... 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 ...
... THE MOBBING OF THE CRISIS THE MOBBING OF THE CRISIS by EUGENE H ROSEBOOM Professor of History Ohio State University On the night of March 5 1863 in the midst of the Civil War the capital city of Ohio was the scene of a species of violence that had more than local significance The office of Samuel Medary's Crisis a weekly newspaper that had won both national acclaim and condemnation for its opposition to the war was wrecked by a crowd of armed men Some writers have attributed the act to ...
... AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HARDING PAPERS by DONALD E PITZER April 25 1964 marked the beginning of an opportunity for a new perspective in telling the story of the life and times of Warren G Harding On that date The Ohio Historical Society opened to the public a collection of Harding papers which it had received in the preceding six months from the Harding Memorial Association at Marion Ohio1 Material never before available for scholarly research thus began to shed a clearer light upon Harding and ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Archives-Library Division of The Ohio Historical Society is pleased to announce the opening of the Michael DiSalle Papers to the public DiSalle was governor of Ohio from 1959 to 1963 The collection contains 391 boxes of material covering in part DiSalle's years as governor the national elections of 1960 1964 and 1968 the Ohio gubernatorial elections of 1956 1958 and 1962 as well as material dealing with DiSalle's early career as a member of the Ohio ...
... 650 Ohio Arch 650 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Colonel Curry stated that the Secretary had received letters from two members of the Committee which he would place on file NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF TRUSTEES Mr George F Bareis for the Committee on Nominations reported that the Committee recommended the election of Doctor W O Thompson Columbus General Edward Orton Jr Columbus and Colonel Webb C Hayes Fremont to succeed themselves as Trustees of the Society Mr Bareis moved That the ...
... AN IMPRESSION OF HARDING IN 1916 AN IMPRESSION OF HARDING IN 1916 by DOROTHY V MARTIN Curator of Manuscripts Burton Historical Collection Detroit Public Library It was as the keynoter and permanent chairman of the sixteenth Republican national convention that the name of Warren G Harding became known nationally for the first time Harry M Daugherty Harding's political manager confessed that his aim at that convention was simply to bring his protege before the delegates in such a way that they ...
... STEPHEN SIEK STEPHEN SIEK Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott House in Springfield To investigate the career of Frank Lloyd Wright from 1893 to 1910 is to examine a period of architectural thought so rich that later historians would term this era Wright's First Golden Age1 The automobile and the airplane were two inventions that became synonymous with the advent of the twentieth century but no less innovative were the attempts of Frank Lloyd Wright to develop an architecture indigenous to American ...
... ROBERT BUTLER ROBERT BUTLER Book Notes The Journal of Dr William Schooley Edited by George A Schooley Baltimore Gateway Press 1977 261p illustrations index As Dr Schooley noted his intention in writing this journal was not merely to record his life but at the same time to instruct Hence personal recollection is kept to a minimum a large part of the journal is composed of didactic letters and newspaper articles from the early nineteenth century by the liberal Quaker doctor Though he wrote ...
... STORY OF AN OLD DUTCH CHEST STORY OF AN OLD DUTCH CHEST BY C S VAN TASSEL The ordinary student of the world's history knows more or less of the story of the Spanish Armada-- how that majestic maritime wonder of the sixteenth century sailed from Corunna in July in the year 1588 in all its splendor and heralded invincibility intent upon crushing the English Dynasty and changing the map of Europe Instead of success however the great fleet met with almost annihilation only a bleeding and sadly ...
... Historical News Historical News Eventful Years and Experiences by Bertram W Kom has recently been published by the American Jewish Archives Cincinnati These studies deal with the life of the American Jew and include an essay on Isaac M Wise among others with Ohio connections Richard C Knopf historian of the Anthony Wayne Parkway Board has had several articles published recently Wayne's Western Campaign The Wayne-Knox Correspondence appeared in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ...
... A Salvation Army Prelude The Christian A Salvation Army Prelude The Christian Mission in Cleveland Ohio By HERBERT A WISBEY JR At the corner of North Fourth and Oxford streets in Philadelphia a small inconspicuous plaque in the sidewalk declares Here on Sunday October 5 1879 was begun the work of the Salvation Army in the United States Although Philadelphia may be credited as the birthplace of the Salvation Army in America Salvation Army work actually was introduced in the United States at ...
... EARLY INTERNSHIPS IN ST EARLY INTERNSHIPS IN ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL-- A REMINISCENCE by H M PLATTER MD In September 1889 I enrolled in Starling Medical College with Dr Thomas C Hoover as my preceptor I had already completed three years of preliminary education at Ohio Wesleyan University Dr Hoover was professor of surgery at the college and the visiting surgeon to St Francis Hospital At the conclusion of my freshman year the first house physician or intern was appointed for St Francis and the ...
... THE POSSIBLE CULTURAL AFFILIATION OF THE POSSIBLE CULTURAL AFFILIATION OF FLINT DISK CACHES By H HOLMES ELLIS Over a period of some seventy-five years archaeological publications have carried occasional references to finds of unused circular or ovoid flat roughly-chipped blanks of flint buried in what have been termed ceremonial or storage caches The Lithic Laboratory for the Eastern United States at the Museum of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society has been able to locate by ...
... OHIO ARTIST IN AUSTRALIA LIVINGSTON HOPKINS OHIO ARTIST IN AUSTRALIA LIVINGSTON HOPKINS by FREDERICK D KERSHNER JR In times present and past Americans have complained bitterly about the lack of knowledge of the United States revealed by foreigners Commonly they have attributed this ignorance to nationalistic myopia upper-class snobbery intellectual narcissism or a combination of the three One hundred percent Yankees like to supplement their critiques with gratuitous prophecies of impending ...
... 106 Ohio Arch 106 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications FRANK L PACKARD The announcement of the sudden death of Frank L Packard on Friday morning October 26 brought sadness to a wide circle of friends in Ohio and other states In Columbus where he was personally known as almost no other citizen the expressions of regret were general and sincere The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society of which he had been a trustee since he was appointed by Governor Davis October 15 1921 was ...
... FAIRPORT HARBOR VILLAGE SITE 45 FAIRPORT HARBOR VILLAGE SITE 45 ANIMAL REMAINS6 By ROBERT M GOSLIN Animal remains were found in great abundance at this site scattered through the black earth of the village deposit They include the bones of various mammals fishes birds and reptiles as well as the shells of mussels and snails Most of the bones are in a fragmentary condition but on the whole they are in an excellent state of preservation All of the animal skeletal material was saved and carefully ...
... strike of 1963 Of greatest significance are Krawcheck's unpublished articles and interviews and the research notes memos and drafts used for his columns and series For further information about this collection contact the Library Director Western Reserve Historical Society 10825 East Blvd Cleveland Ohio 44106 The Kentucky Historical Society has presented its 1993 Richard H Collins Award to A Gwynn Henderson staff archaeologist at the Program ...
... ALBERT SHAW'S OHIO YOUTH by LLOYD J GRAYBAR In the twenty-eight years between 1829 and 1857 there were born in Ohio four distinguished American journalists Murat Halstead Whitelaw Reid William Dean Howells and Albert Shaw In 1857 Murat Halstead born in 1829 had already achieved recognition Whitelaw Reid and William Dean Howells were commencing their brilliant careers and Albert Shaw had just been born All four were intimately associated with one small corner of the state--Butler County--and ...
... strike and the Populist revolt the intoning of the ancient litanies in the calm authoritative accents of the historian brought comfort and reassurance To the reawakened spirit of nationalism which marked the sectional reconciliation of the 1890's Rhodes supplied reinterpretations of the Civil War and Reconstruction which brought a glow of satisfaction to readers in both North and South To the confident expansive America of the early twentieth ...
... Historical News Historical News Columbia University is preparing for publication a new and complete edition of the papers of Alexander Hamilton The editors wish to locate any letters to or from Hamilton and any other Hamilton documents that are in private hands Communications may be addressed to Harold C Syrett Executive Editor The Papers of Alexander Hamilton Columbia University New York 27 New York On the editorial board are John A Krout chairman Harold C Syrett executive editor Henry Steele ...