... MARK TWAIN IN OBERLIN MARK TWAIN IN OBERLIN By RUSSEL B NYE On the night of February II 1885 the Union Library Association of Oberlin Ohio presented readings by Samuel L Clemens and George W Cable as the third number of its annual lecture series The Twain-Cable lecture took place in the First Congregational Church of Oberlin where Clemens according to a program of the entertainment now in the Oberlin College Library gave as his part of the evening readings of King Sollermun The Tragic Tale of ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Prejudice and the Old Politics The Presidential Election of 1928 By Allan J Lichtman Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1979 xii - 366p charts tables appendix notes bibliography index 2000 The 1928 race between Alfred E Smith and Herbert Hoover is probably the most studied presidential election of this century Believing that a fusion of traditional and quantitative methods is necessary to explain the outcome Allan J Lichtman offers a sophisticated ...
... PROTECTION OF PREHISTORIC MOUNDS AND PROTECTION OF PREHISTORIC MOUNDS AND VILLAGE SITES In late years institutions for archaeological research located outside of the State of Ohio have come into the state and largely encroached upon the field of study and investigation which should be reserved for the purposes of home state exploration To give such societies as The Ohio State Archaeological amp Historical Society as is justly due them the right of way in this matter the 80th General Assembly ...
... Story of the First Geological Survey in Ohio 135 Story of the First Geological Survey in Ohio 135 Among the other books which contained useful reference material were Hasse's Economic Material in the Documents of the States Ohio II Ohio Second Geological Survey Columbus 1869 G P Merrill's The First Hundred Years of American Geology New Haven 1924 and for the biographical information Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography New York 1900 In the periodical and newspaper field the most ...
... 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 ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 111 gave the name of Marietta to the new town in honor of Mary Antoinette and France Generals St Clair of Pennsylvania and Putnam of Massachusetts Samuel Holden Parsons of Connecticut and James M Varnum of Rhode Island were the leaders in the work of establishing the settlement aided by Winthrop Sargent secretary of the Territory and by the noble Manasseh Cutler who was a frequent visitor and a powerful advocate in the East Parsons Varnum and John Cleve Symmes Chief ...
... GREGORY L GREGORY L CRIDER William Dean Howells and the Gilded Age Socialist in a Fur-lined Overcoat William Dean Howells was among the foremost of several latenineteenth century novelists including Mark Twain and Hamlin Garland who left small midwestern towns to seek their literary fortunes in the East Esteemed as a first-rank novelist the Father of American Realism and the nation's most prominent literary critic he became a celebrated symbol of Gilded Age culture When four hundred guests ...
... Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 645 Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 645 Mr Edward S Lewis 22 1 7 McGregor Place Cincinnati Ohio Mrs Rhea Mansfield Knittle 177 E Main St Ashland Ohio Mr C Allen Boughton 1 25 W Fifth St Mansfield Ohio Mrs Henry V Weil 1 26 E 57th St New York City N Y Mr Ralph H Beaton 1578 E Long St Columbus Ohio Rev L L Roush 5725 Gallia Ave Portsmouth Ohio Mr C E Spindler Ashville Ohio Miss Gertrude H Terrell New Vienna Ohio R F D No 3 Mr Edward S Thomas 1116 ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Genesis of Dental Education in the United States By Van B Dalton Columbus Spahr amp Glenn c1946 216p illus Visiting foreign lecturers are often heard to remark to their admiring audiences that the United States' only contributions to the culture of the world are the modern bathrooms and the comic strip They would no doubt admit however that they had been guilty of one omission and that is the Art and Science of Modern Dentistry In The Genesis of Dental Education ...
... PROCEEDINGS 289 PROCEEDINGS 289 The guest speaker of the day was Mr Wilbur D Peat director of the John Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis who spoke on the subject The Museum and Library in Modern Education parts of which follow The place that the museums and public libraries occupy in contemporary life is so well known to curators and librarians that any further comment is unnecessary and instead of reviewing their achievements for you here I would prefer to point out certain dangers that ...
... Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 629 Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 629 can devote his attention to matters of the sort and such has been finally accomplished Matters should now soon be adjusted which will permit some activity on the part of the agent and the purpose for which he was employed and for which the Historical Societies Committee was organized should now in the not distant future become apparent Officers and members of this Society and members of this committee should ...
... 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 ...
... 86 Ohio Arch 86 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Governor Campbell the recipient of the special honor of this occasion was present and in a very happy address expressed his appreciation in this living testimonial of the regard in which he is held With the singing of the tree planting song by the Trinity Choir and benediction the delightful and impressive program of the afternoon was concluded PETER NAVARRE DAY On Saturday afternoon October 6 1923 Peter Navarre Day was appropriately ...
... Reviews and Comments 315 Reviews and Comments 315 1885 A copy of each of these with his autograph he presented to the McGuffey Society of Columbus Ohio They are in the list of books presented to the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Just as we go to press Henry Ford has contributed Reprints of the Fifth and Sixth Readers Copyright of 1866 These complete his series of reprints ROBERT FREDERICK WOLFE The capital city of Ohio was shocked on January 13 1927 to learn of the tragic ...
... EXPLORATIONS OF THE GARTNER MOUND AND EXPLORATIONS OF THE GARTNER MOUND AND VILLAGE SITE WM C MILLS CURATOR OF THE STATE ARCH AND HIST SOCIETY The Gartner mound located partly upon the land of Mr Adam Gartner and partly upon that of Miss Elizabeth Lievy is situated about six miles north of Chillicothe on the east side of the Scioto river The river bank at this point is quite high upward of 70 feet above low water mark and is very irregular with here and there spurs running up to the river ...
... 224 Ohio Arch 224 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications speaker's stand were also seated Judge M H Donahue of the Ohio Supreme court and Hon Randolph W Walton and Mrs Paul MacGahan The veil which consisted of a Bulgarian and American flag was presented to Dr Bozovosky and Paul MacGahan The detachment of O N G formed a guard of honor about the grave and the famous Seventh regiment band discoursed several appropriate selections REMARKS OF JAMES B YAW J A MacGahan a son of Perry County lies ...
... Putting Aircraft to Work The First Air Freight by ROGER E BILSTEIN Orville and Katherine went to Simms to see Mr Phil o Parmelee sic start to Columbus with several bolts of silk in an aeroplane He flew there in 61 minutes and delivered the goods From BISHOP MILTON WRIGHT'S Diary November 7 1910 NOTES ON PAGE 277 248 OHIO HISTORY 248 OHIO HISTORY Milton Wright a bishop of the United Brethren in Christ church in Dayton Ohio maintained a keen interest in the activities of his lively family ...
... Editor's Note Editor's Note In this issue of Ohio History we are pleased to publish the winning manuscripts from the Ohio Bicentennial Article Contest Sponsored by the Ohio American Revolution Advisory Commission the Ohio Academy of History and the Ohio Historical Society the contest received several dozen articles submitted on the theme of The Consequences of the Revolution in the Ohio Country Ajudging committee was selected representing each of the three sponsors Mr David Twining College ...
... SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION by JAMES B CONANT President of Harvard University We are gathered here tonight I take it because we believe that to be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to be always a child I count it a privilege to give the address at this annual dinner of a society dedicated to a furtherance of the study of the history of this state I am particularly glad to be here when you are dedicating a new addition to your building ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy By William Wade Hinshaw Richmond Ind Friends Book and Supply House distributors 1937 Vol I 1185p 2000 with discount to libraries and Meetings Genealogy which is an auxiliary of historical science has been defined as the systematic account of the origin descent and relations of families Genealogical knowledge becomes of great importance in many ways both as to individual interests and as an aid in interpreting historical ...