... OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 137 OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 137 of the Ohio State University was attended by over fifty persons representing the various organizations cooperating in the Ohio History Conference H C Shetrone director of the Society presided introducing Mrs Janet Wethy Foley of Akron New York who gave an address on An Adventure in Genealogy in which she related her own and her husband's experiences in adopting genealogy as their profession General Session 800 P M ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Banks or No Banks The Money Issue in Western Politics 1832-1865 By WILLIAM GERALD SHADE Detroit Wayne State University Press 1972 328p maps tables notes bibliography and index 1595 Banks or No Banks develops a new thesis from which to view the banking controversies of the mid-nineteenth century and the role of the bank issue in state politics Mr Shade looks at the social roots and proposes a broad social interpretation of the significance of the issue He also tries to ...
... A CHRONOLOGY A CHRONOLOGY By WILLIAM D OVERMAN 1822--First effort at organizing a historical society in Ohio 1831--Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio 1875--Ohio Archaeological Society founded at Mansfield 1885--OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY organized Allen Granberry Thurman president Albert Adams Graham secretary 18 87--Francis Charles Sessions second president publication of the first QUARTERLY in June 1888--Centennial Celebration at Marietta April 7 1889--Society ...
... OHIO CANALS OHIO CANALS WORK ON THEM INAUGURATED IN 1825 The year 1825 was a memorable one in the history of Ohio On May 19 General Lafayette crossed the river in his tour through what were then called the western states and stepped on the Ohio shore at Cincinnati in the midst of patriotic demonstrations unparalleled in the history of the state For a time he was the guest of this city then the metropolis of the West after which he proceeded up the river to Wheeling making short stops at ...
... OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 227 OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 227 planned with Ohio State University Broadcasting station and is being offered each Tuesday afternoon over WOSU This series which is professional in caliber has attracted wide attention and is being rebroadcast by several additional stations Dr William D Overman as historian deserves credit for the exhaustive research which has made these broadcasts unique up to the present time As of January 1 1940 two members of ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Ohio Academy of History annual meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday April 26-27 1991 at Capital University in Columbus Ohio For details concerning the meeting contact Clayton R Koppes OAH Program Committee Oberlin College Department of History Oberlin Ohio 440741095 The Second Annual University of Cincinnati Social History Conference invites interested scholars to submit papers in social history broadly defined as any aspect of the history of ...
... ESSAY AND COMMENT 49 ESSAY AND COMMENT 49 The True Profile of the Harding administration will emerge only as the new historiography is joined with a modification of the old DAVID H JENNINGS Professor of History Ohio Wesleyan University ESSAY AND COMMENT Oral History in Ohio During the past half century as the telephone and computer are replacing the personal letter and the telegraph a new era in historical research is emerging No longer does the detailed letter serve as the major source of ...
... 568 Ohio Arch 568 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications The report was received and the committee given authority to receive the donation WARREN COUNTY SERPENT MOUND Mr Cole read the following report furnished by Dr Charles H Hough The mound property is in statu quo except that the wood lot has been somewhat marred by a gravel pit opened along the creek The field is now in grain-stubble All land in that locality is held at very high prices I think it unwise to negotiate with anyone until we ...
... Charles Burleigh Galbreath 135 Charles Burleigh Galbreath 135 The final phase But why delay the bitter truth-- The story of my pride and fall-- The transit from my vernal youth To wreckage sad and skeletal Spurned by the feet of passers-by An outcast in the mire and rain Unworthy of a passing sigh And dead alike to joy or pain Fair maiden speed--I ask no more-- My flight aloft on fiery wings To Nature's mighty reservoir-- The goal of all material things Your hope serene I may not claim Of joys ...
... About WS 2003 Winter-Spring 2003 Contents Staff and Advisory Board OHS Board of Trustees Instructions for Authors PDF of these pages Click page numbers to view articles PDF links are also provided for printing articles Can't read PDFs Get Adobe Acrobat Reader ARTICLES 4 Richest and Best Is the Wine of the West The Ohio River Valley and the Jewish Frontier by Amy Hill Shevitz PDF of this article 19 A High School to Remember The Greenfield Legacy of McClain Harris and Ittner by Virginia E ...
... Historical News Historical News SEVERAL LA R GE C H ESTS containing important papers of Samuel M Golden Rule Jones were discovered early this year in the attic of the S M Jones Company of Toledo The papers include original letters to Jones copies of letters from Jones clippings from Toledo newspapers on his election and administration as mayor of Toledo 1897-1904 and records of the old Acme Sucker Rod Company now the S M Jones Company which was founded by Mayor Jones The papers are to be given ...
... 650 Ohio Arch 650 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Colonel Curry stated that the Secretary had received letters from two members of the Committee which he would place on file NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF TRUSTEES Mr George F Bareis for the Committee on Nominations reported that the Committee recommended the election of Doctor W O Thompson Columbus General Edward Orton Jr Columbus and Colonel Webb C Hayes Fremont to succeed themselves as Trustees of the Society Mr Bareis moved That the ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Workers Politics and the State will be the theme of the Third Annual North American Labor History Conference to be held at Wayne State University October 8-10 1981 It is being sponsored by the Department of History and the Walter P Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs The Conference Committee plans a program featuring a wide variety of papers reflecting research on both sides of the Atlantic Special sessions will feature comparative papers and a ...
... OHIO DAY AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION OHIO DAY AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION For much of the material in the following account of Ohio Day at the celebration of which the Editor was present indebtedness is due to the official report of the Ohio Commissioners made by Mr Stuart R Bolin Circleville Ohio to the Governor of the state Mr Bolin was Executive Commissioner to the Ohio Jamestown Commission and resided in the Ohio Building during the continuation of the Exposition The General Assembly of ...
... Melodrama in Ohio Melodrama in Ohio Avery Hopwood and Boss Cox of Cincinnati By ARNO L BADE R W HEN THE OHIO PLAYRIGHT Aver y Hopwood died in 1928 his reputation was that of an immensely successful writer of light comedies and bedroom farces which had brought him a fortune If anyone remembered that as a youngster he had written The Powers That Be a serious play attacking civic corruption and political bossism that fact was not mentioned in his obituaries Yet for one week in 1907 The Powers ...
... A SURVEY OF PUBLICATIONS ON THE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF OHIO 1965-1967 RELIGION WEIS James The Problem of Language Transition Among Lutherans in Ohio 18361858 Concordia Historical Institution Quarterly XXXIX 1966 5-19 Concerns the conflict over the use of the German and English languages in Lutheran services and seminaries WELSH Edward Burgett Origins of Ohio Presbyterianism Journal of Presbyterian History XLIII March 1965 16-27 SOCIAL HISTORY BORGWALD Charles W and Milton N Gallup Memories ...
... 284 Ohio Arch 284 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO October 10 1925 -- 1245 P M Present Messrs Johnson Prince Furniss Orton Wood Goodman Bareis Florence and Mrs Dryer Mr Bareis moved that Arthur C Johnson be elected President of the Society On motion of General Florence the nominations were closed and the Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous ...
... 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 ...
... township Huron County is also available If you need more information about these publications or would like to request an order form write to Firelands Historical Society 4 Case Avenue Norwalk Ohio 44857 A Biography of America is a new twenty-six-part instructional video series developed by WGBH Boston and AnnenbergCPB in cooperation with the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration The series is designed for ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA DRAUSIN WULSIN Drausin Wulsin a Life Member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society died at his home in Cincinnati November 14 1910 His career is not only closely connected with the history and development of Cincinnati for nearly 70 years but furnishes an example of the best type of American citizenship What follows is but a brief sketch Mr Wulsin was born in Louisiana June 10 1842 his parents moving to Cincinnati when he was but a child He was ...