... 1902 he accompanied some American scientists and explored Mount Pelee on the Island of Martinique after the eruption of that volcano In 1904 he was correspondent of the Outlook in the Far East through the Russo-Japanese War including the siege of Port Arthur which he personally observed with the Japanese Army After the close of the war he remained about two years in the Far East traveling through Japan China Manchuria and Korea In 1906-1907 he ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Country Printer New York State 1785-1830 By Milton W Hamilton New York Columbia University Press 1936 361p 375 One of the most colorful figures in the period immediately following the Revolutionary War was the country printer the printer-editor-publisher who was indeed a distinctive character in his community Too often the press as an institution and influence is identified with the great dailies published in the chief cities of our country Too little attention is ...
... 314 Ohio Arch 314 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications historic building but no one has come forward with the money to purchase and preserve it It is likely to share the fate of the house in Niles in which William McKinley was born JUDSON HARMON Judson Harmon jurist attorney general in the cabinet of President Cleveland and twice elected governor of Ohio died in Cincinnati February 22 1927 He was a graduate of Denison University a lawyer of eminent ability and a life member of the Ohio ...
... 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 ...
... MICHAEL J MICHAEL J ANDERSON McCarthyism Before McCarthy Anti-Communism in Cincinnati and the Nation During the Election of 1944 The wave of intense anti-communist sentiment that swept over the United States in the years following the Second World War sometimes called the second red scare1 had a great impact on American society Political debate came to be dominated by the desire of both major parties to appear tough on international communism The political Left historically not a major force ...
... 1902 he mediated a 1902 he openly approved 1902 AJA and Rabbi 1902 6 See also Mervis 1902 3 37 Jews Did Not Crucify Christ clipping from unknown newspaper Akron April 2 1906 AJA 38 Kendall Philo A Biography 12 39 Dr Philo Delivers ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 499 HONORARY AND LIFE MEMBERS OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY HONORARY MEMBERS Baird Prof S F Washington D C Bancroft Hon Hubert Howe San Francisco Cal De Reune Mrs Mary Augusta Ga Gladden Washington D D LL D Columbus Howe Henry Columbus Nicholson Jno P Pittsburg Pa Putnam Prof F W Cambridge Mass Smucker Isaac Newark Winslow Rev Dr Wm Copley Boston Mass Whittlesey Col Chas Cleveland LIFE MEMBERS Anderson Judge Jas HColumbus Ohio Andrews John W ...
... Book Reviews Summer-Autumn 2000 pp 187-189 Copyright 2000 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved This article is presented page by page according to the original print version If a sentence seems to end abruptly scroll down to continue with the next page NOTES AND QUERIES The 2001 spring meeting of the Ohio Academy of History will be held April 6 and 7 at Capital University in Columbus For details contact Prof Thomas C Maroukis Department of History amp Political Science Capital ...
... ESSAY AND COMMENT 213 ESSAY AND COMMENT 213 sued however when the ruling class was so divided and inept or so committed to the use of sporadic unsuccessful force that it was unable to respond creatively to the challenges in time to produce peaceful reform The new youth class if indeed it can be defined as such presents a challenge to society to put into practice the best of its social political and religious ideals Nevertheless the youth class itself faces formidable tests Youth always has ...
... 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 ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 119 BLENNERHASSET REDIVIVUS The Century for July 1901 contains an article by Therese Blennerhassett Adams on The True Story of Harman Blennerhassett The author very briefly recites the history of the Blennerhassetts who built that magnificent mansion on the historic island in the Ohio near Belpre in the year 1798 The article is valuable historically as authentically stating that the main if not sole cause of the departure from Ireland and emigration to America of the ...
... 1902 and Harold Bell 1902 and The Clansman 1905 which enjoyed great commercial success it was not until the literary renaissance in Harlem following the First World War that black writers found any substantial audience for works reflecting their racial views Even James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man a book of unquestionable literary merit was virtually unnoticed when it ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 149 His grandfather Isaac Zane had been buried in 1813 - and of course he attended the funeral He gave me the family history of Isaac Zane and his wife - whom of course he distinctly remembered and told me of the marriage of Isaac Zane to the daughter of Tarhe who he said was his great-grandfather At the time he left for Canada they were just cutting the brush out of the main street of Bellefontaine the new village There died here lately Mrs Garwood a grand-daughter ...
... Mills D D S Columbus Mills D D S Columbus Mills D D S Columbus E W Mitchell M D Cincinnati Ralph Taylor M D Columbus and A E Waller Ph D Columbus On May 5 1940 the Ohio Committee was elected a constituent in the Society of the American Association of the History of Medicine and has continued its membership to date Dr Howard Dittrick ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue ROB ERT S FLETCHER is associate professor of history at Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio W SHERMAN SAVAGE PhD Ohio State University 1934 is head of the Department of History at Lincoln University Jefferson City Missouri ALTA HARVEY HEISER who has done work at the University of Cincinnati writes nature and historical articles for the Hamilton Ohio Journal-News and does genealogical research JOSEPHINE E PHILLIPS of Marietta Ohio is a research worker in early ...
... Historical News Historical News THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HISTORY DEPARTMENT has established an annual national master's essay competition open in the academic year 1959-60 The first William P Lyons Master's Essay Award will be made for the best essay submitted by July 15 1960 in manuscript form from those which have merited MA degrees from American universities during 1959-60 The award will recognize work that is exemplary in style and method based solidly on original sources and interpretatively ...
... PRESENTATION OF PORTRAITS OF PRESENTATION OF PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN INDIANS BY GENERAL EDWARD ORTON JR During the spring of 1924 an exhibit of the work of a rising young American artist Mr W Langdon Kihn of New York was shown in this city and was found to consist wholly of original portraits of American Indians made from life in their own homes under conditions which reduced their natural embarrassment timidity or superstitious fear of portraiture to a minimum thus greatly favoring truthful and ...
... 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 ...
... 116 Ohio Arch 116 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications TRIBUTE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY MRS EDGAR M HATTON REGENT At the service held at the Chittenden Hotel Sunday February 1 in memory of the late Mr Emilius Oviatt Randall the only floral tribute was a simple but beautiful cyclamen white with a touch of purple the symbol of royalty and I was reminded of the first wild ones I gathered on the site of the Emperor Hadrian's villa at Trivoli Italy springing so simply from ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 217 Reviews Notes and Comments 217 A LATE ESTIMATE OF JOHN BROWN The time will never come perhaps when there will not be conflicting opinions in regard to John Brown and his mission It is remarkable however how well without any special advocate his character stands the test of time In spite of the critical portions of the biography written by Oswald Garrison Villard and the severe attack occupying an entire volume by Hill Peebles Wilson written for a consideration ...