... A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF OHIO A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF OHIO Few American States possess a more national history or one embodying a greater variety of interests than Ohio The centennial celebrations that have lately been held within her borders commemorative of the beginning Of the Northwest Territory were more than local in character They embodied ideas that have a marked bearing on our National history The settlement at Marietta on the Muskingum on that April morning one hundred years ago was ...
... Ohio Day at the Jamestown Exposition Ohio Day at the Jamestown Exposition 187 An honored picture his who built so fair The soldier-statesman who in days of stress Toiled 'midst the brave high-hearted pioneers To make a garden of the wilderness From old Virginia he blessed with her dower Of courage high Could nobler gift be given 'Twas on her shore that our fair freedom's flower Raised its first bravely shining bud toward heaven Ah those who went to brave the Western wilds To fell the forest ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA OHIO DAY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS At the regular monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical society held Friday July 18 1902 Professor C L Martzolff trustee presented a scheme to have the public schools throughout the state celebrate the admission of Ohio into the Union on March 1 1903 He proposed that the Society through a committee prepare a program of exercises for that occasion such program to consist of historical ...
... 26 Ohio Arch 26 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications three hundred thousand soldiers in the great Civil War that was to cement and weld into one indissoluble federation the nation the forefathers made independent With filial reverence we erect monuments of marble and tablets of brass upon the sites most memorable in the storm and stress of the early pioneer days But greater than all the memorials of art to noble founders are the products of industry progress prosperity and humanity which ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 589 Reviews Notes and Comments 589 County and the founders of the first church and school in Ohio This pageant was so highly appreciated that those who presented it were prevailed upon to repeat it on the following evening when a capacity audience again enjoyed and heartily applauded it Nothing so thoroughly arouses and impresses the events of local history upon the general public as the presentation of that history in the form of pageants This fact has been ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Rutherford B Hayes Library announced that it will publish a comprehensive microfilm edition of The Papers of Rutherford B Hayes A printed guide will accompany the microfilm edition The edition will include Hayes' genealogical records diaries commonplace books correspondence presidential records Civil War records business papers speeches notes vetoes executive orders and miscellaneous items For further information write to Thomas A Smith Manuscripts ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Greek Revival Architecture in America By Talbot Hamlin New York Oxford University Press 1944 Cloth 439p 750 The author who is librarian of the Avery Memorial library and the Fine Arts library at Columbia University is an architect and the author of a number of books on architecture In this book he has traced the important trend in American architecture and life during the period previous to the Civil War emphasizing the development of Greek revival architecture in the ...
... Minutes of the Fall Business Meeting Minutes of the Fall Business Meeting Of the Ohio Academy of History Tiffin October 12 1956 The fall meeting of the Ohio Academy of History was held at Heidelberg College The president of the Academy Dr Grover C Platt called the business meeting to order and requested Dr Robert W Twyman of Bowling Green to act as temporary secretary for the purpose of taking minutes Thirty persons were present The president called the attention of those assembled to the fact ...
... CAROLYN M CAROLYN M MORRIS Black Elected Officials in Ohio 1978 Characteristics and Perceptions Over the past few years Black political involvement has become a major focus of organized activities in Black communities Much of this involvement has been manifested in local elections involving Black candidates for public office The results of these elections have established beyond a shadow of a doubt that Black voters have the resources and the emotional commitment required to elect Black ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 643 Reviews Notes and Comments 643 in the minds of the students to imitate them We lack a book describing such people Whereupon some person in the audience called out perhaps not without sarcasm Why don't you write one The challenge was accepted and the result is here presented to the teaching public The choice of subjects is not beyond criticism and the method of treatment may not satisfy all admirers We are too near the subjects for exact appraisement All are ...
... 168 Ohio Arch 168 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 3 THE EDUCATIONAL LESSONS OF THIS HOUR REV H A THOMPSON I appreciate the high honor done me by your Chairman in the invitation which he has extended me to speak for a few moments I must tell you in advance that I am not on the program for the day that I have no speech prepared for your listening ears I am here as a member of the Ohio Historical Society whose members are the guests of your committee I am here for the first time in ...
... 528 Ohio Arch 528 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications FRANK GEORGE CARPENTER Frank George Carpenter well known correspondent traveler and author was born at Mansfield Ohio May 8 1855 He was the son of George F and Jennette L Carpenter He was graduated from the University of Wooster Ohio in 1877 with the degree of A B Later he received the degrees of A M and Litt D He married Joanna D Condict of Mansfield Ohio January 10 1883 Mr Carpenter began newspaper work as legislative correspondent of ...
... Forty-First Annual Meeting 631 Forty-First Annual Meeting 631 my deep appreciation of their cooperation in the welfare of the Museum Respectfully submitted Signed WILLIAM C MILLS Mr John R Horst Chairman of the Committee on EARLY OHIO SCHOOL BOOKS stated that the Ray collection is almost complete and progress is being made in securing other books used in the early schools of the state As to the McGuffey books while the Committee is still seeking the First Readers of the 1843 and 1885 editions ...
... JAMES H JAMES H LEE The Ohio Agricultural Commission 1913-1915 When James M Cox assumed the governorship for the first time in 1913 Ohio agriculture was passing through a period of rapid transition The demographic expansion of the late nineteenth century had inflated land values and crop prices a trend which converted agriculture into a potentially highly profitable enterprise Ohio farmers responded by gradually transforming themselves into rural businessmen they specialized developed more ...
... ARTHUR CHARLES JOHNSON ARTHUR CHARLES JOHNSON PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY It is our pleasure in this issue to present the newly elected President of the Society Mr Arthur Charles Johnson whose portrait appears on the page opposite The death of James E Campbell former governor of Ohio and in recent years president of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society left a vacancy that was difficult to fill After canvassing the availability and ...
... Book Notes Book Notes History of Upper Arlington A Suburb of Columbus Ohio By the History Committee of the Upper Arlington Bicentennial Committee Columbus Upper Arlington Historical Society 1977 337p illustrations notes maps appendices index The book was written by community residents and focuses on the history of the fire and police departments library municipal government schools religion and sports Personal interviews official records newspapers local publications maps and plates were ...
... 2 8 6 GEORGE W RIGHTMIRE President of the Ohio State University GEORGE W GEORGE W RIGHTMIRE PRESIDENT OF OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY When Professor George W Rightmire of the College of Law Ohio State University was notified after the resignation of Dr W O Thompson that he had been chosen as Acting President of the University he was perhaps more completely surprised than any other member of the faculty or teaching force of this great institution The notification of his selection was the first ...
... BOOK NOTES BOOK NOTES Women In Kentucky By Helen Deiss Irvin Lexington The University Press of Kentucky 1979 134p photographs source listing Another contribution to the Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf series this work outlines the history of the Kentucky women from 1775 through the 1930s The six chapters focus on the lives of settlers workers and reformers without doting on the contributions of exceptional Kentucky women Based upon published diaries autobiographies biographies and newspapers ...
... THE GREAT MAN IN HISTORY THE GREAT MAN IN HISTORY By PAUL F B L OOMHARDT You will agree with me that credit is due Mr Overman and those who have arranged today's program for their alertness in recognizing the centennial of Carlyle's famous dictum The idea for his Hero lectures seems to have taken shape in his mind between February 27 and March 2 1840 The first of this series of addresses is dated Tuesday 5th May 1840 Expanded to about double the size of the lectures the essays appeared in an ...
... 136 Ohio Arch 136 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications The shadows of the night By magic of their might And with electric light Illume the world1 Thy sons are bold to soar On airways to explore Celestial things They rise to dizzy height They bask in higher light And scorn the eagle's flight On swifter wings2 Ohio bounteous state Home of the brave and great Of faith sublime Pride of the great Northwest Heart in the Nation's breast State we would make the best Through endless time Copyrighted ...