... Book Notes Book Notes State Maps on File Midwest Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota Missouri Ohio Wisconsin New York Facts on File Publications 1984 maps index and Illustrated Dictionary of Place Names United States and Canada Edited by Kelsie B Harder New York Facts on File Publications 1985 reprint xiv 631p illustrations bibliography State Maps on File is one of a seven-volume series of state maps compiled by the publishers and specifically geared to the needs of teachers students and ...
... County Park District by County 1976 The Calumet Region Indiana's Last Frontier by Powell A Moore Indiana Historical Bureau 1977 and Reflections an Anecdotal Account of the University of Cincinnati during the Last Sixty Years by Eslie Asbury University of Cincinnati Publications 1976 Two beautifully illustrated volumes for collectors include Virginia Hillway Buxton's Roseville Pottery For ...
... Logan Elm Park 50 0 F Miller Bookkeeper 360 Charles Joseph Caretaker Spiegel Grove State Park 1 2 00 Attendant Spiegel Grove State Park not filled 600 Mrs Dorothy E Wright Librarian Spiegel Grove State Park 1500 John Patynko Wages at Spiegel Grove State Park Mr Wood suggested that the election of the attendant at Spiegel Grove State Park and the selection of the men to receive wages at that Park be delegated to the Spiegel Grove Committee He ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Oral History Association will hold its 1992 Annual Meeting October 15-18 1992 at the Stouffer Tower City Hotel in Cleveland Ohio Proposals for papers panels media presentations or entire sessions should be sent by December 1 1991 to Donna M DeBlasio Program Chair Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor PO Box 533 Youngstown Ohio 44501 The Black Film CenterArchive at Indiana University-Bloomington is planning a conference entitled In Touch With ...
... Minutes of the Meeting of the Minutes of the Meeting of the Ohio Academy of History Columbus March 26 1960 THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY held its twenty-seventh annual meeting at the Ohio State Museum on Saturday March 26 1960 Two concurrent sessions were held in the morning and two in the afternoon John Hall Stewart of Western Reserve University acted as chairman of the modern European history section at which James M Laux of the University of Cincinnati delivered a paper on De Gaulle in Power ...
... 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 ...
... ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR A ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR A V DONAHEY At the annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society the audience was favored by the presence and encouraging words of Governor A V Donahey A most cordial reception was accorded to the Governor and he responded with the following address Governor Campbell Ladies and Gentlemen I came here this afternoon to loan my presence for a few minutes and to say that I am deeply interested in the archaeological and historical ...
... Comments Notes and Reviews Comments Notes and Reviews 531 dead A chart was shown delineating the bundled bones of Indians at the surface of the ground at Mille Lacs with mounds of earth built over them James W Lynd historian of the Sioux nation was quoted showing that the Dakota people were at Mille Laces at a very ancient period in fact so long ago that no tradition remained to show where they came from or how long they had been there No trace of two distinct classes of stone implements and ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Recent appointments and retirements within the professional community of Ohio historians include the following at the Ohio State University Alan D Beyerchen appointed to associate professor Robert J Donia to assistant professor and Joseph H Lynch has assumed new duties as Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Andreas Dorpalen who retired this year received the Distinguished Service Award of the Ohio Academy of History in April At the ...
... MINUTES OF MINUTES OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY Columbus Ohio April 18 1953 The spring meeting of the Ohio Academy of History was held at Columbus April 18 1953 Registration was followed at 1030 AM by two concurrent sessions at the Ohio State Museum One chairmaned by Dr Fred Kershner of Ohio University was devoted to the topic A Consideration of Some of the Intellectual Currents of the Early 20th Century Dr Robert H Bremner of Ohio State University presented a paper on The New View of ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES REVIEWS AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR DEDICATION OF MEMORIAL WING The dedication of the Memorial Wing of the Museum and Library Building of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society on April 6 1926 the anniversary of the entrance of the United States into the World War was an occasion long to be remembered by those whose privilege it was to be in attendance In spite of the inclement weather ...
... GILBERT D GILBERT D SCHNEIDER Daniel Emmett's Negro Sermons and Hymns An Inventory Daniel Decatur Emmett author of the immortal Dixie was born in Mt Vernon Ohio on October 29 1815 the oldest child of Abraham and Sarah Emmett During the 1840s and 1850s he became a major figure in the development of Negro minstrelsy His natural abilities as singer fiddler banjoist and black-face comedian found favor with audiences across the United States and overseas Emmett if alive today would be part of the ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 329 Reviews Notes and Comments 329 shown as the Josh Billings house on August 8 1845 from John Tift jr for 1100 and resold it to John Tift on January 3 1848 for 1050 That Josh Billings had always dreamed of buying back the old place in Norwalk is attested by a correspondence covering a long number of years between the humorist and W J Alley of Norwalk a lifelong friend of Billings The daughter of Mr Alley who is still living in Norwalk remembers as a little girl when ...
... CountyMaumee Valley Historical Society in conjunction with Bowling Green State University is looking for articles that focus directly or indirectly on the history and culture of northwest Ohio Submissions may include monographs on historical figures subjects or events as well as oral histories personal reminiscences and interviews Also essays on Great Lakes maritime history that include Lake Erie are encouraged Although the journal is designed ...
... 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 ...
... County Ohio He is survived by his widow and two daughters Mrs Sarah L Kennedy of Chicago and Miss Harriet M Lehr of Ada MEETING OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION The next annual meeting of the American Historical Association will be held in Columbus Ohio December 27 28 and 29 1923 The Mississippi Valley Association will hold its meeting at the same time and place It is practically assured that the American Political Science Association will ...
... County Historical Society was organized in 1898 and has accomplished much during the five years of its exisitence A public meeting is held in June of each year The first annual meeting was held in June 1899 and was addressed by local speakers The meeting of June 1900 was addressed by the Hon Rush R Sloane president of the Firelands Historical Society and others At this meeting the late Hon John Sherman gave a talk to his old neighbors This was ...
... Notes and Queries Winter-Spring 2003 p 64 PDF of Notes and Queries CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2003 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved The Legislative History Editorial Board of the Capitol Square Foundation seeks an academically trained historian to write a single volume comprehensive history of the Ohio General Assembly from 1803-present The expectation is that this work will be suitable for publication by a university press with the final manuscript completed by March 1 ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 433 Reviews Notes and Comments 433 The timely and appreciative words of welcome by Governor Vic Donahey friend of the Society the brief but eloquent speeches delivered in the afternoon by Judge Benson W Hough and Lieutenant Colonel Ralph D Cole former Congressman and the dedicatory address by Congressman Theodore E Burton former United States Senator from Ohio were in the opinion of the large audience among the most impressive ever delivered on the grounds of the ...
... 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 ...