or perhaps more exactly sat and longed to be out ...

"Materia Medica and Therapy Among the North American Forest Indians," by August C. Mahr. Volume 60, Number 4, October, 1951, pp. 331-354.
... MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPY AMONG THE MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPY AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN FOREST INDIANS by AUGUST C MAHR Professor of German Ohio State University The rather bulky literature on North American Indian medicine derives from various sources reports of missioners and other travelers observations of medical men and scientists and more recently systematic surveys of anthropologists collecting their data in present-day Indian reservations A wealth of details has been assembled ...

"The Industrial Removal Office in Columbus: A Local Case Study," Volume 85, Number 2, Spring, 1976, pp. 100-108.
... 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 ...

"Accessions to Historical Collections," Volume 35, Number 4, October, 1926, pp. 624-628.
... 624 Ohio Arch 624 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications are the World War trophies from the government flags and documents of the 332nd infantry World War relics loaned by Captain John L Hamilton a dress made of glass for Maxine Elliott in 1901 World War relics loaned by Mr G R Weaver Columbus Ohio World War relics presented by Reverend Arthur H Limouze Columbus Ohio an Egyptian mummy presented by Dr J Morton Howell United States Minister and Envoy Extraordinary to Cairo Egypt The ...

"Joseph S. Benham," Volume 29, Binding Supplement, , , pp. 558-559.
... 558 Ohio Arch 558 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications and counter-charges on issues growing out of this subject Those interested are referred to this literature and the newspapers for the attitude of men and parties toward workmen's compensation No good purpose can be subserved by the publication in the QUARTERLY of the views of representatives of political parties on this subject It should be sufficient to record here the fact that a protest has been made The Society desires the interest ...

"Address of President Roosevelt" (McKinley Monument Dedication) Volume 17, Number 3, July, 1908, pp. 229-234.
... The McKinley Monument The McKinley Monument 229 ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT We have gathered together to-day to pay our meed of respect and affection to the memory of William McKinley who as President won a place in the hearts of the American people such as but three or four of all the Presidents of this country have ever won He was of singular uprightness and purity of character alike in public and in private life a citizen who loved peace he did his duty faithfully and well for four years ...