... Book Notes Book Notes Covered Wooden Truss Bridges of Greene County Ohio A collection of photos and data of a vanishing era By James H Shell Xenia Ohio Greene County Historical Society 1998 76p illustrations bibliography At first glance this slender volume appears to be just another covered bridge picture book Many of this genre emphasize numbingly repetitive photos of bridge exteriors and ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Ohio History is pleased to announce the reestablishment of an editorial advisory board Listed on the inside front cover of the journal are the names of twelve distinguished historians representing a wide variety of interests and perspectives who have agreed to serve for an initial two-year term Working closely with the editor these scholars will review many of the manuscripts submitted to the journal ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 101 Reviews Notes and Comments 101 who figured in the stories and afterward led to an appreciative study of life on the plains with scarcely any depreciation in his estimate of the spectacular character of Buffalo Bill A famous Iowa writer has declared that nothing lies like history and expresses the opinion that we must go to the imagination for realities This is a part of his apology for writing a romance of the famous Johnny Appleseed While we are not prepared at ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue DR CARL WITTKE is head of the Department of History Ohio State University WELLINGTON G FORDYCE instructor in history at Euclid Central High School Cleveland received his master's degree from Ohio State University His article is a part of a larger study of immigrant groups EDGAR B NIXON a descendant of one of the members of the Zoar community is a member ...
... 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 ...
... 126 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 126 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY during the past year Mr Johnson President Mr Eagleson First VicePresident Mr Lindley Secretary and Mr Miller Treasurer be reelected for the coming year and that the secretary be instructed to cast the ballot for their re-election This motion seconded by Mr Spetnagel was unanimously approved Mr ...
... Minutes of the Meeting of the Minutes of the Meeting of the Ohio Academy of History Columbus April 8 1961 T HE OHIO ACADEMY o f History held its twenty-eighth annual meeting at the Ohio State Museum on April 8 1961 Two concurrent sessions were held in the morning and two in the afternoon Robert L Gilmore of
... settlement of the Ohio and Upper Mississippi Valleys during the French and English regimes Approximately one-fourth of the book is devoted to the social religious and political history of southwestern Ohio during the first half of the nineteenth century German Chronicle has been carefully translated from its original German Fraktur script by ...
... 244 Ohio Arch 244 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications EQUITATION IN AND ABOUT COLUMBUS Mr Frank Tallmadge a life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society a prominent citizen of Columbus and the dean of equitation in central Ohio has written a book entitled ...
... Book Notes Winter-Spring 2002 pp 94-95 Copyright 2002 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved This article is presented page by page according to the original print version If a sentence seems to end abruptly scroll down to continue with the next page BOOK NOTES Field Guide to Projectile Points of the Midwest By Noel D Justice and Suzanne K Kudlaty Bloomington and Indianapolis Indiana University Press 2001 xii 53 p 112 figures ...
... 100 Ohio Arch 100 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications NOAH'S ARK The construction and voyage of Noah's Ark is not exactly material pertinent to Ohio history or archaeology but as a matter of universal curiosity we herewith republish from very recent popular press items the following M V Millard archaeologist and distinguished excavator ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The ABC-CLIO America History and Life Award is a biennial award of 750 given to recognize and encourage scholarship in American history in journal literature advancing new perspectives on accepted interpretations or previously unconsidered topics The award is not confined to any particular subject area or chronological period but instead seeks to recognize journal articles that display a seminal character articles that do not simply elaborate previous ...
... DOCUMENTARY DATA DOCUMENTARY DATA By BERTHA E JOSEPHSON During recent months the Department of Documents which includes under its jurisdiction state archives manuscripts maps posters photostats and broadsides has catalogued and arranged in a vertical file about one hundred small and pamphlet-folder maps Some of the more important of these are ANDREWS REPORT FOR 1854 MAPS ACCOMPANYING THE ISRAEL D One showing railroads in U S in operation and progress in the fifties two of the St Lawrence ...
... 424 Ohio Arch 424 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications federacy at the opening of the Civil War He remained in Kansas and continued steadfast in his devotion to the union of the states He died August 14 1864 WILSON SHANNON Wilson Shannon was born in Belmont County Ohio in 1 80 2 He was graduated from the
... settlement of the Old Northwest Territory-particularly Ohio-and turns them into fiction None of the stories based on these historical facts is over two pages long yet through their substance and juxtaposition Scott creates a distinctive vision of that period and place which seems emotionally true-regardless of its factuality The briefness of ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... settlement and development of the towns of Wooster and Mansfield Ohio 2 The W T Coggeshall Papers which are being offered for sale by Ernest J Wessen of Mansfield Ohio 3 A large collection of Edisonia made by the late William J Hammer who was a close associate of Edison in all of his enterprises This collection would fit in satisfactorily ...