... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... SHAPING THE SEMINAR IN LOCAL HISTORY1 SHAPING THE SEMINAR IN LOCAL HISTORY1 by HARVEY WISH Associate Professor of History Western Reserve University History-writing has no prouder tradition than the pretentious seminar for graduate students and yet in far too many cases it has no rival for stuffiness and ineptitude That the seminar has survived and is in no immediate danger of extinction is not due to the guiding principles of Ranke or Herbert B Adams but rather because it serves as a ...
... PRESENTATION OF RARE COLLECTION BY PRESENTATION OF RARE COLLECTION BY PROFESSOR EMERSON VENABLE After adjourning to the Library as above noted the following proceedings were had SECRETARY GALBREATH Mr Emerson Venable teacher author and writer will present the Dolores Cameron Venable Memorial Collection in honor of his late wife MR EMERSON VENABLE Mr Galbreath and Members of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society I regret that my daughter Evelyn Venable is unable to be present on ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 68 NUMBER 3 JULY 1959 The Apathetic Foxes By ALONZO FINLEY KERCHEVAL FOXES ARE LIKE HUMANS in many ways Few folks realize that foxes once lived in this country under organized governments of their own and attended their own schools and churches just like human folks Many years ago the first red foxes were brought to America to supply the hunting needs of wealthy Virginia planters The red fox thrived and multiplied and soon ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Ohio University Press is launching a new series of books to commemorate Ohio's two-hundredth anniversary in 2003 The Ohio Bicentennial Series will provide the public scholars and students with a comprehensive picture of the development of Ohio life Ten books are planned for the series tentative titled include Transportation in Ohio Documentary Heritage of Ohio Women in Ohio History Indigenous Peoples of Ohio Vernacular Architecture of Ohio Governors of Ohio ...
... Slaybaugh Summer-Autumn 2002 pp 183-197 PDF of this article CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2002 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved From New Womanhood to Companionate Marriage in the Progressive Era The Case of Frances Cochran MacDaniels By Douglas Slaybaugh When Frances Cochran was growing up in Cincinnati in the first decade of the twentieth century she mocked her girlfriends interest in boys and scoffed when they suggested the possibility of her falling in love1 At Oberlin ...
... HISTORIANS AND THEIR HELPERS HISTORIANS AND THEIR HELPERS by JOHN HALL STEWART Associate Professor of History Western Reserve University For far too many years far too many people have been calling themselves--or permitting others to call them--historians I have been conscious of this ever since I first entered the ranks of what we academic folk like to think of as the professional historians But I was never as fully aware of the dangers inherent in this common practice until I began to ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 233 collection A very large and unique celt of Williamstite is one of the finest of its kind found in Ohio A new type of stone relic made of granite cylindrical about 4 inches long and 2 12 inches in diameter with a groove near each end is one of the novelties of this collection four specimens being shown An important addition to the Museum collections is the material taken from the so-called Hilltop mound which stood in the city of Portsmouth The material includes a ...
... The Allen County Historical Museum The Allen County Historical Museum By ROBERT C WHEELER An Allen County dream is about to become a reality Late in 1955 the new Allen County Historical Museum will open to the public an event long awaited in and around Lima Few cities in the country can boast such facilities for preserving and interpreting their past The new museum will have in addition to ample exhibit space an auditorium seating 225 a local history library and a thirty-car parking area ...
... 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 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 ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Ohio State University recently announced A research grant by the American Council of Learned Societies has been awarded to Professor Chang Hao National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships have been individually awarded to Professors James M Kittelson and John C Burnham A Fulbright-Hays Lecturer for 1980 Professor Mansel G Blackford will spend the period of March-December in Japan Professor Leila J Rupp has won a research fellowship from the ...
... 114 Ohio Arch 114 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications THE LATEST PREHISTORIC NEWS The actual results of archaeological explorations in Ohio and elsewhere in this country are sufficient to arouse interest and curiosity in the life and world of the lost and unrecorded people But what the newspapers say concerning these explorations surpasses the tales of Arabian Nights or Baron Munchausen For instance concerning the exhumations by Prof W C Mills at Fort Ancient the past summer 1908 a leading ...
... FINNISH NEWSPAPERS IN OHIO FINNISH NEWSPAPERS IN OHIO By JOHN I KOLEHMAINEN The possibilities which Ohio offered for Finnish journalistic enterprise attracted shortly before the year 1884 the attention of two ambitious typesetters Fred Karinen and Alex Wirtamo of the New York Mills Minnesota Uusi Kotimaa In the spring of 1884 the pair arrived in Ashtabula Harbor the largest Finnish settlement in the State and shortly afterward they launched with the assistance of Charles Stenroos Sr and Asser ...
... 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 ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 293 Reviews Notes and Comments 293 Normal School then as Ohio Normal University and finally as Ohio Northern University Among interesting relics given by Dr Lehr to the institution that he founded were a flag carried by his grandfather at the battles of the Brandywine Germantown and Monmouth and the epaulettes worn by his father as Brigadier-General in the Militia of Pennsylvania Dr Lehr belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic and the Masonic order He was a member ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Society for German-American Studies will hold its 18th Annual Symposium Thursday through Sunday April 14-17 1994 at The Pennsylvania State University The main topics will include Gateway to the New World German Migration to and from Pennsylvania from 1683-1993 The Pennsylvania Germans History and Culture and German-American Studies New Projects New Insights For further information about the symposium contact Eric Loop The Pennsylvania State University ...
... In Memoriam Summer-Autumn 2002 pp 198-199 PDF of In Memoriam CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2002 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved Frank L Byrne A Gifted Civil War Historian By Leonne M Hudson Frank L Byrne was born on May 12 1928 in Hackensack New Jersey At the time of his death on April 21 2002 he was Professor Emeritus of History at Kent State University After graduating from Trenton State College in 1950 he attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison where he ...
... Ohio's Industrial Growth 1900-1957 Ohio's Industrial Growth 1900-1957 And Some Possibilities for Study By ROBERT E HOLMES In discussing Ohio's or any other area's industrial growth it would be extremely difficult and perhaps even naive or unrealistic to try to separate history from economics fundamental from applied research commerce from romance or chance from plan These elements are so intermingled in the development and expansion of regions or countries and their industries that there is ...