... LIFE MEMBERSHIPS LIFE MEMBERSHIPS To Donors of Rare Gifts In presenting life memberships to Mr John H James of Urbana Ohio who was present and to Mr Albert G Giddings of Ashtabula Ohio who was unavoidably absent Secretary Galbreath said 55 5 556 Ohio Arch 556 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications DEAR MR JAMES It is my very pleasant privilege as Secretary to present you this life membership in the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society For three generations in the James family ...
... JOSEPH A JOSEPH A HOWELLS Joseph A Howells was born at St Clairsville Belmont County Ohio September 1 1832 He was the son of William C and Mary Dean Howells and a brother of William Dean Howells For fifty-seven years he was foreman editor and proprietor of the Ashtabula Sentinel He was appointed American Con549 550 Ohio Arch 550 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications sul to Turk Islands British West Indies October 30 1905 He died August 10 1912 On July 19 1913 there was placed at the head ...
... 630 Ohio Arch 630 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications 1 A circular letter to members of the Society asking them to submit names of prospective members 2 A blank form for the names and addresses of prospective members 3 A stamped envelope for the return of the list of prospective members 4 A circular entitled Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society--Notes on Present Activities Past Achievements and Future Prospects This material will be mailed from the office of the Secretary of ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... Book Notes Book Notes Lakewood The First Hundred Years By Jim and Susan Borchert Norfolk The Donning Company 1989 192p illustrations maps bibliography index This thoroughly researched and well-written centennial history chronicles the dramatic changes both physical and cultural which transformed East Rockport from vineyards and orchards to suburb and eventually Cleveland satellite city Abundantly illustrated Borchert's book is neatly organized into fourteen chapters that alternate between ...
... 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 of the staff of the Editorial Division of the Department of State Washington D C EDWIN ADAMS DAVIS is ...
... 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
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Transylvania Colony By William Lester Stewart Spencer Indiana Samuel R Guard amp Co 1935 288p 300 Professor W L Stewart has made an exhaustive study of the sources by using the Draper Manuscripts the Haldimand Papers the American State Papers the Swain Manuscripts the Colonial Records of North Carolina newspapers etc He points out in an informative preface that the Transylvania company among the several that were formulated for the exploitation of the land lying ...
... 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 ...
... Miami University Dr Alonzo Hamby Distinguished Professor of History Ohio University Dr David Stebenne Associate Professor of History The Ohio State University and Dr Barbara Terzian Assistant Professor of History Ohio Wesleyan University The Ohio and the World Lecture Series is underway Sponsored by The Ohio State University the Ohio Bicentennial Commission and the Ohio Humanities Council this eight-lecture series began in March and will ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 497 Reviews Notes and Comments 497 Dr Mendenhall was educated in the public schools was one of the members of the first faculty of the Ohio State University was called to the Imperial University of Japan where he occupied the chair of physics from 1878-1881 returned to Ohio State University where he taught three years after which he was successively professor of the U S Signal Corps President of Rose Polytechnic Institute Superintendent of the U S Coast and Geodetic ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Ohio Academy of History Fall Meeting will be held at the Toledo Museum of Art on Friday October 6 2000 The Executive Council will meet at 300 pm and a reception will take place at 530 pm For further information contact Richard Spall Ohio Wesleyan University Department of History Delaware Ohio 43015 e-mail ltRFSPALLccowuedugt Northwest Ohio Quarterly a peer-reviewed history journal founded in 1929 and published by the Lucas CountyMaumee Valley Historical ...
... 644 Ohio Arch 644 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications NECROLOGY Since the last Annual Meeting of the Society five alphabetically arranged lists of our membership have been prepared and mailed to members in various parts of the state with a request that the Secretary be notified of the death of any member A card-index list of the members has also been prepared for the use of the President During the year the Society lost by death the following members LIFE MEMBERS Mr A M Woolson Toledo Ohio ...
... ARTHUR CHARLES JOHNSON ARTHUR CHARLES JOHNSON PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY It is our pleasure in this issue to present the newly elected President of the Society Mr Arthur Charles Johnson whose portrait appears on the page opposite The death of James E Campbell former governor of Ohio and in recent years president of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society left a vacancy that was difficult to fill After canvassing the availability and ...
... Miami University Robert Kragalott of Ohio Wesleyan University and Lorin Lee Cary of the University of Toledo Recent publications by Ohio historians include Summit's Glory Sketches of Buchtel College and the University of Akron by George W Knepper of the Notes and Queries 155 Notes and Queries 155 University of Akron Reagan and the World edited by David E Kyvig of the university of Akron War on the Great Lakes Essays Commemorating the 175th ...
... THE RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Richland 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 ...
... Railroad published by the Mcmillan Company and since its appearance regarded as an authority on this subject also of The Government of Ohio by the same publisher Recent monographs from his pen are The Exodus of the Loyalists from Penobscot and the Loyalist Settlements at Passamaquoddy The Loyalists of Pennsylvania Kentucky's Struggle with its Loyalist Proprietors Readers of the QUARTERLY will recall his interesting and timely paper in this ...
... Little Town and Its People Adams Press 1975 Washington County Historical Society has published Burials in Harmar Cemetery Marietta Ohio and has reprinted the History of Washington County Ohio originally published in 1881 with a new preface and index ...
... 504 Ohio Arch 5 04 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications THE BUCKEYE PIONEERS OSMAN C HOOPER This poem was written for the Franklin Centennial held at Columbus Ohio September 15 1897 Fair Buckeyeland we sing your praise And bare our head to them Who lived and wrought in other days And framed your diadem Their handiwork none can forget The jewels of the years Would in your crown be still unset But for the pioneers CHORUS Then a song for the pioneers The praise of a hundred years For the women ...