... TED C TED C HINCKLEY The Politics of Sinophobia Garfield the Morey Letter and the Presidential Election of 1880 Looking backward from the 1890s and ruminating on the almost dozen presidential contests with which he had been familiar Charles Francis Adams Jr reflected So far as the country as a whole is concerned the grand result would in the long run have been about the same whether at any particular election-with the exception of 1864-the party I sympathized with had won the day or whether ...
... 562 Ohio Arch 562 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications GATHERING UNDER THE OAKS On July 6th the Secretary of the Society was the honored invitee of the committee of arrangements at the semi-centennial anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican party held at Jackson Mich in a picturesque grove of oak trees just outside the city limits It was at Jackson Mich on July 6 1854 that the first great mass meeting of members of the Whig Abolitionist Anti-slavery Democrat and other members ...
... Essay and Comment Essay and Comment OHIO NETWORK OF AMERICAN HISTORY RESEARCH CENTERS A PROPOSAL A general characteristic of Americans has always been the overemphasis on quantity and competition to the point of blurring a full consideration of the advantages of quality and cooperation The rapid changes of the twentieth century resulting in the formation of a complex of ever-increasing interwoven relationships between people and their institutions necessitates the redirection of traditional ...
... CHARLES M CHARLES M CUMMINGS The Scott Papers An Inside View of Reconstruction In the light of contemporary turbulence over racial integration resurgent southern Negro voting power and upgrading of black history special significance accrues to the private papers of Robert Kingston Scott which were acquired in July 1969 by the Ohio Historical Society1 Scott was a Henry County Ohio physician who became a brevet major general for service in the Civil War then headed the Freedmen's Bureau in South ...
... Historical News Historical News THE RUTHERFORD B HAYES LIBRARY has recently published in mimeograph form a twenty-page annual report of the director of research Watt P Marchman He reports the addition of more than a thousand books in the library's field of interest and several hundred manuscript items Included in the latter are a veto message of President Hayes with notations in his own hand a collection of articles about Hayes by Frank G Carpenter and a William Cullen Bryant letter A ...
... LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH IN OHIO DURING LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH IN OHIO DURING THE PERIOD 1835-1858 By ROBERT G PATERSON Ph D Early pioneers in the settlement of Ohio brought with them the ideas methods and practices which prevailed among the colonists on the Atlantic Seaboard This was true especially in their struggles with epidemic diseases Today it is difficult for us to recreate the stark fear with which our forefathers awaited an approaching epidemic Scarcely a winter went by without a ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 331 Hayes Spiegel Grove is indeed the Mount Vernon of Ohio It is this magnificent estate and home that the present owner Colonel Webb C Hayes is transferring to the State of Ohio for the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society to be by the latter preserved intact for historic and educational purposes After reading Mr Meek's production one might think that Sandusky county had a monopoly on Ohio history It certainly is rich in the lore of the brave days of old ...
... Index Index ABOLITIONISM The Southern Strategy of the Liberty Party by Stanley C Harrold Jr 21-36 books on rev 97-99 Academic freedom The 1951 Speaker's Rule at Ohio State by Steven P Gietschier 294-309 Action journal of the Ohio Farmer-Labor party 427 Adrian Michigan temperance crusade in 399 Aeschbacher WD book rev 463 Affairs of State Public Life in Nineteenth Century America by Morton Keller rev 102 Afro-American and the Second World War The by Neil A Wynn rev 111 Age of Urban Reform New ...
... 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 APRIL 24 1942 The Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met at 1 00 PM Friday April 24 1942 in the Trustees' room of the Ohio State Museum President Johnson presided over the meeting which was attended by the following Trustees Messrs Johnson Eagleson Florence Miller Norton Rightmire and Spetnagel Director ...
... MARC LEE RAPHAEL MARC LEE RAPHAEL Oral History in an Ethnic Community The Problems and the Promise Oral history whether viewed by proponents or detractors is rarely taken lightly Barbara Tuchman for example has charged that with the appearance of a tape recorder a monster with the appetite of a tapeworm we now have through its creature oral history an artificial survival of trivia of appalling proportions1 In contrast Saul Benison among the ablest practitioners of the art of oral history ...
... 46 Ohio Arch 46 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications LAUNCHING THE SHIP BY IDA ECKERT-LAWRENCE This poem was written by Mrs Lawrence and read by her as she stood by President McKinley upon the occasion of the launching of the Ohio at San Francisco May 18 1901 Mrs Lawrence is a native of Richland county Ohio and now a resident of Toledo She is the author of the well-known little volume of poems entitled Day Dreams I Oh Star of empire thou that went before The pilgrim in the misty days of yore ...
... 250 Ohio Arch 25 0 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Ohio where he opened a law office in the Beckett Block which he occupied continuously until the time of his death He pursued an extensive and lucrative practice For many years prior to and during the Civil War he was the proprietor and editor of the Hamilton Intelligencer Mr Williams was an ardent loyalist and warm supporter of President Lincoln and took a very active and prominent part in aiding Governors Tod and Brough in their ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The National Historical Publications and Records Commission is pleased to announce that The Ohio Historical Society is one of more than 10000 institutions and organizations throughout the country participating in the production of a Directory of Repositories of Historical Records The guide which will provide summary information on historical records of all types in as many repositories as possible is expected to include many more institutions than any prior ...
... A HOPEWELL SCULPTURED HEAD A HOPEWELL SCULPTURED HEAD By RICHARD G MORGAN During the excavation of Seip Mound No 1 Ross County Ohio in 1927 a sculptured human head was found1 It was in a fragmentary condition due partly to its having been subjected to fire and partly to an accident in its removal hence an adequate description was not possible at the time the report was written The specimen has now been restored from dozens of small fragments and due to its unique character it has been ...
... Book Notes Book Notes Celebrating the City A Pictorial Essay of Toledo 1890-1940 Compiled by Morgan J Barclay Toledo Toledo-Lucas County Public Library 1979 48p illustrations The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and Ohio Program in the Humanities combined forces to produce an outstanding exhibit displaying a selection of the work of two late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Toledo photographers Charles Mensing and Norman Hauger Thirty-eight of the photographs are reproduced in an ...
... Minutes of the Annual Meeting 691 Minutes of the Annual Meeting 6 91 An aye and nay vote being taken the Chairman was in doubt as to the result and called for a standing vote The result of this vote was Aye 16 nay 11 The resolution was duly adopted Colonel Hayes moved and it was seconded that a committee be appointed to revise the constitution The Chairman being in doubt as to result of an aye and nay vote called for a standing vote The vote resulted as follows Aye 7 nay 14 The motion was ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XXIV No 4 OCTOBER 1915 RECENTLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES WI L LIAM H COLE recently appointed trustee of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is a resident of Sabina and by education and taste brings to the office special qualifications for the discharge of its duties He was born in Hillsboro Highland County Ohio July 29 1840 Upon completing a course of study in the public schools of his native town he was elected principal of the Walnut Street school ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 2 63 program was divided into a Religious Day upon which was celebrated the origin of the churches and religious organizations The Formal Opening Day on which addresses were made upon A Century of Commercial Life the Incorporation of Springfield and its Government and upon Its Manufacturing Interests on Pioneer Day the histories of the Bench and Bar and the Medical profession were presented by able representatives upon Military Day addresses were made by Gen Keifer ...
... The Reds of 1869 by DAVID QUENTIN VOIGT We are a band of baseball players From Cincinnati City We come to toss the ball around And sing to you our ditty And if you listen to the song We are about to sing We'll tell you all about baseball And make the welkin ring The ladies want to know Who are those gallant men in Stockings red they'd like to know When the victorious 1869 Red Stockings were on tour they introduced themselves by singing the team's official song set to the tune of Bonnie Blue ...
... Historical News Historical News SEVERAL LA R GE C H ESTS containing important papers of Samuel M Golden Rule Jones were discovered early this year in the attic of the S M Jones Company of Toledo The papers include original letters to Jones copies of letters from Jones clippings from Toledo newspapers on his election and administration as mayor of Toledo 1897-1904 and records of the old Acme Sucker Rod Company now the S M Jones Company which was founded by Mayor Jones The papers are to be given ...