... 398 Ohio Arch 398 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications torian George H Twiss Columbus Chaplain Julius W Atwood Columbus Vice-Presidents ex-officio Orlando J Hodge President Western Reserve Chapter Cleveland Dr E D Gardner President Anthony Wayne Chapter Toledo E P Whallon President Cincinnati Chapter Cincinnati Wm A Taylor President Benjamin Franklin Chapter Columbus Chas C Shearer President Nathaniel Greene Chapter Xenia Robert M Davidson President George Washington Chapter Newark Disney ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 406 Ohio Arch 406 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications TERMS EXPIRE IN 1917 Col Webb C Hayes Fremont Dr W O Thompson Columbus Dr G Frederick Wright Oberlin APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR Hon J W Harper Cincinnati 1915 Hon J W Yeagley New Philadelphia 1915 Hon James E Campbell Columbus 1916 Hon Myron T Herrick Cleveland 1916 Prof B F Prince Springfield 1917 Mr E O Randall Columbus 1917 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES SOCIETY BUILDING JUNE 29 1914 The annual meeting of the trustees of the Society ...
... Historical News Historical News A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY of the President's Civil War Centennial Commission was held in Washington DC on January 14-15 1958 Major General U S Grant 3d chairman of the commission presided at the sessions and Dr Bell I Wiley the distinguished Civil War historian of Atlanta Georgia made the keynote address The purpose of the commission is to lead the nation in a fitting celebration of the centennial of the Civil War At the meeting a thirteen-point program was outlined ...
... Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 595 Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 595 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO OCTOBER 2 1924 Present Messrs Campbell Bareis Prince Goodman Johnson Wood Furniss and Dawes On motion of Mr Wood duly seconded James E Campbell was elected President of the Society Professor Prince moved that George F Bareis be elected First Vice President of the Society At the suggestion of ...
... Book Reviews Summer-Autumn 2001 pp 83-84 Copyright 2001 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 NOTES AND QUERIES The Ohio Academy of History Fall Meeting will be held October 5 2001 at Kenyon College in Gambier For more information please contact Roy Wortman Department of History Kenyon College Gambier Ohio 43022 phone 740 ...
... Historical News Historical News A GENERAL REORGANIZATION of the headquarters staff of the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been announced by Robert Garvey Jr executive director William J Murtagh formerly assistant to the director now heads a newly created department of education and Mrs Helen Duprey Bullock formerly historian and editor directs the department of information which issues Preservation Ne w s a new monthly publication Newly appointed to the staff is Robert G Stewart ...
... 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 ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue MILO M QUAIFE is Secretary and Editor of the Burton Historical Collection Detroit Public Library Detroit Michigan PHILIP C NASH is President of the University of Toledo CARL WITTKE is Professor of History and Dean of Oberlin College LEWIS BLAKE DUFF is a resident of Welland Ontario Canada and a business man who makes a hobby of Canadian and local history He is a past President and member of the Council of the Ontario Historical Society R CLYDE FORD is a ...
... PROCEEDINGS 215 PROCEEDINGS 215 tory section under the supervision of the State Historical Society It is not intended to limit the activities and interests of the conference to Ohio history alone but rather to develop an annual Ohio History Conference devoted to all phases of history in which the membership might be interested The president called for a report of the Nominating Committee for trustees The chairman of the committee reported that the committee recommended the re-appointment of Dr ...
... IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM Read and adopted at the afternoon session of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society April 30 1931 EDWIN FOREST WOOD WHE REAS It has pleased Divine Providence to remove from our midst our co-worker associate and friend Edwin Forest Wood and W HEREAS He had been prominently identified with the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society since 1890 serving first as Assistant Treasurer and after the death of S S Rickly November 23 1905 as Treasurer of the ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Recent retirements within the professional community include Ruth Helmuth Case Western Reserve University Archivist William D Aeschbacher teacher and administrator at the University of Cincinnati and Lenore R O'Boyle and Leon C Soule of Cleveland State University The 1986 Northern Great Plains History Conference will be held September 25-27 For details contact Jack M Lauber University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Department of History Eau Claire Wisconsin 54701 ...
... MINUTES OF MINUTES OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY Columbus Ohio April 7 1951 The Ohio Academy of History met in Columbus April 7 at 1000 A M with Dr Raymond W Bixler of Ashland College in the chair Grover C Platt of Bowling Green State University opened the morning session with a discussion of The Civilization Course in the Ohio College History Curriculum and Frederick B Joyner of Miami University spoke on The Basic American History Course in Ohio Colleges Donald R Tuttle of Fenn College ...
... 238 Ohio Arch 238 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR INFANTRY 1st Regt O V I 1 2nd Regt O V I 2 3rd Regt 0 V I 2 4th Regt O V I 1 5th Regt O V 1 6th Regt O V I 2 7th Regt O V I 3 8th Regt 0 V I Missing 9th Battalion O V I 1 10th Regt O V I 2 ARTILLERY Bat A 1st L Arty 1 Bat C 1st L Arty 1 Bat G 1st L Arty 1 Bat H 1st L Arty 2 Troop H 1st O V C 1 Respectfully submitted W L CURRY Chairman Captain First Ohio Cavalry Civil War CHARLES HUGHES First Regiment U S C T Civil ...
... Historical News Historical News THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HISTORY DEPARTMENT has established an annual national master's essay competition open in the academic year 1959-60 The first William P Lyons Master's Essay Award will be made for the best essay submitted by July 15 1960 in manuscript form from those which have merited MA degrees from American universities during 1959-60 The award will recognize work that is exemplary in style and method based solidly on original sources and interpretatively ...
... THIS MONUMENT IS OLDER THAN THE GREAT THIS MONUMENT IS OLDER THAN THE GREAT PYRAMIDS BY FELIX J KOCH If you want to set your wits to work over something to which there may be an infinity of answers -each based on facts as logical as the next and yet each trying to solve a problem of utmost importance to the historian and the scientist and of interest to intelligent persons the world over just try to figure out how old the little mound in the accompanying picture may be This mound or tumulus is ...
... 136 Ohio Arch 136 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications The shadows of the night By magic of their might And with electric light Illume the world1 Thy sons are bold to soar On airways to explore Celestial things They rise to dizzy height They bask in higher light And scorn the eagle's flight On swifter wings2 Ohio bounteous state Home of the brave and great Of faith sublime Pride of the great Northwest Heart in the Nation's breast State we would make the best Through endless time Copyrighted ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries A number of professional meetings of interest to Ohio History readers will be held this coming autumn The Ohio Historical Society will host the 1979 annual meeting of the National Historic Communal Societies Association at Zoar on October 18-20 1979 California State College and Washington and Jefferson College will co-host the forty-eighth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association on Friday and Saturday October 12-13 1979 suggestions for ...
... 250 Ohio Arch 25 0 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Ohio where he opened a law office in the Beckett Block which he occupied continuously until the time of his death He pursued an extensive and lucrative practice For many years prior to and during the Civil War he was the proprietor and editor of the Hamilton Intelligencer Mr Williams was an ardent loyalist and warm supporter of President Lincoln and took a very active and prominent part in aiding Governors Tod and Brough in their ...