... CONSTITUTION OF CONSTITUTION OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY1 ARTICLE I Name and Location Section 1 This Society which is organized as a corporation not for profit under the laws of the State of Ohio shall pursuant to its Articles of Incorporation be known as The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and shall have its offices at Columbus Ohio where its principal business shall be transacted ARTICLE II Purposes Section 1 The purposes of this Society as set ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 66 NUMBER 3 JULY 1957 Social History A Nation Announcing Itself By PHILIP D JORDAN Twenty-odd years ago when the series entitled A History of American Life seemed a shining new constellation in the heavens of historiography a caravan of wise men journeyed by day and by night to Providence Rhode Island to stargaze These priests of Clio ministering to a general session of the American Historical Association were carried away with ...
... Dedication of the Haycs Memorial Dedication of the Haycs Memorial 4 69 on his generous endowment which assures that the whole shall be properly cared for forever It needs no prophetic vision to foresee that year after year the people of Ohio and of the Nation will come in increasing numbers as to a shrine to pay their tribute of reverence and affection for the simple great one gone and his beloved wife who sleep side by side under yonder monument From this shrine will constantly go forth an ...
... 142 Ohio Arch 142 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications LAST EDITORIAL The following from The Columbus Evening Dispatch of September 2 1 919 is believed to be the last editorial contribution from Mr Randall to that paper It may be considered his final word on a subject to which he had given much thought and on which he had frequently written WHO WERE THE MOUND BUILDERS The remarkable discoveries recently unearthed by the exploring department of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Ohio Historical Society's Local History Office recently established a lending library of over 300 books booklets tapes and slidetape programs dealing with the preservation and interpretation of local history Available to all incorporated historical organizations in Ohio the materials may be checked out for three weeks with no charge beyond return postage To obtain a complete listing of the available items and a copy of the operating rules please contact ...
... THE SOCIETY AND THE QUARTERLY THE SOCIETY AND THE QUARTERLY THE past fifteen years have witnessed especially in the United States a striking and continuing zeal for the pursuit of historical study and investigation By the side of the historical student the archaeologist has been pursuing his studies with unflagging energy The evidences of what we may call the new historic spirit are seen on all sides Never before in the history of this country have there been so many specialists pursuing ...
... THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT FOR THE OHIO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT FOR THE OHIO CENTENNIAL THE collection of Ohio prehistoric relics made at Philadelphia and at New Orleans attracted much attention and demonstrated the richness of Ohio archaeological treasures By common consent Ohio was given the first place among the states in this class of exhibits And yet the collections were far from satisfactory to archaeological students and to those who made the collections and superintended the ...
... THE CHALLENGE OF THE TIMES TO THE HISTORIAN1 THE CHALLENGE OF THE TIMES TO THE HISTORIAN1 by CARL WITTKE Professor of History and Dean of the Graduate School Western Reserve University The question is frequently asked nowadays Why do historians have so little influence in public affairs and why have men and women who have been especially trained to study and distill conclusions from the long experience of the past so little status as counselors and molders of public opinion in present-day ...
... 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 PUBLIC AND THE WRITING OF HISTORY THE PUBLIC AND THE WRITING OF HISTORY by SAVOIE LOTTINVILLE Director University of Oklahoma Press It has been said that if you scratch a historian you will surely find an author There is scarcely a discipline in America today as productive as history--and I do not exclude even the sciences whose cosmic chill seems to work inversely enkindling the imagination of mankind the more as the outlook for the future becomes the less Perhaps it is because the record ...
... PROCEEDINGS 219 PROCEEDINGS 21 9 SOME PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORIOGRAPHY1 By WALTER L DORN Among the multiple tendencies which inspire historians of every variety in our day one of the strongest is a synthetic or comparative study of history Although national histories are still being written in all the countries of western society there is a keen consciousness everywhere that national history in its isolation does not constitute an intelligible field of historical study Comparative ...
... AN ETHNOHISTORIAN'S VIEWPOINT AN ETHNOHISTORIAN'S VIEWPOINT by ERMINIE W VOEGELIN During the past half century or throughout the period that anthropology has been an academic discipline in American universities all branches of the subject--physical anthropology ethnology and archaeology anthropological linguistics and folklore-- have put much emphasis upon original field research No student of anthropology is considered professionally fully trained until he or she has had actual experience in ...
... LORI D LORI D GINZBERG Women in an Evangelical Community Oberlin 1835-1850 Women and men joined the first coeducational college in order to create both a model Christian community and trained missionaries for the world's enlightenment and regeneration' Oberlin College was not a feminist experiment for the concept of feminism did not truly exist It was an evangelical project in which women were an integral part An understanding of why certain women came to Oberlin and what they found there may ...
... THOMAS JEFFERSON'S WORKS THOMAS JEFFERSON'S WORKS Princeton University will sponsor and the Princeton University Press will publish a definitive edition of the writings and correspondence of Thomas Jefferson in approximately fifty volumes This project is made possible through a subvention of 2 00000 by the New York Times Company as a memorial to Adolf S Ochs The editor is Julian P Boyd Librarian of Princeton University who states that the enterprise contemplates the publication of all letters ...
... 426 Ohio Arch 426 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications ADDRESS OF DR W O THOMPSON Mr Chairman my election to a position in this Archaeological and Historical Society was accepted as a distinct honor I therefore rejoice in the hour that is now here with all the other members of the Archaeological and Historical Society For indeed this is an hour of genuine rejoicing It gives the Society as we hope a permanent place in the history of the State I happen in the fortune of life to be here as the ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Spring Meeting of the Ohio Academy of History will be held April 21-22 1995 at Otterbein College in Westerville Ohio For further information contact Donna L Van Raaphorst History Department Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus Cleveland Ohio 44130-5199 The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies of Saint Mary's University will be holding its 7th North American Fur Trade Conference in Halifax Nova Scotia on May 24-28 1995 The ...
... LOWRY F LOWRY F SATER Lowry F Sater was born and passed his boyhood days on a Miami Valley farm in Crosby Township Hamilton County Ohio After teaching school for five years and spending one year at Marietta College he entered Ohio State University from which he graduated in Arts and Law respectively in 1895 and 1897 360 Lowry F Lowry F Sater 361 Immediately upon his admission to the Bar he entered the office of his uncle John E Sater with whom he was associated in the practice until 1907 ...
... Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association 16 1 commemorated in our own beautiful memorial building holding his library and numerous family relics while his remains with those of his wife lie beneath the family monument on the beautiful knoll in Spiegel Grove which is approached only by traversing the original Harrison trail of the war of 1812 As coworkers in this field of historic investigation we welcome you to our capital and lay open ...
... 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 ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 551 Reviews Notes and Comments 551 house and the first church established in the Ohio Country When this property is improved it is to be transferred to the custody of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society A bill introduced by Honorable Thomas L Calvert of Clark County appropriates 10000 for the purpose of aiding in paying the cost of constructing a monument to General George Rogers Clark and to commemorate the battle of Piqua and birthplace of Tecumseh ...