... Thirty-First Annual Meeting Thirty-First Annual Meeting 111 meeting shall be mailed by the Secretary to all members of the Society at least ten days before such annual meeting is held The following were duly elected to life membership Mr Clay Barnes Waverley Dr H E Twitchell Hamilton Mr A J Rayner Piqua Prof A M Schlesinger Columbus Mr H C Shetrone Columbus Hon Harry L Goodbread Nevada Ohio Dr Wm D Tremper Portsmouth Mr W O Feurt Portsmouth Mr Geo H Heinisch Portsmouth Mr Wilbur Stout ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Papers of Thirteen Early Ohio Political Leaders An Inventory to the 1976-77 Microfilm Editions compiled by Linda E Kalette has been published by the Ohio Historical Society Included in this inventory are the manuscript collections of Ethan Allen Brown Samuel Huntington Return J Meigs Jr Arthur St Clair Micajah T Williams Thomas Worthington Charles Hammond Thomas Kirker Othniel Looker Jeremiah Morrow Winthrop Sargent Edward Tiffin and Allen Trimble as ...
... LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH IN OHIO DURING LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH IN OHIO DURING THE PERIOD 1835-1858 By ROBERT G PATERSON Ph D Early pioneers in the settlement of Ohio brought with them the ideas methods and practices which prevailed among the colonists on the Atlantic Seaboard This was true especially in their struggles with epidemic diseases Today it is difficult for us to recreate the stark fear with which our forefathers awaited an approaching epidemic Scarcely a winter went by without a ...
... 246 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 246 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY future historian how to search for his materials and how to record them It is also important for him to learn to weigh and judge his findings without prejudice or bias But instruction should not stop at this point The historical writer must know what to discard and what to retain he must learn to arrange his selections for their most effective form of presentation Throughout this tedious process ...
... MARCUS A MARCUS A HANNA AND THEODORE E BURTON by WILBUR DEVEREUX JONES Instructor in History University of Georgia The tempestuous career of Marcus A Hanna during the triumphant days of the Republican party at the turn of the century is still the object of considerable interest to the historian While his importance is generally recognized possibly even exaggerated the available biographical material on Hanna is not very satisfactory partly because the accounts tend to be biased partly because ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 433 Reviews Notes and Comments 433 The timely and appreciative words of welcome by Governor Vic Donahey friend of the Society the brief but eloquent speeches delivered in the afternoon by Judge Benson W Hough and Lieutenant Colonel Ralph D Cole former Congressman and the dedicatory address by Congressman Theodore E Burton former United States Senator from Ohio were in the opinion of the large audience among the most impressive ever delivered on the grounds of the ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries This issue of Ohio History marks the completion of the editor's first volumeyear and provides the occasion for a brief report on his tenure and a glimpse into the future The journal has undergone a major revitalization during the past three years and the editor's chief task has always been to continue this process We have increased the number of articles and documents carried per issue enlarged the reviews section and tried to give greater weight to those ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 351 Reviews Notes and Comments 351 action makes very little change in the status of the Society while it offers large opportunities for co-operation with the various branches of the Department of Education The Superintendent of Public Instruction now becomes ex-officio a member of our Board of Trustees ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR SOLDIERS OF THE WORLD WAR A constitutional amendment providing for issuing bonds for adjusted compensation for service in the World War was ...
... 248 Ohio Arch 2 48 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications such service varies but never ceases And it must come from its citizens themselves if our Republic is to live Sincerely yours JUDSON HARMON TRIBUTE OF EX-GOV J B FORAKER APRIL II 1917 DEAR MR LIGGITT I have your letter of April 9th and sincerely thank you for the privilege you give me of saying something about the Battle Flags to be incorporated in the Memorial Book you are intending to publish If I were in better health I would no ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies BRECKSVILLE EARLY SETTLERS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Brecksville Ernest Green President Harold E Wallin of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History has been appointed curator of the museum maintained by the association in the Squire Rich house The secretary Mrs Walter S Lister reports that the society sponsored this year a contest for the junior class of the local high school for one-act plays on early Brecksville CLAR K COUNTY HISTORICAL ...
... 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 ...
... LLOYD SPONHOLTZ LLOYD SPONHOLTZ The 1912 Constitutional Convention in Ohio The Call-up and Nonpartisan Selection of Delegates Until recently little scholarly interest has been shown in the nonpartisan system and its place in the American election process neither advocates of the reform nor students of politics have examined the actual effect of elimination of partisanship from the ballot in Ohio1 In the 1910-1911 period an opportunity for an analysis of the nonpartisan system and the resulting ...
... 472 Ohio Arch 472 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Index to the Minutes of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees Annual address by Dr Rightmire 360-373 names of those present 341 report Annual meeting of the Society 341-373 of president 342-343 of secretary 343Annual meeting of trustees 358-359 346 of treasurer 346-347 of auditor Annual reports of officers 342-356 348 of director 349-353 ...
... 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 ...
... Report of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting 345 Report of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting 345 The bicentennial of the birth of George Washington was extensively celebrated within the past year An extended account of the pageant representing Washington's journey on the Ohio River in 1770 was published in the QUARTERLY for January 1933 The Ohio History Conference at a meeting here went on record in favor of the preparation of a check-list of newspapers Within the past year through the ...
... EDITORIAL NOTES EDITORIAL NOTES DR I W ANDREWS-At the annual meeting of the Ohio Teachers' Association held at Sandusky June 28 1888 memorial exercises occurred in honor of the late Israel W Andrews Professor M R Andrews read a memorial sketch In it he paid tribute in the highest terms to the many virtues of the deceased scholar and educator His conservative but persistent and hopeful nature his accuracy and painstaking care as a student and instructor his unswerving fidelity to every trust ...
... McKinley's Attempt to Avoid War 135 McKinley's Attempt to Avoid War 135 tional sovereignty22 In effect Spain still clung to sovereignty over Cuba and autonomy for the island At the same time that McKinley was dealing with the Spanish minister he made a final attempt to get the Cuban Junta to cooperate Rubens later explained that just before McKinley's message went to Congress the president's emissary told him that if the Cubans agreed to the armistice McKinley would place a reference to Cuban ...
... DOCUMENTARY DATA DOCUMENTARY DATA BY BERTHA E JOSEPHSON Among collections suitable for investigation and research by graduate students in history economics and American literature are the following from the manuscript vaults of the Department of Documents in the Library of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Jay Cooke Collection--37 boxes plus I carton--pertaining to western land investments of Cooke his Gibralter Island period and the bankruptcy period None of this material ...
... 110 Ohio Arch 110 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications TRIBUTE TO DR W O THOMPSON RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY TO HIS SURVIVING RELATIVES At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Secretary Galbreath concluded a tribute to Dr W O Thompson as follows After retirement from the presidency of the Ohio State University November 5 1925 Dr Thompson became president emeritus of that institution In that position there was no diminution of the widening ...
... NOTES ON THE PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE NOTES ON THE PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN COLUMBUS 1890-1945 by HERBERT M PLATTER MD In the fall of 1893 I opened an office for the general practice of medicine in Columbus and was elected secretary of the Columbus Academy of Medicine which position I held for more than six years Columbus Medical College had just merged with Starling Medical College but Ohio Medical University opened its doors and thus there were at that time two medical ...