... 296 Ohio Arch 296 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications This is a little volume just issued from the press in which the author recounts A tale of the Mound Builders The location of the events of the story is mainly at Serpent Mound and Marietta at which latter place the author locates the capital or abiding place of the king of the Mound Builders whom he calls Oko The story is not intricate and is simply and speedily told It is an imaginative portrayal of the life and character of the Mound ...
... HOWARD CARTER HOWARD CARTER Howard Carter famous Egyptologist was born at Swaffham Norfolk England in 1873 Because of his delicate health he received his education under private instructors He went to Egypt in 1890 In 1892 he assisted Professor Flinders Petrie in explorations He was a draftsman on the Egyptian Exploration Fund archaeological survey staff 1893-1899 He was engaged in explorations in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes Egypt from 1907-1923 Early in December 1922 under the patronage ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries A number of scholarly meetings of interest to Ohio History readers will be held in April The Ohio Academy of History holds its annual spring meeting April 28-29 at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow on the Ohio State University campus Ashland College hosts the regional-state meeting of the history honorary society Phi Alpha Theta on April 22 and a week later on April 29 the Ohio Academy of Medical History holds its annual meeting at the Howard Dittrick Museum ...
... Historical News Historical News THE OHIO-INDIANA AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION held its fall meeting at Kent State University on November 7 1959 Papers were read at the morning session on Clarence Darrow and the American Literary Tradition Abe C Ravitz of the department of English Hiram College Communal Societies on the American Frontier Hallock C Raup of the department of geography Kent State and Magazine Fiction Image or Mirage William Coyle of the department of English Wittenberg University ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Guarding the Frontier A Study of Frontier Defense from 1815 to 1825 By Edgar Bruce Wesley Minneapolis Minnesota University of Minnesota Press 1935 217p 250 The author who is head of the history department of the University High School and associate professor of education in the University of Minnesota gives in this volume a study of the frontier defenses from 1815 to 1825 He treats particularly of the defensive military measures adopted against various Indian tribes ...
... MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Friday April 12 1946 100 P M The meeting was called to order by President Arthur C Johnson Sr at 100 PM with a larger and more representative attendance than usual In opening the meeting President Johnson made the following introductory remarks We are now at an important crossroads in the life of the Society We will not read the reports of the activities for the past year ...
... Historical News Historical News THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Missouri recently inaugurated a survey of historic sites in Missouri as the initial step in the preservation of the state's historic sites according to Floyd C Shoemaker secretary of the society The survey will utilize National Park Service standards and procedures Local historical organizations in nearly half of Missouri's counties will be asked to cooperate in the coordination of data The Michigan Historical Commission has ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTOROHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 19 1888 To the Members The annual reports of the Treasurer and the Secretary have been by them submitted to this Committee which in the absence of a meeting of the Trustees is authorized to act upon them We have examined them find them correct and approve and recommend them to your careful attention From the Treasurer's report you will learn that ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies ALLIANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Alliance Dorothy S Donaldson President Six scrapbooks on the Alliance Centennial of 1950 compiled by members of the society have been completed and turned over to the Alliance Chamber of Commerce the Alliance Review the Carnegie Library Mount Union College Library and the Alliance Historical Society The project of placing bronze markers at historic sites is being continued The society holds its meetings three ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Thirty-Sixth Annual Missouri Valley History Conference will be held in Omaha Nebraska March 11-13 1993 For further information contact Dale Gaeddert MVHC Coordinator Department of History University of Nebraska at Omaha Nebraska 68182-0213 The North American Society for Sport History will hold its Twenty-first Annual Convention at Albuquerque New Mexico on May 28-June 1 1993 Those interested in presenting a paper or organizing a session should contact or ...
... Historical News Historical News A Service Center for Teachers of History has recently been established by the American Historical Association It is located at 400 A Street SE Washington 3 DC Dr George Barr Carson Jr is the director The service center was created for the purpose of providing scholarly leadership in meeting the problems of history teachers The center offers direct assistance to teachers and to schools in strengthening history courses and increasing the effectiveness of teachers ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 22 3 longer contemplate buying that property as it had been purchased by Mr A M Woolson who they were glad to learn proposed to preserve the landmark and it was understood would set off a portion to the Daughters of the American Revolution There was also some discussion concerning the proposition that the association acquire possession of the old court house at Maumee which building is located on the spot of the famous Dudley massacre The court house would be a most ...
... A Century of Voting A Century of Voting In Three Ohio Counties By I RIDGWAY DAVIS BECAUSE VOTING IS OF KEY IMPORTANCE in a democracy analyses of voting behavior on the national and state levels in the United States have been of major interest to students of history and government Comparatively little research however has been forthcoming on the local level In this study the voting records of three Ohio counties Ross Pike and Scioto have been examined for the period 1859-1959 a century of ...
... 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 ...
... 330 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 330 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Charles W Byrd Edward F Noyes Thomas Kirker Thomas L Young Samuel Huntington Charles Foster Return J Meigs James E Campbell Othniel Looker George Hoadly Ethan Allen Brown Asa S Bushnell Jeremiah Morrow George S Nash8 Joseph Vance John M Pattison Thomas Bartley Andrew L Harris8 William Bebb Judson Harmon Seabury Ford James M Cox Reuben Wood Frank B Willis William Medill Harry L Davis William ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Dr William T Doherty Jr Professor of History and University Historian at West Virginia University has been named Editor of West Virginia History Dr Doherty will immediately assume the editorial duties of the quarterly publication of the Department of Culture and History Doherty earned undergraduate degrees from Southeast Missouri State University his Master of Arts degree from American University's School of Social Sciences and Public Affairs and his Doctor ...
... 268 Ohio Arch 268 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications PRESERVATION OF HARRISON'S TOMB A sentimental motive prompted Colonel Russell B Harrison son of the late ex-President of the United States to come to Cincinnati yesterday He had a case in the United States Court but his important reason for the visit was to have a conference with his distant relative Colonel Lewis W Irwin in regard to inducing the United States Government to take over the burying ground at North Bend where the tombs of ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Educating for Democracy A Symposium Yellow Springs The Antioch Press 1937 148p Antioch College is responsible for the publication of this interesting symposium on one of the most pertinent and many faceted problems facing educational leaders of today what is the function of education in a democratic state Believing that a discussion of some of the issues involved in such a question would be of value and wishing to honor its first president Horace Mann Antioch College ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 349 Reviews Notes and Comments 349 his voluntary service and the assistance of the regular employees of theSociety a mass of valuable material was collected This consists chiefly of local newspapers from which clippings have been made indexed and bound When the General Assembly finally acted it made only meager appropriations for the work At its last session no provision was made for the Commission but the work has been continued by the Society It should collect ...
... THE LIBRARY OF AN EARLY OHIO FARMER THE LIBRARY OF AN EARLY OHIO FARMER by ROBERT H IRRMANN Assistant Professor of History and Government Denison University Though not among the founding fathers of Blendon Township in Franklin County Gideon W Hart is noted by William Martin one of the county's early historians as among those who subsequently settled there after the initial waves of migration in 1806 and 1808 Born in Hartford Connecticut on July 16 1785 Hart first came to Franklin County in ...