... generalizations about Ohiogeneral location since general readers and scholars alike Ohio Historical Society Laura Russell Stonemasons of Muskingum County Ohio in the 1800's By Betty W ...
... Historical News Historical News Virginius C Hall director of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio since 1945 died in Cincinnati on June 8 1957 after a brief illness Mr Hall a native of North Carolina and a graduate of Trinity College Duke University came to Cincinnati in 1923 where he engaged in the advertising business and later in stockbroking until 1934 In that year he joined the faculty of the Cincinnati Country Day School and ...
... In Memoriam 559 In Memoriam 559 State In financial circles he had attained success and a creditable record He was a trusted counselor and a man whose judgment was highly regarded by his fellow members on the Board of Trustees and the staff of the Society Mr Wood was born in Bradford County Pennsylvania October 3 1863 In 1879 he came to Columbus where he was subsequently identified with different financial institutions In 1922 he was made
... 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 ...
... DR DR B F PRINCE A veteran educator life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and for thirtyone years a member of its board of trustees passed peacefully away at his home in Springfield Monday September 11 1933 at the age of ninety-three years The Springfield Daily News published a carefully written obituary from which the following sketch is gleaned 452 Dr Dr B F Prince 453 Dr B F Prince 93 dean of the faculty of ...
... general clutter and disarray unsuitable for a president of the United States17 It is interesting too that the printmakers erred in ascribing the writing of the document to January 1 1863 In reality that was the day the proclamation became official it had been drafted and presented to the cabinet the previous summer18 However such errors were common in the rush by printmakers throughout the country to capitalize on the public's interest in ...
... 612 Ohio Arch 612 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications This is the order of nature it must be for the best I remembered this when we were called to his obsequies Worthy fellow-man public-spirited upright citizen generous faithful friend beloved fellow-member we honor ourselves by placing this modest wreath at the shrine of his memory CLAUDE MEEKER AS A YOUNG REPORTER BY HAROLD G SIMPSON I ...
... FOREWORD FOREWORD BY DR WM W PENNELL As a native of Holmes County and one of its residents for many years my earliest recollections cling to the things that claimed the attention of its people at a very interesting period Among these were the threat of war between the North and South if Lincoln should be elected president runaway slaves and the story Uncle Tom's Cabin These were not peculiar to that county conditions there could have been duplicated a thousand times The threat had no deterring ...
... general characteristic of general areas of research general Americana and generalizations about local general press specialized press--acquisition program to locate runs of all Ohio ...
... general tone of your letter It will give me special pleasure to confer with you on this to me favorite topic Lack of time -- you must know that I was never a busier man than I am now -- I am not out of a job -- will prevent me from going into the interesting questions you present I agree with you as to what our State University ought to he First of all it should to be faithful to its origin give a more practical education than other ...
... generally known that general observance of the one hundredth anniversary of this remarkable visit which Thomas Smith Grimke characterized in the McGuffey readers as the most singular and memorable pageant in the annals of time Lafayette landed in New York on August 15 1824 His was more than a triumphal progress through America He visited all the states including
... general biology including general review of the first general plan of courses general histology and microscopy and special or oral histology for advanced dental students At first the professor of these courses also taught bacteriology and pathology Beginning with the session 1904-5 ...
... THE SOCIETY'S STATE MEMORIALS WAHKEENA NATURAL HISTORY PRESERVE by DAVID H STANSBERY OVER 200000000 years ago coarse sand and gravel from a slowly eroding mountain range were washed into a shallow sea that covered what is now south-central Ohio During the millions of years that followed the huge beds of sand that formed along the edge of this ocean were first compressed into solid rock then were slowly lifted above the sea level This rock ...
... 198 198 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications learned and was a life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Joseph Green Butler Jr married Harriet Voorhes Ingersoll of Honesdale Pennsylvania January 10 1866 Of this union were born Mrs Blanche Butler Ford Mrs Grace Ingersoll Butler McGraw and Mr Henry A Butler The latter two survive Mrs Butler died in 1921 Mr Butler ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Society members might be interested in adding this information to their list of little known facts During 1895 this Society did not publish Ohio History's predecessor The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly but instead subsidized a two-year-old journal published in Waterloo Indiana The Archaeologist The publication moved to Columbus
... 1848-1902 Cronon also won the Society's 1993 Theodore C Blegen Award for his article A Place for Stories Nature History and Narrative which appeared in the March 1992 issue of Journal of American History The Ralph W Hidy Award went to Ralph H Lutts director of education at the Virginia Museum of Natural History for his article The Trouble with Bambi Walt Disney's Bambi and the American Vision of Nature which appeared in the October 1992 issue ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Broken Circle By Carl G Doney New York Fleming H Revell Company 1943 187p Written as a memorial volume to a beloved son who when living had exerted a wide and beneficent influence on many people The Broken Circle tells the story of Paul H Doney minister and teacher who died at the early age of forty-one Its writing was a labor of love done by a sorrowing father who wished to present the faith which animated his son's life and the philosophy which underlay his ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Chadwyck-Healey recently announced the availability of the papers of Charles Sumner on microfilm and a printed Guide and Index to all 26000 letters Compiled and edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer the Charles Sumner Papers Project represents the publication of virtually the entire known correspondence of Sumner 1811-1874 and throws new light on the man as well as on the major American political and social issues of the nineteenth century For details concerning ...