... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mrs Harry B Longsworth Secretary and Editor The October and December issues of the Reporter Nos 33 and 34 are devoted to an article on the Faurot Opera House in Lima The story was prompted by the contemplated razing of the Faurot Block The Opera House constructed in 1881 at a cost of 22500000 was said to have been the finest between New York and Denver The Society opened the season's meetings on October 30 ...
... MARC L MARC L HARRIS The Process of Voluntary Association Organizing the Ravenna Temperance Society 1830 With attention beginning now to focus on voluntary association as a characteristic feature of pre-Civil War American life it is important not to lose sight of the phenomenon of voluntary organization as itself a historical problem One aspect of this problem that particularly needs discussion is a complex of issues arising from the extraparliamentary nature of voluntary groups This aspect ...
... INDEX TO MINUTES OF THE FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL INDEX TO MINUTES OF THE FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY AND THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Accessions to Museum 600-605 Braden James A 584 599 Allyn M Q 645 Braun Herman Sr 599 Amos Frank C 584 Brundage Dr H M 645 Archaeological and Historical Society Buchwalter Captain E L 636 holds Annual Meeting 584-683 new Burr Karl E 645 policies 647-651 change in fiscal year Burroughs John Address on by G amendments to Constitution ...
... 312 Ohio Arch 312 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications REMARKS ON ADDRESS OF DR SPARKS BY DR T C MENDENHALL Mr President and Members of the Society I had a story to tell this afternoon but in view of the late hour I have begged the Chairman to let me off As he insists on not doing so I will put off my story for a future day and speak very briefly of a thought that has been in my mind while listening to the extremely interesting paper of Dr Sparks and the very impressive address of General ...
... Science and Democracy Science and Democracy A History of the Cincinnati Observatory 1842-1872 by Stephen Goldfarb The Spy Glass out on the hill Is now enti re ly finished Th e distance t w ixt u s and th e moon Is s ensibly diminished When Mitchel looks it comes near He sees th e h ills and tr ees Which most conclusively doth prove That 'tis no t made of cheese --Cincinnati Enquirer 18451 The Cincinnati Observatory housing an eleven-and-one-half-inch refractor telescope was opened for viewing ...
... STANLEY L STANLEY L SWART Early Efforts at State-Level Law Enforcement The Failure of Ohio's Supervision of Local Police Authorities 1902-1925 At the time of its founding in 1803 Ohio placed responsibility for enforcing its criminal statutes and maintaining public order in the hands of traditional local officials and did little to change this practice for ninety-nine years1 County sheriffs township constables city and village mayors and marshals and city watches carried the burden until 1859 ...
... AN ETHNOHISTORIAN'S VIEWPOINT AN ETHNOHISTORIAN'S VIEWPOINT by ERMINIE W VOEGELIN During the past half century or throughout the period that anthropology has been an academic discipline in American universities all branches of the subject--physical anthropology ethnology and archaeology anthropological linguistics and folklore-- have put much emphasis upon original field research No student of anthropology is considered professionally fully trained until he or she has had actual experience in ...
... 394 Ohio Arch 394 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications productive but Fact as related to this venture may well congratulate itself that here the richest of soil only awaits cultivation The Ohio Magazine will endeavor to afford the people of this state a monthly medium for their enlightenment and entertainment with the aid of the pen brush and camera It will try to stand for Ohio character and represent what is best in Ohio manhood and womanhood It will seek a special sphere in which it ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Illinois Census Returns 1 80 -1818 Edited by Margaret Cross Norton Illinois State Historical Library Collections XXIV Statistical Series II Springfield Illinois Illinois State Historical Library 1935 32 9p Illinois Cens u s Ret urn s 1820 Edited by Margaret Cross Norton Illinois State Historical Library Collections XXVI Statistical Series III Springfield Illinois Illinois State Historical Library I934 466p The first volume of the Statistical Series Illinois Election ...
... Report of the Forty-eighth Annual Meeting 307 Report of the Forty-eighth Annual Meeting 307 SOME EXPERIENCES IN MAKING A STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY By W D OVERMAN The Historical Survey now in progress in Pennsylvania was started in December 1933 and is under the direction of the State Archivist The survey was carried on as a state CWA project until March 29 1934 and since that time has been continued with a greatly reduced quota of workers as a project under the FERA At its inception the director ...
... In Memorium In Memorium Eugene H Roseboom a distinguished scholar of American presidential elections and Ohio history died on September 19 1984 near Columbus Ohio He was age 92 A professor emeritus of history at The Ohio State University where he taught for 42 years Professor Roseboom introduced several generations of Ohio students to the excitement and intrigue of US political campaigns and elections Born in 1892 in Frankfort Ohio Roseboom who was of Dutch ancestry attended The Ohio State ...
... Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 1 59 TRIBUTE OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY The press prominent citizens and organizations in editorials in personal letters and formal resolutions gave expression to their appreciation of the character and service of Mr Randall The Historical Society of Clark County Ohio on March 3 1 920 recorded its tribute and adopted resolutions as follows Occasionally in life we find a rare character who ...
... Notes Notes 289 are many others as important as the 'Serpent' which need attention at once to preserve them A member of the Society writes We must do something before the centennial celebration for their purchase and protection or be disgraced Every member of the Society should use his influence to interest the members of the Legislature in the matter in order that the State may fitly add to the glory of its centennial by the purchase of the more important of the works of its prehistoric ...
... Historical News Historical News The Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial Commission established by congress in 1954 for the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of Hamilton's birth in 1957 is pursuing a comprehensive program of memorial exercises publications activities in the field of education and public affairs commemorative exhibitions and the issuance of special coins stamps and medals Its publication program is well under way with Columbia University undertaking to edit and publish a ...
... 668 ' Index 668 ' Index Trimble Rachel donation to Museum Westerville 272 535 Williams Charles R Prof edits Trustees Society's 551 Hayes diaries 518 Tuscarawas County 516 531 Willoughby C C visits Serpent Mound Tuttle Judson Asiatic butterfly collec534 tion 535 U Wilmington 535 Wilson J A interest in Logan monuUpper Sandusky Indian Mission at 535 ment 518 546 547 W Wilson Woodrow autograph-photograph 537 Wagner R E 537 Wittenberg College 536 Walker William 511 W a ll W D 9' 21Wittke Carl 5 38 ...
... JAMES FAIRCHILD BALDWIN M JAMES FAIRCHILD BALDWIN MD 1850-1936 by GEORGE M CURTIS MD James Fairchild Baldwin surgeon extraordinary was born in the little village of Orangeville New York on February 12 1850 He died at Columbus Ohio on January 20 1936 approximately 86 years of age He had practiced almost sixty years and nearly forty of these as a surgeon A master of his craft this rugged individualist was finally conquered by one of the surgical diseases of which the least was then known i e ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue DONALD D SHIRA MD Columbus O is Assistant Secretary Ohio Public Health Association Associate Editor Ohio Public Health and Lecturer School of Social Administration Ohio State University FREDERICK C WAITE PHD Cleveland O is Professor of Histology and Embryology School of Medicine Western Reserve University and author of many articles on medical history and an authority on the history of Western Reserve University HOWARD C DITTRICK MD Cleveland O is Senior ...
... REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 281 REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 281 spectively are the two more important additions to the State Memorial list during the year A number of park superintendents' residences have been built and others are under construction Storage buildings comfort stations shelters roads trails bridges fences parking areas drinking fountains flagpoles--these are but a few of the improvements to be credited to the accomplishment of the year Landscaping ...
... 398 Ohio Arch 398 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications torian George H Twiss Columbus Chaplain Julius W Atwood Columbus Vice-Presidents ex-officio Orlando J Hodge President Western Reserve Chapter Cleveland Dr E D Gardner President Anthony Wayne Chapter Toledo E P Whallon President Cincinnati Chapter Cincinnati Wm A Taylor President Benjamin Franklin Chapter Columbus Chas C Shearer President Nathaniel Greene Chapter Xenia Robert M Davidson President George Washington Chapter Newark Disney ...
... Fortieth Annual Meeting 261 Fortieth Annual Meeting 261 In addition to the usual repairs and upkeep it became necessary to reroof the dwelling of the custodian including a new roof over the porch and to repair the summer-house This has been done at a cost of 12747 The great increase of visitors at the Park has required an additional supply of drinking water and made it necessary to drill an additional well on the premises This has been done at a cost including casing and pump of 1982 0 The ...